Virus/Standard

Viruses are a species of Corruption. Their goal is to conquer the Dataverse. They are willing to kill anything which stands in the way of their path, including other Corruptions.

Databrawl Battle Zone
Viruses are one of the two Corruption factions in Databrawl's Battle Zone, with the other faction being Malware. In-game, they share the exact same stats as Malware and function identically to the Malware in gameplay. There are no differences.

Stats
Standard Viruses have 100 HP and 24 walkspeed.

Lore
In lore, Viruses tend to be a bit different from Malware behaviorally. Viruses prioritize collecting Program Hearts over Bits. Due to this, their bases tend to have more Program Hearts collected than Bits. They do not ignore Bits entirely, however.

Just like the Malware, Viruses have captured Programs and other enslaved entities who mine Bits for them endlessly. However, due to their prioritization of Program Hearts over Bits, they also tend to have less entities captured than the Malware do. Viruses focus more on complete destruction than looting and taking control of areas. Viruses also lean more towards speedy attacks with sharp weapons that do low damage (This is not reflected in the Battle Zone, however).

According to both a QnA session on 10/20/2021 and a chart of bodily damage, Viruses are made of a crystal-like material, contrasting the Malware's stone material.

In addition to speaking the language of their host computer, in lore, Viruses have their own unique language that only fellow Viruses can understand.

Weapons/Abilities
Infection - Like many Corruptions, Viruses are capable of infecting Programs and other software both when alive and when deceased. However, Viruses cannot infect other Corruptions. The corrupting process for Viruses, by default, has the property of wiping the past memories of the infected software. Though, there are very rare instances where a piece of Virus-corrupted software may either retain its past memories upon being fully corrupted or have pieces of their past memories brought back into their minds after being triggered by something. When Viruses infect other software, the software corrupts into a Virus whose type matches that of the original software (i.e. if a default Virus corrupts a Prettygram, the Prettygram will corrupt into a Babrus).

Viruses are also known to wield the following weapons and tools:
 * Virus Data Miner


 * Mines
 * Virus BattleAxe
 * Virus Warhammer
 * Virus Sword
 * Virus Knife
 * Data Chunk
 * Data Star
 * Beam Stone
 * Virus Bat
 * Virus Mace
 * Virus Bit Miner
 * Virus Chakram
 * Virus Hatchet
 * Virus Chain
 * Virus Spear

Rank Variants
Viruses can also have different rankings. Viruses can move up in their ranking via actively fighting and eating Program Hearts, although it may take years for them to become ready to upgrade. Upon becoming ready and upgrading to a higher ranking, they are provided accessories to match their rank, and their body structure changes somewhat. In order of most basic to highest quality, the list of ranks (after "Standard" rank, the most basic) are:

Advanced Virus
Advanced Viruses are upgraded versions of Viruses. As their in-game description once stated, they are more difficult to remove from the computer. On February 3rd, 2021, in-game Advanced Viruses were changed from standalone characters to Accessories for Viruses.

Elite Virus
Elite Viruses are the upgrade stage that comes after Advanced.

Master Virus
Master Viruses are the upgrade stage that comes after Elite.

Grandmaster Virus
Grandmaster Viruses are the upgrade stage that comes after Master.

Prime Variants
The rankings also have an upgraded form called "Prime". The Prime form is the rank at its highest potential, and is an extremely difficult form to obtain. This makes seeing Prime individuals a very uncommon occurrence. An individual in their Prime form cannot be upgraded any further unless updated by their software provider, or unless they train on their own and ascend in rank. Presumably, "Grandmaster Prime" is the highest possible ranking form. Once a Virus has reached Prime form, it gains new physical features such as visible fingers, extra parts, and goes from being pupilless to having a pupil.