The Nahual, The Dualistic Stance Switcher

Overview: Centehua, a Nahual shaman that uses a mix of shamanistic sorcery and a bestial aspect associated with her Mesoamerican zodiac sign (the jaguar sign in this case) to guide her teammates with cosmic insights or eviscerate enemies with unrelenting ferocity. The moves are probably horrific ideas and in no way a good idea, but they're just to get the idea across.

Gun: An Obsidian Mirror that acts as a portal to the spiritual, which Centehua uses as her shamanistic focus. Functionally a burst rifle.

Tonal Stance: Essentially, the human stance that relies on channeling cosmic energies and magic. With each ability cast and landed and damage dealt with your gun you build up a Spiritual Energy passive, comparable to Shiv's rage passive. However upon fully charging you stance switch. This Energy build-up passive would be attached to an ability that would have an active component where you 'vent' this energy, so it doesn't overflow if you don't wish to stance switch.

Tonal Abilities: Utility, Buffs/Debuffs, Control
1. Consecrated Storm: Call forth a rain cloud that pours down a column of rain, allies that stand in it get debuff resistance and fire rate as they're in it, whereas enemies are burned by the light taking spirit damage and get a fire rate slow while also being marked for a set amount of time, being visible on the map for a set time after they leave. Based off the rain sign in the Aztec zodiac
2. The Smoking Mirror: Use your obsidian mirror to channel and fire off a smokey projectile that will blind and damage an enemy on a hit.
3. Cosmic Overflow: Lets you vent stored cosmic energy in a sphere around you, given you and any allies a speed boost and buff to stamina recharge. If the energy bar fills to max, you switch stances. Based off the 'movement' sign in the Aztec zodiac.
4. Harmonious Death: Cast a spell that marks the ground with a symbol, if you or an ally dies in its range you are brought back at the sight of the symbol. If an enemy dies in its range, it heals you for a set amount over time. Based off the 'death' zodiac sign. (and also probably a balance nightmare, some sorta revive mechanic though)

Nahual Stance: Assume the bestial form of a jaguar (either totally a jaguar or vaguely humanoid, like a werejaguar) for a few moments, trading tactical utility for raw power. Your gun fire is now spectral claw slashes that travel in the air, functionally a shotgun. You get an extra stamina and can latch onto walls. You won't stay in this stance forever, as the energy will deplete and you will revert back to the Tonal.

Nahual Abilities: Aggression, Pursuer, Power
1. Wild Strikes: Lunge forward doing 2 big claw slashes dealing spirit damage that shred spirit resistance.
2. Hunter's Stride: Leap towards a selected point, then leap a second time, causing a shockwave upon landing dealing spiritual damage and increasing your spirit resistance for each hero hit in the shockwave.
3. Feral Roar: Roar out, increasing your hp regen and movement speed. The roar will knock back enemies if they're close enough. Damage done while this roar buff is up refunds some energy so you can stay in this stance a bit longer.
uhhhhhhh I couldn't think of an ult
 
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