Wheeljack

**Wheeljack** is a Tech Autobot.

## Bio

*Brilliant and eccentric, Wheeljack is both mechanical engineer and daredevil inventor for the Autobot forces. Despite their sometimes unexpected results, Wheeljack’s inventions have saved his allies countless times.*

## Max Stats

**1-Star**

* Health: 855
* Attack: 82
* Max Rating: 265

**2-Star**

* Health: 1557
* Attack: 137
* Max Rating: 562

**3-Star**

* Health: 3,823
* Attack: 287
* Max Rating: 1,309

**4-Star**

* Health: 9,936
* Attack: 744
* Max Rating: 3,525

**5-Star**

* Health: 24,123
* Attack: 1,806
* Max Rating: 7,041

## Game Abilities

### Basic Abilities

* **Upgrade -** This bot is able to construct Upgrades to his Defensive, Offensive, and Power Systems.
* **Shock -** Deals Energy Damage over time.
* **Power Leak -** Substracts a percentage of the opponents' Power over time.
* **Repair -** Repairs lost Health over time.

### Abilities

* **Construction**
	+ Each time Wheeljack Transforms he begins to Construct a random Upgrade for 4 seconds. [Max 3 Upgrades]
	+ If Wheeljack Is struck by a Critical Melee Hit while Constructing, the Construction Fails and the Upgrade is lost.
	+ If Wheeljack is hit with a critical heavy attack or a critical special attack, the Upgrade is destroyed and the upgrade is lost.

* **Upgrades**
	+ Defensive Upgrade: 10~20% Damage Resistance and increases to the chance Special Attacks will inflict Stun by 20%.
	+ Offensive Upgrade: 15~30% Attack Rating and increases the chance Special Attacks will inflict Shock by 20%.
	+ Power Upgrade: 10~20% Power Rate and increases the chance Special Attacks will inflict Power Leak by 20%.
	+ If Wheeljack is struck by a Melee Critical Hit from a Special or Heavy Attack the newest Upgrade constructed will be removed.

* **Success:** If Wheeljack Constructs 3 of the same Upgrade type he randomly Repairs between 10-20% of Max Health.

### Signature Ability

**Force Shield**

*Wheeljack’s emergency Force Shield allows him to survive both potentially deadly attacks and catastrophic mishaps in the lab.*

* **75%, 50%, 25% Health:** If an enemy attack would reduce Wheeljack’s health below 75%, 50% or 25%, Force Shield will activate, reducing all damage from enemy attacks by 100% for 2~8 seconds.
* +0.05 seconds per level

### Special Attacks

**1. Prototype** - *Wheeljack puts his latest invention to the test. What could go wrong?*

* 60% Chance to inflict Shock, dealing Shock for  60~140% Attack over 6 seconds.
* 30% Chance to Power Leak , consuming 25~35% of a Power Bar for 3 seconds.
* 10% Chance to Stun for 3 seconds.

**2. Iterate** - *Some improvements may be prudent.*

* Randomly Replaces all Upgrades.
* 60% Chance to inflict Shock, 30% chance to inflict Power Leak, and 10% chance to inflict Stun.

**3. Perfect** - *All outcomes meet the desired metrics for success.*

* All Upgrades become the same type as the first Upgrade.
* 60% Chance to inflict Shock, 30% chance to inflict Power Leak, and 10% chance to inflict Stun.

### Synergy Bonuses

* **Allies – Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Jetfire** - 2~3~8% Armor.
* **Enemies - Bludgeon, Motormaster** - +2~3~8% Attack Rating.
* **Upgrades – Bumblebee, Jazz** - Wheeljack provides all Autobot team members a random Passive Upgrade each fight. Upgrades grant either +2~3~8% Attack Rating, +5~6~10% Damage Resistance, or +5~6~15% Power Rate for the duration of the fight.
* **Brain Gain – Shockwave** - Shockwave has a 10~15~30% chance to inflict Stun for 2 seconds when inflicting 3 or more Shocks simultaneously.
* **Brain Drain – Shockwave** - 10~15~25% Increase to Attack against Demolition Bots. Shockwave only gets this benefit if all bots on his team have this synergy.
* **Leadership** (5-Star) - Acting as a beacon of leadership for the team, all lower tier Bots gain +10% Power Rate.

## Strategy

### Commander

Wheeljack is one of the most versatile Bots in the game. He has a low health and attack rating, but with three types of upgrades, he can adapt to different situations. Try going for three defensive Upgrades against high-attack bots like Brawlers with Melee Attacks. With three Power Upgrades, he can repeatedly win the Power race while repairing at SP3 and Power Leaking the opponent.

Wheeljack's Force Shield can be activated an unlimited number of times, so along with upgrade repairs, A skilled Commander can keep Wheeljack in top shape. The Force Shield is especially potent with the Nano-Repair Mastery; while the shield nulls all damage, a little bit of repair can keep his health from dropping below the shield activation percentages for the duration of the Nano-Repair.

### Opponent

Conversely, Wheeljack's Force Shield can be troublesome, especially if he has Nano-Repair in Raids and Arenas. The shield does not protect against damaging debuffs, so use Bots that deal frequent Bleeds and such to breach the shields.

### Strong Match-ups

* **Ironhide (ROTF)** – Ironhide’s low Critical Rating for his Melee Attacks will make it difficult for this demo bot to remove Wheeljack’s upgrades. However, be wary not to get Burned.
* **Megatron (ROTF)** - The Demolition king won't be able to deal his massive criticals if Wheeljack can activate his force shield since the impair charges doesn’t bypass the force shield.
* **Mixmaster** - All the massive damage that Mixmaster grants with his specials will be all contained by Wheeljack's force shield but be careful not to get Acid.

### Weak Match-ups

* **Anyone with damaging Debuffs -** Damaging Debuffs simply ignores the force shield and it will be punishing for even commanders which rely on the nano repair mastery.
* **Bumblebee (GS)** – Bee’s ability to Shield Break will ensure the Force Shield is only a minor nuisance.
* **Drift**– Drift’s frequent Critical Melee Hits will throw a wrench in Wheeljack’s plans.
* **Shockwave** - The Decepticon scientist will still be able to inflict his deadly shocks through Wheeljack's force field, and prevent him from Repairing if upgrade construction was a success.
* **Kickback** can inflict T-Clog, preventing Wheeljack from upgrading. This Insecticon can also consume Wheeljack's Power Leaks and Shocks unless he’ stunned. Kickback will definitely enjoy *this* meal.
* **Cheetor'**s Feral Strike and powerful Bleeds ignore the Force Shield. Also Heal Immunity, so if Wheeljack gets three of the same upgrades in a row, no healing for him!
* **Bonecrusher** - Wheeljack hates Bleeds interfering with his Force Shield. Guess where these Bleeds come from?
* **Starscream and Cyclonus** - Wheeljack’s force shield can be nullified and it will add more damage after the nullification is over plus Cyclonus’s dark field can bypass the force shield.
* **Megatron** - Wheeljack’s force shield can be stolen if megatron fuses a debuff. Megatron can also fuse a shock debuff which will ignore the signature ability. This can be punishing for commanders when they rely on the Nano repair ability which the force shield will be stolen over and over again.
* **Grimlock** - Burns will breach the Force Shield and Shocks and (if he's on a Harm Accelerator) Bleeds will be easily Purified.
* **Galvatron and Megatronus** - Despite the class type advantage the two demolition bots can still interfere through Wheeljack’s force shield with their dark burn abilities to prove that they are the real masters of the demolitions. This also goes for other tech bots with shielding abilities which dark burns ignores shielding as well as armor buffs to show that demolitions can be superior to a Tech bot in a rare case plus Megatronus’s relic of obedience can prevent Wheeljack from activating his force shield.

#### Mods

* Keep Wheeljack away from the Harm Accelerator at all costs. This Bleed ignores the Force Shield.

### Recommended Modules

Defend your base with Wheeljack and these Mods!

* **Tech Console** – The tech console will improve Shocks, Shielding, and Repair.
* **Transwarp Cell** – The Transwarp Cell mod will ensure that Wheeljack is fully Upgraded by making him use Heavy Attacks more often.
* Many players seem to like pairing him with a Harm Accelerator. Indeed, it can boost the Shock damage he can inflict on Specials, and on Special III, he will heal while the opponent slowly but surely wilts. Add another Bleed stack and raiders will be ensured a major setback. Also, it'll give raiders an ultimatum what with the Signature and all.
* Wheeljack's own **Paralyzer** adds to the Stun he sometimes inflicts, keeping opponents on their knees while he keeps constructing and repairing. Should work great, because we all know Wheeljack's inventions are always aces. *Right?*
* The **Repair Module** gives an additional Repair boost with Wheeljack's near-impenetrable Force Shield.

## Obtainment

* Innovator/Engineer Crystal
* August 2018 Wheeljack Chips
* Premium Bot Crystals (added December 2018)
* Calendar: December 2018
* 5-Star Bot Crystals (Added January 16, 2020)
* The Bot Store with Bot Chips *Netflix only*

## Gallery

*Shattered Glass* Wheeljack, from "Shattered Bridges".
## Notes

* His design is based on TakaraTomy‘s Transformers: Masterpiece - MP-20 Wheeljack toy, but the "Lancia" text, the "539" and all of the sponsored logos were removed (but curiously kept the Alitalia "A" and color scheme) to avoid licensing issues.
* Wheeljack had a significant bug with his Offensive upgrades. They increased his Attack Rating exponentially based on his current Attack Rating, rather than his base Attack Rating as it was meant to be. This made Wheeljack *waaayyy* more powerful than he should be; A maxed 4-Star Wheejack could deal over 10,000 damage in one hit! A a bug-fix was promptly pushed on August 14.
* Due to bugs with Wheeljack's Montthy Objectives resetting or not being available, all Commanders were given 110,000 Wheeljack Chips as compensation.