Airbender

### Level 6 Buff

 Airbender's barehanded attack deals 3 instances of consecutive damage and release a conical Qi-gong wave which inflicts AoE damage.

### Price

Obtain by achieving "No Discord, No Concord" Achievement

## Skills

 Pulsating Blow
 Orbiting Stars

 Meridian Sword

The  **Airbender** is a playable character. He appears to be wearing a traditional Chinese Tang suit, sporting long hair and one blind eye. In the Living Room, he is seen watching the TV with Rogue while drinking tea.

Once unlocked, he can be encountered as an NPC during a run. He will provide either of the following condition applied to player:

* - Increase max health by 1, and increase movement speed and attack speed by 10%.
* - Set max health and max armor to 1, and max energy to 999.

## Unlock & upgrade

The Airbender can be unlocked after finishing the achievement "No Discord, No Concord", which requires defeating him in The Origin, located in the lower half of the Relic biome.

Each upgrade changes the stats slightly.

1. +1 HP - cost: 500 gems
2. +1 Armor - cost: 1,000 gems
3. +20 Energy - cost: 1,500 gems
4. -2s Skill Cooldown - cost: 2,000 gems
5. Skill Upgrade - cost: 2,500 gems
6. Passive buff - cost: 5,000 gems
7. Enhance Starting Weapon - cost: 8,000 gems

## Statistics

Airbender has good health and slightly high armor. His energy cap is slightly lower, at 180. He also has the highest base critical hit chance, at 15.

The Airbender has a special attribute that change the effect of Radial Blast Buff to releases Qi-gong wave in 4 directions, deals 4 damage to enemies on contact. This can be further enhanced with Shotgun Buff and Freeze Buff.

* - Release Qi-gong waves in 8 directions.
* - Release icy Qi-gong waves, has chance to Freeze enemies.

This special attribute is not an effect of his passive buff or his skills.

## Alternate Skins

The Airbender currently has 5 alternate skins, which include:

* 1 gems skin
* 2 paid skins
* 2 season coin skins

* Has a reskin **Qian-kun Punch**.
* Has a reskin **Qian-kun Punch** named **Cyber-Pulsating Punch**.
* Has unique skill effect for each skill.
* Has death animation.
* Has visual art & card.
* Has an exclusive mech in Robotic Frenzy.
* Has a reskin **Qian-kun Punch** named **Devil-Demolishing Punch**.
* Has unique skill effect for each skill.
* Has visual art & card.
* Has unique portrait.
* Has a reskin **Qian-kun Punch** named **Stellar Punch**.
* Has unique skill effect for each skill.
* Has visual art & card.

## Passive Buff

### Description:

*Airbender's barehanded attack deals 3 instances of consecutive damage and release a conical Qi-gong wave which inflicts AoE damage.*

*Airbender's barehanded attack deals 3 instances of consecutive damage and release a conical Qi-gong wave which inflicts AoE damage.*
* Airbender's exclusive Buff.
* The third (and fourth) attack of Qian-kun Punch shoots a conical Qi-gong wave, which consumes 2 energy and inflicts 8 damage on an area.

## Pulsating Blow

### Basic:

*Dash forward and perform a charged fist blow, releasing a powerful blast of Qi along the direction of your movement.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**Release multiple Qi blasts when fully charged.**

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Qi blasts are all fully charged and can bounce.**

### Cooldown:

6 (4) seconds.

Basic
*Dash forward and perform a charged fist blow, releasing a powerful blast of Qi along the direction of your movement.*
* Airbender charges his fist. Upon release, he will dash forward, releasing a Qi-gong wave that deals damage to the enemies ahead and fires a big Qi ball.
	+ The dash will stop after 10 tiles or when he collides with an enemy.
		- Deals 9 damage on collision.
		- It may inflict Burn if the player has the Fire Buff.
		- Dash distance is not affected by charge time.
		- While dashing, Airbender receives 50% damage reduction.
	+ The skill takes 1 second to be fully charged which can be shortened by Charge Buff.
		- While charging, Airbender movement speed is reduced by 40%.
		- The skill can be released at any time.
	+ Release Qi-gong wave after dash:
		- Deals 8 damage regardless of charge time.
		- The skill when fully charged will increase Qi-gong wave's AoE and consumes 2 energy.
		- Can destroy enemy projectiles, or deflect them with the Reflect Buff.
	+ Fires a Qi ball along with the above mentioned Qi wave after dash.
		- The Qi ball does 12 damage in a direct hit, it also creates a small blast that deal the same amount of damage.
		- Fully charged the skill will make Airbender fires a bigger Qi ball, it also deals 12 damage but its blast radius is much bigger, rougly 5-tile radius.
* The Airbender will release one Qi-gong wave and a giant laser beam attack with a specific attack combo (2 barehand attacks, 1 uncharged skill, 6 barehand attacks, skill).
	+ Qi-gong wave has the same properties as in the base skill.
	+ The laser deals continuous and ramp up damage. Start at 16 damage per tick then 17 and 18
	+ The attack lasts for approximately 1.5~3 seconds depending on the charging time.
	+ The Airbender becomes immobilized during the entire laser duration and the attack cannot be cancelled.
	+ If the player has Combo Buff, since the extra attack breaks the routine, the laser attack shall be done in this order: 2 normal attacks, 1 uncharged skill, 3 normal attacks, **stop attacking for 3 seconds**, 3 normal attacks, skill.
	+ While releasing the laser attack, Airbender coats himself with an aura that acts like a melee property, which can destroy or deflect bullets, but is still vulnerable to melee enemies and lasers attacks.
* The base skill and the laser attack runs on different cooldown, with the laser attack cooldown is twice as long. Only tap on the skill button will reduce the cooldown by 50%.
	+ The base skill has a cooldown of 3~6 (2~4) seconds.
	+ The laser attack has a cooldown of 6~12 (4~8) seconds.
* These skills are affected by the following Buffs:
	+ - Collision damage might cause Burn.
	+ - Release an icy Qi-gong wave that has chance to Freeze enemies.
	+ - Allows the Qi wave and the charge to deflect bullets, and also allows the aura to deflect bullets that come in contact.
	+ - Increases the laser's width and damage (+5 damage per tick).
	+ - Allows the Qi ball to bounce once.
	+ - Reduces charging time by half.
	+ - Releases 2 addition small Qi-gong balls.

Skill upgrade
*Release multiple Qi blasts when fully charged.*
* When fully charged, Airbender will release 2 addition small Qi-gong balls.

Mentor Upgrade
*Qi blasts are all fully charged and can bounce.*
* On the base skill:
	+ Changes all small Qi balls and their attributes to the big Qi ball.
	+ Big Qi balls will be able to bounce 4 times, they will pierce enemies and explode after the 4th bounce.
* On the laser attack:
	+ Releasing the laser attack will also fire Qi-gong waves continuously and consume energy accordingly.

## Orbiting Stars

### Basic:

*Surround yourself with approaching enemy bullets and late release them to attack enemies nearby.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**Chance to pick up crates and make them circle around you**

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Chance to pick up enemies' corpses and a smaller chance to kill minions**

### Cooldown:

16 (14) seconds.

How to unlock
Pay $1.99 to unlock this skill.
Basic
*Surround yourself with approaching enemy bullets and late release them to attack enemies nearby.*
* Enemy bullets within 8 tiles away from Airbender might be picked up by Orbiting Stars and held for 6 seconds before returning to the enemies and dealing damage.
	+ Picked up bullets will turn gold instead of red, similar to Reflected bullets caused by Reflect Buff.
	+ Each returned bullet will deal +1 extra damage to the enemy, and a critical hit is guaranteed.
		- For example, if a bullet were to hit the player for 3 damage, the same bullet will do (3+1)x2 =8 damage to the enemy.
	+ Returned bullets can hit an enemy up to 15 tiles away from Airbender.
* This skill has 16 (14) seconds CD which restart right after the skill is triggered.
* Orbiting Stars can be enhanced by the following Buff(s)
	+ - Increase pick up range by +2 tiles (8 -> 10 tiles radius)

Skill upgrade
*Chance to pick up crates and make them circle around you.*
* Each picked up crate will deal 10 damage, 100% critical hit.

Mentor Upgrade
*Chance to pick up enemies' corpses and a smaller chance to kill minions*
* Chance to pick up enemies' corpses and make them circle around the player.

## Skill 3 - Meridian Sword

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## Meridian Sword

### Basic:

*Airbender infuses his inner force into both his own weapons and nearby allies. Allowing them to release qi-gong waves upon hitting enemies.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**While the skill is active, defeating enemies restores armor.**

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Defeating enemies increases skill duration.**

### Cooldown:

11 (9) seconds.

How to unlock
Use 12,000 gems to unlock this skill.
Basic
*Airbender infuses his inner force into both his own weapons and nearby allies. Allowing them to release qi-gong waves upon hitting enemies.*
* For 6 seconds after the skill is activated, all attacks from Airbender and teammate will release Qi-wave upon contact with enemies or obstacles.
	+ The qi-wave deals area of damage in a cone shape, equal to 50% damage of the weapon, rounded up.
	+ The qi-wave has an unknown critical chance, which is triggered independently from weapon crit hit.
* This skill has 11 (9) seconds CD which restarts after the skill duration ends.
* Meridian Sword can be further enhanced when paired with the following buff(s):
	+ - Releases icy qi-wave which will freeze enemies in range.
	+ - Allows the skill's qi-gong wave to destroy and reflect projectiles, despite it not being able to destroy them without this Buff.
		- Even projectiles that can't be reflected will be destroyed, such as bouncy projectiles.
	+ - Can be activated by the skill's wave, since it counts as melee damage.

Skill upgrade
*While the skill is active, defeating enemies restores armor.*
* Restore 1 armor when defeat an enemy while the skill is active.

Mentor Upgrade
*Defeating enemies increases skill duration.*

## Quotes

### Upon being defeated in The Origin

* *"...Hmm"*
* *"Uhh... Are you alright?..."*
* *"I came from the eastern land and this is one of my peregrination, When I arrived, I saw these monsters and could not help but fight them. The battle lasted for several days and I was a little carried away in killing."*
* *"Thank you for saving me out of my own frenzy. Now I need to find a safe place to rest... I owe you one. So long!"*

### Interaction in the Living Room

* *"Practice makes perfect."*
* *"Be calm and be clear."*
* *"I value peace and harmony."*
* *"Have some respect for Wude!"*
* *"Try to feel the Qi moving inside your body... if you have time."*

 As Sunyata:
* *"There are five kinds of immoral: heavenly, earthly, divine, human and demonic."*
* *"There are five kinds of beast: snail, scaly, furry, feathered and insect."*
* *"This wretch is not heavenly, earthly, divine, human or demonic. He is not a snail, or scaly, or furry, or feathered, or an insect."*
* *"Now there are also four kinds of ape that cause confusion and don't come under any of the ten categories."*
* *"First kind is the intelligent stone monkey. He can do all kinds of transformation, knows about the seasons of Heaven and earthly advantages, and can move the stars and their constellations about."*
* *"The second kind is the red-rumped mandril that knows all about Yin and the Yang and human affairs, can go into or out of anywhere, and knows how to prolong its life and avoid death."*
* *"The third kind is the magic-armed gibbon that can catch the sun or moon, shrink mountains see what is auspicious and what is not, and fool around with heaven and earth."*
* *"The fourth kind is the six-eared macaque which has wonderful hearing and perception. It knows about the past and the future and understands all creatures."*
* *"These four kinds of apes do not come within any of the ten categories and are not listed among the creatures that live between heaven and earth."*
* *"I can see that the false Sun Wukong is just such a six-eared macaque."*
* *"Wherever he stands he can know what is happening hundreds of miles away and hear everything that is said."*
* *"That is why he has such wonderful hearing, brilliant perception, and knowledge of the past, the future and all beings."*
* *"That is why he looks and sounds just like Wukong. He is a six-eared macaque."*

 As Pyxis:
* *"The cosmos is our greatest mentor."*
* *"The magic of the stars contains the wisdom of the cosmos!"*
* *"Wisdom is a double-edged sword. Wield it for the betterment of others, and it will illuminate the stars. Exploit it for your avarice, and it will corrupt your soul."*
* *"In your eyes, I see determination and eagerness, the qualities of a true warrior."*
* *"Seek answer among the stars, my yound friend."*

### During a run as an NPC

* *"Cultivate your Qi, and when it flows, use it!"*
* *"We did it!"*
* *"Oops..."* (If his help failed)

## Trivia

* This character was added in Update 4.2.0, along with Demonmancer.
* Orbiting Stars was added in Update 4.3.0.
* His first skill (Pulsating Blow) received a tweak in Update 5.3.0.
* According to ChillyRoom, Airbender is a Qi-gong master from the eastern land who, by chance, became embroiled in the last battle of the Soul Continent and now stays in the Order for training.
* So far, Airbender is the only playable hero that can be fought as an enemy.
* The fact that he is one-eyed is further reinforced by his death sprite, in which he closes his right eye but leaves his left (white) eye open.
* There was a high chance that players would not get to fight Airbender in The Origin during Update 4.2.0, as it caused the Relic biome to become completely opaque, preventing enemies from spawning. However, reloading the game would fix this.
* Airbender appears to have an extremely long lifespan, presumably due to his craft. He was found initially in The Origin, long before the events of Soul Knight's main story, yet he is seen in the Living Room later on.
* Airbender's quote *"Have some respect for Wude!"* may come from a Chinese meme where a martial artist said that "youngsters don’t have a respect for Wude." Wude is a Chinese word meaning "respect" in martial arts.