Bertrand Russell

**Bertrand Russell** is one of the many Champions in Aeon Clash.

## Background

* **Source:** Wikipedia Article

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell OM FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science and various areas of analytic philosophy, especially philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics. He was one of the early 20th century's most prominent logicians, and a founder of analytic philosophy, along with his predecessor Gottlob Frege, his friend and colleague G. E. Moore and his student and protégé Ludwig Wittgenstein. Russell with Moore led the British "revolt against idealism". Together with his former teacher A. N. Whitehead, Russell wrote Principia Mathematica, a milestone in the development of classical logic, and a major attempt to reduce the whole of mathematics to logic (see Logicism). Russell's article "On Denoting" has been considered a "paradigm of philosophy". Russell was a pacifist who championed anti-imperialism and chaired the India League. He occasionally advocated preventive nuclear war, before the opportunity provided by the atomic monopoly had passed and he decided he would "welcome with enthusiasm" world government. He went to prison for his pacifism during World War I. Later, Russell concluded that the war against Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany was a necessary "lesser of two evils" and also criticized Stalinist totalitarianism, condemned the United States' war on Vietnam and was an outspoken proponent of nuclear disarmament. In 1950, Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought". He was also the recipient of the De Morgan Medal (1932), Sylvester Medal (1934), Kalinga Prize (1957), and Jerusalem Prize (1963).

## Stats

**Bertrand Russell** is a Hybrid Champion and a part of the **Specialist Class**.

* **Health:** 1000 (Lvl. 1) / 1570 (Lvl. 20)
	+ **[LVL = +30 HP]**
* **Damage:** 200 (Lvl. 1) / 485 (Lvl. 20)
	+ **[LVL = +15 DMG]**

## Skills

### Default Skills

* **PASSIVE 1: Combo**
	+ Deal more damage by using skills one after another.
* **PASSIVE 2: Damage Boost**
	+ Killing enemies increases the PLAYER's damage, this can stack up to 5 times.
* **SKILL 1: Barrage**
	+ The PLAYER unleashes a barrage of blows for 5s., damaging and knocking back all enemies hit.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 6s
* **SKILL 2: Magic Wave**
	+ Unleash a magic wave around yourself that damages and knocks back all enemies hit.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 8s
* **SPECIAL SKILL 3: Passive Change**
	+ Upon killing an enemy the PLAYER can change between their 2 class passives and weapons.
		- **COOLDOWN:** 10s
* **WEAPON ATTRIBUTE:**
	+ **FISTS:** Gain increased attack speed for 5s. after successfully performing a combo.
	+ **WAND:** Once the Damage Boost Meter has 5 stacks your skills deal double damage.

### Champion Skill

* **CHAMPION SKILL:** Analytic Philosophy
	+ Bertrand Russell analyzes the targeted enemy, having a 50% chance to analyze the situation and take half-damage from all enemies near the targeted enemy and the enemy themselves. Bertrand Russell also has a meter which fills up by successfully taking half-damage and once the meter is full the 50% chance becomes 100% chance for 15s.
		- **COOLDOWN: 25s**