Wild Storm

"The Roar of Thunder!"

This is a *Super Smash Skylanders* moveset for **Wild Storm**, a being of an unknown species that hails from Skylands, who made his playable debut in the latest *Skylanders* game, *Skylanders: Imaginators*, as a Sensei of the Air element. Wild Storm is classified as Skylander #80.

The portrayal of Keston John, the voice of Wild Storm since *Imaginators*, is repurposed for the project.

## Attributes

TBA

 **Walk Speed** | 1.155
 **Dash Speed** | 1.92
 **Initial Dash** | 1.698
 **Traction** | 0.123
 **Short Hop Height** | 16
 **Full Hop Height** | 30.8
 **Double Jump Height** | 37
 **Aerial Speed** | 1.24
 **Aerial Acceleration** | 0.05

## Moveset

### Character Abilities

* Similar to Pop Fizz, Wild Storm has a unique ability that plays into his own beast form. Located right near his HUD is a gauge that fills up over time, and, opposite of Pop Fizz, fill up even faster when attacking the opponent (the amount of meter gained also depends on the strength of the attack) and depletes when being attacked and missing attacks. However, similar to the gremlin, Wild Storm's meter even fills up faster when being behind in score or stock. If the gauge is filled up all the way, his down special changes from Electrical Storm to Release the Beast, which, when activated, turns Wild Storm into a monstrous version of himself, trading his overall movement speed, the ability to jump, and the use of his blade, with heavier weight, devastating range, and damage output, and a tremendous amount of super armor.
	+ During the starting frames of Wild Storm's transformation, he gains invincibility during the animation.
	+ Wild Storm not only loses his ability to jump, but he loses access to grabs/throws and special moves, only being able to throw out normal attacks.
* When in his beast form, the gauge will slowly start to drain. Each time Wild Storm is attacked, a slight amount of the gauge disappears as well.

* Normal Wild Storm
* Beast Wild Storm

## Animations & Aesthetics

### On-Screen Appearance

* Appears in the midst of a whirlwind, as he lifts his blade in the air and says, "Time to meet your destiny," before getting into the battle. The animation is based on the first half of his entrance when placed on the Portal of Power in *Imaginators*., while the quote is a reference to one of his quotes before the start of a battle.

### Taunts

* **Up Taunt:** Holds his blade in front of himself with both hands as it surrounds itself with electricity, while he says, "Are you blown away yet?", before resetting.
* **Side Taunt:** Twirls his blade and points it forwards behind himself while sticking his hand out in front of him. He squints his eyes, saying, "Only just getting started!", while doing so. The animation is based on the second half of his entrance when placed on the Portal of Power in *Imaginators*.
* **Down Taunt:** Briefly transforms into his beast form and roars upwards and spreads his arms outward before transforming back to normal. During this taunt, Wild Storm's blade temporarily disappears to fit with the aesthetic that his blade disappears when his beast form is activated.

### Idle Poses

* Briefly rests his blade on top of his shoulder. Based on his introduction pose in *Ring of Heroes*.
* Lifts up his left hand in front of himself and shakes it before resetting. Based on another one of his idle animations in *Imaginators*.

### Victory Poses

* **Left:** Lifts his blade in the sky as streaks of lightning strike it. He says, "The power is strong with this one," before twirling the blade and pointing it forwards behind himself, while sticking his hand out in front of him. A combination of his on-screen appearance and side taunt, assembling them both to reference his full animation when placed on the Portal of Power in *Imaginators*.
* **Up:** Jumps in the sky, while he twirls his blade over his head. He scoffs, "All too easy," before thrusting his sword into the ground with both hands, leaving a crevice in it. He stays holding the blade's hilt while it remains planted for the rest of the victory pose.
* **Right:** Grunts while swinging his blade inward then outward, then rapidly transforms into his beast form, as he roars towards the heavens with his arms splayed out. He stays in that exact stance for the remainder of the victory pose.

## Alternate Costumes

All of Wild Storm's costumes will be based on his designs from *Skylanders: Imaginators*, as well as containing some costume references from *Skylanders: Ring of Heroes*.

 **Gold** | Based on the coloration of his Awakened counterpart in *Skylanders: Ring of Heroes*.