Dragon's Breath Cannon
Your reward for completing what is arguably the hardest event in the game is one of the coolest weapons in the game. Say hello to the Dragon's Breath Cannon, a weapon whose viability rivals that of the Thumper and gives the Howitzer a serious run for its money. While this weapon has only 2 rounds in a clip, it is capable of OHKOing a player with one fiery shot, and the blast radius is massive as well. The shots reach to the other side of the map and move quickly as well, so it isn't flawed in this way like last event's Fire Fist was.
Obviously though, the weapon still packs some flaws, and the main one will be made clear quite quickly - agility. With this weapon, you cannot move quickly, which limits its potential and causes it to be played in a way similar to the Howitzer. It's funny, really - there are wheels on the cart, so why doesn't the player roll it along to move faster? The other two flaws are more like nitpicks, but they're still worth mentioning here. The first one is reload time - two shots in one clip is quite generous, but the reload time makes up for it. It's much longer than the Thumper's and is a bit longer than Howitzer's, but it's quite reasonable given the weapon's OHKOing ability. The second is that the shots don't dip down like Thumper's do, which is the main reason apart from agility that I believe the Thumper is still superior over this weapon. The dip down means you don't have to aim at the ground- you can aim at the player with the Thumper and still hit him if he evades it since the shot dips to the ground. However, like Howitzer, this weapon does not have this nifty trick, and is generally better used on an elevated surface so you can aim at the ground and beat the player with recoil. This turns it into a weapon with a playstyle that encourages camping. |
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TL; DR
It's very similar to the Howitzer Gun - better in some ways, worse in others. Definitely worth using if you manage to get it in the Chinese New Year event.