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“Amp It Up!”
    —Punk Shock's official catchphrase

Punk Shock is an anthropomorphic electric eel who is one of the Water core Skylanders in Skylanders: Swap Force.

Character Development

During development, Punk Shock was originally male and resembled more like an amphibian. As her method of attack, she would use a long electrified tongue, a can of worms and a fishing rod as weapons, or could summon a water snake. Punk Shock was soon designed as female, but there were other options for her main weapon, like the fishing rod, a scepter, a spear, an electric guitar and an electric bow. There were also other design choices for her facial design and hairstyle, before her final design remained and a different color scheme was chosen.

Her electrical traits originated from the scrapped Skylander, Krayken.[2]

Background

Personality

Punk Shock is a natural rebel. She is simply shocking when it comes to being told what to do. She dislikes acting in any way like a princess.[3]

Biography

Daughter to the most royal family in Wondrous Waters, Punk Shock never really accepted her role as an undersea princess. She preferred a much more exciting life - hunting with her electric crossbow and listening to super-charged music. After journeying to the outer reaches of her kingdom to find adventure, Punk Shock returned home to discover adventure had found her. The kingdom and its people were magically frozen by the Snow Trolls, who were there to steal valuable treasure. Punk Shock used her awesomely charged crossbow to single handedly defeat the Snow Troll army and melt the ice that trapped her kingdom. Gill Grunt heard of the battle and quickly recruited Punk Shock into the Skylanders.

Gameplay

Punk Shock can fire electrical arrows from her electric crossbow. She can also throw water bombs that can be electrified with her Spark Shots. Being an electric eel, she can also shock her enemies.

Stats

These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.

  • Health: 270 (max. 540)
  • Speed: 43 (max. 91)
  • Armor: 12 (max. 42)
  • Critical Hit: 8 (max. 58)
  • Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)

Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.

  • Strength: 100
  • Defense: 100
  • Agility: 80
  • Luck: 70

Abilities

Basic Abilities
These abilities are available from the start of the game.
Soul Gem Ability
Requires Soul Gem from:
Kaos' Fortress
Spark Shot Splash Bomb
Eelectrocute
Punk Shockprimarypower
Primary Ability
Press Attack 1 to shoot an electrified bolt. Shoot a Splash Bomb puddle to cause that area to become electrified.
Punk Shocksecondarypower
Secondary Ability
Press Attack 2 to throw a larger water balloon that makes a puddle where it lands. Shoot the puddle with Spark Shot to electrify it.
Punk Shocksoulgempower
Price: 4000
Hold Attack 1 to charge a powerful crossbow attack, release to shoot all enemies around you!
Basic Upgrades
Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.
Spark Splash High Boltage OHMG Hypercharged
Punk Shockbasicupgrade1
Price: 500
Press Attack 3 to perform a tail attack that shocks nearby enemies.
Punk Shockbasicupgrade2
Price: 700
Press Attack 1 to shoot high powered crossbolt attacks that do increased damage.
Punk Shockbasicupgrade3
Price: 900
Press Attack 1 to shoot electric crossbow bolts that branch out and hit enemies in a larger area.
Punk Shockbasicupgrade4
Price: 1200
Increase movement speed. Adding a spark to each step!
Conductor Constructor
View Eelectrocutey
Throw bigger and better water balloons!!
H2Throw Troubled Waters Bolting Blob
Punk Shockpath1upgrade1
Price: 1700
Press Attack 2 to throw two additional water balloons. All water balloons last longer.
Punk Shockpath1upgrade2
Price: 2200
All water balloon attacks do increased damage. Throwing water balloons never hurt so bad!
Punk Shockpath1upgrade3
Price: 3000
Hold Attack 2 to throw balloon into the air, release to zap it and electrify all enemies in a very large area.
Eelectrocutey
View Conductor Constructor
Learn to better execute the electrocute maneuvers
Positively Charged It Hertz Re-Volting Shock
Punk Shockpath2upgrade1
Price: 1700
Gain an electrical aura that sometimes shock and damages nearby enemies.
Punk Shockpath2upgrade2
Price: 2200
Enemies damaged by electrified water take increased damage. A perfect example of why there is no swimming during a lightning storm.
Punk Shockpath2upgrade3
Price: 3000
Hold Attack 3 to tail slap any enemies into the air.

Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.

Starting Powers

  • Ohm's Law'ncher (Primary Attack): Press Y to launch a piercing lightning bolt.
  • H2Throw (Secondary Attack): Press X to toss a water sphere that explodes on contact.

Upgrades

  • Eelectrocute (requires level: 3): Tossed water speheres (X) to leave water puddles that can be charged with Ohm's Law'ncher to damage enemies. Lightning barriers will also form between nearby charged water puddles.
  • Eelectric Slime (requires level: 6): Sprinting (A) through a water puddle causes the puddle to explode, damaging enemies. If the puddle is charged, Punk Shock also gains an electric field that damages enemies, charges nearby puddles and increases her fire rate.
  • Bolting Blob (requires level: 9): Hold (X) to create a large water sphere. Release (X) to toss the sphere in the air and shoot it with a lightning bolt, creatubg a large electric explosion that damages enemies and fully charges all water puddles in a large area.

Quests

Basic Quests

  • Bad Guy Basher: Defeat 1000 enemies.
  • Fruit Frontiersman: Eat 15 fruit.
  • Flawless Challenger: Complete a non-Story Mode level at full health.
  • True Gladiator: Win 10 PVP matches.
  • Totally Maxed Out: Reach level 20 and purchase all Upgrades for this Skylander.

Elemental Quests

  • Elementalist: Deal 7500 elemental bonus damage.
  • Extinguisher: Defeat 25 Fire Geargolems.
  • A-Fish-Ionado: Catch 25 fish with the fishing rod.

Unique Quest

  • Hydrostatics: Shock enemies with electrified water zones 100 times.

Quotes

Battle Cries

  • "Amp It Up!"
  • "High voltage victory!"
  • "Charge ahead!"
  • "Charging through!"
  • "A shocking victory!"
  • "Woo-hoo!"
  • "Success is mine!"
  • "Yes!"
  • "Another success!"
  • "All charged up!"
  • "Shock and roll!"
  • "Shock and awe!"
  • "Rock on!"
  • "Powerjolt!" - leveling up
  • "Power surge! - leveling up
  • "I'll take it!" - treasure
  • "Jackpot!" - treasure
  • "Dare to be different!" - hat
  • "A hat I can rock!" - hat
  • "These numbers rock!" - stats
  • "The best there is!" - stats
  • "Change is good!" - nickname
  • "Yeah! A name with attitude!" - nickname

Character Trailers

Gallery

Trivia

  • Punk Shock is the third Water Skylander with electrical powers and is from royalty (Zap is the first and Wham-Shell is the second).
  • She's the second female Water Skylander in the series while the first is Chill and the third is Echo.
  • Most of her upgrade names are water and electricity puns.
  • Her face slightly resembles Gill Grunt's Mermaid Girlfriend.
    • They also both met Gill Grunt in their history.
  • Punk Shock is noticeably similar to Zap:
    • Both are Water Skylanders.
    • Both are from royalty.
    • Both have electrical powers.
    • Both can mix their electrical secondary abilities with their primary abilities.
  • Like Stink Bomb after obtaining "Sporting Stripes" in Trap Team, Punk Shock can literally move faster after "Hypercharged" is purchased.
  • She is voiced by Tara Platt, who voices Ester in Ben 10: Omniverse, Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3, and Edelgard in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. She is married to Yuri Lowenthal, who voices Fright Rider, Softpaw, and Trail Blazer.
  • She and Cross Crow are the only playable characters to wield a crossbow.
    • Coincidentally, they are both of the Water element.
  • Her catchphrase is the same name as an attack upgrade for Wolfgang.
  • Punk Shock's name may have been a play on Punk rock.

References

  1. Skylanders Punk Shock Voice Tara Platt Interview. (Date Posted - Apr 5, 2014). YouTube.
  2. Live Demonstration of Character and Toy Design for 'Skylanders'. (Date Posted - 2016). GDC Vault.
  3. Skylanders Universe: The Complete Collection, page 196

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