Water

Water is one of the eight main elements in the Skylanders series.

History

Water is present in all living things. Without it, few of the Elements would ever have come to exist. Water takes on many forms - a calm lake, a torrential rainfall, a furious typhoon - and Water Elementals come in just as wide a range of shapes and sizes. Vast areas of Skylands are covered in Water, and beneath the surface lie a whole host of undersea kingdoms. There are creatures living down there who haven't even found out that dry land exists, never mind set foot on it. From heroic protectors like the Gillmen to the monstrous fish like the Leviathan, Water supports and teems with all manners of life.

Weakness

The Life element is strongest against Water. The grass, flowers, and plants that are part of Life suck Water through their roots to give them strength. Which is great for them, but not too handy for Water.

Abilities

Characters who are associated with this element uses water to wash away their enemies. They also have the ability to swim through water to areas other characters, who don't wield the element of Water, can't reach. This ability however was excluded in Skylanders: Swap Force. Water-based characters and enemies have an advantage over Skylanders who wield the element of Fire in the Battle Arena. The color of this element is blue.

Water-based Skylanders also stand on a pedestal of water when they're in their toy form.

Water Elemental Characters

Skylanders

• Gill Grunt
• Slam Bam
• Wham-Shell
• Zap
• Chill
• Rip Tide
• Punk Shock
• Flip Wreck
• Echo

Giant

• Thumpback

SWAP Force

• Wash Buckler
• Freeze Blade

Trap Masters

• Snap Shot
• Lob-Star

Sidekicks/Minis

• Gill Runt
• Thumpling

Alter-Egos

• Legendary Slam Bam
• Legendary Chill
• Dark Wash Buckler
• Nitro Freeze Blade
• Dark Snap Shot
• Instant Snap Shot
• Winterfest Lob-Star
• Elite Gill Grunt

Lost Islands

• Surfer Slam Bam
• Admiral Thumpback
• Holiday Wash Buckler

Villains

• Chill Bill
• Brawl & Chain
• Gulper
• Slobber Trap
• Cross Crow
• Threatpack

Alter-Egos

• Outlaw Brawl and Chain

Gallery

• 
  The Water Skylanders of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
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• The Water Skylanders introduced in Skylanders: Giants shown on Skylanders: Universe loading screen
  The Water Skylanders introduced in Skylanders: Giants shown on Skylanders: Universe loading screen

Trivia

• Water-based Skylanders are one of the three elemental characters who do not build a bridge when opening their elemental gates, the others being Air and Fire. Instead, they are pulled through a swirling whirlpool of water in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and later stop a geyser in order to pass through in Skylanders Giants.
• The Water Skylanders were able to swim in large bodies of water in Spyro's Adventure, and in certain Heroic Challenges in Giants. However due to the absence of the bodies of water in later games, the Water Skylanders no longer hold this feature.
• Despite being of this element, Slam Bam, Chill and Freeze Blade appear to be more Ice-based than Water-based. This may be because ice is frozen water.
• Lob-Star is the first and currently the only Water Skylander with steam-based powers since it is water at a boiling temperature.
• In Skylanders: Giants, the music from Leviathan Lagoon plays in the Water Elemental Zones.
• Zap, Wham-Shell, and Punk Shock are the only Water Skylanders with electrical powers.
  • Ironically, the three all come from royalty.
• This and Undead are the only elements to contain one Legendary LightCore figure in each.
• Water and Tech have the same two swapabilities, Climb and Speed, namely Wash Buckler, Spy Rise, Magna Charge and Freeze Blade.
• This and the Life element are the only elements to have two sidekicks before Trap Team.
  • Also, they have more starter figures than other elements.
• Gill Grunt and Thumpback are the only water Skylanders on the 3DS that can glide.
• Thumpback, Thumpling, and Flip Wreck are the only Water Skylanders that are cetaceans, in other words marine mammals.