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Uncommon card · Science
Raking fire, an Uncommon card
In naval warfare during the Age of Sail, raking fire was cannon fire directed parallel to the long axis of an enemy ship from ahead or astern.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 41
- DEF
- 9
- Power
- 50
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 50 (ATK + DEF).
Raking fire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Raking fire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In addition, the ______ ship would have fewer guns able to return fire.
Answer
targeted. In addition, the targeted ship would have fewer guns able to return fire. From the Raking fire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Raking fire. Raking fire 41 · Joakim Palme 37 · Gordimer 33 · Stadtpilot 29 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Raking fire. Raking fire 15,000 · Joakim Palme 9,700 · Gordimer 160 · 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase 120 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Although each shot was directed against a smaller profile compared to firing at the target ship's broadside and thus more likely to miss the target ship to one side or the other, an individual cannon shot that hit would pass through more of the ship, thereby increasing damage to the hull, sails, cannon and crew.
- In addition, the targeted ship would have fewer guns able to return fire.
- Historically, a stern rake tended to be more damaging than a bow rake because the shots were less likely to be deflected by the curved and strengthened bow, and because disabling the exposed rudder at the stern would render the target unable to steer and thus manoeuvre.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Raking fire article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 41 and blocks with 9: each hit it takes is cut by 4 %.
How to get Raking fire
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Raking fire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Francis Holman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
