Rhotuka

Rhotuka
A Rhotuka Spinner
Use	To aid in battle
User(s)	Toa Hagah, Toa Hordika, Dark Hunters, Rahi, Visorak, others
Launcher	Rhotuka Launchers, Rhotuka Launching Shields

Toa Whenua Hordika charging an Earth Spinner with his Thumpers.

Rhotuka are wheels of energy with various powers. All creatures have the ability to make Rhotuka, but cannot do so without the use of a launcher to fire them with. Many Rahi and sentient beings of the Matoran Universe developed natural launchers, but there are also artificial launchers that are used by various beings, such as Roodaka, the Toa Hagah, and various Dark Hunters.

The layer of energy that bonds Rhotuka together make the spinners tangible, so they can be ridden if one should choose to do so. Also, a Rhotuka's flight path can be controlled by the conscious thought of the one who launched it. Each creature with a Rhotuka launcher creates their own unique spinner power. The powers of these Rhotuka are derived from that character's morals, ethics and affinities. For example, only a Toa of Fire could use a fire spinner, and Sidorak, who valued obedience in his troops and had a desire for domination, fired Obedience spinners. As a general rule, all members of the same species of Rahi will have the same Rhotuka power, while the attributes of sentient creatures will vary between individuals.

Different Rhotuka

Five of the Toa Hordika firing their Rhotuka.

Toa Hordika

• Vakama: Fire; Unleashes flames of varying strengths.
• Nokama: Water; Makes anything from a stream of water to a raging tidal wave to a rainstorm.
• Matau: Air; Can unleash blasts of air, from a cool breeze to cyclones.
• Onewa: Stone; Can create stone in any form.
• Whenua: Earth; Can create earth in any form.
• Nuju: Ice; Can create ice of any form and can freeze objects.

Toa Hagah

Toa Iruini's Rhotuka Launching Shield.

• Norik: Slowness; Slows the target down.
• Iruini: Healing; Heals whoever it touches of any wounds.

Rahaga

• Norik: Snare; Wraps the target in ropes of energy.
• Gaaki: Floater; Adheres to target and forces it to the surface of the water.
• Iruini: Snag; Attaches to a target and tangles its legs in an energy net.
• Pouks: Bolo; Flies low to the ground and knocks the legs out from under the target.
• Bomonga: Silent; Flies noiselessly and paralyzes the target.
• Kualus: Boomerang; Attaches to the target and then carries it back.

Dark Hunters

• Ancient: Loss of physical coordination.
• Conjurer: Absorption; Absorb the powers of the target.
• Firedracax: Heat; Absorbs thermal energy in the air and then redirects it at a target.
• Gatherer: Mind scramble
• Guardian: Stone and Earth
• Savage: Paralysis
• Sentrakh: Dematerialization; Turns target intangible.
• Spinner: Vertigo; Causes loss of balance in target.
• The Shadowed One: Madness; Causes temporary insanity in the target's mind.
• Vengeance: Cutter; Rapidly changes from an intangible state to a solid one, allowing it to cut through almost any object.
• Voporak: Time Knock-back; Knocks back a target's perception of time by a few seconds, making it very difficult to fight.

Others

A Rhotuka Spinner flying through the air.

• Roodaka: Mutation; Permanently mutates target as controlled by Roodaka. Past mutations can also be undone by the Rhotuka.
• Sidorak: Obedience; Causes victim to completely obey Sidorak.
• Umbra: Hard Light Projection; Creates projections of hardened light.

Rahi

• Colony Drone: Food; Contains energy that the Visorak can feed on.
• Ice Vermin: Seismic; Causes earthquakes.
• Keetongu; Absorb; Shields absorb powers used against Keetongu and can be channeled back through the Rhotuka.
• Sea Spider: Stasis; Temporarily puts a target into stasis
• Venom Flyer: Flight Negation; Negates a target's ability to fly, regardless of whether it be by natural or mechanical means.
• Zivon: Blindness; Blinds the target.

Deafness; Deafens the target.

Muteness; Makes a target unable to speak.

Numbness; Temporarily takes away the sense of touch from the target.

Visorak

Visorak using their Rhotuka.

• All Visorak: Paralysis; Paralyzes a target on contact.
• Boggarak: Swelling/Dehydration; When used underwater, causes the target to swell and float to the surface. When used on land, the target is dehydrated and turned to dust.
• Kahgarak: Dark Field; Creates an opening to the Field of Shadows.
• Keelerak: Acid; Launches acid that can eat through any material.
• Oohnorak: Numbness; Temporarily numbs a target.
• Roporak: Disruptor; Drains a target's energy.
• Suukorak: Shock; Encases the target in a slowly shrinking electrical field.
• Vohtarak: Burn; Target can feel such an intense burning pain that it cannot concentrate on a fight.

Set Information

Rhotuka in set form.

Each Rahaga set contained a Rhotuka of a different color and displayed a code written in Matoran to be entered at the Kanoka Club. Roodaka, Sidorak, and each of the Toa Hordika and Visorak sets contained two silver Rhotuka, one of which also displayed a code. The Keetongu set contained a red Rhotuka containing a code as well.

Rhotuka packs were sold separately and contained five spinners. One was always silver and contained a code, and the other four were dual-colored. These were silver and any one of twelve possible colors (the primary colors of the Toa Hordika and the secondary colors of the Visorak).

Trivia

Toa Hordika Nuju firing an Ice Spinner while a Keelerak fires its Spinner.

• In promotional animations and packaging art, Rhotuka launched by dark characters, such as the Visorak, were characterized by a trail of green energy, while those launched by light characters, such as the Toa Hordika, had a bluish-white trail.