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 | Gem Cost | Rating | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metroplex | Head | 2000 Tokens | *** | +20% Defense |
| Crown | Head | 900 | *** | +10 Explosive Force |
| Baseball Cap | Head | 25 | * | +5% Vehicle Time |
| Headphones | Head | 25 | * | +5% Damage |
| Sunglasses | Face | 25 | * | +5% Transform Power |
| Trident | Arms | 750 | ** | +20% Vehicle Time |
| 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 | Gem Cost | Rating | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metroplex | Head | 1000 | *** | +20% Defense |
| Trident | Arms | 600 | ** | +10% Damage |
| Swords | Back | 700 | *** | EMP Rounds |
| Pipes | Head | 1000 | *** | +10% Fire Rate |
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.
