Scales

## B-Skin

Unlocked by default

*Scales is a large, bulky character who is defined by his unmatched ability to tank damage. His heavy armor passively reduces the damage that he receives from any source, and his active can be used to parry incoming attacks, retaliating with devastating melee strikes. His survival is hindered by a slower movement speed, though wise usage of his active and passive abilities can allow him to endure tight situations that other characters would not be able to.*

## Features

### Associated Weapons

Mateba Auto
automatic

Chroma Axe
check out this awesome Martial Weapon.

Deliberation

### Is Slower

Scales moves slower than most characters. Scales' base speed is 3.3, meaning he moves at about 80% speed compared to other characters with a speed of 4.
### Heavy Armor

    Scales takes less damage from attacks. By default, all incoming damage will be reduced by 1, however, this number can be increased by mutations or ultras, and will be displayed over Scales' shield meter.
If his passive reduces damage to 0 or lower, it consumes 1/4 of the shield meter. If the shield meter is empty, oncoming damage cannot be reduced below 1.
After avoiding damage for 7 seconds, Scales' shield meter will begin to slowly regenerate to full over the course of 6 seconds.
## Special

Upon active use, Scales will enter a countering stance for 0.5 seconds. If hit during this time, Scales will parry the damage, negating it entirely, and retaliating with a powerful counterstrike.
The counterstrike deals 23 damage at base, and gains 3 damage per level, for a max of 50 damage at level ultra. Like a melee strike, it can reflect or destroy nearby bullets, but its range is not affected by long arms.
Counterstrike has a cooldown of 4 seconds after use, but landing a successful parry reduces this cooldown to 1 second instead.
Any source of damage can be parried with proper timing. This even includes less common damage sources like co-op revives, or blood weapon damage. Additionally, Scales can also parry hits that would have been reduced to 0 damage via his passive.
## Throne Butt Effects

If Scales parries an attack that would have otherwise killed him, his counterstrike will deal 4x damage, and have a bigger hitbox. His shield meter will also be fully refilled.
## Crown Cranium Effects

When at 50% health or less, Scales gains an additional point of damage reduction.

## Loading Screen Tips

* *WORKING HARD, OR HARDLY WORKING?*
* *A LITTLE EXCERSISE*
* *TRY NOT TO BE CYNICAL*
* *THIS ARMOR IS HEAVY*
* *I'M NOT A NERD!*
* *RAWR*
* *COUNTER DAMAGE SCALES WITH YOUR LEVEL*
* *SCALES CAN'T SEE WITHOUT HIS GLASSES*
* *AN EMPTY SHIELD METER MEANS LESS DEFENSE*

**Ultra A** Exclusive:

* *I'M NOT MESSING AROUND*
* *FULL SEND!*

**Ultra B** Exclusive:

* *ALWAYS GIVE IT 101%*
* *I'LL TAKE IT EASY WHEN I'M DEAD!*

**Ultra C** Exclusive:

* *PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT*
* *FLY LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A BEE* - Has 10% chance to say *TILDEBEE* instead of *BEE*.

**Ultra D** Exclusive:

* *TILL MY DYING BREATH*
* *CAN'T GIVE UP YET*

## Trivia

* Scales isn't from the wasteland.
* Despite each run of Nuclear Throne being an alternate dimension, there are not multiple versions of Scales. All instances of scales in the wasteland are the same person.
* Ace is scales' boss.
* Scales' favorite weapon is the Auto Magnum. His campfire weapon, Deliberation, is a modified version of said gun.
* Scales is SpazProject's personal favorite, and has been described by him as a surrogate character.