- “The Scales of Justice!”
- —Pit Boss' official catchphrase
Pit Boss is an Undead viper Sensei of the Sorcerer Battle Class in Skylanders: Imaginators.
Background
Physical Traits
Pit Boss is a green pit viper dressed in black robes held up by the sensei gold belt and holds a golden staff with a green jewel in the middle.
Personality
Pit Boss' wisdom is said to have no bounds.[1] He has a love for certain "S" words that are related to snakes, such as the words 'snake', 'slither', 'serpent', and 'statistics'.
Biography
Pit Boss was a member of a powerful order of snake philosophers that lived high up in the Great Twisty Mountains. Travelers would come from miles around and make the treacherous climb just to seek out the snakes’ wisdom. Each visitor was permitted to ask one question, but Pit Boss became alarmed when the same question was asked by several different people – how to deal with the growing threat of Kaos! With such a great concern, Pit Boss knew that it was time for action, not words. He left the Order of the Snake in search of this threat, and soon it was clear that Kaos was worse than Pit Boss had imagined. Knowing he could not stop Kaos on his own, Pit Boss joined the Skylanders, and due to his great wisdom and mystical powers, Master Eon enlisted him into the Sensei program as a Sorcerer Master.
Gameplay
Pit Boss can blast ghostly snakes at his foes, as well as summon a swirling pit of vipers that damage foes. Pit Boss can also transform into a giant beastly snake, and even drag enemies along with him. His Soul Gem allows him to summon a colossal undead snake from the ground when in his snake form. His Sky-Chi power allows him to summon a rain of snakes from above which damages enemies in a wide range.
Stats
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: 250
- Defense: 200
- Agility: 250
- Luck: 200
Abilities
| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Snake Attack | Slithering Soul Snake |
The Undersnaker
Viper Volley
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 Press Attack 1 to launch ghostly snake attacks. |
 Press and hold Attack 2 to turn into a Snake. |
 Release Attack 2 while coiled in Slithering Soul Snake to unleash a giant undead Snake.
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| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||||
| Viper Pits | Besst for Lasst | Pit Master | Slither Away | |||||
 Press Attack 3 to create Viper Pits that damage enemies, and make your primary attacks do more damage and travel faster. |
 Do damage around you when releasing Attack 2. |
 Viper Pits slow enemies down, and they will always take critical hits. You can also make one more Viper Pit. |
 Carry enemies with you when turning into a Snake with Attack 2. | |||||
| Snake Charmer |
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| Superior Slithering | The More the Snake-ier |
Shedding | ||
 You can carry one more enemy during the secondary attack. |
 The more enemies you carry with Attack 2, the more damage you do. |
 Leave your remains behind as a barrier when transforming back from Attack 2. |
| Pit Prowess |
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| Restless Reptiles | Viper Pit Pounce | Really Restless Reptiles | ||
 Vipers will shoot out of Viper Pits when they expire and damage enemies. |
 Jumping while in Snake Form creates a Viper Pit. You can now make up to three of them. |
 Vipers will continuously escape the Viper Pits and damage enemies. |
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Snake Attack (Active) | |
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[1 Enemy] |
Mana cost: 3 | |
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Underground Tunnel (Active) | |
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[1 Enemy] |
Mana cost: 3 | |
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Snake Sage's Poison (Passive) | |
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[All Allies] |
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Open-mouthed Anaconda (Passive) | |
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Removes all buff effects of the target with an 80% chance whenever damage is inflicted on the enemy. Additionally, if the target's buff effect is removed, recovers the HP of all allies by 10% of the target's MAX HP. |
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Skin Off (Leader) | |
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[SELF] |
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Quotes
Battle Cries
- "The Scales of Justice!"
- "Greetingsss, Portal Massster, are your Imaginators ready to ssstudy the ways of the sssnake?" - Sensei Training Bonus
- "And for the Sssorcerer classs, I will teach them the most awesome Sssecret Technique!" - Secret Technique Bonus
- "The snake summons!" - ringing a Battle Gong
- "Right on!"
- "Python power!"
- "Snake pit!"
- "Anaconda!"
- "Watch thisss." - Sorcerer Sensei Shrine
- "These enemies are about to be hissstory!" - before a battle
- "Who daresss challenge the sssnake?!"
- "They got served!" - after a battle
- "Hope you like the tassste of venom and defeat!"
- "Let that be a lesson to all my enemies: the sssnake reigns sssupreme!"
- "Witness the power of the snake, witness it!" - leveling up
- "Statistics are my fourth favorite "S" word, behind snake, serpent, and slither, of course." - checking stats
- "These myssstical runes are tessstimony to my mysticalnesss!"
- "Tassste the venom!" - activating Sky-chi
- "Sssky-chi is ssso sssweet!" - after Sky-chi
Character Trailer
See also
Gallery
Trivia
- Pit Boss is the third snake Skylander, after Rattle Shake and Cobra Cadabra.
- Like them, Pit Boss has limbs and can call forth more snakes to assist him.
- His name is based on the name of the snake species, the Pit Viper.
- His name may also be based on concept of snake pits, places of torture in mythology and folklore, where unfortunate prisoners would be thrown in to be traumatized or even killed in horrific ways. Likewise, he can summon and control large amounts of snakes to harass his enemies, making him the boss of the pit.
- His name also might be based on casino pit bosses, which manages other supervisors in the game tables.
- He is the third Undead character voiced by John Kassir, after Ghost Roaster and Short Cut.
- Although his scepter is golden on his promotional art and figure toy, in game is silver.
- During development, Pit Boss was a Dark Skylander, at that point simply named Viper.[2]
- According to Jeff Murchie, Pit Boss was one of the first characters approved for Skylanders: Imaginators. Initially, some designers were concerned that he looked too much like a villain, but they decided that it was good to have at least one "edgy" Skylander in the lineup.[3]
References
- ↑ This ultimate Sorcerer Master's wisdom knows no bounds.. (Date Posted - Sep. 14, 2016). Instagram.
- ↑ Skylanders Pantone Color Guides. Carbonmade.
- ↑ Pit Boss Toy Concept Art from "Skylanders: Imaginators". (Date Posted - Sep. 13, 2017). Artstation.
