Atlas

Construct an expanding ring of light that quickly vanishes. The ring will persist and begin to shrink if it hits any enemies, dealing subsequent hits to enemies who collide with it.

Cooldown: 18s

Core Knockback: 1340 + 179%

Player Knockback: 180 + 89%

Damage: 180 + 89%

### Astral Projection

[PRIMARY] [PROJECTILE]

Launch a decelerating arc barrier that deals a single hit to each enemy it collides with.

Cooldown: 8s

Core Knockback: 1300 + 160%

Player Knockback: 160 + 80%

Damage: 160 + 80%

### Celestial Intervention

[SPECIAL] [CREATION]

Summon a celestial guardian that continuously heals nearby allies. The guardian rescues any ally that would be K.O.'d, transporting them to its location and restoring 25% of their Stagger  bar.

Cooldown: 40s

## Awakenings

The following awakenings are **ineffective** on Atlas:

* Super Surge
* Chronoboost

## Lore

**Atlas** wields astral technology decades ahead of the rest of the Pro League. He can bend the very fabric of space time, and in so doing revive his allies as they are knocked out by the opposing team.

**Atlas** comes by this high-tech approach naturally - his parents are the world's most famous astrophysicists. He grew up under their strict tutelage, learning the ins and outs of advanced scientific concepts at a young age. He was an obedient and orderly child, studying diligently so that he could one day follow in his parents' footsteps.

His parents would regularly leave on long voyages into space and leave him to look after his younger sister, Luna. Despite his best efforts to teach **Luna** his ordered approach to experimentation, she shunned his methods in favor of her own. She found inspiration in the spur of the moment, embracing a more chaotic style of engineering. While the two could argue about their scientific approaches to no end, **Atlas** just wants what's best for his little sister.

**Atlas** spent years helping his parents prepare for an expedition to the farthest reaches of the solar system. As his parents prepared to leave, they told **Atlas** they where proud of the man he'd become and left him with one request: "Please take care of **Luna** while we're away."

A few days into their voyage, contact with **Atlas'** parents was lost. Atlas assumed the worst believing that their ship must have malfunctioned in some critical way. He began experimenting with the essence of space time, hoping he could find a way to bring them back from the past. But he soon realized that he needed a suitable environment to test his inventions. No place fits that bill better than the Pro League.

**Atlas** banded together with a few misfit strikers, Rune and Drek'ar, and formed a team that qualified for the Pro League. **Atlas** believes he's close to being able to bring his parents back - he just needs to run a few more tests...

## Patch History

**2023-05-02**

* Astral Projection [PRIMARY]
	+ Cooldown Increased from 7.5s → 8s

**2023-04-27**

* Base Stats
	+ Starting Base Stagger
		- Increased from 1100 → 1125
	+ Stagger at Max Level
		- Increased from 1600 → 1625
	+ Starting Base Power
		- Increased from 50 → 100
	+ Power at Max Level
		- Reduced from 120 → 100
	+ Speed at Max Level
		- Reduced from 500 → 450
	+ Cooldown Rate at Max Level
		- Reduced from 50 → 0
* Astral Projection [PRIMARY]
	+ Core Knockback: 920 + 345% Power → 1300 + 160% Power
* Cosmic Expanse [SECONDARY]
	+ Core Knockback: 940 + 355% Power → 1340 + 179% Power
	+ Player Knockback & Damage: 180 + 90% Power → 180 + 89% Power
* Celestial Intervention
	+ Cooldown reduced from 50s → 40s

**2022-12-08**

* Astral Projection (PRIMARY)
	+ Base Cooldown :: Reduced from 8s → 7.5s
* Celestial Intervention (SPECIAL)
	+ Base Cooldown :: Reduced from 60s → 50s
	+ Base Duration :: Increased from 3s → 3.5

**2022-11-17**

* Celestial Intervention [SPECIAL]
	+ Healing on rescue :: 15% of Stagger → 25% of Stagger

**2022-10-20**

* Cosmic Expanse [SECONDARY]
	+ Cooldown : 20s → 18s
	+ Duration after expansion : .3s → .35s
* Celestial Intervention [SPECIAL]
	+ Duration : 2.5s → 3s

**2022-09-18**

* Base stagger increased: 1000 → 1100
* Expanse (SECONDARY)
	+ CREATION duration : Normalized to 0.3 to 1.25s based on how expanded the ring was relative to its maximum size
* Celestial Intervention (SPECIAL)
	+ CREATION size : Base Radius reduced from 350 → 312.5
	+ CREATION duration : 3 → 2.5
	+ [BUGFIX] : Heal zone radius now properly matches visual