Water

Water is one of the ten 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

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

Giant

• Thumpback
  • Admiral Thumpback

SWAP Force

• Freeze Blade
  • Nitro Freeze Blade
• Wash Buckler
  • Dark Wash Buckler
  • Holiday Wash Buckler

Trap Masters

• Lob-Star
  • Winterfest Lob-Star
• Snap Shot
  • Dark Snap Shot
  • Instant Snap Shot
  • Merry Snap Shot

Minis

• Gill Runt
• Thumpling

Villains

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

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 is most likely because ice is frozen water.
• Lob-Star is the first, and currently the only, Water Skylander with steam-based powers.
• In Skylanders: Giants and Skylanders: Trap Team, 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 both have more Starter Pack Skylanders than any other element.
• Gill Grunt and Thumpback are currently the only Water Skylanders in the 3DS versions who can glide.
• Thumpback, Thumpling, and Flip Wreck are currently the only Water Skylanders who are cetaceans, in other words, marine mammals.
• The Water, Tech and Life elements have the most villains in Skylanders: Trap Team.
• Water is the element with the most Trap Master variants.
• The Water element is the element with the most Christmas variants (if counting Skylanders: Lost Islands exclusive variants).
  • It is also the only element to have Lost Islands exclusive Christmas variants.