Kestrel

— Kestrel

**Kestrel** is a Rogue featured in *Rogue Company.*

## Biography

* Biography
* Previous Biography

— In-game Bio

— Previous in-game Bio

Kestrel is a highly accomplished member of Rogue Company who played a significant role in its foundation. She has been fighting against criminals even before the organization existed and continues to support it after her retirement. Though she understands the importance of teamwork during missions, Kestrel prefers fighting alone than having an unprepared soldier by her side, considering herself too good for anyone or anything.

## Abilities & Equipment

* Abilities
* Armory
* Perks

  **PASSIVE**  | **Legend's Contract** | * Gain 500 extra cash per down.

## Arsenal

As a Duelist, Kestrel has many different tools to attack enemies and cover her whenever she needs, being able to take care of multiple enemies at the same time.

### Weapons

Kestrel is equipped with an assault rifle and a submachine gun. The **Riptide** is an assault rifle that stands out due to its fast fire rate and reload time, being relatively easy to control and effective on different situations. However, it deals a pretty mediocre amount of damage, falling behind other weapons of its class.

The **Knight** is a submachine gun that excels at dealing damage, also standing out due to its great handling. This weapon's main flaws are its slow fire rate and short magazine size, both being upgradable, but still not drastically increasing its viability.

Kestrel's pistol is the **P12K**, a silenced secondary weapon with a very fast reload time, great handling and decent fire rate. This sidearm stands out due to its versatility, not falling behind others of its class due to the lack of true flaws.

### Abilities

Kestrel's drones deliver a lethal amount of damage that can greatly help her to take out multiple enemies. In some situations, it is possible to place them to damage opponents behind cover, forcing them to expose themselves and become vulnerable to Kestrel and her teammates. Since they're not a deployable, they cannot be destroyed and will only stop shooting when their duration expires. Enemies with high toughness or the Tenacity perk are able to move out of the drones' radius fairly easily, requiring Kestrel to shoot at them to maximize her power. Due to her passive, downing opponents grants extra cash, allowing her to purchase equipment and perks faster than other rogues, having an upper hand in the next rounds.

### Gadgets

Kestrel carries a consumable gadget and a grenade. She uses the **Adrenaline Shot** to quickly get her health back up and a speed bonus to make a hasty retreat from an overwhelming fight, leaving her teammates to take care of remaining enemies. The **Bounce Grenade** has special physics that allow it to clear out enemies around corners or behind covers, allowing Kestrel to perform surprise attacks.

### Perks

Kestrel's perks aren't focused on a singular playstyle, but rather, they deem her as a versatile Rogue. Her perks are very utility-based, focused in upgrading her effectiveness and self-sustainability, while also applying more versatility to her gameplay. With her passive, they should be prioritized to get an advantage over enemies, becoming even more viable for attacks.

## Strategy

### Notable Strengths

* Multiple tools to clear out enemies;
* Always can keep an advantage over enemies due to her passive;
* Excels at taking care of multiple enemies simultaneously.

### Notable Weaknesses

* Potential to be outclassed by snipers;
* Ability can require too much accuracy in exchange of mediocre effectiveness;
* High dependency on her utilities.

### General Strategies

* When aiming with Kestrel's ability, try to do it behind a wall so enemies won't be able to predict it.
* The Halo Drones can be used as defense tactic against trigger-happy enemies that are willing to push without backup or aren't equipped with their health related perks.

## Outfits

* Kestrel
* Crimson Monarch
* Empress
* Plague Witch
* Military Masquerade
* Azure Bloom
* Skilled
* Master

## Quotes

* "There's always another job."
* "You know the price."
* '"I see you need the guidance of an expert."
* "*(Laughs)* You rookies could not get it done?"

**Preparing for Mission**
* "Either assist me or get out of my way."
* "I'll show you what a real Rogue looks like."
* "Everything around you, it would not be here if not for me."
* "Save the day. Look good. Get paid."

**Buying**
* "Only the best."
* "From my personal collection."
* "Very nice."
* "Exquisite."

**Using Ability**
* "Fly!"

**Eliminating an Enemy**
* "I almost broke a sweat."
* "You're out of your debts."
* "A trivial threat."

**On a Killstreak**
* "You called me for this?"
* "You can't compare to me!"

**Down**
* "Get me up!"

**Revived**
* "Took you long enough."
* "I'll finish this!"

**Reviving**
* "You're slowing. Me. Down."
* "Is that all you can do?"

**Last Alive**
* "This is a one woman job."
* "This is a one woman job."

**Victory**
* "I'm successful, yet again."
* "Was I really needed for this?"

## Trivia

* Kestrel was the first Duelist added to the game outside of its official release and she is juuzou main.
* Since Kestrel was a founding member of Rogue Company, she's most likely one of the few persons to have met the Director.
* Formerly married to “use ur”
* KingOfTheBronx is officially the best Kestrel in Rogue Company

## Patch Notes

**January 20, 2023**
* **Halo Drones**:
	+ Radius reduced from 8m to 7m.

**September 22, 2022**

* **Halo Drones**:
	+ Damage increased from 60 to 65.
	+ Radius increased from 6m to 8m.

**July 26, 2022**

* **Resupply** replaced with **Blaster**.
* **Blaster** replaced with **Energized**.
* **Energized** replaced with **Gadgeteer**.

**February 8, 2022**

* **Halo Drones**:
	+ Damage increased from 60 to 75.

**July 6, 2021**

* **Legend's Contract**:
	+ Extra cash reduced from $1,000 to $500.