stizzy320
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I thought a reference to slasher movies and media would be cool.
Going into this I had a few general ideas revolving around various melee archetypes, settled on an initiator type, that goes in and tanks damage as a large distraction mainly, with focus on intimidation.
You may think "Hey that's just abrams!" Ah but no my friend! BEHOLD!! MANIC!!
how I intend to seperate him from people such as silver and abrams is via versatility.
Most characters that try to be versatile seem to all be too spread thin and end up suffering because of it, eg Holliday, Be Bop, those of that sort.
However with Manic I intend on said versatility focusing instead of many abilities for various applications, it's all for various parts of one application.
The tools of trade!!
His primary fire would be a hatchet toss, causing a decent sum of damage, but be slow and low ammo count. The main focus of the primary fire is to allow build potential for example, slowing bullets, allowing for you to close gaps.
Typically he will carry around his large axe as a main melee weapon, with melee weapon damage being th efocus of his damage.
His 1 ability:
REVANENT
Manic shakes his torso a few times, shaking off bullets that have collided into his skin. Gain barrier and bullet resist, increasing in effectiveness and amount the lower your HP is by percentage, up to 25 percent. This buff with last for 6 seconds, with a base cooldown of 15 seconds.
His 2 ability:
BROAD SWING
Manic will swing his axe in a broad area in front of him. Anyone within this range will take Weapon Damge and be launched back (similar to venator shotgun) stunning any enemies who are launched into a wall or surface.
His 3 ability (Passive):
Suspense
Nearby enemies will hear a feint heartbeat as you approach and it will get lounder as you near them. The enemies affected by horror will slowly build up horror if not within proximity to other teamates. when horror reaches enough stacks, the enemy is revealed to you and will have their bullet resist reduced, as well as slowly taking sprirt damage, as all stacks of horror they recieve are replaced with one Panic Attack token, causing the heartbeat to increase in speed drastically. Enemies within proximity to other enemies will instead provide you with a slight bullet resist per enemy, maxing out at 15 percent bullet resist.
Ult 4 ability:
LET LOOSE
Manic will remain still for several moments as they withdrawl and rev up their chainsaw. After the chainsaw is fully rev'd up they will enter a state called Mania. While in Mania, Manic will recieve increased bullet resist, spirit resist, massive speed, and weapon damage. For every enemy within 25 meters of you while in mania, they will be applied a move speed debuff, and take spirit damage over time. Abilities will be replaced with their MANIC versions
Manic 1:
SHOOT ME I DARE YOU!!
Rip various projectiles from your body and give yourself instant weapon damage, applying a regen, increasing in affectiveness depending on how much damage you have taken, as well as enemies in proximity.
Manic 2:
DISEMBOWEL!!
Swing your chainsaw in a series of 3 360 degree circular spins, applying weapon damage and movement slow to anyone within vicinity. for every enemy hit, this abilities cooldown is reduced by a small sum
Manic 3:
Climax
The terror radius will greatly shrink by around 50 percent. All enemies within this radius will constantly have panic attack active for as long as they are in vicinity.
Ofc I think it's okay if anything would have to be changed but I think this is pretty good to create a feeling of avoidance, similar to proper slasher films with the ability to an extant, to shrug off damage, building of suspense, resulting in a wild and climactic end. I wanted to create a feeling of issues caused by proximity, thus the best idea with him is to avoid a properly built one, or have some counter at the ready.
LORE TIME
ofc I tried to keep the lore somewhat sparse as I felt keeping it plenty open would be more interesting, in tandem with many other characters in deadlock
He was a southern boy and after one day at the age of 19, his brother was murdered, the killer framing him.
Due to never seeing said killer he was sentenced to death.
They had attempted to hang him and succeeded.
As he died he cursed the names of everyone at the execution, even that of his own parents who blamed him so much for it, that of his friends who turned their backs on him, and that of all others who stood there to watch, above all else, the monster who took his brother from him.
For a while it was black, only the taste of his bloody mouth to keep him company before, the mealstrom reawoke him.
He reose from his grave with a vengence he intended to get.
He began to hunt down killers, not just his own or his brother's, all killers. he targets those who'd hurt others such as drifter, seven, even venator if venator gets in his way at all.
He is participating in the ritual to hunt people such as them down, hoping whoever killed his brother would be foolish or desperate enough to try and participate too.
He has no plans for his wish, he's a nice guy though, maybe he'll spend it on another person in the ritual if he finds it worth it
I just thought of this while making him so ofc, none is final
Yes that is drifter
Thankl you deadlock forrums and goodnight
Going into this I had a few general ideas revolving around various melee archetypes, settled on an initiator type, that goes in and tanks damage as a large distraction mainly, with focus on intimidation.
You may think "Hey that's just abrams!" Ah but no my friend! BEHOLD!! MANIC!!
how I intend to seperate him from people such as silver and abrams is via versatility.
Most characters that try to be versatile seem to all be too spread thin and end up suffering because of it, eg Holliday, Be Bop, those of that sort.
However with Manic I intend on said versatility focusing instead of many abilities for various applications, it's all for various parts of one application.
The tools of trade!!
His primary fire would be a hatchet toss, causing a decent sum of damage, but be slow and low ammo count. The main focus of the primary fire is to allow build potential for example, slowing bullets, allowing for you to close gaps.
Typically he will carry around his large axe as a main melee weapon, with melee weapon damage being th efocus of his damage.
His 1 ability:
REVANENT
Manic shakes his torso a few times, shaking off bullets that have collided into his skin. Gain barrier and bullet resist, increasing in effectiveness and amount the lower your HP is by percentage, up to 25 percent. This buff with last for 6 seconds, with a base cooldown of 15 seconds.
His 2 ability:
BROAD SWING
Manic will swing his axe in a broad area in front of him. Anyone within this range will take Weapon Damge and be launched back (similar to venator shotgun) stunning any enemies who are launched into a wall or surface.
His 3 ability (Passive):
Suspense
Nearby enemies will hear a feint heartbeat as you approach and it will get lounder as you near them. The enemies affected by horror will slowly build up horror if not within proximity to other teamates. when horror reaches enough stacks, the enemy is revealed to you and will have their bullet resist reduced, as well as slowly taking sprirt damage, as all stacks of horror they recieve are replaced with one Panic Attack token, causing the heartbeat to increase in speed drastically. Enemies within proximity to other enemies will instead provide you with a slight bullet resist per enemy, maxing out at 15 percent bullet resist.
Ult 4 ability:
LET LOOSE
Manic will remain still for several moments as they withdrawl and rev up their chainsaw. After the chainsaw is fully rev'd up they will enter a state called Mania. While in Mania, Manic will recieve increased bullet resist, spirit resist, massive speed, and weapon damage. For every enemy within 25 meters of you while in mania, they will be applied a move speed debuff, and take spirit damage over time. Abilities will be replaced with their MANIC versions
Manic 1:
SHOOT ME I DARE YOU!!
Rip various projectiles from your body and give yourself instant weapon damage, applying a regen, increasing in affectiveness depending on how much damage you have taken, as well as enemies in proximity.
Manic 2:
DISEMBOWEL!!
Swing your chainsaw in a series of 3 360 degree circular spins, applying weapon damage and movement slow to anyone within vicinity. for every enemy hit, this abilities cooldown is reduced by a small sum
Manic 3:
Climax
The terror radius will greatly shrink by around 50 percent. All enemies within this radius will constantly have panic attack active for as long as they are in vicinity.
Ofc I think it's okay if anything would have to be changed but I think this is pretty good to create a feeling of avoidance, similar to proper slasher films with the ability to an extant, to shrug off damage, building of suspense, resulting in a wild and climactic end. I wanted to create a feeling of issues caused by proximity, thus the best idea with him is to avoid a properly built one, or have some counter at the ready.
LORE TIME
ofc I tried to keep the lore somewhat sparse as I felt keeping it plenty open would be more interesting, in tandem with many other characters in deadlock
He was a southern boy and after one day at the age of 19, his brother was murdered, the killer framing him.
Due to never seeing said killer he was sentenced to death.
They had attempted to hang him and succeeded.
As he died he cursed the names of everyone at the execution, even that of his own parents who blamed him so much for it, that of his friends who turned their backs on him, and that of all others who stood there to watch, above all else, the monster who took his brother from him.
For a while it was black, only the taste of his bloody mouth to keep him company before, the mealstrom reawoke him.
He reose from his grave with a vengence he intended to get.
He began to hunt down killers, not just his own or his brother's, all killers. he targets those who'd hurt others such as drifter, seven, even venator if venator gets in his way at all.
He is participating in the ritual to hunt people such as them down, hoping whoever killed his brother would be foolish or desperate enough to try and participate too.
He has no plans for his wish, he's a nice guy though, maybe he'll spend it on another person in the ritual if he finds it worth it
I just thought of this while making him so ofc, none is final
Yes that is drifter
Thankl you deadlock forrums and goodnight
