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As most of you already know, High Five was given out to winners of the High Five Frito Lay Instant Win Game, myself included.





I played High Five myself and found him rather enjoyable.

His Poison Pellet attack can provide rapid fire damage, and his Buzz Dash can literally send enemies spinning all the while damaging them.

When upgrading further, you can create Poison Clouds that can linger and damage enemies that are caught in them. The Fly Slam can be High Five's strongest move, but in last basic upgrade, Buzzerker Overdrive, his Fly Slam costs HP if you're willing to sacrifice health to damage enemies in one blow.

The Pollen Prince path focuses on High Five's Poison Cloud attacks. Further upgrading him in that path will allow him to create more than three Poison Clouds, let his Poison Clouds to linger longer and you can actually Buzz Dash into them to extend their time on the battlefield. The last upgrade in that path moveset allows you to make bigger Poison Clouds.

The Speedy Slammer path focuses on High Five's Fly Slam and Buzz Dash attacks. Enemies will be sucked in when you are preparing your Fly Slam, and as you may recall, this also decreases your HP. However when obtaining the Slam Apples upgrade, you will be able to regain some HP from a few apples that are released from the Fly Slam cloud. The Buzz Buzz Buzz technique allows you to use Buzz Dash continuously.

The Soul Gem, Organic Slam Apples, releases apples whenever you peform your Fly Slams. If you have the Speedy Slammer path, the apples that are release give you more HP than before.

If you double press the jump button, High Five can fly but only for a short while. While in flight, you can also perform your Fly Slam and fire your Poison Pellets at your enemies. I liked how TFB hid High Five's flight feature as a double jump ability. That really surprised me when I first played as him.


Here is my gameplay video on High Five, I chose the Speedy Slammer path -

so he is basically a second spyro

We love him, just don't feel his voice matches him, but gameplay is very enjoyable

Those wings 0_0 they look amazing

Love his wings and the pose is rather dynamic.

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so he is basically a second spyro

No.

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Love his wings and the pose is rather dynamic.

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so he is basically a second spyro

No.

oh OK

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Those wings 0_0 they look amazing

Same thing I thought! He looks cool next to Sparx!

I want him even more now! He looks so good He's now on my christmas list at the top

Thanks Aura

So... does his Soul Gem only effect his bottom path or do you not know?

I haven't checked if the Soul Gem only affects his Speedy Slammer path. It says whenever Fly Slam is performed, apples will give you more HP. I believe that still applies even if you didn't choose the second upgrade path and only have Fly Slam.

It seems the paint they are using on these guys is either different altogether or a much different shade. Not a fan.

Yeah voice doesn't match....also his entrance animation was changed. Cool video. Yeah there are a lot of similarities to Spyro. Have to reuse the animation somehow. Still looks fun.

I'm happy that High Five is capable of flying, but I was hoping that he stay in the air for a limitless time though. I wish the same for the other winged Skylanders that can't fly like Flashwing, Sunburn, and Blades. Hopefully, Spotlight and Blackout will be able to fly after pressing the jump button twice.

love high five!

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love high five!

Same here. I still haven't won though

Haven't got mine, don't know when. Would be funny if I got him & Snowderdash at the same time.

^ merry Xmas to you

Really happy to hear that he can fly (even for a short amount of time).

I wish it happened to all the other winged characters unable to do it, with the "double jump" function, but I guess some characters don't need to fly, to be cool (Sunburn would have been epic, though).

Aura, which path do you recommend for High Five? Also, have you found out if his soul gem affects his top path in some form?

Just checked. The soul gem doesn't unlock until you purchase the Fly Slam upgrade. Even if you choose the Pollen Prince (top) path, your soul gem power will still work with your basic Buzzerker Overdrive attack.

which path do you think is better? I use the poison pellets more, but the fly slam is pretty powerful...

I prefer the Speedy Slammer. Though it takes away health, once you purchase the soul gem, you'll regain more HP.

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so he is basically a second spyro

That's kind of what I was thinking. But he still does seem quite interesting.

At first glance he seems a lot like spyro, but he shoots much faster and is pretty fun to use once to upgrade him. He's also fun to use in speed runs.

Looks sweet.

Although he looks like a dragonfly. the way he moves in game reminds me more of a housefly.

He's a lot of fun though!

Anyone who won High Five, I have a question. I just won recently and it said something about "once we verify your entry" it will ship in 8-10 weeks. Does verify your entry mean they sent you an email? Because I haven't gotten one. Also, did it really take 8-10 weeks to arrive?

i played High Five yesterday and before i notice i had totally maxed him out, time did just fly past when i used him. and when that happen you know you have a good character

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i played High Five yesterday and before i notice i had totally maxed him out, time did just fly past when i used him. and when that happen you know you have a good character

Now I'm even MORE excited! I hope I get him for Christmas!

Was gonna get him yesterday but only found him in a Triple Pack which I didn't want to get so I won't get him until later...

He looks quite interesting. Can't wait to get him.