General Cryptor General Cryptor is a minifigure from the Ninjago theme released in 2014 part of the Rebooted wave . He is second in command to the Overlord . Abilities . General Cryptor is the lethal general of the Nindroid Army . He is far more advanced than the other Nindroids in combat , emotions , and smarts , and is well prepared for battle , having armor and two katanas on him at all times . Like all other Nindroids , he is also capable of cloaking , although he can also shoot lasers out of his armor , which are stronger than the ones fired out of regular Nindroid ' s eyes . Background . He first appeared in " The Art of the Silent Fist " , after being created by P . I . X . A . L . . He then lead the Nindroid ' s first attack on the ninja . After the Ninja attempted to escape in their hacked vehicles , General Cryptor used his Destructoid , and single handedley destroyed the NinjaCopter , the Kai Fighter , the Thunder Raider , and Cole ' s Mech . Unfortunately for Cryptor , the Ninja put the vehicles on autopilot , and Cryptor had to report to an outraged Overlord , who called him and his army a failure . Cryptor is next seen guarding the tower where the power source was . He quickly found the Ninja after Min - Droid gave them away , and also assaulted P . I . X . A . L . when she tried to help . Zane left the ninja to help P . I . X . A . L , and plows through the Nindroids , then sees Cryptor holding up P . I . X . A . L . . He catches Zane ' s Techno Blade , calls him a " tin can with feelings " , and throws Zane , disposing of his Techno Blade . Zane attacks Cryptor , knocking away his katanas , but Cryptor makes a comeback , then cloaks himself and pummels Zane . However , before he could finish him , the power is destroyed by Kai , Cole , and Jay , which powers down all machines in New Ninjago City , including Cryptor and P . I . X . A . L . . Later in " Blackout " , he was brought back by Pythor P . Chumsworth by Electric Eels . He battled Zane and P . I . X . A . L . , along with the others , while he remarked that Zane " needed a little girl to help him fight . " In " The Curse of the Golden Master " Cryptor and other Electro Cobrai powered Nindroids went to Serpentines ' underground tomb to destroy ninjas . He kicks Skales Jr . and laughs to him but Kai kicks him saying that he is about to be history . Then all ninjas attack him but he just punches them . He throws Cole to Zane , Kai and Jay . After that more Nindroids come and then ninjas find out Electrocobrai are powering them so he leaves the place . In " Enter the Digiverse " he leads Nindroids to the Borg Tower driving on Destructoid . After Borg puts up iron walls around the building to stop them of going inside , he uses saws from his vehicle to destroy them . In " " he asks Pythor about the Overlord ' s whereabout , as he suspects Pythor may be tricking the Nindroids into believing the Overlord is still alive , just to manipulate them . Cryptor captains the Arcturus in " The Void " . When the Nindroids find out that the Ninjas have entered Arcturus , he sends Min - Droid and other Nindroids to get rid of them . Later , when the Nindroids find the Golden Weapons , Cryptor warns them to not touch them directly , and a Nindroid who does so gets disintegrated . Cryptor leads a convoy carrying the Golden Weapons , but the ninjas pursue them and steal Cryptor ' s ignition key for the Arcturus , so that they cannot leave the comet with the Golden Weapons and take them to the Overlord . However , alien bugs eat the Arcturus and upon seeing this , Cryptor and the other surviving Nindroids use their built - in boosters to fly off the comet with their golden prize . In " The Titanium Ninja " Cryptor faces Nya , who tricks him into repeating his low opinion about Min - Droid with the little nindroid nearby . Min - Droid fights Cryptor and both are destroyed in mid - fight when Zane freezes New Ninjago City in his fight against the Overlord and both Nindroids shatter . General Cryptor is one of the villains revived by Sensei Yang during Day of the Departed . He faces Zane and claims to know his every move , but is defeated anyways when Zane simply stops fighting and Cryptor crashes against a tree branch due to the impulse of his own attack .