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I never thought from the You Tube footage that she would be so powerful! But straight out of the box she was pretty powerful and a lot of fun to play with among the newest figures available. Initially her earth element attack consists of shooting a crystal out of her curled up tail (like a scorpion). It makes her appear a little more aggressive while she's in battle(for the guys out there). She spins as part of her secondary attack (like Warnado) but seems to be much more powerful and controllable. I have found her to be surprisingly useful when battling the human shields. They can't be attacked from the front, but you can spin "dash" behind them and attack. As her third attack she shoots multiple lasers all around her from her wings(they can't be aimed). This doesn't help with enemies straight in front of her, but it does shoot all the way around her sides and from behind which is handy when she becomes surrounded. Over time she increases in damage levels from her crystals, and gets her armor increased by 40 after the third upgrade. She never truly flys, just spins quickly. Her final Soul Gem upgrade can be found in the "Bringing Order to Kaos" level. This creates a crystal lighthouse that keeps Flashwing from moving but creates a long range attack from a light emitted from it every few seconds and is her most powerful damaging attack.
BEGINNING STATS:
MAX HEALTH:260
SPEED:43
ARMOR:24
CRITICAL HIT:10
ELEMENTAL POWER:25
Choose Your Path Choices:
SUPER SHARDS PATH:
This attack strengthens her long-range abilities with more rapid fire of her crystal shards. After her fourth upgrade on this path her crystal shards stick into surrounding walls and shoot an additional attack when you press her primary attack button (the X on PS3) a second time. Her last upgrade along this path actually helps her to heal from those wall embedded crystals as she passes closely. Each crystal gives her an increase of 5 HP.
SUPER SPINNER PATH:
This increases her ability to do more of a spin "dash" attack with increased damage and armor while spinning. Eventually with her "Reflection Deflection" upgrade her armor increases to over 100 while spinning! This upgrade also reflects her opponent's shots right back at them.
KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU CHOOSE YOUR PATH.. ONLY THE SERIES 2 (OR ORIGINAL RE-RELEASED)FIGURES CAN CHANGE BETWEEN PATHS AT ANY TIME. I GUESS IT'S A BONUS FOR BUYING THE "NEW" OLD FIGURES.
MY OPINION:
In the early stages of the game with all the currently available figures, I'd have to say that Flashwing and Hot Head are my top two new characters that I like! They are my 6 year old son's favorite too! I tend to prefer ones with powerful attacks, not melee attacks, by the way. I was honestly shocked by her beginning critical hit number (being her weakness) but I have really enjoyed playing her and can only guess that she must get powered up rather quickly from her starting numbers or the Pants Hat that looks like red and white spotted boxers made the difference.
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The people behind Skylanders sure have come up with an interesting variety of dragons, and Flashwing is a great addition to the mix! An Earth Skylander, her body is composed of gems and crystals, and her attacks incorporate not only that, but the ability to reflect and use light. "Condensed light" even eventually increases her armor. I was worried, being a gem dragon that she'd be all girlied up, but I was luckily mistaken!Speed: Slow
Flashwing moves at a steady but slow gallop. She's a handy Skylander though, so don't be put off by that. A well chosen hat will fix that problem.
Primary Attack:
As can be expected from a gem dragon, Flashwing's primary attack is firing crystal shards from her tail. It starts out slow, but is sped up considerably after being upgraded. Holding in the primary attack button for a few seconds (after being upgraded of course) allows her to fire a laser beam from her wing tips. If you choose the Super Shards upgrade path, the crystals can embed in walls and shoot off more Crystals, as well as heal Flashwing if she stands close to them.
Secondary Attack:
This one, the Shimmering Spin, I actually find myself using more than the primary. Flashwing gets up on the tips of her toes and spins quickly, crashing through everything in her path. This, like the crystals, needs to be upgraded to be the most effective, but it still very much gets the job done, especially when you get surrounded by enemies or use her in the Battle Arena. If you chose the Super Spinner upgrade path, the Shimmering Spin will gain the ability to last longer, deflect enemies shots, and shoot out lasers if attack one is pressed.
Tertiary Attack:
In Flashwing's basic upgrades, she can also fire crystal shards in all directions except, unfortunately, forward. While it is effective if surrounded by Chompies, I personally don't find it all that helpful in the harder levels. When you are surrounded by Mace Majors or something of the sort, it just doesn't deal enough damage or fire fast enough to take them out efficiently. I also tend to single out my enemies, so while this may be a good attack for somebody else, it doesn't do much good for me.
Soul Gem Ability:
This is definitely one of the best Soul Gem powers, counting the ones from the original game! Crystal Lighthouse causes a large crystal to spring up from the ground and create spinning beams of light that deal constant damage to enemies so long as the attack button is held in. This does unfortunately leave Flashwing vulnerable to the tougher enemies, but it can start hurting them from a distance so that by the time they get close enough to do any real damage, they're just about dead.
Overall:
To me, she definitely gets a 9/10. I was so eager to get her I overpaid a bit to have her shipped from a part of the country where she was in the first wave, but it was worth it! She's definitely a good addition to anyone's collection of Skylanders.
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