Air Strike

Air Strike
Element:	Air
Battle Class:	Brawler
Species:	Air Strike: Unknown Birdie: Blue Zephyr Falcon
Gender:	Male (both)
Role:	Sensei
World:	Skylands
Attacks:	Bird Brawl Bird Dive Bomb Spinning Bird Fist Eye of the Storm Free Range Eggs
Appears in:	Skylanders: Imaginators Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
First Release:	Skylanders: Imaginators
English Voice Actor:	Charlie Schlatter

“Fight and Flight!”

– Air Strike's official catchphrase

Air Strike and Birdie are an Air elemental falconer Sensei and his Blue Zephyr Falcon friend in Skylanders: Imaginators that teach Imaginators of the Brawler Class. They are available in the Gryphon Park Observatory Adventure Pack.

Background

Physical Traits

Air Strike is a short blue creature wearing gold lined black armor. Like all master senseis, Air Strike wears a golden karate belts around his waist. Birdie is a Blue Zephyr Falcon wearing silver blades on its wings.

Biography

Before he began training Brawlers, Air Strike trained birds – especially the rare Blue Zephyr Falcons. They were once one of Skylands' most endangered species, but Air Strike taught them how to defend themselves from predators... and not fly into windows. Birds would come from all over Skylands to learn his proven techniques. But despite their new defensive skills, the Blue Zephyr Falcons continued to be hunted by a band of evil trolls, who liked to use their eggs in blue-bacon omelets. So it was time for Air Strike to strike back! He journeyed to the peak of the Zephyr Mountain and single-handedly took down the trolls, rescuing the stolen eggs. After returning them to their mother, one of the eggs hatched, revealing a very energetic Falcon that would not leave his side. Air Strike named him “Birdie” – and together, they now use their skills to train Skylanders, despite Master Eon’s crippling fear of falcons.

Gameplay

Stats

Console StatsPower Stats

These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.

• Health: ???
• Speed: ??
• Armor: ??
• Critical Hit: ??
• Elemental Power: ??

Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.

• Strength: 190
• Defense: 200
• Agility: 250
• Luck: 160

Abilities

ConsoleRing of Heroes

Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game.						Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Gryphon Park Observatory Sky-Chi Ability Requires unlocking from the Brawler Sensei Shrine
Bird Brawl		Bird Dive Bomb				Secret Falling Palm Strike! Fight and Flight
Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to attack with or without the Falcon!		Secondary Ability Press Attack 2 to send out or call the Falcon down for a dive bomb attack - all with a trail of explosive feathers!				Price: 4000 Hold Attack 2 to launch yourself into the sky to do the Secret Falling Palm Strike technique! View Sky-Chi The ultimate Sensei attack! Hold Special Attack to perform your Sky-Chi power! Press Attack 1 for an additional swift dash forward! View Soul Gem
Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.
Spinning Bird Fist!		Storm Front Finish		We Have Liftoff		Side of Eggs
Price: 500 Press Attack 3 to attack with a special strike! The Falcon sucks enemies into the attack!		Price: 700 Add wind to the final hit of your Attack 1 four-combo attack!		Price: 900 Sending up the Falcon will also launch nearby enemies and reflect enemy projectiles!		Price: 1200 Sending off the Falcon leaves an explosive egg you can hit - which contains a random prize!

Primal Elements

View What Goes Up

Gain the power of wind and lightning!

Eye of the Storm		Gale Force		One with the Elements
Price: 1700 While the Falcon is out, you gain a windy aura that damages anything you touch and reduces damage you take!		Price: 2200 Your feather placements do more damage when they touch enemies and when they explode!		Price: 3000 Every Bird Brawl attack shoots out wind power!

What Goes Up

View Primal Elements

Improve the Falcon's attacks!

Free Range Eggs		Smooth Landing		Chance of Showers
Price: 1700 The Side of Eggs upgrade now explodes into more valuable prizes!		Price: 2200 While the Falcon is out, press Attack 1 thrice, HOLD Attack 1 to coordinate a devastating landing attack!		Price: 3000 Egg bombs fall from the sky while the Falcon is out.

	Blue Breeze Hawk Buddy (Active)
	1 enemy Inflicts 106% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy, and grants the Diminish nEffect for 2 turn(s) with a 50% chance when you attack accurately.	Mana cost: 3 Cooldown: 2 seconds

	Flight Headed to the Head (Active)
	1 enemy Inflicts 106% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy. Able to put the enemy i Knockdown Status.	Mana cost: 3 Cooldown: 3 seconds

	Buddy's Judgement (Passive)
	[SELF] Removes buff effect x 1 with 50% chance whenever damage is inflicted on the enemy.		Mana cost: Cooldown:

	Power of Strong Wind (Leader (Passive))
	[SELF] When the first turn begins, grants the Accuracy UP 10% Effect on yourself for 2 turn(s). Leader Effect When the first turn begins, grants the Accuracy UP 10% Effect on a team member for 2 turn(s).	Mana cost: Cooldown:

Quotes

Battle Cries

• "Fight and Flight!"
• "Say, Portal Master, wanna give your Imaginators a shot at the title? Well, let me at 'em, I'll make them tough." - Sensei Training Bonus
• "And to be even tougher, they need to learn my secret technique for Brawlers." - Secret Technique Bonus
• "Oh yeah!"
• "Got it!"
• "Up and coming!" - bounce pad
• "You punks are looking for a fight, you sure found one!" - before a battle
• "C'mon, put up your dukes!"
• "Those guys looked pretty tough, but they got no heart." - after a battle
• "Hah, pulverized the bums! Yeah, sure, the bird helped a little, too."
• "How 'bout that, Birdie, all our training really paid off!"
• "Pretty soon we'll be ready for a shot at the title." - level up
• "Hear that, Birdie? Moving up the ranks!"
• "These numbers ain't nothin' but numbers! Can't measure what's really inside a guy. Or bird..." - checking stats
• "Ring-a ding ding!" - Gong Battle Start
• "Sky-Chi smackdown!" - Sky-Chi - Fight and Flight
• "Who wants some more of that, huh?" - End of Sky-Chi

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Air Strike/Gallery.

Trivia

• Air Strike and Birdie are one of the few playable duos in Skylanders (other duos are Fright Rider, Eye-Brawl, Eye-Small, Rocky Roll, Shrednaught and Bad Juju with Juju Junior).
• Birdie's bladed wings and feet resemble Blades' weaponry.
  • He also caws with the same sound as Whiskers.
• The duo has a peculiar magic moment: Air Strike enters the game facing the wrong way before correcting himself, and Birdie enters it offscreen before flying to his friend.
• In prototype versions of their figure, Birdie was a bright cyan.
• When first placed on the portal, Air Strike grants Imaginators backpack wings that resemble Birdie's, and knuckles fashioned after metal wings when his Shrine is opened.
• Air Strike is the only Sensei who doesn't use any kind of weapon in combat, as other Brawlers have wrist blades (King Pen), gloves with metal knuckles (Crash Bandicoot) or large natural gauntlets (Grave Clobber).
• When Air Strike is driving a vehicle, Birdie is absent.
• Air Strike is the first Air Skylander to have the word "Air" in his name.
• Air Strike shares many physical similarities with Tread Head, including proportions, stature and facial features.
• Air Strike's catchphrase ("Fight and Flight!") is a reference to the survival instinct, the fight or flight response, that prepares one for either fighting or fleeing a life or death situation.
• Air Strike was the most difficult and expensive figure to make within the game's available budget, as there were too many parts on them that Toys For Bob couldn't get the cost down. As a result, Air Strike's colors had to be tweaked and parts of his and Birdie's armor had to be removed.