TwinBlast

**Release Date**: December 12, 2015 (OT1)

**Difficulty**: Intermediate

**Base Stats Overview**:

**Basic Damage** - 9

**Ability Damage** - 4

**Durability** - 2

**Mobility** - 4

**Base Stats**:

**Base Health**: 574 (+59)

**Health Rege**n: 0.96 (+0.09)

**Base Mana**: 264 (+12)

**Mana Regen**: 1.28 (+0.04)

**Ability Defense**: 30

**Basic Defense**: 12.2 (+2.7)

**Basic Attack Damage**: 40 (+2.9)

**Attacks Per Second**: 1.81 (+0.9%)

**Movement Speed**: 665

TwinBlast
Traits
Release Date
December 12, 2015 (OT1)
Codename TwinBlast
Difficulty
Intermediate

Basic Atk

Ability Atk

Durability

Mobility

Base Stats

Base Health

Health Regen

Base Mana

Mana Regen

Movement Speed

574 (+59)

0.96 (+0.09)

264 (+12)

1.28 (+0.04)

665

Ability Defense

Basic Defense

Basic Attack Damage

Attacks per Second

30

12.2 (+2.7)

40 (+2.9)

1.81 (+0.9%)

**TwinBlast** is a dual-wielding gunslinger, built to be self-reliant and evasive. Using his abilities, TwinBlast can create opportunities to output high amounts of burst damage. When playing TwinBlast, look for opportunities to quickly burst down targets. Rapid fire can give you the upper hand when engaging an enemy, taking a chunk of their health before the enemy knows what hit them. Rocket Dash will allow you to reposition during team fights, but consider saving it for the perfect moment. It can easily get you out of bad situations, or allow you to close the gap to finish off an enemy.

## Abilities

* LMB
* RMB
* Q
* E
* R

 **Splash Damage**: 0%**Second Shot Damage**: 25%

 **Bonus Basic Damage**: 10/15/20/25%

**Notes**

* Hot Shot’s Critical Strike damage applies to structures too.

 **Ability Damage**: 53/76/99/123**Charges**: 3**Mana Cost**: 35

 **Dash Distance**: 650**Cooldown**: 5

 **Ability Damage per shot**: 19/29/40**Total Ability Damage**: 438/684/931**Max Shots**: 20**Mana Cost**: 75**Range**: 2600

## Background

* Denies any affiliation with the Ying Mei Cartel, but drinks on their tab.
* Has talked his way out of at least five executions.
* Is pretty sure that he's a father.

### Emotes quotes

* TwinBlast displays some impressive gunplay, twirling his pistols and flipping one into the air.
* "Check out these guns! Now you see 'em, now you don't." - TwinBlast
* "Gadget said I was too old to do this dance. But when you're this cool, you got to show it!" - TwinBlast.

### Extra lore

* Twinblast had a relationship with Gadget. *(stated by developers)*

*“TwinBlast is a slick gangster on the run from the Ying Mei Cartel. He used to work for them, before being trusted with an important smuggling operation that was shut down by Lt. Belica and Sgt. Murdock. He’s talked his way out of more than a few predicaments, but not this one.”*

## Gallery

### Skins

* Default Skins
* Tier I Skins
* Tier II Skins
* Tier III Skins
* Special Skins

* Default
* Challenger
* Rival
* Master

* Default
* Purple Default
* Orange Default

*Twinblast in his favorite vest and cherry-red finish.*

**How to Unlock:** Unlocked by default

*Twinblast in his favorite vest and cherry-red finish.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Twinblast in his favorite vest and cherry-red finish.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*"Hey, my first pair of arms were chrome! Still classy." - Twinblast*

**How to Unlock:** Begin TwinBlast's Master Challenge

*"Orange is totally my color. I mean, I look good in every color, but orange is something special." - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain rank 6 on TwinBlast's Master Challenge

*"Man, this burns! But like, a really really good burn." - Twinblast*

**How to Unlock:** Earn the title of *Master* with TwinBlast

* Energized

* Energized
* Pink Energized
* Green Energized

*A little aftermarket glow is just the thing for a night out in the city.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 500  or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*A little aftermarket glow is just the thing for a night out in the city.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*A little aftermarket glow is just the thing for a night out in the city.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Shadow Ops
* Ying Mei
* Double Agent

* Shadow Ops
* Red Shadow Ops
* Green Shadow Ops
* White Shadow Ops

*"Maybe just one more upgrade. Just one - then I'm done!" - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 1000  or obtain as a reward for completing 10 games by January 1st, 2017

*"Maybe just one more upgrade. Just one - then I'm done!" - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*"Maybe just one more upgrade. Just one - then I'm done!" - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop or from Gold and Diamond Chests

*"Maybe just one more upgrade. Just one - then I'm done!" - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain at Day 30 of Daily Login Rewards

*"No, I'm not part of the Ying Mei Cartel. The dragon on my back is for, uh, my karate club! Now could you please untie me?" - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 1000  or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Double Agent
* Crimson Double Agent
* Ivory Double Agent

*"When the Dragon Clan came into town and saw that Ying Mei uses a golden dragon, they started a turf war over a clan logo. And you know what? I would do the same thing." - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Meant to be an upcoming Mega Vault reward (has "It is still unclear on how one would come to possess such garments." as description)

*"When the Dragon Clan came into town and saw that Ying Mei uses a golden dragon, they started a turf war over a clan logo. And you know what? I would do the same thing." - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*"When the Dragon Clan came into town and saw that Ying Mei uses a golden dragon, they started a turf war over a clan logo. And you know what? I would do the same thing." - TwinBlast*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Summer Fun

* Summer Fun
* Cobalt Summer Fun
* Gunmetal Summer Fun
* Ruby Summer Fun

*"This one time, Murdock and I raided a Ying Mei Barbecue. Everyone else scatters, but there's TwinBlast laying in a hammock, sipping punch through a straw. Sometimes I almost admire that mope." - Lt. Belica*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 1200  or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*"This one time, Murdock and I raided a Ying Mei Barbecue. Everyone else scatters, but there's TwinBlast laying in a hammock, sipping punch through a straw. Sometimes I almost admire that mope." - Lt. Belica*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*"This one time, Murdock and I raided a Ying Mei Barbecue. Everyone else scatters, but there's TwinBlast laying in a hammock, sipping punch through a straw. Sometimes I almost admire that mope." - Lt. Belica*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase the Bronze Pack

*"This one time, Murdock and I raided a Ying Mei Barbecue. Everyone else scatters, but there's TwinBlast laying in a hammock, sipping punch through a straw. Sometimes I almost admire that mope." - Lt. Belica*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Wasteland
* Skull-Bot

*You're gonna need more than one gun to survive the apocalypse.*

**How to Unlock:** Awarded for purchasing the Paragon: Essentials Edition

*TwinBlast relives his glory days in a cyberpunk band, corpse-paint and all.*

**How to Unlock:** Shadow's Eve 2016 event. Purchasable from October 25 to November 6 2016 for 600
### Images

* Twinblast main picture
* Twinblast concept art by Herman NGGo to https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rkdA6
* Twinblast concept art
* Twinblast stats
* Shadow Ops Twinblast
* Summer Fun Twinblast
* Ying Mei Twinblast
* Shirtless Twinblast concept art
* Former in-game avatar
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## Videos

* Twinblast Overview
* Twinblast Rework Overview
* Summer Fun Twinblast trailer
* Twinblast Skins
* Twinblast Voice Lines

## Change Log

 **Update V44.3 - November 20, 2017**

* Grenade!
	+ Damage increased from 47/70/94/117 to 53/76/99/123.
	+ Slow magnitude increased from 12% / 16% / 20% / 24% to 14% / 18% / 22% / 26%.
	+ Mana cost decreased from 35/40/45/50 to 35 at all levels.
* Ventilate
	+ Number of shots fired decreased from 30 to 20.
	+ Firing duration decreased from 3s to 2s.
	+ Damage per shot increased from 10/16/22 to 19/29/40.
	+ Power scaling per shot increased from .21 to .38.
	+ Total Damage increased from 351/562/772 to 438/684/931.
	+ Total Power scaling increased from 6.43 to 7.52.
* General Balance
	+ Base Basic Defense decreased from 17.3 to 12.2.
	+ Basic Defense per level increased from 2.3 to 2.7.
	+ Base Basic Attack Damage increased from 36.2 to 40.
	+ Basic Attack Damage per level increased from 2.5 to 2.9.
	+ Movement Speed decreased from 705 to 665.

 **Update V44.1 - November 7, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Hot Shot ability now has custom effects for the Summer Fun TwinBlast skin.

 **Update V44 - November 1, 2017**

* New Ability: Hot Shot
	+ Passive:
		- After hitting 12 basic attacks, the next 12 basic attacks will critically strike for 10/15/20/25% bonus damage and lock to heroes.
		- Hot Shot’s Critical Strike damage applies to structures.
	+ Lasts 10 seconds if not consumed.
	+ Replaces Rapid Fire.
* Doubleshot
	+ TwinBlast fires his right gun then follows up with his left one. The bullet from the right gun applies on hit effects and deals 75% of his normal Basic Damage. The bullet from the left gun does not apply on hit effects and deals 25% of his normal Basic Damage.
* Grenade!
	+ TwinBlast fires a grenade that explodes after bouncing or hitting an enemy, dealing 47/70/94/117 Ability Damage and applies a 12/16/2/24% Movespeed Slow for 1 seconds. The grenades have three charges.
	+ Visual effects have been updated.
* Rocket Dash
	+ Activating Rocket Dash now grants one charge of Grenade!.
	+ Improved Rocket Dash to more accurately travel the full 650u distance.
	+ Updated Water interaction effects.
* Ventilate
	+ Now deals damage faster and has minor homing properties.

 **Update V43.2 - October 3, 2017**

* Fixed an issue where TwinBlast could get stuck in a number of different areas of the map using the Rocket Dash ability

 **Update V43 - September 21, 2017**

* Rocket Dash
	+ Increased cooldown from 4s to 5s
* Rapid Fire
	+ Reduced hero damage from 30/35/40/45% to 25/30/35/40%
	+ Reduced minion damage from 45% to 40%

 **Update V42 - August 8, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Minor visual improvements made to the Summer Fun Twinblast skin

 **Update V39 - April 4, 2017**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed cloth clipping while rotating Twinblast.
	+ Updated respawn animation.

 **Update V38.3 - March 14, 2017**

* Grenade!
	+ Base damage increased to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125
	+ Card Scaling increased to 0.6 from 0.5
	+ Projectile speed increased to 6000 from 3000
* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Grenade! targeting camera adjustments

**Update V38 - February 21, 2017**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Updated respawn animation.
	+ Updated **Ventilate** tooltips to include ability range.

**Update V37 - January 31, 2017**

* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Fix for Doubleshot FX not appearing from his gun.
	+ Updated description for Rocket Dash.
	+ Fix for animation snapping when cancelling Rocket Dash ability.

**Update V35.1 - December 13, 2016**

* Grenade!
	+ Increased mana cost to 35/40/45/50 from 20/30/40/50
* Rapid Fire
	+ Should now deal correct damage to minions.

**Update V35 - December 6, 2016**

* Now has the “Growth” affinity, in addition to “Fury”
* “Rapid Fire” (Previously Nitro) RMB/R1
	+ Redesigned: Activatable ability that causes Twinblast to shoot three times in rapid succession, dealing 30/35/40/45% damage to Heroes and 45% damage to Non-Heroes.
	+ Key Remapped
	+ Rapid Fire deals Basic Attack Damage, can crit and applies all normal on hit effects.
	+ Cooldown is 7 seconds.
* Grenade! Q/Circle
	+ Redesigned: Now has 3 charges. Grenades now only deal damage and have no slow component.
	+ Key Remapped
	+ Explosion time reduced from 1 second to .4 seconds
	+ Damage type adjusted from "Physical" to "Ability."
	+ Ammo recharge time is now 14/12/10/8 seconds.
* Rocket Dash E/Square
	+ Key Remapped
	+ Cooldown adjusted from 15/14/13/12 to 18/16/14/12
* “Ventilate” (Previously Barrage)
	+ Redesigned: Twinblast now shoots 30 shots over 3 seconds.
	+ Key Remapped
	+ Range is 2600 units.
	+ Damage type adjusted from "Physical" to "Ability".
	+ No longer pierces or deals AoE damage.
	+ No longer slows Twinblast while active.
	+ Cooldown is 90/70/50 seconds.

**Update V31 - September 6, 2016**

* Added Energized Twinblast skin to the in-game store.
* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Visual adjustments and polish.

**Update V29 - July 26, 2016**

* Nitro
	+ Reduced duration from 6/7/8/9 to 4 seconds at all levels.
	+ Reduced cooldown from 20 seconds to 18 seconds.
* Rocket Blast
	+ Reduced travel distance

**Update V28 - June 30, 2016**

* Barrage
	+ This ability can now critically strike.
* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed an issue where Twinblast wasn’t getting the full value of crit.

**Update V27 - June 14, 2016**

* **Passive - On a Roll**
	+ This functionality has been moved into the base hero kit - see below.
* **Rocket Dash**
	+ Travel distance added to tooltip.
* **Nitro**
	+ Rebalanced Q for new LMB damage and updated in tooltip.
	+ Mana cost reduced.
	+ Increased CD to account for active duration.
* **Grenade!**
	+ Slow duration added to tooltip.
* **Barrage**
	+ Rebalanced ultimate for new LMB damage.
	+ No longer has additional movement penalty during activation.

**Update V26 - May 24, 2016**

* Mana costs for Rocket Dash are now displayed correctly.
* Corrected the Twinblast muzzle flash projectile spawn order.

**Update V25 - May 10, 2016**

* Added new Rocket Dash thrust sound for Twinblast.
* Fixed some shadows on select screen for Twinblast.

**Update V24 - April 21, 2016**

* Removed gun toss across hands at the end of the select screen Start Animation.

**Update V23 - April 6, 2016**

* Removed Twinblast, Howitzer and Muriel as recommended Heroes.

**Update V21 - March 21, 2016**

* Added voice effort audio to include attacking, jumping and landing.

**Update V20 - March 14, 2016**

* Fixed a bug to Twinblast that was causing his ultimate ability to cause double damage.

**Update OT10 - March 5th, 2016**

**Patch 1:**

* Twinblast can now only use the Nitro ability before Barrage, but cannot use Nitro while Barrage is already active.

**Patch 2:**

* Reduced effectiveness of Nitro ability.
* “On a Roll” passive ability has been changed to increase attack speed. No longer grants bonus damage on marked targets.

**Update OT9 - February 26th, 2016**

* Dekker and Twinblast can use their RMB abilities while in the Shadow Plane without being made visible.

**Update OT8 - February 19th, 2016**

* Barrage (R) can be interrupted/canceled at any point in the ability with hard CC (prevents him from firing while stunned). Root and Slow will affect him but he continues firing.

**Update OT7 - February 13th, 2016**

* Fixed an issue causing Twinblast’s momentum to be lost when using Tumble (Rmb) off of tall surfaces.

**Update OT6 - February 4th, 2016**

**E - Barrage**

* Reworked to fire a fixed number of shots automatically, rather than a Basic Attack buff.
* Fire rate is still affected by attack speed but the number of shots are limited.

**Update OT5 - January 29, 2016**

* Fixed a bug where Vortex Grenade AoE was persisting in the world even after the ability ended.

**Update OT2 - January 9th, 2016**

* Changed Bolt to “Nitro”. Nitro causes attack speed increases. Leveling the ability increases with each ability. Normal attacks now mark targets while Q is active.
* Range of Doubleshot (LMB) increased to hold Q bolt range while Q is active.
* Added new grenade mesh on the projectile
* Allow Twinblast to Dive (RMB) while falling.
* Added support for primary fire alternative right/left side.
* Updated Travel Mode pose and travel mode specific, jump animations.
* Updated the start and stop animations with a new pose.