New knight hero idea - the Ranger
While I realize the game doesn’t need any more knights at the moment, I’d still like to share my idea for a new knight hero. This knight would be an assassin called the Ranger.
Key visuals:
>Leather armor with some chainmail, and possibly some plate armor in key areas (upper chest, shoulders etc.).
>Most visuals can have capes or cloaks.
>Quiver
>Would have male and female options for the gender.
Weapon(s):
One-handed sword (same type as the Black Prior)
Themes/concepts:
>Designed for tracking and killing other heroes.
>Patrols/protects the wilds (similarly to the Nobushi’s description/lore).
>Going off of the ranger archetype, I picture a guy with a bow and arrow. Obviously, they can’t use a bow as their weapon, so I thought they could still have one, but it would be used for feats, executions, emotes, signatures, etc.
Fighting style/moveset:
>Adaptable
Possible feat options:
The ones in bold are my top choices for each tier, but feel free to comment if you think another one would be better.
>Tier 1:
>Bounty hunter: gain health and stamina when you kill another hero (passive)
>Stealth: hide yourself from the HUD, radar, and aim assist (passive)
>Deadly: attacks deal more damage (passive)
>Stun trap: trap that stuns enemies
>Iron lungs: you can still sprint when out of stamina (passive)
>Tier 2:
>Fiat Lux: throw a flash grenade that blinds enemies for a few seconds
>Thick skin: gain moderate damage reduction (passive)
>Executioner’s respite: the base healing of executions are increased by 50% (passive)
>Marked for death: reveal target position and lower its attack and defense
>Bear trap: medium damage trap that stops victims in their tracks
>Tier 3:
>Long bow: fire a long bow for moderate damage
>Pugno mortis: throw an explosive projectile dealing damage over an area
>Sharpen blade: attacks inflict low damage over time
>Slip through: dodging raises attack for a short duration (passive)
>Second wind: recover some of your health
>Tier 4:
>Fear itself: enemies around you have lower stamina regeneration and defenses
>Last laugh: drop a high damage grenade upon death unless executed (passive)
>Scout: all enemies are marked for death and show up on radar
>Fire flask: throw a projectile creating a fire area of effect
Custom feat idea(s):
>Fire several arrows in a fan-shaped spread in front of you (similarly to the Shinobi’s shooting stars feat).
>This would be a tier 2 feat.
>Since the Ranger would be about tracking other heroes, I can see this other proposed feat going one of two ways. Feel free to comment which one you think is better.
1) The closest enemy’s position is revealed to you on the HUD and radar.
>This would last until either you die or the target is killed.
2) All of the enemy’s positions are revealed to you on the HUD and radar.
This would only last for about 15-20 seconds.
Possible perk options:
These are my top choices (with the one in bold being their default perk), but feel free to comment if you think another one would be better. Keep in mind that vanguards tend to have offensive and/or defensive perks, heavies and hybrids tend to have defensive and/or assist ones, and assassins tend to have offensive ones. However, there are some exceptions to this, such as the Tiandi, who has assist perks.
>Remedy: upon hero kill, heal +10 health
>Galestorm: upon hero kill, gain 20% movement speed for 10 seconds
>Early reaper: upon spawn or when revived, first attack deals 30% more damage
>Endurance: when gaining a renown level, receive 3% stamina cost reduction (max 4 gains)
>Survival instinct: when it critical health, gain 25% stamina cost reduction
>Head hunter: for each unique player/bot hero executed, increased max health +4 (max 4 increases)
>Rapid refresh: upon takedown or when reviving an ally, feats’ active cooldowns are reduced by 5%
Signature ideas:
>The Ranger draws his bow and fires an arrow off into the distance.
Execution ideas:
>The Ranger kicks the enemy away, kneels, and then grabs his bow and shoots an arrow into the enemy’s face (similarly to https://youtu.be/WiitMegrfvI?t=33).
Some images to help paint a picture:
I would like to point out that some of these images depict elves. Please don’t comment/complain about that. Focus on the other aspects of the images (like the clothing).
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f9/15/df/f...b19b3efe95.jpg (This is one of my favorites.)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ca/0e/90/c...361931770b.jpg (This is one of my favorites.)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0b/d1/0d/0...3d669be29c.jpg (This is one of my favorites.)
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1523998795
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7d/64/9c/7...d59ca1f85c.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c3/25/f2/c...b8fc139ca6.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/48/1b/2a/4...a665f45543.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5f/7f/f2/5...58b996b8ee.jpg
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1489317436 (This is one of my favorites.)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6b/1f/c1/6...e3e05764c4.jpg
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1602853122
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1416133916
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1496250040
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/70/2e/c8/7...08faf56296.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b1/ad/59/b...0f0a051f3e.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3b/06/f2/3...33f67c607d.jpg
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1488557543
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ef/4b/7a/e...dac9768958.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bc/88/84/b...4e00eee320.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/83/28/a0/8...43f5d32e7c.jpg (This is one of my favorites.)
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca88...E9KekwPRLwK72A