Rusty

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**Rusty** is a member of the 9th Regiment of Lambert's Regnant Knights. Rusty plays the role of an elder brother for the other members. An orphan hailing from one of the caravans in the Mujabalaar Desert, Rusty was taken in by Hrodulf and became a royal knight of Lambert.

He has an aloof personality and can often be found hitting on women. He enjoys flirting, reading, and going to hot springs.

## Personality

Despite being a knight, Rusty lives a hedonistic lifestyle and frequently engages in drinking and flirting with women. He tends to take things easy and often tries to get those he knows to follow suit, like Alto, and frequently comes to blows with those who take life far more seriously than he does; especially with Archibald.

Despite his womanizing, Rusty does display a standard for women he hits on, showing no interest in the four Witches, due to them being too young and having a preference for older women. However, he also showed no interest in the eccentric Veronica whom of which, despite being buxom and older, failed to "register on [his] hotness meter". He also has a surprising respect for those who wish to remain chaste, such as when Sakuya mentioned it being part of her duties as a priestess, the roguish knight quickly backed down.

However, behind his carefree personality lies a troubled soul and Rusty can be serious, if not somber, should the occasion rise. He is shown to lose his temper under immense pressure and often responds violently by lashing out both physically and verbally. These aspects of his personality come from the trauma of being betrayed in the past by his father figure Hrodulf in the tragedy of Kashmistan. He quickly becomes agitated when the matter is brought up and is quick to curse and brand his former mentor a traitor.

## Gameplay

### Combat

> "*Rusty is a dagger master who also has a very large movement range. His turn comes around quickly, and he can move farther than other units. Rusty can perform both close-range dagger attacks and long-range throwing attacks. However, long-range attacks do less damage the farther away he is from his target. Due to his mobility, Rusty is a great asset to have on the front lines.*"
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> — Rusty's unit introduction
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Rusty is an excellent frontliner, having incredible mobility and respectable attack stats. His Knife skills first allow him to damage enemies from a short distance, then advance to having great damage potential. With his Affinity-granted passives, Rusty can traverse any sort of terrain to either rush to his allies' aid or assassinate distant foes.

### Skills

* **Stab**: (Upon joining) 5 physical hits to 1 enemy. Range 1, Height 3
* **Knife Throw**: (Upon joining) Physical attack to units ahead. Range 1-3, Height 3
* **Chakra**: (Level 9) Cures own status ailments.
* **Fatality**: (Level 14) High physical damage to 1 enemy if they have ailments. Range 1, Height 3.
* **Mug**: (Level 19) Physical attack to 1 enemy, may steal. Range 1, Height 3.
* **Backstab**: (Level 24) 2 physical critical hits to 1 enemy. Range 1, Height 3.
* **Double Clutch**: (Level 29) Physical attack to 1 enemy. If it hits, may attack again. Non-elemental, Range 1, Height 3.
* **Beehive**: (Level 34) Physical attack to all nearby units. Range 1-2, Height 3.

### Passives

* **Counter**: (Upon joining) Retaliate after getting attacked.
* **Parry**: (Upon joining) May block physical attacks.
* **Infiltrate**: (Affinity Rank 1): Traverse through squares blocked off by Guardian.
* **Sprint**: (Affinity Rank 2): Movement is unaffected by terrain.
* **High Jump**: (Affinity Rank Max): +5 Jump height.