Nightcrawler

"You feel as if you are invincible..."
Nightcrawler is a Blackout-exclusive Gootraxian in Kaiju Paradise.
The Nightcrawler is a lizard like Gootraxian, being mostly grey colored with a black leaf-like or scar-like patterns on its ears and limbs. It has a unique purple pattern on the front of its torso and the bottom of its tail that glows during Blackouts. The Nightcrawler wears 3-lensed night vision goggles that glow a faint purple alongside a waist belt of pouches and a singular blowtorch. It wears a pair of black gloves. 
==Abilities==
Unlike any other Gootraxian seen in the game, it has two unique moves: Pummel and Pursue.
Nightcrawler Minions do not have the same unique abilities as a goggled Nightcrawler and will instead have 115 HP along with the standard Gootraxian abilities (Grab & Attack).
===Pummel===
Pummel works similar to a Katana. It is a 'combo'-like type of ability, allowing Nightcrawlers to attack survivors 3 times in quick succession with the last attack having a slightly longer cooldown. Unlike the Katana however, it will not slow the Nightcrawler down. During Blackouts, the last attack will make the Nightcrawler dash forward.
Pummel's Statistics
Stat 	Value
Damage 	23
Cooldown 	0.75 seconds
Combo Cooldown	2.75 seconds
Range 	11 studs
Effects 	Dash (BO), Combo
===Pursue===
Pursue is the Nightcrawler's signature move. The ability has a 30 second cooldown.
Pursue is divided into three stages: First is the preparation stage, where the Nightcrawler slams their fists into the ground and causes nearby survivors to be ragdolled. Shortly after this begins the second stage, where the Nightcrawler begins to sprint wherever the camera is facing. You cannot control its movements in this state and can only move your camera around to guide the direction of the pursuit. If the Nightcrawler collides with a survivor, it will damage, knockback, and ragdoll them. The final stage begins near the end of the pursuit, in which, should the Nightcrawler come into contact with a survivor, will cause the survivor to be grabbed by the neck, lifted off the ground and punched away, dealing heavy amounts of damage and ragdolling the survivor. Said survivor will then act as a projectile, damaging and ragdolling any user that is hit by them for a few seconds. If a survivor dies to the punch, they will not be turned into a Nightcrawler and will instead die and eventually respawn. If there are no nearby survivors to collide with during this stage, the pursuit will simply end.
Pursue's Statistics
Stat 	Value 	Stat 	Value
Preparation Stage 	4.25 seconds 	Slam Damage 	13
Pursue Stage 	3.5 seconds 	Trample Damage 	20
Grab Stage 	4 seconds 	Grab Damage 	61
Shortest length of Pursue	7.75 seconds 	Full length of Pursue	11.75 seconds
Effects 	Non-infectious, Knockback	 	
===Rage===
Exclusive to Goggled Nightcrawlers, they have a "Rage" system where they need to keep their rage bar above 0% by fighting, or else they start losing 5 HP per second. They can have a maximum of 600% rage when a Blackout is active, and 300% outside of said event.
In order for a Nightcrawler obtain passive regeneration, the rage bar needs to be kept above 400% during a Blackout. Otherwise, however, it only needs to stay above 200%. Nightcrawler has an increased passive regeneration rate of 1.5 HP per second.
Using Pursue causes 75% of the rage bar to deplete.
While rage bar is active, Violet breakthrough soundtrack is played in the background.
===Health Buff===
Goggled Nightcrawlers have a huge health pool of 800 HP. They can passively regenerate if they have the necessary rage, They can also heal through infecting with Pummel healing 20 HP upon infection during Blackouts and 10 HP otherwise.
===Retaliate (Passive)===
Upon losing 100 health in under 1.5 seconds, the Nightcrawler will stomp on the ground, sending nearby players into a ragdoll and dealing 12 damage. Retaliate requires 15 rage to function.
===Block (Blackout Passive)===
During Blackouts, Fireaxes and Long Pipes will be dodged, yielding the text "Seems like they managed to evade your axe/long pipe swing..", and reducing the damage dealt by 90%, resulting in both the Fireaxe and Long Pipe dealing a meager 4 damage. Evaded attacks will not slow the Nightcrawler nor ragdoll them.
===Bounty===
Goggled Nightcrawlers can be killed for 2,500 immediately after they spawn. For each infect that a Nightcrawler gains, an additional 20 is added to their total worth.
==Acquirement==
Nightcrawler can be obtained by finding a pair of Goggles around the map or via infection from another Nightcrawler Gootraxian, becoming a Nightcrawler minion. You will not have the goggles, and will not have the unique abilities of a Goggled Nightcrawler.
The goggles can only spawn randomly around the map during Blackouts in specified locations. They have a 60% chance to spawn each Blackout in public servers. It is always guaranteed to spawn in private servers. 
If the goggles are to spawn, they will do so 6 minutes and 15 seconds into a Blackout; otherwise referred to as the beat drop of the 2nd loop.
==Bestiary Entry==
Category:Gootraxians
Category:Blackout Gootraxians