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Badware

Badware

500 coins
🎨Skins

“System infection initiated.”

📖 Overview

Badware is basically a computer virus that learned to walk. The body looks like a monitor with legs, a spring for a neck, and pipes on the back, with an inverted c: face on the screen. Like someone built a person out of spare parts and it woke up.

No one really knows where it came from. What matters is it can inject a virus into machines and take control of them. In gameplay, the core is placing Firewall Bypass PCs. Stand near a PC to get a big speed boost. You can place up to 6 PCs, so protect them and use them to snowball the fight.

🎨 Appearance

Badware appears as a sentient computer virus driven by malicious purposes. The physical vessel is a tall figure with a black ribcage t-shirt and coils in its mechanical body. It has 2 bent pipes on its back and a spring as a neck. Its screen displays an inverted c: face, as well as binary code in the background, with a set of green and red buttons to its right.

Badware's appearance is entirely robotic, having dark rectangular arms with grey hands, shoulder pads, coils and metallic feet. The monitor is white with a grey base at the bottom, representing the fusion of digital malware with physical manifestation.

⚡ Abilities

Swing

“IT'S CALLED HARDWARE FOR A REASON!”

Badware swipes forward with one of their mechanical arms, dealing 20 damage.

Cooldown
1 second
Damage
20 (Base)
💡 Tips
A basic melee attack that can be used for quick damage. Speeds you up for a short period, then slows you down shortly after.
🎯 Best Practices
  • •Use for quick damage during chases
  • •Provides temporary speed boost
  • •Can be used repeatedly due to short cooldown
  • •Effective for finishing off weakened civilians

Firewall Bypass

“NICE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM, WHAT WAS THAT MADE IN, LUA?”

Badware stops in place and creates a PC at their current location. This PC gives a considerable speed boost to Badware when they are in an AoE Range around the computer.

Cooldown
15 seconds
Damage
20 (Base)
💡 Tips
Badware is able to be buffed by multiple PCs at a time, moving even faster. Badware is able to place 6 PCs at max, they will be unable to place anymore if they are currently at 6.
🎯 Best Practices
  • •Place computers strategically for speed boosts
  • •Can stack multiple computers for maximum speed
  • •Civilians can destroy your computers
  • •Use to set up zones of control

Bolt

“YOU CAN'T STOP ME, YOUR NETCODE JUST MAKES ME STRONGER!”

Badware quickly pauses and makes a loud sound indicating they are about to use this move, afterwards, they begin rushing forwards rapidly, becoming an active hitbox, dealing damage and flinging whoever they hit.

Cooldown
20 seconds
Damage
20 (Base)
💡 Tips
If they fail to hit anyone during its duration Badware will have moderate end lag. You have full turning control while using Bolt. Bolt only deals 10 damage at base, but for every PC Badware has placed, Bolt will deal an additional 5 damage.
🎯 Best Practices
  • •Damage increases with each placed computer
  • •Great for closing gaps quickly
  • •Full turning control while active
  • •Badware is able to regain stamina while using Bolt

Rift

“I'M LIKE ONE OF THOSE POP-UPS YOU JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET RID OF!”

Badware will stop in place and enters a stance, covering all civilians' screens with a taunting message. While in this stance, all PCs will have an icon above them.

Cooldown
25 seconds
Damage
20 (Base)
💡 Tips
Clicking on one of these icons will have Badware perform a quick animation, before teleporting to the chosen PC, gaining a large speed boost, and destroying the PC you teleported to. You need at least 1 PC placed down in order to use this ability.
🎯 Best Practices
  • •Teleport to computers for quick repositioning
  • •Requires at least one computer placed
  • •Gains speed boost after teleporting
  • •Can cancel the ability early

📊 Stats

Max Stamina120
Walk Speed12 (Base)
Sprint Speed23 (Base)
Health1337
PlaystyleSnowballer

🎮 How to Use

  • •As Badware, you are rather slow in terms of base speed. Focus on setting up computers with Firewall Bypass before attempting direct chase if your target isn't cornered.
  • •Listen out for the Beeps that your Computers make when they're being destroyed. Hearing them will allow you to defend your Computer from unwanted keyboard warriors (Civilians), or even surprise the would-be hackers by teleporting to them with Rift.
  • •Try to always defend your computers. They are a significant source of your speed that aid you in killing. By defending, you deny the lack of speed source when killing and can help snowball.
  • •Use Bolt to quickly close gaps and deal damage. The more computers you have placed, the more damage it deals.
  • •Rift is great for repositioning and surprising civilians. Use it to teleport to computers near civilians or to escape dangerous situations.

🛡️ How to Counter

  • •Destroy Badware's computers whenever possible to reduce their speed and damage potential
  • •Listen for the beeps that indicate your computer hacking progress to avoid being surprised by Rift teleports
  • •Spread out when Badware uses Rift to avoid being hit by the teleportation effect
  • •Use mobility abilities to escape from Bolt charges, as they have moderate end lag if they miss
  • •Attack Badware during their longer cooldown periods, especially after using Rift or Bolt

⭐ Best Strategies

  • •Set up multiple computers in strategic locations before engaging in chases
  • •Use Rift to teleport behind civilians or to escape dangerous situations
  • •Combine Bolt with Firewall Bypass computers for maximum damage output
  • •Place computers around objectives to control key areas
  • •Use the speed boost from computers to snowball and take out multiple civilians quickly