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 a melee Phighter that specializes in outputting high damage using his abilities. Biograft's passive, Power of Biograft builds up increasing attack speed when hitting enemies with Dual Swing, allowing him to ramp up devastating damage if not addressed quickly. With access to multiple movement abilities at his disposal, Biograft can close in and pressure a team's backline with ease. Biograft's mobility allows him to stick onto squishy targets and improves his evasiveness in combat. His ultimate, Overheat maximizes Power of Biograft's attack speed bonus and increases Dual Swing's damage at the expense of decaying health. It is a high risk, high reward tool that allows Biograft to deal as much damage as possible before reactivating the ultimate or being taken out. Biograft's high damage and mobility is offset with two significant drawbacks, having the lowest hitpoints of all Phighters and not being able to spam Dual Swing. With 125 hitpoints split between 50 health and 75 shield, Biograft can be taken out quickly if he is affected by an immobolizing status effect or is focused down. Furthermore, if Biograft uses his primary attack more than 10 times in a given time, he will lose 25 hp in a resulting explosion dealing 15 damage to surrounding enemies.

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. Using Dual Swing gradually fills an overheat gauge (increased upon hitting enemies). When the gauge is full, Biograft explodes, doing damage to himself and enemies around him. Biograft is slowed and cannot use Dual Swing for a short duration after the explosion. The gauge decreases automatically, the rate of reduction is increased if Biograft has not used Dual Swings after a duration.
Ability Demonstration Swing damage: 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 Fire rate: 0.4 + 0.5 + 0.4 + 0.8 seconds Blink range: 3-6 studs (based on attack speed) Heat generated per swing: 3 (on miss), 5 (on hit) Heat reduction rate: 3 per second, increased to 12 per second if Dual Swing is not used for at least 2 seconds Maximum heat: 50 Explosion damage: 15 (to enemies), 25 (to Biograft) Slow: 50% for 2 seconds Dual Swing disable duration: 1 second

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:

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) + 10 (dash) Execute threshold: >25% of max HP Execute damage: 999 Second use window: 8 seconds Cooldown: 8 seconds (if not recasted or missed), 12 seconds (if recasted)

Details:

• The execute threshold calculates using the target's current health.
• The execute fails if the enemy has a shield.
• 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.

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: 20 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.

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, the overheat gauge is disabled, constantly drain HP and when you kill an enemy, gain a temporary shield. Recast to explode, damaging enemies around you and ending Overheat's effects.
Ability Demonstration Health decay rate: 1HP/0.25 seconds Damage increase: 50% Shield gained on kill: 15 for 5 seconds Damage: 20-50 (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.

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:

• The Biocarved skin is a community contributed skin created by ThatOneWill.
  • The skin was one of three winners of the 2022 Halloween Skin Contest.

Version History

7 December 2022 Dual Swing NEW EFFECTS: The heat gauge now constantly decreases by 3 heat per second, increased to 12 heat per second if Dual Swing was not used for 2 seconds. Generates 3 heat if Dual Swing does not hit an enemy. Damage increased from 6 + 6 + 8 + 8 to 6 + 7 + 8 + 9. Overheat slow increased from 30% to 50%. Overheat Dual Swing disable duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second. 5 December 2022 Dual Swing NEW EFFECT: Now has an overheat gauge, which is gradually filled by using Dual Swing. Each swing generates 5 heat, up to a maximum of 50 heat. Upon reaching 50 heat, Biograft explodes, doing 25 damage to himself, 15 damage to enemies around him, slowing him by 30% and making him unable to use Dual Swing for 2 seconds. After 3 seconds of not using Dual Swing, the overheat gauge decreases by 0.5 per frame. Overheat NEW EFFECT: The heat gauge for Dual Swing is disabled during the ultimate's effects. 27 November 2022 Overheat NEW EFFECT: Killing an enemy during Overheat grants Biograft a 15 HP shield for 5 seconds. BUG FIX: Biograft no longer gains shields when killing players while Overheat is not active. Explosion damage increased from 10-50 to 20-50. 10 November 2022 Dual Swing Damage reduced from 6 + 8 + 8 + 10 to 6 + 6 + 8 + 8. Blink range changed from 6 studs to 3-6 studs (based on attack speed). Echo Execution NEW EFFECTS: Echo Execution no longer executes if the enemy has a shield. Execution threshold check once again accounts for health instead of health + shield. Dash damage reduced from 20 to 10. First cast cooldown decreased from 10 seconds to 8 seconds. Second cast cooldown decreased from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. BUG FIX: Echo Execution no longer goes into the second cast if the player fails to use the ability within the recast window and misses the second first cast. 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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