Hellsphere cannon

The hellsphere cannon is an mechanoid-only ranged weapon added by the Biotech DLC. It is the main armament of the diabolus.

This weapon cannot be independently obtained in normal play. It is provided here for comparisons sake.

Acquisition

Hellsphere cannons spawn on all diaboluses, including those gestated by a colony. However, it is not possible to obtain it directly in normal play. Pawns carrying it will not drop it on death, downing, or complete loss of manipulation like other weapons. It can be spawned in by the Debug actions menu but, like all unobtainable weapons, will disappear after being dropped.

Summary

The hellsphere cannon fires a projectile that explodes in a radius of 4.9. The explosion has phenomenal power; it has a base damage of 800. For reference, an antigrain warhead has base damage of 550. Thankfully, it can be avoided if you move quickly. Failure to do so results in vaporization. Armor calculation is based on the heat armor stat.

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Analysis

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Attack table

Ranged

Hellsphere cannon	Dam.	AP	Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Hellsphere cannon	800	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	59.26	59.26	59.26	59.26	-	1400

^{Values shown in Red indicate the weapon is out of range at the reference point for this range band.
The value is provided due to the interpolated nature of accuracy between range points.}

Melee

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Attacks

Hellsphere cannon		Barrel (Blunt)					Barrel (Poke)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
3.91	12.38%	9	2.6s	13.5%	3.46	12.5%	9	2.6s	13.5%	3.46	12.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	1400

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder