Editing Lash

{{Infobox hero
| key = hero_lash
| card = Lash card.png
| voice_actor = Andrew Bowen
| release_date = April 16, 2024
| no_bullet_resist = true
| max_health = {{#invoke:HeroData|get_hero_var|{{#var:hero_key_or_en}}|MaxHealth|3}}{{PI|42}}
| bullet_damage = {{#invoke:HeroData|get_hero_var|{{#var:hero_key_or_en}}|BulletDamage|3}}{{PI|0.70}}
| light_melee = {{#invoke:HeroData|get_hero_var|{{#var:hero_key_or_en}}|LightMeleeDamage|3}}{{PI|2.67}}
| heavy_melee = {{#invoke:HeroData|get_hero_var|{{#var:hero_key_or_en}}|HeavyMeleeDamage|3}}{{PI|4.91}}
}}

'''Lash''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. He is a brutal bruiser of a Hero, eagerly initiating fights and chasing down fleeing opponents. He leaps into combat with his Grappling hook, Flogging his foes with a life-stealing whip and stomping the ground with a Ground Strike that damages multiple targets. If the enemy team groups up, Lash can pick them all up at once and Death Slam them into the ground.

A champion of an underground fighting arena, Lash has built a reputation as a tough and unsavoury character.

== Abilities ==
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|-|(1) Ground Strike=
{{Ability card v2
| hero_name=Lash
| ability_num=1
| notes=
* If Lash collides with a flying enemy while doing a mid-air Ground Strike, he will drag them to the ground.
}}

|-|(2) Grapple=
{{Ability card v2
| hero_name=Lash
| ability_num=2
}}

|-|(3) Flog=
{{Ability card v2
| hero_name=Lash
| ability_num=3
}}

|-|(4) Death Slam=
{{Ability card v2
| hero_name=Lash
| ability_num=4
}}
</tabber>

== Weapon ==
{{WeaponCard|key=hero_lash}}

== Update history ==
{{Main|Lash/Update history|l1=Update history}}
{{Update history}}

== Background ==
{{Quotation|'''A FATE'S TALE'''|

Jacob Lash is an asshole.
}}

=== Lore ===
Lash is a champion of the [[Bear Pit]], an underground arena of blood sport where spectators gamble on matches. [[Bebop]] is another known pit fighter and Lash’s titular rival. Lash mocks [[Wraith]] for betting on Bebop, and Wraith teases Lash because he lost to Bebop "one time".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Lash|file=Lash kill wraith 02.mp3|transcription=Backed the wrong horse, Wraith... Like always.}}</ref><ref>[[Lash/Quotes#Conversations|Lash and Wraith conversation]]</ref> Wraith heard from [[The Mendoza Syndicate|Mendoza]] that Lash was going to "take a dive" in a fight. Instead, Lash won the fight, resulting in Wraith losing "a lot" of money.<ref>[[:File:Discord @Kaori- Lash and Wraith convo audio.wav|Lash and Wraith conversation]]</ref><ref>2024-09-02 - [[Kaori]]; [[:File:Discord @Kaori- Lash and Wraith convo.png|Deadlock Discord]] - ''"In honor of lore channel being born here's lash giving wraith some words of widom"''</ref>   

Lash is speculated to have a sailor background, given his anchor and the various ornaments that he wears. However, instead of a traditional nautical sailor, he more likely was an aeronaut, a sailor of the skies. Air travel is commonly done by airships that use zephyrs, or wind spirits, for air travel.<ref>2024-08-31 - [[Yoshi]]; [[:File:Yoshi Lore Hint from Discord.jpg|Deadlock Discord]] - ''"a random lore thing is that airplanes aren't a thing in this world, they use airships instead powered by wind spirits (zephyrs)"''</ref> On Lash’s left arm, he adorns a ship’s anchor tattoo surrounded by a cloud-like emblem, or possibly a zephyr.<ref>[[:File:Discord @Willkels- Connection Between Lash Tattoo and Zephyr.jpg|@willkels's Discord message]] about the connection between Lash's shoulder tattoo and Zephyrs.</ref> Additionally, Lash’s aptitude of air mobility and the ship’s horn sound on his ultimate ability “Death Slam” further imply an aeronaut background. [[Mo & Krill]] call Lash a “stevedore”,<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Mo & Krill|file=krill_ping_see_lash_02.mp3|transcription=Oh, look. A stevedore!}}</ref> a worker that unloads cargo from ships, suggesting that Lash could be a dockworker or a ship rigger that helps in the smuggling business.   
== Character interactions ==

*Lash often references [[Bebop]] in his dialogue, hinting at a rivalry between the two.
* Lash used to fight with uppercuts, but he stopped when Bebop started doing the move.
* [[Vyper]] thinks Lash is "awesome".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vyper|file=viper select 07.mp3|transcription=I'm just gonna say it: Lash is awesome, and he kicked Bebop's ass.}}</ref>
* [[McGinnis]] trains fighting with Lash.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis melee kill 05.mp3|context=(melee kill)|transcription=Training with Lash is paying off!}}</ref>
* [[Seven]] believes Lash's ego is almost as big as [[Kelvin]]'s.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Seven|file=Gigawatt kill lash 01.mp3|context=(killed Lash)|transcription=His ego is almost as big as Kelvin's.}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Lash card.png|Portrait
File:Lash MM.png|Minimap icon
File:Lash Render.png|In-game render
File:Lash winter.png|[[Seasonal events#Winter|Winter skin]]
File:Lash Reference Sheet.png|Model sheet
File:Lash Weapon.png|Weapon - The Tale of the Tape
File:Lash temp MM.png|Temporary minimap icon [[Update:September 12, 2024|(2024-09-12 update)]]
File:Discord @Willkels- Connection Between Lash Tattoo and Zephyr.jpg|Lash's tattoo compared to a Zephyr art
File:Lash Neon Prime.png|[[Neon Prime]] Lash 
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* In ''[[Neon Prime]]'', an earlier development version of ''Deadlock'', Lash owned a [[Neon Prime lore#Lash's Dojo|dojo]]. He taunted [[Kali]], a former [[Bear Pit]] competitor, for coming out of retirement only to go back to a 2 decade hiatus after losing to Bebop.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Lash|file=Lash kill kali 01.mp3|transcription=Not gonna dunk on you, Kali. You were a hell of a fighter before you retired. Lived in obscurity, came out of retirement in a desperate bid for relevancy, only to get injured by Bebop. Ouch! And put on a shelf for the better part of two decades. Uhf.}}</ref> Lash also used to date the character Ballista, and wanted to get them back after a break-up.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash killed by ballista 01.mp3|transcription=It's fine. You know, lots of guys get the shit kicked out of them by their exes, right?}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash killed by ballista 04.mp3|transcription=Get it together, Lash! You're not gonna win them back by losing!}}</ref>
* Lash donates 3% of his earning to his charity called "Lash-Back" dedicated to children "that kind of suck".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|Lash|file=Lash select 13 charity.mp3|transcription=You know it's important to give back. That's why I'm taking three percent of my earnings a day and donating them to Lash Back. It's my charity dedicated to children who kinda suck.}}</ref>
* Lash is voiced by [[wikipedia:Andrew Bowen|Andrew Bowen]], who also voices Johnny Cage in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise. 
* The [[Shopkeeper]] calls Lash "the poster boy for the [[wikipedia:Boston_Celtics|Celtics]]".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shopkeeper|file=Shopkeeper_hotdog_t4_lash_01.mp3|transcription=Wow, if it isn't the poster boy for the Celtics!}}</ref> The Boston Celtics have a [[wikipedia:Celtics–Knicks_rivalry|historic rivalry]] with the New York Knicks, which is referenced in other voice lines.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Trapper|file=trapper_select_03.mp3|transcription=First I summon a god, then I watch the Knickerbockers destroy the Celtics!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Newscaster|file=newscaster_seasonal_headline_09_alt_01.mp3|transcription=The Knickerbockers' losing streak continues, after a humiliating defeat to the Celtics. In unrelated news, no one likes the Celtics.}}</ref>
* Lash's name was localized in the Brazilian Portuguese translation as '''Chico T.,''' a pun on the word "chicote" (whip).
* The description for ''Deadlock'' in [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/641297020996289523 Steam Replay 2024] is ''"Jacob Lash is an asshole."''
* Lash has not gone to college.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash_kill_dynamo_02.mp3|transcription=And this is why I never bothered with college!}}</ref>
* It appears that, at some point in development, he really did fight with uppercuts, as an ability named '''[[wikipedia:Street_Fighter|Shoryuken]]''' was datamined.

== See also ==

* [[Lash/Quotes]]

== References ==
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