Hero Idea: Dust Devil

I_AM_A_PITZZA

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Story:
Waleeda is a Djinn who, comparatively, is one of the younger Djinns, but who is still old enough to be considered independent. In theory, at least, for what would constitute a mom/dad/guardian for Djinns never allowed her to get out into the world, she was forced to stay home due to her age and “Foolishness”. She dreamed of seeing the world, and one day, she would get the chance.

Ksawery one day was out and about in Waleeda’s hometown and saw a pair of Djinns with their bodyguards, thought nothing of it, until one of them reached out to him. She was expressing curiosity about who he was and how peculiar he looked, and altho he was taken aback by the bluntness, his curiosity was piqued. But before they could chat for long, the other Djinn intervened and ordered the bodyguards to shoo him away. However, Ksawery would not be deterred so easily. He had some skills, and that first Djinn didn't seem that happy about their situation.

One night, when her bodyguard had gone to sleep and she was alone in her room, Waleeda heard a knock on her window. Entered her corporeal form and went to check it. And there, three stories up, was Ksawery hanging out, and asked for her hand. After Waleeda quickly explained how Djinns work, he swiftly and quietly snatched her vessel from her room and brought her up to the roof, where they spent the whole night talking.

Many nights this went on, with the pair getting bolder and bolder with their nightly excursions, until one night, Waleeda asked, “Would… would you dare to steal me, and take me to the sea? I have seen butterflies, big dances and movies, and the night sky without the light pollution. I… I really want to see the sea.”
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From that moment on, Ksawery knew that he also wanted something more, and that these little nightly adventures could not satisfy them forever.

(Ksawery, the humanoid creature with the glowing eyes, and Waleeda the Djinn, the Navi-looking, purple thing, and her vessel on Ksawery's back. Together as one character)

The Kit:
Weapon - Perła Oceanu - Slow firing but hard hitting pistol similar to Holyday’s, but a bit faster fire rate. Secondary fire sends out a projectile that, after traveling a set distance, gradually reverses and starts to home in and fly back towards you, dealing double damage. The projectile deals no damage to you if it reaches you. (You don’t regain any ammo if the projectile returns to you, and if the projectile hits a target early, both on the way out and back, it disappears like normal)

1st ability - Scout Drone - Send out a projectile that reveals enemies within a radius, allowing you and allies to see them through walls and on the map. The Drone sticks to anything it collides with, including both Enemy and Ally Players and Troopers. You can shoot the drone to make it detonate and deal spirit damage in an area, but enemies can also shoot/melee the drone to destroy it harmlessly. Enemies performing a Dash-Jump also makes the drone detach harmlessly. The drone only exists for a set amount of time after it attaches to anything, such as 10s and then despawns harmlessly. Hitting the drone with a Returning-Secondary-Fire-Projectile increases the detonation damage.

2nd ability - Make Peace - Send out Waleeda as a fast projectile that deals a little bit of damage and steals ammo from an enemy player equal to something like 25% - 50% of their max ammo (“Steal” works exactly how you would expect: Target’s ammo is drained while yours is restored). If an enemy is already reloading, you interrupt the reload and set their reload progress back to 0 while slightly reducing the cooldown of this ability. If you steal more ammo than the gun can hold, you gain up to 100% bonus ammo. (I don't think that this should be an ability with charges, because then you could basically keep an enemy constantly trying to reload, which would, without a doubt, be extremely frustrating and unfun/unfair for the other player)
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3rd ability - HoverBoard - Deploy and jump onto a hoverboard with a duration. While the Hoverboard is active, you gain a movement speed buff and gravity is reduced to 33% for you. The hoverboard doesn't hinder any of your abilities (You are still able to use your other abilities, fire your weapon, Dash, Slide and all that while on the Hoverboard). The Hoverboard can be cancelled early. If you use Alt-Cast to cancel the Hoverboard, you instead launch it forwards as a powerful explosive projectile, but giving it a notably longer cooldown.

Ultimate - Sweet Dreams - Send Waleeda out of her vessel as a projectile, similar to Pocket’s Cloak but with a bigger AoE while traveling. Enemies hit take some damage, have their ammo set to 0 and are put to Sleep, while allies gain bonus health regeneration and movement, fire and reload speed buffs for a duration. Allies’s buffs are refreshed while inside Waleeda’s AoE. (Also, to be clear, you can’t recast the ult to teleport to Waleeda’s position, even tho I said it’s similar to Pocket’s Cloak)


This piece of early development Haze art got my brain inspired and wouldn't leave my head, and now here we are, enjoy!
 
Also, here are some character dialogues I feel that would happen with Ksawery:

Lash​

  • Conversation 1:
    • Lash: You should watch your back.
    • Ksawery: Um… Why?
    • L: 'Oh, nothin’. It’s just that men tend to lose their girlfriends and wives when I’m around.
    • K: …What the hell do you mean by that?!
    • L: You’ll understand when you two see The Lash~ in action.
  • Conversation 2:
    • Lash: I think I’ll take Waleeda out on a steak dinner after we win.
    • Ksawery: *Scoffs* Like hell you will.
    • L: Oh believe me I will, she deserves a real man. Besides, I also have a real name, yours just looks like someone took a seat on a typewriter.
    • K: EXCUSE YOU!
  • Conversation 3:
    • Lash: Hey, Waleeda, want to see a real man get to work?
    • Ksawery: Stop going after her! You’re more obnoxious than her mother.
    • L: I can take both of them out and away from you if you want. It’s a win-win, you get some peace and quiet, and the ladies get to spend some time with the one and only, Lash~. Don’t be disappointed if neither of them come back to you.
    • K: Waleeda herself? She ain’t going out with you. But her mom? Sure! Good luck’s all I’m saying.

Seven​

  • Conversation 1:
    • Seven: Great, I have to babysit the teenagers.
    • Ksawery: Hey, we’re both fully grown adults, I and Waleeda.
    • S: Then act your age and stop letting those whoremoans do the thinking for you.
    • K: Hey, we three have all found something we really want, and although you may not agree that what-
    • S: I did not mean hormones as in the chemical.
    • K: … What? Uh… Wait… YOU!-
  • Conversation 2:
    • Ksawery: Hey, Seven!
    • Seven: *Sighs* Yes?
    • K: Here’s the plan: Waleeda moves in, steals their ammo and puts them to sleep, while you get into position to rain down electric hell on them!
    • S: Sounds good, leave the real work to the mature one.
    • K: Hey!
  • Conversation 3:
    • Seven: Can’t believe you two are wasting such an opportunity?
    • Ksawery: *Scoffs* Yeah? What do you mean by that, you megalomaniac?
    • S: I’m here to summon the Patron to gain ultimate powers and rise above life itself. I’m doing something greater than humanity would ever have the courage to do, and you are just trying not to die a virgin.
    • K: *Stammers and struggles * Wha-... No! You… I’m- You- I… Fff… Screw you!

Mirage​

  • Conversation 1:
    • Ksawery: Well… Umm… This is awkward…
    • Mirage: It’s awkward because you know you’re guilty.
    • K: *Laughs nervously* Guilty? Heh. Guilty of what?
    • M: Don’t play a fool. You know that what you’re doing is kidnapping.
    • K: Hey, it’s a breakout! Plus, it’s consensual!
  • Conversation 2:
    • Ksawery: Uh… Mirage!
    • Mirage: Yes?
    • K: How about we grab a hotdog after this is over and just talk this over? I think you could see why I did what I did if you just heard us out.
    • M: Hmm… Okay, but are you sure you won't also kidnap the stand attendant too while we are there?
    • K: W- Wha… *Sigh* Come on, man!
  • Conversation 3:
    • Mirage: You do know that the Djinn are after you, yes? And that they won’t treat you with kindness when they find you after what you did. Especially not Waleeda’s mother. (Not Nashala)
    • Ksawery: If Nashala said that she had never seen a meadow full of beautiful wildflowers, and she desperately wanted to see one, would you bring her to one?
    • M: Of course I would! But-
    • K: So we are not that different then, you and I.
    • M: *Breathes in*
    • K: In that department at least!
    • M: *Sighs out of frustration* You really don’t grasp how different our relationships and situations are…

Others​

Some other characters I would think that Ksawery would have conversations with:
  • Kelvin and talking about the adventures both of them have gone on and Kelvin's condition.
  • Mo & Krill about the news and goings-on in the underworld.
  • Wraith checking Ksawery out and seeing if he is for hire.
  • Haze giving Ksawery a warning that if he gives his people a bad reputation, he and his kind might get hurt, badly. (Hinting that the OSIC might come ‘a knockin’ and that he isn't a Human)
  • Ksawery debating with Shiv about what a monster would be classified as. (Another hint that he isn't Human)
  • Vyper lamenting that if she was younger, she would really want to get a lot “closer” to Ksawery, with him being really uncomfortable about it. (To me, Vyper sounds like she could be middle age, 40+ by her voice, but that’s just me)
  • Asking Infernus advice about places to go visit and how he escaped his past.
  • Sinclair commenting about how fickle love is and how Ksawery will probably end up regretting his relationship with Waleeda. “Being Young and dumb.”
  • Gray Talon grandfathering Ksawery and reminding him to treasure the time he gets to have with Waleeda, and same with Waleeda, to treasure the time she gets to have with Ksawery.
 
Well..this is very unexpected. Good job the amount of effort you did for this project/idea.
I think the 1 and 3 are interesting abilities, but 2 and 4 feel somewhat boring or at least I'm not sure if they are distinct enough for the kit.
The gun is interesting, not sure if it has to be a pistol tho.
 
Again, amazing work with both the lore and the kit, as a Pole myself i do love the names. And the pistol looks exactly how it's name sounds. :)

To the kit, i feel like Make Peace could remove all ammo - it's still less powerful than a disarm that some have access to. Though, even then with the prevalence of QSR and Spellslinger, that would certainly not be enough. Def could apply a silence with an upgrade, and probably some other effects with it bein a Djinn - maybe lower the gravity of the affected enemies? That would be interesting.
The hoverboard could be tied in with that, with it giving lessened gravity - which i also love as an ability, reminds me of Jenos from Paladins. Though, it not hampering your ability usage could be an upgrade, harkonning back to the Goo Ball.
 
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