Hornet Man

Brief overview of the character. Try to "sell" the character.

Overview
General breakdowns of passive abilities, gimmicks, and their movement + health.

Main
Hornet Chaser

Hornet Man's mainfire fires a small cluster of 3 Hornet Chasers that home in on anyone close enough.

Alt
Honey Trap

Tosses a Honey Trap, which slows anyone who touches it.

Item
Hover Toggle

Hornet Man's item Toggles his Hover, which drains ammo.

Basic Tips & Strategy
General strategy

Gondola V2.4

 * Imported UEC Patch Hornetman
 * Fixed altfire doing redirect even after bees die out

Gondola V2.4.1

 * Imported HUD from UEC
 * Unhomed Hornet Chaser damage 9 > 10
 * Hornet Chaser now has +SKYEXPLODE
 * Hornetman can no longer activate redirect from infinite distances (ammobar indicator)
 * Ammo regen every 8 tics > every 6 tics
 * Hornet Chasers now make buzzing sounds while homing
 * Lowered Hornet Chasers homing stats (1,5)
 * Hornet Chasers will home more aggressively towards targets coated with honey (2,10)
 * Homing Hornet Chaser damage 6 > 5
 * Hornet Chasers no longer freeze before homing, now just slow down
 * Honey slow power 0.67 > 0.75 (33% > 25%)
 * Nectar Hive blobs spread 'x'-style > '+'-style
 * Hornetman can now charge up the Nectar Hive throw (cannot be held forever, plays a sound, stops mainfire ammo regen)
 * Lvl 0 = 1 blob spawn, 0 splash damage, 25 speed, 1.0 gravity, 100 slow duration
 * lvl 1 = 2 blob spawn, 5 splash damage, 25 speed, 1.0 gravity, 125 slow duration
 * lvl 2 = 3 blob spawn, 10 splash damage, 30 speed, 0.75 gravity, 150 slow duration
 * lvl 3 = 4 blob spawn, 10 splash damage, 35 speed, 0.75 gravity, 175 slow duration
 * Nectar Hive blobs applies lvl 0 slow no matter the charge level
 * Redirect moved to Reload button
 * Redirect now does small dmg on poke
 * Honey slow debuff visual effects tweaks

Gondola V2.4.1H

 * Range limit on bee homability removed

Gondola V2.5

 * Enraged hornets homing stats (2,10) > (3,12)
 * Enraged hornets damage 70 > 60
 * Removed reworked altfire, now functions similarly to 2.4h Nectar Hive
 * Nectar Hive speed 25 > 36
 * ROF decreased by 10 tics
 * Fixed Nectar Hive applying debuff on allies
 * Honey Droplets on death 4 > 3

Gondola V2.6

 * Fixed HUD desyncs
 * Fixed Hornet Chaser healing
 * Altfire layout reverted to 2.0h
 * Adjusted Honeycomb spread to suit three honey globs instead of 4
 * Nectar slow 25% > 31%
 * Reload now only fires Honeycombs

Trivia

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Notable Players

 * Comp players