Loader

= Loader =



The Loader is a playable character in Risk of Rain 2.

An incredibly mobile and heavy cargo loader, the Loader is capable of delivering some of the hardest-hitting attacks in the game. When utilizing velocity to her advantage, she is able to topple many powerful monsters in just a single punch.

Contents

 * 1 Skills
 * 1.1 Scrap Barrier
 * 1.2 Knuckleboom
 * 1.3 Grapple Fist
 * 1.4 Spiked Fist
 * 1.5 Charged Gauntlet
 * 1.6 Thunder Gauntlet
 * 1.7 M551 Pylon
 * 1.8 Thunderslam
 * 2 Tips
 * 3 Lore
 * 4 Version History
 * 5 Gallery
 * 6 Trivia

Skills
Passive {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |

Scrap Barrier
! rowspan="3" | !Type !Description ! colspan="3" |Notes Primary {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |
 * Passive
 * The Loader is immune to fall damage. Striking enemies with the Loader's gauntlets grants a temporary barrier.
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 * The barrier gained is 5% of the maximum amount (5% of Loader's maximum health and current shields).
 * Hitting multiple enemies with one attack does not grant any additional barrier.
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Knuckleboom
! rowspan="4" | !Type !Proc Coefficient !Description Secondary {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |
 * Primary
 * 1.0
 * Swing at nearby enemies for 320% damage.
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Grapple Fist
! rowspan="4" | !Type !Cooldown !Description ! colspan="3" |Notes {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |
 * Secondary
 * 5s
 * Fire your gauntlet forward, pulling you to the target.
 * colspan="3" |
 * Deals no damage.
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Spiked Fist
! rowspan="5" | !Type !Cooldown !Proc Coefficient !Description ! colspan="3" |Notes Utility {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |
 * Secondary
 * 5s
 * 1.0
 * Stunning. Fire your gauntlet forward, dealing 320% damage. Pulls you to heavy targets. Light targets are pulled to YOU instead.
 * colspan="3" |
 * Unlocked via the Loader: Swing By Challenge. (As Loader, reach and proceed through the Celestial Portal in 25 minutes or less.)
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Charged Gauntlet
! rowspan="5" | !Type !Cooldown !Proc Coefficient !Description ! colspan="3" |Notes {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |
 * Utility
 * 5s
 * 1.0
 * Heavy. Charge up a piercing punch for 600%-2700% damage.
 * colspan="3" |
 * Can sprint while charging (start charging and then sprint, needs to be repeated for every attack).
 * Can hold the charge.
 * Charges faster with more attack speed.
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Thunder Gauntlet
! rowspan="5" | !Type !Cooldown !Proc Coefficient !Description ! colspan="3" |Notes Special {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |
 * Utility
 * 5s
 * 1.0
 * Heavy. Charge up a single-target punch for 2100% damage that shocks enemies in a cone for 1000% damage.
 * colspan="3" |
 * Unlocked via the Loader: Earthshatter Challenge. (As Loader, land a Charged Gauntlet hit at 300mph or higher.)
 * Charges considerably faster than Charged Gauntlet.
 * Fires automatically when fully charged.
 * The damage from the lightning cone does not receive the Heavy damage bonus.
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M551 Pylon
! rowspan="5" | !Type !Cooldown !Proc Coefficient !Description ! colspan="3" |Notes {| class="fandom-table" ! colspan="3" |
 * Special
 * 20s
 * 0.5
 * Throw a floating pylon that zaps up to 6 nearby enemies for 100% damage. Can be grappled.
 * colspan="3" |
 * It is possible to create multiple pylons with enough cooldown reduction items (e.g. Brainstalks, Bandolier, or stacking Alien Head) but only up to 3 pylons can be active at a time. If the skill is used again while there are 3 pylons active, the oldest one despawns.
 * The pylon is initially inactive for 1.65 seconds. After this, it zaps a total of 14 times (once every second), and it can hit up to 6 enemies per zap.
 * Critical strikes are rolled when the pylon spawns; if the roll succeeds, all zaps over the pylon's lifespan will be critical strikes.
 * Does not attack faster with bonus attack speed.
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Thunderslam
! rowspan="5" | !Type !Cooldown !Proc Coefficient !Description ! colspan="3" |Notes
 * Special
 * 8s
 * 1
 * Stunning. Slam your fists down, dealing 2000% damage on impact.
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 * Unlocked via the Loader: The Thunderdome Challenge. (As Loader, kill three other Loaders in the Bulwark's Ambry.)
 * The blast radius is about 15m.
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