Tri-Tip

Tri-Tip
Element:	Earth
Battle Class:	Smasher
Species:	Triceratops
Gender:	Male
Role:	Sensei
World:	Skylands
Attacks:	Mace Smash Dino Dash Summon Fossil Traps Mightier Mace Historic Preservation
Appears in:	Skylanders: Imaginators Tri and Tri Again Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
First Release:	Skylanders: Imaginators
English Voice Actor:	Brad Abrell

“Face the Mace!”

– Tri-Tip's official catchphrase

Tri-Tip is an Earth-elemental Triceratops who is one of the Smasher Senseis in Skylanders: Imaginators.

Background

Physical Traits

Tri-Tip is an anthropomorphic triceratops wearing black and gold armor with the golden Sensei belt tied around his waist. He wields a massive mace in his hand.

Biography

Long before he became a Sensei, Tri-Tip wandered Skylands searching for the mythical Warping Walnut Tree, rumored to never be at the same place long before moving to a new location. After many years, he found the tree - and just before it vanished once again, he took from it a Golden Walnut, which was said to reveal life’s purpose to those who could open it. But to his dismay, the enchanted walnut could not be cracked no matter how hard he struck it with his thick head. Realizing that only a weapon of immense power could crack the magical shell, and not his head, Tri-Tip forged a mighty mace and trained with the greatest warriors to become the ultimate Master of Smashing. But on the day when he was finally ready to open the shell, he paused. It was then that Tri-Tip realized his true purpose – one that the unopened walnut had been teaching him all along. His purpose in life was to use his skills to protect Skylands. He then gifted the unopened walnut to one of his students and left to join the Skylanders.

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: 300
• Defense: 350
• Agility: 70
• Luck: 130

Abilities

ConsoleRing of Heroes

Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game.						Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Scholarville Sky-Chi Ability Requires unlocking from the Smasher Sensei Shrine
Mace Smash		Dino Dash				Never Saw It Coming Mesozoic Mayhem
Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to smash the ground with your mace!		Secondary Ability Press Attack 2 to charge with your horns, pushing enemies with you.				Price: 4000 Occasionally, a powerful asteroid falls from the sky and creates a devastating explosion. View Sky-Chi The ultimate Sensei attack! Hold Special Attack to perform your Sky-Chi Power! Spin for the win! View Soul Gem
Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.
Rock Blast		Summon Fossil Traps		Posey Power Swing		What Goes Up
Price: 500 Mace Smash launches rocks forward.		Price: 700 Press Attack 3 to trap enemies in fossils.		Price: 900 Hold Attack 1 for a powerful baseball swing.		Price: 1200 Press Attack 2 in the air for a powerful jump attack that launches enemies way up.

Peleolithic Pounder

View Jurassic Justice

Improve your smashing skills to master the mace!

Mightier Mace		Fault Zone		Jurassic Whirled
Price: 1700 Do more damage with your Mace Smashes with an improved weapon!		Price: 2200 Mace Smash attacks leave a dangerous lingering quake zone.		Price: 3000 The last hit of your Attack 1 triple-combo creates an exploding dust storm vortex!

Jurassic Justice

View Peleolithic Pounder

Strengthen your charge and fossil skills for strategic control!

Historic Preservation		Fossil Forte		Matador Might
Price: 1700 You get new horns! And after doing a Dino Dash, you gain a shield and take less damage.		Price: 2200 You summon Fossil Traps faster, and you deal critical hits to enemies tarred by them!		Price: 3000 Dino Dash into a Fossil Trap to create a massive explosion.

	Iron Mace Strike (Active)
	[1 Enemy] Inflicts 106% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy, and grants the Evasion Rate DOWN 40% Effect for 2 turn(s) with a 35% chance when you attack accurately.	Mana cost: 3 Cooldown: 3 seconds

	Forestallment (Active)
	[1 Eenemy] Inflicts 97% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy, and grants the Diminish Effect for 3 turn(s) with a 75% chance when you attack accurately. Additionally, grants the DEF UP 10% Effect on yourself for 5 turn(s).	Mana cost: 3 Cooldown: 4 seconds

	Swing Attack (Active)
	Inflicts 95% of DEF as damage to 1 enemy, and grants the Provoke Effect on yourself for 3 turn(s).	Mana cost: 4 Cooldown: 3 seconds

	Strong Head Bone (Passive)
	[SELF] Grants the ATK UP 10% Effect and the DEF UP 10% Effect on yourself for 1 turn(s) if you have the Provoke Effect when the turn begins.		Mana cost: Cooldown:

	Golden Chestnut's Revelation (Passive (Leader))
	[SELF] Increases your DEF by 10% in battle. Leader Effect Increases the team member's DEF by 10% in battle.	Mana cost: Cooldown:

Quotes

Battle Cries

• "Face the Mace!"
• "You have chosen wisely, Portal Master! My club smashes all and can make your Imaginators more powerful!" - Sensei Training Bonus
• "And no one smashes like a Smasher, especially with this secret technique." - Secret Technique Bonus
• "My club knows all - and also smashes all."
• "Welcome to Club Me!"
• "Deep inside, they all wanted to be smashed!"
• "I am powerful!" - leveling up
• "More levels equal more smashing!" - leveling up
• "Dino Might! And yes, I stole that one from Chopper."
• "Ahh, a perfect balance between fury and rage."
• "A smashing success!"
• "I love that move!"
• "You can put your faith in numbers, mine is in the club." - checking stats
• "Stats schmats I always say! Well...I don't, but I will now!" - checking stats
• "A club's gotta do what a club's gotta do! - Sky-Chi
• "Sensei-tional!
• "I love when that happens!" - End of Sky-Chi

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See also

• Legendary Tri-Tip

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Tri-Tip/Gallery.

Trivia

• He is the only male Sensei of the Earth element.
• He is the fourth dinosaur Skylander (behind Dino-Rang, Slobber Tooth and Chopper).
  • Tri-Tip mentioned Chopper after admitting that he "stole" the latter's catchphrase. He and Hurricane Jet-Vac are the only two playable Skylanders to mention another Skylander in game.
• He and Bash have triceratops related traits.
• His name is a play on Tri-tip, which is a cut of beef.
  • This would make him the 6th Skylander with a food-based name, after Hot Dog, Pop Thorn, Rocky Roll, Jawbreaker and Thumpling.
• His Posey Power Swing attack is a reference to baseball star Buster Posey.
• One of his upgrades, Jurassic Whirled, is a play on the title of the movie Jurassic World.
• His catchphrase is similar to Wham-Shell's.
• His defeated animation is similar to Pop Fizz's, both hitting their weapon of choice against their forehead.
• Tri-Tip is voiced by Brad Abrell, who is best known for voicing Bubble Buddy in Spongebob Squarepants. He also voiced Phil the Penguin and a Mammoth in Spyro: A Hero's Tail and Frankenstein in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (replacing Kevin James).
  • He also voiced Prism Break (replacing Peter Lurie) in Skylanders: Battlecast. Coicidentally, both are Earth elemental Skylanders.
• Tri-Tip's upgrade portraits, Mace Smash and Mighter Mace, are swapped.