Aurora is a playable character introduced in Metal Slug: Awakening.
Character Summary
My intuition tells me that intuition cannot be wrong!
Aurora is a descendant of the forest people of Gran Island. Although she has never been there, she can see the forest in her dreams, which fosters her love for nature and sparks her quest to find the "Vanished Gran Island". At 14, with the help of the Arctic Alliance, she successfully finds Gran Island. Knowing that the forest is at risk of being submerged, Aurora stays in the Arctic and becomes an Arctic environmental guardian. Perhaps due to her lineage, she exhibits extraordinary familiarity with everything in the forest. Guided by Caroline, she quickly learns the medicinal value of various plants, becoming an herbal medicine expert. While protecting the environment, she also safeguards everyone and is affectionately known as the "Aurora Djinn".
When Aurora turns 25, the Ice Source crisis erupts. She senses the post-glacial flood will inundate coastal lowland forests and must find a way to save the Gran Island forest before the crisis ends.
Skills
HP Contract
Aurora uses natural energy to heal nearby and background characters by 20% max HP. After use, get 1 [Emerald Goddess].
- Passive: Summons 1 [Emerald Goddess] every 5s. [Emerald Goddess] continuously follows the character on the field, healing the followed target and allies by 0.5% max HP per sec, and providing 10% damage bonus, up to 4 followers. When attacked, a [Emerald Goddess] will be consumed, triggering
- [Emerald Goddess's Blessing]: reduces damage taken by 30%, and recover 5% HP. The effect can only be triggered once per sec. (Emerald Goddess Buff can have 5 stacks at most, and healing effects are halved in Arena Mode.)
Aurora Domain
Aurora activates Aurora Power, commanding all nearby [Emerald Goddess] to cruise around her: During Aurora Power, [Emerald Goddess] will automatically lock onto the player's target, causing 150% attack damage, lasting 12s. Every time the [Emerald Goddess] hits, all characters recover 4% HP and gain 10% damage bonus.
The buff effect lasts for 5s and can have 5 stacks at most. (Healing effects are halved in Arena Mode.) Each time Aurora uses Aurora Domain, she gains 5 extra [Emerald Goddess], and the interval between [Emerald Goddess]' auto-summoning is reduced by 90%. For every 10% Debuff Bonus Damage attribute, Aurora Power duration +0.2s.
Talents
Jade Green
- Initially get 2 [Emerald Goddess]. For each [Emerald Goddess] present, get an extra 3% damage bonus, up to 5 stacks. For every 5% CRIT Rate Attribute, the damage bonus effect of each [Emerald Goddess) is increased by 0.1%.
Rebirth
- The permanent "Emerald Goddess" limit increases to 5 only, and the stack limit for Ultimate Skill Buff increases to 7 stack. When a Squad member takes fatal damage, he enters a Near Death state, then regains 30% HP, and then becomes immune to all damage within 1s. The Respawn effect is only active 1次 per battle.
Regeneration
- Enhances respawn effect of Talent Skill-Rebirth: When a teammate is near death, they will be respawn with 90% HP. This effect can only trigger 1 times per battle.
- Each time an ultimate skill is used, the whole team's characters get Attribute Buffs: their (Attack Power, Defense, Weapon Fire Rate, and Movement Speed) each increase by 30% for 10s. (In Arena Mode, teammates' HP recovers by 60%, and Attribute Buffs are halved.)
- For every 5% Debuff bonus damage Attribute, Aurora Power duration +0.2s.
Gallery
Sound Gallery
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| Ultimate Skill (Cool Holiday) |
Behind the Scenes QnA
NOTE: Original Chinese text have been translated using a translator which was taken by official QnA sources. this is not the official 100% translation and is only to be use as reference for context. take it a consideration with a grain of salt before viewing the translated text as fact. feel free to correct the translation if you are a native chinese speaker.
Original Text:
Q1：奥罗拉这一英雄的设计灵感是什么?有哪些素材参考来源呢？
阿夏（美术）：奥罗拉的英雄定位是特战治疗英雄，所属阵营是守护者联盟，那守护者联盟里的很多英雄都有动物元素，例如猫跟狼，那么什么动物元素比较适合治疗呢？顺着这个思路我想到了蝴蝶，然后就在按照蝴蝶这种设计元素进行工作啦，结合个人喜好最后选择了偏机械类的蝴蝶无人机来用于治疗。而在奥罗拉人物身上，也有一些蝴蝶的元素，例如发饰，首饰等。整体而言，她的衣服款式偏现代时尚，款式的造型、翻开的上衣造型跟下摆也有参考了展开的蝴蝶造型设计。
Translated Text:
Q1: What was the inspiration for the design of Aurora, the hero? What are the reference sources for the material? Axia (Art): Aurora's hero positioning is a special combat healing hero, belonging to the camp is the Guardian Alliance, so many heroes in the Guardian Alliance have animal elements, such as cats and wolves, so what animal elements are more suitable for healing? Along this line of thought I thought of butterflies, and then in accordance with the butterfly design elements to work, combined with personal preferences and finally chose a mechanical butterfly drone to be used for healing. On Aurora's body, there are also some butterfly elements, such as hair accessories and jewelry. Overall, her clothes are modern and fashionable, with the style of molding, open top molding and hemline also referencing the unfolding butterfly molding design.
Original Text:
Q2：相较之前的各类英雄，奥罗拉有哪些独特之处呢？
Rui（策划）：奥罗拉可以在后台持续为全队治疗，并在指挥官遭遇敌兵攻击时，奥罗拉能提供保护，使指挥官可以在场上更安心的进行作战，是个非常温柔而强大的角色哦！
阿夏（美术）：她是目前合金世界首位成年女性治疗英雄，和莉莉丝相比，奥罗拉会相对年长些，是个知心大姐姐的形象呢。在给奥罗拉进行设计时，我们结合蝴蝶元素，风格鲜明，也让整体角色外形能更为新颖些。
Translated Text:
Q2: What are the unique features of Aurora compared to the previous types of heroes? Rui (Planner): Aurora can continuously heal the whole team in the background, and when the commander encounters enemy soldiers' attacks, Aurora can provide protection so that the commander can feel more at ease in the field of battle, it is a very gentle but powerful character! Asha (Art): She is the first adult female healing hero in the Metal Slug World, and compared to Lilith, Aurora will be relatively older, and is the image of a big sister who knows what she's doing. When designing Aurora, we combined the butterfly element with a distinctive style to make the overall appearance of the character more original.
Original Text:
Q3：创作过程中遇到的主要难题是什么？最终是如何解决的呢？
Rui（策划）：最大难点在于蝴蝶的表现吧，我们尝试了多版方案用来优化常驻蝴蝶的离散飞行表演，通过表演来尽可能凸显奥罗拉和蝴蝶之间的羁绊，最终呈现的效果还是比较满意的。
阿夏（美术）：难题是角色风格与世界观之间的差异感吧，合金感的治疗英雄就比较难设计，医生护士的造型确实很难包装。像我们看到市场上很多治疗英雄角色都会很“法师”，不过法师方向的的话跟合金的世界观就显得格格不入啦~（苦恼...）所以刚开始在方案构思上也曾陷入困境，后面不断讨论和优化时想到可以结合蝴蝶仿生无人机，开心的是蝴蝶跟治疗效果就挺适配！
Translated Text:
Q3: What were the main challenges encountered during the creative process? How was it solved in the end? Rui: The biggest difficulty lies in the butterfly's performance, we tried several versions of the program to optimize the discrete flight performance of the resident butterflies, through the performance to highlight the bond between Aurora and the butterflies as much as possible, and the final rendering of the effect is still relatively satisfactory. Axia (Art): The problem is the difference between the character style and the worldview, the alloy sense of the healing hero is more difficult to design, doctors and nurses are really difficult to package. As we see in the market, many healing heroes are very “mage”, but the mage direction is not compatible with Metal Slug's worldview~ (agonizing...) So at first, we were stuck in a dilemma when it came to the conception of the plan, but when we kept discussing and optimizing it, we thought that we could combine it with the butterfly bionic drone, and happily the butterflies and the healing effect are quite compatible!
Original Text:
Q4：创作团队对奥罗拉最满意的设计和期待呢？
Rui（策划）：一直以来，我们收到一些指挥官反馈，希望能推出新的奶妈角色，那这次拥有强效治疗技能的“奥罗拉”上线后，相信应该可以帮助很多指挥官缓解二队”缺奶“的问题了。
Translated Text:
Q4: What is the creative team's most satisfying design and expectation for Aurora? Rui (Planner): We have been receiving feedback from some commanders that they would like to see a new nurse character, so I believe that Aurora, with her strong healing skills, should be able to help many commanders alleviate the problem of “lack of milk” in the second team. The new character of Aurora will be available in the second team.
Original QnA Page Source: https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20240624A074QT00