[Hero] Howler, a werewolf with a unique item build style

[nathanieljbrill]

Some notes:

His reload time is 4s. This helps balance his 3.

His 2 and his 3 don't have ability cooldowns. His 2 uses stamina and his 3 uses ammo.

His boon gain is 40 health and +0.15 bullet damage.

His 2 melee damage scales 1.3 with melee damage.

 

[nathanieljbrill]

Another note I should have added is that shooting, using abilities, and using actives ends his running on all fours in sprint mode.

 

[nathanieljbrill]

Figured out how I want to fix his 3. The duration no longer scales with spirit, it scales with ammo consumed, but not for each ammo consumed, for every 18 ammo consumed. This way Titanic mag isn't as busted as it would be if it was each, because it doesn't meet a threshold.

So at maximum ammo (which I believe is +220%) that's 192 ammo, 60% of which is 115, which has 6 blocks of 18 ammo consumed. Considering this, and that at base you're consuming 2 blocks of 18, the base duration should be changed to 1 second, and every block of 18 ammo consumed increases the duration by 0.5s. this keeps the base at 2 seconds and the maximum at 4 while making maximum ammo relevant as intended.

 

[nathanieljbrill]

An endgame build for Howler might look something like this: Titanic mag, quick reload, escalating resilience, lucky shot, point blank, superior stamina, vampiric burst (the bonus ammo would let you use your 3 twice without reloading even though the firerate doesn't add much), arcane surge, boundless spirit, superior duration, bullet resist shredder, mercurial Magnum.

Which definitely looks different than other builds haha.