Terminator/Guardian

Rarity

Type

Base Stats

Price

Unlock

Diamond

Spec Ops

Attack: 1460

Health: 1500

Toughness: 1400

Recovery: 1350

Power Gen: 110%

N/A

Guardian Diamond Pack, Terminator Pack

Strategy[]

Interactions[]

Please note that battles are highly situational: this section only mentions cards that have mechanics that, for any reason, are particularly effective with/against, or particularly ineffective against Terminator. Having a card that "counters" Terminator does not mean it is always a good choice.

Good With[]

Scorpion/Strike Force: Terminator and Scorpion save each other simultaneously. Scorpion's save works great with Terminator's suicidal passive, whereas Terminator tanking special attacks prevent Scorpion from receiving high damage.
Dark Mantle equipment: Terminator can gain Invulnerability on his tag-in save, taking no damage from special attack he tanked. If Dark Mantle is maxed, the duration of Invulnerability is enough for tag cooldown, allowing Terminator to take no damage from his save, and has a chance to freeze the opponent if they try to use special attack again.
Recovery boost equipments such as Champion's Bracers, Ouroboros Ring and Geek Defense: Increased recovery makes Terminator regain health faster while tagged-out, making him shield special attacks more frequently.
Maxed Favorite Toy or/and Shintai of the North equipments: When maxed, these equipments can give a bar of power on tag-in, making Terminator gain a lot of power and an opportunity to do good damage when his passive activates.

Good Against[]

Krushing Blows, X-Rays and Fatal Blows: Terminator cancels all of these moves used against him. Those characters most effected are:
- Ermac/Master of Souls: Ermac's X-Ray is rendered useless against Terminator, limiting his effectiveness with a full Outworld Team.
- Kabal/MK11 & Kabal/Black Dragon: Whenever either teammates with either Kabal get knocked out, their free Fatal Blows are rendered useless. Also, their Krushing Blows are rendered useless against Terminator.
- Raiden/MK11: Raiden's Krushing Blow combo enders are rendered useless if they are performed on Terminator.
- Jade/MK11 & Sub-Zero/MK11: Their Krushing Blows on Special 2 are rendered useless against Terminator, preventing their additional Stun effects.
Sonya Blade/Kombat Cup: Terminator's can save his teammates even if red carded by Sonya, wasting part of her passive.

Countered By[]

Characters with unblockable or grapple special attacks: Grapples bypass Terminator's block damage mitigation.
Noob Saibot/Lizard: Noob Saibot can force tag-in a character, making Terminator can't shield his teammates.
Erron Black/Gunslinger, Takeda/Ronin & Executioner Axe: These characters and equipments deal more damage against Spec Ops, which is Terminator’s class.
Scorpion/Klassic and Tremor/Aftershock: They can pull out the most wounded character of the opposing team, which makes Terminator can't shield his teammates and recover health if he is pulled right after he tanked special attacks, or at less than 30% health.

Abilities[]

Here are Terminator's abilities.

Ability	Classification	Description	Usage
They Are Not Machines	Passive	Guardian Terminator has a 30-60% chance to save any active teammate from Special Attack. When triggered, Guardian Terminator automatically tags in and blocks the attack, receiving 50% less damage from the attack and all other blocked attacks for the next 7-15 seconds, and gains 1 bar of power. This effect triggers as long as Guardian Terminator is above 30% Health and tag-in is off cooldown. Guardian Terminator cancels all Krushing Blows, X-ray Attacks and Fatal Blows performed against him.	When tagged-out
Sawed Off	First Special	Medium Damage + Dispel	Target
Albi Back Breaker	Second Special	Grapple: High Damage + Cripple	Double Spin Tap
Chill Out	Fatal Blow	Extreme Damage + Shield	Tap

Support Cards/Equipment[]

Here are Terminator's support and equipment cards.

Card	Classification	Description
Motorcycle	Attack	3-33% Bonus Attack
Endoskeleton	Health	3-30% Bonus Health
Time Sphere	Recovery	20-220% Bonus Recovery
T-800 Endoskeleton Arm	Equipment	15-35% Max health boost. [Terminator] 40-60% Basic attack damage boost. [Fusion Level X] 50% Reduced Power cost on Special Attack 2.
Time Traveler's Cool-factor	Equipment	30-50% Incoming DOT and Dark Magic damage reduction. Regenerates 2 bars of Power over 10 seconds below 20-50% Health. This effect cannot be triggered more than one time without tagging-out. 3 times per match. 80-600% Max Health boost. Twisted Tower only. [Terminator] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Time Traveler's Arms Cache, any DIAMOND Terminator gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] Any positive kombat effect on the wearer excluding Regeneration lasts 30% longer.
Time Traveler's Arms Cache	Equipment	50-100% Chance to gain Strengthen after the user performs any Special Attack. Strengthen can stack up to 3 times. Each next Special attack deals 5-10% more damage than the previous, stacks up to 5 times. 300-1200% Max Health boost. Twisted Tower only. [Terminator] On opponent's tag-out, there is 40-50% chance that the opponent will be stopped from leaving by a grenade dealing formidable damage and applying Stun for 3sec. [Terminator] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Time Traveler's Cool-Factor, any DIAMOND Terminator gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] Special Attacks deal 20% of damage to all opponents.

Stats[]

These stats are the final damage, health, toughness and recovery at level 50, per Fusion rank, with ALL support cards, and without any equipment. With Update 1.18, Fusion 8, 9, and 10 have been added. The Fusion 10 stats are for level 60 characters.

Rank	Attack	Health	Toughness	Recovery
Normal	9,738	18,630	7,830	8,120
Fusion I	14,608	27,945	11,745	12,180
Fusion II	19,477	37,260	15,660	16,240
Fusion III	24,346	46,575	19,575	20,300
Fusion IV	29,215	55,890	23,490	24,360
Fusion V	34,084	65,205	27,405	28,420
Fusion VI	38,954	74,520	31,320	32,480
Fusion VII	43,823	83,835	35,235	36,540
Fusion VIII	48,692	93,150	39,150	40,600
Fusion IX	53,561	102,465	43,065	44,660
Fusion X	63,466	132,480	51,030	52,920