The Vulcan Chaingun is a weapon introduced in Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk. It's an unlockable in Chicken Invaders: Ultimate Omelette and Cluck of the Dark Side. This page describes the version seen in Chicken Invaders Universe from version v5.1 onward.
Strategy
It fires multiple supersonic metal shards at an extremely fast rate. It has a high damage output, but rapidly loses accuracy as heat levels rise. Fire in short and and deliberate bursts for the best effect. A good Heat Sink is generally recommended for this weapon.
Its Gift is unlocked from Tier 1.
Pros
- Fast fire rate and high damage output.
- Fast projectiles.
- It's significantly lighter and stronger compared to it's two main competitors, the Boron Railgun and Hypergun, even when fully upgraded.
- Gains spread-fire longer it's fired, making it very useful for waves with lots of enemies and hazards.
- This is a double-edged tactic, however, as the spread may not be useful in waves with only few and lone enemies, additionally, player also needs to be careful to not let it overheat while firing.
Cons
- Somewhat expensive to initially purchase.
- Loses its accuracy as heat levels rise.
- This, however, can make it useful for clearing out asteroid waves and those with lots of enemies, but this will require the player to keep it at higher heat levels while trying to avoid Overheating.
It's a member of the Fire group, so it has its weaknesses and strengths.
Enemies and Bosses that are weak to the Fire group:
- Big Chicken (Revenge of the Yolk only)
- Egg
- Mother-Hen Ship's Shell (Ultimate Omelette)
- Planetary Egg City
- The Henperor's Apprentice
- Ice Cubed
- Henlley's Comet
- Magnetic Manipulator
- Feather Brain
- Chiller Chicken
Enemies and Bosses that are strong against the Fire group:
- It Gets Cold In Space
- Attack of the Giant Crab (Ultimate Omelette only)
- Thundercluck's Guitar
- Phoenix Chicken
Item
Like other weapons, the Vulcan Chaingun exists as an item that can be bought either in the Galactic Store or at Heroware stores. Its price in the galactic shop is 150 , and upgrades cost 4350 in total, with each one costing more than the previous one. Without upgrading, it weighs 190kg and uses up 335 KW of energy. After fully upgrading, it weighs 530kg and uses up 410 KW of energy.
Power Levels
This weapon has 12 power levels.
Projectiles
This weapon has three types of projectiles.
Gallery
Trivia
- Vulcan Chaingun is not available by default in Ultimate Omelette, because at one point in development it was intended to be replaced entirely by Boron Railgun. It was left in the game as a last minute decision.
- The Vulcan Chaingun was the first weapon overhauled in Chicken Invaders Universe.
- The internal name for its shooting sound is "gatling".
- This is the first weapon introduced to fire in the chevron formation, followed by the Boron Railgun and later the Moron Railgun.