Status effect

Units in Tempest Rising may have an active or passive status effect, which affects their stats and behaviour on the battlefield.

A unit may have multiple status effects applied at the same time. Some negative status effects can stack up several times to completely hinder a unit.

Positive status effects

Comms

Friendly units within the radius of a unit providing Comms gain increased rate of fire and move speed by 30%.

• The Comms Officer, Comms Rig (in Comms mode), Drone Control Unit, Air Control Tower, and Support Beacon passively provide Comms.

Comms can be provided to Harvesters, increasing income rates dramatically.

Prone

Infantry units under the Prone effect gain 50% damage reduction against all attack types.

• The Field Scout, Drone Operator, Grenadier, Dynasty Guard, Missile Trooper, and Ignitor go prone when under sustained fire and low health. They will get back up once they are no longer under attack, or if issued a move command.

Sprinting

Infantry units under the Sprinting effect gain increased move speed.

• The Sniper and Missile Trooper gain move speed temporarily with the Sprint ability.

Negative status effects

Marked

A Havoc marked by a Sentinel

Enemy units and structures under a temporary Marked effect will generate Intel when killed.

• The Field Scout can deploy early warning Marking mines.
• The Sentinel can switch to marking projectiles to Mark enemy units.
• The Support Beacon marks enemies within its moderate radius.
• Networked units: the Drone Mauler, Hunter Tank, Trebuchet and Peacekeeper; gain bonus range and damage per shot against Marked targets.

Each Marked target yields a specific amount of Intel upon being killed depending on their type. Please refer to the marked yield table for a complete list.

Riot Suppression

Infantry units under the Riot Suppression effect have their move and attack speed decreased by 10%. If this effect stacks up 5 times, the affected infantry can no longer attack.

• The Riot Medic, Riot Trooper (with batons), and Peacekeeper (via LRAD) suppress enemy infantry though their attacks.

Tempest Charge

Vehicles can build up a Tempest Charge effect which reduces their move and attack speed. They can be afflicted from this by either going through Tempest fields or being attacked by weapons that set this effect. If this effect stacks up 5 times, most vehicles can build up too much charge that will lead to a Tempest Overflow.

• Buildings and harvesters are entirely immune to the Tempest Charge effect.
• The Drone Mauler, Trebuchet (in artillery mode), and the Tempest Artillery fire Tempest-charged projectiles.
• The Sensor Array can build up Tempest Charge on enemy vehicles within its radius.
• The Tempest Air Strike delivers a Tempest-charged payload at the target location.
• The Tempest Sphere can consume Tempest Charge to passively heal itself.

Tempest Overflow

Vehicles afflicted with Tempest Overflow suffer from the Tempest Charge's debuffs and get damaged over time. The unit is also "silenced", i.e. unable to use any abilities.

• As Tempest Overflow is the end result of extreme Tempest Charge, units immune to Tempest Charge are also immune to Overflow.
• The Boar and Pillager have the Reliable Systems perk, which makes them immune to Tempest Overflow.
• The Tempest Instability Missile imbues all vehicles within its blast radius with Tempest Overflow.
• Voltaic weapons: the Operative, Physicist, Demolitionist, Voltaic Tank, and Voltaic Turret have the Voltaic Reaction ability, where they can instantly destroy vehicles suffering from Tempest Overflow.

See also

• Damage effects
• Abilities