Psychedelic Taco/Alex Mercer

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Alex MercerPrototype
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Alex Mercer (also known by his codename, Zeus) is one of the 40 starting characters in Psychedelic Taco, originating from the Prototype franchise. He was added to the roster for being from one of GG's favourite games and a compelling villain.
Alex Mercer was the head researcher of the Blacklight project for Gentek. After finding out that all the researchers were being systematically execueted, Mercer attempted to flee with a sample of his research, but upon being cornered he exposed himself and multiple civilians to the virus, creating an outbreak that quickly consumed Manhattan Island. After saving Manhattan from a Nuclear bomb, Mercer searched the world for a reason to protect humanity, but only found reasons to hate it instead. Determined, he returned to Manhattan, starting a second outbreak and seeking to consume all of humanity.
Mercer's rival admist the dreams is Cole MacGrath, another man who received superpowers, but who ultimately chose the path of good.
==Gameplay==
A close range brawler, Alex Mercer is a fast moving midweight with a suit of close to mid ranged abilities. His jump height is average, but he can hold the jump button after his second jump to glide. His combos are of average speed and damage. He attacks by transforming his arms into various forms and hitting his opponents with them.
Mercer's passive is Biomatter. Every attack Alex makes restores 15% of the damage dealt as health.
*Normal Special: Bioform: Blade - Mercer turns his arm into a blade and stabs in front of himself, impaling enemies. His arm will remain in Blade form until another special is used. Blade combos are slightly slower than average but also have slightly increased damage. This is one of the many offensive transformations used by Alex in Prototype.
*Side Special: Bioform: Claws - Mercer dashes forwards, slashing with both hands in claw form. His hands will remain in Claw form until another special is used. Claw combos are faster than average, but deal less damage. This is one of the many offensive transformations used by Alex in Prototype.
*Up Special: Bioform: Whipfist - Mercers swing upwards with the Whipfist bioform, grabbing onto people or ledges and pulling himself upwards. His arm will remain in Whipfist form until another special is used. Whipfist has extended range but is much slower than Mercer's normal attacks. This is one of the many offensive transformations used by Alex in Prototype.
*Down Special: Bioform: Armor - Mercer covers his body in hardened armor plating and strengthens the muscle mass of his arms, vastly increasing his defence and offensive strength at the cost of being unable to run, dodge or glide, and drastically reducing his movement speed. Using any other special will remove this state. If the special button is held, Mercer will not enter Armored form but instead revert to his normal state, removing any Bioforms. This secondary action can be performed even while stunned. This is one of two defensive transformations used by Alex in Prototype.
*Reality Break: Patsy - Mercer strikes the space in front of him with a tendril. If anybody is caught by the tendril, he will vanish, reappearing disguised as someone close to the target. He walks close to them and then impales them on his Blade. If their health is low enough, he will then consume them. One of Alex's more notable abilities in Prototype is to transform into anybody he has consumed. The Patsy ability is a skill he can use while disguised to accuse someone else of being infected, resulting in their allies execueting them.
==Deep Rest==
Alex Mercer's Deep Rest partner is Death.
"Guess you're not top of the food chain, huh?" PT could not respond as his body was consumed by Mercer. Before, he had carefully planned every move, having to wait and think carefully to infect everyone with the Blacklight virus. But now, with this power, he would have to wait no longer. With a defeaning roar, tendrils flew from his body and swept across the world, infecting everything. Soon, all would be one.
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Design NotesMost of Alex's abilities in the games are just transformations which allow him to perform different combos? So I thought that would be a cool thing to explore in a fighting game. I guess this isn't the ideal amount of depth to really explore that, but oh well. Maybe I'll use Alex again. Though to be honest, James Heller had some way more badass powers.
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==Trivia==
*Below are each of the possible transformations for Patsy, followed by their relation to the target character, in roster order:
**Tachyon (Closest friend, ally)
**Cid (Friend, ally)
**Anakin Skywalker (Closest friend, pupil)
**Piglet (Best friend)
**Artemis (Love interest, ally)
**Anya Oliwa (Wife)
**Ana (Close friend)
**Zeke Dunbar (Best friend)
**Ciri (Adopted daughter)
**Ramona Flowers (Girlfriend)
**John Connor (Ward, friend)
**Danny Butterman (Best friend, partner)
**Alien Childish Gambino (Friend, doppleganger)
**Mary Jane Watson (Girlfriend)
**A Bear in a gas mask (Comrade)
**Karolina Dean (Close friend, ally)
**Keira (Love interest)
**Daenrys Targaryen (Queen, ally, lover)
**Dave Strider (Close Friend)
**Syd (Lover)
**Ermine (Ally)
**Ewen (Subordinate)
**Luke Skywalker (Son)
**Satan (Closest ally)
**Barbatos (Master)
**Geli Raubal (Niece, lover)
**Widowmaker (Ally, subordinate)
**Dana Mercer (Sister)
**Alucard (Son)
**Poison Ivy (Ally, lover)
**An unnamed teenage girl (Prey)
**Sockarang (Best friend)
**Kanye West (Lover, closest friend)
**Vanessa Fisk (Wife)
**Riptor's Child (Ally, family)
**Kas the Betrayer (Former pupil, betrayer, Vecna kind of hates everyone)
**Samus (Nemesis)
**The Witch King (Subordinate)
**Doc Scratch (Subordinate)
**Thor (Son)
**Tank Dempsey (Ally, friend)
**A fellow Drop Bear (Friend, family)
**Hornet (Family, ally)
**Lacer (Ally, friend)
**Susie (Lover)
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