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 pressuring targets and chasing them down. 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 when using Dual Swing. It also limits his aggressiveness, as Biograft fills his heat meter by using Dual Swing, which could lead to him being left vulnerable if the bar fills up completely. Echo Execution allows Biograft to confirm kills on enemies at <25% health. Biograft's abilities allows him to get in and out of fights swiftly, allowing for more methodical gameplay.

Abilities

Power of Biograft/Heat
Power of Biograft	Type	Ability Type Passive
N/A
Dual Swing gradually increases your heat meter. Hitting enemies with Dual Swing temporarily increases your attack speed, but increases heat further. Reaching full heat disables Dual Swing for half a second and creates an explosion around you.
Ability Demonstration Max. fire rate: 0.15 seconds (each swing) 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:

Dual Swing
Dual Swing	Type	Ability Type Primary
Melee/Mobility
Swing your blades and blink in the direction you're moving.
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)

Details:

Slash Storm
Slash Storm	Type	Ability Type Secondary
Projectile/AoE
Fire an X-shaped projectile, when the center is hit, create 10 slashes in the 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 Q Ability
Projectile/Mobility
Fire a beam, if an enemy is hit, recast to dash to the enemy. 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 Phinisher points, giving the player 10 Phinisher points or 8% Phinisher charge per execute.
• Biograft can be damaged during the recast dash.

Blink
Blink	Type	Ability Type E Ability
Mobility
Blink forward and damage anybody in your path.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 20 Blink range: 40 studs Max. uses: 3 Cooldown: 5 seconds

Details:

• Hitting Blink will grant you a cooldown reset. Blink can be used three times before going back to its normal cooldown.
  • The cooldown for Blink
• Despite what the in-game description mentions, Blink occurs in the direction of your crosshair.

Overheat
Overheat	Type	Ability Type Phinisher
Buff
Your attack speed is increased to its maximum. Heat is no longer gained, and your primary damage is increased by 50%, but your health drains. Killing while overheating grants you 15 shield. Recast to cancel Overheat and create an explosion around you which deals more damage the lower health you are.
Ability Demonstration Health drain 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 Phinisher points: 125

Details:

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

Strategy

Pros	High damage output. High mobility. Great at confirming kills. Consistent pressure.
Cons	High skill floor, least beginner friendly Phighter. Lowest health in the game at 125 hitpoints. High risk, high reward Phinisher.

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 his wrath. 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 <25% 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 heat 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 heat 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 heat 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 Phinisher 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 good damage. End the Phinisher when an enemy is around 20% 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.
    • Overheat's explosion is also very useful when combined with Subspace's Noxious Void, due to its AoE damage.

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.

Biograft can also have problems securing kills against high health Phighters, especially Katana. A high health katana can easily dispatch a biograph with a few swings if they are too close, so the Biograft may have to lose a kill to get away with their life.

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.

• Biograft is often referred to as a Pitbull due to the fact that:
  1. They are the creation of subspace, so it is thought that they are a kind of pet to subspace.
  2. Biograft's gameplay is often rabid and unpredictable which people related to a rabid pitbull's behavior, alongside his personality of not being the most intelligent either.

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

28 December 2022 Echo Execution Dash window duration decreased from 8s to 5s 7 December 2022 Power of Biograft/Heat 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. Overheat slow increased from 30% to 50%. Overheat Dual Swing disable duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second. Dual Swing Damage increased from 6 + 6 + 8 + 8 to 6 + 7 + 8 + 9. 5 December 2022 Power of Biograft/Heat 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 phinisher'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 drain 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 phinisher'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 phinisher 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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