RQ-7B Global Hawk
From Undead Assault II Guide
The Global Hawk is a unique MOS incredibly useful in the right hands. The Global Hawk is the fastest unit and since it can fly over the terrain, it can cover the map very quickly. As such, the Global Hawk is great at reconnaissance. However, there is a downside to the Global Hawk; it's not a hero. It doesn't level up, and only has 1 inventory space, cannot be revived by Navy Corpsman, and its abilities do not improve.
Contents |
Unit Information
RQ-7B Global Hawk
Deployment Information
| Required Rank | Gunnery Sergeant |
| - Experience | 12.000 |
| Deployment Cap | 1 |
Basic Stats
| Health | 600 |
| - Rank Modifier | -4 per rank |
| Energy | 100 |
| Base Move Speed | unknown ms |
Starting Equipment
| Magazines | Infinite |
| - Magazine Ratio | None to 1 |
| - Rounds per Magazine | N/A |
| Starting Items | None |
Weaponry
| Weapon Type | Machine Gun |
| - Upgrades Available | SA Combat Shotgun, Hellfire Rockets |
| Range | 2250 |
| Rate of Fire | Minor splash |
| - Modifier | None |
| Base Damage | 62-76 |
| - Rank Bonus | +1 min +1 max per rank |
| - Damage Type | Machine Gun |
Defense
| Armor Points | 3 |
| Armor Type | Large |
| Can Riflebutt | No |
| Special | Flying |
Skills and Abilities
Hellfire Rocket
Fires a Hellfire Rocket at the target location. Upon impact it deals 900 incendiary damage in a 350 radius. Explosives hurt allies. Slight delay in firing.
Costs: 20 mana
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Can be upgraded by finding the Hellfire M2 upgrade item.
1 Upgrade -Increases damage to 1300 and radius to 450
2 Upgrades -Increases damage to 2100 and radius to 550
Surveillance Radar
Pings Class-A hostiles in the area. Class A hostiles are generally bosses. eg Darreus, Genesis, Pudges, Artemis, Hepatues, Locust swarm, Spore colony, Hive queen, Metasis, Mutants, but not Behemoth or Gargantuan.
Costs: 5 mana
Cooldown: 20 secs
Photon Blast
Fires a Photon Blast which damages enemies for 225 damage and stuns them for 2 seconds.
Costs: 10 mana
Cooldown: 5 secs
Airstrike
Calls in an airstrike to take out a hostile or a group of hostiles. 13,000 damage in 1000+ radius. Requires Battalion Authorization.
Costs: 80 mana
Cooldown: 15 minutes
Rocket Boost
The global hawk uses up some of its fuel reserve to give you a rocket boost, making you travel faster for a short period of time.
Costs: 15 mana
Cooldown: 35 seconds
Infrared Cameras
Turns screen blue and reveals a 3200 radius of the map for 11 seconds. Cloaked units also shown.
Cost: 5 mana
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Other Info
Tips
- The Global Hawk can't pick up certain, mission critical items. It can't carry the sentry guns during the sentry mission, the satchel charges, the office papers, or the resonators.
- The Global Hawk can't enter the Umbrella Facility, it explodes without warning.
- Batteries are incredibly useful, they restore over half of the Global Hawk's energy each.
- Energy Generator has no effect on the Global Hawk.
- Shotgun item works on the Global Hawk.
Strategies
- There are two main roles that the Global Hawk fulfills. Recon/Mobile Weapons Platform. With your mobility, you are the perfect candidate for killing a Pudge using simple micromanagement. Unfortunately since you only have 1 inventory slot, you will have to make several trips back and forth if you try to gather items.
- Learn what items are most needed by the other MOS'. Also learn to prioritize what items to take back as soon as they are found. These will change from game to game and even throughout a single game. While almost anything at all is useful at the beginning, you only need to stockpile so many medkits.
- If supplies are not needed, your team will appreciate time taken to protect them with your Hellfire Rockets and Photon Blast.
- You should take advantage of your ability to shoot and your unobstructed vision of the battlefield by escorting marines when they go on dangerous missions or are otherwise moving through hostile territory.
- Using a combination of Photon Blasts and Hellfires, along with some skillful flying, a Hawk can take a Pudge or even the Behemoth on by itself. Just be wary of the Hellfire's splash range, a single shot can easily kill yourself. If you think you might kill someone with the splash, play it safe and use Photon Blast instead and then shoot the now unmoving target.
- When moving, use the terrain to your advantage. Fly over cliffs and buildings to escape and confuse enemies. Shredders and Krill can be dangerous since they can also bypass terrain and have high speeds.
- Here, the Hawk hovers over some buildings while blasting away at the Mutants with Hellfire Rockets.
- This Hawk lured some undead up the cliff only to fly over the side, making them turn around and go back down the cliff. You can easily take down bosses using this simple strategy.
- You can use the Hawk to place sentry guns in otherwise inaccessible locations. On top of cliffs, or down in ravines.
