Rodimus Prime

## Bio

*After gaining the Matrix of Leadership, Hot Rod became Rodimus Prime! Although reluctant at first, Rodimus Prime rises up to lead the Autobots against Galvatron and the Quintessons.*

## Story

* Nothing and Everything (June 2022)
* Dare to Believe (July 2022)

## Max Stats

* 2-Star
	+ Health: 4,768
	+ Attack: 322
	+ Max Rating: 1,171
* 4-Star:
	+ Health: 12,392
	+ Attack: 835
	+ Max Rating: 3,136
* 5-Star:
	+ Health: 34,583
	+ Attack: 2,329
	+ Max Rating: 9,225

## Game Abilities

### Basic Abilities

* Armor Break
* Nullify
* Repair

### Abilities

* *Passive*
	+ After being hit by 5 Melee Attacks, Rodimus gains 50% Armor for 4 seconds.
	+ When Rodimus Prime has less than 40% health, he is Immune to Stun.
* *Dashing*
	+ 70% chance to Purify a Debuff from Rodimus Prime.
* *Last Hit of a Melee Combo*
	+ 25~50% chance to Remove a Melee Buff.
	+ 25~50% chance to Remove an Armor Up Buff.
* *Heavy Attack*
	+ Apply 1 3-15% Armor Break for 7 seconds per Buff on the opponent.
* *Knocked Down*
	+ Rodimus Prime has a 0.6% chance for each percentage of lost Health to Repair 13-20% of damage taken over 3 seconds.

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### Special Attacks

1. **Dare to Believe** - *Rodimus Prime holds the future in his hands!*
	1. On activation, remove Unstoppable from the opponent.
	2. 50% chance to Nullify 1 Buff on the opponent.
	3. If the opponent has any Buffs when this attack ends, Rodimus Prime gains 50% Physical Resistance for 8 seconds. (Max Stacks: 4)
2. **Take a Stand** - *When Rodimus Prime takes a stand, you can win!*
	1. 100% chance to Nullify 1 Melee Buff and 1 Armor Buff.
	2. If Rodimus has less than 20% health, Heal 5% health over 3 seconds.
3. **Fire in Your Heart** - *Rodimus Prime's fighting spirit can lighten the darkest hour.*
	1. 100% Armor Piercing
	2. If Rodimus has less than 10% health, heal 10% Health over 3 seconds.

### Signature Ability

**Arise Rodimus Prime**

*When the odds are against him, Rodimus Prime is fueled by the power of the Primes to fight even harder.*

* Passive:
	+ Rodimus Prime gains +5~10% Attack Rating for every 10% of missing health. This value is doubled against the Final Boss of a Story or Event Mission.
	+ +0.2% per level

### Synergy Bonuses

* **Enemies** - Galvatron - +2~3~8% Attack Rating.
* **Autobot Leaders** - Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus - All Autobots gain +8~10~12% Armor Penetration against Decepticons.
* **Strange Times** - Hot Rod - Increase chance for Deceleration to trigger by 6~8~15%.
* **Leadership** (5-Star) - Acting as a beacon of leadership, all lower tier teammates gain +10% Armor Rating.

## Strategy

### Commander

Rodimus is more of a defensive Tactician. His nullifying method is done by melee attacks, a middle ground between Starscream's and Cyclonus's methods. Armor Breaking a buff-stacked Bot with a heavy blast is fun (even on whiffs) and a minor damage amp. His Special 2 and 3 and Signature Ability can only be used at risky low health, and even then health recovery is capped at 25%. It's down to luck and defensive buffs that he can be a low health and not no health to make a comeback.

At the most, his Purify on Dashing is the most useful skill, which makes him the only non-Brawler (and outside the Beast Wars team) who can. Stun Immunity is also useful but is also a risk only activating at half health.

### Strong Match-ups

#### Bots

* Brawlers like to Armor Up and often focus on Melee Damage. Rodimus can easily Nullify and Armor Break with his Specials, and he’ll gain Armor if he gets hit by too many Melee attacks.
* Grindor - His Crit Rate Debuffs and Power Locks can be shaken off as Rodimus dashes in to nullify the helicopter's Armor.
* Slipstream - Her variety of debuffs can be shrugged off.
* Ultra Magnus - Ten stacks of Resistance means ten stacks of Armor Break.

### Weak Match-ups

#### Bots

* Demolitions bots tend to land fewer, but big damage hits, especially with their special attacks. A Demolition bot can blow right past some of Rodimus Prime’s low health benefits. Ranged attacks also won’t trigger Rodimus Prime’s Armor Up passive.
* Galvatron - The new Decepticon leader will burn and crush Rodimus just as he crushes Optimus Prime!
* Cheetor - Repair Block will dampen his spirit, and Feral Strike prevents an Armor buff.
* Shockwave

### Recommended Modules

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## Obtainment

* Valor's Flame Crystal
* July 2022 Login Calendar (4-Star)

## Trivia

* Rodimus was teased in a *Transformers: The Movie-*homage social media post way back in February of 2019.
* His model is based on his MP-09 Masterpiece toy.
* Rodimus uses the Brawler Sharkticon's Special 1 and 2 moves, which the fans really lampooned. And also uses Optimus Prime (MV1)'s Special 3 moves.
* His in-game stat descriptions is inaccurate with the Forged to Fight website and Discord descriptions; Special 1 says he gains 50% Armor when it's actually Physical Resistance. It also says Special 2's Repair activates at 5% health when it's actually 20%. And Signature level is 15% at max level when it's actually 10%.

## Updates

* On launch, Rodimus had a significant advantageous bug where he was immune to almost all debuffs, except those passively inflicted like Bonecrusher bleeds and Rhinox's shield Shocks. It was fixed several days after the 9.2 patch.