V2 (Ultrakill)

V2 was designed in an attempt to recover the costs of V1's development when the onset of the New Peace removed all demand for weapons of war. As such, V2 was marketed and designed for peacetime applications such as security, eschewing V1's blood-absorptive plating for durable standardized plating. However, its complexity and cost made bulk purchases of simpler, specialized machines such as Drones preferable to purchasing a single V2. As a result, the revised model failed to gain traction and only one prototype was produced, being the one seen in game.[1]

Somewhere around an exit out of the Limbo layer, V2 hoped to ambush and eliminate V1. However, V2 could not keep up with it and lost the fight, escaping at the cost of its left arm, the Knuckleblaster, in the process. Now fueled by revenge, V2 raced deeper into Hell and vowed to settle its score with V1 once and for all. On its way, V2 scavenged parts from other machines and created the replacement arm and mobility tool Whiplash.

The Whiplash allowed it to catch up to its adversary and eventually cross paths in [4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL], where the two robots fought. After once more suffering defeat, V2 attempted to escape, but was pursued by V1. The two machines continued to fight while sliding down the side of the pyramid, and V1 eventually emerged victorious, sending its rival plummeting off the structure to its death. The resulting stain of blood on the ground, henceforth known as V2, left behind only the Whiplash for its predecessor.

Appearance V2 is the second prototype of the V model line, sharing an almost identical appearance to V1 but with a bold red color scheme, being a humanoid form with toe-less feet, a five-fingered right hand, and a geometric head resembling a security camera. "V2" is displayed on the chest portion of its chassis. Both models share wing-like adornments from their back glowing with yellow light, making the units resemble angels.

In [ 1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE ], V2 will have the Knuckleblaster equipped as its left arm, while in [ 4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL ], it is replaced by the Whiplash. It is too stupid however, to use either of these equipped arms, instead opting to carry around dead weight, mirroring how Dante keeps Nero around.

The Knuckleblaster has exaggerated exhaust pipes along the forearm close to the elbow and three thick, gray, claw-like fingers at its end. The back of the palm prominently features a gray metal bracket secured atop by large bolts. It has a mechanism in the forearm to eject shells which are fired out of two barrels where the knuckles would be in a regular hand. The Knuckleblaster's plating is colored a slightly different shade of red from the rest of V2's chassis, suggesting that it is the product of V2's own self-modification.

The Whiplash, on the other hand, is much more sleek and humanoid in its shape, with green paint and an internal mechanism to fire a grappling hook out of the palm. It's possible that its green plating was salvaged from a Sentry.

This page details V2's lore rather than the boss found in 1-4 and 4-4. For the boss page, click here for 1-4 and here for 4-4. V2 is a Supreme Machine, making its debut as a major boss in [1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE] and appearing again for a rematch in [4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL]. It is the game's first unique boss enemy, with parallels to V1 in both appearance and abilities.

V2 is teased shortly before its first fight, briefly glimpsed sliding through the manor after V1 places the first blue skull on one of the pedestals. When confronting V1, it bows before the fight begins, as if to signal honor and respect. In its second fight, V2 is seen sitting on a throne, as if to assert dominance over its rival. When V1 enters the room, V2 stands up and cracks its knuckles before the fight begins, as if to state that this fight is personal.