Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

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Blackbeak
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Blackbeak

Description
The Seabound Scallywag swings into the fight!

Create perches to swing from with NSPECIAL

Glide between and grab onto perches with JUMP

Cut loose the perches with FSPECIAL

Hook between them with USPECIAL

Blast away foes with the mighty shotgun, charged with DSPECIAL

In detail:

Blackbeak has low friction, but also fairly low movement speed- if he gets speed, he keeps it- but he needs some help.

So, Blackbeak centers around his placeable perches, spawned with NSPECIAL.

As long as Blackbeak is grounded, holding a direction will send out the end of the perch.

He can grab onto the ends of these perches by pressing & holding JUMP while airborne, or by holding JUMP while falling. This doesn't cancel moves, and can be done independently of them. If you time it right, this can even be done in hitstun, breaking the perch.

While holding onto the perch, NSPECIAL is replaced with a lunge at the perch. It's best used at unconventional angles.

If you hold onto the perch for too long, it will break, putting Blackbeak into pratfall.

Holding the perch resets only Blackbeak's double-jump.

If you want to quickly reach a high-up perch, Blackbeak can crouch-jump for extra height.

FSPECIAL cuts the rope of a perch. It's Blackbeak's only effective projectile, so use it well.

USPECIAL only puts Blackbeak into pratfall if the ground is grappled to. The perches are heavily damaged by the anchor.

USPECIAL can be canceled with shield/parry/dodge into a simple burst of upward speed. Doing so puts Blackbeak into pratfall.

DSPECIAL loads the deadly shotgun.This is best done while swinging across the stage. Once charged, a sound will play and Blackbeak will flash. Press any button to quickly fire it. The blast itself comes out fast, but the endlag is punishable by most anything.

DSTRONG can be used without losing speed. Sliding is fun!



here's the boat:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2894515051
26 Comments
LevelOneCharisma 23 Aug, 2024 @ 7:25pm 
Aw man imagine if this character was in rivals 2 with a fully functioning grapple mechanic. it would be so cool for him to air throw everyone
⌁Toaster Joe⌁ 16 Nov, 2023 @ 12:19pm 
More like blackpeak
Gindor, heavy medicine guy 10 Jul, 2023 @ 2:25pm 
When they run out of stocks and the fight continues, their feather particle continues to spawn at the player spawn zone.
Gindor, heavy medicine guy 30 Jun, 2023 @ 4:53pm 
What a delightful character!
Kleebus J. Longular 14 Jan, 2023 @ 1:46am 
bird with a gun (it's a bird with a gun)
KASU-HEARTS 28 Dec, 2022 @ 6:06am 
This is a 10/10 in my book. excellent work
Monagression 3 Dec, 2022 @ 9:09am 
Thanks for answering! I was hoping it was because his gameplay looks sick!
LilacIsle  [author] 3 Dec, 2022 @ 8:27am 
@Monagression

He's an OC I made only for rivals, so yes, he was made as if he was a part of the world of rivals.
Monagression 3 Dec, 2022 @ 12:54am 
Quick question: would you say this character could be classified as a character born in the rival of aether world, or are they from their own canon? I'm making a list of rival canon workshop characters
ATalksToSelf 2 Dec, 2022 @ 5:05pm 
I'm still leaning how to best use the perches but Blackbeak is nuts. I love the crazy movement and managing to pull off a kill with dspecial feels great. Fantastic work!