Scythe

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Scythe
"Leaving so soon?"
Class	Ranged
Faction	Lost Temple
Statistics
Health	100
Shield	50
Other
Version added	V0.8.0

Scythe is a ranged Phighter. She was released on 24 February 2024 with V0.8.0 and the Dove vs. Crow Phestival.

Overview

TBA

Abilities

Scythe has two different forms which give different sets of abilities: Scythe form and Gun form. These forms can be switched around by using Switcheroo.

Eye on the Target
	Type Passive	Ability Type N/A
A random enemy is chosen as your target, shooting them for the first time deals bonus damage and grants ammo, attacks on them grants ammo. Your target will switch if you do not attack them.
Damage: 10% of current hitpoints (min. 8) (first hit) Ammo gain: +50 (first hit), +75 (kill/assist) Ammo regeneration rate: 1.67/second Max. ammo: 250 Mark duration: 30 seconds (without attacking enemy), X seconds (after attacking enemy)
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Details:

• Scythe will gain 20% Haste if over 50 studs away from the marked target.
  • Passive Haste is lost for a short period if Scythe attacks an unmarked enemy.
• While in Gun form, Scythe cannot passively regenerate ammo past 50.

Harvest / Let 'Er Rip
	Type Primary	Ability Type Melee/Projectile
Swing your scythe, dealing bonus damage at its tip. Shoot your gun, losing accuracy the longer you shoot.
Harvest: Damage: 10 Tip damage: 5 + 10% of current hitpoints (min. 10) Fire rate: --- Ammo gain: +2, +5 (tip) Range: --- Dash force: --- Let 'Er Rip: Damage: 3 per bullet Fire rate: --- Ammo cost: 1 per bullet Max. recoil: after 75 shots Slow penalty: 10% Bound penalty: 25%
Ability Demonstration

Details:

Switcheroo
	Type Secondary	Ability Type N/A
Switch between Scythe form and Gun form.
Casting time: 1 second Cooldown: 1 second
Ability Demonstration

Details:

Flat-hat / Bull's-eye
	Type Q Ability	Ability Type Projectile
Jump and fire a projectile, use 50 ammo to fire an additional projectile. Hold to charge a bullet that stuns and deals knockback if charged long enough.
Flat-hat: Damage: 10 + 5% of current hitpoints[citation needed] (min. 12) Fire rate: --- Ammo gain: +10 Ammo cost: 50 per recast Hop distance: 15 studs Cooldown: 12 seconds Bull's-eye: Damage: 8-50 Stun duration: 0-1 second Projectile speed: 25 Ammo gain: +50% of ammo used Ammo cost: 8-50 Max. charge time: 1.5 seconds Knockback force: --- Slow penalty: 10%-30%, 100% (after firing) Bound penalty: 100% Cooldown: 2 seconds
Ability Demonstration

Details:

Chasing Flourish / Bullet Blaze
	Type E Ability	Ability Type Melee/Projectile
Dash forwards, use 50 ammo to dash an additional time. Shoot 20 bullets forwards.
Chasing Flourish: Damage: 12 (dash) + 15 + 5% of current hitpoints[citation needed] (min. 15) (hop) Ammo gain: +10 (dash), +25 (hop) Ammo cost: 50 per recast Dash distance: 20 studs Hop distance: --- Cooldown: 8 seconds Bullet Blaze: Damage: 3 per bullet Bullets: 20 Ammo cost: 20 Endlag: 1.5 seconds Slow penalty: 30% Bound penalty: 25% Cooldown: 2 seconds
Ability Demonstration

Details:

• Scythe cannot gain ammo using Bullet Blaze.
• When using Bullet Blaze while below 20 ammo, the remaining amount of ammo will be shot.

Stalking Ambush / Final Serenade
	Type Phinisher	Ability Type Targeted/AoE
Become invisible for 15 seconds and be able to teleport to and apply your target to a nearby enemy. Rapid fire in a circle around you, shoot a high damage blast at the end.
Stalking Ambush: Damage: 25 + 10% of current hitpoints (min. 30) Ammo gain: +50 Max. duration: 15 seconds Haste: 300%-75% (over 3 seconds) Bounce: 50% Final Serenade: Damage: 9 per tick (196 total) Ticks: 20 Ammo gain: +1 per tick Radius: 20 studs Duration: 2 seconds Slow penalty: 30% Bound penalty: 100% Phinisher points: 125
Ability Demonstration

Details:

• Scythe is unable to use any other abilities or gain Phinisher points while in Stalking Ambush.
• Similar to Shuriken's Illusions of the Smoke, a semi-transparent outline of the player during Stalking Ambush is visible to all allied teammates.
• Stalking Ambush does not guarantee a hit; while the mark is applied, its damage and ammo gain can still miss.
  • Its damage is applied to an area 0.5 seconds after an enemy is targeted.

Strategy

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Ability usage

• Passive
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• Primary
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• Secondary
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• Q Ability
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• E Ability
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• Phinisher
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Counterplay against Scythe

• Scythe doesn't have a insane damage output with her scythe, although it can still be deadly, her rifle however, racks up incredible damage in very short time, so try dodging as many of the bullets as you can and punish her during it because she can't really move.

Badge

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
scythe badge		N/A	N/A

Trivia

General:

• Scythe is based on the Laser Scythe gear.
• Scythe's character theme is "THE MOST WANTED".
• Scythe speaks with a Southern accent.
• Scythe is based on Bayonetta.
  • If she had a voice, she would sound like a 'Southern Bayonetta'.
• The right side of her face is based off of Kopaka from the Bionicle series.
• Scythe has a darker skin tone in comparison to other Phighters, being a light shade of gray rather than the typical white.

Development:

Skins:

Version history

2 January 2024 Scythe is revealed to the public.

References

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Phighters