Change: Increase Nuke Bomb damage from 300 to 400, decrease secondary damage from 50 to 20

[xezon]

• Related to China Helix Bomb is rarely used #1014

This change increases Helix Nuke Bomb primary damage by 33% (300 to 400), decreases secondary damage by 60% (50 to 20). Damage is identical to Nuke Cannon.

Weapon	Primary Damage	Secondary Damage
Original Nuke Cannon Shell	400	20
Original Nuke Bomb	300	50
Patched Nuke Bomb (this)	400	20

Damage values of Napalm Bomb and Nuke Bomb cannot be compared, because one is type FIRE and the other is EXPLOSION. They apply different damages to things depending on the Armor of those things.

Weapon	Effective Damage Radius
Original Napalm Bomb	90
Original Nuke Bomb	50

Napalm Fire Storm can hit more things with wider radius. But it is easier to hit moving targets with Nuke Bomb, because units cannot escape this bomb as quickly as the Napalm Fire Storm.

The following table shows damage results in best case scenario, which includes full Napalm Fire Storm and Nuke Radiation to apply their damages over time.

Weapon	Damage vs China War Factory	Damage vs China Overlord
Original Napalm Bomb	34%	35%
Original Black N. Bomb	47%	47%
Original Nuke Bomb	15%	49%
Patched Nuke Bomb (this)	20%	65%

Rationale

The increased primary damage of Helix Nuke Bomb makes it more attractive to use. Since it now applies as much damage as Nuke Cannon does, the damages are easier to anticipate.

The Nuke Bomb is typically better against vehicles than the Napalm Bomb due its instant detonation, but the Napalm Bomb is better against structures and has an almost twice as large effective damage radius.

[MTKing4]

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