Pop Eye

The **Pop Eye** is a weapon in *Ninjala*. It is part of the Hammer Type C subclass.

## Description

*"A gum weapon with a healing effect. The barrier created with its Special will heal your allies as well as yourself."* *- In-game description*

The Pop Eye is a hammer-type weapon with a unique Gum Ninjutsu. Similar to other weapons in its class, it has very high HP, but very slow speed. Appearance-wise, a red handle is attached to the green base of the weapon, with a mouth on the top of the base, full of white teeth adorned with braces, and googly eyes above the mouth.

## Additional Data

### Damage Values

*Values in brackets denote damage with a Big Weapon. Values in braces denote HP recovered. Current as of Season 9.*

* Normal Attack 1: 50 [55]
* Normal Attack 2: 60 [66]
* Normal Attack 3: 100 [110]
* Back Attack: 95 [105]
* Wide Attack: 45 [50]
* Break Attack: 20 [22]
* Parry Normal: 120 [132]
* Parry Back: 145 [160]
* Parry Wide: 100 [110]
* Normal Special: 20 (lasts for 2 seconds, heals 180 HP in total or 90 HP per second
* Back Special: 20 + 20 + {140} [22 + 20 + {140}] (lasts for 5 seconds, heals 300 HP in total or 60 HP per second
* Wide Special: {150} (lasts for 10 seconds, heals 350 HP in total or 35 HP per second)
* Gum Shoot: 20 (small laser), 10 (1 medium laser, 20 for both), 10 (1 large laser, 30 for all three)
* Gum Ninjutsu: 200 (splash damage from Baiting Shark)

### Patch History

#### Update 4.0

* ▲ (Baiting Shark) Reduced the amount of Ninjutsu Gauge required to activate.
* ▲ (Baiting Shark) Extended the time from when Scrolls are set to when they disappear.

#### Update 5.0

* ▲ Shortened the combo time of normal attacks.
* ▲ Increased damage dealt from the 3rd stage of normal attacks.
* ▲ Accelerated the occurrence of back attacks.
* ▲ Hit reaction of wide attacks has been altered so that your opponent will stagger greatly.
* ▲ Increased downtime of wide attacks.
* ▲ Full-Throttle Field will now grant Super Armor for a period of time.

#### Update 6.0

* ▼ Reduced ninjutsu gauge rate of increase for back attacks.
* ▲ (Gum Laser) Increased the time of Gum Bind.
* ▲ (Gum Laser) Increased the gum damage of small size.
* ⬤ (Gum Laser) If a Gum Net that is being deployed gets hit by a Gum Laser, neither of them will disappear.

#### Update 7.0

* ▼ Reduced cancellation timing of Back Attacks.
* ▼ (Gum Laser) Reduced range of Small Laser.
* ▼ (Gum Laser) Reduced range, shortened active duration, and decreased damage of Medium Laser.
* ▼ (Gum Laser) Reduced range and shortened active duration of Large Laser.

#### Update 8.0

* ▲ Increased the life recovery gained from Eat Alive.

#### Update 9.0

* ▲ Increased homing abilities of the 1st stage of normal attacks
* ▲ Increased recovery rate for the 1st-3rd stages of normal attacks.
* ▲ Increased the duration of hits for the 1st-2nd stages of normal attacks.
* ▲ Adjusted back attacks overall, and made it easier to hit and chain combos with them.
* ▼ Reduced distance moved of Back Attacks.
* ▼ Reduced Super Armor activation of Back Attacks.
* ▲ Increased homing abilities of Wide Attack.
* ▲ Extended invincibility time of Wide Attack.
* ▲ Sped up combo chain timing of Wide Attack.
* ▲ Sped up Special cancel timing when jumping and dodging when attacks hit of Wide Attack.
* ▼ Reduced time opponents are immobilized after guarding.
* ▲ Increased homing abilities of Break Attacks.
* ▲ Relaxed the rate at which Eat Alive's life recovery rate would increase.

## Tips

* **The best way to take drones with Pop Eye is either three Back Attacks or two Back Attacks and a Gum Laser.**
* **The first and second stages of Normal Attack can be jump or dash canceled into the first stage of Normal Attack, which can be useful for extending Gum Bind combos.**
* **Back Attacks can be used in quick succession by either jump or dash canceling during the move. This can be used to destroy drones faster, or bait opponents.**
* **The second hit of Back Special deals high knockback, which is useful for launching opponents away from drones.**
* **All variations of Full-Throttle Field can block other Gum Shoots, Gum Utsusemi, and even detonate Fujiyama Rockets on contact.**
* **Master of Change is a well-suited card to have while hiding, due to this weapon's far-reaching Break and Back Attack, which can be useful to gum bind opponents. Normal and Back Full-Throttle Field are also good options to use with Master of Change's ability to gum bind.**
* Gum Laser also has the ability to detonate Fujiyama Rockets on contact.
* It is best to place a Baiting Shark scroll under a drone or areas when opponents are bound to pass (examples include boost pads on Eagle City and Croissant Arena, the Gumball Machine button, its hatch, and warp doors on Fort Riverdale).
* Binding an opponent with Gum Laser then tossing a Baiting Shark scroll under them is another way to score IPPONs with Baiting Shark.
* Another variation of the above tip would be to stagger an opponent with Wide Attack, jump/dash cancel, then toss a scroll under them.

**\*Tips in bold also apply to Cerberus.**

## Trivia

* The Pop Eye is one of two weapons with a Gum Ninjutsu exclusive to that weapon (Paw-xing Gloves & Blast Barrier).
* The Pop Eye's design draws some similarities to a *Pez dispenser,* namely the over-sided mouth attached to a rectangular base.

## Gallery

Default Pop Eye skin and its Ninja Gum.Gum Bottle Appearance.