- “Licensed to Drill!”
- —Drill Sergeant's official catchphrase
Drill Sergeant is a train-like, drilling Arkeyan machine who is one of the playable Tech Skylanders in the Skylanders series, first appearing in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
Background
Personality
Drill Sergeant was built and programmed to obey orders, which results in him calling everyone 'sir', which irritates some of his comrades. He follows rules to the letter, never wavering until the job is done.[1] As a valued member of the Skylanders, he is a free machine, answering to no one, but old habits of his Arkeyan programming hasn't yet diminished. Like all Tech Skylanders, Drill Sergeant is fascinated by machinery.
Biography
Like many Arkeyan artifacts, Drill Sergeant was buried for centuries – a long forgotten remnant of an ancient powerful civilization. It was only a chance collision with a burrowing Terrafin that led to his systems firing up again. By Arkeyan custom, Drill Sergeant was then obligated to become Terrafin’s servant. This didn’t sit well with the dirt shark, so his first order as master was for Drill Sergeant to not serve him at all… a command he continues to follow zealously to this day.
Story
History
Drill Sergeant is an ancient piece of Arkeyan apparatus, once left to rust underground. Thousands of years later, Skylands dirt shark Terrafin was burrowing through the earth when he struck something solid. Terrafin tugged the artifact above ground and dragged it off to show Master Eon. Eon muttered a few magical phrases. There was a clunk, then a whirr, and then... KACHUNK! Drill Sergeant clattered to life with lights blazing and engine revving, Drill Sergeant turned his attention to Terrafin. By Arkeyan law, he was sworn to serve the shark for all eternity. Terrafin's first order was simple: 'STOP FOLLOWING ME.' But it's one that Drill Sergeant has found tricky to compute.
Without an Arkeyan in sight, Drill Sergeant found Skylands a bit senseless. So Eon signed him up, and his drills are now used for death blows against evil.[2]
Skylanders: Spyro versus The Mega Monsters
Drill Sergeant was one of the Skylanders who was in a training session with Spyro, Trigger Happy, and Jet-Vac within Eon's Citadel, but the the training ended with Drill Sergeant and Trigger Happy being singed by Spyro's flames. The Arkeyan bulldozer was later sent to the Giggling Forest to deal with two, mega-sized Sheep that was eating up the leaves of the trees. Before he could land a hit on the sheep, Kaos arrived after claiming he was renouncing his evil ways to battle evildoers, and used his magic staff to banish the sheep.
The Arkeyan bulldozer soon went with Spyro and Jet-Vac to the Desert of Columns to save Diggs from a mega-sized, yet familiar troll, only for Kaos to save the day again. Drill Sergeant later accompanied the other Skylanders with the Warrior Librarians of the Eternal Archives to stop Kaos from reaching the archive that contains a dangerous book.
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
While in frozen toy form, Drill Sergeant's first thoughts must have been "Oh no! Not again!". After spending thousands of years with his "off" button pressed and unable to move, being frozen in space must have been his worst nightmare. Just as those drills had begun to roll, like in the good old days, they were forced to cease once again.[3]
Gameplay
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 290 (max. 580)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 12 (max. 82)
- Critical Hit: 30 (max. 80)
- Elemental Power: 46 (max. 96)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 80
- Defense: 80
- Agility: 60
- Luck: 30
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: ???
- Speed: ??
- Armor: ??
- Critical Hit: ??
- Elemental Power: ??
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 100
- Defense: 60
- Agility: 80
- Luck: 40
Abilities
Basic Abilities Drill Sergeant can destroy rock formations with his drill rocket and bulldoze charge attacks. |
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Drill Rocket | Bulldoze Charge |
Arkeyan Armor
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Primary Ability Shoot homing rockets that chase down enemies for massive damage. |
Secondary Ability Drill Sergeant can dash forward and barrel over enemies. |
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Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
A Speedy Recovery | Dozer Endurance | Power Charge | Auto-Blaster | |||
Price: 500 Drill Rockets reload quicker and do increased damage.. |
Price: 700 Bulldoze charges last longer. |
Price: 900 Bulldoze charge does increased damage. |
Price: 1200 Targets and fires at nearby enemies automatically. |
Drill Rocket |
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A View to Drill | DX300-Drill Detonator | MIRV Drill Rockets | ||
Price: 1700 Increase your Drill Rocket damage. |
Price: 2200 Using advanced explosive charges, this causes your drills to release an explosive area of effect pulse. |
Price: 3000 Drill Rockets explode into a series of smaller rockets. |
Megadozer |
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Speed Dozer Boost | Hail Storm | Mega Dozer | ||
Price: 1700 Drill Sergeant moves faster during a Bulldoze Charge. |
Price: 2200 Auto-blaster fires much faster and never runs out of power. |
Price: 3000 Bulldozer Charge does extra damage and can charge through some attacks. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "Licensed to Drill!"
- "Rolling through."
- "Rolling on."
- "Oh yeah!"
- "Numbers are fun!" - when checking stats
- "Stats are my favorite!" - when checking stats
- "This is acceptable." - when given a hat
- "A hat, how fun!" - when given a hat
- "I like it!" - when given a nickname
- "Interesting choice." - when given a nickname
Book Quotes
Skylanders: Spyro versus The Mega Monsters
- "Boop-bo-boop, I didn't stand a chance, sir. I was revving up for a power charge, ready t o send the first mountain of mutton flying into next week, when he arrived."
- "Beep-be-be-beep. You should see the engines, sir. Absolutely marvelous. All gleaming brass and..."
- "Beep. Sorry, sir. Not at all, sir. My mistake, sir."
Character Trailers
Gallery
Trivia
- Drill Sergeant can destroy rock formations with his Drill Rocket attack.
- This makes him the only Skylander who can destroy rocks that isn't of the Earth element.
- He, Bouncer, Magna Charge, and Wind-Up are the only Skylanders to be fully robotic.
- His catchphrase is a pun on the phrase "licensed to kill," often utilized by policemen.
- His Auto-Blaster upgrade (when not upgraded) is the least damaging move out of anyone's powers.
- However, mine picks do 1 point of damage on enemies.
- It is also the only non-flying upgrade that can be used simultaneously with other powers.
- Drill Sergeant, Stump Smash, Prism Break, Eruptor and Countdown are the only bipedal Skylanders with no hands.
- Series 2 Drill Sergeant has the A View To Drill upgrade, giving him spiked drills.
- He resembles Megalon from Godzilla.
- He also resembles Grounder from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
- He, Drobot, Bouncer, Drobit, and Magna Charge are the only Skylanders who have robotic voices.
- Drill Sergeant is one of the few Skylanders to have drilling abilities (others include Grilla Drilla and Rubble Rouser).
- Sometimes Drill Sergeant will have his drills tucked in him and remain until you can do a Bulldoze Charge or fire a drill rocket. This usually happens when Drill Sergeant hits a wall suddenly in his Bulldoze Charge.
- If Drill Sergeant shoot a drill rocket at Shrednaught before the battle starts, the camera will glitch.