Orthros

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Information

Full name	Orthros
Affiliation	KCCO
Released on	CN, TW, KR
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Called Beast in game files.

“The Military's regular combat mech. It is a heavy tank-type melee unit commonly used to bulldoze enemy formations and take pressure off the front row. It's rugged and sturdy, but its attacks are repetitive and predictable, so it's only good as a meat shield.”

Stats / Data

Classification: Machine
Damage: Moderate ~ Very High
Accuracy: Moderate
Attack range: Very Short
Health: Moderate ~ High
Evasion: Low
Movement speed: Very Fast

Appearances

Makes their appearance in Major Event Shattered Connexion.

Gameplay

The Orthros units are machine hounds which will charge at your formation with very high speed. The KCCO Beasts may not do much damage, however they also possess attacks which bypass armour and can throw up a powerful shield that reduces incoming damage down to a fixed 1 damage. Breaking the shield will deal a fair amount of recoil damage to the Orthros. While not much of a threat alone, they typically arrive in large numbers as cannon fodder for more potent back-liners such as Archers and Cerynitis. A pack of Beasts use their advantages of speed, numbers and short-term durability to allot more than enough time for the main damage behind them to set up.

Generally, taking out the damage-dealers in the rear of the formation with RFs will make a group of Orthros far more manageable. However, at night this may not be feasible. Since both the Orthros and Archer have evasion, RFs won't be as efficient as ARs with PEQs. Due to the nature the Orthros' shield, which reduces all forms of incoming damage down to 1, High ROF or T-dolls with skills that increase their hitcount such as ^AR AN-94 AN-94 , ^AR ST AR-15 ST AR-15 , ^AR G11 G11 and ^AR K2 K2 are advised. Alternately, ARs that switch targeting priorities such as ^AR RFB RFB and ^AR CR-21 CR-21 can be used to target the back line and relieve pressure on the front.

Though rather unorthodox, ^SG LTLX-7000 LTLX-7000 is extremely effective at countering Orthros. Her skill cleanses enemy shields in a wide area, allowing her to swiftly cripple large numbers of Orthros at once with their own recoil damage.

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Trivia

In Ancient Greek mythology, Orthrus is a two-headed dog guarding the red cattle of Eurytion and was killed by Hercules as the tenth of his legendary twelve labors. Orthrus is related to the Nemean lion and Typhon, which also give their names to military automatons.