Count Dooku

Head of State of the Separatist Alliance

**Count Dooku** is a playable character in *Star Wars: Masterful Duel.*He was a Jedi Master that fell to the dark side of the Force and became the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Tyranus during the final years of the Galactic Republic. During the Clone Wars, Dooku served as the leader of the Separatist Alliance and was the second apprentice of Darth Sidious. As such, Dooku immersed himself in the dark side and worked tirelessly to advance his master's plans, but ultimately forgot that treachery was the way of the Sith.

## Gameplay

### Weapon: Lightsaber

The curved hilt of Count Dooku's lightsaber allowed him to duel with greater finesse and precision. Normal attacks deal 120 damage while heavy strikes inflict 300.

### Fighting Style

Count Dooku is a formidable and elegant duelist who is a master of the fighting style of Makashi. He was a very agile warrior, displaying a pin-point accurate and unpredictable offense. Dooku is fluidly offensive, using his superior mobility and balance as well as feints to entrap his opponents, and footwork to outmanuever basing himself on balance, back-and-forth charges and sudden retreats, to work his way around his opponents, aptly deflecting and evading attacks. Dooku is a fast-paced combatant with a huge array of tools at his disposal and he can alter his combat flow by entering a special stance that gives him access to various special attacks. His attacks are quick, rentless and unpredictable.

### Moves

* **Relentless Combo:**A normal attack and heavy attack or heavy attack and normal attack infinite chain. It can initiate Duelist stance.
* **Sith Point Strike Combo:**A normal attack, normal attack and normal attack chain. It can initiate Duelist stance.
* **Expose Weakness:**Dooku's mixup attack which is a three-hit quick combo with his lightsaber.
* **Force Rush:**While not in guard mode, Dooku can perform a quick dash while performing a quick Force Repulse which can damage and knock enemies away caught in the radius.
* **Duelist Stance:**Dooku has a special stance he can enter by holding a normal or heavy attack. He can easily dodge enemy attacks while in this stance however he cannot use his lightsaber to block and deflect.
* **Duelist Stance Cursed Finesse:**A normal attack from Duelist Stance.
* **Duelist Stance Elegant Leap:**An unblockable top heavy attack from Duelist Stance.
* **Duelist Stance Dark Superiority:**An unblockable side heavy from Duelist Stance.
* **Duelist Stance Force Lightning:**Dooku releases lightning upon his enemies from Duelist Stance, stunning them and inflicting harm.
* **Force Lightning Strike:**A followup normal attack from Force Lightning.
* **Force Lightning Push:**A followup Force attack from Force Lightning which throws the opponent on the ground.
* **Force Lightning Smash:**A followup unblockable heavy attack from Force Lightning.
* **Darkstep:**Dooku will quickly deliver a rushing heavy attack from the top.
* **Side Darkstep:**Dooku will quickly deliver a rushing heavy side from the side while dodging sideways.
* **Dark Deflect:**After a deflect, Dooku performs a countering heavy attack.

### Hero Specific

* **Battle Points:**Dooku gains more Battle Points from one-on-one fights, by killing enemy heroes and getting killstreaks.
* **Dark Side Embrace:**After his Anger gauge is filled up, Dooku can embrace the power of the Dark Side to boost his damage and health. All of his attacks are uninterruptible, parries knock down opponents and his Force powers gain increased area-of-effect.
* **Relentless Chain Finishers:**Using the same attack will end the infinite chain.
* **Force Stuns:**Throws from Force grabs will stun targets.

## Perks

### Tier 1

* **Sith Control:**Dooku can hide himself from the HUD, Radar and Aim Assist.
* **Finesse:**Dooku uses his lightsaber with ease, draining less stamina when attacking and blocking.
* **Blind Spot:**Dooku can set a trap that stuns passing enemies and deals damage-over-time.

### Tier 2

* **Superiority:**Dooku gains a temporary attack buff after a successful attack.
* **Initiative:**Dooku has the ability to teleport on an enemy target and perform Force Lightning.
* **Last Seconds:**Dooku can heal nearby allies when landing hits from Duelist stance.

### Tier 3

* **Masterful Duelist:**Dooku can teleport on an ally from any location.
* **Dominance:**Dooku is temporarily invulnerable to all Force attacks while in Duel stance.
* **Balanced Duelist:**All enemies are marked for death and show up on the radar, causing all enemies on the map to take more damage, move slower and removing any extra health.