Bot classes

Bot classes

Assault, Shotgun, Machine gun and Sniper

Gladiabots features several bot classes. Each class has its own pros and cons. The Shotgun, Machine gun and Sniper can only be used once per map.

Assault

• [-] it is average
• [+] it is average
• [+] as it is hard to implement Assault counting, the count of attacking Assaults can usually not be determined

Shotgun

• [-] has a weak health
• [+] moves fast (when not carrying a resource)
• [+] does devastating damages at close range
• [+] has a big shield

Machine gun

• [-] is very slow (but isn't slower when carrying a resource)
• [+] is very resistant
• [+] has a huge fire power

Sniper

• [-] moves slowly
• [-] has weak shield and health
• [+] always hits, whatever the attack range (except out of range)
• [+] inflicting high damages to its target

Movement speed

Diagram movement speed

The bots have different movement speed depending if they carry resources or not.

Bot class	Movement speed1	Movement speed carrying a resource1
Shotgun	2.0	0.5
Assault	1.2	0.5
Sniper	1.0	0.5
Machine gun	0.7	0.7

• 1) Unit: meters / second

Health, shield and regeneration

Diagram health and shield

The bots have different health and shield values.

Bot class	Health	Shield	Regeneration1
Shotgun	3000	5000	1667
Assault	5000	3000	1000
Sniper	3000	3000	1000
Machine gun	7000	5000	1667

• 1) Unit: meters / second

Shooting stats

Bullet timing of bot classes

The bots have different shooting stats used in the shooting process.

Bot class	Aiming duration1	Attack power2	Bullet configuration	Attack duration1	Time between shots1	Precision short range	Precision mid range	Precision long range
Shotgun	1.0	600	1x5 (1 shot with 5 bullets)	0.000	-	75%	25%	5%
Assault	1.0	300	3x2 (3 shots each with 2 bullets)	0.200	0.100	90%	50%	10%
Sniper	3.0	2000	1x1 (1 shot with 1 bullet)	0.000	-	100%	100%	100%
Machine gun	2.5	250	100x1 (100 shots each with 1 bullet)	7.425	0.075	80%	50%	10%

• 1) Unit: seconds
• 2) Unit: damage per bullet

There are google spreadsheets comparing the shooting stats of the different bot classes:

• Gladiabots attack chart provided by sethcohn.
• Bot stats and calculators v1 provided by mcompany