Hound

Bio

Autobot Hound has a mean bark and a nastier bite. This brave warrior will back his teammates no matter how grim the struggle. Armed with enough weaponry for a small army and quick to improvise, this Autobot is able to hold his own in any situation.

Story

No Bot Left Behind

Max Stats

2-Star:
- Health: 1854
- Attack: 149
- Max Rating: 547
3-Star:
- Health: 4553
- Attack: 318
- Max Rating: 1308
4-Star:
- Health: 11839
- Attack: 827
- Max Rating: 3484

5-Star

	Attack	Health	Rating	forge
1/1	444	6,360	1,402
1/10	701	10,031	2,212
2/20	913	13,066	2,934
3/30	1,209	17,310	3,962	17
4/40
5/50

Game Abilities

Basic Abilities

Inferno Ammo
Precision Ammo

Abilities

Ammo Types:
- Holding Block at Ranged Distance for ~~0.9~~ 0.6 seconds will Swap Autobot Hound’s Ammo Types.
- Inferno Ammo grants Critical Ranged Hits a 100% chance to inflict Burn, dealing 40~60% of Attack as Heat damage over 8~10 seconds.
  - (v8.4) The third hit of a Ranged Combo has a 100% chance to refresh the timer of a Burn Debuff.
- Precision Ammo grants Ranged Attacks a 30~50% increased Critical Rate and cannot be Evaded and is not affected by abilities that would cause Ranged Attacks to Miss.
  - (v8.4) The second hit of a basic ranged combo has a 60% chance to Nullify a Shield Buff on the opponent.
  - (v8.4) The third hit of a basic ranged combo has an 80% chance to Nullity a Shield Buff on the opponent.
- (v8.0) Sidestepping with Precision Ammo Purifies all Daze effects.
Ranged Attacks: Critical Hits on Burning opponents have 50~% Critical Damage.
Heavy Attacks:
- 100% Chance to gain an Armor Buff, reducing damage from attacks by 10% for 6 seconds.
- 50% Chance to inflict a Critical Resistance Debuff, increasing the chance for Critical Hits against opponents by 20~27.2%? for 6~8 seconds.

Rank	Inferno Ammo Burn	Burning Crit	Precision Ammo Crit Rate	Crit Resist Debuff	Special 1 Burn
1	~~20%~~ 30%	50%	30%	20%/ 6 sec	60%
2	~~25%~~ 35%	55%	35%	21.8%/ 6.5 sec	65%
3	~~30%~~ 40%	60%	40%	23.6%/ 7 sec	70%
4	~~35%~~ 45%	65%	45%	25.4%/ 7.5 sec	75%
5	~~40%~~ 50%	70%	50%	27.2%/ 8 sec	80%

Signature Ability

Warrior Ballerina

In the heat of a firefight this robust robot uses his surprising agility to maneuver and exploit the enemy's weak points.

Sidestepping Ranged Attacks:
- When Autobot Hound rolls to avoid a Ranged Attack he gains a 40 50~200% Ranged Bonus for 3 5 seconds.
- +1.7% per level

Level	Ranged Bonus	v8.0
1	40%	50%
5	40%	55.9%
6	41.7%	57.4%
7	43.4%	58.9%
8	45.1%	60.4%
9	46.8%	62%
10	48.4%	63.5%
15	56.9%	71.1%
20	65.3%	78.6%
25	73.7%
30	82.1%	93.8%
35	90.5%
40	99%
45	107.4%
50	115.8%
55	124.2%
60	132.6%
65		146.9%
70
75
80		169.7%
85		177.2%
90		184.8%
95
100	200%	200%

Special Attacks

Rolling Thunder - Big boy coming through!
- While Precision Ammo is equipped the last hit has a 100% Chance to inflict 100% Critical Rate Down for 20 seconds.
- While Inferno Ammo is equipped this the last hit has a 100% chance to inflict Burn, dealing 60~80% of Attack over 15 8 seconds.
Safeties Off - Nothing makes holes quite like a naval rotary cannon.
- 50% chance per hit to Bleed, dealing 40% of Attack over 5 seconds.
- (v8.0) The final hit instead has a 50% chance to Burn. dealing 40% Attack over 5 seconds.
Full Autobot - You’re not out of time until you’re out of ammo!
- 100% Chance to gain an Armor Buff, reducing damage from attacks by 10% for 30 seconds.
- Autobot Hound has a 100% chance to inflict a Critical Resistance Debuff, increasing the chance for Critical Hits against opponents by 40% for 28 20 seconds and proceeds to fire every gun in his inventory.

Synergy Bonuses

Enemies – Barricade - +2~3~8% Attack Rating.
Sharpshooters – Mirage, Arcee - +5~10~20% Crit Rate on Ranged Attacks.
Weapon Specialists – Mixmaster, Ironhide, Rhinox - +3~4~9% duration for all Damaging Debuffs. +2~4~8% Attack Rating in Alliance Missions.
Medic Support – Optimus Prime (MV1), Drift - 1.3~2.5~7% of base Health Repaired at the start of the fight. +3~4~5% extra Repair in Raids.
Allies – Optimus Prime MV1, Drift - +2~3~8% Armor.
Leadership (5-Star) - +10% Critical Damage.

Strategy

Player

Hound may not have the strongest basic and Special Attacks, and his Burns are longer than stronger, but his Precision Ammo mode is useful in specific situations. Enemies can't Evade Hound's Precision Ammo ranged attacks. If affected by a Daze, Hound can Sidestep with this Precision Ammo. His only disadvantage is that he relies on his Ranged Attacks to connect to deal their maximum damage. Hot Rod is a safer option for Ranged Attacks and anti-evade through those Ranged Attacks.

Hound's Precision Special 1 is useful for disabling an opponent's Critical Rate, which is useful against Expert/Master Solo Mission Bots with deadly Critical Rate and Critical Damage mods.

In addition, Hound himself can deal frequent ranged Critical hits by increasing his Critical Rate and decreasing his opponent's Critical Resistance.

Opponent

Dodging Hound's Special II can be tricky, as it will fire almost instantly. The best (if not very effective) way to at least reduce its damage is Blocking. It is possible to sidestep all the bullets, but the grenade requires sidestepping at the right moment.

Strong Match-Ups

Barricade – Autobot Hound’s Precision Ammo rarely misses, making Autobot Hound the premier choice to dismantle this Barricade’s powerful Evasion Buff.
Mirage, Windblade, Slipstream – Their Heavy Attacks are notorious for being untouchable to Ranged Attacks, but that trick stops at Autobot Hound. Precision Ammo is not affected by abilities that would cause Ranged Attacks to Miss.
Blaster - Blaster will have a harder time to reduce Hound's Precision Ammo. And if he thinks he can absorb his Ranged Attacks with Absorption Shield, the Shield will be broken before Blaster knows it.
Kickback's Critical-based dinner won't be served when his waiter is Hound, serving him a zero-Crit Special diet.
Hot Rod - Acceleration Evades will do nothing to Hound's Precision Ammo.
Cheetor - The Maximal scout won't be able to make use of his evade buffs.
Hound's push won't be affected by Scorponok's Dazes - just sidestep with Precision Ammo. (8.0 and above)
Rhinox, Wheeljack - As of v8.4, Hound's Precision can break Shields from a distance.
Megatron (ROTF) - Bleeds and burns ignore Megatron’s armor and Hound’s ranged attacks will mostly win when it comes to ranged to ranged attacks.

Mods

Hound's Precision Ammo is completely unaffected by E.M.I Module.

Weak Match-Ups

Optimus Primal – Primal will completely resist Autobot Hound’s Powerful Critical Hits which means no burns for the maximal. Even though Hound can inflict Critical Resistance Debuff.
Soundwave – Soundwave has the ability to reflect Autobot Hound’s powerful Signature Ability right back into his bearded face. So does Jetfire's parry shield but no needs Signature Ability to be awakened.
Optimus Prime can break through Hound's armor.
Nemesis Prime too but he can copy the armor buffs and nullify them in return.
Megatron - A fused debuff means, Megatron will outshoot this warrior.
Grimlock - Bleeds and burns will fuel the dinobot’s rage.
Megatronus - Megatronus can break Hound’s armor and the relic of obedience can prevent Hound from gaining armor or any other buffs.

Recommended Modules

You're entering a world of Guns & Ammo with these Mods!

E.M.I. Module – The E.M.I. Module will punish any gunslingers who attempt to outshoot this warrior.
- Raids: His Precision Ammo would not be affected by opponent E.M.I Modules.
Laser Guidance Module – This module will combine with Autobot Hound’s Signature Ability to punch holes through even the toughest opponent.
Superconductor 2000 - It is quite hard to completely dodge Hound's Gatling gun bullets and grenade.
The Harm Accelerator will enhance Hound's damaging debuffs.
The Security Module pads his protective vest.

Obtainment

Big Boy Crystal
February 2018 Bot Chips
Bot Crystals (added 5/24/2018)
- Premium Bot Crystal (Shard Crystals)
- 3-Star Bot Crystal
- 4-Star Bot Crystal
May 2019 Featured Bot Set - 3- to 5-Star Hound

5-Star Crystals - added March 12, 2020
- in addition to a 5-Star Big Boy Crystal that has an increased chance to drop Hound

May 2020 Bot Set

Gallery

Trivia

His vehicle mode is based on a Customised Mercedes Unimog Tactical Vehicle, but the logo is removed to avoid licensing issues.
In the film he also sports red crosses on his helmet and shoulders. Those were probably removed for the same reason.

External Links

Bot Intel Report[1]