Personal Battering Ram

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Gadget. Launch a target foe with a concealed ram head. — In-game description

Personal Battering Ram

0.25¼  5  4   

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Tool belt

  Launch Personal Battering Ram

Type

Gadget

Game link

External links

API

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Gadget. Launch a target foe with a concealed ram head.

  Damage: 332 (1.25)^?

  Damage: 3 (0.01)^?

  Launch: 450

  Maximum Count: 2

  Count Recharge: 25 seconds

  Count Recharge: 20 seconds

  Range: 130

— In-game description ^[?]

Related traits

•  Gadgeteer — Gadget skills are overcharged and become more powerful. Overcharged gadgets have reduced charge.

Notes

• This skill causes 232 Defiance bar damage, regardless if Gadgeteer is equipped or not.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Slowed down the animation so the strike occurs at 0.6 seconds (up from 0.3 seconds). (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 1.25 to 0.01. Reduced ammo recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill now uses the ammo system. Ammo count has been set to 2, with a 25-second count recharge. There is a 5-second recharge between each use.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the recharge to 25 seconds.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Personal Battering Ram has been added to the game.

Trivia

Original icon

• Reference to the movie Goonies where the character Data uses a concealed, spring-powered boxing glove as a weapon (the original icon during early development for this skill was a boxing glove).