Viper

The Viper is a Tier 2 Carnivore Amoeba. Amoebas attacked by a Viper are inflicted with a poison that halves their speed for 4 seconds. This poison helps the Viper and its teammates hunt down any amoebas trying to escape, making it easier for Omnivores and Carnivores to feed.

As Carnivores, Vipers can only gain food points from attacking other amoeba. They can 10 food points every time they attack, and 100 health and food points when they kill an amoeba. Carnivores also become invisible as long as they're not in the inner half of an enemy amoeba's sight range.

Campaign
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Battle Royale
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 * Paralytic Toxin: Viper poison is twice as effective, slowing affected amoebas down to 25% of their speed and lasting 4 seconds longer.
 * Long Fang: Vipers gain +1 attack range, allowing them to shoot a projectile to targets up to two tiles away. Vipers still gain food points from these attacks.

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 * Feeding Frenzy: Whenever an amoeba kills an enemy, adjacent carnivore teammates gain 10 food points.
 * Running Silent: Vipers are invisible until they are adjacent to an enemy unit, and gain +25% movement speed while invisible.

Outbreak
Similarly to Battle Royale, players start each mission with 3 Locusts that drop at a random spot on the map. This initial drop can include 2 Vipers with AMI deployment modules.

Traits

Vipers can receive the following traits:


 * X TraitIcon_Health.png+5% Max Health (for a total of +x% Max Health)
 * X TraitIcon_Regen.png+1HP/2sec Health Regeneration (for a total of +xHP/ysec Health Regeneration)
 * X TraitIcon_StartingFP.png+5% Starting Food Points (for a total of +x% Starting Food Points)
 * X TraitIcon_MoveSpeed.png+5% Movement Speed (for a total of +x% Movement Speed)
 * X TraitIcon_AttackSpeed.png+5% Attack Speed (for a total of +x% Attack Speed)
 * X TraitIcon_Mutate.png+5% Mutate Cost Refund (for a total of x% Mutate Cost Refund)

and Discovery Upgrades:


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Tips

 * The Viper's poison does not increase in intensity when an amoeba is bit multiple times, but the slowness effect does stack with that of a Cryo Probe.
 * Vipers can help guarantee that an opponent does not escape without significant losses, as any amoeba slowed by the Viper's poison is unlikely to get away from it or its teammates before being bit again.

Trivia

 * While a Viper's mouth may seem like it's positioned near its eyes and between its mandible-like protrusions, its actual mouth is located on its "tail"; this is most noticeable in their attack animation.
 * Despite being referred to as a "poison", the proper word for what Vipers, Stingrays and Queens use would be "venom" since it's delivered through bites and stingers rather than ingested or absorbed.