Metallikato
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Metallikato, owing to its heavy influence on spirituality, is believed to be the most obscurely practiced and potentially inaccessible of Cybertronian martial arts. Its teachings cull from a wide variety of other martial arts, such as Circuit-Su and Crystalocution, cumulatively emphasizing a variety of attack strategies, though bladed combat is its hallmark. Metallikato has a strict code of ethics to attune its "children" to the "One True Path" of the Ultimate Warrior, a figure of religious legend.
Known users of Metallikato
- Generation 1 Decepticon Pretender Bludgeon, the first in-fiction practitioner of Metallikato and still the most well-known.
- Rollbar of the Robots in Disguise universe also knows at least one Metallikato technique.
- Unicron Trilogy Optimus Prime has been known to employ a kick derived from the art, although the full extent of the Autobot leader's knowledge of Metallikato is unknown. He was taught this technique by Landmine.
- The Cybertron Mini-Con Kobushi.
- Transformers Animated's Jazz, Prowl, Lockdown, and Yoketron are versed in the Metallikato ninja arts; Prowl and Yoketron have also mastered the "5 Servos of Doom" technique, as well as the advanced "Processor-over-matter" mindset.
- Revenge of the Fallen Sideswipe[1], Whirl, and Bludgeon are Metallikato masters.
Notes
- The word "Metallikato" is Finnish. It translates to "loss of metal" in English.
- Some reports state that this art is forbidden. Darn 'n' Blast #304 Another Time and Place Transformers: The Ultimate Guide Of course, they're only referring to the Generation 1 part.
References
- "End of the Road!", Marvel U.S. #80
- More Than Meets The Eye profile books, p464
- Animated episodes, "The Elite Guard," "Five Servos of Doom"
- ↑ Bludgeon's Battle Bio.
