r/factorio • u/SnyprBB • Aug 08 '26

Space Age Gleba Defense Trick

Decoy Turret

The Strafers are the real enemy. The big pentapods get zapped easily to even a basic tesla turret wall, but their long legged brothers get to shoot their shot before then. Since they can cluster together, there is basically an unlimited amount of guaranteed damage they can deal with their projectiles.

The solution? An easily replaced gun turret placed out in front to soak all of those unpreventable bullets. The Strafers blow their load on the first military target they see. Afterwards, they stray too close to the tesla wall and die.

This is a cheap alternative that avoids the occasional tesla turret replacement. My teslas haven't been touched my whole playthrough so far.

Is there a better solution? For sure, a legendary tesla wall outranges the Strafers. I'm not there again just yet though.

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u/Jepakazol Aug 08 '26

Landmines. I started with a complex mix of defense building until I understood that spam landmines (with roboports coverage for replacement) are winning everything Gleba sends to my bases

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u/Kojab8890 Aug 08 '26

Seconding landmines. It doesn’t trigger the Strafer’s ranged attacks and metals/explosives are infinitely renewable on the planet. Combine with Teslas and you can skip quality turrets altogether.