Tantrum

## Bio

*Anger is all Tantrum knows and violence is all he understands, so don’t expect to find reason or measure in his actions. As an ancestor of modern Predacons, Tantrum’s alternate mode serves as a good indicator of his skillset and overall bullish temperament.*

## Max Stats

* 2-Star:
	+ Health: 1,942
	+ Attack: 181
	+ Max Rating: 533
* 3-Star:
	+ Health: 4,768
	+ Attack: 385
	+ Max Rating: 1292
* 4-Star:
	+ Health: 12,392
	+ Attack: 1000
	+ Max Rating: 3484
* 5-Star:

## Game Abilties

### Basic Abilities

* Melee Buff
* Unstoppable
* Burn

### Abilities

* **Passive:**
	+ The bot’s naturally tough Cybertronian exterior permanently provides 10% passive Armor.
	+ Tantrum gains an additional 25% passive Armor while Dashing forward.
* **Dashing and Dodging:**
	+ Dashing towards the opponent has a 100% Chance to grant a Melee Buff, increasing Melee Damage by 15~24%. [Max 10 stacks]
	+ If Tantrum Dodges backwards he loses all Melee Buffs.
* **Heavy Attacks:**
	+ 2% Chance for each Melee Buff on Tantrum to Stun the opponent for 2 seconds.
* **Blocking:**
	+ Holding Block allows Tantrum to Charge an Unstoppable Buff. After Charging for 1.5 seconds, Tantrum becomes Unstoppable for 3.5~4.5 seconds and does not lose Melee Buffs when Dodging backwards.
	+ Charging Unstoppable is 8% faster for each Melee Buff on Tantrum.
	+ Once Unstoppable expires Tantrum must Cool Off and cannot recharge his Unstoppable for 5 seconds.

### Signature Ability

**Frenzy**: *Tantrum’s attacks become wild and unpredictable, punching through enemy defenses and ignoring their damaging debuffs.*

* **Every 3 Melee Bonus Buffs:** When Tantrum gains 3 Melee Bonus Buffs he gains Frenzy, granting +10~70% Critical Chance and a 20% chance to be Unblockable for 6 seconds. Additionally, when Tantrum becomes Frenzied, he Purifies all Damaging Debuffs and cannot be inflicted with further Damaging Debuffs for the duration of Frenzy.

### Special Attacks

1. **Special 1 – Flamethrower** - *Tantrum is always hot headed.*
	* 10% chance for each Melee Buff on Tantrum to inflict Burn, dealing heat damage equal to 50~70% of Attack Rating over 4 seconds.
2. **Special 2 – Electro-Sword** - *Prepare to be jolted by the impact.*
	* 10% Chance for each Melee Buff on Tantrum to Stun the opponent for 3 seconds.
3. **Special 3 – Bull Rush** - *Unyielding, unblockable, and completely unstoppable.*
	* Tantrum gains 3 Attack Buffs and goes Unstoppable for 7.5~9.5 seconds.

### Synergy Bonuses

* **Allies – Galvatron, Cyclonus** - +2~3~8% Armor.
* – **Enemies – Blaster, Arcee** - +2~3~8% Attack Rating.
* **Beast Ancestor – All Beast War Bots** - After each Heavy Attack, this bot gains a Beast Fury buff that grants Attacks a 5~8~15% chance to be Unblockable for 6 seconds.

## Strategy

### Player

Tantrum's focus is on dashing towards the enemy and constantly gaining melee buffs. A good strategy is to either charge your unstoppable and dash back and forth or use your heavy attacks after dashing and performing a 2-3 hit combo. This allows Tantrum to easily take down Tactician bots if you're able to defeat them quickly. Tantrum is a very challenging and fun to play bot, try it out!

Tantrum is an especially good bot in raids. Bots with the harm accelerator, mods like Burn Down, where you are inflicted with a permanent Burn, or very long damaging debuffs of any kind can be quickly countered with a Frenzied Tantrum. If you get tagged with a special attack, or suffer from a permanent/long damaging debuff, just keep dashing into the enemy.

The best way to use Tantrum is to dash in, do a combo, then use Heavy Attacks to clear enough space between you and your opponent. (A effective combo can be shown as M-L-L-L-L-H or L-L-L-M-L-L-L-H. However, it depends on how you play)

As this Heavy Attack is ranged, with a chance to Stun, you'll be able to dash in again and gain another Melee buff. This is the easiest and most effective way to use Tantrum. Save up to 10 buffs and unleash Special III, and he hits like a semi truck!

However, never dash back unless you're Unstoppable - you'll lose all your Melee buffs. To avoid powerful attacks, Block or Sidestep instead. **Only dash back if you need to.**

Tantrum is also known to lose a lot of health as he employs a "dash-in, no worries" playstyle. Be wary of that.

### Opponent

Cyclonus is your best anti-Tantrum bot. Nullifying his powerful buffs while he is at melee range will be very detrimental. To prevent him from going Unstoppable, use Heavy Attacks or just step away.

### Strong Match-Ups

* Bonecrusher - Bonecrusher’s uncanny ability to inflict Bleeds will be soundly thwarted when Tantrum becomes Frenzied, leaving the walking cactus without many options.
* Optimus Primal - Primal builds Melee Buffs when attacking into a Blocking opponent, but forcing Tantrum to Block for too long will set off this bullish bot’s Unstoppable ability.
* Shockwave - Tantrum's power lies in his ability to dash and gain more strength. Using basic ranged attacks aren't viable against the Decepticon Scientist but his shocks can be purified by becoming frenzied.
* Jetfire - A Frenzied Tantrum can break through the Parry Shield and Jetfire's Shocks.
* Drift - Tantrum’s frenzy will purify all the buffs this warrior inflicts and prevent him from keeping his combo meter high with his unstoppables.
* Dirge - Tantrum laughs in the face of Fear and won't feel a single drop of Bleed when Frenzied.
* Megatron (ROTF) - The more the melee buffs, the faster Megatron falls.

#### Mods

* **Life Transfer** - Stacking Melee Buffs and relentlessly punching will give Tantrum enough damage output to out-heal the health drain.
* Harm Accelerator/Shock Block/Ranged Shock - For Tantrum, being Frenzied means a lot of things, including the ability to not take constant damage from these Mods.

### Weak Match-Ups

* Starscream -Tantrum will learn that his brute strength does nothing in the face of Starscream’s Null Ray.
* Dinobot - Dinobot was forged to be a bullfighter.
* Motormaster - Tantrum loves to dash to gain Melee Buffs but Motormaster always wins when it comes to head-to-head collision.
* Cyclonus - Dark Fields will Nullify Tantrum's Melee Buffs and Stun him when he goes Unstoppable and tries to Dash In to deal that extra damage.
* Megatron - Tantrum’s buffs can be stolen from the decepticon leader and used against him.
* Grimlock - Tantrum will learn that his brute strength would do nothing to the high health rating of Grimlock.
* Megatronus - The relic of obedience will prevent this bull from gaining melee and unstoppable buffs especially when he charges it up.

### Recommended Modules

Like a bull in a china shop/battlefield with these Mods!

* Transwarp Cell - Ensuring Tantrum uses his Heavy Attack often is key to keep the enemy pinned down.
* Exo-Filter - The time Tantrum spends Unstoppable might just outweigh the times he is not making him almost completely unstoppable throughout the matches.
* **Strange Refractor** - Blocking for too long will set off this bullish bot’s Unstoppable ability.

## Obtainment

* Destruction Crystal
* Headstrong Crystal
* July 2018 Tantrum Chips
* Bot Crystals (added 10/31/2018)
* June 2019 Bot Chip Set
* 5-Star Destruction Crystal
* June 2020 Bot Chip Set (Frontline)

## Trivia

* Tantrum's idle animation also involves him breathing out smoke.