Omura

The Omura is a heavy naval combat unit that functions as a long-range artillery platform. It occupies water-only paths and specializes in single-target high-damage railgun fire with strong pierce, making it one of the most lethal ranged units in the game. It appears on Serpulo and is used both offensively in attack groups and defensively to cover large areas of the map thanks to its exceptional range and durability.

The Omura fires a piercing railgun bolt with a firing rate of 0.54 shots/sec and 1250 damage, applying a 0.5× damage multiplier per additional target hit (pierce). Its maximum range is 62 blocks, the highest of any unit across the planets, which lets it engage most threats from extreme standoff distances. The unit carries a large payload and has very high armor (16 on Serpulo), which improves its survivability in frontline naval engagements. Omura moves slowly and has a relatively slow rotation and rate of fire, so it excels when positioned to snipe high-value targets rather than in close-quarters skirmishes.

Practical usage and interactions:

• Position Omuras to exploit their range advantage. They can outrange almost every unit, and when manually controlled or placed optimally they can destroy enemy Foreshadows without being counterattacked due to pierce and range.
• The Omura is vulnerable to rapid swarms and fast close-range units when those units can close distance; its slow rotation and railgun’s low rate of fire are exploitable at close range. Tier 3 and lower units can defeat an Omura if micro and surround tactics (e.g., using Brydes and Cyerce) are applied effectively.
• Because Omuras are restricted to water, insectoid and other land-based counters often cannot reach them. However, default AI behavior may cause Omuras to cruise toward your close-range turrets, so leaving them uncontrolled can expose them to point defenses.
• Omuras serve as powerful defensive assets: their high damage, pierce and long range provide extensive map coverage with only a few units required. They are cheaper to run defensively than some alternatives because they lack the ongoing power cost mechanics of surge-based units.
• Healing and repair support is critical for keeping key allied long-range units (like Foreshadows) alive during sustained assaults; use mass Mend Projectors, Poly and Mega to sustain naval and long-range assets when facing Omura pressure.
• In custom Attack maps, protect Omuras against Foreshadows by pairing them with high-health escort units such as Oct or with healers like Aegires to mitigate focused incoming fire.
• The Omura cannot be picked up as a payload by any unit due to its payload size.

Development notes and changes:

• The Omura was added in Version 6.0. Its range was adjusted to 62 blocks in later updates and its speed was standardized to tiles/second. Early versions had different item capacities and temporary command limits that were later changed. The unit previously spawned Flares automatically; that ability was removed in a later build.