- “The Beam is Supreme!”
- —Prism Break's official catchphrase
Prism Break is a crystal golem who is one of the playable Skylanders in the Skylanders franchise, first appearing in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. His Series 3 counterpart is called Hyper Beam Prism Break.
Character Development
Prism Break is a character gameplay designer Nat Loh initially designed. His first two abilities and their interactions remain relatively intact although they started out with Prism Break punching the ground and having crystals cascade out to form his Crystal Shard with the laser beams on his secondary. These were eventually flipped around and simplified. Designer Jesse Moore would go on completing the design of Prism Break including stunning visual effects used in the Crystal Eruption ability and the complicated laser refraction math.[1]
Background
Personality
Prism Break was originally a frightening rock golem who didn't like to be bothered within his underground territory. After being buried for 100 years in a cave-in, he gains a change of heart when a Mabu mining expedition freed him and Prism Break dedicated himself in protecting the Mabu tribe and Skylands.
Biography
Prism Break was once a fearsome rock golem who didn't like to be disturbed. Then, an accidental cave-in left him buried underground. One hundred years later, a mining expedition digging for valuable jewels discovered him by chance with a well-placed blow from a pick axe—something Prism Break doesn't talk about. After 100 years of solitude, he found that the pressure of the earth had transformed him emotionally as well as physically, turning his crude rocky arms into incredible gems with powerful energy. Grateful for being free of his earthly prison, Prism Break decided to put his new abilities to good use, and from that day forward, he dedicated himself to protecting the Mabu and Skylands alongside the other Skylanders.
Story
History
Prism Break was a fearsome Rock Golem who inhabited dark, dangerous places deep underground. But embedded in the rocky walls of Prism Break's home was a dragon's hoard of gems, jewels and sparkly stones that no miner could resist. Few returned unscathed. Those that could still speak told of trashed tools and mangeled machinery - not to mention the blood-curtling cries and ghastly growls that rang out from the dark depths. A nice place for a relaxing breaking this was not. Eventually there were no miners left who would brave these perilous passageways. Finally able to rest without interruption, Prism Break retired to his favorite cavern and sank into a silent slumber. He slept through some important events - including the roof collapsing over him.
Over 100 years later, Prism Break was rudely roused by a new generation of Mabu miners. One of them had pick-axed him in a place he rather not mention. But instead of munching the Mabu and using the pickaxes for toothpicks, Prism Break found himself transformed. His arms had turned from rocks into powerful gems that fired pure bolts of energy. Feeling much improved, he decided to be a force for good instead of grumpiness. So he joined the Skylanders.[2]
Skylanders: Spyro versus The Mega Monsters
Prism Break made a cameo as one of the Skylanders called upon by Master Eon to help repair the damage done to the Eternal Archives after Kaos launched an attack.
Abilities
Prism Break has the ability to shoot beams of energy at his enemies using his gem-like limbs, and also summon crystals to erupt from the ground under his opponents to finish them off.
Stats
These are the starting and maximum statistics for this Skylander in the console version of the games.
- Health: 290 (max. 580)
- Speed: 35 (max. 83)
- Armor: 18 (max. 48+40)
- Critical Hit: 30 (max. 80)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 100)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 75
- Agility: 10
- Defense: 90
- Luck: 45
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 95
- Agility: 20
- Defense: 100
- Luck: 70
Powers and Upgrades
| Basic Abilities Prism Break can destroy purple tzo crystals and rock formations with his attacks. |
Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Crystal Eye Castle |
| Energy Beam | Summon Crystal Shard | Shard Soul Prison | ||
 Primary Ability |
 Secondary Ability |
 Price: 4000 |
Basic Upgrades
Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone.
| Super Crystal Shard | Crystal Eruption | Emerald Energy Beam | Chained Refractions | |||
 Price: 500 |
 Price: 700 |
 Price: 900 |
 Price: 1200 |
Crystaleer
This upgrade path lets Prism Break further develop his defensive Crystal abilities.
| Massice Crystal Eruption | Triple Crystal Shard | Crystalline Armor | ||
 Price: 1700 |
 Price: 2200 |
 Price: 3000 |
Prismancer
This upgrade path lets Prism Break further develop his Energy Beam attacks.
| Golden Diamond Energy Beam | Triple Refracted Beam | Focused Energy | ||
 Price: 1700 |
 Price: 2200 |
 Price: 3000 |
Skylanders gain new abilities automatically based on their level.
Starting Powers
- Gemcutter (Primary Attack): Fire a beam of laser energy.
- Gemcrafting (Secondary Attack): Raise a gem column from the ground, damaging nearby enemies. Shoot Prism Break's Gemcutter into the column and the refracted beams will seek out enemies.
Upgrades
- Beambreak (requires level: 4): The refracted beams form Gemcutter fired into a gem column will target enemies more quickly.
- Gem Crash (requires level: 7): Gem columns can explode and when sprinted through give Prism Break increased speed and Gemcutter damage.
- Multifaceted (requires level: 10): Summon a larger gem column that stuns nearby enemies.
Minigame Abilities
Skylanders get special abilities in minigames based on their element.
| Sky Defense | Castle Assault | Ground Defense | ||
 Shake enemies in range and prevent them to shoot for a while. |
 Launch a projectile that stops in mid-air and drops straight down with great force. |
 Create an earthquake and inflict damage to enemies in range. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "The Beam is Supreme"
- "Unstoppable!"
- "A shining victory!"
- "All right!"
- "Woo-hoo!"
- "Tough break!"
- "Oh yeah!" - When upgraded
- "Prism power!" - When upgraded
- "I feel right at home." - When opening an Elemental zone
- "Breakin through! - When opening a gate
- "Nothin stops me!" - When opening a gate
- "Whoa!" - When using a bounce pad
- "Up I go!" - When using a bounce pad
- "I look good!" - When given a hat
- "A sharp looking hat!" - When given a hat
- "Lookin' strong!" - When checking stats
- "Hrm Rock solid!" - When checking stats
- "I guess that'll do." - When given a nickname
- "Okay then." - When given a nickname
Media Quotes
- "Yeah my hands light up, whoopie, let's play!"- "Up down" TV Commercial
Character Trailers
Gallery
- Main article: Prism Break/Gallery
Trivia
- Prism Break's name refers to the breaking effect prisms have on light beams. Coincidentally (and probably intentionally), his name is a pun on the phrase "Prison Break."
- A Early Prism Break's design appeared in "Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Teaser" video resembles S3 Prism Break.
- His gem color changes according to the Upgrade Path he chooses, green when you choose Crystaleer, and yellow when you choose Prismacer.
- Like Wrecking Ball, Prism Break shares similarities with not one, but two characters from the Ben 10 series, Diamondhead and Chromastone respectively, as all three have a crystalline structure and posess the ability to either fire or refract laser beams. Like Diamondhead, Prism Break has green/blue crystals.
- Prism Break, Crusher, Flashwing and Whirlwind are the only Skylanders who can break Purple Tzo Crystals using their normal attacks.
- Earlier videos show that Prism Break's Summon Crystal Shard ability originally made crystals come up from underground rather than fall from the sky like in the final game. However in the 3DS version, they still come up from the ground.
- The power stats of LightCore Prism Break total less than the Power Stats of Series 2 Prism Break.
- As a Series 2 figure, he has his Crystalline Armor on his back and his pedestal has protrusions of crystals sticking out from a Crystal Eruption.
- He bears a resemblance to Spire from the Metroid game Metorid Prime: Hunters, especially if the player chooses his Prismancer path.
- His upgrade power, Chained Refractions, is a pun on the words 'chained reactions'.
- Prism Break, Stump Smash, Eruptor, Drill Sergeant and Countdown are currently the only bipedal skylanders who don't have hands.
References
- ↑ Senior character Gameplay designer. (Date Posted - Jan. 12, 2021). Nat Loh Website.
- ↑ Skylanders Sticker Book, page 15
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