First a bit of background in case some don't know about zorro, from wikipedia:
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Zorro (Spanish: [ˈsoro] or [ˈθoro], Spanish for "fox") is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles in Alta California.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro#cite_note-WP-20201229-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and Indigenous peoples of California against corrupt, tyrannical officials and other villains. His signature all-black costume includes a cape, a Cordovan hat (sombrero cordobés), and a mask covering the upper half of his face.
In the stories, Zorro has a high bounty on his head, but he is too skilled and cunning for the bumbling authorities to catch and he also delights in publicly humiliating them. The townspeople thus started calling him "El Zorro", because of his fox-like cunning and charm. Zorro is an acrobat and an expert in various weapons. Still, the one he employs most frequently is his rapier, which he often uses to carve the initial "Z" on his defeated foes and other objects to "sign his work". He is also an accomplished rider, his trusty steed being a black horse called Tornado.
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I think an anti-hero based on zorro would make for a great addition to the cast and can be aged up to fit well into the time period as an old legend in the same vein as greytalon
Main theme: a melee hero with abilities that emphasizes parrying, positioning himself and opponents
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Zorro (Spanish: [ˈsoro] or [ˈθoro], Spanish for "fox") is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles in Alta California.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro#cite_note-WP-20201229-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and Indigenous peoples of California against corrupt, tyrannical officials and other villains. His signature all-black costume includes a cape, a Cordovan hat (sombrero cordobés), and a mask covering the upper half of his face.
In the stories, Zorro has a high bounty on his head, but he is too skilled and cunning for the bumbling authorities to catch and he also delights in publicly humiliating them. The townspeople thus started calling him "El Zorro", because of his fox-like cunning and charm. Zorro is an acrobat and an expert in various weapons. Still, the one he employs most frequently is his rapier, which he often uses to carve the initial "Z" on his defeated foes and other objects to "sign his work". He is also an accomplished rider, his trusty steed being a black horse called Tornado.
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I think an anti-hero based on zorro would make for a great addition to the cast and can be aged up to fit well into the time period as an old legend in the same vein as greytalon
Main theme: a melee hero with abilities that emphasizes parrying, positioning himself and opponents
- Primary weapon: a whip and rapier
- left click - Limited range (like bebop laser) whip crack, medium speed, low damage
- right click (can be parried) - rapier slash, fast speed, low damage, basically a faster repeatable melee with lower damage
- charging left and right click - holding down either button lets you charge the attack for higher damage
- left click hold - charged hit yanks the enemy towards the player (not a full hook like bebop's but just a momentary small change of force)
- right click hold (can be parried) - a fencing lunge that let's you dash a short distance
- abilities
- whip pull - a skill shot that uses the whip to pull yourself to any target, walls, troopers, heroes etc. while also decreasing their move speed
- T1 upgrade - move speed decrease increase
- T2 upgrade - + 1 charge, enable charges (2 total)
- T3 upgrade - disarms enemy targets for 2 seconds
- item modifiable traits - range, duration, cooldown, charges
- taunt - a buff that makes your attacks apply a debuff that once filled forces the enemy to make a single heavy melee attack in the direction of zorro
- T1 upgrade - buff duration
- T2 upgrade - imbues your attacks with lifesteal
- T3 upgrade - triggering the heavy melee from an enemy instantly resets cooldown of taunt
- item modifiable traits - duration, cooldown
- en garde - an active that also serves as a second parry (built in counter spell) with additional benefits, using the ability to for brief moment reflect projectiles, counter spell, parry melee, if a melee or ability is parried, ability becomes riposte which can be used for 1 second afterwards before reverting back to en garde cooldown
- riposte (cannot be parried) - instant lunge in a direction, dashing through enemies and dealing significant burst damage
- T1 - riposte damage increase
- T2 - width of the riposte dash
- T3 - cooldown reduction for every hero hit by riposte lunge
- item modifiable - range, cooldown, affected by rebuttal
- ultimate: Z is for Zorro
- channeled ultimate in the same style as yamato
- taunt is active regardless of cooldown
- parry cooldown shortened
- En garde cooldown dramatically shortened, riposte damage dramatically increased
- Movement and Melee attack speed increased
- Left and right click attack charge speed increased
- pressing ult button again while channeling ends early, when ult ends draw a magic Z with 3 damaging slashes, if all 3 slashes land on an enemy they become taunted
- T1 - small buff to resists
- T2 - parrying your melees while you are ulting cause the enemy to become stunned instead of you
- T3 - non ult cooldowns are all refreshed after ult ends
- whip pull - a skill shot that uses the whip to pull yourself to any target, walls, troopers, heroes etc. while also decreasing their move speed
