Skylanders Shrink Squad Characters

Drill X

Drill X
Ex-Villain
"You're Messing With The Wrong Machine"

Element: Earth
(I know he's a robot)

Look:
A robotic creature with a very large drill hand. Looks very steam punk esque.

Like an updated version of Drill Sergeant.

Max health of 880 Hp.

Upgrades:
Primary attack:
(P) Thrusts drill forward, swipes aside, and smashes it on the ground as a P,P,P combo. (Deals 40, 40, 55 damage)

Jump and press (P) to jump into the air and come back down on the drill like a pogo stick. Press (P) repeatedly to continue bouncing up and down. (Deals rapid 35 area damage)

Secondary attack:
(S) Rapidly drills into ground, creating an oil geyser. Can have three active at once. (Takes 0.5 seconds to form and only damages enemies walking through them — Deals 40 damage)

Drill Launcher: 500 coins
(T) Launches the drill directly in front of you, still tethered to Drill X by a cable. It reaches a set distance before launching back towards him to reattach — this is a fast animation. (Deals 45 damage — long range)
{Hits enemies going forward and coming back — will travel through enemies as well}

Drilling For Oil: 700 coins
Hold (S) to make larger oil geysers that rain down oil in a larger radius. Can only have one major geyser at a time. (Deals 50 damage and rains oil in a large radius that deals 5 damage a second)

Drill Charge: 900 coins
Hold (P) to charge forward with the drill held in front of you. (Movement speed is 125% and deals 60 damage)

Drill Gun: 1200 coins
Hold (T) to wind up the drill and then throw it forward for a rapid explosive attack. Will collide with first enemy it touches for a massive 80 damage explosion. Triggers an oil geyser directly where the enemy was standing.

Top Path: Oil Tycoon
Tar: 1700 coins
Large oil geysers now shower tar on enemies that slow them down to 50% speed. Oil rain now deals 10 damage per second.

Rocky Buildup: 2200 coins
Upon expiration, oil geysers will shoot out a large boulder. (Deals 75 damage)

Oil Tycoon: 3000 coins
Hold (S) for longer to release 5 short lasting giant oil geysers at once surrounding you. (Lasts for 3 seconds before exploding out 5 boulders)

Bottom Path: Fire Fighter
Laser Blazer: 1700 coins
While holding (P) and charging with drill, a laser will seek out and damage enemies. (Deals 20 damage a second to enemies)

Ignite the Flame: 2200 coins
While charging with laser, it will target exposed oil geysers and light them on fire, dealing more damage. (Geysers deal 60 damage)

Fire Geyser: 3000 coins
Hold (S) to summon a giant oil geyser that will immediately catch on fire and rain fire around you. (Deals 60 damage and 20 damage a second with fire rain)

Soul Gem:
Drill XL: 4000 coins
Jump and press (T) to become Drill XL, the giant version of Drill X. (P) smashes the giant drill down on enemies (Deals 75 damage). (S) fires a continuous laser beam that you control (dealing 50 damage a second). (T) returns you to normal.
While in this mode, move at 50% speed and take 25% less damage.
SG found in Rolling Dunes Resort.

Shrink Enhancement:
Drill Squad: 5000 coins
When shrinking, will release two burrowing drills that will seek out enemies and explode for 50 damage each.
When growing, will emerge through a large oil geyser that will stay around after the fact. Drill X will be coated in oil for the next five seconds. The oil decreases all damage taken by 35% during this time.

Release:
Wave 2 single pack release.

Variants:
None

Backstory:
Originally constructed by Kaos to drill to the city of Arkus, Drill X was a known villain to the Skylanders. Luckily the Giants banded together and defeated him before later defeating Kaos. For years the destroyed robot sat atop its drilling rig until one day, a newly appointed Sensei came upon it.
Dr. Krankcase immediately saw potential and began putting Drill X back together. He went into Drill X's core and reprogrammed him to be a good guy. (He also made sure to keep Drill X's sing song personality.) Taking the new and improved Drill X back to the academy, Dr. Krankcase tried to get him to become a Skylander. The only problem was Drill X was too big to fit inside the academy. So after some negotiating, Krankcase convinced The Brain to let Drill X join the Shrink Squad.

Personality:
Loves to rap and only speaks in rhymes. Has a bit of manic energy due to Krankcase's reprogramming. Released a rap album that topped Skylands Top 100 hits. That combined with his oil drilling has made him the richest robot in all of Skylands.

Change Log:
1/5/22
Drill pogo damage buffed from 25 to 35

Top path - Tar upgrade increases dps from 5 to 10 for oil rain.

10/14/23 — Added Shrink Enhancement

- (P) attack combo buffed from 30,30,40 to 40,40,55 damage.

  - Jump and Press (P) attack changed to Drill Pogo move:
Jump and press (P) to jump into the air and come back down on the drill like a pogo stick. Press (P) repeatedly to continue bouncing up and down. (Deals rapid 35 area damage)

- (T) attack changed from drill pogo to Drill Launcher:
(T) Launches the drill directly in front of you, still tethered to Drill X by a cable. It reaches a set distance before launching back towards him to reattach — this is a fast animation. (Deals 45 damage — long range)
{Hits enemies going forward and coming back — will travel through enemies as well}

- Drill charge buffed from 25 to 60 damage.

- Drill Team changed to Drill Gun:
Hold (T) to wind up the drill and then throw it forward for a rapid explosive attack. Will collide with first enemy it touches for a massive 80 damage explosion. Triggers an oil geyser directly where the enemy was standing.

- Rocky Buildup boulders damage increased from 60 to 75.

- Laser Blazer damage increased from 10 to 20 damage.

- Fire Geyser rain buffed from 15 to 20 damage.

- Soul Gem buff: While in this mode, move at 50% speed and take 25% less damage.

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