Editing Pirate, Corsair, and Sea Dog (section)

== Official Renders ==
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{{user commentary|
Pirates are great tier 3 shooters with good stats and no melee penalty. Their only weakness is a low shot count (only 4), although it should be sufficient to kill most neutral creatures if split into multiple stacks. An [[Ammo Cart]] can also help greatly in prolonged battles.
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Sea Dogs are without question the best tier 3 creature in the game. They have great stats and a ranged version of the [[Mighty Gorgon]]'s death stare ability. This is balanced by the high cost of the Gunpowder Warehouse, which prevents them from being acquired too early in the game. Pirates and Corsairs should generally be upgraded to Sea Dogs before engaging enemy players.
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Like with Mighty Gorgons, care should be taken to maximize Accurate Shot caps when splitting stacks of Sea Dogs.  The cap is the real limiting factor: 33 Sea Dogs will never kill more than one creature with their ability, while 34 of them can kill two when shooting without penalty, 27% of the time.  Likewise, 67 Sea Dogs is the minimum amount for a triple kill, but the chance of it already starts at 33%. Accurate Shots can be used as a ranged and "improved" version of Death Stare with ability to "snipe" [[Undead]] and [[Non-living]] creatures down at the cost of lower efficiency per growth ratio.
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Sea Dogs are in fact very expensive (Unit price is 375g), combined with their regular T3 weekly growth rate, total cost rivals tier 6 creatures. It's not wise to use them in early games, as they are not cost effective.
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{{creature 'see also'}}
* [[Comparison of Level 3 Creatures]]
* [[Comparison of Ranged Creatures]]

[[Category: Creatures (HotA)]]
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