Captain

The Captain is a playable character in Risk of Rain 2.

Commander of the UES Safe Travels, the Captain's strength is his ability to call down a variety of tactical drops from orbit, from a humble healing beacon to the spectacularly cataclysmic OGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike.

Completing the Washed Away challenge will unlock Captain as a playable survivor.

Behaviors
''For an explanation of how these behaviors are implemented read about Enemy AI. This section only applies when the character is controlled by AI.''


 * 1) Use secondary (Power Tazer) and strafe: Captain must be within 14m from the target and have line of sight. This is explicit to Captain's secondary skill and will never.
 * 2) Use primary (Orbital Probe) and stop: the primary is used in the context of placing the target for the orbital strike. However, this behavior is only selectable when Orbital Probe is the selected utility skill. As such, Captain will never order a Diablo strike. This behavior is active for 0.2 seconds. At the end of this, the Strafe behavior takes precedence.
 * 3) Use utility (Orbital Probe) and stop: Captain must have line of sight to the target. This behavior is only selectable when Captain is equipped with the Orbital Probe. As such, he will never use his utility skill with OGM-72 'Diablo' Strike or.
 * 4) Use primary (Vulcan Shotgun): Captain must be within 18m from the target, have line of sight, and be aiming at it. This behavior is active for 0.1 seconds and Captain will sprint.
 * 5) Use primary and chase: Captain must be within 6m from the target. Since this behavior is not explicit about which primary skill is used, this is the only time Captain can be observed using . Internally, the name of the behavior is "BackUpIfClose", which implies the intention of using the primary while fleeing, but the behavior is in fact set to chase the target.
 * 6) Use primary from long range (Vulcan Shotgun): Captain must be within 60m from the target, have line of sight, and be aiming at it. The behavior is active for 2 seconds, during which the shotgun will be charged. Captain will also be stand still for its duration and the behavior cannot be selected twice in a row.
 * 7) Chase: no requirements. The behavior is active for 3 seconds.
 * 8) Strafe: no requirements. The behavior is active for 0.5 seconds. This  is not naturally selectable and can only be chained after marking the orbital strike location.

Tips

 * Captain has useful support skills and hard-hitting abilities, but lacks mobility. Plan items accordingly.


 * Captain's make him very effective against, , , and other monsters that use projectiles. However, he cannot defend against , , , , or the laser from.


 * Captain provides Defensive Microbots to the Strike Drones summoned by.
 * If Captain gives The Back-up to an, both the Equipment Drone and the Strike Drones it summons will get Defensive Microbots.


 * Since Vulcan Shotgun fires 8 projectiles at once, and each projectile has a proc coefficient of 0.75, Captain can make very good use of items such as, , and.


 * While aiming the Orbital Probe, picking up ammo boxes dropped by the will restore 1 charge, allowing the player to use more than 3 per activation. However, the player cannot have more than 3 charges stored.


 * Sprinting after activating Orbital Supply Beacon allows the player to exit targeting mode, and sprinting while aiming Orbital Probe puts it on full cooldown even if there are charges left.


 * Orbital Supply Beacons can be used to activate the pressure plates on Abandoned Aqueduct.


 * Power Tazer or Beacon: Shocking can immobilize one or many enemies at once, allowing Orbital Probe and OGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike to strike enemies more accurately.
 * can also be used to keep enemies in place for accurate orbital strikes.


 * OGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike can benefit from, as long as enemies are above 90% health.
 * Because of OGM-72 ‘DIABLO’ Strike’s long cooldown, Captain can benefit from items that enable him to use his skills more often such as


 * OGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike can be used to launch the player incredibly far into the air, at the cost of 90% of their health. To do this, stand in the center of the impact zone and do not move. Stay above 90% health in order to maintain one-shot protection. The Strike can be used:
 * To skip the pillar sequence and go straight to the arena at the top of Commencement; the player should position themself and the impact on top of the roof of the Pillar of Soul island, closest to the arena.
 * To reach several different Newt Altars in elevated positions.
 * ⚠ Note that OGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike is capable of applying on-hit effects to the player depending on the items held, such as from Needletick, and can result in an additional instance of damage after the initial hit - thus killing the player.


 * In Hidden Realms, Orbital Probe, OGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike, and Orbital Supply Beacon are unusable, indicated by an unplugged power cord icon and the description "You have lost connection with the UES Safe Travels..." Be sure to plan accordingly in such areas.
 * Despite being "orbital" call-ins, all these abilities function normally in enclosed/roofed-in areas.

Version History

 * Survivors of the Void Update
 * Bug Fixes
 * (Undocumented) Captain's now correctly deals damage to all allies instead of just himself
 * PS4 & Xbox One Patch
 * Bug Fixes
 * Solved an issue where Captain’s would not stun the enemy.
 * Solved an issue where Captain’s cannot be called on the  stage.
 * PC Patch v1.1.1.2
 * Bug Fixes
 * Updated item display on Captain to properly display all items
 * Anniversary Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Skill Variant:
 * . Request a kinetic strike from the UES Safe Travels. After 20 seconds, it deals 40,000% damage to ALL characters.
 * Added New Class Challenge:
 * Quality of Life
 * 🌧 Update Captain’s on controllers having non-intuitive reversed controls
 * PC Patch v1.0.1.1 (Build ID No.5440050)
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Captain’s now presses the buttons on
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fix not working on Captain
 * Fix Captain’s dealing 1500%/500%/500% damage into dealing 1000%/1000%/1000% damage
 * Fix Captain’s shocking beacon missing name when pinged
 * Fix interacting with Captain’s orbital drop
 * Fix Captain getting a new defense drone every time he scraps
 * Fix not being usable by Captain in hidden realms
 * Fix Captain only spawning one Captain with
 * Fix Captain showing up in logbook before
 * Early Access Content Update 5
 * Major Content
 * Added New Survivor: Captain
 * Added New Survivor Skin:
 * Added New Captain Challenge:
 * Added New Captain Challenge:
 * Added New Captain Challenge:
 * Added New Challenge:
 * Added New Character Lore Entry: