Editing Pirate, Corsair, and Sea Dog

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{{Cove creatures}}{{Creature
 | AI_Value  = 312
 | Name      = Pirate
 | Attack    = 8
 | Defense   = 6
 | Speed     = 6
 | Growth    = 7
 | Damage    = 3–7
 | Health    = 15
 | Shots     = 4
 | Cost      = 225
 | Special   = • [[Ranged attack]]<br>• No melee penalty
 | U_AI_Value= 407
 | U_name    = Corsair
 | U_attack  = '''10'''
 | U_defense = '''8'''
 | U_speed   = '''7'''
 | U_cost    = 275
 | U_special   = • [[Ranged attack]]<br>• No melee penalty<br>• '''No enemy retaliation'''
}}{{Creature
 | AI_Value  = 602
 | Name      = Sea Dog
 | Attack    = '''12'''
 | Defense   = '''11'''
 | Speed     = '''8'''
 | Growth    = 7
 | Damage    = 3–7
 | Health    = 15
 | Shots     = '''12'''
 | Cost      = 375
 | Special   = • [[Ranged attack]]<br>• No melee penalty<br>• No enemy retaliation<br>• '''[[Accurate shot]]'''
 | Onlyone   =
}}

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'''Pirates''', '''Corsairs''', and '''Sea Dogs''' are the level 3 creatures of [[Cove]]. They can be recruited from the Frigate. Both the Upgraded Frigate and the Gunpowder Warehouse must be built in order to recruit Sea Dogs.

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== Special Ability: Accurate Shot==
The Sea Dog's Accurate Shot is triggered after a shot: each creature in an attacking stack has a X% chance of killing a creature in the attacked squad, but the total number of killed creatures cannot be more than (number of creatures in an attacking squad) * X/100 (rounded up). X = 3 multiplier for shooting without penalty and X = 2 if shooting with penalty. Ability doesn't work if shooting at creatures behind walls.

== Heroes with a specialty ==

*{{H|Anabel|Captain}} has pirates as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the speed of any Pirates, Corsairs or Sea Dogs by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).<br>
*{{H|Bidley|Captain}} {{withmaped}} can upgrade Pirates and Corsairs to Sea Dogs.

== Official Renders ==
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Sea Dog render.png
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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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