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Commando

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Commando, from the Risk of Rain series, is an aggressive all-rounder character, with an extremely simple moveset. He boasts:

• Great range on normal attacks, sporting high disjoints with knives and gunshots.
  
• Mediocre speed, remedied by Tactical Slide, a high-speed cancelable dash.
  
• Precise 'Critical Strikes' at the tip of his Combat Knife attacks.

While you might think he's a weak character on the surface, he sports one of the most intricate and in-depth moves in all of Rivals of Aether:


Down Special summons a chest that needs to be recharged by hitting the enemy with attacks. When the arrow has formed, you can drop it by pressing the button again to spawn a Small Chest from the sky. Otherwise, the arrow will grow and drop on its own, dropping a Large Chest. Chests can also randomly spawn as Tri-Shops, which grant you the option of any of the 3 items within.

Small Chests have a shorter cooldown, requiring less hits to recharge. They mostly give you Common items, though can Uncommon and Rare on a lower chance.
Large chests have a longer cooldown, do more damage and knockback, and give you Uncommon or Rare items. They are very powerful, but more committal and risky.

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Items come in all different shapes, sizes, and types - In fact, there are over 50 of them! See if you can find them all! There are *no* random effects on items, only in you getting them, so feel free to see some of the unique effects that have been adapted from Risk of Rain! Items generally come in Categories.

'Critical' Items: Are affected by landing Critical Strikes, which are tippers on your knife attacks (Down Tilt, Up Strong, Up Air, Down Air). Some examples are "Tri-Tip Dagger", which adds a damaging bleed effect, and "Ceremonial Dagger", which causes smaller knives to chase the opponent on-hit.


'Blast' Items: Are affected by your Shotgun attacks and Grenade attacks (Forward Strong, Forward Air, Up Tilt, Up Special). Some examples are "Gasoline", which sets hit enemies on fire, and "Stun Grenade", which stuns hit enemies.


'Attack Speed' Items: Attack Speed affects the *amount of bullets shot* out of your pistols when using certain attacks (Jab, Back Air, Down Strong), as well as increasing the charge speed of Neutral Special (Full Metal Jacket). Some examples include "Soldiers Syringe", which gives you 2 stacks of attack speed, and "Energy Cell", which gives you increased attack speed at higher percent.


Health / Barrier Items: These are slightly more rare (on average) items that can help you survive for longer. Barrier is similar to how it functions in Risk of Rain, giving you extra percent that is used up before you take any damage. Some examples include "Bustling Fungus", which lets you heal via crouching, and Guardian Heart, which gives you a repairing barrier when you haven't been hit in a while.


Other Items: There are a bunch (and I mean a BUNCH) of items that don't really fit into... Any category! Feel free to experiment, see all the items in training mode, and explore with all of the unique synergies that you can bring to the table. After all, luck is on your side.

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Mallow, Sheargrub (Cleanup, detailing, hurts), JPEG Warrior (ustrong), Reiga (Jump/DJump)

Mallow, Delta Parallax, Sheargrub
Mallow, Sheargrub, JPEG Warrior, JH, Mr. Nart

Sheargrub

Hyuponia, for the amazing "Risk of Rain" stage created to coincide with Commando!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3482179589
Dakota, for Commando's trailer
Zetta, for Commando's moveset & item showcase video

Commando is from the 'Risk of Rain' franchise, created by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox. No copyright infringement is intended.
Certain visuals, sounds, music are taken or adjusted from the Risk of Rain games, particularly the Item sprites and SFX. All credit goes to respective authors.