Skimmer — arrasio

This article is about the Arras.io Skimmer. For the original Diep.io equivalent, see Skimmer.

The Skimmer is a Tier 4 Tank in Arras.io that upgrades from Launcher at Level 45. The upgrade key for this tank is Y.

In Arms Race, it can upgrade to Auto Skimmer, Dipper, Hyperskimmer, Ream, Ladle, Bazooka, Torpedo, Bowler, Grazer, Pit Viper, Skidder, Ticker, and Scorcher.

Design

This tank looks the same as Diep.io's version, although the main cannon is a bit larger, as well as the inside cannon which is further in. The tank's design appears identical to the Launcher, but the deployers are widened.

Technical

Its Bullets (often called Missiles) have two small, similarly colored, cannons that are positioned 100 degrees apart, positioned closer to the back of the Missile. The Missile's cannons shoot smaller bullets in the shape of a V behind the Missile Missiles move slower than most Destroyer Class bullets.
Reload is decreased, and bullet power is increased
- The Missiles launched from this tank have half the strength of a Destroyer bullet. The extra bullets fired from the Missile are 0.8 times as strong as Gunner bullets.
- Increasing bullet stats will affect both the missile and its bullets.
Despite being a Destroyer-based tank, it has an extremely small amount of recoil when firing.
The Skimmer’s FoV becomes that of a Sniper.
The damage stat reduces.

Strategy

Strong Against: Low DPS tanks, slow tanks, Sprayers (if used properly), Trappers, Builders, Melee builds.
Weak Against: High DPS tanks, focus-fire tanks such as Triplets or Streamliners, other destroyer branch tanks, most Drone users.

As the Skimmer

As the Skimmer, you definitely want to get close up to your enemy.
Take out basic, low DPS tanks.
Your mini bullets can be powerful; Use them to pass by enemies.
Sometimes, you mini bullets are actually your main weapon, they can be useful for flanking enemies
Slow tanks are also a great target.
Do a surprise attack by getting behind and far from the enemy and attack it from there.
Use the extended FoV as an advantage to detect and kill more enemy attacks.
Use a high reload, low speed build to take advantage of the bullets the missiles produces.

Against the Skimmer

Use any tank from the Director, Trapper or Destroyer branches to take out this tank.
Use a focus-fire tank such as the Streamliner to go against this tank.
Any Tri-Angle branch should be able to kill the Skimmer when used right. However, make sure to dodge the incoming missiles when ramming them.

Trivia

This tank, along with its brother, the Twister, used to upgrade from the Artillery.
There is a tank in Diep.io that works almost exactly the same as this tank, which is the Glider. The Diep.io Skimmer's counterpart is instead the Twister.

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