- “Blinded by the Light!”
- —Flashwing's official catchphrase
Flashwing is a gem dragoness who is one of the Skylanders in Skylanders: Giants. She is of the Earth element.
Background
Personality
Flashwing knows just how beautiful she appears and also how deadly she can be. She often tries to steal the spotlight from her fellow Skylanders, but her kind heart always shines through in the end.[1]
Biography
Flashwing's true origins are a mystery. But her first appearance came when Bash made a wish that he could fly and looked up to see a shooting star streak across the sky and in a valley below. In the centre of the glowing impact crater was a large, brilliant geode - which suddenly cracked open to reveal Flashwing. Bash may not have soared that day, but his heart sure did, because Flashwing was beautiful... and lethal. As soon as Bash stepped closer, the gem dragon turned towards him. Not knowing if he was friend or foe, she blasted him off of the cliff with a full force laser pulse from her tail! Perhaps Bash flew that day after all.
Story
History
It's like the old song says, "When you wish upon a star, you'll probably get blasted by lasers." Well okay, those might not be the exact lyrics, but that's precisely what happened to Bash when he made a wish that he could fly. The moment he made the wish, a shooting star streaked across the sky and crash-landed not far from the awestruck rock dragon. When Bash went to investigate, he found a large precious stone which cracked open as he approached. Out popped the most incredible creature Bash had ever seen - a beautiful, blue and purple gem dragon named Flashwing. Bash immediately fell in love. Flashwing, on the other hand, couldn't tell if Bash was friend or foe, so - just to be on the safe side - she blasted him off a cliff. Since then, Flashwing has gone to be become a valuable member of the Skylanders, and although she has since said sorry to Bash, he's careful to keep his distance just in case.[2]
Relationships
Bash
When Flashwing first encountered Bash, she couldn't tell whether he was friend or foe and blasted him off a cliff. Sometime after she became a Skylander, she apologized to Bash after the incident. It is currently unknown if Flashwing is aware of Bash's feelings for her.
Gameplay
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 260 (max. 520)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 24 (max. 54)
- Critical Hit: 10 (max. 60)
- Elemental Power: 39 (max. 89)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 40
- Defense: 80
- Agility: 80
- Luck: 80
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 260 (max. 520)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 24 (max. 54)
- Critical Hit: 2 (max. 52)
- 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: 55
- Defense: 90
- Agility: 90
- Luck: 980
Abilities
| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Crystal Shards | Shimmering Spin |
Crystal Lighthouse
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 Press Attack 1 to fire Crystal Shards. |
 Hold Attack 2 to spin around and damage anything in Flashwing's path. |
 Hold Attack 3 to create a Crystal Lighthouse that fires laser light beams. | ||||
| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
| Surrounded By Shards | Luminous Lasers | Light Speed Lasers | Armored Aura | |||
 Press Attack 3 to fire Crystal Shards in all directions but forward. |
 Hold Attack 1 to charge up a powerful laser shot. |
 Shoot Crystal Shards much faster and deal extra damage. |
 Condensed light increases your armor. | |||
| Super Shards |
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| Shooting Shards | Crystal Craziness | Healing Crystals | ||
 Crystal Shards stick in walls and shoot their own crystals when Attack 1 is pressed again. |
 Up to three crystals stick in walls and shoot their own crystals when Attack 1 is pressed again. |
 Crystals embedded in a wall heal Flashwing when she is close. |
| Super Spinner |
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| Extra Radiant Rotation | Reflection Deflection | Light, Crystal, Action! | ||
 Shimmering Spin lasts longer and does increased damage. |
 Get extra armor and deflect enemies' shots back at them while spinning. |
 While spinning, press Attack 1 to shoot beams of laser light. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "Flawless!"
- "Blinded by the Light!"
- "Outshining the rest!"
- "A shining success!"
- "Perfect success!"
- "Yes!"
- "Brilliant!"
- "Precious!"
- "Crystal power!"
- "A shining victory!
- "My time to shine!"
- "Time to shine!"
- "All that glitters!"
- "Got the edge!"
- "Oh Yeah!"
- "Yeah!"
- "Perfect!"
- "Power perfected!"
- "Mesmerizing, like me!" - When opening a treasure chest
- "Shining through!" - When opening a gate
- "Make way!" - When opening a gate
- "Whoa!" - When using a bounce pad
- "Rising up!" - When using a bounce pad
- "I'm sure everyone will know it's still me!" - When receiving a hat
- "My beauty is eternal, even with this hat!" - When receiving a hat
- "A regal name indeed!" - When receiving a nickname
- "A name be fitting me!" - When receiving a nickname
Character Trailers
Skylanders Giants - Meet the Skylanders - Flashwing (Blinded By The Light)
Skylanders Giants - Flashwing's Soul Gem Preview (Blinded by the Light)
LightCore
Skylanders Swap Force - Meet the Skylanders - LightCore Flashwing (Blinded by the Light)
See also
Gallery
Trivia
- Flashwing is voiced by Tara Strong, who also voices Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls, Timmy Turner from The Fairly Oddparents, Raven from Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, and Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
- She also bears a resemblance to Rarity from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
- Like Sunburn and Scratch, despite having wings, she is unable to fly in-game.
- Flashwing and Crusher are also the only Earth Skylanders to have the symbol on their bodies.
- She, Whirlwind, and Cynder are currently the only female dragons in the series.
- They are also the only dragons who have no visible teeth.
- She and Prism Break are the only Skylanders who attack with crystals.
- In her original prototype photo for her toy form, she is shown to have yellow claws and blue feet. In the final version, her claws and feet are purple.
- She is the only one of the eight Skylanders that was first released with Giants who is a dragon.
- As a LightCore figure, Flashwing's back lights up even though her wings were meant to do that.
- Despite having blue eyes in both artwork and the game, Flashwing's figure, both Series 1 and LightCore versions, lack blue irises in her eyes.
- The toy figure of LightCore Flashwing appears to be slightly bigger than her Series 1 counterpart.
- Flashwing is also the first dragon to be in an element with another (the other being Bash).
- She is also the first dragon Skylander who has not appeared in Spyro's Adventure (the second is Fire Kraken).
- Both have jade counterparts.
- She is also the first dragon Skylander who has not appeared in Spyro's Adventure (the second is Fire Kraken).
- Flashwing in the only Earth element Skylander without hints of brown or grey on her color scheme.
- Her powers resemble those of Diamondhead (her ability to create crystals) and Chromastone (her out-of-game flight and energy projection) from the "Ben 10" franchise.
- Her catchphrase is a reference to the song, "Blinded by the Light".
