Just when we thought the Galactic War couldn’t get any hairier, the Illuminate drops a literal boss ship right on our heads. The Leviathan is an absolute unit of a massive craft, boasting a staggering health pool estimated around 17,500 HP. If your squad drops into a mission and tries to take this thing down by shooting randomly at its hull with standard primary weapons, you are going to achieve nothing but a pile of empty magazines and a very angry alien dreadnought. Its heavy outer armor requires AP5+ penetration to even scratch, meaning light armor-penetrating weapons will simply bounce off, giving you those painful ricochet markers.
To bring down this massive threat without burning through your entire budget of reinforcement budgets, you need to coordinate your anti-tank fire and target its specific weak spots. Here is the definitive guide on where to point your rockets to take down the Leviathan efficiently.
Primary Weak Spots & Target Areas
The Belly Vents (The Best Method): If you can get a clear angle underneath the hull, look for three circular glowing blue light zones. This is the Leviathan’s absolute soft spot. Concentrating heavy anti-tank fire here deals the highest possible direct damage. Landing precision shots on these belly circles drastically cuts down your ammo consumption—for instance, dropping a Recoilless Rifle requirement from seven shots down to just six. If it is hovering over your squad, coordinate everyone to dump their heavy ordnance directly into these blue circles.
The Fin Carapace & Wings: You won’t always have a clean angle on the belly. When the Leviathan is flying at an awkward angle or keeping low, shift your focus to the massive front or back wings and fins. You will need heavy anti-tank rockets to strip away the outer armor plating first. Once that carapace breaks off, it exposes a glowing inner structure of blue flames and vulnerable flesh beneath. Once exposed, you can stop wasting rockets and switch to medium-armor penetrating (AP4) weapons, like the Heavy Machine Gun or the Autocannon, to pump full damage straight into the exposed insides.
The Spear Lock-On Zone: If you are looking for the lowest-effort, highest-reward strategy, look no further than the Spear Support Weapon. The Spear automatically locks onto the Leviathan’s front head section and lit-up areas. Because of the ideal top-attack trajectory, it consistently tears through the massive craft and secures a kill in exactly 5 direct hits, completely bypassing the hassle of aiming manually at specific moving parts.
Most Effective Loadouts & Ammunition Thresholds
Because the Leviathan is such a massive bullet sponge, knowing your team’s ammo thresholds is critical. You cannot afford to play a war of attrition with this thing. The table below breaks down exactly what it takes to eliminate the threat depending on what tools you brought down from your Destroyer.
Stratagem / Weapon Required Hits to Kill Optimal Target Point
Spear Rocket 5 Shots Automatic Head/Vents Lock-on
Recoilless Rifle 6 Shots Blue Belly Circles
Anti-Tank Emplacement 12–16 Shots Belly vents or Wing joints
Thermite Grenades 4–5 Grenades Sticking to the hull when it flies low
Emancipator Mech ~100 Rounds (Half Ammo) Back wing to shred health
Tactical Stratagem Tip: Do not waste your high-cooldown, heavy single-target strikes here. Traditional heavy-hitters like the Orbital Laser and the Railcannon Strike do not register damage effectively against the massive surface area of the Leviathan’s hull. Instead, rely on low-cooldown, high-impact area stratagems. An Orbital Gatling Barrage or an Eagle Strafing Run thrown directly in the ship’s path works wonders. A well-placed Eagle Strafing Run can strip off large chunks of outer armor instantly, saving your squad’s valuable rocket ammunition for the exposed glowing weak spots.
