Rhinox

## Bio

*Hard-nosed and big brained, Rhinox is a Bot with a resounding passion for life. He can tangle with the baddest of Predacons, then take a break to develop new Maximal tech or stop and smell the roses. But to be sure, if you push the big rhino too much, you'll likely meet his legendary chainguns.*

## Max Stats

**1-Star**

* Health: 951
* Attack: 81
* Max Rating: 256

**2-Star**

* Health: 1,750
* Attack: 137
* Max Rating: 555 (sig 100, forge 3)

**3-Star**

* Health: 4,253
* Attack: 283
* Max Rating: 1,281

**4-Star**

* Health: 11,053
* Attack: 736
* Max Rating: 3,071 (sig 10)

5**-Star**

## Game Abilities

### Basic Abilities

* Shielding
* Bleed

### Abilities

* *Shielding Passive*
	+ Starts the fight with 6 Shield Buffs ~~each capping damage from one attack to 80% of the opponent's Attack Rating.~~ which are removed each time Rhinox is hit by a Basic or Heavy Melee Attack.
	+ While Rhinox's Shield is active, powerful enemy attacks cannot deal more than 80% of the opponent's Attack Rating in a single hit.
	+ Shield Buffs recharge in 12-8 seconds. (cooldown on HUD as of December 2019)
	+ +35% Burn and Shock Resistance while Shielded.
* *Basic Melee Attacks:* +20% damage against Bleeding targets.
* *Chaingun Ranged Attacks:* 30% chance to inflict Bleed, dealing 35-55% Attack over 5 seconds.
* *Rhino Ram Heavy Attack:*
	+ ~~90%~~ 100% chance to drain 12% of the target's max Power and inflict **Power Lock** for 4 seconds.
	+ When this ability is triggered, its chance to trigger again is reduced by 70%. This returns to normal after 16 seconds.

### Signature Ability

**Overclock**

*Shield Buffs are more effective, but also more volatile.*

Passive: Rhinox ekes out extra performance from Shield Buffs, further reducing damage to 60% of the opponent's Attack Rating. When reducing the damage suffered by an attack, the extra strain causes them to explode, inflicting 52~160.9% Attack as Shock Damage.

+approximately 1.1% per level

### Special Attacks

1. **Tactical Gore** - *A sensible, well-thought-out impaling is an effective way to settle an argument.*
	* ~~90%~~ 100% chance to gore the target's weapons systems, Nullifying up to 1 Melee, Ranged, or Special Damage Buffs.
	* 100% chance to inflict Bleed for each Buff removed in this way, dealing 100-115% Attack over 13 seconds.
2. **Chainguns of Doom** - *Sometimes you need to become war in order to survive.*
	* 30% chance to inflict Bleed, dealing 35-55% Attack over ~~5~~ 8 seconds.
3. **A Beast Unleashed** - *A keen intellect won't solve problems with the small-minded.*
	* +55% Damage if Health is above 90%
	* +25% Damage if Health is above 75%
	* +10% Damage if Health is above 50%
	* 30% chance to inflict Bleed, dealing 45% Attack over ~~5~~ 12 seconds.

### Synergy Bonuses

* - **Enemies** - **Waspinator**, **Scorponok** - +2~3~8% Attack Rating.
* **Weapon Specialists -**  **Mixmaster****, Ironhide, Hound** - Damaging Debuffs lasts +2~4~9% longer. Additionally, Attack Rating is increased by +3~4~6% in Alliance Missions.
* **Brain Drain** - **Shockwave** - ~~Shockwave generates 2~4 Energy Charges at the start of the fight and every 25 seconds.~~  Shockwave's Shocks deal 8~10~25% more damage.
* - **Allies** - **Cheetor**, **Dinobot**, **Optimus Primal** - +2~3~8% Armor.
* **Beast Purification** - **Optimus Primal -** Heavy Attacks of Beast Wars characters grant 4~12~20% Attack Rating for 5 seconds and Purify Damaging Debuffs as long as there are 2 or more Beast Wars bots on Primal’s team.
* **Beast Ancestor - Tantrum** - After each Heavy Attack, this bot gains a Beast Fury buff that grants Attacks a 5~8~15% chance to be Unblockable for 6 seconds.
* **Leadership** (5-Star) - +10% Power Rate.

## Strategy

### Player

Rhinox's Power Lock on Heavy Attacks is quite powerful at delaying opponents. This is especially true against enemies with Power Rate-related challenge mods like Power Flow Timed, for example. He is the only Tech bot who Bleeds. Special I will remove enemy Buffs and exchange them for Bleeds.

### Opponent

Be sure to remove all of Rhinox's Shields before activating a Special Attack. But don't remove them with strong, melee attacks; shields removed this way are incredibly likely to Shock your Bot if his signature ability is awakened. If using melee attacks, only do this when Rhinox is shielding.

### Strong Match-ups

#### Bots

* Rhinox's Shields reduces damage from the punishing Special Attacks of Demolition Bots like Mixmaster and Ramjet. In addition, his Special 1 is more effective due to the removal of their special buffs and bleeding the target.
* Ironhide's burns will deal less damage while Rhinox has Shields.
* Motormaster - Rhionx can gore the King of the Road's permanent Melee Buffs one by one.
* Megatron (ROTF) won’t be able to deal his full potential damage from his impair charges if he does not remove Rhinox’s shields and bleeds will ignore Megatron’s armor which means the more the bleeds, the weaker Megatron gets

#### Mods

* Robot Resource - Rhinox’s power locks can prevent this module from gaining more power than usual.
* Superconductors 1000 and 2000 - Rhinox’s power locks can disable these mods from gaining more power for the bot.

### Weak Match-ups

#### Bots

* All Scouts have a 50% chance to avoid getting Shocked when they remove Rhinox's shields.
* Grimlock - The several Bleeds and Shocks Rhinox inflicts can be Purified and fuel Grimlock's Dino Rage even though Rhinox can nullify Melee Buffs with Special 1.
* Bumblebee can break Rhinox's Shields.
* Kickback consumes the shocks Rhinox inflicts turning his power against him. Literally.
* Galvatron can dark burn through Rhinox’s shieldings despite the class advantage.
* Megatronus's Relic of Obedience can prevent Rhinox from activating shields and Power Lock, though it's good for stalling Power in the first moments of the fight.

#### Mods

* Security Module - If Awakened, this Module will prevent Rhinox from tactically goring a buff.

### Recommended Modules

This veteran Maximal will gain some more reliable damage, with these Mods!

* The Harm Accelerator can enhance Rhinox's Bleeds and Shocks.
* The Tech Console enhances Rhinox's Shocks from Overclocked Shields.
* Strange Refractor - Attempting to remove Shields while Blocking comes at the risk of being Stunned.
* E.M.I Module - No one will ever escape from his shield easily. Giving more chance to shock them.

## Obtainment

* Bot Crystals
* Maximal Potential Crystal
* Rhinox Arenas
	+ A Beast Unleashed (3-Star)
	+ Chainguns of Doom (4-Star)
	+ August 2019 Daily Calendar (4-Star)
* December 2019 set
* December 2020 set (Savage Crystal)

## Trivia

* His design is based on his 2014 *Generations* Rhinox toy, but his beast mode is altered quite a bit to look more robotic.