Acrobat

**Mike Morton**, also known as the **Acrobat** and formerly the **Juggler**, is a Contain-Type and Difficulty 2.5 Survivor available for purchase after completion of the prologue. He is one of **43** playable Survivors added to Identity V.

—Mike Morton (Valentine's Day 2023)

## Appearance

Mike is a tall, slender doll with fair skin, curly blond hair, thin blond eyebrows, mismatched blue button eyes cross-stitched with gold thread, of which the left eye has an extra gold rim, and freckles. His mouth is pulled into a grin, revealing white teeth, with the corners stitched with white thread.

He wears a large, flamboyant, white Elizabethan ruff around his neck, a jumpsuit patterned with red, yellow, blue, and black diamonds and frilly cuffs, a leather belt with a small pouch attached on the right, in which he keeps multiple multicolored and round bombs of nitre, and black-and-white saddle shoes. A large, brimmed leather cap sits on his head.

## Gameplay

The Acrobat is a contain-type Survivor who can cause different debuffs to the Hunter if they step on trapped areas caused by his bombs, which consist of multiple types and various effects, with one that slows down movement speed, one that slows down interaction speed, and one that disables all Hunter abilities for a period of time. He is able to obtain more bombs by rescuing a chaired teammate, reaching 150% decoding progress, and being pursued by the Hunter for 60 seconds respectively, though the latter will not be obtained if he is in the Tide Turner's Last Effort status. He is also notable for his ability to jump over most obstacles when he throws his bombs. However, his gate opening speed is drastically reduced.

### External Traits

Below is a list of Acrobat's intrinsic traits. For more in-depth information, please check the individual pages.

### Character Statistics

**Press "Expand" to see the character's statistics.**

Movements
* Running Speed: 3.8 m/s
* Walking Speed: 2.11 m/s
* Crouch Walking Speed: 1.14 m/s
* Crawling Speed: 0.44 m/s

Decoding
* Duration of decoding Cipher Machines: 81.0 sec
* Regressed decoding progress from electric shock: 1.0%
* Duration of inability to decode from electric shock: 2.0 sec
* Time spent opening Exit Gate: 25.7 sec

Interactions
* Time spent dropping pallets: 0.73 sec
* Time spent vaulting over pallets at high speed: 1.17 sec
* Time spent vaulting over pallets at medium speed: 1.63 sec
* Time spent vaulting over pallets at low speed: 2.07 sec
* Time spent vaulting over windows at high speed: 0.87 sec
* Time spent vaulting over windows at low speed: 1.27 sec
* Time spent going through chests: 10.0 sec

Healing
* Time spent healing injured Survivors: 15.0 sec
* Time spent being healed by others: 15.0 sec
* Self-healing time after knockdown: 30.0 sec

Others
* Duration of footprint: 4.0 sec
* Duration of speed boost after being hit: 2.0 sec
* Duration of struggle while being held up: 16.0 sec
* Rocket Chair countdown time: 60.0 sec
* Time spent being rescued from Rocket Chairs: 1.0 sec

## Change Log

September 16th, 2021
* Buff: The Acrobat leaps forward a set distance, throws a Bomb, and then performs a forward somersault upon landing. The direction of this ability can now be orientated using the joystick.
* Buff: The Acrobat can now charge and release abilities on the move by holding the ability buttons.

December 2nd, 2021
* Nerf: Adjusted the cooldown time of the Acrobat's Bomb from 6 seconds to 12 seconds.
* Nerf: Reduced the distance of the Acrobat's forward somersault after using Bomb.
* Nerf: Adjusted the decoding progress required for the Acrobat to gain an additional use of Nitro Bomb from 100% to 150%.

April 28th, 2022
* Nerf: Adjusted the Hunter's movement speed reduction caused by Sticky Bombs from 45%/52% to 30%/35%.
* Nerf: Adjusted the Hunter's movement speed reduction caused by Nitro Bombs from 50%/60% to 35%/40%.
* Nerf: Adjusted the duration of silence effect inflicted on the Hunter by Fire Bombs from 8/12 seconds to 5/8 seconds.
* Nerf: Adjusted the duration of the circular area created by a Bomb from 15 seconds to 10 seconds.

September 15th, 2022
* Adjustment: Optimized the Acrobat's pull-back judgment.

## Trivia

* He appears in the third episode of the stage play series produced in Japan. He was played by Seto Keita.
* His appearance likely takes inspiration from "Arlecchino", a character from Commedia dell'arte.
	+ His physical appearance could also be inspired by Vander Clyde Broadway.

## References

1. ↑ Official Japanese Reference Book
2. ↑ As the in-game voice. The Chinese wiki website confirms the voice actor - https://wiki.biligame.com/dwrg/%E6%9D%82%E6%8A%80%E6%BC%94%E5%91%98
3. ↑ As Tea Party in the Halloween 2022 Song. Announcement by the voice actor - Instagram
4. ↑ As Jamboree in the Halloween 2020 Song. Announcement by the song's writer - Instagram
5. ↑ He appears in episode 3 of Identity V Stage Play as Mike Morton