Boombox

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Boombox
"Let's lay down the beat!"
Class	Support
Faction	Playground
Statistics
Health	100
Shield	50
Other
Version added	Playtest 1

Overview

Boombox is a support Phighter who specializes in controlling the battlefield with his intense knockback and shield-based abilities. Pulse Wave allows Boombox to knock enemies away from him and his allies as well as increase his own damage or the supportive effects of Shielding Amplifier through gaining charges. Protecting Overtone grants Boombox a forcefield that blocks incoming projectiles, allowing for better gap closing between his team and the opposition. His Phinisher, Raining Tacos, can turn the tides of the battle with powerful crowd control and granting his teammates an insane amount of temporary shields, making them nearly invincible for the duration.

Abilities

Charging Blitz
Charging Blitz	Type	Ability Type Passive
N/A
Perfectly timing your primary boosts your primary, gives you and allies short burst of speed, and grants you a charge. Being late or early only grants a charge.
Ability Demonstration Timing between perfects: 1 second Haste duration: 0.5 seconds Max. charges: 4

Details:

• The player must damage at least one enemy to obtain a charge.
• Perfectly timing Pulse Wave has various texts.
  • PERF!
  • PERFECT!
  • GREAT!
  • COOL!
  • RADICAL!
  • NEAT!

Pulse Wave
Pulse Wave	Type	Ability Type Primary
AoE
Fire a wave forward that knocks enemies away.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 8 + 2 * no. of charges Knockback force: 8 + 2 * no. of charges Range: 20 Fire rate: 0.9 seconds Ammo: ∞

Details:

• The ring is centered around Boombox's upper torso.

Shielding Amplifier
Shielding Amplifier	Type	Ability Type Ability
AoE
Fire a soundwave that shields allies and grants haste depending on your charges.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 5 + 5 * no. of charges Shield: 15 + 15 * no. of charges Overshield duration: 6 seconds Knockback force: 5 * no. of charges Haste: 12 * no. of charges Haste duration: 2 seconds Range: TBA Cooldown: 8 seconds

Details:

Bass Boost / Beat Drop
Bass Boost / Beat Drop	Type	Ability Type Ability
AoE/Mobility
Jump in the air and pull enemies in, reactivate to slam down and push enemies away.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 10 (first cast) + 5 + 8 * airtime duration (recast max. 25) Pull force: 20 (first cast) Knockback force: 15 (recast only) Hover duration: 0.65 seconds Cooldown: 5 seconds

Details:

Protecting Overtone
Protecting Overtone	Type	Ability Type Ability
Utility/AoE
Deploy a 300HP forcefield that follows you for 15 seconds or until it is destroyed. Reactivate while the forcefield is up to destroy it and push any enemies back.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 10 Knockback force: Unknown Health: 300 Duration: 15 seconds Size: 30x10x15 studs Cooldown: 14 seconds

Details:

• The cooldown does not start until the forcefield expires or is destroyed.
• AoE damage will go through the forcefield.
• The turn rate of Protecting Overtone moves at a fixed rate.
• Protecting Overtone does not block the following projectile abilities:
  • Hyperlaser's Piercing Ray
  • Slingshot's Heavy Sling Shot and Leg Day

Raining Tacos
Raining Tacos	Type	Ability Type Phinisher
AoE/Utility
Jump high into the air and slam the ground with a giant explosion. The explosion will give you and allies a temporary 500 shield, as well as slow enemies.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 8 + 15 * airtime duration, max. 40 Knockback force: 20 + 7 * airtime duration, going up only, max. 50 Shield: 100 on cast, 400 decaying immediately at a rate of 2 per tick upon landing Slow: 30% for 3 seconds Radius: TBD Phinisher cost: 125

Details:

• The effects of Raining Tacos is cancelled if Boombox dies before slamming the ground.
• The damage and slow of Raining Tacos will not apply if the player is out of line of sight of Boombox. The shield application ignores line of sight.
• Multiple instances of Raining Tacos' shield and slow does not stack. If the player is provided a second Raining Tacos' shield, nothing happens.

Strategy

Pros	Versatile support, with charge allowing for greater offense and defense simultaneously Raining Tacos can deny enemy Phinishers Knockback on abilities helps counter melee Phighters
Cons	Passive maybe be difficult to time for players not familiar with rhythm games 100 HP, something that cannot be regained without a Medkit Poor range Long Phinisher cast animation

Boombox excels when he can consistently hit his Charging Blitz. Not only does it give anyone around him a 25% speed boost, but it also allows him to constantly deal damage and then bring his team's shields back up. Boombox is best played around his team or at least one teammate.

Ability Usage

• Pulse
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• Sound Wave
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• Protecting Overtone
  • Position in front of your teammates to make the most of Forcefield.
  • Protecting Overtone can also be utilized to protect ranged Phighters, such as Hyperlaser in ranged exchanges.
  • Protecting Overtone's knockback on activation and reactivation is powerful enough to throw Phighters out of bounds on maps such as Rocket Arena and The Iron Cafe when given the opportunity.
• Jump Smash Move
  • Use Jump Smash Move before Raining Tacos to gain additional height and damage for Q2.
  • Pulse, Sound Wave and Protecting Overtone can be used during the end-lag of the reactivation. Use it to squeeze in additional damage.
• Raining Tacos
  • It is not recommended to use Raining Tacos at low health as there is a large risk of dying and wasting the ultimate.

Counterplay against Boombox

Ranged Phighters with any source of mobility can outrun a Boombox. Maintaining distance from Boombox prevents him from gaining charges for Sound Wave and doing damage with Pulse and Jump Smash Move. On smaller maps, the player should be mindful to avoid backing themselves into a corner/dead-end.

A significant weakness to Protecting Overtone is its lack of aerial coverage and semi-cylinder shape. Ranged Phighters such as Rocket or Slingshot can take up a higher elevation and damage Boombox and his teammates without issue. In addition, shield piercing and AoE damage can pass through the forcefield. Without Protecting Overtone, Boombox is frail and can be taken out from the fight with ease.

Raining Tacos is extremely telegraphed and risky to use in the middle of a teamfight. The player should take a moment to kill any Boombox attempting to use it at low health. Ranged Phighters with hitscan projectiles such as Hyperlaser and Slingshot have the opportunity to shoot down the mid-air Boombox. If Boombox is too healthy to kill in this state, the best option is to back out or seek high-ground to avoid the damage.

Badge

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
Bass Drop		Be airborne for 3 or more seconds while using your phinisher.

Trivia

General:

• Boombox's phinisher "Raining Tacos" is a reference to the default song played on ROBLOX's Boombox gear, "Raining Tacos".
• Bass Drop is the only Phighter badge that is obtainable outside of the main game.

Development:

Skins:

References

TBA

Version History

28 December 2022 Charging Blitz Changed metronome UI. Pulse Wave REMOVED: No longer applies 25% bound. 27 December 2022 Charging Blitz All metronome-related effects are moved to Charging Blitz. NEW EFFECTS: Metronome UI changed. Now plays a metronome sound after 0.5 seconds. Pulse Wave Renamed from Pulse. Shielding Amplifier Renamed from Sound Wave. NEW EFFECT: No longer applies additional overshield if it regenerates innate shield by more than 50. Shield increased from 10 + 15 * no. of charges to 15 + 15 * no. of charges. Shield duration reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. Cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds. Bass Boost / Beat Drop Renamed from Jump Smash Move. Protecting Overtone Renamed from Forcefield. 26 December 2022 Pulse Wave NEW EFFECTS: Boombox now uses a metronome. Timing Pulse when the two rectangles meet adds one charge and increases the number of additional pulses fired by 1 (max. 4) if an enemy was damaged. In addition, Boombox and nearby allies are granted 25% haste for 0.5 seconds. Timing it early or late will only fire one pulse, but a charge will be gained if an enemy was hit. Missing the timing only fires one pulse. The metronome is positioned under the crosshair. Pulse now fires in a semi-circle instead of around Boombox. Damage per pulse changed from 8 to 8 + (2 * no. of charges) Knockback force per pulse changed from 8 to 8 + (2 * no. of charges) Shielding Amplifier NEW EFFECTS: Now grants 12% * no. of charges haste for X seconds to Boombox and nearby allies. Now displays number of charges on the ability hotbar. BUG FIX: Now regenerates ally shields properly and only overshields if their shield goes above their maximum shield. Raining Tacos NEW EFFECT: Shield now decays 1.5 seconds after being applied. 24 December 2022 Bass Boost / Beat Drop BUG FIX: No longer applies the jump height penalty permanently in certain instances. 27 November 2022 Bass Boost / Beat Drop BUG FIX: Not reactivating Jump Smash Move no longer keeps the Bound status effect. 20 November 2022 Raining Tacos Slow reduced from 50% to 30%. 16 November 2022 Protecting Overtone NEW EFFECTS: Now uses a open semi-cylinder shape instead of a cylinder. The shield now follows the players crosshair. The player can now look up and down to tilt the shield. Now applies knockback force on activation The player can now reactivate Protecting Overtone to end its effects early, dealing damage and appling knockback force. Health increased from 200 to 300. Duration increased from 8 seconds to 15 seconds. Size decreased from 40x10x40 to 30x10x15 Raining Tacos Shield increased from 200 to 500. Shield decay delay reduced from 5 seconds to 0 seconds. Shield decay rate per tick increased from 0.5 to 2. REMOVED: Slow no longer stacks. 10 November 2022 Raining Tacos NEW EFFECT: Multiple instances of Raining Tacos' shield no longer stack. If a Raining Tacos shield is already applied on a player, nothing happens. Ult points increased from 100 to 125. 6 November 2022 Soundwave NEW EFFECTS: Boombox can only gain charges while Sound Wave is off cooldown. Sound Wave shield now overwrites itself if the player or allies have a shield. BUG FIX: Now shields allies as intended. 30 October 2022 Soundwave NEW EFFECTS: Now grants Boombox and nearby allies a shield for 8 seconds. The shield does not stack. If the new shield has more health than the old shield, it overwrites the shield. Otherwise the duration is refreshed. Shielding increased from 10 * no. of charges to 15 + 10 * no. of charges. Cooldown increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. REMOVED: No longer heals. 28 October 2022 Raining Tacos BUG FIX: Raining Tacos no longer slows damaged players for more than intended. 12 September 2022 Pulse Wave IMPLEMENTED: No longer reduces walkspeed during use. Protecting Overtone BUG FIX: Protecting Overtone now properly disappears if its owner leaves the game. 6 September 2022 Pulse Wave REMOVED: No longer reduces walkspeed during use. 5 September 2022 Pulse Wave NEW EFFECT: Now reduces walkspeed by 50% and jump height by 25% during use. Knockback force reduced from to 10 to 8. Sound Wave Damage reduced from 5 + 10 * no. of charges to 5 + 5 * no. of charges. Protecting Overtone Health reduced from 250 to 200. Knockback force reduced from 10 to 0. 4 September 2022 The Cooler Boombox skin was added to the game. 26 August 2022 General additions and changes Health reduced from 150 to 100. Pulse Wave Damage reduced from 12 to 8. REMOVED: No longer heals allies. Shielding Amplifier REWORKED: Damaging at least one enemy with Pulse grants you a charge, max. 4 charges. On activation, consumes all charges to release an AoE that heals allies and damages enemies. Each charge increases the damage, healing and knockback force. Damage changed from 10 to 5 x no. of charges. Healing changed from 0 to 10 x no. of charges. Knockback force changed from unknown to 5 x no. of charges. Protecting Overtone NEW EFFECTS: Protecting Overtone now follows the player instead of staying at an area. Now uses an open cylinder shape instead of a sphere. Health reduced from 400 to 250. Size significantly reduced. Duration increased from 11 seconds to 15 seconds. REMOVED: Protecting Overtone can no longer be recasted. Raining Tacos REWORKED: On landing, allies in the AoE are granted a 200 HP shield that starts to decay after 2 seconds. Damaged enemies are slowed by TBA% for 4 seconds. REMOVED: No longer creates an 12 HP/sec AoE heal on landing. No longer heals allies. 19 May 2022 Protecting Overtone NEW EFFECT: Protecting Overtone disappears and goes on cooldown after 11 seconds. BUG FIX: No longer becomes invulnerable if the player who casted it leaves. 15 May 2022 Shielding Amplifier Lifetime increased from 1 second to 2 seconds. Protecting Overtone NEW EFFECTS: Duration no longer resets when recasted. Now goes on its first cast cooldown when the duration expires. Knockback force decreased from 10 to 6. Duration reduced from 45 seconds to 10 seconds. Cooldown decreased from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. 18 April 2022 Shielding Amplifier BUG FIX: No longer does more damage than intended. 17 April 2022 Protecting Overtone Health reduced from 450 to 400. Knockback force reduced from 15 to 10. Recast cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds. Cooldown increased from 12 seconds to 15 seconds. 16 April 2022 General additions and changes The Bass Drop badge was added to the game. Pulse Wave Knockback force reduced. Protecting Overtone Protecting Overtone first cast cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 12 seconds. 20 February 2022 General additions and changes All abilities except for Raining Tacos have had their damage reduced. BUG FIX: Pulse, Jump Smash Move and Raining Tacos now have improved hit detection. Pulse Wave Range increased from 20 to 30. Jump Smash Move Damage changed from unknown to 5 + 8 * airtime duration, max 25. Range increased from 30 to 40. Protecting Overtone BUG FIX: Now works properly. Raining Tacos Damage and healing changed from unknown to 8 + 15 * airtime, max 40.

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