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''The former scion of a wealthy shipping dynasty and an accomplished classical musician, Níðhöggr's life was incomplete until the day he discovered The Metal [at an illegal concert, buried deep under a rotting cannery district in a corner of Norway].'' |
''The former scion of a wealthy shipping dynasty and an accomplished classical musician, Níðhöggr's life was incomplete until the day he discovered The Metal [at an illegal concert, buried deep under a rotting cannery district in a corner of Norway].'' |
Revision as of 05:54, 10 June 2020
Níðhöggr (Nidhoggr for convenience's sake) is a Fighter featured in Bleeding Edge. Named for the mythical dragon/serpent that gnaws at the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil, he is the Norse lord of black metal, a hard-rocking poet who waxes dark and philosophical when he's not in a roaring rage, belching fire or tickling electricity across his axe guitar. His rampages eventually brought him to the "Bleeding Edge" gang, where he can shred to his dark heart's content among his fellow cybernetic misfits.
Biography
Once the front-man for Scandinavia's most notorious Black Metal band, the dragon-throated Níðhöggr now wields his razor-sharp axe on the battlegrounds of illegal mech-fights, riding the lightning and calling down power chords to blow away his opposition.
The former scion of a wealthy shipping dynasty and an accomplished classical musician, Níðhöggr's life was incomplete until the day he discovered The Metal [at an illegal concert, buried deep under a rotting cannery district in a corner of Norway].
Unlocking his dark and tormented spirit, the hardest sound of all spoke directly to his soul and led him to a new life on the stage and in a rage; and now Níðhöggr's arenas are the secret fight clubs and backstreet combat zones where body-modded cyberpunks clash...
Abilities
Basic Abilities
Name | Description |
Axe | <Attack> * 4
Hack and slash enemies with your guitar. Níðhöggr's basic attack combo. A four-hit sequence across four inputs. |
Shredder | <Attack> (Hold)
Charge and release static energy that bounces between enemies. A ranged attack, Shredder can be performed at any time mid-combo and even after itself. Holding <Attack> reveals the range of the attack. If it connects with any targeted enemy in range, the bolt will bounce to the next closest enemy in range. Both victims take damage from the bolt and suffer Burn for a few seconds, suffering additional percentage-health damage. |
Evade | <Evade> + Move
Dodge out of harm’s way. Costs stamina. Níðhöggr has three stamina bars. |
Parry | <Evade> (While still)
Deflects an enemy's attack when well-timed. Parrying costs no stamina to perform. Performing a parry will stop one incoming melee attack. |
Feedback | Passive
Basic axe attacks against burning enemies grant lifesteal. Shredder does not count as a basic axe attack for the purpose of lifesteal. Burn is applied by Shredder, Powerslide and Fire Breath. Sources of Burn do not stack. |
Specials
Supers
Mods
Full article: Mods
Wave Length • Grievous Bodily Harmonics • Fan the Flames • Diffraction • Feel the Heat • Projected • Compressor • Boost • Thrusting • Burning Up • Accel • Mic'd • Whammy • Encore • Mega Hurtz • Gain • Heat Sink • Metal Head • Hammer and Pull |
General Strategy
"An aggressive damage dealer who can quickly take down tanks with fire abilities."
Níðhöggr is a berserker who thrives on the front lines, a bunker-buster able to close the gap and chunk any enemy he gets his hands on at myriad ranges with his singing axe, electricity and fire.
His main feature is his unique Burn effect, a damage-over-time effect that deals a percentage of an opponent's max health for its duration, applied by Shredder, Powerslide and Fire Breath. For one, it ties into his Feedback passive, which gives his basic attacks lifesteal against burning enemies and thus lets him stay in the fight for longer as long as he stays aggressive. The other key point about burning is that it does a percentage of the opponent's max life, not a flat damage value like many other attacks in the game; regardless of how big an opponent's health pool is, it's the same percentage damage, not flat damage, meaning the larger the health pool, the more value the Burn effect has. For these reasons, Níðhöggr shines as a tankbuster, burning through those large health pools quickly with his burn and staying in the fight with the lifesteal from his Feedback.
Shredder and Boomitar provide reliable ranged damage if he can't immediately get close; Powerslide and Boomitar both provide good crowd control, the former via minor area denial and the latter with its long range and on-hit status effects. Fire Breath does great standalone damage from both the base hit and the burn, great as a combo extender. His high stamina, Powerslide and Boomitar also help him make a quick escape if he needs to bail for any reason. Both of his supers shine as massive area disruption and can almost singlehandedly change the tide of a team fight. Ride the Lightning is a mass AoE stun that leaves its victims (and Níðhöggr) helpless while the guitar sings, while Death Growl is a mass AoE silence that denies enemy abilities and can leave them woefully underequipped for whatever Níðhöggr's team throws at them to follow up.
Trivia
- While standing idle during a match, Níðhöggr will begin playing an audible guitar riff that keeps going for as long as he stands still.