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Black Dragon Cannon was a Lunar New Year weapon in Counter-Strike Online. It is currently available in the Transcendence Decoder.

Overview[]

This item can be obtained from Transcendence Decoder.

This is a cannon decorated to look like a dragon. It is a single-shot break-action equipment that has 20 Cannon Rounds in spare, which detonate within the targeted area creating a large volcano-like explosion, dealing tremendous damage to anything in its radius. Also, the weapon's gun barrel is built short, granting excellent mobility in combat.

Advantages[]

  • Deals very high damage when fired in close range
  • Light weight
  • Lights up target for a short period of time
  • Good for destroying obstacles in Scenario modes
  • Can kill multiple targets at once
  • Moderate knock-back power

Disadvantages[]

  • Effective in close range only
  • Damage decreases over range
  • Small magazine capacity
  • Expensive price for both weapon and ammunition
  • Deals low damage to bosses
  • Single-shot firearm

Tips[]

  • After firing the cannon, it is advisable to switch to your secondary weapon to stun/kill the enemy if it survives the initial shot.
  • Always remember to fire the weapon in close range as the damage decreases the further away you are from your target, effectively making the cannon useless.
  • Combine the Black Dragon Cannon with the Deadly Shot ability for maximum damage output.
  • This weapon can instantly kill enemies within one shot in Human modes.
  • Not recommended for dealing with bosses since it only deals 2000 damage to bosses.
  • Recommended when facing mini Bosses.
  • This weapon can be used effectively in Pursuit-type Zombie Scenario modes as it kills multiple zombies with one shot and breaks barriers easily.
  • When fully enhanced, it has a secondary fire mode which shoots non hit-scan explosive fireballs at long range
  • The fully-enhanced version deals 29,000 to 60,000 damage to bosses. with drop-rebuy tactics it can rival the Barrett M95 White Tiger.

Variants[]

Cannonm
Main article: Eruptor
Erupt Cannon or Eruptor is the prototype of the Black Dragon Cannon. Unlike its previous version, this one is available for purchase via Shop or Craft system, but as a shortcoming, it deals less damage, has less knockback power and is heavier.

Reddragoncannon
Main article: Red Dragon Cannon
This is a cannon that can shoot a load of fire in a short range. It can unleash a robotic red dragon that breathes a stream of fire for 6 seconds (10 seconds after fully enhanced).

Gear bird cannon mk1
Main article: Gear Bird Cannon MK-1
This cannon deals higher damage to zombies and stuns better, but has weaker knockback as a tradeoff

Release date[]

  • Taiwan/Hong Kong: 17 January 2012.
  • China: 18 January 2012.
  • South Korea: 19 January 2012.
  • Indonesia: 18 December 2013.
  • CSN:Z: 17 August 2015.
  • Vietnam: 4 February 2016.

How to obtain[]

This weapon was released alongside TMP Dragon on January 19th 2012. The player must collect 4 happy new year cards to get

2012 stclan

This weapon was released on 18 December 2013 alongside TMP Dragon. The players must collect 4 cards: X, M, A and S.

Alphabet Task
Texth01 Log in within the event period.
Texth02 Play for 5 hours cumulatively.
Texth03 Collect 8000 Kill Points.
Texth04 Can be obtained rarely from Code Box.

This weapon was released on 18 December 2013 alongside TMP Dragon. The players must collect a series of alphabets B, A, R and U.

Alphabet Task
AlphabetB Log in within the event period.
AlphabetA Play for 5 hours cumulatively.
AlphabetR Collect 8000 Kill Points.
AlphabetU Can be obtained rarely from Code Box.

Alphabet Task
Texth01 jpn ???
Texth02 jpn ???
Texth03 jpn ???
Texth04 jpn ???

Gallery[]

Firing and reload sound

Draw sound

Trivia[]

  • The Black Dragon Cannon is the fourth break-action weapon to be introduced into the game. The first being the M79 Saw off, the second being the SVDEX's grenade launcher and the third one being the Double-barreled shotgun.
  • There are two Chinese characters written on the weapon: "Hēi"(黑), written on the weapon's buttstock, which means "black" in English; "Dōng"(東), written on its barrel, which means "East".
  • This weapon does not share the same ammunition as the M79 and M203.
  • A replica of the Black Dragon Cannon was made by the gimmick presenters during the CSO World Championship 2013, specifically in the Zombie 4: Darkness announcement.
  • There's a glitch where the gun freezes for a couple of seconds when firing; though only if the user has high latency.
  • This is the second weapon which doesn't show the user reloading animation in third-person view after M79 Saw Off.
  • This is the first weapon to have a secondary fire mode when fully enhanced.

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