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HAN-D is a melee brawler inRisk of Rain Returns. As a robot janitor, HAN-D can clean up the battlefield using Drones, a giant hammer, and his fists. Due to his slow attack speed and lack of mobility, HAN-D can be difficult to get the hang of at first, but his damage more than makes up for these shortcomings.
If you want to get a handle on HAN-D, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ll take a look at all of HAN-D’s default and unlockable skills, the best items to use with him, and some tips and tricks for playing as him.
Apply force to all combatants for 180% damage.
Drone - Heal
Fire a Drone for 190% damage while also healing yourself. Gain Drones by killing enemies.
Overclock
Increases attack speed and stun chance by 30%. Increase duration by attacking enemies.
Forced Reassembly
Apply great force to all combatants for 500% damage, knocking them into the air.
Unlockable Skills
You can unlock the following skills for HAN-D, which will replaceDrone - HealorDisassemble. Unlock other Survivors, HAN-D hastwo additional skill choicesfor his second skill.
How To Unlock
Drone - Speed(replaces Drone - Heal)
Fire a Drone for 190% damage while also temporarily gaining attack speed. Gain Drones by killing enemies.
Defeat 3000 enemies as HAN-D.
Drone - Blast(replaces Drone - Heal)
Fire a Drone that explodes on contact for 500% damage, at blinding speeds, extending Overclock duration. Gain Drones by killing enemies.
Obtain a Golden Drone.
Disassemble(replaces Forced Reassembly)
Tear combatants apart for 5x90% damage, scaling with attack speed. Can move slowly while casting.
Kill 15 enemies at once using the Sawmerang.
Drone - SpeedandDrone - Blastboth change the function of HAN-D’s second skill, while retaining the need tokill enemies to obtain Drones. Disassemble on the other hand unlocks a unique new playstyle for HAN-D, which we’ll take a deeper look at later.
Best Items For HAN-D
HAN-D has slow attack speed and no additional mobility in his base kit. Rather than trying to buff up these weaknesses, it’s better tolean into HAN-D’s strengths, focusing on tanking hits and dealing high damage with each attack.
Increases survivability and maximum potential barrier.
Barbed Wire
Hurt 1 enemy within 1m for 50% damage every 0.5 seconds.
Increases effective health when killing enemies.
The Toxin
Infect enemies on contact for 3 seconds, causing them to receive 30% extra damage from all sources.
Increases effective health.
Prophet’s Cape
Briefly blocks all incoming damage upon being struck. Blocking damage heals you for 3 health.
Increases damage at close range.
Repulsion Armor
After 6 hits reflect incoming attacks for 400% damage and increase armor by 100 for 4 seconds.
Greatly increases survivability and damage at close range.
Aegis
Healing past full grants you barrier equal to 50% of the amount you healed. Increases maximum barrier by 20%.
Greatly increases effective health, works well with Drone - Heal.
Movement items are also great to have on HAN-D. A coupleHopoo Feathers,Red Whips, orRusty Jetpackswill help with moving around the stage and finding the teleporter.
How To Play As HAN-D
HAN-D is a slow bruiser that cansustain attacks using his healing Droneswhile pummeling enemies with Hurt and Forced Reassembly. HAN-D’s playstyle revolves around tanking hits while damaging enemies, then using Drone - Heal to recover after or during the battle.
HAN-D’s unique Drones are the central mechanic of his kit. Drones are onlygained upon killing enemies, making them harder to maintain in fights against single targets like bosses or lone Elite enemies. Because of this,try to always have at least five Drones stocked up.
This will let youheal up quicklyif you take a big hit, but also keep you low enough of Drones that you won’t “waste” any if you kill too many enemies. Drones should also be used periodically in larger packs of enemies tosustain your healthwhile adding some extra damage.
Disassemblereplaces HAN-D’s hammer with a giant saw, dealingmultiple instances of damageover the duration of the attack. The number of hits Disassemble dealsincreases with attack speed, meaninghigher attack speed equals higher damage.
This makesDrone - SpeedandDrone - Blastvery good options to pair with Disassemble. Drone - Speed willincrease your attack speed when activating a Drone, leading to more Disassemble hits, whileDrone - Blast will extend the duration of Overclock, which also increases attack speed.
Overclock drastically increases HAN-D’s attack speed and chance to stun, and the duration of Overclock is extended when hitting enemies. Use Overclock when fighting multiple enemies for the best outcome.
However, choosing Speed or Blast will meanlosing Drone - Heal, which is a pretty big hit to HAN-D’s survivability. For a more offensive-oriented build, Speed and Burst are definitely better choices. Just keep in mind that you’ll probably wantmore healing items to compensate.
