- “Darkness Falls!”
- —Blackout's official catchphrase
Blackout is a black dragon who is the Dark core Skylander in Skylanders: Trap Team.
Background
Biography
Blackout hails from the Realm of Dreams, where the collective imagination of all the creatures in the universe come together to create beautiful wonders... and terrible nightmares. At a young age, he was recruited into the Dark Stygian – a Dragon Clan whose chief responsibility was to create nightmares for evil creatures as a way to discourage them from doing more villainy. But the clan began to abuse their power, and soon spread nightmares far and wide for its own amusement. But Blackout would not stand for it. So he learned to teleport directly into the nightmares the clan created and fought the creatures within. Eventually, the nightmares reached as far as Master Eon, who witnessed Blackout’s courage within his own dreams. After helping him put a stop to the Dark Stygian, Eon then made Blackout a Skylander, serving as the protector of the Realm of Dreams and beyond!
Story
Skylanders Issue #9 (Crushed By Candy)
After eating a piece of candy and being unconscious for an unknown amount of time, Blackout and Spotlight found themselves inside a strange place with an opening at the top. However, before they could do anything, the area started to become flooded with candy, threatening to drown the two Skylanders. Both Spotlight and Blackout were unable to break themselves out on their own, but by combining their Light and Dark powers, the two dragons managed to escape. They discovered that they had been inside a giant piñata with Arkeyan ruins, and quickly flew away to alert Master Eon. From afar, Pain-Yatta announced his plans of a "candy catastrophe" that the Skylanders wouldn't be able to stop in time.
Gameplay
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 260 (max. 520)
- Speed: 60 (max. 108)
- Armor: 24 (max. 54)
- Critical Hit: 40 (max. 90)
- Elemental Power: 35 (max. 85)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 130
- Defense: 70
- Agility: 150
- Luck: 30
Abilities
Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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Wing Whip | Shadow Orbs |
Supernova Black Hole
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Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to perform a Wing Whip. Press Attack 1, Attack 1, Attack 1 for a combo attack. |
Secondary Ability Press Attack 2 to shoot Shadow Orbs, which leave behind Darkness energy shockwaves. |
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Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
Black Hole | Darkness Overload | Shadow Blade | Take it Black | |||
Price: 500 Press Attack 3 to open up Black Holes that pull enemies in - hold and release Y to teleport yourself. |
Price: 700 Shoot a Shadow Orb into a Black Hole to create an explosive eruption. |
Price: 900 Jump and press Attack 1 to turn into a spinning Shadow Blade. |
Price: 1200 Black Holes hold enemies longer and they do more damage. |
Wing Warrior |
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A Spinning Finish | Whip It Up | Warp Speed | ||
Price: 1700 Press Attack 1, Attack 1, Attack 1 for a Ground Pound combo. Press Attack 1, Attack 1, Attack 1, Attack 1 to charge ahead as a Shadow Blade. |
Price: 2200 Wing Whip, Shadow Blade and Warp Speed attacks do more damage. |
Price: 3000 Hold Attack 1 to repeatedly teleport through enemies and piercing them with your horn. |
Prince of Darkness |
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Dark Energy Clouds | Under the Cover of Darkness | Cloud Gravity | ||
Price: 1700 Shadow Orbs explode into massive Dark Energy. |
Price: 2200 Blackout receives less damage when inside Dark Energy Clouds. |
Price: 3000 Hold Attack 2 to lift enemies inside a Dark Energy Cloud and damage all nearby enemies. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "Darkness Falls!"
- "Bring on the night!"
- "Lights out!"
- "Out of the shadows!"
- "Eclipsing the competition!"
- "Watch out!"
- "Clear the way!" - when switched in
- "Night time!"
- "Total eclipse!" - when leveled up
- "Pitch black!"
- "Casting a long shadow. Very long." - when viewing stats
- "Overshadowing all others."
- "There'll be no hiding wearing this hat!" - when selecting hat
- "A fine hat to keep me shaded."
- "Black as night!"
Chararcter Trailers
Gallery
Trivia
- Statues of Blackout can be seen on the ledges of Midnight Museum.
- The Legendary Treasure, Legendary Gargoyle, is based on Blackout.
- Although Blackout has wings but cannot fly, his upgrade, Cloud Gravity, from his "Prince of Darkness" allows him to fly over enemies for a short time.
- There is a glitch that if the "Cloud Gravity" is used and then the auto-cut scene interrupts this attack, Blackout becomes invulnerable to all attacks from enemies and Trappable Villains, and never loses health. This works in all levels and on any difficulty setting. After this glitch is performed, the player can keep this glitch even if they can change the level infinite times, switch to a playable villain or fall off the platforms. The only way to cancel out this glitch is to either remove Blackout from the portal or simply perform the "Cloud Gravity" again.
- Blackout resembles creatures of the Changeling species from the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.