Scyther

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Scyther

Scyther

"Fast, spindly, human-sized combat mechanoids specializing in rapid approach and close-range combat. Their bodies are covered in points and blades, but they mostly use two arm blades to lop off limbs or gut their victims alive."

Base Stats

Type
MechanoidCharacters

Armor

Armor - Sharp
40%
Armor - Blunt
20%
Armor - Heat
200%

Pawn Stats

Move Speed
4.7 c/s
Health Scale
132% HP
Body Size
1.0
Mass - Baby
12 kg
Mass - Juvenile
30 kg
Mass - Adult
60 kg
Carrying Capacity
75 kg
Filth Rate
1
Comfortable Temp Range
-100 °C – 250 °C (-148 °F – 482 °F)

Melee Combat

Attack 1
Left blade
20 dmg (Cut)
30 % AP
120 second cooldown
Attack 2
Right blade
20 dmg (Cut)
30 % AP
120 second cooldown
Attack 3
Head
9 dmg (Blunt)
13 % AP
120 second cooldown
Average DPS
0.08

Scythers are a type of fast-moving mechanoid with strong melee skills that can be found sealed in ancient ruins in all biomes, either spawned inside mountains or outside on the landscape. They may also raid the player's base through a random raid-type event and can also be found in most poison ships and psychic ships.

Scythers are often supported by centipedes and lancers, though they outrun centipedes by a huge margin, and will not stop to let them catch up. They always charge head-on at your colonists, spelling disaster should they successfully close the distance due to their excellent melee capabilities.

Like other mechanoids, scythers are sentient machine-like creatures which do not need to eat, cannot be tamed or trained, and are always hostile to the colony. Scythers have a moderate resistance to sharp damage and a small resistance to blunt damage combined with a higher-than-average health scale, meaning that it is unlikely that a scyther charge can be completely intercepted at range. Scythers are vulnerable to deadfall traps, being more readily lured into them due to their melee nature.

Dead scythers may be shredded at the machining table or crafting spot for 15 steel though these values are affected by mechanoid shredding efficiency as well as missing parts on the scyther.

Combat & Strategy

Scythers are dangerous melee fighters; they deal significant melee damage while forcing your gunners into melee combat. Usually, a 1v1 fight with a scyther and a gunner will result in the scyther emerging victorious.

Melee fighters are essential in guarding against scythers, being able to 'peel' them off from more vulnerable allies.

Health

Note, that due to mechanoids having different body part structures, this table is only provided as a rough guide.


Body part Health
Head 33
Skull 33
Brain 13
Nose 13
Neck 33
Jaw 26
Eye [1]
(left, right)
13
Ear
(left, right)
13
Body 53
Kidney[2]
(left, right)
20
Lung[2]
(left, right)
20
Liver[2] 26
Heart[2] 20
Spine[2] 33
Stomach[2] 26
Limbs
(left, right, fore, hind)
40
Appendage
(left, right, fore, hind)
26
  1. Located inside of Head.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Located inside of Body.

Body Parts (Summary)

Scythers, again, are practically humans in biology, although they lack many of the human organs and bones.

Body Part Name Health (×1.5 Health Scale) Base Health Quantity Coverage (per part)[1] Group Function / Required for following System Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Mechanical Thorax 40 40 1 ? Core part Functioning in general Machine failure
Mechanical Neck 30 30 1 8.0% Top of Thorax Communication (vocal),
connector of thorax and head
Machine failure
Mechanical Head 30 30 1 75% Neck Houses Artificial Brain, Sensors Machine failure
Artificial Brain 30 30 1 15% Head Dataprocessing Machine failure
Sight Sensor 10 10 2 15% Head Sight Loss of sight/Blindness
Hearing Sensor 10 10 2 5.0% Head Hearing Loss of hearing/Deafness
Smell Sensor 10 10 1 10% Head - -
Arm 30 30 2 10% Thorax Manipulation Loss of manipulation ability/Unable to work (if both lost)
Hand 20 20 2 20% Arm Manipulation Loss of manipulation ability
Fingers 7 7 10 5.0% Hand Manipulation Loss of manipulation ability (minor)
Leg 30 30 2 10% Thorax Moving Unable to move
Foot 20 20 2 20% Leg Moving Loss of moving ability
Toes 10 10 10 5.0% Foot Moving Loss of moving ability (minor)

Trivia

  • Scythers have a unique slashing sound when they use their melee attacks.

Version history

Prior to Beta 19, scythers will always spawn equipped with the charge lance and will generally prefer to engage at range over melee.
Downed scythers could also be salvaged through a medical operation to obtain their blades so long as they are intact after the battle.



  1. Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It is dependent on which group the body part is part of, so, for example, you can't shoot someone in the toe and hit them in the brain.