Let’s finish our Skyratz tutorial with the first decision you’re gonna make: choosing your character. Based on their stats, each Hero has their own strengths and weaknesses so players can learn how to fly their own way or pick a character who’s personality fits them best.
While we eventually want to add abilities and class roles to emphasize their individuality more, we’re hoping that each character’s flight mechanics, voice lines, and character art will provide a distinct experience on their own.
Naturally, all these characters have their own stories and large roles in Skyratz’ lore, but we’ll save that for a post down the line.
Ava – As the aerial trickster of the group, Ava’s got the skills to pay the bills.
Ava’s balanced stats make her a good pick for new players, but aerial experts will soon realize that her stamina is her true strength, as her ability to do multiple maneuvers can help you turn the tables on any engagement. Her only weakness is that she’s got a slightly bigger hitbox than the birds in her weight class, so good players will need to learn how to stay out of their opponents’ sights to survive the danger zone.
Strengths: Great Stamina, Great Stamina Regeneration
Weakness: Slightly Large Hitbox
Baeleron – If you’ve got killer instinct and a need for speed, choose Baeleron to tear up the skies.
As the bird with the fastest flight speed, he can get in close and punish his enemies before they know what hit them. But his speed comes at a price: low handling and stamina prevent Baeleron from being able to regain his target if they escape his sight, and with one of the biggest hitboxes in the game, his foes can take pot shots at him before he can soar away. To assert their dominance, good Baelerons need to learn how to get the items quick and get the kills quicker, so the match ends before anyone else has a chance to play.
Strength: Great Speed
Weaknesses: Low Stamina, Large Hitbox, Low Handling
Owlington – Owlington’s a wise choice for players that want to keep a keen eye on their targets.
He’s got the best handling in the game, which makes it so hard to break his lock-on that you’d swear he can turn his head around. However, when vision is lacking, his average speed and low stamina make him a sitting duck against any attacker that may spot him first. So to win, you gotta swoop in when it’s safe, get the kill, they sneak away before anyone gets any smart ideas.
Strength: Great Handling
Weakness: Low Stamina
Didi – The bigger they are, the harder they fall, which is good because Didi is REALLY tiny.
Sure, she may have less health than most of the other birds, but her small hitbox allows her to escape most enemy’s shots without taking a scratch. Her biggest weakness comes from area of effect damage, like homing missiles, dynamite sticks, and proximity mines, but with a little luck, and some tight maneuvering, a good Didi player will show you that pound for pound, there’s no one better.
Strength: Small Hitbox
Weakness: Less Health
Dodger – If staying straight and flying right isn’t your thing, Dodger’s probably your best bet for this game.
With a small hitbox, good stamina, and great handling, Dodger can drive her opponents batty while they try to hit her. However, if she’s flying still, hawk-eyed players mindful of her low health and speed will realize that she can be easy prey. That said, with multiple avenues for evasion, a good Dodger player just needs to balance their maneuvers and handling, and they’ll prove that losing really is for the birds.
Strengths: Small Hitbox, Great Handling
Weaknesses: Less Health, Lower Speed
Steelwind Mk. 4 – If survivability and the cold comfort of steel armor plating are your thing, then the Steelwind Mk. 4 has got you covered.
*Slaps the drone’s caboose*
This baby can fit so many bullets in its hull, that the birds that hunt it have to count their shots and pray that they can finish the job. The only downside is that Steelwind boasts the biggest hitbox in the game and doesn’t have the stamina or handling to quickly deal with the birds picking on it. Still, with good health management, Steelwind players will be able to not only take a lot of damage, but will know how to pay it back when their foes are stuck with the receipt.
Strengths: Starts with an extra 25 armor
Weaknesses: Big Hitbox, Low Stamina
