Pterus Ignis

The Terrorizing Pterus Ignis

Pterus Ignis or Hell Turkey, is the fourth kaiju encountered in the series. Its first appearance is on The Mountain of Doom in Floatio City and is first discovered in New Zealand on 5th February 2021.

Pterus Ignis is a weak but agile kaiju that flies allowing it to avoid any damage from ground attacks. However, if damaged enough it will be forced to land and crawls allowing the units capable of dealing Ground Damage to finished it off.

While Pterus Ignis has decent counterattacks like Swoop and Wind Force, its Molten Wings allows Pterus Ignis to modify the environment by leaving Crisis Tiles which will block units from pursuing Pterus Ignis as well as healing other kaijus that comes contact with it. Even when grounded, Swoop allows Pterus Ignis to regenerate health each turn to increase its survival.

It also has the most amount of Special Abilities using a powerful Eruption that can destroy all adjacent units and Phoenix Burst which give Pterus Ignis a last ditch effort by reviving it to 5 health and destroying all adjacent units and buildings.

## Characteristics

Pterus Ignis is modeled after a fiery Phoenix and a Pterodactyl. It has flaming wings and a tail but doesn't have any legs to move on the ground easily.

## Abilities

### Flying (Passive):

When Pterus Ignis flies, it will take less damage from Ground Attacks but more on Air Attacks. Units such as a basic Tank won't deal any damage against Pterus Ignis nor slow it down. However an AA (Anti-AirCraft) deals more damage against flying kaijus than ground kaijus and can slow it down if a kaiju comes on contact as long as it is flying. No matter if Pterus Ignis is flying or not, it will still take the same amount of counter damage.

### Swoop:

If flying, destroys an adjacent ground unit. Otherwise if grounded, ignores the adjacent ground unit but recovers 1 health each turn.

> Swooping trajectory consistent with large hunting birds. Perceives military vehicles as food source?
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### Wind Force:

Destroys an adjacent air unit even when flying or grounded.

> Pressure vortex created by downward flapping explains why ground units cannot be on the same space.
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### Molten Wings:

Leaves behind Crisis Tiles when moving.

> Flaming effect produced by air friction. Falling droplets are not lava, but mucous that prevents wings from burning
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### Eruption (Special Ability):

Destroys all adjacent units for every 4 turns.

> Intended as a peacock-like mating display. Annihilation of our units is purely incidental.
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### Phoenix Burst (Special Ability):

When defeated, revives at 5 health on the next turn and destroys ALL adjacent units and buildings (4 turn cool-down).

> Akin to an extremely effective power-nap. Energy gain is off the charts. Must find the secret. Think of the productivity.
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## Trivia

### Behind the Scenes

* According to the Sound Effects Artist, Donovan (Megahammer), the sound used for Pterus Ignis' screams is from a mixture of a bird call and his baby's angry screaming.
* Pterus Ignis' internal name is "Phoenix" during the development.

### Gameplay

* Pterus Ignis is the only kaiju so far with the most Special Abilities.