For the boss with a similar appearance and moveset to this host, see Bloxxerman
"250 confirmed kills. Nailed it."
Bloxxer is one of the fifteen Hosts featured in HOURS. He can be obtained by tripping every wire in Bloxxerman's 20 Meter Radius Nail Splash before he starts to shoot nails from all directions.
Description[]
Bloxxer is an exceptionally tanky host. He moves pretty slow, but gets by on the battlefield with his powerful attacks. These attacks are mostly ranged and allow Bloxxer to consistently deal damage from a safe distance. He has no true name, instead when the player reaches Phase 2 of Light Beneath Closed Eyes, the true name shown reflects the name of its boss counterpart.
Appearance[]
The Bloxxer takes the same appearance as Bloxxerman, hence his name.
Playstyle[]
Bloxxer’s best defense is his own offense, using his powerful projectiles to keep enemies at bay. Many attacks such as Nail Splash and Impale are to Hinder the enemy and allow the creation of space, while Super Nail Splash and Nail Rain are predominantly damage-orientatied. Bloxxer's speed was doubled since 4/12/24 in the changelog, making him more of a threat now.
This also opens the possibility for many more tempo combinations prior to this update. Previously, this host only benefited from Rush, Sand, Word, and Zion due to his absolutely awful walk-speed. He was around the slower category of hosts such as Visitor and Prophet. Now, he’s much more mobile and in the likes of Equinox and Drifter. This makes him pretty viable for most situations, although some of his attacks may still be unaffected due to their properties on enemies.
With the exception of Impale, which stuns, and Nail Splash, which does not inflict any form of Crowd Control, all of Bloxxer's attacks stagger enemies, even on Seconds Difficulty. This in combination with Sink and the knockback of his projectiles prevents enemies from getting too close, allowing Bloxxer to stop any enemies from retaliating immediately.
Statistics[]
| Bloxxer | |||||
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Nail Splash |  |
Impale | ||
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| Fire a burst of nails, dealing 1.125 dmg each | Thrust a Large Nail for 10 + 5% Max HP and stun | ||||
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Sink |  |
Super Nail Splash | ||
| Reappear at a random location | Fire multiple nails rapidly for 6 secs | ||||
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Nail Rain | ||||
| Summon Nails above the vicinity of the opponent | |||||
| Health | 75 | Passives | |||
| Speed (Studs/s) | 12 | 250 Kills - All of Bloxxer's Nails deal knockback regardless of the difficulty. Cooldown Speed is increased for Nail Splash and Sink depending on remaining health, up to 175% Pwned - Perform a massive shockwave dealing up to 25 damage and knockbacking depending on proximity | |||
Abilities[]
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[M1] - Nail Splash |
| Fire a burst of nails with minor spread towards the opponent, dealing 1.125 damage per nail and inflicting minor knockback Bloxxer's Primary move, please note that accuracy decreases the further it travels due to spread |
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[M2] - Impale |
| Thrusts a large nail towards the enemy, dealing 10 + 5% of the enemy's Max HP as total damage and inflicting stun for 2 seconds. Recharges after 8 seconds Bloxxer's only melee move, this can be used to deal severe damage on your targeted opponent |
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[SHIFT] - Sink |
| Sink into the floor and reappear at a random location. At around 60% max health, summon a clone to use Nail Splash once. At around 40% max health, gain a 20 health shield which reflects projectiles and staggers melee attackers upon breaking. At around 20% max health, summon a second clone. Damaging clones once causes them to despawn prematurely |
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[Q] - Super Nail Splash |
| Fire nails rapidly from both arms towards the enemy for 6 seconds, dealing 1.125 damage each nail and inflicting minor knockback. Recharges after 12 seconds This can be used to deal massive amounts of damage on a single enemy from afar. Accuracy decreases the farther it travels due to minor spread |
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[E] - Nail Rain |
| Summon nails from above around the vicinity of the opponent, dealing 1.125 damage each nail. Recharges after 16 seconds Nails are localised around a radius of the enemy by about ? Studs |
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[Passive] - 250 Kills |
| All of Bloxxer's projectiles inflict staggering regardless of difficulty. The fewer of remaining health Bloxxer has will speed up the cooldown of Nail Splash and Sink, up to 175% times the standard recharge speed |
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[Passive] - Pwned |
| When spawning into combat, Bloxxer falls from the sky and creates a massive shockwave when he hits the ground, dealing up to 25 damage and variable knockback depending on proximity to Bloxxer |
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Pwned |
| Increase nail damage by 0.75, Impale's damage by 10, and HP by 25. Stacks with other upgrades |
Unlock Tips[]
- A host with a high movement speed such as
Equinox or Parting combined with a speed enhancing tempo like Rush or Zion is well suited to tripping every wire. - Having your quality set to the lowest setting reduces the number of wires that are needed to be tripped towards unlocking Bloxxer. This is meant to improve performance for those who need it, but can be used to make this challenge easier.
- When used with his Aspect of God upgrade, Buffoon can trivialize the process of tripping the wires due to the projectile deflection this upgrade provides.
Tips and Tricks[]
- Bloxxer is best at close-mid range, this allows Nail Splash and Super Nail Splash! to get as most damage as possible in.
- Nail Rain suffers from the fact that enemies can basically dodge it by walking, even slow targets like Cerebrum Colossus. However, if a nail is generated in the far parts of its range, it can catch the enemy and allow the rest to connect. This doesn't work on Cerebrum Colossus, though.
- Impale does percentage damage, this makes it useful against bosses as they will take increased damage. Not recommended to use on Resident Mind at random. Only use it against him when he is performing an attack.
- Impale, Super Nail Splash!, and Nail Rain all stagger, making them great at interrupting deadly attacks, they can also be used to keep enemies staggered so you can use Sink to escape. Super Nail Splash! should be your go-to, having a relatively quick startup and not having as much of a deadzone as Impale. Nail Rain is best used as a last resort, due to its long startup and its tracking only being effective against slower enemies.
Trivia[]
- Inspiration - Bloxxerman and Bloxxer's names comes from a Roblox badge named "Bloxxer". His description, '250 confirmed kills', is a direct reference to this badge, which is obtained by killing 250 players while also having a Kill/Death Ratio above 1:1. The icon on their torsos are identical to that of the badge, and can be worn as a T-Shirt item by Roblox players who created their accounts in the earlier days of the platform. So retro! Sorry I had to ;]
- Bloxxer's death animation bears a strong resemblance to the death of Noriaki Kakyoin, a major protagonist in Part 3 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stardust Crusaders.
- Bloxxer's Nail and Super Nail Splash moves are also most likely in reference to Kakyoin's Stand, Hierophant Green, whose main attack is the Emerald Splash. Cool information.
- / Regarding His Attacks \
- Nail Splash is Bloxxer's only attack that doesn't stagger or stun enemies
- Nail Rain is one of 6 default attacks in the game that can land a hit on Fallen Dread while they are in the air, the others being Dreamer's Burst and Eruption, Witness' Smite, and Buffoon's Bolt and Bolt-Ex.
- < Bug-fixes and Known Changes >
- Before the April Fools 2022 update, if you used the Page tempo on Sinking Sands as Bloxxer, you would be teleported to Peacock Peaks and have the option to upgrade, but after choosing or skipping, Bloxxer immediately dies. This was fixed after the April Fools 2022 update.
- After two years of no major changes to the game, the player base expanded and swept in much more players than previously expected. In return, Sen boosted Bloxxer’s walk-speed on April 12th, 2024. Now he’s not painfully slow prior to this small change. - The menu description reads: “Bloxxerman has some urgent business to take care of.”
- > Tidbits and References <
- Bloxxer, Equinox, and Drifter are the only three hosts to gain extra health from their upgrades, capping at 150. Bloxxer, along with Equinox, Drifter, Hot Rash and Hellion are the only hosts that have only 1 upgrade available. This is because they're echo hosts.
- Bloxxer's "true name" is a reference to the infamous "It was me, Dio!" meme.
Gallery[]
| Hosts | ||
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| Normal |  Invader •  Prophet •  Witness •  Artisan •  Vestige •  Visitor •  Subject •  Dreamer •  Parting •
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| Secret |  Hot Rash •  Hellion •  Drifter •  Equinox •  Bloxxer •  Buffoon
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