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How do you use the repair functionality for awakened 4* WJ?

Hello! I have a 4* Wheeljack that is awakened(white stars). Rank is 4/5 and 40/40 at 2,566. Forge level 3/100. My question is about abilities. Upgrade, shock, and power leak are all shown at rank 4 and have a blue bar on the left side. Repair is shown as rank 1 with a white bar. People in my alliance talk about WJ’s ability to repair. Why is this one ability stuck at rank 1 and in white? Also, how do I access the repair ability? Is this like Ratchet where I can repair mid-fight or does it simply repair automatically if I leave him alone in a mission for a set period of time...trying to figure out how to engage the repair functionality. Thanks.

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  • VoltronVoltron Posts: 998
    edited February 2019
    those are his signature abilities.. you increase them by "duping" him or using signature programs.. in other words by increasing his signature level.

    If you scroll down in his ability info..past his abilities, you'll see the section where it states that if he has 3 of the same buff (upgrades), this repair will kick in. Another way is when you have 3 different buffs and use his sp3.
  • VavatronVavatron Posts: 843
    edited February 2019
    @John_Hopkins you really want Nano Repair. It’s under your masteries.

    It basically makes duped WJ invulnerable for the first minute of any fight as long as no damaging debuffs are applied. So for example none of the sharks in AM can take you below 75% in the first minute (except the Warrior Shark)

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  • Thank you! It sounds like what I need to do is get more 4* tech signature upgrades to solve this issue. I can see in the information on WJ that if he “constructs 3 of the same upgrade type” then repair will kick in. I guess that I am confused by how do I trigger this process...or is it random? I have tried using the SP3 (all red bars) and no in-fight repair occurred. Thanks again for your response!
  • I just saw your post about the masteries. That makes perfect sense. Thanks!
  • VavatronVavatron Posts: 843
    edited February 2019
    Increasing WJ Sig in my opinion is pointless.

    Repair is unreliable.

    Nano Repair is the way to go.
  • VavatronVavatron Posts: 843
    edited February 2019
    I just saw your post about the masteries. That makes perfect sense. Thanks!

    Nano-WJ is God Mode as long as you avoid Bleed, burn, shock, dark burn, etc.
  • Darm0kDarm0k Posts: 2,485
    Thank you! It sounds like what I need to do is get more 4* tech signature upgrades to solve this issue. I can see in the information on WJ that if he “constructs 3 of the same upgrade type” then repair will kick in. I guess that I am confused by how do I trigger this process...or is it random? I have tried using the SP3 (all red bars) and no in-fight repair occurred. Thanks again for your response!

    He creates a random upgrade after a heavy attack. If you randomly get three of the same, the repair triggers.

    If not, when you launch a S3 with three upgrades, it will change all three to the same as the first one you got. That will give you three of the same and proc the heal.

    One last way is to launch a S2 with three upgrades. This will change the current three to a three random ones. Once in a while this happens to end up being three of the same and you will get the heal. Very rare to happen though.
  • Thank you! It sounds like what I need to do is get more 4* tech signature upgrades to solve this issue. I can see in the information on WJ that if he “constructs 3 of the same upgrade type” then repair will kick in. I guess that I am confused by how do I trigger this process...or is it random? I have tried using the SP3 (all red bars) and no in-fight repair occurred. Thanks again for your response!

    When you used SP3, did Wheeljack have three upgrades? Even if you built 3, they can be destroyed by an opponent's critical heavy or special attacks (if I remember right). If you do have 3 upgrades at the time you use SP3, you should definitely see all 3 upgrades become the same type as the first, and Wheeljack repair damage.
  • One follow up. If I reset masteries do all reset and I get all spent mastery cores back to reallocate or do I lose everything? I might just wait until my next mastery point to start working on the nano repair piece, but wanted to be clear on my options. Thanks again for your help!
  • You don't get back spent mastery cores, but the masteries that you used those cores to unlock, remain unlocked for you.
  • Thanks Carrot!
  • ManthroManthro Posts: 2,752
    Vavatron wrote: »
    Increasing WJ Sig in my opinion is pointless.

    Repair is unreliable.

    Nano Repair is the way to go.

    Lolwut?

    WJ has the most reliable repair skill in the game
  • Manthro wrote: »
    Vavatron wrote: »
    Increasing WJ Sig in my opinion is pointless.

    Repair is unreliable.

    Nano Repair is the way to go.

    Lolwut?

    WJ has the most reliable repair skill in the game

    Knowing is half the battle with WJ's repair. The other half is doing it over and over again.
  • DaveJLDaveJL Posts: 1,779
    edited February 2019
    Manthro wrote: »
    Vavatron wrote: »
    Increasing WJ Sig in my opinion is pointless.

    Repair is unreliable.

    Nano Repair is the way to go.

    Lolwut?

    WJ has the most reliable repair skill in the game

    I dunno like, Ratchet only has to do a heavy attack...

    Second most, sure.

    Actually, Megatronus is pretty reliable too with his sp2 on obedience, as is Waspinator.

    I'm just gonna say Ratchet.
  • kranderskranders Posts: 479
    edited February 2019
    Manthro wrote: »
    Vavatron wrote: »
    Increasing WJ Sig in my opinion is pointless.

    Repair is unreliable.

    Nano Repair is the way to go.

    Lolwut?

    WJ has the most reliable repair skill in the game

    Clearly they don't know jack about Wheeljack. He has the best repair in the game but his strategy constantly fluctuates depending on the enemy, his constructs, sig level, and nano-repair.
  • Darm0kDarm0k Posts: 2,485
    DaveJL wrote: »

    I dunno like, Ratchet only has to do a heavy attack...

    Second most, sure.

    That’s only if you don’t get hit out of your heavy attack before it finishes and are below 50% health. His S2 is more guaranteed, but the 1% you get isn’t that reliable.
  • DaveJLDaveJL Posts: 1,779
    Darm0k wrote: »
    DaveJL wrote: »

    I dunno like, Ratchet only has to do a heavy attack...

    Second most, sure.

    That’s only if you don’t get hit out of your heavy attack before it finishes and are below 50% health. His S2 is more guaranteed, but the 1% you get isn’t that reliable.

    Waspinator then
  • kranderskranders Posts: 479
    DaveJL wrote: »
    Manthro wrote: »
    Vavatron wrote: »
    Increasing WJ Sig in my opinion is pointless.

    Repair is unreliable.

    Nano Repair is the way to go.

    Lolwut?

    WJ has the most reliable repair skill in the game

    I dunno like, Ratchet only has to do a heavy attack...

    Second most, sure.

    Actually, Megatronus is pretty reliable too with his sp2 on obedience, as is Waspinator.

    I'm just gonna say Ratchet.

    WJ is infinitely harder to kill unless you have no idea how to use him or try to use him against dots which would just as easily kill ratchet. I frequently heal WJ from 25 to 75% in AM or up to 90% if you want to say but really it’s only the 25/50/75 thresholds that matter since you should be running nano.
  • VavatronVavatron Posts: 843
    Darm0k wrote: »
    DaveJL wrote: »

    I dunno like, Ratchet only has to do a heavy attack...

    Second most, sure.

    That’s only if you don’t get hit out of your heavy attack before it finishes and are below 50% health. His S2 is more guaranteed, but the 1% you get isn’t that reliable.

    This.
  • SlayerSlayer Posts: 1,085
    edited February 2019
    My question is about abilities. Upgrade, shock, and power leak are all shown at rank 4 and have a blue bar on the left side. Repair is shown as rank 1 with a white bar. People in my alliance talk about WJ’s ability to repair. Why is this one ability stuck at rank 1 and in white? Thanks.

    Thats because unlike other abilities of wheeljack (shock, stun,,.) Repair ability does not enhances even after ranking up your wheeljack. The repair percentage will remain constant throughout the 5 ranks . Other abilities of your wheeljack like shock are at rank 4 but repair will always be at rank 1. the % of health to be repaired during a fight is provided under bots description 😄
  • Thanks
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