Roald

Roald
Level	9 (Enemy) 11 (Joins party) 11+ (levels up with player)
Race	Human
Zone	Oberursel - Stage 2
Allies	Insurgent, Sonny, Veradux, Felicity
Voice Actor	Andrew Dennis

Roald is a playable character in Sonny 2. He is an Insurgent, and he joins Sonny's party after you complete stage 2 at Oberursel.

Background

He is a human whom Sonny meets in the village of Oberursel. He and his fellow insurgents were rebelling against a violent cult in the village, which Sonny helps him to destroy. He was formerly a member of a group of researchers in the Utopia trying to find a cure for zombification. However, members of the group started disappearing: some were found dead, some were simply taken. In hindsight, it was likely the work of the ZPCI, but Roald and the others weren't aware of it at the time. Those that had survived fled from the Utopia to Oberursel. Unfortunately, it was not much better there; between the cult and the marauding zombies in the area, their lives were almost in as much danger at the village as they were in the Utopia.

In Oberursel, Roald and another Insurgent chanced upon Sonny and Veradux, and briefly exchanged combat before realizing that they were not enemies. Sonny requests for a road to Utopia, and Roald counteroffers that if the two helped to take down the cult in the area, he would lead them to Utopia himself. Roald then joins the party.

Name Origin

Roald is a name that has Norse origins, meaning famous ruler.

Battle

He has the same abilities both as an enemy and as an ally.

Attributes (Enemy)

Attributes		LV9
EASY	Speed	65
	Instinct	6
	Strength	19
	HP	1508
CHALLENGING	Speed	72
	Instinct	11
	Strength	37
	HP	2563
HEROIC	Speed	72
	Instinct	14
	Strength	47
	HP	3015
Focus	100	Physical	Cosmic	Ice	Fire	Lightning	Earth	Shadow	Poison
Target Weakest	Piercing	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
50%	Defense	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Abilities

Dux Leading Strike	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	None	0	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	200% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			2	Recovers 35 Focus.

Garrote	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	5	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	300% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Silenced	This unit is unable to use any moves that require Focus.		Lasts 2 turns. Cannot stack.
	Debuff

Greater Purpose	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	5	Self and Allies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	Heals 100% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			Unavoidable
	Greater Purpose	This unit receives 40% less damage. Heals cast on this unit are also more effective.		Lasts 3 turns. Receives 40% more healing. Cannot stack.
	Buff

Shoot	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	20 Focus	0	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Fire	300% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			2
	Shell Shocked	This unit is stunned from the blast.		Lasts 2 turns. Has a 15% chance of being applied to target.
	Debuff

Thurman Impair	Cost	CD	Available Targets	Number on Action Bar
	15 Focus	3	Enemies	1
			Element	Damage/Healing
			Physical	150% Strength
			Accuracy modifier	Additional notes
			1
	Impaired	This unit is receiving 10% additional damage from all sources. This effect cannot stack.		Lasts 12 turns.
	Debuff

Ability Selection (Enemy)

Notes on enemy AI:	While in a given battle stage, enemies will attempt to use First Choice abilities. If impossible (due to focus, silencing or cooldowns), they will proceed to Second Choice, etc. Cooldown for enemies indicates how often abilities may be used, and is effectively one less than for Sonny (IE cooldown of 2 can be used every second turn) Enemy-targetting abilities have a chance of targetting the weakest enemy rather than targetting at random; this is given in the Attributes section above. Ally-targetting abilities always target the weakest targetable ally. Selection within a category is random unless indicated. All exceptions noted below.
Battle Stages	First Choice	Second Choice	Third Choice
All friendly units above 80% HP	Dux Leading Strike Garrote Shoot Thurman Impair
Weakest friendly unit between 80% and 20% HP	50%: -Dux Leading Strike -Garrote -Shoot -Thurman Impair 50%: -Greater Purpose
Weakest friendly unit below 20% HP	Greater Purpose	Dux Leading Strike Garrote Shoot Thurman Impair

Equipment (Enemy)

Headwear	Bodywear	Gloves	Leggings	Footwear	Primary	Secondary
Cloaking Helm	Dissident's Crest	Rebellious Hands	Hope's Strength	Faith Runners	Rebellion Striker

Tactics

As an Enemy

Roald and the Insurgent will stop fighting Sonny and Veradux within two turns. This essentially make the fight more plot based and requires at least one of them to survive two turns. In a Legend run Roald will be a couple of levels above Sonny and Veradux, however, his damage output is not too intense and would rarely, if ever, kill both party members within two turns. Alternatively, Sonny and Veradux can defeat one of them to skip the dialogue. While that is possible, this would require an extreme scenario such as both Sonny and Veradux being over leveled, it would still take an extreme effort to defeat both enemies. Sonny and Veradux do not need to actively defend or play supportive as Veradux's heal can sustain both of them well enough for two turns.

As an Ally

Veradux will keep his role as a supportive character due to his heals. While Roald can heal, he heals for a smaller amount with its main appeal being the buff that reduces damage and increases healing received. Despite this, in higher difficulties Roald will most likely be set onto Relentless mode for his damage output.

His main competitor is Felicity. Compared to her, Roald is the more tanky option, being more able to endure more attacks with better supporting options (as Blade Shield can ultimately harm the target if it breaks, which Greater Purpose lacks). Roald can still do a fair amount of damage, even if its less than Felicity plus he can stun targets, even if its a percentage chance.

Within a Legend run, Felicity will be the first character to be able to use the equipment within Hew's shop as she starts at the same level of those items. Roald will be the second character to be strong enough to equip those items, however, due to not being able to use those items as early, he might hinder the team in some levels before reaching level 22.

General Tips

• Flame Katana gives a high Strength, Speed, Vitality, and Fire Piercing; while Biologicals may find its high Speed and Vitality useful, Roald is the only ally who gains from Fire Piercing. Imperial Rifle is also useful, especially if you are in Hew or ll Sanctus, where Flame Katana is not yet available.
• As none of his abilities use Instinct to scale, items that provide it are useless. It's best to give him items that provide Strength. Speed and Vitality are also useful.
• Venom smite does much more damage with him than the rebellion striker.
• It is generally best to keep him on relentless mode as Greater Purpose only heals in double digits or triple in the very late game. Its buff, however, can be useful if a party member's health starts to get low as Veradux's heals are helped by the buff.

Drops

As an enemy, Roald drops nothing, but after becoming a party member, you can use his equipment.

Gallery

Roald, as seen at the end of Sonny 2

Trivia

• Whenever Roald makes a critical strike with an attack, you may hear him saying, "Get outta my way!".
• Shoot has no cooldown, meaning that he may use it repeatedly if he has the Focus to do so.
• Roald is the first human companion in the series and the only canon human companion in the first two flash games as Catelin and Amber only appear in the Infinity, which is non-canon to the plot.
• Roald's appearance and accent may be a nod to Connor or Murphy MacManus from the Boondock Saints series, as both fight for their cause and have Irish accents