Attack Drone
Engineer skill · Gadgets line · tier 3
The drone circles the group, keeping the firing rhythm.
It has no cooldown: it is always on while it sits on the hero's active bar, and does nothing anywhere else.
Values by rank
Attack Drone scales with Haste. Its value at each rank is 500 + 143 × rank:
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 643 | 786 | 929 | 1,072 | 1,215 | 1,358 | 1,501 | 1,644 | 1,787 | 1,930 |
| Haste | +6.43% | +7.86% | +9.29% | +10.72% | +12.15% | +13.58% | +15.01% | +16.44% | +17.87% | +19.3% |
Haste is a percentage stat, so the value is used as written (in basis points, shown here as a percentage), times the skill power.
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Gadgets skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it
How to unlock it
- 1 Rank 5 in Sentry Turret Tier 1 of the Gadgets line.
- 2 Hero level 12 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
- 3 One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.
Rank 5 in Attack Drone opens Force Field.
Mastery and synergies
Line mastery: every point in the other Gadgets skills makes Attack Drone 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.
Skills that boost Attack Drone
Each rank in one of these makes Attack Drone 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10).
Gadgets line
| Skill | Tier | Type | Cooldown | Scales with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aura | None | Crit Chance | |
| 2 | Direct damage | 6 s | Attack | |
| 3 | Aura | None | Haste | |
| 4 | Shield | 12 s | Absorption | |
| 5 | Ultimate | 16 s | Shock |
Other Engineer skills
Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.