Gum Net

The **Gum Net** is a Gum Shoot that launches a bubble that has bands of gum swirling around it. The bubble then explodes into a net that stays static wherever it explodes. This net lasts for about 4 seconds, dealing Gum Damage once every half-second, then gently melts away. It has a launch range of 3 orange squares. When it hits an Opponent it deals damage and Gum Damage.

Medium sized spread out Gum Net.
For the following paragraph, we assume you have no Gum Damage increasing Shinobi Card or alike equipped. The more S-Energy the player has, the bigger the bubble is, resulting in a bigger net.

* For 1-3 units of S-Energy (done by basically pressing the Gum Guard button and the Gum Shoot button at the same time), the bubble is tiny and the net doesn't even cover a single orange square (4 purple squares). It takes all 8 net hits to Gum Bind the opponent. With a direct hit on the initial shot, it only takes the initial hit and 4 net hits.

* For 4-7 units of S-Energy, the bubble is small and the net covers a bit more than a single orange square (7 purple squares). It takes 5 net hits to Gum Bind the opponent. With a direct hit on the initial shot, it only takes the initial hit and 2 net hits.

* For 8-10 S-Energy units, the bubble is big and the net covers about 2 orange squares (10 purple squares). It takes 4 net hits to Gum Bind the opponent. A direct hit on the initial shot instantly bind an opponent.

#### Strategies

A popular use for the Gum Net is to use it on a drone. That way, the user will be slightly less vulnerable to anyone who wants to steal a drone from them. It can also potentially hide a team if opponents think there is only one person at the drone. This is a double-edged sword however, as the huge net will be a big indicator that SOMEONE is at the drone, and coordinated opponent teams way directly target the user. Also there are various projectiles that can counter the Net.

## Priority

   The priority of Gum Net is below mid. It is ranked between Gum Launcher and Gum Grenade. Through size difference it can barely wins against a small Gum Launcher though. However, its true power lies in its deployed form. This catapults its priority on the list to the same spot as Gum Laser. A Gum Laser cannot cancel an deployed Gum Net however, only a Gum Searcher and some projectile attacks can. Also, Gum Ghost can fly through the Net.

### Versus other Projectile Attacks

*The projectile attack priority list can be found here.*

Gum Net in its undeployed form can hardly do anything against Projectile Attacks. It can cancel projectiles of the lowest priority such as Sound Bullets of Hammer Type B weapons and Normal Attacks stage 1 as well as Break Attacks of Punch Type B weapons. A large Net can just counter the wave of the Special Overpowering Wave. Other than that there are also the exceptional specials Thunder Cannon, Cannon Bomber and Fiery Raid which it can get through. As for the deployed Gum Net however, it can stop any projectile Standard Attack, including all stages of Punch Type B Normal Attacks.

## Weapons

* SK8 Hammer
* Shinobi Spinner

## Patch History

### Version 6.0

* ▲ If a Gum Net that is being deployed gets hit by a Gum Laser, neither of them will disappear.

### Version 7.0

* ▼ Reduced the duration after Gum Net is deployed.
* ▲ Reduced cooldown time.