SAS: Zombie Assault 4 Weapon | |
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- Luftplatzen - | |
Manufacturer [?] | Teknoboom |
Ammo Cost [?] | 800 for 50 8,000 for 50 9,600 for 50 |
Damage/Pellet | 1,050 2,000 3,000 |
Total DoT/Pellet [?] | 300/2 sec Standard & 450/2 sec |
Pierce | 10 |
Blast Radius | 4 |
Rate of Fire | 3 rps |
Capacity | 12 |
Reload Time | 3.2 sec |
Movement | -30% |
Firing Mode | Full Auto |
Weapon Class | Rocket Launcher |
Damage Type | Thermal |
Approx. Drop Level | 45 78 & |
Single DPS [?] | 4,050 6,900 10,350 |
Pierce DPS [?] | 40,500 69,000 103,500 |
Augmented DPS [?] | 16,200 27,600 41,400 |
Crafting Cost [?] | 3,219,120 4,419,440 22,097,200 |
- "The Luftplatzen is a shotgun-sized weapon that fires a solid projectile that bursts into a cone of flame on impact."
- ―Official Description
The Luftplatzen (German for "air-burst") is a fully automatic Thermal rocket launcher made by Teknoboom added in the first expansion pack. It deals the largest amount of damage of any non premium Teknoboom weapon, the title going to the Zerfallen. It also does Thermal damage which increases its potency. The Luftplatzen is the perfect weapon for killing huge hordes of durable zombies and is a good weapon to use. It also has a very large blast radius and has a RoF of 3 RpS. Additionally, it has a larger blast radius than the T-101 Feldhaubitz, perfect for destroying clusters of enemies. The large blast radius is balanced out by the fact that the explosion is shaped like a cone instead of a circle, so make sure to line up a group of zombies in a straight line for maximum effect. Note that this weapon has a rather small clip size for its RoF, however, which pales into uselessness with Overclocked; however this is mainly a problem for those who lack a fast enough reload.
The blast, unlike all other blast weapons, is a cone in the front rather than a circle, sometimes giving difficulty hitting foremost and some more zombies behind it when those are moving, especially runners and worms due to their fast speed.
It should also be mentioned that this is an excellent weapon for killing bosses such as Loaderbots, and the explosion is also useful against Shielders as it pierces through the shields. In addition, this is extremely overpowered against Bloater swarms in Apocalypse.
Trivia[]
- The Luftplatzen is the first rocket launcher that deals Thermal damage.
- It is one the few guns that can be augmented with any augment, along with the WP Flamethrower, the WPX Incinerator, and Vitriol.
- It is one of the few weapons with a color other than black, gray, or white on it, this case being the trigger which is dark red.
- It has the same reload sound as most shotguns.
- During the Easter update of 2016, it was possible to get a 10*** version of this gun as a reward for placing in top 1% of a bounty.
- The Luftplatzen received an "Easter Edition" around Easter (March 28) 2016. It was called the Hot Cross Gun, and replaced the Luftplatzen from strongboxes and crafting. Its description was "Ahh, just my luck, chocolate chip! *cough* Raaaaaisins".
- The version in mobile has a different red positioning than the PC version.