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- “Let's Roll!”
- —Roller Brawl's official catchphrase
Roller Brawl is a vampire roller jammer and one of the Undead Core Skylanders in Skylanders: Swap Force.
In Skylanders: Lost Islands, she gained a winter-themed variant in December 2013 called Snowler Brawl. In Skylanders: SuperChargers, Roller Brawl was redesigned as a SuperCharger named Bone Bash Roller Brawl.
Background
Development
Early concept art depicts Roller Brawl with a number of alternative skull caps and hairstyles, including twin braids or a ponytail. Her bone armor was originally white, and she wore green-striped clothing.[2] Her early name was "Topsy Derby."[3]
Personality
Roller Brawl never gives up. Realizing that she was no match for the Drow on her own, she joined the Skylanders to fight the lovesick Kaos.[4] Her SuperChargers Quest also shows her to be extremely dedicated to her training, even guessing Buzz's orders ahead of time.
Her personality file lists her as cunning and resourceful, making her an ideal scout and spy.
Biography
Roller Brawl grew up with five older vampire brothers, who were all very big and overprotective. Being the smallest of her family, she learned how to use her speed and cunning to become one of the toughest jammers in the Undead Roller Derby League. It was during the championship match when she caught the eye of Kaos, who fell head-over-heels in love with her. But when her overprotective brothers stepped in, Kaos had them captured by Drow and taken prisoner. Roller Brawl swore revenge, but even with her impressive skills, she was no match for an entire Drow army. Having developed a strong distaste for evil, she joined up with the Skylanders to fight against Kaos – while never giving up on her search for her brothers.
Gameplay
Roller Brawl can use the claws on her gloves to slash at enemies. She can also launch her skate blades as well as use them to travel at high speeds. After dashing, she headbutts enemies to deliver a high amount of damage. She can even closeline enemies while dashing and - when her Soul Gem is purchased - create a cursed energy link between herself and an enemy.
Should a Portal Master choose the Shadow Skater path, Roller Brawl gains enhanced Derby Dash abilities. With the Pirouette and Bullrush abilities, she can extend her dash attack in several ways, by either repeatedly spinning or by charging an enemy and then continuing her dash with absolute aggression. With the Hardened Helm, she gains more Armor.
Should a Portal Master choose the Skateblade Siren path, Roller Brawl gains enhanced Skateblade abilities. While the attack itself doesn't get any more powerful, she can use them in more ways, such as creating a protective field around her that slices through enemies or dropping them behind her during a Derby Dash to immobolize her enemies. With the Critical Claws, she gains a boost in her Critical Hit chance.
Regaredless of which upgrade path is chosen, Roller Brawl - rather appropriately - focuses exclusively on offense, though with different benefits and through different methods.
In Skylanders: Battlecast, Roller Brawl is a rare Skylander card with high damage output and many abilities relating to moving from sidelines to the front. Her Special Ability is Fearsome Charge, which allows her to deal extra damage to the opponent in the one turn, dealing more if she switched in that turn. Her signature Gear are the Blades of Gory, which damage the active enemy when she switches.
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in Skylanders: Swap Force.
- Health: 260 (Lv. 20: 780)
- Speed: 50
- Armor: 12
- Critical Hit: 7
- Elemental Power: 25
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in Skylanders: Trap Team.
- Health: 260 (Lv. 20: 780)
- Speed: 60
- Armor: 12
- Critical Hit: 40
- Elemental Power: 25
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in Skylanders: SuperChargers.
- Health: 260 (Lv. 20: 780)
- Speed: 50
- Armor: 12
- Critical Hit: 8
- Elemental Power: 25
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in Skylanders: Imaginators.
- Health: 260 (Lv. 20: 780)
- Attack: 6 (Lv. 20: 56)
- Armor: 4 (Lv. 20: 29)
- Speed: 15 (Lv. 20: 45)
- Luck: 6 (Lv. 20: 26)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 60
- Defense: 55
- Agility: 150
- Luck: 45
Abilities
Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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Roller Claws | Derby Dash |
Cursed Helmet
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Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to slash at nearby enemies. |
Secondary Ability Press Attack 2 to dash and damage any nearby enemies when starting the dash. Press Attack 1 or 2 to attack while dashing. |
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Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
Skateblades | Impact Skater | Deadly Clothesline | Aggression | |||
Price: 500 Press Attack 3 to shoot Skateblades that travel along the ground towards enemies. |
Price: 700 All attacks while dashing do increased damage. |
Price: 900 Hold Attack 2 to charge a dash, release to dash forward and clothesline any enemies in the way. |
Price: 1200 New sharpened blades make claw attacks do increased damage. |
Shadow Skater |
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Pirouette | Hardened Helm | Bullrush | ||
Price: 1700 Hold Attack 1 during a dash to do a spin attack that damages nearby enemies. |
Price: 2200 A new helmet increases Roller Brawl's armor, reducing damage taken. |
Price: 3000 Hold Attack 2 during a dash to bullrush enemies, damaging and knocking them back. |
Skateblade Siren |
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Skateblade Trap | Critical Claws | Spinning Saws | ||
Price: 1700 Press Attack 3 while dashing to leave behind a trap that damages nearby enemies. |
Price: 2200 New claws increase Roller Brawl's Critical Hit chance. |
Price: 3000 Hold Attack 3 to create saws that spin around Roller Brawl. |
Cutting Ahead | Close Shave | Disco Brawl | ||
Rare |
Rare |
Epic |
Mine Blown | Blades of Gory - Gear | Fearsome Charge - Special Ability | ||
Common |
Common |
Common |
Tag! You're It! |
Rare |
Roller Claw (Active) | ||
[1 Enemy] |
Mana cost: 3 |
Pivoting Dance (Active) | ||
All Enemies |
Mana cost: 3 |
Blood-seeking Vampire (Passive) | ||
[SELF] |
Skate Blade (Leader) | ||
[SELF] |
Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.
Starting Powers
- Derby Brawl (Primary Attack): Press (Y) repeatedly to perform a slashing combo with Roller Brawl's claws and skates.
- Skate Saws (Secondary Attack): Press (X) to launch two skate sawblades towards an enemy.
Upgrades
- Bonesaw Booby Trap (requires level: 3): Sprint (A) with Roller Brawl to drop a seeking sawblade that damages enemies.
- Sawblade Shield (requires level: 6): Hold (X) for a short period of time to toss out a spinning shield of buzzsaws.
- Cursed Headbutt (requires level: 9): Normal melee combo performed by tapping (Y) repeatedly now includes a massive headbutt finisher. The target becomes cursed and takes double damage for the duration.
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.
- Witherer: Defeat 25 Life Spell Punks.
- Back From the Brink: Defeat a boss while at critically low health.
Unique Quest
- Sharp Jammer: Use your Deadly Clothesline ability to take out 10 enemies at once.
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "Let's Roll!"
- "Get ready to roll!"
- "I'm on a roll!"
- "Cha-ching!" - when collecting money
- "Roll with it!"
- "Aim high!" - when using a bounce pad
- "Here I go!"
- "Time for a jam session!"
- "Aw, man!"
- "Let's jam!"
- "Out of my way!"
- "Roll on!"
- "Rolling through!"
- "Down in the derby!"
- "Girl power!"
- "Rock and roll!"
- "Time to roll!"
- "Power burst!" - when levelling up
- "Ultimate jammer!"
- "Check me out!" - when checking stats
- "Off the charts!"
- "Always wear a helmet!" - when putting on a hat
- "Function and fashion!"
- "I can roll with that!" - when given a new nickname
- "Edgy, I like it!"
- "A-number one! - unused
- "In your dreams!"
Battlecast Quotes
- "Time to roll!" - scanned in
- "A roller brawl!"
- "Let's roll!" - Battle Introduction
- "Born to brawl!"
- "Roll to victory!" - when selected
- "Let's jam!"
- "Let's brawl!" - swapping in
- "Time in!"
- "Time out!" - swapping out
- "Tagging out."
- "Check me out!" - rank up
- "Off the chart!"
- "I'll take it!" - Summoning a Gear
- "Cool gear!"
- "Well played!" - Summoning a Relic
- "Check out that!"
- "Awesome!" - randomly when playing spells
- "Jammin'!"
- "Sparks will fly!" - Close Shave
- "Let it slide!"
- "Don't mind if I do!" - Cutting Ahead
- "Drain away!"
- "Disco ball! Heads up!" - Disco Brawl
- "Let's dance!"
- "The one and only!" - Mine Blown
- "Showtime!"
- "Blades a floor!" - Blades of Gory
- "Skate and conquer!"
- "You got rolled!" - KOed an enemy
- "Too easy!"
- "Gotta sit this one out." - when defeated
- "Down and out!"
- "Win some, lose some..." - defeat at end of battle
- "Another time...!"
- "Rock and roll!" - Victory
- "A number one!"
- "Hey now!" - when poked/idling
- "What's up?"
- "I'm here."
- "Better back off now."
- "Cool it."
- "Does this amuse you?!"
- "On a roll!" - Card Level Up
- "Moving up!"
- "Just spinnin' my wheels here!" - unused
- "Did someone call a time out?"
- "Better than a loss."
- "Too close toc all!"
- "Check out that!"
- "Time for a jam session!"
- "Keep your eye on the brawl!"
- "Yeah!"
- "Success!"
- "Well played."
- "Too easy!"
- "Awesome!" (different tone)
- "Nice!"
- "Okay!"
- "Yes!"
- "Sweet!"
- "Right on!"
- "Alright!"
- "Cool!"
- "Victory!"
- "Excellent!"
- "Perfect!"
- "Not good!"
- "Bummer.
Character Trailers
See also
Gallery
Trivia
- Roller Brawl was inspired by the sport of Roller Derby.[5]
- When Roller Brawl appears after being placed on the Portal of Power, a starting whistle is heard, as an allusion to the whistle in Roller Derby.
- During development, Roller Brawl wasn't well-received due to her bad controls and missing VFX.[6]
- Her claws bear a resemblance to X-23 from the X-Men comics.
- She and Eye-Brawl both have the word "Brawl" in their names.
- Coincidentally, they are both Undead Skylanders.
- Both her regular and Supercharger counterpart involve hearts flying all over the place. For regular Roller Brawl, it's Skateblades. For Bone Bash Roller Brawl, it's Love Bites and Brawling Out.
- Her eye appearance is inconsistent between her portrayals. In her official art and toy form, her eyes are white with pink irises, in-game, her irises glow brightly, and in her Soul Gem video, they barely have any color at all (besides a dark gray).
- She, Bat Spin and Night Shift are the only three vampire Skylanders.
- She was originally going to be sleeveless in her early development.
- She does appear sleeveless in Skylanders: Battlecast.
- Her name is a play on the 1975 movie title, "Rollerball".
- Even though Roller Brawl lacks black pupils, she is shown to have them from her Soul Gem Trailer and Trap Team Intro.
- Her voice actress, Cree Summer, provided the voices of Susie Carmichael from Rugrats and All Grown Up, Valerie Gray from Danny Phantom, Numbuh 5 from Codename: Kids Next Door, as well as being the first actress for Cynder in The Legend of Spyro series.
- In SuperChargers, her voice actress is uncredited.
- She is the second Skylander to have her hair in a braid (the first one being Stealth Elf).
- In Trap Team, her character icon is the exact same as the one in SWAP Force instead of her concept art.
- In the Skylanders: Swap Force Master Eon's Official Guide handbook, it incorrectly states that her Soul Gem is in Iron Jaw Gulch.
- She, Chill, Déjà Vu, and Stealth Elf are currently the only four female Skylanders with a Legendary counterpart.
- In Skylanders: Imaginators, after purchasing her Soul Gem, if you go into selfie mode and zoom in on the back of her helmet, you can see the Undead element symbol.
- Her name was originally going to be Topsy Derby in development. The name was later given to one of her teammates in Biting Back.
- In Battlecast, one of her attacks is similar to Smolderdash's catchphrase.
- She and Fryno are the only Swap Force-debuting core Skylanders to recieve new reposed figures in its sequels.
References
- ↑ Cree Summer's Twitter. (Date Posted - May 6, 2013). Twitter.
- ↑ Strata: The Art of Skylanders Swap Force. (Date Posted: Feb. 19, 2024).
- ↑ Skylanders Swap Force - All Alpha Dialogue/Voicelines. (Date Posted - Dec 16, 2023). YouTube.
- ↑ Skylanders Universe: The Complete Collection, page 170
- ↑ Skylanders: Swap Force - Gameplay Demo. (Date Posted - Feb 12, 2013). YouTube.
- ↑ Character Balance in Skylanders: More than the Numbers. (Date Posted - Apr 22, 2017). YouTube.