Hyperlaser

Overview	Lore	Dialogue	Sound effects	Gallery	History

Hyperlaser
"I'll see you in Hell."
Class	Ranged
Faction	Blackrock
Statistics
Health	75
Shield	100
Other
Version added	V0.3.0

Overview

Hyperlaser is a zoner that plays like a sniper. It shoots enemies from far away while doing incredible damage. Hyperlaser can easily kill an enemy in just a few seconds, but if an enemy gets close its all over. Hyperlaser gets obliterated by melee classes such as Sword or Skateboard. Hyperlaser can also disable enemies to get away from a situation where the enemy is coming close to get away. Another downside is that Hyperlaser usually needs a good frontier to be decent. Overall Hyperlaser can do amazing damage from far away but gets slaughtered by close combat classes.

Abilities

Locked and Loaded
Locked and Loaded	Type	Ability Type Passive
N/A
Hitting an enemy's head with Hyper Ray deals double damage. Headshotting creates an AoE around the enemy that does damage. Your third bullet Wireframewireframes the next enemy you hit.
Ability Demonstration Slow: 33% for 2 seconds Area of effect damage: 15 Wireframe duration: 1 second

Details:

Hyper Ray
Hyper Ray	Type	Ability Type Primary
Hitscan
After a short delay, fire a ray.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 20 Self slow: 75% Jump height penalty: 100% Range: 1200 studs Hitbox size: 2x2 studs Fire rate: TBA Casting Time: X Ammo: 3 Reload time: 1 second

Details:

• Hyper Ray can pierce enemy players.
• The slow and jump height penalty are applied until the player stops firing.

Pierce Ray
Pierce Ray	Type	Ability Type Ability
Hitscan
After a short delay, shoot a small ray that goes through enemies and shields, if the ray hits anything, it explodes into a larger ray.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 20 (small ray) + 30 (large ray) Stun duration: 0.5 seconds (small ray only) Slow: 33% for 2 seconds (large ray only) Cooldown: 15 seconds

Details:

Voltaic Burst
Voltaic Burst	Type	Ability Type Ability
AoE/CC
Create an explosion around you that pushes enemies away, slows them and Wireframewireframes yourself. Your next primary is guaranteed to headshot. Instantly reload your primary.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 10 Knockback Force: 20 Slow: 50% for 2 seconds Wireframe Duration: 2 seconds Haste: 100% decaying over 2 seconds Radius: 20 studs Cooldown: 10 seconds

Details:

Voltaic Grenade
Voltaic Grenade	Type	Ability Type Ability
Projectile/AoE
Throw a grenade that explodes after a delay upon making contact with a player or surface. Enemies caught in the grenade's blast take damage and become Wireframewireframed. Allies in the blast gain a walkspeed increase.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 15 (direct hit) + 15 (explosion) Wireframe duration: 1 second Casting time: 0.5 seconds Haste: 50% Range: 20 studs Cooldown: 15 seconds

Details:

Eviscerating Ray
Eviscerating Ray	Type	Ability Type Ultimate
Hitscan
Your next primary fire instantly kills enemies. If you kill an enemy with Eviscerating Ray, gain another shot.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 999 Range: TBA Hitbox size: 2x2 studs Casting time: 2 seconds Max shots: 3 Ult points: 125

Details:

• The sound before Hyperlaser fires Eviscerating Ray can be heard by all players regardless of distance.
• Eviscerating Ray can pierce enemies, but does not pierce forcefields.
• Hyperlaser cannot gain ult points until the ult's effects end.

Strategy

Pros	High hitpoints for a ranged Phighter, 100 shields and 75 health. Access to an instant-kill through Eviscerating Ray
Cons	Poor horizontal and non-existent vertical mobility Poor ability to fight at close ranges High skill floor and ceiling

Ability Usage

• Locked and Loaded
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• Hyper Ray
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• Pierce Ray
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• Voltaic Burst
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• Voltaic Grenade
  • If a enemy gets close, use Q to apply WireframeWireframe to them and utilize the haste buff to maintain your distance.
• Eviscerating Ray
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Counterplay against Hyperlaser

The sound effect before Hyperlaser fires Eviscerating Ray is extremely loud and telegraphed. The player is advised to look for cover before he fires.

Rushdown Phighters such as Skateboard and Biograft can easily close into Hyperlaser's position and exploit his inability to fight at close quarters. Utilize cover or approach Hyperlaser while his attention is on another part of the map to to minimize damage while getting into close range.

Boombox's Forcefield can absorb multiple shots from Hyperlaser and block his ultimate. The player should be aware that Pierce Ray can still damage allies through the shield.

Badge

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
Bounty Collected		Successfully kill two enemies with Eviscerating Ray.	N/A

Trivia

General:

Development:

• Hyperlaser is based on the Hyperlaser Gun gear.
  • Eviscerating Ray takes after the gear's instant kill trait.
• The character design of Hyperlaser is largely based on Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from Daft Punk, and Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop.
• Hyperlaser's character design and abilities took one week to complete.

Skins:

• Hyperwitch is a community contributed skin created by ebobebo4.
  • The skin was one of the selected winners for the 2022 Halloween Skin Contest.

Version History

29 October 2022 Voltaic Burst Haste duration increased from 1 second to 2 seconds. Playtest 4 - 28 October 2022 Hyper Ray NEW EFFECT: Projectile goes through ally players. Range increased from 300 studs to 1200 studs. Eviscerating Ray NEW EFFECT: Projectile goes through ally players. 24 September 2022 Hyper Ray Hitbox size decreased from 3x3 studs to 2x2 studs. Eviscerating Ray Hitbox size decreased from 3x3 studs to 2x2 studs. 31 August 2022 Eviscerating Ray Maximum number of shots reduced from 5 to 3. 29 August 2022 Locked and Loaded Headshot slow reduced from 50% to 33%. Wireframe duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second. Pierce Ray Damage reduced from 60 + 40 to 30 + 20. Stun duration reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds. Slow reduced from 50% to 33%. Voltaic Burst BUG FIX: E headshot guarantee now works properly. Voltaic Grenade Wireframe duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second. 28 August 2022 Locked and Loaded BUG FIX: Headshots now work properly. Eviscerating Ray BUG FIX: Now works properly. 27 August 2022 General additions and changes Shields increased from 75 to 100. REMOVED: Wireframe no longer gives damage immunity to players. Locked and Loaded NEW EFFECT: Headshots now slow enemies by 50% for 2 seconds. Hyper Ray Hitbox adjusted to be more accurate. End-lag reduced. Pierce Ray NEW EFFECTS: The first ray now stuns enemies for 1 second. The second ray now slows enemies by 50% for 2 seconds. Voltaic Burst NEW EFFECT: Now slows enemies by 50% for 2 seconds. Knockback force increased from 10 to 20. Walkspeed increase duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds. Range increased from 30 studs to 40 studs (20 studs radius). Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds. Voltaic Grenade REMOVED: No longer applies Wireframe to allies or enemies. Allies still have their walkspeed increased. Eviscerating Ray NEW EFFECT: Now utilizes a cooler camera shot. BUG FIX: No longer says the placeholder ultimate dialogue. V0.3.0 - 26 August 2022 Hyperlaser was added to the game. 16 August 2022 Hyperlaser was revealed to the public.

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