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Inky Tanks are the pride and joy of Comrade Black's army. They can take a lot of paint points to destroy and can fire ink at long distances. They're basically the offensive counterpart of the Paint Tankers.

Background[]

After the Colour Underground took Downtown, Comrade Black developed the Inky Tanks and used them to try and stop Blob.

In the sequel, tanks were used to suppress the protesting crowds after the Prisman Election.

Strategy[]

There are two good ways to deal with an Inky Tank, depending on how many paint points you have. If you have 100 paint points (or are close to that amount), then you can rack up enough paint points to get to 100 (if necessary) and then rush in and destroy the Inky Tank. Or, you can just slam the Tank with however many paint points you have, quickly run away to get more, go back and slam the Tank again, and repeat the cycle until you destroy the Tank. Either way, make sure you're always moving when an Inky Tank is nearby so you can avoid its rapid-fire ink shots.

Inky Tanks return in de Blob 2, but not as actual enemies for some reason. In this game, the Inky Tanks do not attack Blob and destroying them is a quest in both of the levels it appears in.

Trivia[]

  • Some of the clips in the Extras section of de Blob 2 reveal that Inky Tanks were originally going to function as actual enemies, making it even more odd that they aren't enemies in the final product; additionally, it seems that a few different ideas were proposed for the behavior of the Inky Tanks in de Blob 2.
    • One idea was to have the tanks be able to walk around with their treads. This idea was most likely scrapped due to it being too outlandish.
    • Another idea was to have the Inky Tanks behave similarly to the ones in de Blob 1, but with some differences. Firstly, the Inkies driving them would have been seen walking around outside the tanks, and would jump inside upon spotting Blob. The player would likely have had an opportunity to slam the Inkies before they entered the tanks. Secondly, when a tank fired a shot, the Inky would have been ejected onto the barrel, temporarily immobilizing the tank until the Inky climbed back inside.
Enemies
Introduced in de Blob InkyHeavy InkyLeechbotInky Jet BikeInky TankInky TurretElite InkyGiant Robot Inky
Introduced in de Blob 2 (DS) BladebotArmored InkyGrenadier InkyElectric InkyBlob InkyWinged Inky
Introduced in de Blob 2 BlancHypnodiscShepherdSergeant InkyInky MortarBomb BotSpikey InkyMonster
Antagonists Comrade BlackDr. Von Blot (De Blot)Arctic InkyCowboy InkyDean InkyKnight InkyRussian Inky Skier InkyInky Scientist (Inky Marshall)Inky Scientist (Unit)
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