This will probably get buried, but might as well throw it out there.
What if there was a scythe hero? Like a knight who was a farmer gone angry or a culler who wanted in on the war? It could be called the Harvester or the culler, probably a hybrid hero with a bit of harasser and mixup mechanics, it would be interesting, especially since farmers were most commonly the front foot soldiers, plus it’d be cool to see a scythe hero, I could try to draw the hero for a concept (probably not, that’s what concept artists are hired for) nonetheless I think it’d be fun to see
I personally think a scythe hero would be better for the samurai faction as what you're maybe referring to is a sickle but I had in mind more of a grim reaper scythe, its more creative more combos and better customizations for it due to its size. For the hero, yes it could be a gone mad farmer which his madness could go into his combos and executions. For a move set I image him/her with long attack chains and unblockable kicks to mix up
Since the wu lin only have 4 heroes I think it be appropriate an idea for them
I had in mind a brawler or a fighter with bare hands or iron gauntlets. Bruce lee kinda style. Where he would have few unblockables like punches and kicks, good parry punishment and sick martial art executions