Hero Concept | Cadet (Based off of V1 Haze)

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After brainstorming some ideas on how the old design of Haze (a.k.a V1 Haze) would fit into the main setting, I came up with an Ixian in the U.S. Army who is in possession of a backpack that's enchanted by the souls of a thousand brave soldiers before her time.

Introducing...
CADET | Weapon: "THE POWERHOUSE" | Rapid Fire | Medium Range |
Motivates allies and improves odds
v1 haze my beloved
Cadet's offensive and defensive arsenal can help cripple enemies to their knees. But if they resist, her roaring banner turns the tide of the fight, turning a loss to a win.

Weapon: 75 DPS | 11.5 Bullet Damage | 6.5 Bullets Per Sec | 25 ammo | 682 m/s
Vitality: 600 HP | 3 HP Regen | 0% Bullet Resist | 0% Spirit Resist | 7m/s | 3 Stamina


Abilities:
1. Rifle Grenade (CD: 40s | Radius: 7m | DMG: 100, scales by x1.25)
Attach an explosive to the muzzle of your gun, which makes the next bullet a projectile (slower bullet velocity), but deals AOE damage and slows affected enemies. Can shoot on self for boosting with a small health cost.
Enemies: 15% movement slow (5s duration)
Self: Propels based on direction, damage to self is (DMG = 100 x 1.25) x 0.10
UPGRADES:
T1: +3m radius
T2: -10s cooldown, +15% more movement slow

T3: Now stuns for 1s, scales by x0.1




2. Field Kit (CD: 40s | Max HP Regen: 20% | Heal Time: 3s)
Cadet drops a medical bag from her backpack, which acts like a soul orb and after a certain time on standing on it, the receiver gets a portion of their health regenerated. Can be picked by enemies but instead receives half the heal amount.
Allies: Receives exact heal amount (duh)
Enemies: -50% Health regained (20% = 10%)

UPGRADES:
T1: -15s cooldown
T2: Provides 250 damage armor for 6 seconds on pickup (same on enemy)

T3: +30% Max HP Regen




3. Bayonet (Passive | Melee DMG: +25% | Melee side range: -50% | Melee front range: +20%)
Cadet's gun is equipped with a knife near her barrel, which helps deal increased melee damage at the cost of a narrower melee attack range.
UPGRADES:
T1: +2m additional melee charge distance
T2: Applies 5s of 10 points Bleeding per Heavy Punch (scales, x0.30)

T3: +35% melee damage




4. Battalion's Boon [Ultimate] (CD: 120s | Damage Armor: +40% | 15m | Duration: 6s)
Cadet pulls out a trumpet to blow the horn and awaken the souls of a thousand warriors. Allies within the initial range of the ultimate receive Bullet Resist and Spirit Resist alongside a small boost in speed.
Allies: Receives 40% armor bonus and 20% speed bonus (movement and gun fire rate)
UPGRADES:

T1: -35s cooldown
T2: +5s duration, +9m cast range

T3: Now provides +25% damage bonus



A Fate's Tale:
(Not really good at writing backstories :p)
An adored girl in her hometown in North Ixia, Valentina was a regular who would be around her family and have a few drinks or two over ridiculous-yet-true stories like her grandfather's.

The night during the beginning of the First Maelstrom, her grandfather had passed away in bed one night, and Valentina was the only one to know about it. Devastated by it, she held close to his dad, sobbing that she wished she could stay with him for longer. It was when a faint soul arose from his corpse and shined brighter than any gem. A fascinated Ixian gazed at it until the orb soul started fluttering outside.

Valentina spent days going through rough and hard terrain following his spirit where it went through an Astral Gate in New York until it went to a camp belonging to the U.S Army. She tried gaining access to it, saying that it's her father's soul in there, but was refused by the guard because there were many more souls coming out of the gate, so it wasn't a 'surprise'.

It wasn't until the sound of wailing souls went crazy inside the storage rack.


A backpack, which was scavenged near the gates in Ixia and repurposed to a standard M-1910 haversack, was the source of the sound, and the soldiers were stunned, including Valentina albeit tenfold. Her reasons were accepted and she gained entry and went straight to the barracks to see the enchanted bag sitting in the middle, as if it's calling her.

Wearing it oddly made her feel glad, being with pops again. Suddenly, grandpa's soul spoke out in her ear, saying that he is now "One Of The Valor". He explained that "The Valor" was a title given to one of the fiercest warriors of Ixia. Those souls who bear the title would be bound to an object of importance to the clan, and the M-1910 was one of them when it once held the ancient Thousand-Spirit Banner.

Seeing as he is now but a spirit alongside many before him and how Valentina is to be with him, he tells her to fulfill the promise she made: Be with her father. She applies for the U.S. Army for a chance at gaining a position. At first, she proved to be exceptional for a newbie.

But she still has a long journey to prove her worth. The now nicknamed "Cadet" would have to follow her father's steps like how she followed her spirit.

To be one of The Valor.

And most importantly, to be her ludicrous dad.



Extras:
Proposed Head Icon for MinimapA weird lookin' Hero Select Card + Top Bar Icon
An old version which shows her color pallete. She's basically the same as her Neon Prime but more saturated on the clothesA 20 minute sketch of how the abilities look + iconsConcept of The Powerhouse, a STG-44 and Browning Automatic Rifle Hybrid
 
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Looking back at the spirit scaling for the rifle grenade stun it might be a lil too much stun time lul. could scale to something like x0.04
 
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