Frankie Donovan

Frankie Donovan is a notorious gangster and the boss of the Chicago **THE DONOVANS**. Frankie wields significant power and influence in the criminal underworld. On the map, Frankie Donovan 's Faction is depicted with the colour Green.

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Background:
Donovan was forced to come to America in the aftermath of the Easter
Rising in Ireland in 1916, where he lost a brother. He fell in with the
Cause after completing his schooling, and its outcome has left him
angry, though brave. It hasn't dulled his fun-loving, flirty side,
though, because Frankie can bounce back from anything.

```

Bonuses:

 **+5** Marksmanship to guards
* **−20%** Speakeasy ambience upgrade cost

## Overview:

Frankie Donovan is an exceptional boss known for his mastery of close combat. With his unparalleled skill set and the extraordinary power of his unique ability, **Unleash Fury**, he possesses the capacity to effortlessly eliminate entire enemy teams in a single turn. Frankie's unique weapon "**The American Wake**" enhances the wielders marksmanship offers extra stats that can help other gangsters with lower marksmanship.

#### Initial Stats

Frankie, like any other **Boss**, becomes your most formidable unit as his six base stats (HP, Initiative, Marksmanship, Leadership, and Persuasion) scale alongside your increasing notoriety. His stats reach a total of 250 HP and 100 in each of the other 5 base stats.

#### Boss Ability:

**Unleash Fury**: Unleash a flurry of devastating melee strikes against your enemy. Every kill renews your fury and restores your AP, but causes you to become exhausted.

Attack the target with a flurry of melee strikes. Kills restore AP and reset the Ability cooldown, but cause you to become exhausted.

#### In Combat:

Similar to other bosses in the game, Frankie has the versatility to utilize a every weapon available. His marksmanship skills continuously improve, making sub-machine guns and machine guns an excellent choice for him. However, this specialization in firearms doesn't limit her from wielding other weapons.

With His high movement capability,Frankie can easily get closer to the enemy lines and destroy them with "**Unleash Fury**," aided by his Enforcer/Hired Gun hybrid Skill Tree. It is advisable to equip him with the **Golden Pocket Watch** obtained from the "**Getting Personal with Chicago's Underworld**" mission. This item provides an additional 3 movement and +20 initiative. The Golden Pocket Watch is particularly useful in the early game when you can utilize Frankie's Boss ability to eliminate precincts controlled by NPCs that can be easily defeated by Donovan's devastating Boss ability in one turn.

Frankie possesses impressive melee capabilities, which can be attributed to his high melee damage output and the advantage provided by the 'brawny' trait. Additionally, he has the ability to endure fatal attacks with the 'cat has nine lives' trait. Donovan, on the other hand, benefits from his initiative, granting him advantageous bonuses such as 'brave' and 'immigrant'. These bonuses allow him to secure favorable cover positions at the beginning of each match.

With his unique combination of traits in the Hired Gun/Wanna be Enforcer Trait Tree, you have the flexibility to choose whether to reduce or restrict the presence of Hired guns in your team. Since Hired guns are commonly found among gangsters, this provides you with an opportunity to explore various gameplay strategies and approaches.

## Quotes

When building

* Brewery: Enough of your yappin! Brew some booze.| Let's brew so booze.
* Brothel: That's my kind of place.
* Speakeasy: Hey! The first round is on me!
* Casino: If anybody cheats in my casino I'll cut their fuckings hands off.
* Loan Shark: