Almanauts
Mewgenics
AbilityVerified for build 25143593
Needle Shot icon

Needle Shot

Shoot a needle that deals damage, gives Thorns, and ignores shield.

Base and upgraded

BaseUpgraded
EffectShoot a needle that deals damage, gives Thorns, and ignores shield.Shoot a needle that deals damage, gives Thorns, and ignores shield. This deals extra damage to enemies and gives extra Thorns to allies.
Damage instance › Effects › Conditional Ally › Thorns—1
Damage instance › Effects › Conditional Enemy › Bonus Damage—1

Every field that differs between the two levels, as the game defines them.

Damage per mana in its class

#11 of 25 damaging hunter abilities by base damage per mana (upgraded: 1 damage for 2 mana, 0.5 per mana).

  1. Heavy Shot1.6 8 / 5
  2. Spike Trap1.33 8 / 6
  3. Chaos Shot1.33 4 / 3
  4. Vivisect1.25 5 / 4
  5. Snipe0.83 5 / 6
  6. Bomb Shot0.71 5 / 7
  7. Line Shot0.71 5 / 7
  8. Cross Shot0.57 4 / 7
  9. Focus Shot0.57 4 / 7
  10. Hail of Nails0.56 5 / 9
  11. Cupid's Arrow0.5 6 / 12
  12. Scatter Shot0.5 5 / 10
  13. Needle Shot0.5 1 / 2
  14. Twin Shot0.44 4 / 9
  15. Charm Trap0.33 2 / 6
Base damage ÷ mana cost, base levels. Abilities whose damage depends on a count (X) aren't ranked.

Classes that can get it 1

A Hunter class ability: higher Stimulation makes kittens more likely to take their ability from the parent with class abilities (table below).

Passing it to kittens

StimulationInherits an abilityThis one, parent knows 1…knows 2…knows 4Picks the class parent
020%10.9%5.5%2.7%50%
1045%25.2%12.8%6.5%55%
3095%52%27%13.7%65%

Chance a kitten gets this exact ability when one parent knows it among 1, 2 or 4 abilities and the other parent doesn't, counting both inheritance rolls. Same rule for every ability; details.

Overview

Class
Hunter
Mana cost
2
Damage
1
Type
Lobbed attack
Game ID
NeedleShot

Status effects 1

Raw game dataEvery value, as the game defines it
  • templatelobbed_attack
  • meta{3}
    • nameABILITY_NEEDLESHOT_NAME
    • descABILITY_NEEDLESHOT_DESC
    • classHunter
  • graphics{2}
    • projectileNeedleProjectile
    • animationthrowArrow
  • cost{2}
    • infcantriptrue
    • mana2
  • target{2}
    • min_range3
    • max_range5+bonus_range
  • damage_instance{3}
    • damage1
    • piercingtrue
    • effects{1}
      • Thorns1
  • categoryhunter
  • upgradedToNeedleShot2