Phighters

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For the category, see Category:Characters/Phighters.

Phighters are playable characters within the PHIGHTING! universe.

Gameplay

Lore

Phighter roster

There are three separate categories to determine what a Phighters intended use is: These categories are Melee, Ranged, and Support. There are (as of 2024) a total of 14 Phighters. There are currently 5 melee, 5 ranged, and 4 support. The melee Phighters are Sword, Skateboard, Biograft, Katana, and Ban Hammer. The next category, ranged, consists of Rocket, Slingshot, Hyperlaser, Shuriken, and Scythe. Lastly, the support Phighters; Medkit, Boombox, Subspace, and Vine Staff.

List of Phighters by release date

On the initial release of PHIGHTING!, only 5 Phighters were part of the initial roster. As of present, there are 14 Phighters in the roster. By the full release, the game is expected to have 21 Phighters in its roster.

No. Phighter Role Reveal date Release date
01 Sword Melee 13 February 2022
(Playtest announced)
19 February 2022
(Playtest 1)
02 Rocket Ranged
03 Medkit Support
04 Slingshot Ranged
05 Boombox Support
06 Skateboard Melee 27 March 2022 18 April 2022 (Playtest 2)
07 Biograft Melee 16 May 2022 26 August 2022 (v0.3.0)
08 Hyperlaser Ranged 16 August 2022 26 August 2022 (v0.3.0)
09 Subspace Support 6 September 2022 28 October 2022 (Playtest 4)
10 Katana Melee 6 November 2022 31 December 2022 (v0.4.5)
11 Shuriken Ranged 26 November 2022 15 April 2023 (15 April 2023)
12 Vine Staff Support 26 November 2022 15 July 2023 (V0.6.0)
13 Ban Hammer Melee 12 December 2022 29 October 2023 (V0.7.0)
14 Scythe Ranged 2 January 2024 24 February 2024 (V0.8.0}

Development

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Scrapped Phighters

  • Jetpack
    • Was in the original lineup, removed for something else.
  • Pulse Laser Pistol
    • Too similar to other kits in the base list.
  • Coil
    • Complicated planned moveset.

Phighters in development:

  • Currently unknown.

Teasers

Phighters have been teased through various means on the Boggio community server, or in-game.

Playtest 1 fill-in-the-blank teaser

Following Playtest 1, a fill-in-the-blank was sent out with all planned Phighter classes. After Shuriken, the order and gears have since been altered.

The correct solution for this was as follows:

WAVE 1
Sword
Rocket
Medkit

WAVE 2
Skateboard
Slingshot
Boombox

WAVE 3
Biograft Energy Swords
Hyperlaser Gun
Subspace Tripmine

WAVE 4
Katana
Silver Ninja Star
Trowel

WAVE 5
Ban Hammer
Phoenix
Gravity/Regeneration/Speed Coil

WAVE 6
Jetpack
Paintball Gun
Vine Staff

WAVE 7
Bomb
Pulse Laser Pistol
Paint Bucket

Silhouette teasers

Teasers that were of the Phighter or something to represent them shrouded in darkness with a glowing attribute to them.