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Stealth Elf is an elven ninja who is one of the playable Skylanders in Skylanders series. Her Legendary counterpart is Legendary Stealth Elf, who is a Toys R Us exclusive. She has a Series 3 counterpart called Ninja Stealth Elf.
Stealth Elf, like all elves, adores nature. She is considered to be a guardian protector of the forests and of Skylands. She may be a highly trained ninja, but sometimes Stealth Elf is known to have a sense of a rampaging Cyclops Mammoth.[1] She speaks her mind, whether others want to hear it or not. She can sneak her way into any enemy's territory, but can also be tactless.[2] Like all Life Skylanders, Stealth Elf prefers to keep her feet on the ground. Stealth Elf is also known to use trickery to get out of situations she doesn't feel like doing herself, using her decoys. [3]
Biography
Stealth Elf was separated from her parents when she was very young, and was taken-in by an unusually stealthy, ninja-like tree creature in the deep forest. Under his tutelage, she has spent the majority of her life training in the art of stealth fighting. After completing her training, she became a Skylander and set out into the world to uncover the mystery behind her origins.
Story
History
Stealth Elf can't remember much about her family or from whence she came. But she is the only Skylander who can skewer and slice through a platoon of ne'er-do-wells before slipping away unseen. Stealth Elf's earliest memory is of waking with a start and screech, following a nightmarish dream of stampeding sheep. But when she awoke there were no woolly warriors in sight - only woodland and a complete memory blank. With a sniffle and a sigh, she picked herself up and set off in search of answers. After several days, she stumbled on a gnarled, stumpy-looking creature with the lightning moves of a ninja master. It turned out the creature was the guardian of the forest and trained in the ancient art of stealth.
Sensing the young elf's skill for sneaking, the guardian immediately made her his apprentice. Sure enough, Stealth Elf was a natural and soon, ran rings around her increasingly ragged sensei. Master Eon was invited for a look, and was knocked out by her nifty ninja skills. She was made a Skylander on the spot and served not only guardian of the forests, but protector of the world.[4]
Spyro versus The Mega Monsters
Stealth Elf and Spyro investigating Stinky Swamp
After investigating Stinky Swamp, Stealth Elf returned to Eon's Citadel to inform the veteran Portal Master of a terrible monster lurking within the swamp. She was then accompanied by Spyro to search out this monster, saving a Mabu named Snuckles from Chompies along the way. The Mabu explained that he was looking for a friend, Nort, who went missing in the swamp. The two Skylanders were then attacked by an unusually giant titchy toad, whose toxic saliva caused Spyro and Stealth Elf to fall asleep while Snuckles was nearly eaten and torn apart by the titchy toad, only to be saved by the timely arrival of Kaos, who claimed that he was turning over a new leaf by defeating evil-doers and had saved Nort from the toad. Stealth Elf was woken up by Spyro in time to hear Kaos renouncing his evil ways before he departed, leaving Spyro and Stealth Elf in disbelief.
As news of Kaos saving the residents of Skylands from mega-sized creatures were made known, Stealth Elf stayed behind while Jet-Vac, Drill Sergeant, and Spyro were instructed to go to the Desert of Columns to help a Molekin named Diggs escape from a mega-sized monster. When the Skylanders returned, Stealth Elf accompanied Spyro, Trigger Happy, and Drill Sergeant to help the Warrior Librarians of the Eternal Archives protect the Archives from being taken. During a battle against mega-sized Chompies, Kaos appeared and revealed his true intentions of him claiming to be a hero: he wanted to test his magic staff on a few creatures (growing them into a giant size), trick people into thinking he was saving them just so he could attack the Archive and blackmail its curator, Wiggleworth, into giving the evil Portal Master a forbidden book within the Archives.
During the struggle against Kaos and the giant Chompies, Stealth Elf stole Kaos's staff and uses its magic to grow Spyro to mega-size for him to battle the Chompies. However, Kaos stole back his staff and shrunk Stealth Elf down to the size of an ant. As revenge, the tiny elf stabbed one of her daggers into Kaos's ankle like a splinter, causing the evil Portal Master to painfully drop his staff and allowing Drill Sergeant the chance to destroy it, returning Spyro and Stealth Elf back to normal size. The Skylanders soon defeated the giant Chompies and successfully drove away Kaos from the Eternal Archive.
Skylanders: Giants
Stealth Elf, along with Spyro, Gill Grunt, Stump Smash, and Eruptor, are still frozen as toys on Earth and were put in a toy display inside a toy store called Super Toy Planet. They were few of the Skylanders who witnessed Kaos breaking free of his statue-like form due to his power as a Portal Master. When Kaos noticed the frozen Skylanders and taunted them, Stealth Elf, along with the Skylanders, agreed with Stump Smash when the tree creature angrily declared that if he could move, he'd be 'dropping the hammer' on Kaos right there and then. Afterwards, the present Skylanders could do nothing but watch as Kaos returned to Skylands with the use of a nearby Portal of Power.
Skylanders Issue #0
Stealth Elf intimidates an easygoing Wash Buckler after demonstrating her fighting prowess.
Stealth Elf was one of the three Skylanders assigned to deliver supplies to a Mabu mining expedition digging for Radiance Crystals. While travelling there by Flynn's Dread-Yatch, the elven ninja was training herself by attacking training dummies on the deck. Wash Buckler insisted that she relax and enjoy the ride to the expedition, only to be intimidated when Stealth Elf asked if he had a problem with her way of relaxing after making short work of the training dummies. Suddenly, the Skylanders noticed that Kaos' army of trolls are attacking the Mabu mining expedition for the Radiance Crystals, and Stealth Elf, along with Pop Fizz and Wash Buckler quickly dispatch to aid the Mabu.
During the battle, the three Skylanders were forced to handle the trolls on their own due to the other Skylanders currently defending parts of Skylands elsewhere. Things soon turned for the worse when Wolfgang arrived, causing the Skylanders, including Stealth Elf, to feel threatened and outmatched as they weren't prepared to tackle both a Troll army and a villain. Before Wolfgang could begin his attack, the Trap Masters, Snap Shot and Wallop, arrived in time to help their comrades. With their combined efforts, they defeated Wolfgang and drove off the Trolls, saving the Mabu expedition. Both the Skylanders and the Trap Masters are praised by the Mabu leader for their efforts in saving the Mabu, but soon came to notice that the Fork of Infinite Resonance was stolen by the Trolls, causing the Skylanders to ponder on what Kaos was up to.
Rift into Overdrive
While searching for Kaos after his escape from the Villain Vault, Stealth Elf was with Head Rush, Fling Kong, Cali and Sharpfin at Kaos's old fortress in the Cloudbreak Islands in search of the evil Portal Master. On their way out, they were ambushed by a group of dark elite Drow Warriors lead by Count Moneybone and weren't prepared for a rift created by Kaos' Sky Eater. The three Skylanders, Sharpfin and Cali were able to escape and returned to the Academy to report what happened. After learning of the Rift Engines that may reconnect the connection between Portals, Stealth Elf, Terrafin, Jet-Vac, and Gill Grunt were assigned by Spyro to head for Know-It-All Island to discover the whereabouts of the Rift Engines.
Stealth Elf and Spyro competed with each other in a friendly race around the Skylanders Academy, ending with Stealth Elf being the victor with the help of her decoy. Suddenly, a streak of magic shot into the academy library and out emerged a Doomlander stealing a book regarding Imaginite. While attempting to engage the creature, it proved to be too strong, but it was driven away by the arrival of the Senseis, who Stealth Elf recognized as "master".
Stealth Elf met up with Spyro again after the dragon investigated Cradle of Creation with the Skylander. Afterwards, the clues left behind at Skylander Academy lead the Skylanders to Mushroom River and Scholarville, the latter where Stealth Elf accompanied the player Skylander through the village raid. When Brain used his Mind Magic with Kaos, Stealth Elf was one of the Skylanders who were affected by the brainwashing spell.
In the Enchanted Elven Forest, Stealth Elf and the Skylander discover that mutant plants have overrun the great forest as a result of Grandmaster Cami Flage's experimental fertilizer. Stealth Elf also noticed that her old master had gone completely insane, and throughout the adventure, she made several attempts to calm Cami Flage down while the elven elder was setting forest fires to try and stop the mutants.
Spyro is a fellow Skylander and ally to Stealth Elf, being in good terms with one another on most occasions. However, as shown in Imaginators, she can be a little irritated or baffled by his jokes at times, and is not afraid to pull his leg from time to time.
Drill Sergeant
Although Stealth Elf considers Drill Sergeant as an ally, she gets irritated by the Arkeyan bulldozer calling her 'sir' due to Drill Sergeant's original programming to obey orders.[5]
King Pen
The elf ninja treats the Brawler Sensei with utmost respect, going so far as to bow before him at his presence.
Being quite swift and agile, Stealth Elf able to skewer and slash swiftly at her enemies with her daggers. She can also create scarecrows of herself that wield scythes to attack other foes and can bring forth a copy of herself as a decoy to distract other enemies while she turns invisible. She can even regenerate her lost health back overtime. Her series 2 wow pow allows her to spin in a blender style with her blades, while her series 3 wow pow allows her to summon a sabertooth tiger for a short time before dealing a powerful kick to enemies.
The Pook Blade Saint upgrade path improves Stealth Elf’s direct combat skills. This path includes 2 new attacks – Poison Spores and Blade Fury – as well as maximising the damage dealt by her blades. The final upgrade is the Shadowsbane Blade Dance which grants Stealth Elf magical blades that fight alongside her, increasing her attack range as well as doing chip damage. This upgrade path is combat oriented and best suited to an aggressive play style and the Knife Blender Wow Pow on Series 2 Stealth Elf.
The Forest Ninja upgrade path improves Stealth Elf’s decoy ability. This path can increase the number of scarecrow decoys left behind, as well as rigging them to deal damage to enemies by exploding or by spinning blades at the end of their arms. This upgrade path is support oriented and best suited to a sneakier play style and the Surprise, Tiger! Wow Pow on Ninja Stealth Elf.
In Skylanders: Battlecast, she also has the ability to inbue her blades with Nightshade Oil, increasing their damage and keeping anyone attacked by them from casting spells, and other abilities that allow her to attack sideline enemies by going after them or swapping them in. Her Gear is the Scorncrow, a dummy that reduces enemy power, and her Special Ability is Enchanted Blades,which temporarily increases her power.
Price: 500 A Scarecrow appears in place of your decoy and distracts enemies.
Price: 700 Blades do increased damage.
Price: 900 Scarecrows last longer and take more damage to destroy.
Price: 1200 Perform a quick acrobatic move.
Pook Blade Saint
View Forest Ninja
This upgrade path lets you further develop your blade attacks.
Elf Jitsu
Elven Sunblade
Shadowsbane Blade Dance
Price: 1700 Press 1, 1, HOLD 2 for Poison Spores. Press 1, 1, HOLD 3 for Blade Fury.
Price: 2200 Blade attack does even more increased damage.
Price: 3000 Magical Blades fight alongside you.
Forest Ninja
View Pook Blade Saint
This upgrade path lets you further develop your Scarecrow skills.
Scare-crio Trio
Scarecrow Booby Trap
Scarecrow Spin Slicer
Price: 1700 Three Scarecrows are created in place of your decoy.
Price: 2200 Scarecrows explode and damage enemies.
Price: 3000 Scarecrows have axes and do extra damage
Trickster’s Trap
Nightshade Oil
Scorncrow - Gear
Common
Swap in an enemy. Snare it.
Rare
Until the end of your next turn, give Stealth Elf +20 power and whenever she attacks an enemy, mute it.
Rare
While owner is active, give the active enemy -20 power.
Cull The Weak
Ninja Strike
Enchanted Blades - Special Ability
Epic
Stealth Elf attacks the least healthy enemy. If the attack KO’s that enemy, give Stealth Elf +1 rank.
Common
Stealth Elf attacks an enemy.
Common
Give Stealth Elf +20 power until the end of your next turn.
Ninja Scroll - Relic
Rare
40 HP When an ally attacks, give it +10 power.
Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.
Starting Powers
Dagger Dance (Primary Attack): Press (Y) repeatedly to slash enemies with Stealth Elf's daggers.
Thorn Throw (Secondary Attack): Press (X) quickly to fling a barrage of hazardous thorns at enemies.
Upgrades
Sneaky Decoy (requires level: 2): Sprint (A) with Stealth Elf and she will become transparent. If Stealth Elf is hit while transparent, she will drop a decoy that damages and stuns nearby enemies. The decoy will explode after a few seconds, dealing extra damage to enemies.
Stun Run (requires level: 5): Sprint (A) near enemies, then press (Y) to strike from the shadows with a stunning dagger attack.
Thorn Storm (requires level: 8): Press (X) once to toss a single Poison Thorn, stunning enemies. Press (X) repeatedly to quickly throw pairs of thorns.
Mystic Seeker Scroll
Gain a 20% Health bonus while in the Radiant Isles. The scroll for this upgrade can be found in Ashburrow.
Quotes
Battle Cries
"Silent but Deadly!"
"Now you see me, now you don't!"
"Knock knock! Too late..."
"Hide and sneak!"
"When you least expect it..."
"You got to try better than that!"
"You're fast, but not fast enough!"
"Told you not to blink!"
"Nice try!"
"Out of sight!"
"I can't be stopped!"
"A quiet success!"
"Did you see that?"
"I'll just sneak on by..."
"Let's take a peek!"
"Look at these skills!" - when checking stats
"Catch a glimpse!" - when checking stats
"Another disguise!" - when given a hat
"Extra camouflage!" - when given a hat
"This'll be our little secret!" - when given a nickname
"Just keep the new name quiet." - when given a nickname
Commercial Quotes
"I am Stealth Elf! Tag Team!" (From the Stump Smash and Stealth Elf commercial)
"Now he has to get over that wall!" (From the Blow it Up commcerical)
"Is that your answer for everything?" (From the Blow it Up commercial)
"We're surrounded." - The Beginning Trailer
Stealth Elf: "When you go double..." Terrafin: "You cause more trouble!" - Tag Team TV Spot
"We get to hide? Thats kind of my thing."
"Ya, I told you I was good at this. Guys? GUYS!"
"Now, that's silent but deadly!" - Just Like Swap Force Trailer
Battlecast Quotes
"Out of the shadows!" - scanned in
"Surprise!"
"Ready for my mission!" - When selected
"A wise choice!"
"Knock knock! Too late!" - Battle Introduction
"Silent but deadly!"
"Ducking out!" - swapping out
"Backing off!"
"Bring it on!" - swapping in
"Stealth strike!"
"A tactical advantage!" - rank up
"I am honoured!"
"Take a look at that!" - Summoning a Gear
"Excellent move!"
"Out of sight!" - Summoning a Relic
"Good timing!"
"Sneaky!" - randomly when playing spells
"Unexpected!"
"Thinning the herd." - Cull the Weak
"Easy prey!"
"Sneak attack!" - Ninja Strike
"Ninja!"
"Gotcha!" - Trickster's Trap
"Fell right into my trap!"
"This might sting a litttle...!" - Nightshade Oil
"Pick your poison!"
"Decoy defense!" - Scorncrow
"Doubling down!"
"The queen of unseen!" - KOed an enemy
"Who's next?"
"Didn't see that coming..." - when defeated
"Fading fast!"
"I'll have my revenge!" - defeat at the end of battle
In toy form, her daggers glow in the dark. Her eyes also glow in the dark unlike most playable Elves, which may indicate that she may have night vision or a similar ability.
She, Chill , Déjà Vu and Roller Brawl are currently the only female Skylanders with a Legendary counterpart.
Her catchphrase, "Silent but deadly!" is a reference to the kind of flatuence.
Her catchphrase seem to perfectly match Stink Bomb's character, as Stealth Elf herself admits Stink Bomb's stink gas is 'Silent but Deadly'.[6]
Her battle cry, "Knock knock... too late!" would later be used as the catchphrase for Fist Bump.
She bears a slight resemblance to Kitana from the Mortal Kombat franchise.
She is the second Skylander to have a Legendary, and a Dark variant, the first being Spyro.
She and Spyro are the only Skylanders to both have Dark, Legendary and Elite versions of themselves.
She is the second Life Skylander to come with a starter pack (the first being Tree Rex for Giants and third being Food Fight for Trap Team), and also the only Skylander to be in a starter pack five times - the 3DS Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack, the console Swap Force Starter Pack, and every SuperChargers Starter Pack - console, 3DS and WiiU.
If she has the acrobatic move and the ghost daggers upgrades, you can damage enemies slightly by using the acrobatic move because the ghost daggers with spin around her and do slight damage to enemies she somersaults into.
During the Skylanders: Swap Force console game intro, she was seen in her ninja costume but without her black hood on. She resembles to her dark version in her normal form.
In Trap Team, when Ninja Stealth Elf wears a hat, the black hood part of her costume even though her Wow Pow has been purchased is replaced until the hat is removed. The same goes for her dark version.
Also in Trap Team, even when Ninja Stealth Elf hasn't been fully upgraded, she wears her new ninja costume instead of her original outfit.
Her irritation at being called "sir" by Drill Sergeant is similar to Marcie and Peppermint Patty's relationship in Peanuts.
Coincidentally, both are green-skinned with featureless eyes.
For some reason, Stealth Elf's Series 3 counterpart appears as a separate variant in Skylanders: Battlegrounds.
She is currently the only Skylander to appear in starter packs for two different games (not counting Dark Starter Packs).
Though she finds striped and yellow outfits inappropriate ninja clothing[7], her Supercharger outfit has both.
Stealth Elf's slow walk animation is usually sneaking around on her toes, however, as of SuperChargers, it has been changed and she now walks upright.
Aside from her SuperCharger counterpart's animations, the only times she is seen upright is then and during her idle animation in Trap Team, as she runs slightly hunched over.
References
↑Skylanders: Spyro versus The Mega Monsters, page 33
↑Skylanders Universe: The Complete Collection, page 87
↑Skylanders Universe: Book of Elements Life and Undead,pages 18, 38-39
