For the Dominator version, see Dominator.

The Trapper is a Tier 2 tank in Arras.io. It upgrades from the Basic and can upgrade to the Builder, Tri-Trapper, Trap Guard, Barricade, or Overtrapper.

Design

The Trapper possesses a single Trap launcher at its front.

Technical

The Trapper fires off traps that decelerate quickly upon being fired. The traps linger after coming to a stop, but are still capable of dealing damage even after it stops moving.

Besides this, the Trapper also possesses a low fire rate.

Strategy

• Strong Against: Rammers, low DPS tanks
• Weak Against: High DPS tanks, high bullet speed tanks like the Sniper branch

As the Trapper

• The best thing to do as a Trapper is to stay away from the spotlight. Don't get directly involved in any fight, let alone start one, as the Trap per is not made to be offensive. Instead, its power lies behind the help of teammates.
  • For example, in a situation where two tanks are fighting it out, set up Traps behind. This will make it difficult for the enemy to escape as: The Traps will heavily damage the player and the ally finishes them off; the enemy gets killed by the Traps if on low health; the enemy has nowhere to go and gets killed by the ally.
  • Although the trap is not meant to be offensive, it has high launch speed, which benefits baiting and sniping strategies.
• Seeing that the player can move through their own Traps and enemies can't, constantly move in and out of Traps while setting more up to bait enemies into coming closer.

Against the Trapper

• The Trapper's main disadvantage is its low rate of fire and bullet speed, so high DPS tanks like the Penta Shot can overwhelm and destroy the Traps and proceed to kill the Trapper.
• The Destroyer and Artillery branches can easily destroy the Traps due to their large main Bullets. However, because these tanks' large Bullet RoF is quite low, the Trapper has a chance of escape if they dodge the Bullet.
• Players should never ever touch a Trapper's Traps due to their massive capacity for damage. Even high-health Smashers can quickly die when hit by a few Traps.
• A sniper branch tank can kill the trapper due to their low reload and trap range.

Trivia

• The names of the Trapper and Builder were swapped.
  • In earlier versions of Arras.io, most notably the downloadable Beta versions, the Trapper did not exist. The Builder took its place, and used the Trapper's name.
• In its diep.io counterpart, it is a Tier 3 tank and can be upgraded from Sniper at level 30.
• In Arms Race, the Trapper can also upgrade to the Pen, Mech, Machine Trapper, Wark, Mega Trapper, Sawed Off, or Tricker.

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