Ripper

**Ripper** grew up alone in a snowy forest, a lone wolf hiding in a cave. One night, while looking at the moon, he spotted a shadow rushing through the sky. He followed it as best as he could and finally arrived to a clearing where Umbra was training. Ripper instantly became a fan, and started to emulate his new-found idol: he crafted claws so he could slash as well, and he started to learn to pounce and attack as fiercely. Now Ripper is a deadly warrior, throwing himself entirely into battle, a hunter catching and killing his prey.
Front-row attacker. He can deal AoE and single-target damage. He can also boost allies' physical damage and speed.

## Appearance

Ripper is a wolflike creature, he wears gauntlets which are equipped with deadly claws. His fur is a dull purple colour with lighter and white accents and has dark purple hair atop his head, yellowish fangs, a pinkish purple eye and sleek legs that enable him to effortlessly charge into his prey.

## Powers and Abilities

Ripper is a physical attacker, dealing damage but also increasing his team's offensive power. At the start of battles and every time he uses his C-Strike, Ripper howls at the Moon, boosting his and his teammates’ speed and Physical Attack. His skills are mostly designed to deal Physical damage, and his Assault Strike might be one of the most useful, as it knocks the target all the way back and stuns it. Since he uses it at the beginning of the battle, the enemy tank is virtually not there for the first few seconds, and this lets you take out the more fragile targets behind! This is especially useful against teams with only one tank.

### **Awakening**

Once Awakened, Ripper's gauntlet blades glow red, his eye glows a purple colour and his hair atop his head turns red.
Because Ripper is an Attacker, during awakening, Ripper will deal double damage.

### **Skills**

Ripper has a variety of skills, including support skills to use in battle.

## Equipment

* Gray
* Green
* Blue
* Purple
* Orange

* Gray

* Green
* Green+1

* Blue
* Blue+1
* Blue+2

* Purple
* Purple+1
* Purple+2
* Purple+3
* Purple+4

* Orange
* Orange+1
* Orange+2
* Orange+3

### **Strategy**

Ripper is a front-row attacker, which makes him quite vulnerable to the enemy. But what makes him really stand out is how he also boosts his team’s physical attack: if you build an offensive team around him, you can create a deadly force! Orochi, Dibi, Hornox: all complement him well. Don’t forget to put a tank in front of him: we think Richoke makes a great job there, since he can also knock the enemy back. Finally complement this team with Neko to jump to the back of the enemies, and you’ll have a very powerful strike team. Just be careful against magical-damage dealing enemies, and teams with more than one tank.

Ripper is particularly useful in an Arena Attack team, if you target the right enemy: boost your Physical Attack and kill them fast! But be careful against strong magical opponents, or tanky defence teams. Since you will need to build your team around Ripper to use his full potential, your team will be very powerful or inefficient, depending on your target: choose wisely. This makes Ripper a poor choice in a Defence team, as the enemy will easily find how to counter him. Ripper will also come in really handy against most Bosses, as you’ll boost your whole team’s damage output. Just avoid this for a few special cases, like Shadow Lord: he will dodge most of your physical attacks.