Shock: Abandoned Subway is a tier 6 2-player duo in the Shock to the System episode. It also features an elite version.
Story[]
Meet with Static to confront Ebon in his lair and convince him to stop his latest attacks against Dakota City.
Characters[]
| Allies | Bosses | Minor Enemies
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Map[]
Objectives[]
| 1. | Find Ebon |
| 1.1 | Defeat Turtledove |
| 1.2 | Defeat DaBoom |
| 2. | Defeat Ebon |
| 3. | Exit Abandoned Subway |
Walkthrough[]
First boss: Turtledove[]
- Rain of Feathers: Turtledove rises into the air and spins in place, dropping down a storm of quills that deal massive continuous damage to targets beneath her, ignoring Shield Powers.
- Spinning Winds: Turtledove points to a direction before charging and blasting the nearby area (resembles Sonic Cry) for heavy damage, then leaves a tornado that deals moderate continuous damage. Lethal attack.
- Flying Charge: Turtledove rises into the air then flies at a target, damaging and knocking them back. Lethal attack.
- Battle Stun: Turtledove can stun a target any time, but it appears this only deal damage if two players are too close together.
- Leeching Field: A stationary whitish blue field is placed on the ground that deals moderate continuous damage to all targets within. Turtledove heals if targets and herself are in it.
- Vengeful Displacement: Turtledove damages and knocks back nearby targets.
- Primal Screech: Turtledove screeches in a cone of continuous damage in front of herself; vulnerable to interrupt (it is slow enough that a quick interrupt will result in no damage taken at all).
In elite:
- Flying Charge and Spinning Winds are likely to do 1-shot damage ignoring Shield Powers, making it vital to block whenever you see her with a Lethal attack icon. This reduces the damage to negligible (dodging is not recommended as she can track you). They can be blocked by Static, Allies, Backup and Henchmen.
- Rain of Feathers is deadlier as ~3 ticks can KO and should be dodged quickly, and Turtledove always teleports you next to her before using it.
- Aggressive Shadows: Ebon summons large pools of shadows on the ground, dealing heavy continuous damage to targets on them (ignores Shield Powers).
- Wing Buffet: Turtledove flies in tight circles, tossing nearby targets into the air and dealing minor damage repeatedly. This is marked by a red arrow on your head, but ironically as it deals minor damage, the red arrow lets you know it is safe, unlike Flying Charge and Spinning Winds which are deadly.
Second boss: DaBoom[]
- Radioactive Shield: With an on-screen warning, DaBoom shields himself. Attacking him causes massive damage to yourself.
- Pool of Unstable Particles: Small green pools on ground that damages anyone stepping on them. These persist even after DaBoom is KO'ed and can KO players afterwards.
- Toxic Spray: Green spray cone in front of DaBoom that deals damage to anyone caught within (this can hit you sometimes even if you are behind him if you are very close to him).
- RadioactiveBlast: Seems to be used after Radioactive Shield, DaBoom stomps and hit all targets in the room for heavy damage and several hits of smaller damage-over-time; ignores Shield Powers.
- Atom Splitter: Similar to the Atomic power of the same name, DaBoom damages and pulls targets in front of him directly next to him.
- Geiger Beam: Single-target orange beam that deals continuous damage. Vulnerable to interrupt.
- Anti-Matter Bomb:
- Nuclear Burst:
- Electron Flare:
- Atomic Reorganization:
In elite:
- DaBoom is probably the easiest fight in elite, usually not much of a threat as long as you don't trigger Radioactive Shield.
- Aggressive Shadows: Same as in Turtledove's fight.
Final boss: Ebon[]
Fittingly enough, it is recommended to turn up your screen brightness to better see Ebon's shadowy effects.
- Mass Void Strike: Purple portals open on the ground (targeted at each player), dealing heavy continuous damage to anyone on it. Even in normal this can KO in 2-3 ticks so it is vital to move quickly when they appear. Warned by Lethal attack icon. Ebon always says "You never gonna see the light of day again." beforehand, and the portals only appear shortly after he finishes speaking, giving you plenty of time.
- Shadow Bomb: Ebon spins and releases several roving bombs that damages on contact. The damage is low but many hits can add up if you are in melee distance.
- Shadow Tendril: An unbreakable stun dealing minor continuous damage that can only be shortened by mashing the correct button.
- Spike Wave: Ebon marks a cone in front in red before conjuring a wave of spikes that damages and knocks back targets within.
- Disintegration Beam: A single-target beam that deals continuous damage, vulnerable to interrupt.
- Shadow Curse: Ebon projects a cone of darkness in front of him, dealing continuous damage to a moderate range.
In elite:
- Mass Void Strike is even more critical to avoid as it can 1-shot in elite.
- Shadow Tendril does more damage and is more of a hindrance due to Ebon's tendency to spam special attacks you need to avoid in elite.
- Soul Leech: Damages and drags a target to Ebon several times, vulnerable to interrupt.
Rewards[]
Collectibles[]
Briefings and Investigations[]
- Bang Baby Bonanza (Investigations)
- Always Recruiting
- Hustler's Mentality
- History of Dakota's Finest (Briefings)
- Unpaid Pains
- No Shade
Collections[]
- n/a
Feats[]
- Forget-a-Breed: Abandoned Subway Duo (Normal or Elite): While fighting Turtledove or DaBoom, defeat 80 Metabreed Bang Babies (25 Points), grants title: Metabreed
- Passive Aggressive: Abandoned Subway Duo (Event or Normal): Defeat Ebon without activating any Aggressive Shadows (25 Points)
- Step into the Shadows: Abandoned Subway Duo (Normal): Defeat Ebon after activating all Aggressive Shadows (25 Points)
- Where's da Ka-Boom?: Abandoned Subway Duo (Normal): Defeat DaBoom without any players taking reflective damage from his Radioactive Shield Ability (25 Points)
- Wind Beneath Her Wings: Abandoned Subway Duo (Normal): Defeat Turtledove without allowing her to place a field of Spinning Winds (25 Points)
Elite
- Afraid of the Dark: Abandoned Subway Duo (Elite): Defeat all three Bosses without activating any Aggressive Shadows (25 Points), grants title: the Nyctophobic
- Clip Her Wings: Abandoned Subway Duo (Elite): Defeat Turtledove without allowing her to place a field of Spinning Winds (25 Points)
- Go into the Night: Abandoned Subway Duo (Elite): Defeat Ebon after activating all Aggressive Shadows (25 Points)
- Here's da Ka-Boom!: Abandoned Subway Duo (Elite): Defeat DaBoom without any players taking reflective damage from his Radioactive Shield Ability (25 Points)
- Shedding Shadows: Abandoned Subway Duo (Elite): Defeat Ebon after defeating a least 8 of his summoned shadows (25 Points)
Trivia[]
- Many of Turtledove's mechanics are very similar to Lady Blackhawk (Thanagar) from the Metal Pt. II: The Phoenix Cannon raid. Both of these boss encounters were also designed by the same developer.
- Many of Ebon's mechanics are heavily inspired by the Celestial powerset.