Silver (AB)
| The name or term "Windblade" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Windblade (disambiguation). |
- Silver is an Autobird from the Angry Birds Transformers continuity.
The prank-playing peregrine Silver is a fairly new addition to the Flock, a bird who was actually raised by the Bad Piggies! But now that she's been returned to her feathered brethren, she's up for knocking the pigs around (even if she feels a little bit bad for the hapless Minion Pigs. A very little bit).
Thanks to the Allspark landing on Piggy Island, Silver has become Windblade Bird, granted the fast-flying powers of the Autobot Windblade. As the only Autobird who can fly (at least, without needing to be hurled from a slingshot), Silver's ready to clean up the island and take on the Eggbot army!
Games
Angry Birds Transformers
As Windblade
- Squad: Valkyries
- Mission Type: Investigator
- Unlock Type: Challenge Event (4000 Tokens)
Windblade Bird is a "speedster" character, not as blindingly fast as Bumblebee but on-par with the likes of Jazz or Starscream. She fires a trio of anti-gravity electric bolts in rapid succession (with a suitable-for-her-species low swoop to their flight) that are not terribly strong individually, but move with incredible speed and sends single targets flying seconds after impact, plus she has a short reload time. Objects in the far distance may need to be aimed with a "press and hold" technique, as the low arc of the blasts might hit the ground if left to the auto-aim.
Windblade could only be unlocked as a playable character through timed Challenge Events. The first was "Enter the Silverbird", and is one of the common characters to appear in several subsequent events.
| Accessory | Body Part | Rarity | Gem Cost | Base Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metroplex | Head | ??? | 1000 | +20% Defense | |
| Crown | Head | ??? | 600 | +10 Explosive Force | |
| Baseball Cap | Head | Common | 25 | +5% Vehicle Time | |
| Headphones | Head | Uncommon | 100 | +5% Damage | |
| Sunglasses | Face | Common | 25 | +5% Transform Power | |
| Trident | Arms | ??? | 750 | +20% Vehicle Time | Based on Combiner Wars Windblade's weapon |
| Swords | Back | ??? | 1000 | Incendiary Rounds |
As Energon Windblade
- Squad: Energized
- Mission Type: Investigator
- Unlock Type: Challenge Event (10000 Tokens)
Windblades gets an Energon upgrade and a significantly upgraded weapon. She fires three electric bolts at once that have more splash damage. Equipping her sword accessories is a real game-changer, as it grants her EMP projectiles that can stun all non-boss enemies!
She first appeared in the first event going into September 2017, "Energized".
| Accessory | Body Part | Rarity | Gem Cost | Base Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metroplex | Head | Epic | 1000 | +20% Defense | |
| Crown | Head | ??? | 600 | +10% Explosive Force | |
| Baseball Cap | Head | Common | 25 | +5% Transform Power | |
| Headphones | Head | Uncommon | 50 | +5% Damage | |
| Sunglasses | Face | Common | 25 | +5% Transform Power | |
| Trident | Arms | ??? | 350 | +10% Damage | Based on Combiner Wars Windblade's weapon |
| Swords | Back | ??? | 650 | EMP Rounds | |
| Pipes | Back | ??? | 300 | +10% Fire Rate |
As Elita One
- Squad: Femme Fatale
- Mission Type: ???
- Unlock Type: ???
First made available in "Legendary" Crates (which cost Gems to open and are random-chance lootbox arglebargle so good luck with that), Elita One brings the nonstop barrage of blaster bolts to the Autobird team. Her weapon is similar to Thundercracker and Energon Starscream, a rapid-fire machinegun of weak bolts that nontheless add up damage quickly, with no reloading or overheating. This weapon is best employed by keeping your finger/stylus pressed to the screen and dragging it around to keep up the assault rather than tapping.
| Accessory | Body Part | Rarity | Gem Cost | Base Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Cap | Head | Common | 25 | +5% Transform Power | |
| Headphones | Head | Uncommon | 100 | +5% Damage | |
| Pistol | Back | Legendary | 900 | Incendiary Rounds |
Notes
- Silver and Windblade have some interesting similarities:
- Both are recent major female additions to their overwhelmingly-male casts. Windblade of course hit in late 2014 as the result of a fan-vote, where Silver was the big addition to the Flock in 2015's Angry Birds 2.
- Both are characters who can trace their lineage to their current teams, but were raised elsewhere. Windblade hails from the Cybertronian colony world of Caminus, while Silver hatched from a stolen egg and was raised by Pigs.
- Despite being an Autobird, Windblade Bird uses Deceptihog Materials to upgrade. A nod to Silver's Piggie upbringing?
- Windblade Bird also re-uses a few Minion-Pig-as-jet-characters animations, notably her "eager anticipation" idle when waiting inside Astrotrain for the score tallies.
- Unlike the other characters, Windblade Bird does not undergo any physical changes when upgraded.
- As of a March 2017 update, Windblade's thanking animations have been partially swapped: When Windblade thanks other buddies, both Autobirds and Deceptihogs treat her as a Deceptihog! But she's treated as normal when other bots thank Windblade.
