[Warframe Concept - No Art] Leos, the Repentant

[Hallelion]

This is Leos; the Repentant. Overcoming a dark past, he rises and endures, persisting in battle. Define your future, Tenno.

Inspiration: Lions, the Sword-and-Shield weapon type, The Arbiters of Hexis, Inaros, and Equinox.

Cheesy, probably Weird Story: He was a rogue Warframe who previously served as an Acolyte, under the moniker "Conceit". He's the only one who usually go to facilities with data vaults, hacks them in advance, and leaves even before the Tenno (and the Lotus) identifies the area as a potential facility to conduct a mission on. But one day, he was about to execute a witness (an operative of the Artibers), when he heard a familiar word from her... "Virtue". He began to remember the old days, when he was not yet a pawn of the Stalker. He served the Orokin, and, surprisingly, was not in that fateful day that they fell from power. He was loyal, yet deceived by the Stalker, and hunted his own kind; but somehow, he felt so wrong all this time. With all of his regrets, he made a deal with the operative: Sparing her life, and in return, help him find a way to atone. After some more back-and-forth, the Warframe visited the Hexis, and from there, found the truth of it all: that no matter how dark one's past is, there's hope for him. He sworn to a life of atonement; the Arbiters were initially skeptical of his change of heart, but soon after surviving the ordeal that is the Arbitrations, they were impressed by his efforts. He now serves as a reminder that a dark past does not define one's future.

Idea: A dual-mode warframe that can switch modes, similar to Equinox, The first mode, "Guardian mode", is a Shield-themed aspect of Leos, focused on defenses and team buffs. The second mode, "Wraith mode", is a mirror-aspect of Leos, with Swords as its theme, and focuses on damage and chained attacks.

 

(Please assume that all the numbers are not balanced; I do not claim to be a game dev)

 

Stats at rank 30:

Health: 250

Shields: 145

Armor: 275

Speed: 0.95

Energy: 145

 

Mechanics and Passive: Every defeated enemy with Leos in the team will spawn a pickup named "dark essence", the amount depends on enemy type, if Leos landed the final blow, if killed using abilities, and so on. Leos can collect and store these dark essence in a 100-point meter. Once the amount is enough, Leos can shift (using an ability) to Wraith Mode, where all abilities only costs points in the meter.

When Leos enters "down" state, he enters "Wraith Mode", consumes all the points of dark essence he collected, and engulfs himself with a dark aura, allowing him to move, act, and fight, persisting within a specified amount of time (half of Wraith mode's duration, for a maximum time of 25 seconds); afterwards, actual "downed" state starts.

Abilities:

1A: Shielded Bash (Guardian), consumes 10/15/20/25 energy, affected by Power Efficiency
Leos charges forward for a reasonably long range (10m/15m/20m/25m), hitting other enemies with his shield in a straight path.
Each hit provides a boost in casting speed for Leos and allies (+1%/+2%/+3%/+4%, for a maximum of +5%/+10%/+15%/+20%, over 5m/8m/11m/14m fixed), affected by Power Strength.
The bonus lasts for 4s/8s/12s/16s, affected by Power Duration. The bonus timer resets if the ability kills an enemy.
This ability can be casted in the air, but will target the ground.

1B: Bladed Bash (Wraith), consumes 2/3/4/5 points of dark essence, not affected by Power Efficiency
Leos charges forward for a reasonably long range (10m/15m/20m/25m), hitting other enemies with his sword in a straight path.
Each hit grants additional Power Range for Leos and allies (+1%/+2%/+3%/+4%, for a maximum of +5%/+10%/+15%/+20%, over 5m/8m/11m/14m fixed), affected by Power Strength.
This bonus lasts for 5s/10s/15s/20s, unaffected by Power Duration. The bonus timer resets if the ability kills an enemy.
This ability can be casted in the air, but will target the ground.

2A: Living Spiral (Guardian), consumes 20/30/40/50 energy, affected by Power Efficiency
Leos casts, in a radius centered on himself, an expanding, spiraling column of dark essence.
Enemies inside the area of effect will receive a debuff, forcing all enemies inside to occasionally stop attacking (10%/20%/30%/40% chance to not attack when AI wants to fire), unaffected by Power Strength.
Any attack of Leos and allies inside the spiral is granted some lifesteal (+10%/+10%/+20%/+20%), affected by Power Efficiency.
The duration of the Spiral is 3s/5s/7s/9s, affected by Power Duration.
Initial range of the Spiral is 6m/9m/12m/15m, unaffected by Power Range.

2B: Deathly Streak (Wraith), consumes 7/8/9/10 points of dark essence, not affected by Power Efficiency
Leos conjures an after-image, which copies his movements.
The after-image provides additional evasion (+5%/+15%/+25%/+35%), affected by Power Strength.
The after-image and will duplicate any melee attack he executes, allowing Leos to strike twice, dealing 60%/70%/80%/90% of weapon damage, unaffected by Power Strength.

3A: Vanguard (Guardian), consumes 55/60/65/70 energy, affected by Power Efficiency
Leos wields his exalted shield that grants him damage reduction (+55%/+65%/+75%/+85%), not affected by Power Strength.
Upon wielding the shield, he becomes immobile (regardless if casted on the ground / on air / on walls) and attracts bullets towards him, storing some of the damage in a buffer (30%/40%/50%/60% of damage received, affected by Power Strength; max amount in buffer is 1000).
Leos can then deactivate the ability (or get the buffer to max), and use the buffer to power his shield and use it as a weapon (Glaive-type) that deals damage (Buffer + 20%/30%/40%/50% physical damage split into 50% Impact and 50% Puncture), affected by Power Efficiency.
The shield will last for a limited amount of time (8s/10s/12s/14s), affected by Power Duration.

3B: Decimator (Wraith), consumes 10/15/20/25 points of dark essence, affected by Power Efficiency
Leos wields his exalted shortsword that allows him to transform into his Wraith Mode.
Upon wielding the blade, he becomes immobile (regardless if casted on the ground / on air / on walls) and attracts bullets towards him, storing some of the damage in a buffer (30%/40%/50%/60% of damage received, affected by Power Strength; max amount in buffer is 1000).
Leos can then deactivate the ability (or get the buffer to max), and use the buffer to power his blade and use it as a weapon (Dagger-type) that deals damage (Buffer + 20%/30%/40%/50% physical damage split into 50% Puncture and 50% Slash), affected by Power Efficiency.
Each kill with this weapon grants him increased Wraith mode duration (+0.5s per hit, +1s/+1s/+2s/+2s per kill, unaffected by mods).
In addition, casting abilities 1B and 2B will yield some energy per cast (dark essence cost * 1/1/2/3).
Duration of Wraith Mode is initial points in meter / 2, for a maximum of 50 seconds for 100 points, unaffected by mods.

4: Atonement, consumes all points in Wraith meter, and 75/80/85/90 energy, affected by Power Efficiency
Leos wields both the Vanguard and the Decimator, converting it into a Sword-and-Shield exalted weapon (moddable).
In this state, abilities are disabled, but Leos is rendered invincible.
This state uses half of the Wraith mode's duration is if activated at the time (for a maximum of 25 seconds fixed), as well as the health pool of Leos (10/15/20/25 health per second, affected by Power Efficiency).

Augments:

1A/1B: Breaking Bash - Switches ability versions with modes (Guardian mode casts 1B, and Wraith mode casts 1A). Also grants a small amount of dark essence (3/5/7/9 points fixed)

2A/2B: Spiral Streak - Switches ability versions with modes (Guardian mode casts 1B, and Wraith mode casts 1A). Also grants a small amount of dark essence (3/5/7/9 points fixed)

3A/3B: Valorous Decimation - Enforces the effects of Vanguard and Decimator without wielding exalted weapons.

4: Conceit - Transforms invincibility to 65%/75%/85%/95% damage reduction, but returns 9/11/13/15 points of dark essence per kill once duration ends.

Edited February 6, 2019 by hallelion
Did some english clean-up, and some edits for more clarity

[(PSN)boilerhogbc]

Good ideas. 

 

I'm not the most technical person so I'll leave that for others to break down and discuss in detail. 

 

[Hallelion]

8 hours ago, (PS4)boilerhogbc said:

Good ideas. 

I'm not the most technical person so I'll leave that for others to break down and discuss in detail. 

Thank you!