Slingshot

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Slingshot
"Can't catch me!"
Class	Ranged
Faction	Thieves' Den
Statistics
Health	100
Shield	50
Other
Version added	Playtest 1

Overview

Slingshot is a ranged Phighter who specializes in high mobility and ranged damage. Slingshot has an arsenal of mobility incorporated in his abilities, enabling him to quickly traverse the map and reposition quickly. His primary damage source, Sling Shot can be fired for small poke, or charged to chunk huge sections of health from opponents. Furthermore, Slingshot also has tools to burst opponents quickly. Heavy Sling Shot, a delayed shot that stuns targets and pierces their shields and Scattershot, which fires 3 projectiles that ricochet off walls. With his ultimate, Leg Day, Slingshot becomes incredibly nimble and his next 3 shots fire out a piercing laser that travels across the map and through walls.

A Phighter who has an incredible amount of flexibility in playstyle and a wide skill-ceiling. Slingshot is an exceptional choice for players who want a ranged Phighter that is easy to learn, but hard to master and has many available options at their disposal.

Abilities

Quick Feet
Quick Feet	Type	Ability Type Passive
Mobility
Press SPACE mid-air to double jump, and press and hold SPACE after double jumping to hover. Additionally, after using an ability, gain haste for a short duration.
Ability Demonstration Double Jump height: TBA Hover duration: 1.5 seconds (max) Double jump and hover cooldown: 0.25 seconds + hover duration Haste: 20% for 5 seconds

Details:

• The cooldown for double jump and hover only starts and continues if the player is making contact with the ground.
• The haste provided by Quick Feet stacks individually.

Sling Shot
Sling Shot	Type	Ability Type Primary
Hitscan
Fire a beam that instantly travels towards your crosshair. Hold down M1 to charge up, increasing its damage. Damage is reduced the further the projectile travels.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 5-25 (based on charge time) Maximum Charge Time: 1.5 seconds Damage falloff: Starts at 50 studs, loses 1 damage every 3 studs thereafter down to a minimum of 2 Range: 300 studs Fire Rate: 0.25 seconds Ammo: ∞

Details:

• Sling Shot can be charged and fired while hovering and in mid-air.

Heavy Sling Shot
Heavy Sling Shot	Type	Ability Type Ability
Hitscan/Status
After a delay, fire a large beam that stuns enemies hit. Pierces through forcefields.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 40 Stun duration: 1 second Casting time: 1 second Range: ∞ Cooldown: 10 seconds

Details:

• If used while mid-air, the player's position will be suspended for the cast time.

Scattershot
Scattershot	Type	Ability Type Ability
Projectile/Mobility
Perform a small hop towards your crosshair, then shoot 3 beams that ricochet off players and surfaces. Each beam can only ricochet 2 times and each shot cannot hit an enemy more than once.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 12 * 3 Max. no of ricochets: 2 Casting time: 1 second Range: ∞ Cooldown: 6 seconds

Details:

• Scattershot can pierce through enemies.

Dodge
Dodge	Type	Ability Type Ability
Mobility
Flip towards the direction you're moving towards.
Ability Demonstration Range: 20 studs Cooldown: 5 seconds

Details:

Leg Day
Leg Day	Type	Ability Type Ultimate
Hitscan/Mobility
After an animation, gain a large walkspeed increase. Your next 3 primary shots create a giant laser that goes through walls and players.
Ability Demonstration Damage: 50 Range: 500 studs Max recasts: 3 Haste: 100% for 30 seconds or until the ultimate ends Ult points: 100

Details:

• The player can only use Quick Feet and Dodge until all 3 shots are expended or the ultimate's effects expire.
• Dying ends the ultimate's effects.
• Pierces enemies, allies and Boombox's Forcefield.

Strategy

Pros	High poke damage across all ranges. Exceptional mobility can be used to reposition or avoid damage. Extremely flexible playstyles, can be played aggressively, passively or defensively. Low skill floor, easy to pick up due to hitscan projectiles and straight-forward kit.
Cons	Slingshot's damaging abilities slow down or hold him in place for a few moments, making him susceptible to taking significant damage if the player is not careful. 50 shield. High skill ceiling.

Slingshot is a Phighter who utilizes his mobility to pepper enemies with mid-to-long range damage. Slingshot's horizontal and vertical mobility is the best among the ranged Phighters due to its low downtimes and abundance in his kit. This can be used to make fast openings to harass enemies, avoid damage or to quickly reposition. In addition, Slingshot's exceptional mobility allows him to be played in a variety of positions and playstyles based on the player's preference. This versatility allows Slingshot to be slotted into many team compositions and adapt accordingly to their team's needs.

Slingshot's 150 hitpoints is average for a ranged Phighter. However, Slingshot only has 50 shield, giving some room for error if he gets caught out. Regardless, the player must be be mindful of their small shield amount as taking too much damage can be costly if the team lacks a Medkit.

A significant weakness for Slingshot is that all of his damaging abilities suspend him in place or slow him down during use. This can give the enemy an opening to output significant damage against him if the player is caught out of position. Mobile rushdown Phighters such as Skateboard or Biograft can outmatch Slingshot's mobility and give him limited opportunities to retaliate if they catch him off guard.

In a team, Slingshot has many options in the role he can play for his teammates. While not a comprehensive list, the following are examples of playstyles a Slingshot can play as:

• Passive backliner - Outputs damage from a long distance combined with the safety of a team's frontline.
• Midrange poker - Plays more aggressive to actively look for picks onto specific Phighters.
• Flanker - Slingshot can take up a position from a different angle to draw the enemy's attention away and pressure the backline.

Slingshot does not have to stick to a playstyle throughout a match. The player can choose to make adjustments midgame.

Maps that use narrow hallways and chokepoints such as DODGEBALL! or larger maps such as King of the Hill benefit Slingshot greatly. The former can turn Slingshot's ultimate into a team-wiping threat and allows his piercing trait to be utilized more. For the latter, Slingshot's mobility allows him to quickly traverse large maps and fully utilize the range of his abilities.

Ability Usage

• Quick Feet
  • The double jump can be used to gain access to high ground.
  • The double jump can also be utilized to avoid damage or juke enemies.
• Sling Shot
  • Tap-firing shots is useful for finishing off low health targets, dealing with mobile Phighters or to reset shield regen on Phighters with innate shield.
  • Charged shots can be used in quick exchanges where the player wants to avoid exposing themselves for too long, such as against a Hyperlaser.
• Heavy Sling Shot
  • Heavy Sling Shot can pierce multiple enemies. The player should angle themselves in a way where multiple players can be pierced by the shot.
  • Landing a Heavy Sling Shot guarantees a free Scattershot or Sling Shot to follow-up.
  • Heavy Slingshot's shield-piercing trait allows Slingshot to two-shot Phighters with low health stats if he lands it twice. It is also effective for finishing off opponents hiding behind a large shield value.
• Dodge
  • Dodge gives Slingshot slightly more height, which is useful for helping him reach vantage points.
• Scattershot
  • Scattershot's hop can be aimed upward to help Slingshot gain extra height for reaching vantage points.
• Leg Day
  • Keep in mind that the player cannot use their other damaging abilities during the effects of Leg Day. It is recommended to use them before ulting.
  • To maximize the value of Leg Day, utilize the increased walkspeed bonus to take angles where the beam can hit multiple players at once.

Counterplay against Slingshot

While Slingshot has exceptional poke damage and mobility, he cannot do both at the same time. Melee Phighters with mobility can rush down a Slingshot and give him little room to use his abilities.

Take any opportunity to punish a Slingshot who uses their abilities at poor positions. Slingshot does not have a high shield value, it is very easy to deal unrecoverable (without a healer) damage to him.

Badge

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
Sharp Shooter		Hit all 3 laser beams during your ultimate.

Trivia

General:

• Slingshot is based on the slingshot brickbattle weapon, and there is also a slingshot gear from 2010 too.

Development:

• Slingshot's ultimate is inspired by Sova's ultimate in VALORANT, "Hunter's Fury".
• When being designed by Sodakettle, Slingshot was intentionally designed with cat-esque horns.

Skins:

• The Catshot skin was made as a birthday gift for the character designer of PHIGHTING!, SodaKettle.
• The Catshot Skin was the skin that required the greatest number of eggs to acquire during the Easter event which was 150.
• As of 5/26/22, Catshot is the only skin that changes the voiceline that appears when activating Slingshot's ult, which would be "Can't catch me :3"

Version History

13 December 2022 Added new kill dialogue. Quick Feet BUG FIX: Can no longer "triple jump" by hovering. 5 December 2022 Quick Feet BUG FIX: The hover no longer starts late. 28 November 2022 Leg Day BUG FIX: Slingshot can now use his abilities if he damages enemies with his ultimate. 27 November 2022 Quick Feet BUG FIXES: Slingshot can no longer triple jump by using the hover. The player can no longer get stuck when hovering. Leg Day Damage reduced from 60 to 50. Hitbox size increased from 10x10x500 to 15x15x500. 16 November 2022 Quick Feet NEW EFFECT: Double jumping no longer locks Slingshot out of abilities for 0.2 seconds. Sling Shot NEW EFFECT: Can now charge and fire shots while airbourne. 1 November 2022 Sling Shot NEW EFFECT: Damage is not reduced for the first 50 studs the projectile travels. Damage falloff increased from 1 damage per 5 studs to 1 damage per 3 studs. 30 October 2022 Sling Shot NEW EFFECT: Now loses 1 damage for every 5 studs travelled down to 2 damage minimum. Playtest 4 - 28 October 2022 Sling Shot NEW EFFECT: Projectile goes through ally players. Sling Shot NEW EFFECT: Projectile goes through ally players. Scattershot NEW EFFECT: Projectile goes through ally players. 24 September 2022 Heavy Sling Shot Stun duration increased from 0.5 seconds to 1 second. REMOVED: Damage no longer pierces shields. 5 September 2022 Sling Shot Damage changed from 10-25 to 5-30. Charge time decreased from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds. 3 September 2022 Sling Shot Damage increased from 3-25 to 10-25 (based on charge time). 2 September 2022 Unknown bug fixes. 29 August 2022 Sling Shot Hitbox changed from server-side to client-side. 26 August 2022 Quick Feet Double jump cooldown reduced from 1 second + hover duration to 0.25 seconds + hover duration. v0.3.0 - 26 August 2022 Quick Feet NEW EFFECT: Double jump now has a 1 second cooldown on use. The cooldown is extended if the user hovers (based on hover duration). The cooldown does not start until the player lands. Sling Shot REWORKED: Damage no longer falls off based on distance. Can now hold M1 to charge up for damage, max. 25. Heavy Sling Shot NEW EFFECTS: Now stuns damaged enemies for 0.5 seconds. Now pierces Boombox's forcefields and shields. Damage reduced from 50 to 40. Scattershot Number of ricochets increased from 1 to 2. Leg Day Ult points increased from 75 to 100. NEW EFFECT: Now shows a player trail while the ultimate is active. 18 April 2022 Quick Feet Hover duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds. BUG FIX: Double jump no longer breaks in Fractured Space. 17 April 2022 Sling Shot BUG FIX: Slingshot primary now properly registers damage. 16 April 2022 The Sharp Shooter badge was added to the game. Playtest 2 - 15 April 2022 The Catshot skin was added to the game. 20 February 2022 General additions and changes Slingshot received other unknown nerfs. Heavy Sling Shot Cooldown increased from 6 to 8 seconds. Scattershot Damage per projectile reduced from 10 * 3 to 8 * 3.

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