- "Whoop! Huh-ha, look out!"
- ―Candyman, when using his Special
Candyman is a playable character in Lethal League and Lethal League Blaze. He appears as a starter character in both games.
About[]
Candyman is another character with a very powerful kit. He has tools that help him out in any situation. For starters, his angles are very powerful offensively, allowing you to take them further beyond with lots of baits at your disposal. Furthermore, they can easily transition into ball hogging, allowing you to reposition, if necessary. He also possesses two of the best spikes in the game, so don’t forget to make use of them. His special is the perfect special in many aspects. It has a very high offensive and ball hogging potential, creating lots of pressure from the moment it’s used. It also gives you freedom to use it in either simple or extremely complex chains. Finally, his movement and mechanics. His floatiness gives him a good boost in ball hogging, as you’re able to control the ball in the air very easily. However, this does make candy susceptible to some attacks (i.e. straights). On the other hand, his floatiness does allow him to easily survive lawnmower situations. As for his wallport mechanic, it functions as a de-pressuring, pressuring and ball control tool. You get to wallcamp, approach your opponent to intercept, recatch your long-range angles... and more. If you’re not using wall port, you’re not doing it right. Pick candy if, well... you enjoy playing LLB. He gives you freedom to play with most playstyles, his only downside being a minor weakness in both creating and dealing with interceptive pressure.
Blaze Bio[]
Candyman is a tap-dancing dandy with a big yellow head. He hits the ball with his cane and he has a special ability to change the chemical composition of certain objects to give them strange and odd properties due to his mutation. He’s jazzy, expressive and crazy. Always enjoying himself too...
Gameplay[]
Mobility[]
In LL1, Candyman's special movement ability is slightly less advanced than the other characters. Rather than activating some method of reaching the top of the stage, his jumps are naturally higher than the other characters. This consequently limits his ability to short-hop.
In Blaze, Candyman retains the highest jump in the game. However, Candyman also gains the ability to teleport by sliding into the wall (also known as a "wall port"), causing him to reappear on the opposite side of the stage.
Special Attack[]
Candyman's special (aka "candy-ball") changes the properties of the ball for a brief period of time, allowing it to phase through walls. The candy-ball will appear on the surface parallel to the one it entered with the same angle as before. For example, if the ball hits the left wall, it will show up on the right wall, and if it hits the floor it will go to the ceiling. Candy's special gets cancelled once it hits two different surfaces, however Candy can continue his special forever ("candy-chain") by hitting the candy-ball before it bounces. Hitting the ball in Candy's special has a shortened hitlag (between 20-50 frames, depending on speed), which allows Candyman to overwhelm his opponent by quickly chaining the ball around the stage.
Trivia[]
- While a Candyman can be used to describe someone who sells actual candy, it is also slang for someone who is a drug dealer.
- Relating to this, Candyman's mutation could be from drug use, but this hasn't been proven.
- Candyman wears a Bowler Hat, a fashion accessory popularized by the British and in areas of the world colonized by the British, in the Victoria era. In the 20th and 21st century, it regained popularity due to many British celebrities publicly wearing Bowler Hats, with movie villains such as Oddjob from the James Bond film Goldfinger using a bowler hat as a weapon. However, Candyman's bowler hat is completely visual, and cannot be used as a weapon.
- In a Christmas update, Candyman is shown wearing a Santa-like costume. He dons a red Santa Hat and Green suit. Yet, his cane retains its normal appearance.
- Game-dev Dion stated that his design was partially inspired by an episode of Black Dynamite "Trouble on Puppet Street".
- His birthday is on June 11th
- Some people (while not a lot) rumoured that Candyman is the main singer for Hideki's track "AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE A FUNKY BEAT" despite using samples.
- The voice actor is the original creator of the 2008 meme, "Trollface".
- His internal file name is "Candy".
Voice Clips from Blaze[]
| Origin | Audio | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| Game Win |
|
"*laughter*" |
| Getting Hit |
|
"GYAHH-ooh!!" "DAH! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!" "Doh!" |
| Intense Swing |
|
"Hee-YAH!" "Yaa-HOO!" "Yu-hu-hu!" "Have a jawbreaker!" "Ya-ha-ha!" "Yuh-HOO!" |
| Jump |
|
"Yup!" "H-up!" "He-yup!" "Ye-up!" "Yee-up!" "Hup!" |
| Normal Swing |
|
"Yah!" "Yeh!" "Ye-a!" "N-yeh!" "N-yah!" "Yea!" |
| Score |
|
"Heheh haha!" "Heheh ha!" "Hu-hu!" "Ahu-hu!" |
| Special Activation |
|
"Whoop! Huh-ha, look out!" |
DLC Skin Lore[]
One day Candyman walked in a music store. He went missing for two weeks after that. Then appeared the illustrious Galileo the Funky Saxman, or at least that's how he introduced himself after giving East Shine City an unforgettable night of mindbogglingly intergalactic saxophone solos. -Galileo The Funky Saxman
Outfits[]
Lethal League[]
Lethal League Blaze[]
Gallery[]
Christmas Candyman
