The Nonlethal Saboteur

Brother Cain

Nearby pulses briefly interrupt normal ranged enemies.

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Brother Cain

Starter ratings at rank 8

Attack style Automatic radial EMP

Crowd clearingBBoss damageCDefenseCMobilityBCrowd controlA
How to read starter ratings

Compare strengths, not an overall tier. Do not add or average the grades. These are design judgments, not measured win rates.

Rank 8 at eight minutes. Character and starting weapon only. Signature off. No supporting gear or weapons. Damage ratings include how the attack reaches its target.

S
Exceptional
A
Strong
B
Solid
C
Limited / conditional
D
Very limited
F
Absent

Crowd clearing: damage across groups. Boss damage: damage against one moving boss. Defense: protection and recovery. Mobility: freedom to move while attacking. Crowd control: stop, slow or move ordinary enemies.

Starting stats Full health · standing still · run start

Health
105 HP
Armor
0
Move speed
100% base
Regeneration
0.2 HP/s

Starting weapon

EMP Burst

Damages nearby enemies; interrupts normal ranged attacks.

Rank 1EMP Burst
Rank 1

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Max Rank (8)EMP Burst
Max Rank (8)

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Staged practice targets, chosen health and timed arrivals. Real attacks and defeats. Character passives apply; boosts, gear and signatures are excluded.

Let the pulse open space before crossing a firing lane.

Evolves into

EMP Cataclysm

Damages a wide area and interrupts normal ranged attacks.

Reach weapon rank 8, own Revive Injector, then open a supply chest. Revival capacity expands every EMP pulse, even after a revive is spent.

Build the fantasy

Three boosts worth choosing

Revive Injector

Revival capacity widens the pulse.

Damage Amp

Damage adds extra pulse damage.

Area Amplifier

A wider pulse interrupts more enemies.

One possible build

Starting stats → Example Level 20 Build

Levels award choices. They do not raise base stats automatically. This example spends 19 choices.

StatStartExample level 20
Health105105
Armor00
Damage multiplier100%160%
Regeneration0.2 HP/s0.2 HP/s
Move speed150 px/s150 px/s
Starter base hit2571.3
Attack speed multiplier105%105%
  • EMP Burst · Rank 87 choices
  • Hard-00N · Rank 44 choices
  • Revive Injector · Rank 22 choices
  • Damage Amp · Rank 33 choices
  • Area Amplifier · Rank 33 choices

The starter’s first rank is free. Both columns use full-health, stationary, run-start conditions. No gear, permanent upgrades, protocols, shrines or signature bonuses. Base hits exclude critical hits, target effects and the damage multiplier shown above. Burst and combo sequences can vary per hit.

See the 19 choices in order
  1. EMP Burst · Rank 2
  2. EMP Burst · Rank 3
  3. EMP Burst · Rank 4
  4. EMP Burst · Rank 5
  5. EMP Burst · Rank 6
  6. EMP Burst · Rank 7
  7. EMP Burst · Rank 8
  8. Revive Injector · Rank 1
  9. Revive Injector · Rank 2
  10. Damage Amp · Rank 1
  11. Damage Amp · Rank 2
  12. Damage Amp · Rank 3
  13. Area Amplifier · Rank 1
  14. Area Amplifier · Rank 2
  15. Area Amplifier · Rank 3
  16. Hard-00N · Rank 1
  17. Hard-00N · Rank 2
  18. Hard-00N · Rank 3
  19. Hard-00N · Rank 4

Passive ability

Clear the Perimeter

Knocked-back enemies deal 50% of the hit’s damage to the first enemy they collide with. Uses HP removed by the hit. Requires surviving knockback and a body collision. Collision damage cannot trigger another collision hit.

Signature ability

Wide Shutdown

EMP pulses: +10% radius.

Earn 10 full mission wins with Brother Cain. The signature activates 6 minutes into a mission.

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CyberSprawl universe

Beyond the battlefield

Brother Cain

An unaugmented Purifier destroys fragment infrastructure without killing, then mourns the dependencies he removes.

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