Gunboats

Overview

The Gunboats are a secondary weapon for the Soldier which reduces blast damage from rocket jumps by 60%. The damage reduction is not applied to self-inflicted damage from rockets that injure enemies and do not provide the Soldier with reduced fall damage. When equipped by a roaming Soldier, the Gunboats allow him to transition quickly throughout the map.

The advantages of gunboats are mostly used by roaming soldiers in 6v6 competitive, and sometimes by the soldier in higherland (9v9). They reduce the need of heals, and increase mobility.

The disadvantages of gunboats are that on rollout, it's difficult to use the escape plan to middle because you take reduced damage, and that you cannot use the shotgun, so your fire power is reduced by a large amount.