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Catalyst

Defensive Conjurer

Catalyst is a Controller Legend. She was introduced in Season 15 and is locked from the base game. She can be unlocked using digital currency: either or .

Abilities

TacticalQ

Piercing Spikes

Cooldown 25s

Throw out a patch of ferrofluid which turns in to spikes when enemies are near. Catalyst remains immune to enemy spikes.

  • Has 2 charges. Can create a maximum of 2 patches. Catalyst can pick up the patch to regain a charge, so long as the patch hasn't been activated.
  • Holding Tactical button delays the launch. Melee cancels the launch.
  • Creates a 2m x 11m patch perpendicular to the point of view.
  • Patch can travel under closed doors.
  • Catalyst can pick up her spikes and get a charge refund, as long as no enemy player got inside the detection range of the spikes.
  • Can be destroyed by punching the orb 1 time.
  • Catalyst is immune to all Piercing Spikes, regardless of who created it.
Passive

Barricade

Reinforce doors, strengthening them and locking them to enemies. Spaces where doors have been destroyed can also be reinforced.

  • Hold the "alternative action" button near doorways for 0.5s to reinforce either existing doorpanes, or build a ferro-barrier if doorpanes are gone.
  • Can reinforce up to 2 doorways at a time; if a new barricade is created, the last barricade will disappear.
  • Reinforced doors take 4 melee hits to destroy; ferro-barriers take 2 melee hits to destroy.
  • Doors can still be operated by Catalyst and her teammates, but not by enemy squads.
  • The ferro-barrier can be broken by Catalyst and her teammates by pressing "interaction" key; Catalyst will need to rebuild the ferro-barrier if needed.
  • Abilities still damage doors/ferro-barriers as normal.
UltimateZ

Dark Veil

Charge time 2.5 min

Raise a permeable wall of ferrofluid. Enemies who walk through it will be slowed and partially blinded for a brief time.

  • Creates a permeable wall 40m in length and 8m in height in line with Catalyst's reticle.
  • Takes 1 second before the first veil section rises, and takes additonal 3 seconds maximum to build the complete veil.
  • The veil will keep travelling until one of the following:
  • The Dark Veil lasts 15 seconds.
  • Enemies that try to cross through the wall will be slowed by 15% and blinded for 7 seconds.
  • Does not block bullets, ordnance, or abilities.
  • Most scanning abilities will not apply scans to players on the other side of the wall.
  • Catalyst is immune to the blind effect and slow of the Dark Veil, regardless of who created it.

Who is Catalyst?

Real name
Tressa Crystal Smith
Age
30
Home world
Boreas
Voice actor
Meli Grant

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