Quixot - Existential-themed Warframe Idea

[PsiWarp]

Another attempt to create a letter Q Warframe! With the weirdness of Eternalism and Conceptual Embodiment coming into play in recent updates, let's explore more outside-the-box kits to add flavor to the roster.

But first, the name: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Quixote ... describes an idealist who is chivalrous but unrealistic.

Quixot (the Warframe) is a Void manifestation that wields the same conceptual embodiment powers from which he was born. Taken to the next extreme compared to the upcoming Kullervo, Quixot's appearance is much more hollow and energy-based to represent his being a "living idea" personified.

Passive

Each Status effect application increases his weapon Critical Chance for a duration, while each Critical Hit increases his weapon Status Chance for a duration. Can stack up to a cap.

Abilities

Juxtapose - 25 energy

Cast on an enemy to split its Joy, Anger, Envy, Sorrow, and Fear apart, creating five different colored stationary duplicates in a pentagonal formation around the target. The duplicates entrap the target and other enemies inside their pentagon where they cannot exit, but new enemies may enter. Any damage dealt to the duplicates are transferred to the target, creating a damaging burst around the target depending on which duplicate was hit: Void (Joy), Heat (Anger), Toxin (Envy), Cold (Sorrow), or Electricity (Fear), with a chance to proc the respective status effects on all enemies in range. When the target dies, the duplicates retract back to the center in a vortex implosion that pulls in other enemies. Juxtapose can only be cast on 1 enemy at a time, recast while active removes older duplicates.

Hold to cast Juxtapose on Quixot himself, splitting his five emotions around him for a short time. Quixot is invulnerable while affected by Juxtapose, but leaving the pentagon will end the ability early. Each of his emotions possess 1/5th of his max hitpoints and will attract enemy fire with a high threat level, as well as create the damage/status burst around Quixot when hit by enemy attacks. When an emotion is destroyed, it will afflict Quixot with its respective status effect when the ability expires, but will not transfer enemy damage to him; Quixot can exit the pentagon early to nullify the ending status affliction. Vortex implosion also occurs when Quixot's self Juxtapose ends by any means.

Periphery - 50 energy

Form two Void mirrors for a brief time, one in front of Quixot, the other at the reticle location. A paradoxical double of Quixot copies his movement, other abilities, and weapon attacks at the other portal while facing toward each other. Weapon damage type inflicted by the double is randomized on each hit, selected between Physical, primary Elemental, secondary Elemental, and Void, and is able to proc when rolled by the weapon's status chance. Move through the mirror at any time to switch teleport Quixot and his double. The double only exists when Quixot stands within a radius around a Void mirror. Recast to end the ability early.

Periphery also creates a double of an enemy targeted by Juxtapose when within a mirror's radius. This double copies the actions of the Juxtaposed enemy, alongside duplicates of its five emotions located around both mirrors and its vortex implosion. Any damage and statuses suffered by this double are transferred to the original target.

Delirium - 75 energy, Helminth

Inflict crowd control effects on enemies in a radius around Quixot, randomly selected from stagger, stun, slow, blind, knockdown, lifted, weapon jam, ragdoll, sleep, and terrified. While affected by the ability, at each 5 second interval a different crowd control effect applies to the enemies until the ability ends. Kill a Delirium-affected enemy to transfer its active crowd control effects to other enemies in a radius around the dead enemy.

Delirium individually randomizes the crowd control effect on the emotional duplicates of a Juxtaposed enemy, all of which transfer to the main target simultaneously.

Deus Ex Machina - 100 energy

Quixot rips open a Void tear for a duration, which zaps Void lightning at enemies within a cone, dealing random Physical, Elemental, or Void damage and status effect on hit. When Quixot and allies kill enemies in the Void tear's cone range, a random buff selected between status immunity, health regen per second, energy regen per second, flat shields/overshields, and flat armor bonus is granted for a duration; the random buffs can all be active on each player at once if lucky enough.

 

Thanks for reading! Feedback welcome~

Edited May 20, 2023 by PsiWarp
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[Circle_of_Psi]

I love this, very well made!

[PsiWarp]

Bumpity. I hope we get to see the Q frame at TennoCon! If after the D frame, then likely female?

[Azchenon]

I like it, it's cool

Especially the idea of random stuff everywhere. Might not be the best/most reliable, but it doesn't matter because it's definitely super fun :D