Energonicon

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Energonicons are drone robots from the Angry Birds Transformers series.

Many in number and wide in variety, the Energonicons are floating drone robots created by Professor Pig to assist the Deceptihogs... and the Autobirds too, why not... in the field. Forged from the materials found on Piggy Island, each one has a different power of varying usefulness.

Games

Angry Birds Transformers

Energonicons come into play once the player has uncovered Hogs Head Mountain on the map, home of Professor Pig and the Pig Lab. Upon entering, Prof. Pig presents you with three already-complete Energonicons: Strikebot, Electroblast and Shieldor. From that point on though, any more Energonicons must be made via Professor Pig's ridiculous-looking contraption.

The machine is activated by feeding it three of one type of Energon Crystal. This starts up a roulette-style game of chance, with five different potential prizes, up to two being a random Energonicon of the same rarity, and the rest being one crystal of a rarity one rank higher than the rarity used. Naturally, the more rare the Energon Crystal, the more rare the resulting Energonicons are. Gems can of course be spent to reject the outcome and try again with the remaining prizes, with the Gem price starting at 5 and doubling every time you try it. You cannot get an Energonicon twice even if you use the same crystal rarity, only unobtained Energonicons will be available. If you have already unlocked all Energonicons of the rarity, you can choose how many crystals to put into the machine in multiples of three, with the result guaranteed to be crystals of the next rarity, the quantity being same number divided by 3.

Once obtained, an Energonicon starts at Grade 1, letting it hold a single Energon Cube (which we'll get to shortly). You can spend a combination of Crystals and Coins to upgrade each Energonicon two times, which increases its Cube capacity by 1 each time. When you select a map node or start a new competition run, you are given the chance to select an Energonicon... however, higher-rarity Energonicons are not available to lower-level characters! Upgrade your characters to give them access to the more powerful tools.

In the runs, Energonicons float behind the player and remain inactive until you press the Energonicon icon, and only if they have at least one stored energon cube, obtained by de-cyberforming scenery by blasting it. The large combiner characters cannot use Energonicons nominally, but in two-character runs, swapping to a combiner after using a character with a Energonicon does not take the Energonicon away, giving the big bot some backup. Activating an Energonicon immediately drains all stored energon, and the amount of energon alters the effect: while most Energonicons simply stay active longer, others grow in power without changing duration. Any energon cubes obtained while storage is full gets you nothing but a disparaging look from your chosen character, so it's usually best to go ahead and activate once it looks like you might go over.

Most Energonicons replicate the attacks of the playable characters and even some enemies, but others have more esoteric functions. Which one to use depends on who you're bringing into the stage and what you're trying to accomplish. Angry Birds Transformers

Prior to the March 2020 overhaul, Energonicons were made using Materials (which have since been removed from the game), and their Energon Cube storage was dictated by the level of the character being used.

List of Energonicons

All Energonicons fall under a "rarity" rating; the higher the rating, the more powerful and more costly they are to obtain and upgrade.

Energonicons are presented in the order they appear on the in-game menus for ease of silhouette identification.

Common Energonicons (Character Levels 1-3)

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  Electroblast
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  Strikebot
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  Lazerblast
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  Doubleslam
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  Goldbrick

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  Fireblast
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  Confuddlebot
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  Ionizor
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  Lazerphazor
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  P-Shooter

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  Madbot
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  Powershock
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  Lightningslam
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  Thunderbolt
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  Shieldor

Uncommon Energonicons (Character Levels 4-6)

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  3-Force
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  Energyblast
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  Focusfire
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  Splinter
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  Megablast

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  Pulsar
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  Fastfire
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  Stormblast
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  Waveburst
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  Bubblebot

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  Bubblepop
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  Drillsmash
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  Reflectron
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  Boomshake
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  Powerbot

Rare Energonicons (Character Levels 7-9)

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  Evaportron
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  Sub-Woofer
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  Antigrav
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  Subspace
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  Enerbot

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  Stonecutter
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  Snipernaut
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  Mortarnik
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  Clusterburst
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  Gravitron

Epic Energonicons (Character Levels 10 and over)

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  Healthpack
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  Ghostbot
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  Rapidfire
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  Photoblast
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  Lavatron

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  Goldslam
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  Piggyblast
• 
  Glassor

Notes

• The Energonicons were a later addition to the game, replacing the three static "special powers" assigned to specific characters. Those three powers, however, are represented by Energonicons, specifically the three free ones you get once you access Professor Pig's lab:
  • Electroblast (EMP blast)
  • Shieldor (energy shield)
  • Strikebot (summon Skywarp)
• At one point, bringing a specific Energonicon into a Challenge Event stage earned you a percentage bonus on your final score. This has since been changed, and many events don't even let you bring in an Energonicon at all.
• The developers had nerfed Professor Pig had tinkered with the shooting Energonicons in a few updates of the game. Initially, they shot everything they can, including cyberformed structures, but they were "reprogrammed" to not target them anymore. Another update slightly reduced their fire rate and re-prioritized their targets according to distance. That means a powerful 3 or 4 star Energonicon would rather destroy a few stone blocks in front of you to the left than a dangerous Walking Mortar Tower far in the back to the right.