Kelvin
“Freezes enemies in their tracksTimely heals and splitting a teamfight properly is the difference between an easy victory or a ruinous defeat. Gliding around slowing enemies gives Kelvin's team the maneuvering advantage to make this happen.
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| Weapon: "Expedition's End"
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| DPS: |  84
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| Bullet Damage: |  21+0.70
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| Light Melee: |  63+2.67
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| Heavy Melee: | 116+4.91
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| Falloff Range: | 20m → 58m |
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Kelvin is a dedicated, undead scientist with a bevy of freezing abilities to slow his enemies and heal allies. He can conjure an Ice Path under his feet for faster movement for himself and his team, throwing Frost Grenades and firing his Arctic Beam at nearby enemies to set them up for his companions' attacks. Tactical usage of his Frozen Shelter ice dome can protect and heal allies while trapping hapless opponents.
As an adventuring scientist, Kelvin was particularly excited for rumours of an 8th Astral Gate opening in the Arctic, developing an expedition to hunt for it. However, something went wrong with the expedition, vanishing into the snow and leaving Kelvin's frozen, animate body to be discovered over a year later.
Abilities
Frost Grenade
6.5m
1
7s
22s
x0.983
80
40%
4s
Slow Duration
-40%
Stamina Regen
1 2x1.97 5
Ice Path
8s
46s
Press Shift / Ctrl to travel up or down while in Ice Path.
2m/s
2m/s
18s
Ice Trail Duration
1 2 5
Arctic Beam
5s
24s
x0.9
60
40%
40%
2s
Max Slow Build Time
25m
Beam Length
2s
Slow Linger Duration
1 2 5
Frozen Shelter
10m
5.5s
130s
Objectives becomes Invulnerable and Frozen under Frozen Shelter.
x0
110
35%
1 2 5x1.4Weapon
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Update history
- Main article: Update history
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Background
“A famed adventuring scientist, Kelvin made it his life’s mission to explore and understand the unknowable. So naturally when rumors surfaced regarding an 8th astral gate hidden in the arctic, Kelvin couldn’t build an expedition team fast enough. Assembling the brightest minds of his generation, Kelvin and his team set forth with much fanfare.
They never returned.
A year and a half later the frozen body of Kelvin was found by a fishing trawler, his corpse clutching a rock etched with glowing runes. The crew chipped away at the ice, looking to get a closer look at the body and were shocked when Kelvin opened his eyes. They checked his vitals… there was no pulse. They sought to bandage his open wounds… there was no blood. And yet, impossibly, Kelvin was "alive".
Having no memory of what happened on the expedition, Kelvin is looking for answers.
— A FATE'S TALE
Character interactions
- Other heroes such as McGinnis and Dynamo will sometimes call him "Kevin" instead of Kelvin.
- Seven has a one-sided rivalry with Kelvin for unknown reasons.[1][2] Kelvin thinks Seven "seems familiar".[3] Additionally, both Seven and Kelvin have an interest on researching Astral Gates.[4][5]
- Lady Geist funded Kelvin's Arctic expedition.[9]
- Bebop and Ms. Shelly used to read stories about Kelvin's adventures.
Gallery
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Portrait -
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Winter skin -
Model sheet -
Weapon - Expedition's End -
Neon Prime Kelvin -
Neon Prime Kelvin
Trivia
- Kelvin is the base unit for temperature of the International System of Units and the Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that starts at the lowest possible temperature, 0 K, which is equal to -459.6° Fahrenheit or -273.1° Celsius.
- Kelvin narrated an old version of the tutorial.[10]
- Kelvin may reference a shadowline when upgrading his Ice Path.[11]
- Kelvin's suit in Neon Prime was used as the base for Viscous' current model.
See also
References
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Seven's in-game voice line (killed Kelvin) - "It was always going to come down to you and me, Kelvin."
- ↑ Seven and Kelvin conversation - Kelvin: "Why do you hate me so much?" Seven: "The Patron will reveal all." Kelvin: "And then what?" Seven: "And then I'll let you stew on when I'll come to kill you."
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Kelvin's in-game voice line (killed Seven) - "He seemed... familiar."
- ↑ Seven and Dynamo conversation - Seven: I'm a fan of your work, Professor. (...) Your research into the Astral Gates paved the way for my own. In my rare moments of doubt, sometimes I even wonder if I would have become the man I am were it not for you.
- ↑ Kelvin's background - "A famed adventuring scientist, Kelvin made it his life’s mission to explore and understand the unknowable. So naturally when rumors surfaced regarding an 8th astral gate hidden in the arctic, Kelvin couldn’t build an expedition team fast enough."
- ↑ Kelvin and Lady Geist conversation - Kelvin: "Edrick." (...) "I don't know. I tried to find him when I returned to New York, but... it's like he's vanished."
- ↑ Seven and Kelvin conversation - Kelvin: "Heh, I thought you hated me." Seven: "I do. But if anyone is going to kill you, it's going to be me."
- ↑ Kelvin's in-game voice line (revenge kill) - "If someone's going to kill me, it's going to be Edrick, not you."
- ↑ Kelvin and Lady Geist conversation (kelvin_match_start_ghost_kelvin_convo01_01) - Kelvin: "I never got to say thank you for your patronage, Lady Geist." (...) "I'm serious! Obviously the expedition didn't go as planned, but we wouldn't have had the opportunity were it not for your funding."
- ↑ Kelvin's in-game voice line - "First things first: We need to take out that Guardian that's at the end of the lane. By destroying it, we don't just get closer to the final objective, we earn money and ability points for the entire team."
- ↑ Kelvin's in-game voice line - "Sometimes, you don't have access to the shadowline."
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