Raptor

"Steeeee-rike!"

―Victory quote

Raptor is a playable character in Lethal League and Lethal League Blaze. He appears as a starter character in both games.

About[]

Raptor is an offensive and pressure one-man army. Pretty much everything he does is geared toward either killing, or killing some other way. Yes, you can adapt his tools in order to suit your needs, but he really does shine either when intercepting or creating offensive threats. His angles are very standard, but all have decent kill potential, other than his spikes, which are mostly only good for ball hogging or baits. His wall jump is a niche tool, but can be a good way to create some more elaborate setups, as well has safely retreat when in need to defend. Also, he is a lot shorter when compared to the rest of the cast, so he gets a pretty decent boost when it comes to de-pressuring himself. However, his special absolutely makes this character. It can transition into pretty much any attack type you can think of, and forces you to be aware of his special bar at all times. If you make the mistake for being distracted, chances are, it’s going to hit you. If you like being able to explore, while always being able to fallback on a reliable gameplan, geared toward more offensive play, Raptor is the character for you.

- Beyond Execution

Blaze Bio[]

Raptor is a rookie in the Lethal League scene, hailing from the south. Though young, he’s very determined and fiercely competitive. His weapon of choice is a metal baseball bat and his special ability allows him to twist around and quickly hit the ball two times in a row.

Gameplay[]

Main article: Gameplay/Raptor

Mobility[]

Raptor can wall-jump by jumping into the wall and jumping again. He can also wall-slide by pressing against the wall and not jumping off. The wall-slide is lost if he touches the floor. This can be used to gain quick height on the ball and enemy player and to reset his jump. Using his wall jump, Raptor can stay in the air forever.

Special Attack[]

After hitting the ball in neutral swing, Raptor can either hit the ball again in one of six angles, or bunt out of his special. The timing of this ability can be altered by holding down the button for varying lengths of time, and if it's held for the longest possible time, the ball's speed will be doubled like a smash. His special can be activated any time he has the ball, so it can be used at the beginning of hitlag to shorten it or used at the very end to lengthen it. It can be used to mix-up his opponent to great effect.

Trivia[]

Raptor likely got his namesake from the Velociraptor dinosaur, or one of the unofficial names for birds of prey, the raptor. "Because he is viciously competitive."
Raptor's home-stage is supposedly Industrial Outskirts.
Raptor's taunt may be a reference to the show Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
His birthday is on January 19.
In Blaze, his arms and legs appear to be heavily stitched up, emulating the appearance of the stitches on a baseball.
Even though Raptor is a rookie player of the lethal league in the game's story, he is the first ever character as the only character of the flash prototype for Lethal league.
His internal file name is "Kid".

Lore + DLC Skin Lore[]

Raptor is said to be grandson of 'Rex', founder of Rex Works, which we learn of through the story mission Orange 3B (Meeting of Styles) as well as Latch's L2 Mecha Skin.
It is said in Lethal League Blaze's Story Mode that an explosion happened, causing the assumed death of Rex, and causing Raptor to be stitched up with baseball stitches, presumably by Toxic.
Raptor's reason for joining the Lethal League is finding out what happened to Rex.

In an attempt to find out more about his past, Raptor tracked a piece of Rex Works equipment back to Citynetics, Shine City's biggest construction company. After infiltrating the Citynetics factory with the help of Switch, he locked himself in one of the higher offices. Scrambling through some important documents, he noticed the names of the board directors. Reginald, Edgar and Xavier Saur. A loud bang erupted from the door. The guards had him cornered. Having lost his bat along the way, Raptor grabbed what gear he could find and mowed himself through the door. -Heavyduty R. Evolution