This page contains details of purchasable Hero characters in Blacklight Retribution.
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Grendel
AKA K. Moreau
The first Hero released for gameplay, Grendel is Blacklight's demolitions expert, whose loadout consists of heavy armor, a customized Light Machine Gun and Heavy Pistol, a Barricade, a Minigun and a shitload of explosives.- BFG: His signature primary weapon is the Titan H4 'Grendel' MG, an LMG tuned to have a fast reload speed on top of having decent stats all around.
- Aside from his LMG, Grendel's depot weapon also happens to be the T56 Trident, a Minigun with a total of 300 bullets ready to be fired at his enemies.
- Cool Helmet: Grendel wears the Allied R21V HUNTER helmet, which can be bought separately from his equipment set for your Agent.
- I Shall Taunt You: Grendel comes equipped with the Flex taunt, which makes him flex his guns and show everyone how ripped his biceps are. For best results, make him wear his Mercenary skin while he's at it.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: His Barricade Mk.1 Tactical Gear protects him from most frontal assaults while he actively wields it, and if he sets it down, it also allows him to safely deny areas to enemies by letting him shoot them through it.
- Mighty Glacier: For having the highest amount of health possible thanks to his heavy armor, Grendel moves a lot slower compared to the other Heroes in exchange, with the weight of his equipped weapons also adding to his slowness.
- Punch-Packing Pistol: His signature secondary weapon is the Krane XS-V2 'Grendel', a HP tuned to have improved damage, range and accuracy, but with slightly increased recoil.
- Scary Black Man: Grendel's Mercenary skin sees him forgoing his helmet and his arms' body armor, revealing him to be a muscular black man with tattoos etched across his upper arms, whose frowning face is quite intimidating to see.
- Stuff Blowing Up: A core component of his playstyle, Grendel is armed with the Frag, HE and Digi Grenades and the Proximity Mine - the first two for flushing enemies out of cover, the third for creating temporary visual cover, and the last for trapping areas likely to be frequented by enemies.
Viper
AKA J. Vansaint
A stealth specialist who is somehow connected to OPRL. He focuses on speed, utilizing a Submachine Gun and the Cloak Tactical Gear, allowing him to sneak up on enemies. He also appears in the Blacklight: Tango Down comic.- Abnormal Ammo: His SMG uses Toxic Rounds.
- Fragile Speedster: Viper is a very fast stealth Hero thanks to the light armor and weaponry of his loadout, but in turn it makes him quite easy to kill - assuming of course that someone can actually land a few shots on him.
- Invisibility: His Tactical Gear allows him to easily blend into his surroundings, for as long as he wants.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: One of his alternative skins, thanks to a Rocket Stinger's payload punching through the concrete cover he was hiding behind in the comic where he showed up. It reveals that he's been infected by the Sentient Insanity Virus (SIV) that contributed to the entire mess in the Blacklight universe. Not that he seems to care, though.
- His alternate skin is also named Patient Zero, which implies he is perhaps one of the first infected ever and somehow developed an immunity to it.
The Duchess
AKA S. Bertolette
A female sniper who lost her left arm to a Hardsuit's Railgun round. She is meant to be played as a mobile sniper with a unique and ridiculously fast HRV recharge rate. Also, she is the first female Hero made available in the game.- Cyborg: Duchess' left arm is completely robotic thanks to a Railgun round destroying her flesh and blood arm. Also, she has an ocular implant (which is represented by the item OPRL VHolo Implant J21 in her helmet slot), which explains how she can use HRV without any visible headgear on her person.
- Death from Above: She has the A36 Brimstone available as her depot weapon, which is a signal flare launcher used to call down an Airstrike at where it is pointed to.
- Fragile Speedster: Thanks to her playstyle, Duchess wears light armor pieces to keep up with her need to move to and fro while she snipes, but this also leaves her with very low health, getting her easily killed if someone lands a few shots on her.
- Handicapped Badass: She may have lost her left arm, but that didn't stop her from replacing it with a cybernetic one.
- Ms. Fanservice: One of her alternative skins, Royal, turns this trope up a notch for her by giving her shirt a Navel-Deep Neckline.
- Revolvers Are Just Better: Her signature secondary weapon is the J3-CS 'Duchess', a customized Revolver with a 1.60x zoom scope that also uses Incendiary Rounds.
- Sniper Rifle: Her signature primary weapon is the Titan 'Duchess' BAR, a customized Bolt-Action Rifle that sacrifices Damage and fire rate for increased accuracy and scope-in time.
Deacon
AKA T. Halsey
An engineer Hero who specializes in repairing Scorpion Tanks and other mechanical entities. Deacon packs quite a bit of armor, a Combat Rifle and a Shotgun as well as some support-oriented equipment.- Artificial Limbs: Not actually. Both of Deacon's hands are still there, but they're only used for more precise jobs.
- The Engineer: The only one in the game, in fact.
- Expy: An engineer with a mechanical left hand? Hmm...
- Magnetic Weapons: He has a Railgun as his depot weapon.
MARS
AKA ARK M.A.R.S
A robotic combatant Hero created by ArmCom. MARS comes with balanced stats, a customized Assault Rifle and a very high Headshot Protection.- Robot Girl: Her initial appearance. One of MARS's alternative skins makes her look more bulkier like a man.
Chronos
AKA R. O'Conner
A lightly-equipped hacker Hero. Chronos comes equipped with the Firewall Breach Kit Tactical Gear, which increases his hacking speed (which is very handy for anything hacking related), a customized Combat Rifle, a Turret as his depot weapon and an HRV Decoy for fooling his enemies.- Abnormal Ammo: His CR fires Electro Rounds.
Lazarus
AKA B. Hinds
A female combat medic. Lazarus comes equipped with a customized Burstfire Rifle.- Combat Medic: She can revive fallen teammates with her Revival Injector Mk.1 Tactical Gear.
Lilith
AKA S. Karalis
A female Hardsuit pilot.- Abnormal Ammo: Lilith uses Electro Rounds in her Tactical Submachine Gun, trading anti-personnel damage for anti-mechanical damage.
- Death from Above: She has an A36 Brimstone as her depot weapon, for calling down an Airstrike whenever and wherever she wants it.
Ghost
AKA J. Haussen
A mysterious masked sniper.- In the Hood
- Invisibility: He can render himself invisible to your HRV using his Tactical Gear.
- One-Hit Kill: Considering his standard equipment includes an Anti-Materiel Rifle...
Artemis
AKA M. Akimoto
Another female Hardsuit pilot.- Ace Pilot: There is a good reason why Artemis is considered a Hardsuit Pilot Extraordinaire.
Crusher
AKA A. Hernandez
Another female combat medic.- Combat Medic: Her Heal Injector Mk.1 Tactical Gear can quickly patch you or herself up in no time.
- Cool Helmet: Her Fox-Cat SR-7 helmet, like Grendel's helmet, can be bought separately from her own equipment set for use on your own Agent.
White Knight
AKA ???
A promotional Hero only available after referring 50 friends through the Referral System.- Bling of War: The armor all over his damn body has a nice shiny chrome sheen to it.
