- “I'm the Bomb!”
- —Countdown's official catchphrase
Countdown is an anthropomorphic bomb who is one of the new Tech core Skylanders released alongside Skylanders: Swap Force.
Background
Personality
Countdown blows up at a moment's notice, although there is one drawback. Every time he explodes, he loses his memory all over again.[1]
Biography
Countdown was discovered by a group of Yetis who were snowboarding one particularly chilly morning when they came across a big bomb encased in ice. After bringing it back to their cabin, they were shocked when it actually came to life. No one, not even Countdown himself, has any memory of where he came from or how he ended up frozen in the mountains. Since becoming a Skylander, Master Eon has been graciously trying to help piece together fragments of his past. But this has proven difficult, as Countdown loses some of his memory every time he explodes – which happens a lot. In the meantime, Countdown has enjoyed working with Eon and fighting alongside the Skylanders to defend their world against evil – even though he occasionally forgets what he is doing.
Story
History
Discovered frozen in ice by a pack of snowboarding Yetis, Countdown has no idea where he originally came from or how he became frozen in the first place. After making him a Skylander, Master Eon tries his best to help Countdown gather memories of his past. The walking bomb himself tries to remember, but every time he explodes - which happens a lot - he forgets a little bit more. Still, he works hard to protect Skylands (despite not always being entirely sure why).
Gameplay
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 290 (max. 580)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 12 (max. 42)
- Critical Hit: 8 (max. 58)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 60
- Defense: 65
- Agility: 60
- Luck: 70
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 290 (max. 580)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 12 (max. 42)
- Critical Hit: 8 (max. 58)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 150
- Defense: 105
- Agility: 60
- Luck: 45
Abilities
| Several images are missing in Countdown's upgrade list. If you have the high quality images of their respective upgrades from the game of Skylanders, please add them in the links that are on the list.
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| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Bomb Head | Rocket Blast |
Self-Destruct
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 Press Attack 2 to shoot a Bomb Head that explodes and damages enemies in a large area. |
 Press Attack 1 to fire a rocket. |
 Hold Attack 2 for a short amount of time to cause a massive amount of damage to every enemy nearby. | ||||
| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
| Controlled Burst | Roaring Rockets | Explosive Friendship | Hefty Concussion | |||
 Hold Attack 1 to charge a rocket, release to shoot a large rocket that deals increased damage |
 Rockets do increased damage. Kaboom! |
 Press Attack 3 to summon a bomb ally that explodes near enemies. |
 Press Attack 2 to shoot a more powerful Bomb Head that does increased damage. Press Attack 1 again to detonate the Bomb Head. | |||
| Bomb Buddies Forever |
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| Boom Buddies | Bombing Blitzers | Lingering Sparks | ||
 Press Attack 3 to summon a bomb ally that explodes near enemies. Can now have four bomb allies at once. |
 Bomb allies do increased damage. Adorable and explosive! |
 Bomb allies shoot flames from their fuses that damage nearby enemies |
| Rocketeer |
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| Triple Threat | Warhead Hands | Mega Mortar | ||
 Hold Attack 1 to charge a rocket, release to shoot a large rocket and two smaller rockets. |
 All rocket attacks do even more damage. Danger! Explosive hugs! |
 Controlled Burst does increased damage in a larger area. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "I'm the Bomb!"
- "The fuse can't lose!"
- "Don't lose your head!"
- "Sky rocket!"
- "Direct hit!"
- "Blast ahead!"
- "Blowing through!"
- "Blow it up!"
- "That was a blast!"
- "Oh yeah!"
- "Three...two...one..."
- "Alarmed and armed!"
- "Tick-tock boom!"
- "Alright!"
- "Bombs away!"
- "Right on target!"
- "Bada-boom!"
- "Atomic!" - when levelling up
- "Bomb blast!" - when levelling up
- "Yeah! Shell it out!" - after opening a treasure chest
- "Payload!" - after opening a treasure chest
- "Ooh, I'm a smart-bomb - when checking stats
- "Outlast and outblast!" - when checking stats
- "This look blows me away!" - when wearing a hat
- "Hope this stays on my head" - when wearing a hat
- "A bang up name!" - when given a nickname
- "Yeah, that name is the bomb!" - when given a nickname
Character Trailers
LightCore
Gallery
Trivia
- As a LightCore figure, his bomb head is red indicating his ability to detach his explosive head. However, his fully-lit fuse lights up.
- Though based on LightCore Countdown's gameplay figure, he doesn't seem to light up in-game, making him the only LightCore character to do so.
- This might be because it is based on his basic ability, Bomb Head, which makes his head explode.
- Though based on LightCore Countdown's gameplay figure, he doesn't seem to light up in-game, making him the only LightCore character to do so.
- Countdown resembles N.Trance from Crash Bandicoot.
- Just as Ghost Roaster is capable of dying in the hub level using his attacks, Countdown can die in the hub level using his attacks in the 3DS game.
- Some of Countdown's abilities are similar to Alisa Bosconovitch from Tekken 6. Both characters use their arms as rockets and can detonate their heads.
- Countdown, Stump Smash, Prism Break, Drill Sergeant and Eruptor are the only bipedial Skylanders without hands.
- In the 3DS version, LightCore Countdown's face isn't red, but black.
- He is similar to Grinnade, who is also a walking bomb.
References
- ↑ Skylanders Universe: The Complete Collection, page 144
