Striker

"You know the two of us are superior than most of our kind. And you are so above sucking on a disgusting, rich, pompous Goetia only to sneak top side for scraps and work for bitter Sinners who could care less who you are, when you could be slaying Overlords. Why struggle to run a business that is rigged against you, when you can partner up with me and kill the unkillable? Starting with the one that treats you like a plaything."

- Striker to Blitzo

Striker is a former farmhand at Rough n' Tumbleweed Ranch and a hitman hired by Stella to assassinate Stolas during the The Harvest Moon Festival in the episode of the same name.

Appearance
Striker is a fairly tall Imp, even rivaling Blitzo in height. He possesses a serpentine/lizard-like face with a large gold tooth in his sharp-toothed mouth. He has pale red skin, bright yellow eyes with green rings, a small black mustache, ivory white hair with a pair of horns striped black and white.

Striker's horns point upward and, compared to other Imps, the stripe pattern is more jagged. His tail has four black stripes at the base, with eight spines lined up on them, and one on his tail fork. Striker's attire resembles that of a southern cowboy, with a stereotypical large grey sun hat, cowboy boots, and a light red bandana around his neck.

He wears a black turtleneck shirt accompanied by a dark grey vest and a light gray jacket with dark gray cuffs and black tassels below. He wears black fingerless gloves and ivory white pants that are ripped by the thighs. Striker is also commonly seen holding a straw of wheat in his mouth.

Personality
Striker is an arrogant individual who sees himself as superior to most of his kind and does not hesitate to mock and belittle those who are physically weaker, as shown how he constantly humiliated Moxxie due to his meek personality and lack of physical strength. Due to his pride, Striker deeply hates the nobility and bluebloods of Hell who treat his fellow Imps as a lesser class and gleefully takes the chance to kill higher classes of demons to prove himself superior, which can be seen on how he mocked Stolas when talking with Blitzo, clearly not caring that the two were close acquaintances.

Striker is extremely violent and ruthless to the point of being sadistic, which is demonstrated when he tried to kill Moxxie by strangling him when he discovered his blessing-tipped rifle to kill demon royalty and brutally broke Millie's arm when she stabbed him in the back numerous times in an attempt to save her husband, to later lock them in the house's basement and stating that he would kill them if it wasn't because they "weren't worth the cleanup", showing a great level of despise towards them. He even went as far as to kick a girl in the face just for getting too close to him when he was singing at the festival.

However, despite his arrogance and violence, Striker has shown to respect those willing to do things even when the odds are stacked against them, which was demonstrated when he admired that Blitzo was able to start a killing business by stating that not many Imps were able to do so. He is also respectful to whoever he works with like Stella and Joe, treating them in a much more formal way.

Striker is cunning and manipulative, as he was able to make Blitzo lower his guard by psychologically abusing him; stating that he was working for lower classes that couldn't care less about him and wasting his great potential by limiting himself to be Stolas's sexual plaything when he could do much better than that, to subsequently suggest they work together. Given his friendly approach towards Blitzo, his statement that they were superior to their kind, and clear disappointment for his rejection of his offer, it can be assumed Striker genuinely saw Blitzo as a good potential partner due to his great physical prowess, showing he's willing to work as a team with people he considers to have the same impressive abilities as him.

He was shown to be fearless, as he confidently killed a hog for dinner with a knife and was able to keep a cool head when Blitzo busted him trying to kill Stolas, even cornering the latter in a wall despite he was pointing at his chest with a gun in very close distance. He appears to be ambitious as he has aspirations above being an assassin and seeks to use his job to gather powerful weapons so that one day he can possibly rise to the level of Overlord.

As an assassin, he prefers close-range combat, as most of his fights seem to date were hand-to-hand. However, he is willing to use ranged weapons when needed, such as killing Stolas from a distance.

Natural Abilities

 * Ocular Illumination: Like many Imps, Striker's eyes emit a light glow in dark areas.
 * Charisma: Given his skills, strength, charm and good looks, Striker can win the good graces of those around him.

Skillset

 * Hand-to-hand Combat: Striker is shown to be surprisingly proficient in hand-to-hand combat, being able to defend himself from the I.M.P staff, he also uses his tail for unarmed combat as well.
 * Weapon Mastery: He's shown to be skilled with handling various types of weapons, such as the knife used to kill the hog and the blessing-tipped rifle.
 * Horse-riding: Striker is shown to be good at horse riding, as shown when he is riding Bombproof at the beginning of The Harvest Moon Festival.
 * Musical Talent: Striker is shown to have a talent for singing, as shown when he sang his victory tune after he was one of the winners of the Harvest Moon Pain Games.
 * Guitar-playing: As well as singing, Striker has been shown as being a very good guitar player.

Unique Abilities

 * Enhanced Durability: Striker has a great pain tolerance, as he was able to take multiple stabs from Millie (who is a specialist in close-ranged weapons) from behind and still being able to overpower her while appearing to be unfazed by the wounds. Another example is when Blitzo elbowed his face for almost shooting Moxxie and was able to briefly knocking him down later, even being able to quickly escape from the scene despite having received a brutal beating from him, who showed to be strong enough to break a wall with a single punch.
 * Enhanced Strength: Despite his slim physique, Striker has shown an impressive amount of physical strength. During "The Harvest Moon Festival", Striker was capable of immobilizing and pinning Moxxie, breaking Millie’s arm and throwing both of them with ease. He was also able to make Blitzo fall with a single punch during his fight near the end of the episode.

Gallery

 * Striker/Gallery

Trivia

 * Striker is the only Imp so far to have a spiral pattern accompanying the pupils of his eyes, similar to the hypnosis eyes of Kaa from The Jungle Book, furthering his snake-like theme.
 * Striker's appearance went through several drafts and phases in development. His preliminary design was a rough combination of Blitzo and Moxxie's, with later passes shifting to a reptilian/snake-like direction. Inspiration for his design came from Rattlesnake Jake from Rango, Snidely Whiplash from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Angel Eyes from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and the 1970 Mexican film, El Topo.
 * Striker is one of three characters in the Hazbin Hotel franchise to feature a gold tooth, a trait he shares with Angel Dust and Valentino.
 * Striker seems to possess reptilian-like traits such as creating crocodilian/snake sounds and possesses a reptilian snout like facial features opposing to the other Imps.
 * This is reinforced by his tendency to hiss like a snake or crocodile, and his tail making a rattling sound when moved a certain way, similar to that of a rattlesnake's.