Given the reveal of year of the covenants, my idea for one of the new heroes would be a viking vanguard called the Drengr.
Key visuals:
>Face paint/tattoos (similar to the Shaman). These wouldn’t be customizable, they would change with the head visuals. These would be for helmet-less visuals.
>Animal pelts.
>Some visuals can have capes.
>Some visuals can have chainmail.
>Would have male and female options for the gender.
>In terms of height/size, he’d be somewhere between the Berserker and Jormungandr.
Weapon(s):
Dual wields ulfberht sword (same as the Warlord) and hand axe (same as the Berserker).
Themes/concepts:
>I don’t really have any specific purpose/role in mind for this hero. Really, they would just fulfill the role of the vanguard class: a jack-of-all-trades.
>Honorable and courageous warriors that seek righteous glory (in battle).
>True embodiment of viking warrior spirit.
Fighting style/moveset:
>Adaptable
>Straightforward
>Aggressive
>Dual wielding two different weapons could allow for versatile attacks and combos.
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:
>Fast recovery: stamina regenerates faster (passive)
>Tireless: lose stamina at a lower rate (passive)
>Rush: trigger to gain movement speed for a short duration
>Body count: killing a soldier grants you health and stamina (passive)
>Iron lungs: you can still sprint when out of stamina (passive)
>Tier 2:
>Bear trap: medium damage trap that stops victims in their tracks
>Inspire: nearby allies deal more Damage, and soldiers fight faster
>Thick skin: gain moderate damage reduction (passive)
>Thick blood: gain immunity from regular bleed damage (passive)
>Tier 3:
>Javelin: throw a javelin for moderate damage
>Throwing axe: throw an axe that deals medium damage
>Second wind: recover some of your health
>Fury: raise sprint speed slightly and attack and defense greatly
>Battle cry: increase ally damage and makes enemy soldiers flee
>Tough as nails: raises max health when unlocked (passive)
>Tier 4:
>Fire flask: throw a projectile creating a fire area of effect
>Scout: all enemies are marked for death and show up on radar
>Stalwart banner: nearby allies continuously regain health
>Morale booster: improve the attacks of nearby allies for a short duration
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.
>Devourer: upon execution, heal an additional +10 health
>Galestorm: upon hero kill, gain 20% movement speed for 10 seconds
>Shields up: when revived, receive a temporary +25 health shield
>Endurance: when gaining a renown level, receive 3% stamina cost reduction (max 4 gains)
>Last stand: when in critical health, gain 40% damage resistance
>Crush them: upon hero kill, your next attack deals 30% more damage
>Fresh focus: when out of stamina, counter guardbreaks, blocks, and parries regenerate 20% stamina
Execution ideas:
>The Drengr tackles the enemy to the ground and repeatedly hacks at them with his axe.
Some images to help paint a picture:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/09...d1e10f3452.jpg (This is one of my favorites.)
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1561290109 (This is one of my favorites.)
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https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1476195467 (This is one of my favorites.)
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets...jpg?1589170937 (This is one of my favorites.)
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https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/9e...5f0a63a9c7.png (This is one of my favorites.)
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https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/6e...5db0a72378.jpg (This is one of my favorites.)
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