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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Character Guide

Tech Characters

by Neal Ronaghan - November 1, 2011, 11:59 am EDT

All three Tech characters are currently available in stores.

Trigger Happy, one of the Wii starters, is the most notable Tech users. The other three, shown below, are Boomer, Drobot, and Drill Sergeant.

Boomer
Type: Tech
How to get: Individual, 3-Pack (w/ Prism Break and Voodood)
Variations: Silver Boomer

Boomer is a troll who smashes things and throws dynamite. Is that enough? No? Okay. His arms are made of metal, making his smashes more deadly. He also doesn't like sheep. Fortunately, you routinely come across defenseless sheep in levels.

  • Starting Abilities: Dynamite Toss (throw dynamite), Troll Smash (smash the ground to knock back enemies)
  • Initial Upgrades: Dynamite Fuse Fake-Out (dynamite does more damage; can delay the explosion), Bash Smash (Troll Smash does more damage and knockback), Troll Bomb (drop a large bomb), Triple Bundle Dynamite (dynamite does more damage)
  • Demolition Troll Path: Bomblastic (Troll Bombs have bigger blast radius and do more damage), Troll Bombs Away (six active Troll Bombs at one time), An Accident Waiting to Happen (throw three extra sticks of dynamite)
  • Clobber Troll Path: Havoc Smash (smash does more damage), Stupification (smash stuns enemies), Megaton Charged Super Smash (adds a charge to the smash attack that does more damage)
  • Soul Gem Ability: Troll Bomb Boot (troll bomb can be kicked; found in Oilspill Island)
  • 3DS Abilities: Dynamite Lob (starting; toss dynamite), Blast Radius (starting; blow up surrounding area), ??? (level 3), ??? (level 6), ??? (level 9), Mystic Seeker Scroll (???; found in Whipwind Mountains)
 

Drobot
Type: Tech
How to get: Individual, 3-Pack (w/ Flameslinger and Stump Smash)
Variations: None

Drobot is a cyborg dragon with two different primary abilities. First, he's got lasers. Second, he's got projectile gears. Drobot also has the ability to fly, which makes him a nice fit for the 3DS version since he can glide.

  • Starting Abilities: Mega Blasters (shoot eye lasers), Tactical Bladegears (shoot spinning blades that bounce off walls and hurt enemies)
  • Initial Upgrades: Thruster Flight (Drobot can fly!), Galvanized Bladegears (bladegears do more damage), Axon Foxus Crystals (Mega Blasters do more damage), Hover Mode (allows Drobot to hover)
  • Master Blaster Path: Dendrite Focus Crystals (Mega Blasters do more damage), Antimatter Charges (Mega Blasters explode on contact, doing radial damage), Quadratic Blasters (shoots lasers out of your wings as well as your eyes)
  • Clockwork Dragon Path: Depleted Uranium Bladegears (bladegears do more damage), Explosive Bladegears (bladegears explode on contact, doing radial damage), Tri-Spread Bladegears (shoot three bladegears at one time)
  • Soul Gem Ability: Afterburners (fly faster and leave a damaging trail of flames; found in Battlefield)
  • 3DS Abilities: Pulse Lasers (starting; fire twin lasers), Sprocket Launch (starting; shoot two sprockets to stun enemies), Wingtip Wrath (level 3; wings fire lasers), Afterburner (level 6; sprinting leaves a trail of flames behind Drobot, increasing speed when damage is done), Sprocket Lock (level 9; charge to fire three sprockets at once that do more damage); Mystic Seeker Scroll (20% bonus to health; found in Daystar Temple)

Drill Sergeant
Type: Tech
How to get: Single, 3-Pack
Variations: Gold Drill Sergeant

Drill Sergeant is a train-like robot who drills things. His drills can also be fired at enemies. His official catchphrase is "Licensed to Drill," which is only a few steps below "Licensed to Ill" as far as James Bond puns go.

  • Starting Abilities: Drill Rocket (shoot homing rockets), Bulldoze Charge (a forward charge)
  • Initial Upgrades: A Speedy Recovery (Drill Rocket reloads quicker and does more damage), Dozer Endurance (Bulldoze Charge lasts longer), Power Charge (Bulldoze Charge does more damage), Auto-Blaster (a laser that locks-on to nearby enemies)
  • Drill Rocket Path: A View to Drill (increase Drill Rocket damage), DX300-Drill Detonator (drills explode on impact), MIRV Drill Rockets (Drill Rockets explode into smaller rockets)
  • Megadozer Path: Speed Dozer Boost (increase speed during Bulldoze Charge), Hail Storm (Auto-Blaster fires faster and doesn't run out of juice), Mega Dozer (Bulldoze Charge does more damage)
  • Soul Gem Ability: Arkeyan Armor (increase health; found in Battlefield)
  • 3DS Abilities: Drillblaster (starting; fires a drill), Pulse Cannon (starting; cannon that slows down with heavy use), Drillbeat (level 4; drill melee attack), Stun Shot (level 7; Pulse Cannon occasionally fires a blue pulse that stuns), Spin Up (level 9; sprint into enemies to increase drill size and damage), Mystic Seeker Scroll (20% damage bonus; found in Sunblight Wood)

Talkback

CericNovember 01, 2011

I've almost gotten through all of the game on the 3DS you can with the starters, I think I'm about 3 crystals shy.  On Stealth Elf, who I have maxed, on the 3DS game can you leave dummies to distract enemies?  If so how.  I know about getting a dummy that stuns when she's hurt and stealthed but I haven't been able to do the other move which I've seen in the trailers for the bigger version.

You know I may have less.  I might just need the 3 Chests from the last level of Galecrack Ruins (The Undead level.) to finish the Crystals up.  I know my Wife is hiding more figures, both expansion packs, and the PS3 version from me for Christmas and my Birthday... Which Stinks.

I'm might try to see if I can find them and Portal them into the 3DS without taking them out of the box.

I also fear that the 3DS version is the vastly superior game because I like the platforming and the chase element of it.

Also Fun Factoid once you do the collect Cupcakes crystal a Cupcake will show up on Radiant Isle like the Teddy Bears and Flamingoes etc but, the Cupcake will turn you Skylander tiny when you eat it.

DanielMDaniel Mousseau, Staff AlumnusNovember 01, 2011

So this is a good game and is great for players who like collectables. I might be buying this.

CericNovember 01, 2011

Quote from: DanielM

So this is a good game and is great for players who like collectables. I might be buying this.

I gave it a 7 out of 10 because of the cost but, the 3DS game really is good if you like Action Platformers.

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorNovember 02, 2011

No mention of the Volcanic Vault?  It opens an extra battle map in the Wii/PS3/360 versions...  Exclusive to Best Buy in the Wii/PS3/360 Starter Packs.

SeaNetNovember 02, 2011

Are the characters cross platform compatible? If I buy the 3DS version, can I use the figures on the Wii, assuming I have the game disk?

This sounds like an interesting game. Skylanders or Mario 3DS?  ( I will be able to get Mario for a long time in the future)

Thanks :)

Yes, the figures work across all versions, and all your customizations are saved to them and transfer between games. And while I love Skylanders for 3DS, there's no way I'd take it over Mario.

Quote from: UncleBob

No mention of the Volcanic Vault?  It opens an extra battle map in the Wii/PS3/360 versions...  Exclusive to Best Buy in the Wii/PS3/360 Starter Packs.

Good catch. I forgot Best Buy had an exclusive for this.

CericNovember 02, 2011

Curiosity question.
Did anyone get cards with there starter packs to take there Skylanders online?  For some reason my Mac will install the portal but I can't get the site to recognize I have it using safari.

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorNovember 02, 2011

Quote from: NWR_Neal

Quote from: UncleBob

No mention of the Volcanic Vault?  It opens an extra battle map in the Wii/PS3/360 versions...  Exclusive to Best Buy in the Wii/PS3/360 Starter Packs.

Good catch. I forgot Best Buy had an exclusive for this.

Yeah, and it stinks.  I had to pay ~$20 on eBay for it. :(
And it doesn't work with the 3DS version.

Quote from: Ceric

Curiosity question.
Did anyone get cards with there starter packs to take there Skylanders online?  For some reason my Mac will install the portal but I can't get the site to recognize I have it using safari.

I've heard there's issues with the Mac version - there was a work around posted on one of the GameFAQs/Skylander's forums (not the one for the Mac version, but one of the other versions) that might work for you.

SilverQuilavaNovember 08, 2011

it.. its still not spyro to me. its not my fourth fav game ever.

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorApril 24, 2012

Think you're done until Giants? Think again.

http://forum.darkspyro.net/spyro/vie...hp?topic=51397

tl:dr version - someone hacked the console versions and discovered there were four "pets" (that act like magic items) - miniature versions of Stealth Elf (Whisper Elf), Gill Grunt (Gill Runt), Trigger Happy (Trigger Snappy) and Terrifin (Terrabite).

Apparently, these are going to somehow tie into a Frito Lay promo in July.

I love/hate this game so much.

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorApril 24, 2012

Tell me about it.  I'm only needing Wham Shell (aside from the super-rare variants) - I've got one coming in the mail, but I don't count it until it's in my hands. :D

I finally got Dragon's Peak. I need Wham-Shell, Warnado, Camo, Zook, and Lightning Rod. I'm not too worried, since single characters for nearly every other character are pretty easy to find right now.

I'll just keep on being that weirdo scoping out the Skylanders at Toys R Us during lunch every now and then.

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorApril 24, 2012

Zook and L-Rod seem to be becoming more common.  I haven't seen Camo or Warnado since I picked mine up.  I've never seen Wham-Shell. :(

Very enjoyable game.  Wife and I play it all the time on PS3.  Very reminiscent of Gauntlet Legends.  Wish it wasn't such a money sink though...my wife tends to get obsessed with collectables, and while we don't have all of them, we have to at least have 20-25 skylanders, including the legendary ones.

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