Cheetor

## Bio

*As the youngest and quickest of the Maximals, Cheetor is one part soldier and one part daredevil. With the addition of rocket boosters and the power of flight, his Transmetal upgrade only intensified the recklessness of this fast feline.*

## Max Stats

* 2-Star:
	+ Health: 1540
	+ Attack: 185
	+ Max Rating: 563
* 3-Star:
	+ Health: 3780
	+ Attack: 391
	+ Max Rating: 1305
* 4-Star:
	+ Health: 9825
	+ Attack: 1017
	+ Max Rating: 3531
* 5-Star

## Game Abilities

### Basic Abilities

* Power Gain
* Evade
* Bleed

### Abilities

* **Passive:**
	+ This bot’s Transmetal exterior provides 10% passive Energy Resistance and reduces the effectiveness of enemy abilities that Drain Power by 100%.
* **End of a Light or Medium Melee Combo:**
	+ Each time Cheetor completes a Light or Medium Melee Combo he gains 0.5~2% of his Max Power over 1 second.
* **Critical Melee Hits:**
	+ Critical Melee Hits have a 30~40% Chance to inflict Bleed, dealing 40~60% of attack over 4 seconds.
	+ Bleeding opponents generate 30% less power when struck.
* **Dashing and Heavy Attacks:**
	+ Cheetor has a 100% chance to Evade Ranged Attacks and a 20~30% chance that the projectiles will Miss completely.

### Signature Ability

**Feral Strike**

*Cheetor’s jovial nature can be quickly overcome by beastly aggression. Once he has hit his limit, his feral spark grants him incredible speed allowing him to decimate opponents before they are able to react.*

* When Filling a Bar of Power:
	+ Cheetor gains a Feral Strike Buff, granting 10~40% Critical Rate and his attacks ignore Armor, Shielding, Evasion, and do not trigger enemy abilities for 4 seconds. Additionally, while Feral Strike is active, Cheetor gains a 25% chance to Evade Melee Attacks.
	+ about +0.3% per level

### Special Attacks

1. **Transmetal Trauma** - *Cheetor gives his opponent the tail end.*
	* 100% Chance to inflict Bleed, dealing 70~90% of attack over 8 seconds.
	* 100% chance to inflict Repair Block. The opponent stays Repair Blocked from this attack for as long as they are Bleeding.
2. **Quasar Blaster** - *Blasters set to full power.*
	* 100% chance to gain Power Rate Up, increasing this bot’s flow of Power by 50% for 10 seconds.
	* This Attack deals up to 50% more damage based on the opponent’s percentage of Missing Power.
3. **Maximal Overdrive** - *Faster than a Transwarp bullet.*
	* 100% to Power Lock the opponent for 10 seconds and drain up to 3% of the opponent’s Max Power.
	* This Attack deals up to 100% more damage based on the opponent’s percentage of Missing Power.

### Synergy Bonuses

* **Allies – Rhinox, Dinobot, Optimus Primal** - +2~3~8% Armor.
* **Enemies – Waspinator, Scorponok** - +2~3~8% Attack Rating.
* **Beast Purification – Optimus Primal** - Heavy Attacks: Beast Wars characters gain 4~12~20% Attack Rating for 5 seconds and Purify Damaging Debuffs as long as there are 2 or more Beast Wars bots on Primal's team.
* **Speed Chasers – Sideswipe, Mirage, Bumblebee (DOTM)** - +5~15~40% Attack on the next hit when Dodging the opponent's attacks.
* **Beast Ancestor - Tantrum** - After each Heavy Attack, this bot gains a Beast Fury buff that grants Attacks a 5~8~15% chance to be Unblockable for 6 seconds.
* **Leadership** (5-Star) - All lower tier teammates gain +10% Critical Rating.

## Strategy

### Commander

An awakened Cheetor can bypass Armor, Shields, Evasion Buffs, and do not trip any enemy abilities, for example Optimus Prime (MV1) won't be able to make his epic last stand and even Wheeljack's Force Shield will be bypassed. However, the resulting buff only lasts over 4 seconds, so you have to act fast and the only thing that the feral strike can’t bypass are Unstoppable buffs and Megatronus’s relic of immortality.

Dashing into the enemy and Heavy Attacks are a great way to avoid potentially deadly ranged attacks, but it must be timed right or you could get hit from dashing in too early. Heavy Evades are not effective at dodging multi-hit ranged attacks like Waspinator's eye lasers.

An awakened Cheetor on a Robot Resource will be pushed to gain Feral Strikes more often like Cyclonus and his Dark Fields on that mod, try this combination out!

### Opponent

There's no way to drain Cheetor's power, so try to focus on anti-evade and power locks (Evasion can activate while Cheetor is feral). Hot Rod prevents Feral evasion from activating 100% of the time and power locks will be your friend since it will prevent Cheetor from gaining feral strikes.

### Strong Match-ups

#### Bots

* Cheetor's Repair Block and Power Locks will take Ratchet back to the repair bay.
* **Shockwave** – Shockwave will have a hard time hitting Cheetor, and if he does, he’ll have an even harder time Draining his Power. The same also goes for Prowl.
* **Ultra Magnus** - Cheetor will remove and not shift any Resistance buffs when Feral Striking.
* **Optimus Primal** – Cheetor’s signature ability will allow him to punch through Primal’s Crit Armor, and if the ape thinks he’s going to heal from Bleeds, Cheetor’s Repair Block will put a stop to that idea.
* **Jetfire** - Cheetor will evade many of Jetfire’s primary attacks while Blocking any chance the big flyer has to Repair.
* **Wheeljack** - Cheetor's Feral Strike/Bleeds will ignore the Force Shield. This is one of the most effective counters to the shield.
* **Optimus Prime (MV1)** - Cheetor’s repair block will prevent Optimus Prime from repairing while Bleeding and an awakened Cheetor can punch through even the toughest armor, stopping the Autobot leader from making his epic last stand.
* Megatron (ROTF) - Bleeds and feral strikes will bypass Megatron’s tough armor and the repair block will ensure Megatron will not make his comeback.

#### Mods

* **Paralyzer** - Cheetor will be completely unaffected by the Stun Ray.

### Weak Match-ups

* **Anyone with power locks** - Like Rhinox, bots that inflicts power locks can prevent this transmetal maximal from gaining power and feral strikes.
* **Hound** – Hound’s Precision Ammo will make short work of this bot as he attempts to Dash-in for an attack.
* **Megatron** – Cheetor requires constant buffs to stay on top, some that an awakened Megatron would love to steal from.
* **Hot Rod'**s deceleration will disable Cheetor's Feral Strike and Dash Evades.
* **Kickback** may not be able to leak Cheetor’s power but he can consume his power gain leaving the transmetal maximal with less power and if Cheetor thinks he can uses his heavies to ram or evade while the opponent tries to counterattack, the T-Clog sabotage will put a stop to that idea.
* **Cyclonus, Sideswipe, Starscream** and Nemesis Prime - Cheetor wants to win; but what is a winner without buffs?
* **Grindor** - Cheetor gains a lot of power because of his power gain. The more power Cheetor gains, the stronger Grindor gets and special locks can disable Cheetor from using his specials and if he has the synergy bonus, he can prevent Cheetor from gaining feral strikes that will bypass his armor. Grindor will crush this transmetal maximal.
* **Grimlock** - The transmetal armor will do nothing to protect Cheetor from the massive damage Grimlock has with his melee buffs and specials and the bleeds Cheetor throws will be purified.
* **Megatronus and Barricade** - These 2 has abilities that can counter Cheetor. They can steal Cheetor’s power to gain it as their own rather than draining it. Barrricade can also stack backfires and Cheetor will be backfired in his face when he uses his specials and with the synergy bonus active, power locks will prevent Cheetor from gaining feral strikes. In the other hand Megatronus’s relic of obedience can weaken Cheetor’s abilities and prevent him from gaining any buffs even feral strikes and dark burns will ignore the transmetal armor. However be careful not get power locked.

### Recommended Modules

Pair these Mods with Cheetor on your base!

* **Scout's Sentry** - Increasing his Critical Chance will enable this bot to dish out more damage and punish the opponent for missing their attacks.
* **Nightbird's Mark** - Increases Critical Damage, allowing Cheetor to deal substantial damage.
* **Robot Resource** - Cheetor wants to win; this mod is like his dream-come-true.

## Obtainment

* Feral Crystal
* May 2018 Cheetor Chips
* Bot Crystals (added 9/04/2018)
* Calendar: September 2018 (3-Star) May 2019 (4-Star)
* July 2019 Bot Chip Set

## Gallery

He sure is feral. *Shattered Glass* Cheetor, from "Shattered Bridges"
## Trivia

* Cheetor is the first and only Transmetal *Beast Wars* Bot.