Heavy Shank

Overview

Heavy Shanks are large, heavily armored Shanks used by the Fallen as mobile heavy weapons. They are bulkier and tougher than standard Shanks. The Fallen Taniks once fused with one to become Taniks, the Abomination.

Combat

Heavy Shanks carry dual machine guns and can gain a Solar shield in harder content. Use heavier weapons to wear down their armor, match Solar damage against the shield, and keep cover between you and their guns.

Grandmaster boss

The Heavy Shank class is best known from S.A.B.E.R.-2, the boss of Fallen S.A.B.E.R.. It is the first and most advanced Heavy Shank. Aspiring Fallen Archons of the House of Devils built it from Servitor parts and Cosmodrome technology to breach the firewalls of Rasputin's Warsats, so the House could take control of that network. Its three phases use a Solar wire rifle, then dual Void chainguns, then a short-range Arc blast. Its weak spots are its forward thrusters, a vent on top of its head, and its exposed internal workings, in that order.