Talk:Magrider/@comment-4644719-20130403151503

The weak point of the Magriders is that their main turrets cannot rotate all the way around like all other tanks. They need to turn the entire tank in order to fire. This makes them vulnerable to flanking attacks.

At the same time, flanking attacks are partially foiled by the tank's design. In order to do massive damage to a tank, one needs to hit it on the rear armor. A Magrider's side armor covers almost the entire thing, with the only part that counts for rear armor is the tiny thruster part, which is very hard to hit.

On the other hand, getting a hit on that thruster does massive damage.