[Hero Concept] Flue - Solar Furnace

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Art by @hou_jae04

"Call me a robot one more time and we'll see how many degrees I can make the burn."

Description:
A being of volatile fire. Most of her time is spent in a hulking metal containment suit that safely harnesses and expels the heat she generates.

Lore:
Dr. Shuman like any other genius, attempted to change the world. His every waking moment was spent nurturing his pride and joy, the world's first solar powered reactor. A casualty of this life long pursuit was that of his daughter, Flue. While she was used to her father being absent, it only fed her anger. When her mother died from a sudden illness her father ran away further into his work, and Flue's temper boiled over.

Worse for wear after a night out, she burst into her father's lab to give the old man a piece of her mind. Dismissive as ever, Dr. Shuman told her to compose herself and leave. Flue erupted and began trashing the place, weaving in every insult she's had brewing from their 22 years together. Her sight fell on his precious, priceless, perfect solar engine, hitting it with every ounce of resentment she had stored up. And the engine responded in kind. The damage to the cooling system began overheating the machine and Dr. Shuman in a panic attempted to regain control of his creation. But it was too late. The reactor hurled a wave of fire and fission, engulfing Flue in the blast.

The doctor awoke under a torched control panel. Screaming out to Flue between coughs, searching every inch of the now destroyed lab. Dread set in as he came to the conclusion there was nothing left of her to find. Until, impossibly, a bright glow began emanating from a pile of rubble. The light intensified before rupturing out of the rocks. Standing before him was something he could not comprehend. A being a pure, white hot energy. But when it called out in a familiar voice he understood.
Flue had become the solar reactor.

With the help of his connections at the OSIC, a tungsten lined containment suit was constructed. Flue was told this was for her safety and those around her, after all she wasn't particularly stable even before the incident. While her father and the OSIC work to diagnose her new condition, Flue hears rumors of a wish-granting ritual and takes off on her own. Determined to take back her life without her father's help.


Weapons and Abilities:
The Crucible- Fires medium range, projectile embers from a nozzle at the end of the suit. Reload by letting the nozzle cool down.

Flamethrower (1) - Shoot a cone of fire in front of you dealing spirit damage per second. Your movement speed is reduced during the duration. The flames may also claim Souls.
Max Heat: Larger AoE and enemies progressively lose spirit resist.

Heating Up (2) - Fire erupts from the open vents on the suit, restoring ammo, granting movement speed, spirit and bullet armor.
Max Heat: Become unstoppable for the duration (unaffected by CC).

Vent (3) - Passive: Flue's abilities generate heat. At max heat, abilities gain bonus affects but Flue takes increased damage.
Active: Release all stored heat as steam dealing spirit damage to nearby enemies.
Max Heat: Larger AoE and increased damage.

Rain of Fire (4) - Leave your containment suit and channel to catapult a meteor of flame that strikes the target location dealing spirit damage to enemies hit. Recast a total of three times. If none of the recasts are used half of the cooldown is refunded. Enter max heat after channel ends.

Dynamo
"My god Ms. Shuman is that you? How did this happen?"

Flue
"Hey teach....I guess I should've paid more attention to your lessons."

Dynamo
"If I can get my body back, we can recover yours too. That's a promise."

Flue
"....Thanks. Don't tell anyone but you were always my favorite."
 
The character's abilities remind me of the mod character from the risk of rain2 game "Arsonist". For example, Heating Up (2) is a bit like the "Masohism" ability
 
Still, I would really like to have a character with a flamethrower in the game like Pyro from TF2, so it would be cool to swap auto attack (fireballs) and 1 skill (flamethrower) 🙃
 
I like the OSIC theme, my character is also associated with it, but it seems that FireFox is more suitable for creating Weapons, and MPS = Mystic Pharmaceutical Stores is more suitable for creating armor (this company is listed in the vitality section of the game Curiosity Shop)
 
Art is amazing!!! I think if would be cool if he had more to do with him entering/exiting his suit. Like when out of the suit he deals more damage, but he cant go too far from it.
Honestly I agree with you, from a lore perspective leaving the suit should be an "oh shit" big moment. If I could edit the post I would change the ult to be an install mode.

Solar Flare (4) - Leave the containment suit and take control of an unleashed Flue. During this time she has free flight and her attack throws balls of plasma that explode on impact but she has limited health. Flue must remain within a range of the suit. Upon taking lethal damage she returns to the suit and enters max heat.
 
I think it's an interesting idea if a character.

Question:
Would the suit have HP? Can enemies focus on it (it would be easier to hit as it's not moving) as an alternative way of bringing her out of ult?

Can it be used as an impromptu cover for allies?
Honestly I agree with you, from a lore perspective leaving the suit should be an "oh shit" big moment. If I could edit the post I would change the ult to be an install mode.

Solar Flare (4) - Leave the containment suit and take control of an unleashed Flue. During this time she has free flight and her attack throws balls of plasma that explode on impact but she has limited health. Flue must remain within a range of the suit. Upon taking lethal damage she returns to the suit and enters max heat.
 
I think it's an interesting idea if a character.

Question:
Would the suit have HP? Can enemies focus on it (it would be easier to hit as it's not moving) as an alternative way of bringing her out of ult?

Can it be used as an impromptu cover for allies?
Good questions, no I imagine the suit would not have health during the duration of her ult. I don't see it thematically making sense for her to take damage from the suit while she's not in it and it would be too easy/not interactive to stand next to the empty suit and gun it down while she is flying around ulting.

I suppose it could be used as impromptu cover but I can't imagine the character model would be so large that it would be especially useful. Maybe in niche situations.
 
i love the ult concept how you shed the armor and have a completely new character design underneath basically bringing out the more powerful version

and possibly a small addition to the design a blue heart in their chest to show its the hottest part that its the core of her flame ability's but still a mind blowing character and design
 
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