Hero Idea - Murdoch, the Pneumatic Mailman

[dabry7]

General idea for a hero, intended to be a disruptive bruiser akin to Viscous or Mo & Krill.

Hero concept:
A Scottish engineer who found his bagpipe expertise better suited to maintaining mailrooms in the basements of the Cursed Apple than terrorising the ears of anybody nearby.

Mechanics concept:
Armed with a set of bagpipes grafted to a soul-powered pneumatic mail delivery system, builds air pressure using his third ability that can be used to empower his other abilities.

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First skill(s):

Mail Shot:​

Throw a bundle of mail that explodes on impact and splinters into individual letters that seek nearby enemies.​

• Applies bullet resist shred
• Prioritises heroes over troopers
• Button can be held to spend a bar of air pressure to instead cast "Express Shot"

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Express Shot:​

Fires a canister of mail, that flies with high speed and ricochets between enemies.​

• Slows enemies on hit and applies stacking spirit resist shred
• Prioritises heroes over troopers

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Second skill(s):

Release pressure:​

Release a burst of air forwards, pushing back other units and deflecting projectiles. If used while airborne pushes Murdoch back as well.​

• Reflected projectiles can damage enemies, a la TF2's Pyro
• Strength of knockback is split between the amount of units it hits, so the more units hit, the less they'll individually be knocked back
• Button can be held to spend a bar of air pressure to instead cast "Purge"

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Purge:​

Release a burst of air forwards, pushing back other units and deflecting projectiles. If used while airborne pushes Murdoch back as well.​

• As above but also
• Stronger knockback
• Applies brief silence and movement lock to enemies hit
• Enemies that are knocked into a wall are slowed

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Third skill(s):

Blow Up:​

Murdoch blows into his bagpipes, building air pressure and barrier.​

• Disables use of gun while channeled
• Builds up to 3 bars of air pressure, can be cancelled early
• Barrier builds as the channel proceeds, so cancelling early would build partial barrier
• Button can be held to instead cast "Compress Air"

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Compress Air:​

Switches Murdoch's bagpipes to compressor mode, building air pressure and sucking in any souls and units in front of him.​

• Disables use of gun while channeled
• Builds up to 3 bars of air pressure
• Longer channel than Blow Up, builds pressure slower
• Can be used to secure souls
• Pulls enemy units and applies bullet resist shred

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Fourth skill:

Override Safety:​

Resets all ability cooldowns, and empowers the next ability used to remove all safety constraints, consuming all air pressure on next use:​

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First Class Shot (first skill):​

Fires a canister of mail, that flies with high speed and ricochets between enemies, applying a short stun on hit.​

• As Express Shot, but with more bounces and applies a ministun instead of a slow

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Emergency Purge (second skill):​

Release a burst of air in all directions, pushing back all units and deflecting projectiles.​

• Same strength knockback as Purge, but not split between units hit
• Applies a longer silence and movement lock
• Enemy units that hit a wall are stunned
• If used midair will cause Murdoch to briefly hover

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"Hoover Mode" (third skill):​

Switches Murdoch's bagpipes to hoover mode, applying a strong suction to all enemy heroes in front of him.​

• Disables use of gun while channeled
• Any enemy units that are pulled too close to Murdoch are sucked into the air tank
• If any heroes are in the air tank, then after the channel finishes they will be forcibly ejected
• Ejected heroes are silenced and movement locked, and if they collide with a wall then are stunned
• If no enemies are sucked into the air tank, instead build 3 bars of pressure

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Open to any thoughts and feedback.