Biograft

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Biograft
"MEET YOUR DEMISE!"
Class	Melee
Faction	Blackrock
Statistics
Health	50
Shield	75
Other
Version added	V0.3.0

Overview

• Biograft is close combat rushdown class that focuses on pressuring the enemy with incredible speed and attack speed. Biograft can be in one place and get away as soon as you blink. While Biograft is incredibly fast, it's also fragile. Biograft has the lowest total hitpoints of all Phighters, sporting 125 HP. Biograft can be easily killed if they don't use their abilities correctly.
• Summary: Biograft can do amazing damage while also moving all around the place but is incredibly fragile.

Abilities

Power of Biograft
Power of Biograft	Type	Ability Type Passive
N/A
Hitting enemies with PRIMARY/Dual Swing will increase your swing rate.
Ability Demonstration Max. fire rate: 0.15 seconds (each swing)

Details:

Dual Swing
Dual Swing	Type	Ability Type Primary
Melee/Mobility
Swing your blades and blink in the direction you're moving in.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 6 + 8 + 8 + 10 Fire rate: 0.4 + 0.5 + 0.4 + 0.8 seconds Blink range: 7 studs

Details:

Slash Storm
Slash Storm	Type	Ability Type Ability
Projectile/AoE
Fire an X-shaped projectile. If it hits an enemy or reaches its max distance, create 10 slashes in an area.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 15 (projectile) + 3 * 10 (slashes) Max. range: 70 studs Area of effect: 3 stud radius Cooldown: 8 seconds

Details:

Blink
Blink	Type	Ability Type Ability
Mobility
Blink in the direction of movement, travelling instantly and dealing damage to all enemies within its path. If you damage an enemy, the cooldown for Blink is reset (up to 2 additional times).
Ability Demonstration Damage: 120 Blink range: 40 studs Max. uses: 3 Cooldown: 5 seconds

Details:

• Despite what the in-game description mentions, the blink occurs in the direction of your crosshair.

Echo Execution
Echo Execution	Type	Ability Type Ability
Projectile/Mobility
Fire a projectile. If it hits an enemy, recast to dash towards them and do damage. If the enemy's health is below 25% of their maximum health, execute them.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 10 (projectile) + 20 (dash) Execute threshold: <25% of max HP Execute damage: 999 Second use window: 8 seconds Cooldown: 10 seconds (if not recasted or missed), 15 seconds (if recasted)

Details:

• The execute threshold calculates using the target's current health + innate shield.
• The execute damage ignores shields.
• The execute damage generates ult points, giving the player 10 ult points or 8% ult charge per execute.
• Biograft can be damaged during the recast dash.

Overheat
Overheat	Type	Ability Type Ultimate
Buff
Your passive's attack speed is set to maximum and primary damage is increased by 50%. While the ultimate is active, constantly drain HP. Recast to explode, damaging enemies around you and ending Overheat's effects.
Ability Demonstration Health decay rate: 1HP/0.25 seconds Damage increase: 50% Damage: 10-50 (explosion, increases at lower health) Explosion Range: 20 studs Ult points: 125

Details:

• While Overheat is active, the player cannot gain ult points.
• The player can die from Overheat's health decay.

Strategy

Pros	Incredibly high DPS with Power of Biograft. High damage output. High mobility, exceptional gapcloser in Echo Execution.
Cons	Lowest hitpoints in the game at 125. High risk, high reward ultimate. High skill ceiling.

Biograft has a straightforward playstyle: Rush your enemies and never let them out of your reach.

Ability Usage

• Power of Biograft
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• Dual Swing
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• Slash Storm
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• Blink
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• Echo Execution
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• Overheat
  • It is best to use Overheat while out of sight from your enemies as taking damage during the cast reduces both its duration and your durability.
  • Overheat is an extremely risky but rewarding ultimate, capable of wiping teams if used at the correct moment.

Combos

• Q(2x) + E(3x)
• A basic combo for Biograft. Deals good damage and is pretty consistent.
  
• E(3x) + LMB
• Another basic combo and is consistent.

• Q(2x) + E(2x) + RMB + E(final)
• The highest damage combo for Biograft(Unless your on overheat).

Badge

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
Your Demise		Execute an enemy using Echo Execution from over 200 studs away.	N/A

Trivia

General:

• Biograft is based on the Biograft Energy Sword series.
• Biograft was first teased during Playtest 2 where his name was written in morse code in the developer console.
  • The output of the morse code incorrectly spelt 'Siograft', where the morse code for B '-...' was accidentally put as '...' for S.
• Biograft was then teased at the end of the second playtest during the credits where his weapon was shown in Zuka's shop.
  • Biograft's weapons were teased in the background of an image sent by GB on 17 April 2022.
  • He was teased once again on 22 July in an image sent by GB.

Development:

• Biograft's run animation is based on the Naruto run.
• Biograft's character design is inspired from Raiden from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

Skins:

Version History

6 November 2022 Echo Execution NEW EFFECT: Execute threshold check now accounts for the Phighters current shield + health instead of health. Hitbox size decreased from 3x3 studs to 1x1 studs. First cast cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds. Second cast cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds. 30 October 2022 Echo Execution BUG FIXES: Using the second cast at the end of the match no longer softlocks the player. No longer locks the player into the dash animation in certain cases. Playtest 4 - 28 October 2022 Echo Execution NEW EFFECTS: Projectile goes through ally players. Recast hitbox changed. Biograft now applies the dash damage to all nearby players. Overheat NEW EFFECTS: Can now be recasted to explode and end the Overheat status effects early. Health decay can now kill the player. Damage changed from 25 to 10-50 (based on current health). REMOVED: No longer explodes on death. 24 September 2022 Blink Now has an FoV visual effect on use. 3 September 2022 Blink BUG FIX: No longer breaks the game's camera when blinking into certain surfaces. Overheat READDED EFFECT: Primary/Dual Swing gains 50% increased damage for the ultimate's duration. 28 August 2022 Dual Swing Hitbox changed from server-side to client-side. Damage reduced from 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 to 6 + 8 + 8 + 10. Slash Storm Cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds. Slash damage reduced from 4 * 10 to 3 * 10. Overheat NEW EFFECT: Explosion now also happens on death. REMOVED: No longer increases Dual Swing damage by 50%. 26 August 2022 General additions and changes BUG FIX: The badge Your Demise now properly unlocks when its conditions are met. Overheat NEW EFFECT: No longer generates ult points while active. V0.3.0 - 26 August 2022 Biograft was added to the game. 16 May 2022 Biograft was officially revealed to the public.

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