Physicist

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## Physicist

* Sprite
* Illustration

### Level 6 Buff

 Crit hit rate +5%. Critical hits summon lightning upon the target

## Skills

 EM Field Device

The  **Physicist** is a playable character. She wears a white lab coat and pink glasses.

Once unlocked, she can also be encountered during a run as an NPC. Upon interaction, she will give the player Advanced Scientific Calculator, Alien Plasma Eagle, or Ion Railgun M2.

## Unlock & Upgrade

The Physicist can be unlocked at the cost of $2.

Each upgrade changes the stats slightly.

1. +1 HP - cost: 500 gems
2. +1 Armor - cost: 1,000 gems
3. +20 Energy - cost: 1,500 gems
4. -2s Skill Cooldown - cost: 2,000 gems
5. Skill Upgrade - cost: 2,500 gems
6. "Crit hit rate +5%. Critical hits summon lightning upon the target" buff - cost: 5,000 gems
7. Enhance Starting Weapon - cost: 8,000 gems

## Alternate Skins

Physicist currently has 2 alternate skins, which include:

* 1 gem skin
* 1 paid skin

* Has visual art & card.
* Has visual art & card.
* Has unique portrait.

## EM Field Device

### Basic:

*Deploy an electromagnetic field device that shocks enemies within.
Allies' bullets passing through the field gain an electro-charged effect.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**The field can destroy enemy projectiles.**

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Field range increased by 125%.
Electric shock interval reduced by 50%
Duration +1 second.**

### Cooldown:

11 (9) seconds.

Basics

*Deploy an electromagnetic field device that shocks enemies within.
Allies' bullets passing through the field gain an electro-charged effect.*
* Throw a projectile that upon contact with enemies or obstacles, or after travelling 3 tiles, will explode and create an electromagnetic field or EM field.
	+ The initial explosion deals 8 damage to enemies within its ~4 tiles radius.
	+ The EM field also covers a radial area of 4 tiles, and lasts for roughly 4.5 seconds.
	+ Upon deployment and every 1 second, the EM field releases an electric shock that zaps the nearest enemy for 4 damage.
		- The EM field can zap 5 times total before expiring.
		- This attack can bounce to 1 extra target after the initial target.
	+ Physicist's attacks that pass the EM field will be imbued with electro-charged effect:
		- All attacks deal 3 additional electric damage.
		- Enemies hit by said attacks will zap nearby enemies, also for 3 damage.
* This skill has a cooldown of 11 (9) seconds, which starts after the EM field disappears.
* EM Field Device can be enhanced by these following Buff(s):
	+ - EM field attack can bounce to an extra enemy.

Skill Upgrade
*The field can destroy enemy projectiles.*
* The field can destroy enemy projectiles, but things such as lasers, melee attacks, environmental hazards and the movement of entities aren't affected.
	+ Despite destroying bullets,  has no effect on it.

Mentor Upgrade
*Field range increased by 125%. Electric shock interval reduced by 50%. Duration +1 second.*
* The field now covers a 5 tiles-radius area.
* The field attack every 0.5 seconds instead of 1 second.
* The field duration increases from 4.5 to 5.5 seconds.

## Quotes

### Interaction in the Living Room

* *"Wait, am I running out of budget? Ah... looks like I'll have to scrape by again."*
* *"\*Sigh\*Another hole in my stockings... but I can't just afford a new pair."*
* *"A new model of wormhole detector? Ah, that will cost me a fortune."*
* *"Oops, another experiment went awry, and my hair got curled from the blast.*
* *"Oops, my glasses fell off again. Let me pick them up..."*
* *"Magic is a form of energy, and it's subject to the law of conservation of energy."*
* *"The parameters are incorrect. The quantum effect is unbalanced again."*
* *"A black hole! No, wait... Just a smudge on my telescope..."*
* *"I suspect we exist within a game world."*

### During a run as an NPC

* *"This device might be helpful for you."*

## Trivia

* This character was added in Update 5.5.0.
* This character is the first character to break the 4th wall, as through her quote about the world of Soul Knight.