Biograft
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Overview
Biograft is a melee Phighter that specializes in chasing targets and confirming kills. Biograft plays like a glass cannon, dealing high damage while sporting the lowest health on the roster. Biograft's passive, Power of Biograft, increases his attack speed every primary swing. It also limits his aggressiveness, as Biograft fills his "overheat" meter (not to be confused with his ultimate ability of the same name) when swinging, which could lead to him being left vulnerable if the bar fills up completely. Echo Execution allows Biograft to confirm kills on enemies at 33% health. Biograft's abilities allows him to get in and out of fights swiftly, allowing for more methodical gameplay.
Abilities
Power of Biograft | ||
Power of Biograft | Type |
Ability Type Passive |
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Hitting enemies with PRIMARY/Dual Swing will increase your swing rate. | ||
Ability Demonstration Max. fire rate: 0.15 seconds (each swing)
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Details:
- Biograft has an "overheat" meter, which fills up as he swings.
- The meter is 75 heat in total.
- One primary swing adds 5 heat, however if the primary misses it only adds 3 heat.
- When the meter is filled, Biograft will explode. The explosion deals 25 damage to Biograft, and 15 damage to all enemies around him. This explosion also slows him by 50% and disables his primary for 1 second.
- The meter decreases constantly at 3 heat per second, and 12 heat/s if he has not used his primary over 2 seconds.
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- 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.
Details:
- Despite what the in-game description mentions, the blink occurs in the direction of your crosshair.
Overheat | ||
Overheat | Type |
Ability Type Ultimate |
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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 |
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- While Overheat is active, the player cannot gain ult points.
- The player can die from Overheat's health decay.
Strategy
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Biograft is a glass cannon. Without proper knowledge or experience, he can be a detriment to his team. Biograft must utilize his mobility to minimize damage taken and keep pressure on the enemy. Biograft's main goal is focusing a single enemy until they are dead. Keeping pressure on someone who is trying to regenerate their shields can net him a kill while they try and escape you. Biograft has decent burst potential, as combining Slash Storm and Blink can lead to around 100 damage (assuming all three Blinks are hit). Biograft has great synergy with Subspace, as Biograft's constant damage benefits from Subspace's vulnerability status effect.
Biograft's role in a team is to pressure loners and confirm kills. Echo Execution lets him instantly kill anyone at 33% health (assuming they have no shields). When combined with Biograft's burst damage output, sometimes a good Biograft doesn't even need their team to support them. Biograft's low ability cooldowns allow for pressure no other Phighter compares to. If a teammate needs help, he can quickly get to their position and aid them.
Biograft is best played on flat maps, as inclines can make it harder to hit his primary. Maps with less cover can also make getting Echo Executions from across the map a lot easier. Some of Biograft's more favored maps include DODGEBALL!, Protect Telamon, ROBLOX Mall, The Iron Cafe, and Doomspire.
Biograft is all about knowing your limits. It's okay to back out of a fight to regenerate your shields. It's okay to stop holding primary because the overheat meter is almost full. It's okay to just not take a fight completely. The best Biograft is one who makes good decisions. If played correctly, he is one of if not the most powerful solo carry character in the game.
Ability Usage
- Power of Biograft
- The increasing attack speed can cause the overheat meter to fill quickly. Use the attack speed to stay on your enemies, and use other abilities while the meter goes down.
- Dual Swing
- Use Dual Swing out of combat for increased movement speed. This will increase the overheat meter, so stop once you get close to the battle.
- Slash Storm
- Due to its linger, it can also be used as a trap for things such as Sword's Lunge, Skateboard, and an opposing Biograft's Echo Execution. Overheat, when used correctly, can get at least one kill.
- Blink
- Blink resets its cooldown every hit, with a maximum of two resets. Hitting all three will deal 60 damage, which is usually half the health of the average Phighter. You can also use the cooldown reset to get out of a fight by chaining Blink on enemies.
- Echo Execution
- Because of its range, Echo Execution can be used as a mobility tool to get back into the fight.
- Echo Execution can be used to put pressure on the enemy. The target may anticipate the dash and increase their guard, so sometimes its best to just wait a few seconds before dashing to them. Exploit their paranoia.
- Overheat
- Biograft has one of the longer ultimate ability animations. Activating Overheat in front of the enemy team will get him obliterated. There are many work-arounds to this, such as:
- Going behind cover
- Blinking into the air
- Marking someone with Echo Execution and reactivating it once the animation is over
- Overheat's explosion does 40 damage. End the ultimate when an enemy is less than or equal to 40 health. You can also end it when you cannot find a target and you are taking health damage. Without a Medkit, it is important you keep your health high.
- Biograft has one of the longer ultimate ability animations. Activating Overheat in front of the enemy team will get him obliterated. There are many work-arounds to this, such as:
Counterplay against Biograft
Biograft, like most melee Phighters, is hindered by AoE damage. This is why Rocket is a great way to steer an enemy Biograft away from your team. Boombox is also a great counter for all melee Phighters, as his knockback can discombobulate those who rely on staying close to their enemies. Skateboard is Biograft's greatest counter because Biograft has no move that can slow him down, as opposed to Sword's Lunge. Biograft's only way to chase Skateboard is with Overheat, but even that may end up not working. Stuns are devastating to Biograft because of his low health pool. Stick with your team when a Biograft is on the opposition. Three or more players can easily decimate Biograft if he chooses to engage. Medkit can deter Biograft away from your team because of his healing and knockback from his Rejuvenation Ring. His primary can also stop Biograft from regenerating his shields, so it's never out of the picture to just chase a Biograft as Medkit.[1][2]
Badge
Name | Icon | Description | Reward |
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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.
References
Version History
Playtest 4 - 28 October 2022
V0.3.0 - 26 August 2022
16 May 2022
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Phighters |
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Melee | Sword • Skateboard • Biograft • Katana • Ban Hammer |
Ranged | Rocket • Slingshot • Hyperlaser • Shuriken • Scythe |
Support | Medkit • Boombox • Subspace • Vine Staff |
Related | Badges • Status Effects • Phinisher |