Free Ranger

Free Ranger
Element:	Air
Movement:	Spin
NormalSwapped
Species:	Storm Chicken
Gender:	Male
Role:	SWAP Force
World:	Skylands
Attacks:	Stormblade Slash Ride the Wind Eyes of the Storm Approaching Storm Charged Blades
Appears in:	Skylanders: Swap Force Skylanders: Battlegrounds Skylanders: Lost Islands Skylanders: Trap Team Skylanders: SuperChargers (Racing) Skylanders: Imaginators Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
Cameos:	Return of the Dragon King
First Release:	Skylanders: Swap Force
English Voice Actor:	Joey Camen

“Whip Up A Storm!”

– Free Ranger's official catchphrase

Free Ranger is a storm chicken who is one of the SWAP Force Skylanders in Skylanders: Swap Force. He is of the Air element, and his SWAP Force ability is Spin.

Character Development

Free Ranger's stormblades were inspired from the claw attacks of the scrapped Skylander, Breezewing. Early concepts depict him with an eye-patch, rooster's wattle, feathered crest, scar over his left eye, dual boomerangs, lightning-breath, and/or a feathered tail. His feathers were originally blue, and one of his finalized designs included a tail of lightning.

Background

Personality

A real whirlwind, Free Ranger is sometimes too impetuous for his own good. He has a love for bad weather, such as tornadoes, hurricanes and thunderstorms, and would often throw himself into them. He is most likely to talk about the weather; and least likely to stay indoors because it's raining. He is incredibly brave (but also a big chicken) and uncomfortable in confined spaces.

Biography

Free Ranger was hatched during a storm when a thunderous bolt of lightning struck his egg. From that very moment, his destiny was clear – he would become the greatest storm chaser ever known! He spent his entire life pursuing hurricanes, spinning inside tornados, and riding lightning. But a day came when he encountered a storm unlike any other. It was unnatural and ominous, billowing with evil, and leaving only desolation in its wake. Free Ranger was standing at its edge, moments from boldly leaping into it, when he was stopped by none other than Master Eon. The wise Portal Master told him that it was The Darkness that raged before them, and if he were up to the challenge, he could join the Skylanders to help defend against it in the Cloudbreak Islands.

Gameplay

Stats

Console StatsPower Stats

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

• Health: 280 (max. 560)
• Speed: 43 (max. 91)
• Armor: 18 (max. 48)
• Critical Hit: 8 (max. 58)
• 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: 115
• Defense: 150
• Agility: 105
• Luck: 90

Abilities

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Basic Ability and Upgrades

The primary ability is available from the start of the game. Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.

Stormblade Slash		Eyes of the Storm		Charged Blades		Gale Slash
Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to slash at enemies with powerful Stormblades.		Price: 300 Press Attack 3 to shoot a bolt of lightning from the eyes, stunning the first enemy and chaining to others.		Price: 800 Press Attack 1 to slash with more powerful Stormblades that do increased damage.		Price: 1000 Press Attack 1 three times to send a wave of powerful air at enemies.
Wind Slasher View Storm Focus Use the wind of the Stormblades to catch enemies in devastating combos! Storm Focus View Wind Slasher Focus on lightning that will damage enemies in a large area and knock them off their feet!						Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Mudwater Hollow
Slicing Storm Lightning Strikes Thrice		Feathered Fury Charged Gigawatt Bolt				Storming Stormblades
Price: 1500 Hold Attack 1 to charge the Stormblades, release for a devastating combo attack. Price: 1500 Hold Attack 3 to charge Eye of the Storm, release to shoot a larger bolt of lightning.		Price: 2000 Slicing Storm does increased damage. Unleash the full fury of the bird! Price: 2000 Lightning Strikes Thrice does increased damage. More powerful than lightning!				Price: 3500 Press Attack 1 to attack with more powerful Stormblades that deal extra lightning damage.

Basic Ability and Upgrades
The primary ability is available from the start of the game. Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.

Ride the Wind		Approaching Storm		Wind Powered		Tornado Vacuum Boost
Primary Ability Hold Attack 2 to become a tornado and damage nearby enemies.		Price: 300 Hold Attack 2 to become a tornado, speed is increased while the tornado is active.		Price: 800 Becoming a tornado will last longer.		Price: 1000 Tornadoes now pull in enemies from further away.
Lightning Linguist View Tornado Thrower Call down blasts of lightning when beginning a tornado! Tornado Thrower View Lightning Linguist Throw tornadoes at enemies to knock them all around!						Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Mudwater Hollow
Lightning Nova Wild Tornado		Nova Flash Twisted Twister				Charged Winds
Price: 1500 Blast all nearby enemies with a powerful lightning bolt when becoming a tornado. Price: 1500 When becoming a tornado ends, a powerful tornado is shot out damaging all enemies in the way.		Price: 2000 Lightning Nova does increased damage. Price: 2000 More powerful tornadoes are shot forward that does increased damage to enemies.				Price: 3500 Hold Attack 2 to become a tornado filled with lightning, dealing damage to all enemies in the way.

	Strong Wind Today (Active)
	1 enemy Inflicts 70% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy 1 time, and inflicts 20% of ATK as damage to 1 more time if the enemy possesses the Electric Shock Effect.	Mana cost: 3 Cooldown: 4 seconds

	Thunderstorm (Active)
	[All Enemies] Inflicts 17% of ATK as damage to all enemies 3 times, and increases duration turn of the Electric Shock Effect possessed by the target by 1 turn with a 15% chance with each accurate attack.	Mana cost: 4 Cooldown: 3 seconds

	Whirlwind Blade (Active)
	If you have 2+ Beneficial Effects on yourself when charging begins, grants the Critical Rate UP 6% Effect on yourself for 3 turns. After charging for 2 turns, inflicts 30% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy 5 times. Able to put the enemy in Knockdown Status.	Mana cost: 4 Cooldown: 4 seconds

	Calm Before the Storm (Passive)
	[SELF] When an ally starts charging, excluding yourself, grants the Critical Damage UP 4% Effect on yourself for 1 turn.		Mana cost: Cooldown:

	Graze and Shock (Leader (Passive))
	[SELF] Grants the Electric Shock Effect on the enemy for 1 turn with a 25% chance whenever the enemy evades your attack. Leader Effect Grants the Electric Shock Effect on the enemy for 1 turn with a 25% chance whenever the enemy evades an ally's attack.	Mana cost: Cooldown:

Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.

Starting Powers

• Storm Blade Combo (Primary Attack): Rapidly tap (Y) to perform a combo chain.
• Eyes of the Storm (Secondary Attack): Press (X) to launch a blast of lightning.
• Spin (SWAP Force Power): Press (L) to create a vortex that pulls in coins, pulls in and damages nearby targets, reflects projectiles, and causes the Skylander to hover.

Upgrades

• Sonic Boom Blast (requires level: 3): Upgrade the Storm Blade Combo to launch a massive blast of wind on the final strike.
• Sprint Twister (requires level: 6): Leaves whirlwinds behind while sprinting (A) that pull in enemies and deal damage.
• Lightning Blast (requires level: 9): Hold (X) to charge a stronger version of Lightning Tail.

Quests

Skylanders: Swap Force Quests

Basic Quests

• Bad Guy Basher: Defeat 1000 enemies.
• Fruit Frontiersman: Eat 15 fruit.
• Flawless Challenger: Complete a non-Story Mode level at full health.
• True Gladiator: Win 10 PVP matches.
• Totally Maxed Out: Reach level 20 and purchase all Upgrades for this Skylander.

Elemental Quests

• Elementalist: Deal 7500 elemental bonus damage.
• Geronimo!: Travel over 250 feet in one fall.
• Skylooter: Collect 500 gold while in midair.

Unique Quest

• Ruffled Feathers: Hit enemies 25 times without stopping your melee attacks.

Quotes

Battle Cries

• “Whip up a storm!”
• “Rain down the lightning.”
• “Duck, duck…lose.”
• “That was a breeze!” - success
• “I strike again!” - success
• “Egg-celent!” - success
• “Taking the world by storm!” - victory
• “A grade-A victory!” - victory
• “Served…sunny side up!” - victory
• “For my nest-egg.” - finding treasure chests
• “Not just chicken feed!” - finding treasure chests
• “Storm rolling through.” - unlocking barriers
• “Unstoppable.” - unlocking barriers
• “Coming home to roost.” - unlocking barriers
• “Gotta fly.” - using a Bounce Pad
• “To the skies.” - using a Bounce Pad
• “Fly away.” - using a Bounce Pad
• “Power strike!” - levelling up
• “Fully charged!” - levelling up
• “Looks like chicken scratch to me.” - checking stats
• “I’m the best of the nest.” - checking stats
• “A cap for my feathers!” - equipping a hat
• “I look rather striking.” - equipping a hat
• “This name’s for the birds…no really!” - nickname
• “A name to rule the roost.” - nickname

Character Trailers

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See also

• Legendary Free Ranger

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Free Ranger/Gallery.

Trivia

• Free Ranger's name is a play on the term "free range," a farming method for chickens.
• He shares the same few battle quotes as Sonic Boom.
• Free Ranger appears in the Clutch - The Art of Skylanders SuperChargers art book, in which he is depicted riding a vehicle. This makes him one of two SWAP Force Skylanders to have been potentially considered as a candidate for SuperChargers.
• Free Ranger's lower half is capable of stopping enemies from spinning and using swirling shields as their means of defense by using his tornado ability.
• His blades resemble Adam Frankenstein's blades from I, Frankenstein and the bat'leth from Star Trek.
  • Incidentally, they also resemble Stealth Elf's blades, and even Hodge's blades from the Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
  • His blades also resemble Plasma Rifles from the Halo series.
• His stormblades are similar to chakrams.
• Oddly, his belt buckle is gold on his artwork and toy, but is blue in-game.
• Free Ranger is voiced by Joey Camen, who is also the voice actor of Terrafin and Boomer.
• He is the second Air Skylander to come with a starter pack; the first was Jet-Vac for Skylanders: Giants, and the third was Gusto for Skylanders: Trap Team.
  • He's also the first to do so both for Nintendo 3DS and as a non-core Skylander.
• In early packaging, his catchphrase was mistakenly Hoot Loop's catchphrase.
• He and Magna Charge are the only SWAP Force Skylanders whose secondary attacks are capable of causing enemies to drop defenses. Other SWAP Force Skylanders with their bottom halves are able to do the same thing.
• In the Wii version of SWAP Force, Free Ranger doesn't say his catchphrase until after he stops spinning.
• Free Ranger appears on the cover of the Strata art book for Swap Force, where his feathers appear to be blue and he exhibits the ability to exhale lightning.