Lyra Heartstrings

Crazed Anthropologist

## Description

***Lyra Heartstrings*** is a unicorn background pony who has a coat, brilliant cyan mane and tail with a white streak, sunglow eyes, and a cutie mark of a lyre. She's one of the most loved and popular background characters in *MLP:FiM* and the fandom. She made her first appearances sitting on a bench, or next to her "couple" and best friend, Bon Bon, with whom she spends most of the time, or always appear together. Lyra even made the meme of sitting in a not-so-conventional pony way, which was popularized by the fandom at the time that she did it for the first time. She loves to sit on benches, and she even has fantasies of wanting to have hands, or even to touch them.

*She has a fixation with humans and will do whatever it takes to look at them more closely, that much that she came to **VSPR** and will take the hands of the RED team.*

## Abilities

Lyra Heartstrings's main mobility tool is **Super Jump**.

* Activation: **Secondary Attack** (Mouse2)
* Cooldown: 5s

Lyra Heartstrings has access to **Weighdown**.

**Main rage** costs 100% rage. It is activated by the **Medic Call** key (E by default).

Lyra receives a Crusader's Crossbow with 6 bolts which fly 10% faster and deal 122 damage point-blank & 244 damage at long range. Getting a kill with the crossbow grants her crits for 3 seconds. The bolts deal triple damage to buildings. The rage also stuns nearby sentries for 2 seconds when used.
**Spellblock** - Activating the Rage prevents enemies from casting spells.
Lyra needs to receive 3000 damage in order to get from 0% rage to 100% rage.
## Weapon Attributes

### Melee Weapon

Amputator | +210% damage bonus
-30% reduction in push force taken from damage

### Primary Weapon (Rage)

Crusader's Crossbow | +225% damage bonus
On Kill: 3 seconds of 100% critical chance
50% faster reload time
+10% projectile speed
Mini-crits targets launched airborne by explosions, grapple hooks or rocket packs
+200% damage vs buildings

## Miscellaneous

Lyra is one of the first bosses created in VSP, meaning that she has a very simple concept for her rage, but still it became really well-known. So after all these years, Lyra still has her same old rage.

Lyra’s Super Jump quote is from Epic Rage Time: The Incredible Derp (Feat. Grey DeLisle).

Normally when using the Amputator's taunt animation, it will heal any nearby teammate, but even if there is noone with Lyra, the healing factor isn't there. This is shared with Nurse Redheart.

## Fighting

### Strengths

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### Weaknesses

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### Battling as Lyra Heartstrings [Outdated]

Lyra is one of the very few bosses that is a nice mix of melee/ranged combat. You start with only your melee weapon, which can take down unbuffed soldiers and demos in one hit, so don’t be afraid to engage. However, try not to get surrounded either, as you may take more damage than you can deal out. Try to solo out specific players or if they are playing in groups, use your Super Jump to surprise a couple players before retreating.

Now comes her rage and her ranged combat, her crossbow. This is your best friend for engineer nests, camping snipers, hard to reach or hard to catch targets, as long as you can aim. The crossbow has a 200% damage bonus, but also scales damage based on distance, so staying up close won’t be very effective, as even an unbuffed scout can survive a needle from close up. To get the most out of your crossbow, aim carefully for far away targets and don't spam your shots, use your melee to take care of targets at close range. If you find yourself fighting at medium range, you need to be careful about classes that can deal any kind of knockback to you, as it will disrupt your crossbow aim.

Lyra does not have any way of stunning the mercs or buildings, so knowing when to jump in, retreat and use the crossbow is very important. Destroy sentries with your crossbow along with killing or weakening the mercs with your crossbow. Melee when close to your opponents, out of crossbow bolts, or finishing off a injured merc after hitting them with a bolt. Try to re-frame for Super Jumping and raging while in the air. This will cause you to lose your momentum in the air. Thus, potentially dropping you in danger or map hazards.

### Battling against Lyra Heartstrings [Outdated]

Lyra is a hale where your awareness is key. She can attack you from melee or range depending on if she has used her rage and gained her crossbow bolts. Always keep her in your sights, as even when she isn’t attacking you, a missed bolt on her target could still hit you by accident.

Any damage resisting item or medics can help keep the mercs stay alive as she has no way of a stun her enemies, so be sure to keep them protected as they can make the fight much easier against her. Engineers can also be a big help with their dispensers, but be aware that her crossbow bolts can kill them in one hit, make sure they are out of her sight but accessible for your teammates. Snipers are also prime targets for Lyra but great help for the team. Keeping her marked can help your teammates know where she is and especially known what weapon she has out.

## Controls

* **LEFT MOUSE** fires your active weapon.
* Holding **RIGHT MOUSE** will charge the Super Jump.
* **CALL FOR MEDIC** (E) activates the **Main Rage**.
* **CROUCH** (Ctrl) will activate the Weighdown. (while mid-air and looking down.)

## Music

**?????** (lyra\_theme1.mp3)

**Sim Gretina - Lyra's Bon Bon Addiction**

## Quotes

*"I love them."* - [Intro]

*"You're not the only one with a secret, you know?"* - [Rage]

*"With you by my side, I knew we'd get it done in time."* - [Victory]