Ironhide (ROTF)

*For the Generations bot, see Ironhide.*

## Bio

*He may not like Earth rodents leaking lubricants on him, but he does have a fondness of blasters, more blasters, and heavy weaponry. Opponents definitely won't feel lucky when the consummate veteran of countless battles shows off his cannons.*

## Max Stats

**1-Star**

* Health: 1,009
* Attack: 89
* Max Rating: 260

**2-Star**

* Health: 1,837
* Attack: 147
* Max Rating: 493

**3-Star**

* Health: 4,765
* Attack: 327
* Max Rating: 1,376 (sig 100)

**4-Star**

* Health: 11,722
* Attack: 802
* Max Rating: 2,869

5-Star

## Game Abilities

### Basic Abilities

* Critical Damage
* Burn

### Abilities

* *When Attacked:* 12% chance to increase Critical Damage by 82~126% for 8 seconds.
* *Heavy Attacks:* Double Missile Attack has +30% chance to inflict Burn.
* *Missile Attacks*:
	+ +100% Critical Rate
	+ 70% chance to inflict Burn, dealing heat damage for 47.2~72% over 4 seconds.
	+ When inflicting Burn on already burning opponents, extra stacks will be inflicted, each dealing 30% attack.

### Signature Ability

**Obliteration**

Special Attacks: Ironhide has a 50% chance to obliterate the opponent with +204~600% Critical Damage on his Special Attacks. This may occur once per fight.

+2% per level.

### Special Attacks

1. **Feelin' Lucky** - *He loves to show off his cannons.*
	* 80% chance to Stun for 2.5 seconds.
2. **Standoff Break** - *Point your weapon at him and he'll tear you apart.*
	* 54~72% chance to increase Critical Damage by 44-67.5% for 4 seconds.
3. **Full Metal Arsenal** - *Fire everything.*
	* Ironhide gets up close and blasts at point-blank range, with a 30% chance to inflict Burn, and this effect lasts 100% longer.

### Synergy Bonuses

* **Allies** - Ratchet, Bumblebee - +1~8% Armor.
* **Allies** - Optimus Prime (MV1), Arcee, Windblade - 2~3~8% Armor.
* **Old Friends** - Optimus Prime (MV1) - 20~30~70% chance to deal an additional Bleed stack when inflicting Bleed.
* **Weapon Specialists** - Mixmaster, Rhinox, Hound - +3~4~9% duration for Damaging Debuffs. +2~4~6% Attack Rating in Alliance Missions.
* **Brother in Arms** - Optimus Prime - 2~3~8% Armor for Autobots. +4~6~8% Melee Damage for Autobots in Solo Missions.
* **Medic Support** - Ratchet - 1.3~2.5~7% of Base Health Repaired at the start of the fight. +3~4~5% extra Repair in Raids.
* **Leadership** (5-Star) - +10% Special Damage for all lower tier teammates.

## Strategy

### Commander

Ironhide is a preferred choice for beginner Commanders, as his few skills are all about high damage. Heavy spamming is a simple technique, but more often than not the opponent will sidestep most of his missiles.

### Opponent

Simply sidestep or block Ironhide's Heavy and Special Attacks, or else suffer KO amounts of damage.

Ironhide's Special II is a hard bargain to dodge *and* avoid taking large amounts of damage, especially when he has Obliteration awakened. If Ironhide feels like showing off his cannons, keep at distance at all costs.

### Strong Match-ups

#### Bots

* **Everyone without Evades, Armor, Shields, or Resistances** - These bots will be easily torn apart.
* **Megatron (ROTF)** - Nobody will ever hail Megatron again.

### Weak Match-ups

#### Bots

* **Mirage** has several counter-measures that reduces the potential effectiveness of Ironhide's attacks.
* **Rhinox**'s Shields also reduce the effectiveness of Ironhide's missiles.
* **Optimus Primal**'s Critical Armor will leave the master of burns unable to tear anything apart.
* **Blaster** - Slowing down Ranged Attacks will hamper his ability to tear anything apart at snail speed.
* **Scorponok**'s Dazed ability will cause Ironhide's Special Attacks to miss completely.
* An awakened **Waspinator** will revive in every fight whenever he gets torn apart by Ironhide’s specials.
* **Jetfire and Soundwave -** Reflecting the master of burns’s ranged attacks will only burn and tear himself apart.
* **Grimlock** - Ironhide will find this matchup to be a joke to the King of the Dinobots as his powerful burns from his missiles will be purified.
* **Megatronus -** The master of the demolitions’s relic of preservation will hamper Ironhide’s ability to tear the fallen apart. Ironhide may be the master of burns but Megatronus is the master of the demolitions.

### Recommended Modules

Tear any raiders apart with Ironhide and these Mods!

* The **Laser Guidance Module** makes Ironhide's ranged more deadly.
* With the **Superconductor 2000**, it will be harder for a raider to defeat Ironhide without being Obliterated.
* **Nightbird's Mark** - Increases Ironhide's Crit Damage.
* The **Robot Resource** will give a higher chance for the master of burns to tear any raider apart!

## Obtainment

* Bot Crystals
* Cinematic Crystals
* Ironhide Arenas
	+ ??? (2-Star)
	+ Cannon Fodder (3-Star)
	+ Feeling Lucky? (4-Star)
* Obliteration Crystal
* 3-Star Ironhide Offer - a limited-time offer for 650 Energon.

## Trivia

* His Vehicle Mode is a modified unlicensed GMC Topkick C4500 4x4 truck.
* Until Cliffjumper’s introduction to the game, Ironhide was the only Demolition bot that was an Autobot.