[Hero] Moth-Man, The Capitalist

[456silent]

A new take on the character concept created by FabianBanu. (search Moth man to find his submission.) I reworked the abilities to have functionality in combat. Judge by the concept instead of the numbers as they are educated guesses at what balance would look like.

 

[456silent]

Fabian's original post here.

 

[Intabnito]

I really like this design, this seems like a very fun character to play and mess around with. Also lends itself to a set up trap with honeypot or a creative outplay to heavy punch.

 

[Korok273]

Love to try this hero. Feel like a good way to balance out the 4 passive would be a slow and hard to aim gun. Otherwise, would feel unfair for carrys who farm really well just to get punished too hard

 

[rodgermccallister]

This sounds really fun, I'd love to see a hero like this in the game

 

[fabiancbanu]

Nice job!

 

[456silent]

Some refinements I have made:

• Swap Honeypot 1 and 5 AP. Increase the increase to 15%.
  • Put upgrades where they can meaningfully help the player.
• Swap Alluring Flame 1 and 2 AP.
  • Utility before damage give reason for non-Flame builds to buy in early.
• Sold on Soul 5 AP now: 0.25 stacks on headshot.
  • Remove niche interaction on a niche ability and replace with one that give greater usage.
• Fire of life 5 AP wording change: crit to headshot.
  1. Increases synergy with items in a small but meaningful way.

Considering

• Give Honeypot base damage and reduce soul damage scaling.
  • 100 spirit power makes a 200 large ball deal 500 damage which seems a bit extreme. This requires AP5 and about 300 unsecured to happen. And what happens if the player has more?
  • Currently thinking (35+0.25 per spirit) base and (0.75+0.01 per spirit) per soul.
  • The decision to change is dependent on if large bursts of damage are infrequent/costly enough for this to not be concerning. Would need in game testing.