The Tendril power is an ability unique to James Heller, replacing the Musclemass adopted by Alex Mercer.

The tendrils unleashed by Heller are capable of lifting and tearing apart cars and military vehicles, ensnaring powerful infected beasts, and even ripping large groups of enemies to shreds.^[1]

Tactical OverviewEdit

The Tendrils power consists of two moves. One consists of Heller stringing together objects around him along with human-class enemies, using his biomass. They are usually immediately killed upon impact, with their corpses mutilated and torn apart while being held by the tendril mass that stick to the surroundings. Larger infected creatures are temporarily immobilized, giving Heller the option to strike a paralyzing blow, such as severing an arm or executing a Dirt Nap reminiscent from Prototype.

Another move is the Tendril Black Hole, in which Heller is capable of pulling objects around him towards his target, resulting in a devastating explosion.^[2]

Heller consumes D-Code soldiers and Brawlers by tunneling the tendrils into their bodies and ripping them in half.

Heller obtains the Tendril power after consuming a Hydra.

Tendril Black HoleEdit

The Tendril Black hole is a charged attack by which Heller shifts his mass onto a target within range, causing secondary tendrils to emerge from the epicenter and grab hold onto nearby objects. The tendrils then quickly retract with said objects to smash into the target, causing significant damage towards even armored vehicles and helicopters. Lesser enemies like humans and infected rabble will be turned to mush. This ability can be executed even while airborne.

The Tendrils are also a great defensive upgrade as they can be used to temporarily immobilize large enemies like the Brawlers and Juggernauts, which allows for dismemberment of their body parts and slowing them down.^[2]

Level 1 - Tendrils acquired.

Level 2 - Fortified enemies can be immobilized.

Level 3 - Tendril Black Hole grabs larger objects.

Level 4 - 25% increase in Tendrils damage.

TriviaEdit

• One of the consume animations for the Tendrils is almost identical to the uppercut-style consume animation of the Musclemass power in Prototype, only with additional Tendril creating effects.
• The acquiring of the Tendrils is the only visible instance of a Hydra being consumed.
• The Blackhole attack appears to do damage seemingly regardless of any debris pulled in. This becomes rather noticeable when Blackholing helicopters high and far away from anything within reach. Any debris that gets pulled in appear to contribute only a pittance of damage towards the target.
• Debris that get pulled in are most useful in causing collision damage on untargeted enemies near the center of the Blackhole, instead of the actual target.
• After an attack, Heller shortly will go in the pose he were after he acquired this power, stretching his one hand out and putting the other arm over his head.
• Tendrils initially seem less reliable to quickly eradicate massed enemy formations that quickly close the distance towards the player due to it being slower than Claws. However, once the Whipfist is acquired, the player can use it to complement the Tendrils by quickly sweeping the immediate space around him or otherwise compensating for other shortcomings as part of the Tendrils' prized ability to perform ranged attacks on almost all types of enemies throughout the duration of the game. This allows the player to rely on ranged abilities almost exclusively for just about anything.
• This is the only power to have its own animation when performing a tank finisher.

GalleryEdit

The Black hole move performed against a Blackwatch soldier.

Heller rips off a few Blackwatch soldiers.

A Juggernaut targeted.

Tendrils used against a Goliath.

Tendril power close-up

The tendril arms.

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