How to get it
Not currently obtainable — this was a Battle Pass reward in Season 6.
Whim
Master arcane secrets to unlock elemental powers! Spawn with a magic spellbook. Deal 20% reduced damage with swords and take 10% increased damage from all sources.
2:24
“… the never used okay now we have the whim kid okay guys we all know women women's is not good when the kit first came out though it was actually insane to the point where they had to Nerf it so now when you shoot out of the book it does like little to no damage realistically I'm gonna put this in …”
18:18
“… are rushing you it's not as good as whim by any means but it's still pretty good I don't know I kind of liked it next up …”
15:12
“… top 50 position we have whim who starts the match with a magic spell book you can use this to shoot out magical orbs at enemies the orbs apply light knockback and can be upgraded throughout the match if you allow this kid to stack up it can be a very annoying kid to deal with however early game is …”
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Starter item
Mage Spellbook Tome of the Elements
Abilities
Mage spellbook
1.1s cooldownWhim starts the match and spawns with a mage spellbook, which he can use to shoot out magical orbs at enemies, dealing 20 damage with a 1.1 second cooldown. These orbs apply light knockback when they hit enemies.
Elemental Knowledge
30 seconds into the match, a tome of knowledge will spawn around the center of the map indicated by the announcement. "ELEMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AWAITS..." A beam of light will guide the player to where it is located. More tomes will spawn throughout the match 180 seconds after collecting the previous tome until all 3 tomes are collected. Reading the tome will let Whim apply one of three elements into his orbs in a pre-set order: Nature, Fire, and Ice that appear every 3rd orb shot. Eventually, when all three tomes are read, Whim's orbs, when shot, will permanently have an element applied to them. T...
History & changes
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September 23, 2022
- Added Whim.
- Updated Whim’s kit description.
October 28, 2022
- buff Decreased the melee weapon damage reduction amount from 50% to 35%.
December 9, 2022
- buff Decreased the melee weapon damage reduction amount from 35% to 20%.
February 24, 2023
- [neutral] Elemental spells are now given in a set order.
April 28, 2023
- [neutral] Tomes now spawn near the center of the map.
- buff Decreased the element tome spawn time from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.
January 3, 2025
- Whim no longer plays particle effects when players are not damaged
January 10, 2025
- Fixed Whim's elemental tomes spawning inside the map
- Fixed inconsistent damage values for Whim's spells.
January 31, 2025
- nerf Whim now spawns with a magic wand instead of a wooden sword.
Trivia
- Contrary to popular belief, Whim's drawbacks that were listed in his kit description on September 23, 2022, were not due to balance changing.
- His kit description was updated on the same day of his release to show the players that he had the disadvantages upon release. In fact, of the Season 6 Battle Pass kits, that same day, they had their kit descriptions updated due to them being mostly vague on how they work.
- Whim is currently the only kit that deals less damage with a specific weapon as a drawback from the kit.
- Players that die while collecting the spellbook will not be given a spell and will be bugged for the rest of the game.
- This has yet to be fixed.
- Whim is also known as the "Mage."
- Whim is the only kit to take increased damage as a drawback from the kit.
- Whim is the second kit to change the avatar when the kit skin is enabled. The first is Cobalt, and the third is Krystal.
- Whim and Zeno share magic-like similarities.
- Whim's ability can imitate the most amount of enchants out of any other kit ability, totalling at 3 (Fire, Lifesteal, and Sticky.)
- There is a critical glitch that can randomly occur, disabling new elemental tomes from spawning for the rest of the match.
- This has been patched.
- If you die before reading an existing elemental tome, the beam guiding you towards it disappears.
- For some reason, in the in-game Class system, Whim is considered a Fighter, even though the kit definitely belongs to Ranged.
- Furthermore, its decreased melee damage makes him even worse of a Fighter
- Even though the trajectory of the spells doesn't change when holding down aim button, the damage still increases the longer you hold it.
- Whim got the most buffs out of any kit, having a total of 18.
- Whim is the second kit to start the game with a magic wand, the first being Zeno and the third being Sophia.
