New T2/T3 Item: Numinous Pineapple

[Yoshister]

I feel there's a lack of purely damage-focused items in Deadlock, people almost exclusively use Cold Front for that purpose. As such, I think a grenade active would work well as an alternative to Cold Front, either as a T2 or a T3 item. To make this item more interesting and stand out from other grenades like Kelvin or Geist's, this grenade has its damage split between an explosion and a bunch of small shrapnel projectiles released in the explosion's radius. The shrapnel also acts as a mini skill shot of sorts, as the shrapnel will all or mostly go into a single target, dealing around 3% of their max health. This starts as a slight damage increase but can almost rival the explosion's damage itself later on.


If having mini-Tankbuster is too much for a T2, it could also be a T3, being a damage inbetween of Cold Front and Arctic Blast (Maybe a T3 component that adds the max health properties to the shrapnel?).


^slightly higher numbers since double cost.

I think being a skill shot grenade would be a fun way to give players new ways to dish out damage with items!

Also the name and shrapnel aspect is inspired by the Mk 2 grenade (Nicknamed the "Pineapple") commonly used in WW2.

 

[Yoshister]

tbh the T2 one I proposed would probably work as a T3 but the exact numbers aren't too important I just think skillshot grenade would be fun

 

[AleksiyFlek$$iy]

You are right about the lack of damage-dealing items. Maybe T3 variant should have shrapnel pierce through enemies?