Robin, the iconic crime-fighting partner of Batman, can use Elemental abilities in the open-world action RPG Gotham Knights. However, players will be tasked to unlock these abilities for every character as they progress through the story. As for which Robin is in Gotham Knights, Tim Drake holds that honor alongside former boy wonders Dick Grayson as Nightwing and Jason Todd, now the Red Hood. Players have access to a wide array of weapons and Justice League-level technology as Robin to dismantle the forces of darkness that plague Gotham, especially through Elemental abilities found in upgradeable Skill Trees.
Gotham Knights provides players with many customization options for suits and weapons, but the deepest mechanics come through the Momentum and Skill Tree abilities unlocked through the normal progression of the game. Robin utilizes his quarterstaff and stealth techniques taught by Batman to disrupt groups of Gotham’s criminals, surprising them with deceptive traps while strategically setting up distractions to avoid attention. Tim Drake even uses a weapon from another Robin in Gotham Knights, a high-powered slingshot that applies different effects to enemies.
Throughout Gotham Knights‘ combat, each hero has four Skill Trees that players can select abilities from to purchase through Action Points. For Robin, those Skill Trees are Slugger, Shadow, Tinkering, and Knighthood. The Knighthood tree is unique, giving Robin a short-range teleport, and unlocks once players have met a specific requirement tied to Tim Drake’s individual story. The Shadow Skill Tree emphasizes Robin’s stealth, improving his takedowns, but does not feature Elemental Abilities like the other two trees.
Unlocking Robin’s Best Elemental Abilities in Gotham Knights
Robin’s Elemental Abilities in Gotham Knights are tied to his Slugger and Tinkering Skill Trees, vastly different from Batman: Arkham‘s upgrade system. Specifically, the Elemental Decoy, Exploding Decoy, and Elemental Focus abilities in the Slugger Tree pair with the Elemental Charge, Elemental Resistance, Elemental Burst, and Enhanced Elemental Effects abilities from the Tinkering tree to make up all of Robin’s associated perks.
The Slugger Skill Tree focuses on Robin’s decoy and increased critical hit damage, with the Elemental Decoy ability applying Elemental Effect damage on enemies who strike it. Should foes continue to disrupt the decoy, the Exploding Decoy ability bursts the substitute into a residue that applies Elemental Effect damage over time to any opponent within it. Tim Drake easily defeats the villains of Gotham Knights through the additional Elemental Focus ability, which sees Robin having a 20% higher chance of dealing a Critical hit with extra damage should an enemy be afflicted with an Elemental Effect.
The technological aptitude of Robin comes in full force when players use the abilities tied to the Tinkering Skill Tree. The very first ability, Elemental Charge, builds up any Elemental Effect Robin deals 25% faster than normal. In comparison, the Elemental Resistance ability gives Tim Drake a 40% immunity to all Elemental Effect damages dealt to him. Elemental Burst has a 5% chance of activating and causes Robin to deal more Elemental Effect damage in an area, decaying enemy resistances in the process. The final ability of the tree, Enhanced Elemental Abilities, extends the duration of every Elemental Ability of Robin, highlighting the albeit divisive Batman adventure of Gotham Knights with potent crime fighting that players can enjoy.
Gotham Knights
- Franchise:
- Batman
- Platform(s):
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam
- Released:
- 2022-10-21
- Developer(s):
- WB Games Montreal
- Publisher(s):
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Genre(s):
- Action, RPG, Beat ‘Em Up
- Multiplayer:
- Online Co-Op
- ESRB:
- M
- Summary:
- Gotham Knights is a cooperative action-adventure beat-em-up in a self-contained Arkham universe, unrelated to the other Arkham franchise games. Shortly after the deaths of Bruce Wayne and James Gordon, the city of Gotham has fallen under siege by an onslaught of crime. To return Gotham to order, Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood will join together to create the Gotham Knights – heroes to take the place of Batman and protect the city.Players will navigate an open-world Gotham City as they conduct operations from their headquarters, the Belfry. From here, players can select missions and manage characters while preparing to head out into the city. Characters will level up as they battle enemies, but also to keep the challenge heightened, the foes will level as well – but the game features a complete narrative outside of open-world crime fighting.
- How Long To Beat:
- 16 Hours
- Prequel:
- Batman: Arkham Knight
