Paladin
| Paladin | |||
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| Control Type | Hovercraft | ||
| Unlock Requirement | Level 5 Quad | ||
| Starting Weapon | Laser Knife | ||
| Primary Weapons | Sword | ||
| Secondary | Aura of Healing | ||
| Maneuver | Hasty Retreat | ||
| Initial Stats (Base Stats) | |||
| Armor | 8.2 (10) | ||
| Damage | 104% (100%) | ||
| Armor Self-Repair | 0.6/s | ||
| Steam Recharge | 1.6/s (0.4/s) | ||
| Turn Rate | 1440°/s | ||
| Max Speed | 3.0 | ||
| Super Speed | 6.0 | ||
| Plane Multipliers | |||
| x0.8 Armor +2.4% Armor per Level +4% Damage per Level +300% Steam Recharge x0.4 Turn Rate while superspeeding | |||
More mecha than plane, the steam-hungry Paladin slices through swathes of enemies with a signature 50-foot plasma chainsaw.
The Paladin is a class in Steambirds Alliance.
Contents
Maneuver
The Paladin has one maneuver, Hasty Retreat, with a Steam cost of 10. On activation, the Paladin moves a set distance backward relative to the plane's facing, gaining an invulnerability shield for the maneuver's 0.13-second duration.
Hasty Retreat has a 1-second internal cooldown which is represented by a shading effect on the plane's Armor slot.
Upgrade Limits
The Paladin has the following non-elemental upgrade limits (and the associated numerical effects at these limits):
- Damage: 40 (+40%)
- Armor: 23 (+23)
- Armor Self-Repair: 25 (+0.3/s)
- Max Steam: 10 (+10)
- Steam Recharge: 50 (+0.2/s)
- Super Speed: 25 (+1.5)
Pilot Skills
| Skill Tier | Pilot Rank | Option A | Option B |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
Armor Shell
|
Leviathan
|
| 2 | 16 |
Ancient Depths
|
Snapper
|
| 3 | 68 |
Feeding Time
|
Monster Heart
|
| 4 | 113 |
Emergence
|
Frenzy
|
Notes
- At level 1 with its T0 initial loadout, the Paladin will have Armor, Damage and Steam Recharge values of, respectively, ~8.2, 104% and 1.6/s due to the effects of plane and leveling multipliers.
Plane Variants
Note: due to many Paladin variant models overlapping with descriptions, certain parts have been assumed rather than recorded. Ambiguous portions are encased in brackets.
Tier 1 (Common) Variants
- Pepper Chopper: Pepper never [talks] about her past. But she's got an [old] tattoo with a blurred name set in the dead center of a flaming heart.
- Armored Suit MRKXII: An experimental set of powered armor funded by a [reclusive Lord]. The lab shut down after the noble family's mass murder suicide, due to public rumor the patriarch had been canoodling with a pied parakeet. Such times we live in.
- Stars of St. Stevens: To the north lies a small town ignored by most. In a dirt basement, three children dug up a metal chest of glittering star-shaped ornaments. Upon touching the points to their heart, throat and foreheads, they could see time itself. Thus commenced the gentle winter murders.
- Lord of Claw and Fang: In the evening, the flock performs a calming ritual. They keep a cage of mice in the corner, who've been told that this is their way into heaven.
Tier 2 (Rare) Variants
- Lumberjack: The burly birds of the Northern forests use these rigs to haul logs. Fueled by flapjacks.
- Bunyan: When the fire's gone and the whiskey's half gone, they whisper tales. Once there was a bird, as tall as a mountain. And his trusty blue fox.
- Mud Druid: The careful application of poverty is an essential ingredient to any religious fervor.
Tier 3 (Epic) Variants
- Ghost Paladin: There are [certain ones] who seeks out religion after [traversing a] rougher path. For such souls, [repentance] is, by necessity, an ongoing act.
- Iron Gregory: They say Iron [Gregory] once sliced through 30 feline ships [with] a single swing of his plasma chainsaw. They say a lot of things about Iron Gregory.
- Ice Paladin: Sometimes [warmth is found on] the inside.
- Pretty John: The ever [yearning Lord] ordered his lone servant to polish [his shoes] to an impeccable shine. Tonight, he [goes] out. On the town.