James (Timeless)

""This guy is... basically an asshole. Imagine your average pervert grandpa with a love for explosives and saying shit. He's stubborn, will never admit he's wrong and abuses a bit too much weird jokes. But, it's James. You can't replace him""

- Alice

James is one of the 5 first characters unlocked in Timeless. He is an explosive/fire-related fighters, who stays at a medium-range and can easily make a very good use of weapons with high splash damage, but has more troubles than others to run

Statistics

 * Class : Medium
 * Health : 200 HP
 * Speed : x1.1
 * Stamina recovery : 7.5% per second
 * Ability : Suprise Bombardment : launches an explosive projectiles forward, dealing as much as 7.500 damage but requiring a 40 seconds cooldown

Appearance and origins
It is a male character, around his 50-60, with a normal size, and a fair amount of white hair as well as a small beard. He is kind of a redneck ; specialized in dad jokes, always wanting to annoy others and of course obsessed with explosives and blow up things. Despite this, he is still shown as very human, and seem to care for others despite this attitude. He is very often shown arguing with Alice, but overall both seem to be very good friends.

Challenges

 * Instant Reaction : Blow up 35 zombies in less than 5 seconds
 * Gotta go fast : Kill enough zombies with a throwable so that you can directly have it already recharged
 * Classics that never get old : complete a game where the only weapon used was Dynamite

Strategies
Due to his low stamina regeneration, he is the least able to run, and will have trouble fleeing horde. Thus, this character is better when kept at medium-range, close enough to take down zombies and far enough to flee if needed ; he will be excellent if you have enough explosive or incendiary weapons, and while most of them are throwables, his damage boost will allow him to vanquish even more zombies than others with these. Coupled with his unique reloading abilities, this allows him to launch a constant stream of projectiles at enemies. He also does fairly well with any kind of weapons and thus can be played by a wide range of players.

The only forbidden tactics with him are anything that includes too much sprinting, since he has a low stamina regeneration and thus may not be able to keep up with the pace. Same applies for close-range weapons requiring a lot of stamina, and shields are almost prohibited too because of the risk to get wrecked if you can't absorb attacks

Trivia

 * The challenge Instant Reaction refers to how creating almost instantaneous chain reactions of explosions is the best way to complete it
 * It is also a reference to an eponymous music