Tiberius

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**Tiberius** ▶️ is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on January 8th, 2020.

## Lore

* Current Official Bio
* Unofficial Updated Bio

This is Tiberius' official bio currently found in his champion page in-game.

His is a tale of charm and daring — heroic feats backed by deadly prowess. A traveler of the Realm looking for worthy foes to test his mettle, sharpening his skills and weapons alike. Adored by the people, feared in battle — Tiberius, The Weapons-Master, knows no equal!

Born of the Tigron, Tiberius is the pinnacle of their values. A dashing legend — bold, brash, and relentless — anointed by an ancient blade, destined for battles that are nothing short of legendary.

With Chakrams, forged by the weapon-smiths of his ancestors; and a sword, forged from the heavens themselves — an ancient artifact capable of banishing unspeakable evils from this world — he is ready for any threat! Tiberius is exhilarated by the opportunity to match blades with a worthy foe. Snarling, he charges headlong into the fray, unleashing an unrelenting storm of steel, claw, and fang. En garde!

This is an unofficial version of Tiberius' bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding him. Sources can be found here.

Having mastered the chakrams of his people when he was young, Tiberius stands as the pinnacle of tigron values. Adored by all and feared in battle, Tiberius journeyed through the Realm searching for foes to test his skills. Though he won every battle, he was also searching for something else; a legend of the sword that had no master. Eventually, he would find the blade in an ancient temple as it called out for a hero when the village of Seris was destroyed. Tiberius trained with the blade, it becoming something more than a weapon, but an ally.

When the Abyssal Lord Raum appeared in the Realm and began causing chaos, Tiberius stepped up to stop the beast. Using his sword of the heavens capable of banishing unspeakable evils, the two sides fought to a draw; Raum's rampage temporarily halted.

## Summary

Tiberius is a damage champion, with his chakrams he is a real treat indeed! He is best with a fast firing champion like Viktor or Raum next to him, because his fire rate is pretty slow, but combat trance lets him attack and move a lot faster. He is really flexible to your type of play style, because of his cards. His heavy blade is used best when a low health opponent is retreating behind a shield. Crouching Tigron lets him jump into or escape from a battle quickly. His Ultimate is something you will get used to, as it is really hard to know what to do the first few times you use it. Altogether, Tiberius is a great champion if used right, but you should use some other damage champ if you are the only damage champion.

## Skills

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Bladed Chakrams

675 /0.7s

Description
Sling Bladed Chakrams from your hand every 0.7s, dealing 675 damage with each, and bouncing off floors and walls up to two times.

Details

Detailed DescriptionSling Bladed Chakrams from your hand every 0.7s, each bouncing off floors and walls and dealing 675 damage to any enemy hit. The Chakrams can bounce up to 2 times before disappearing. Enemies hit by a Chakram after it bounces take 525 damage instead of 675.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Has a reload time of 1.6s and can be animation canceled after 1s.
* The first bounce reduces a Chakram's damage by 150. Subsequent bounces do not reduce the Chakram's damage.
* Can bounce up to two times; disappears on the third hit.

Ability Video

Cooldown 12

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Heavy Blade

850 — 500

Description
Throw your Heavy Blade in a straight line to pierce shields and enemies, dealing 850 damage and slowing them. Can be recalled through enemies to deal 500 damage to them.

Details

Detailed DescriptionThrow your Heavy Blade in a straight line, Piercing through Shields and enemies. Deals 850 damage and reduces the Movement Speed of enemies hit by 30% for 2s. Heavy Blade lodges itself into any environment it collides with and can be reactivated to recall the blade, passing through everything in the world. Heavy Blade deals 500 damage to enemies as it passes through after recall.
* This ability deals Area Damage.
* Cannot be recalled midair, or if it's thrown in an environmental hazard.
* Also applies slow on recall.
* Cannot be blocked by shields or deployables.
* Generates 5% ultimate charge on the throw, and 4% on the recall per enemies hit.
* Disappears after 10s if not recalled.

Ability Video

Cooldown 15

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Combat Trance

675 /0.54s

Description
Channel your energy, increasing your Attack and Movement Speed for 4s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionChannel your energy, increasing your Attack Speed and Movement Speed by 25% for 4s.
* Has a ~0.3s windup animation.
* Grants a 25% attack and movement speed boost for the duration.
* Cannot be cancelled.
* The effects cannot be interrupted by stuns or silences.

Ability Video

Cooldown 12

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Crouching Tigron

Description
Crouch down, then launch yourself forward through the air.

Details

Detailed DescriptionCrouch down, then launch yourself forward through the air.
* Cooldown does not start until it has landed.
* Has some air control.
* Has a slight windup time.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

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Blade Dance

650 — 900

Description
Flourish your Heavy Blade and gain the ability to use Striking Tigron and Whirling Blades up to 5 times for 15s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionFlourish your Heavy Blade and gain the ability to use Striking Tigron and Whirling Blades up to 5 times for 15s.
**Striking Tigron:** Instantly dash forward in any direction, passing through all enemies and dealing 650 damage to any enemy hit.

**Whirling Blades:** Launch yourself upwards, whirling your blade around you and becoming immune to damage. On landing, deal 900 damage to all enemies within 30 units.▶️ “En Garde!” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “Attention all! A master's at work!” (Ally)

* This ability deals Area Damage.
* Striking Tigron post-fire time 0.55s.

Ability Video

## Talents

Predatory InstinctsDefault Talent

Bladed Chakrams are able to bounce 2 additional times before disappearing.

Tigron’s FuryUnlocks at Mastery Level 2

Heavy Blade now explodes on reactivation instead of recalling, but the initial throw deals reduced damage.

Details

* Explosion deals 850 damage in a 25-unit area
* Initial throw does 250 damage

Vicious AssaultUnlocks at Mastery Level 8

Crouching Tigron now has 2 charges and deals 600 damage in a 20-unit-radius area on landing.

Details

* Cooldowns are consecutive (the second charge's cooldown will not start until the first's cooldown is over).

## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Tiberius:

* World-Traveler reduces both charges of Crouching Tigron when using Vicious Assault.

## Pre-Built Loadouts

All of the following cards are in Tiberius's pre-built loadouts:

* Predatory Instincts
* Tigeron's Fury
* Vicious Assault

Predatory Instincts

Bragging Rights

Hitting players with Bladed Chakrams Heals you for 75.
5

Flying Chakrams

Increased your maximum Ammo by 3.
3

World-Traveler

Reset the Cooldown of Crouching Tigron after falling to or below 30% Health.
2
15

Instrument of Fate

Reduce the Cooldown of Combat Trance by 0.8s for each enemy hit by Heavy Blade.
2

Crowd-Pleaser

Generate 3 Ammo after activating Combat Trance.
3

Tigeron's Fury

The Champion

Reduce the Cooldown of Crouching Tigron by 0.8s for each enemy hit by Heavy Blade.
2

Charisma

Increased your maximum Health by 50.
1

Beast-Slayer

Gain a 100-Health Shield for 3s after falling to or below 50% Health.
2
30

Instrument of Fate

Reduce the Cooldown of Combat Trance by 2s for each enemy hit by Heavy Blade.
5

Imbued with Purpose

Reduce the Cooldown of Heavy Blade by 3s.
5

Vicious Assault

Alley-Cat

Reduce the Cooldown of Crouching Tigron by 3s.
5

Beast-Slayer

Gain a 100-Health Shield for 3s after falling to or below 50% Health.
2
30

Pouncing Tigron

Increase the jump strength of Crouching Tigron by 24%.
3

Test of Strength

Heal for 180 every 1s while Combat Trance is active.
4

The Champion

Reduce the Cooldown of Crouching Tigron by 0.4s for each enemy hit by Heavy Blade.
1

## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Tiberius:

### Champion Skin Collections

* Default
* Beast Slayer
* Nightstalker
* Tomb Keeper
* Sphinx Soldier
* Lifeguard
* Aka Oni
* Aoi Oni
* Golden

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* Default
* Killer Instincts
* Go Get 'Em Tiger

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### MVP Poses

* Default
* Nonchalant
* Engaged

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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

* Lore
* Cameos
* References
* Promotion
* Concepts
* Other

**Lore**

* Tiberius is bisexual
* Tiberius' fight with Raum ended in a draw, with Tiberius having pushed Raum back and temporarily stopped his rampage.
	+ Their battle occurred in early winter.
* Tiberius' sword is a legendary blade that was forged an incredibly long time ago before slumbering for millennia in an ancient temple; it eventually reawakened and called out for a hero as the village of Seris was destroyed.
	+ The sword has also been implied to be sapient.
* Tiberius had been searching for his sword for a long time.
* Tiberius mastered his chakrams when he was young.
* Tiberius, and tigrons, in general, have links to Ascension Peak and the Tau-Kor Monastery, though what exactly this entails was never elaborated on.
* Tiberius was once described as being "vaguely aligned with the Resistance", though it was eventually clarified that Tiberius was more or less specifically battling Raum alongside the Resistance around the time of their battle, as Raum being summoned by Corvus had led to Raum being more associated with the Magistrate.
* Maeve and Tiberius have no connection or relationship whatsoever aside from being part of the same species. The card that shows them together is just Maeve unsuccessfully attempting to rob him, as well as where her affinity for knives began.
* Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall and comparing it to model sizes in-game and out of game, it was discovered that Tiberius would be around 6'4 or 195cm tall.

**Cameos**

Tiberius appears in the following content:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ *Raum's Teaser Trailer*\*

* **Cards**
	+ *Desperation*\*

* **Avatars**
	+ *Year of the Tigron*

* **Sprays**
	+ *Paladins' 3rd Birthday*

* **Other**
	+ *Let's Play!* - Loading Frame
	+ *Tiberius Solleos* - Merchandise Design

Notable Characters that appear in Tiberius' own content includes:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ Raum - *Tiberius' Teaser Trailer*

* **Cards**
	+ Maeve - *Alley-Cat*\*
	+ Raum - *The Champion* and *Imbued with Purpose*

**References**

* The joke "Owo, what's zis?" (▶️) is a reference to a meme of the same name.
* The kill taunt against Io "It took you an eternity to make your tail look like that?!" (▶️) references Io's joke "Don't touch the t-tail it takes an eternity to get it looking this good." (▶️).
* The kill taunt against Willo "Oh, chérie, the voice! No." (▶️) references how many find Willo's voice incredibly annoying.
* The kill taunt and spawn chatter lines against Maeve (▶️ ▶️) reference her half-tigron heritage.
* The line "Tiger senses tingling..." (▶️) is a reference to Spider-Man.
* The line "Bonjour, oh-oh! Or, as you humans say e-e-ehem *"Hi"*." (▶️) features Tiberius speaking using the voice of the default announcer pack, which was removed in the same update Tiberius released, as all voice packs were made available for free.

**Promotion**

* Tiberius' teasers can be found here:
	+ (Teaser 1) "You've traveled the world in search of a worthy opponent. In search of a new weapon to master."
	+ (Teaser 2) "It started when you were just a kit. You mastered the chakrams of our people, but that only left you wanting more."
	+ (Teaser 3) "You fought -- and won -- in every arena, tavern, and back alley of the eastern Realm. And all the while, you chased a legend. A myth. The sword that had no master."
	+ (Teaser 4) "Forged in an age only dimly remembered, this weapon slumbered for millennia. Now, the blade has awoken. Do you dare to wield it?"
	+ (Teaser 5) "The sword calls to you. You answer back. This is no mere weapon. It is an ally."
	+ (Teaser 6) "Together, you are unstoppable."
	+ (Teaser 7) "The Realm is in chaos. The Abyss, unleashed. Perhaps you've finally found a worthy opponent."

**Concepts**

* An early brainstorming sketch for the initially planned new champion releases of 2019 both reveals that Tiberius was initially intended to release in 2019, and features an early version of him as well, featuring a notably different design.
* According to AOC member Hyu, Tiberius was initially intended to be a Flank, but essentially had his role swapped with Vora, who was originally intended to be a Damage champion.
	+ This was later officially confirmed by a developer.
* Tiberius' splash art originally had several earlier unused concepts.

**Other**

* Prior to lip syncing becoming more common from Octavia's teaser trailer onward, Tiberius was one of the only champions to ever speak with their mouth visibly moving. He shares this trait with Ash, Imani, Talus, and Vivian.
* Raum's card, Desperation, features the word "tigron" written on one of the papers present, teasing Tiberius prior to his official reveal.
* An alternate version of the artwork used for Bragging Rights was created by the artist for Christmas, with this variant adding holiday lights to the room and santa hats to some of the tigrons.
* Extremely early programming tests of Tiberius prior to his art assets being created involved him using Buck's character model with Maeve's head.
* Tiberius used to cost 60,000  Gold or 300  Crystals to unlock prior to being made free in the RWBY update.

**Champion Skins**

* **Beast Slayer**
	+ This skin likely references Tiberius' victory over a large beast similar to Moji's familiar in his card Beast-Slayer.

* **Nightstalker**
	+ This skin may be named after nocturnal animals that stalk their prey.

* **Tomb Keeper / Sphinx Soldier**
	+ The line "Owo, what's th--- Uuurgh... No, no. You know what? Hahaha. You, you aren't paying me enough to say this \*bleep\*." (▶️) references the OwO meme, however, in this instance, it also references how many people find this meme insufferable.
	+ The line "Mmm, Narcissus died, so I could take his place." (▶️) is a reference to the Greek hunter of the same name, who is known as the origin of the term 'narcissism'.
	+ Early concepts for the Tomb Keeper skin show some minor differences.
	+ The Tomb Keeper skin appears in the Temple Guardian avatar.
	+ These skins share their theme with Crypt Guardian Raum, Undead Colossus Raum, Divine Daughter Ying, High Priestess Ying, Emerald Bandit Maeve, Temple Raider Maeve, and Dunestrider Kinessa.

* **Lifeguard**
	+ The line "They told me it couldn't be done, but, bro, I did it; conquered the greatest of all demons, the source of all evil! Water, will not take another one of *my* lives!" (▶️) reference both the myth that cats have nine lives and how cats are believed to be deathly afraid of water.
	+ One of this skin's laughs (▶️) may be a reference to a similar laugh from the Simpsons.
	+ This skin appears in the Summer Breeze avatar.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Longboard Lex, Sarrada Lex Sun Kissed Cassie, Copacabana Cassie, Shore Patrol Kinessa, Shore Patrol Koga, Shore Patrol Fernando, Shore Patrol Lian, Beachside Octavia, Freedom Fighter Octavia, and the Beach Bash variants of the Shore Patrol skins.
	+ Shore Patrol Fernando appears in this skin's teaser.
		- Ripjaw and Great Orange Buck's teasers also appear in this skin's teaser.
	+ This skin's weapons share their theme with the REKT Weapons.

* **Aka Oni / Aoi Oni**
	+ The Aka Oni skin fittingly appears in the Oni Tiberius avatar.
	+ The Voracious loading frame also appears to be based on the skin.
	+ These skins had several concepts prior to the final design being decided.
	+ These skins share their theme with Oni Talus, Soul Eater Jenos, Soulweaver Lian, Death Mage Lian, and Bloody Bakemono Koga.

## Changelog

➤ June 29th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4675.4
* Abilities
	+ **Bladed Chakrams**
		- Increased damage on direct hit 650 ➞ 675
		- Increased damage on bounce 500 ➞ 525
	+ **Heavy Blade**
		- Increased projectile speed by 6%
	+ **Crouching Tigron**
		- Reduced Cooldown 14s ➞ 12s

➤ March 23rd, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.2.4520.0
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius’ Beast Slayer skin was not purchasable for Gold or Crystals.

➤ July 21st, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.5.4175.5
* Talents
	+ **Vicious Assault**
		- Current: Crouching Tigron now deals 900 damage in a 20-unit-radius area on landing.
			* Now grants an additional charge of Crouching Tigron
			* Reduced damage on landing 900 ➞ 600
* Abilities
	+ **Combat Trance**
		- Current: Channel your energy, increasing your Attack Speed and Movement Speed by 30% for 4s.
			* Reduced Attack Speed and Movement Speed increase 30% ➞ 25%
* Cards
	+ **Test of Strength**
		- Current: Heal for {50|50} every 1s while Combat Trance is active.
			* Reduced scaling {50|50} ➞ {45|45}

➤ May 26th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.4.4098.0
* Abilities
	+ **Heavy Blade**
		- Reduced Slow 50% ➞ 30%
		- Reduced Slow duration 3s ➞ 2s

➤ March 31st, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.3.4031.2
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius could activate the second effect of Heavy Blade with the Tigron’s Fury talent equipped while Banisher or Polymorphed.

➤ February 3rd, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.2.3983.0
* Talents
	+ **Vicious Assault**
		- Increased Damage 700 ➞ 900

➤ October 28th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.5.3881.0
* Abilities
	+ **Crouching Tigron**
		- This ability has received some quality of life treatments that will make it easier for players to control where they land.

➤ April 29th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.3.3657.3
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Bladed Chakrams could get stuck in a damaging state in grates near Spawn Rooms, causing Players to take damage if they interact with the Chakrams.

➤ March 4th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.2.3587.5
* Abilities
	+ **Blade Dance**
		- Reduced lockout after the last ability charge is used
* Cards
	+ Bragging Rights [Wep/Armor]
		- Reduced healing per Chakram Hit {25|25} ➞ {15|15}
	+ Honed Senses [Wep/Armor]
		- Reduced ultimate charge gain {0.8|0.8}% ➞ {0.6|0.6}%
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Players could not Aim Assist properly to Tiberius when using Gamepad.
	+ Fixed an issue where the description for Whirling Blades listed the incorrect damage value.
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius’ Bladed Chakrams were louder than intended.

➤ January 8th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.1.3487.7
* Tiberius was added to the game.
* **PTS Changes - Balance**
	+ Talents
		- **Tigron’s Fury**
	+ Abilities
		- Increased explosion damage to match Heavy Blade’s base 800 ➞ 850
		- **Blade Dance**
			* Reduced damage per dash 750 ➞ 650
			* Increased post-fire timer 0.4s ➞ 0.7s
			* Reduced post-fire lockout 0.7s ➞ 0.55s
	+ Cards
		- **Making the Cut**
			* Changed card functionality to be “Heal for {40|40} for each enemy hit by Heavy Blade.”
* **PTS Changes - Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius’ Honed Senses card would grant him Ultimate Charge when using Combat Trance in the Spawn Room before Round Start.
	+ Fixed an issue where the World-Traveler card did not have an internal cooldown on its effect. This card has been re-enabled and can be added to Loadouts.
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius’ Vicious Assault talent would not display damage numbers when Crouching Tigron hits an enemy.
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius would float briefly when jumping as soon as he landed from Crouching Tigron.
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius’ Bragging Rights card would activate when Tiberius hit Shields and Deployables with Weapon Shots.
	+ Fixed an issue where Crouching Tigron could rarely not go on cooldown if you jump immediately upon landing.
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius could not use his Default Emote.
	+ Fixed an issue where Heavy Blade would not damage CC Immune targets.
	+ Fixed an issue where there was no visual feedback of the effective radius of Tiberius’ damage with Crouching Tigron using the Vicious Assault Talent.
	+ Fixed an issue with animations breaking if you activate Blade Dance while jumping with Crouching Tigron.
	+ Fixed an issue where Tiberius’ Weapon Shots would not destroy the Targets in the Shooting Range.
	+ Fixed an issue where the Tigron’s Fury talent did not describe that the throw and explosion of Heavy Blade had different values using the Talent compared to the ability’s base values.
	+ Fixed an issue with a client-server desync regarding Weapon Shots getting locked out temporarily after exploding Heavy Blade with the Tigron’s Fury talent equipped.
	+ Updated ability descriptions for clarity and correct grammar.
	+ Fixed a description error with the Primal Haste card.
	+ Fixed an issue where the Tigron’s Fury talent was making Heavy Blade deal significantly more damage than intended.
	+ Fixed an issue where Striking Tigron (Tiberius’ Primary Fire in Ultimate) had the potential to hit the same enemy multiple times in the same cast of the ability.

## Removed Content

* Tiberius/Removed Content

1. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast - Episode 1, YouTube
2. ↑ File:Dead Champions.png
3. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 PaladinsGame on Twitter
5. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
6. ↑ Paladins Season 3 Begins with New Champion Release, Community Battle Pass, Xbox
7. ↑ File:Tip Tiberius' Blade.png
8. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
9. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
10. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
11. ↑ File:Tiberius and Makoa.png
12. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
13. ↑ File:Maeve and Tiberius.png
14. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
15. ↑ File:Vora too Scary for AOC.png
16. ↑ File:Tiberius and Vora Class Swap.png
17. ↑ File:Tiberius Splash Art Concepts.jpg
18. ↑ Jeff Bellio on ArtStation
19. ↑ Tiberius' Teaser Trailer, YouTube
20. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
21. ↑ File:Bragging Rights Christmas.png
22. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
23. ↑ Design-A-Champ Workshop (Hi-Rez Expo 2019 Panel), YouTube
24. ↑ Jasmine M on ArtStation
25. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter