Lexicon, the Architect - Warframe Concept

[General_Durandal]

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Name: Lexicon

• Codex: This is Lexicon, the Knowledgeable, the Architect.
• Through her will impossibilities become reality.
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• Gender: Female
• Appearance: Odd bits of metal and crystals held together with energy.
• Size: Medium
• Speed: 1 (average)
• Jump Height: 1 (average)
• Agility: Average
   
• Unranked
• Shield: 150
• Power: 150
• Health: 25
• Armor: 300
   
• Rank 30
• Shield: 450
• Power: 225
• Health: 75
• Armor: 300

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Passive: Replication "the action of copying or reproducing something."

• When Lexicon bleeds-out, her body explodes releasing a shower of crystals.
• All enemies struck with Crystals become her puppets.
• She takes direct control of the closest one, (the player's control)
• while the others follow and protect her.
• Lexicon reforms herself inside the host's body,
• which upon reforming she will explode out of the host's body, killing it.
• If the host body dies before she is reformed, she dies.
• If no enemies are affected by the shower of crystals, she bleeds out like normal.
• The crystals explode after a while dealing heavy damage to the affected enemies.
• Enemies will attack her crystallized puppets.
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• Crystal Shower AoE: 12 meters
• Crystal Duration: 12 seconds
• Crystal Explosion Damage: 1000 Blast
• Crystal Explosion AoE: 8 Meters
• Body Reform Time: 6 seconds
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Power 1: Comprehension "the action or capability of understanding something."

• Cast on Target / Charge to Cast AoE cone in Direction
• Enemies are scanned, and driven insane.
• Scanned enemies will also be highlighted,
• allowing you to see them behind walls.
• Enemies are insane till dead.
• Number of Scans: 1/1/1/2 (unaffected by anything)
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• Cast on Target,
• the single target is instantly scanned, and driven insane.
• Insane enemies attack anything nearby, friend or foe.
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• Cast Cost: 25 energy (power efficiency)
• Cast Range: Infinite.
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• Charged Cone in Direction, (hold cast to unleash a constant cone till releasing the button)
• Everything inside the cone AoE is scanned over time, as well as slowly driven insane.
• Enemies behind walls are affected by the cone.
• The cone's AoE increases by 2 meters, per meter traveled.
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• Drain: 8/6/4/2 energy per second (power efficiency and duration)
• Range: 3/6/9/12 meters (power range)
• Scan Time: 9/7/5/3 seconds (unaffected by anything)
• Drive Insane Time: 10/8/6/4 seconds (unaffected by anything)
• Highlight Duration: 3/6/9/12 seconds (power duration)
   
• Augment: Catalog
• Everything is scannable and detectable.
• Not just enemies, but loot, containers, plants, everything.
• They are also marked on the map and visible through walls.
• Highlight Duration: 15/30/45/60% as long as Comprehension's Highlight Duration.
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Power 2: Anomaly "something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected."

• Tap to switch Anomaly / Hold to Cast Selected Anomaly
• AoE on self
• Creates a bubble of existence around Lexicon where odd things happen.
• Only 4 Anomalies can be out at once.
• If there are 4 out when you cast the oldest one will vanish.
• Anomalies can't be canceled by a nullifier, but can be disrupted or influenced by specific damage.
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• Cost 50 Energy (power efficiency)
• AoE: 4/8/12/16 meters (power range)
• Duration: 3/6/9/12 seconds (power duration)
• DoT: 25/50/75/100 <Elemental> damage per second (power strength)
• Proc Chance: 1/2/3/4% per second (unaffected by anything)
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• Anomaly 1: Cold
• Enemies are damaged over time and Slowed.
• Slow: 10/20/30/40% (power strength)
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• If a cold anomaly receives 1000 Heat damage, it dissipates.
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• If a cold anomaly receives 1000 Electric damage,
• it violently pulls enemies into the center and becomes a Magnetic Anomaly.
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• Anomaly 2: Gas
• Enemies are damaged over time and Blind.
• Blind duration: 2/4/6/8 seconds (power duration)
• (blind for as long as they are in the gas anomaly, duration counts down when they leave the anomaly)
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• If a Gas Anomaly receives 1000 corrosive damage, it dissipates.
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• If a Gas Anomaly receives any Heat damage, it explodes,
• knocking enemies in the AoE down, and dealing 200/400/600/800 blast damage.
• It then becomes a Heat Anomaly.
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• If a Heat anomaly receives 1000 Cold damage, it will dissipate.
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• If a Heat anomaly receives 1000 Toxic damage, it becomes a Gas Anomaly.
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• If a Gas Anomaly receives 1000 Toxic damage, it becomes a Viral Anomaly.
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• If a Viral Anomaly receives 1000 Heat, Radiation, or Corrosive damage, it dissipates.
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• Anomaly 3: Radiation
• Enemies are damaged over time and Confused.
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• If a Radiation anomaly receives 1000 Radiation damage, it will dissipate.
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• Anomaly 4: Magnetic
• Enemies are damaged over time and pulls enemies into it's center.
• Enemies pulled into the center are zapped of their shield and power.
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• If a Magnetic anomaly receives 1000 Magnetic damage, it will dissipate.
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• If a Magnetic anomaly receives 1000 Electric damage,
• it will shock all enemies in the AoE and become an Electric Anomaly.
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• Electric Anomaly damages enemies in the AoE over time,
• but each time the damage is dealt, it has a chance to chain between multiple enemies.
• Chain Electricity Chance: 1/2/3/4% per second (power strength)
• Chain Links: 1-2/1-3/2-4/2-5 (unaffected by anything)
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• If a Electric anomaly receives 1000 Magnetic damage, it will dissipate.
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• If a Electric anomaly receives 1000 Cold damage,
• it violently pulls enemies into the center and becomes a Magnetic Anomaly.
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• Augment: Aberration
• The Anomalies become sentient, capable of moving and acting on their own accord.
• The overall size is reduced, but they gain a ranged attack.
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• Size: -90/80/70/60% of AoE.
• Ranged Attack Range: 3/6/9/12 meters.
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• Cold Anomaly Attack: Projectile similar to Glaxion.
• Damage: 50/100/150/200 Cold damage per second.
• to everything in a 2/4/6/8 meter cone.
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• Heat Anomaly Attack: Projectile similar to Ignis.
• Damage: 50/100/150/200 Heat damage per second.
• to everything in a 2/4/6/8 meter cone.
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• Electric Anomaly Attack: Projectile similar to Amprex.
• Damage: 50/100/150/200 Electric damage per second.
• Chain Lightning: 1/2/3/4 enemies.
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• Gas Anomaly Attack: Projectile similar to Ignis.
• Damage: 50/100/150/200 gas damage per second.
• to everything in a 2/4/6/8 meter cone.
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• Viral Anomaly Attack: Projectile similar to Torid.
• Damage: 50/100/150/200 Viral per second.
• to everything in a 3/6/9/12 meters from landing point.
• for 2/4/6/8 seconds.
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• Magnetic Anomaly Attack: Projectile similar to Gammacor.
• Damage: 50/100/150/200 Magnetic damage per second.
• Punch-through: 0.5/1/1.5/2 meters.
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• Radiation Anomaly Attack: Projectile similar to Phage.
• Damage: 50/100/150/200 Radiation damage per second.
• Punch-through: 0.5/1/1.5/2 meters.

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Power 3: 

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• Augment:
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Power 4: Emission "the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation."

• Cast AoE on self.
• Release a vast amount of Void Energy in the area.
• Enemies in the AoE are constantly dealt Radiation Damage.
• Sentiants in the AoE are striped of their resistances, and blind.
• The chance of being radiated increases every second.
• Emission can't be turned off, or cast again till after it ends.
• When it ends, everything in the AoE is knocked down, stunned and dealt a great amount of radiation damage.
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• AoE: 10/20/30/40 meters (power range)
• AoE Duration: 15/30/45/60 seconds (power duration)
• Radiation Damage: 10/20/30/40 per second (power strength)
• Radiation Status Chance: +0.25/0.50/0.75/1.00% per second passed (power strength) (stacks)
• Ending AoE Damage: 2000/4000/6000/8000 Radiation damage (power strength)
• Enemy Knockdown/Stun Duration: 2/4/6/8 seconds (power duration)
   
• Augment: Effusion "an instance of giving off something such as a liquid, light, or smell."
• Clusters of gaseous sludge manifest on the effected environment, objects, and enemies. 
• The more sludge that is on an enemy, the slower they get, and the more toxic damage they take.
• When they pop, they release gas that harms enemies within a short radius.
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• Sludge Manifestation: 1/2/3/4 per second
• Enemy Slow per Sludge: .3/.6/.9/1.2% Slowed per bit of sludge
• Sludge Health: 10/20/30/40
• Sludge Toxic Damage: 10/20/30/40 toxic per second
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• Popped sludge effects
• Gas AoE: 1.5/3/4.5/6 meters
• Gas Duration: 2/4/6/8 seconds
• Gas Damage: 10/20/30/40 Gas per second
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New Helios Mod: Over Observer

• Helios can now scan things past completion.
• He also deals 0.025/0.050/0.075/0.1% more damage to an enemy,
• for every time that enemy was scanned.
• (so if you scanned Arid Butcher 100 times, that's 10% more damage)
• Damage bonus maxes at 200%. (2000 scans)

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New Warframe Mod: Power of Knowledge

• Deal 0.025/0.050/0.075/0.1% more damage to an enemy,
• for every time that enemy was scanned.
• (so if you scanned Arid Butcher 100 times, that's 10% more damage)
• Damage bonus maxes at 200%. (2000 scans)

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Edited January 2, 2018 by General_Durandal
Tweeking

[Catacomb]

Ability 1: Sacrifice your primary weapon and 25 energy to stun a single enemy? That does not seem worth it.

Ability 2: Cool idea, pair that with punch through modded weapons for some tactical fun.

Ability 3:Sleight of hand+mind control for robots? It's okay i guess?

Ability 4: I really can't see why anyone would use that, seems more like a hindrance than anything. Use 100 energy for a chance at no shields and fire hazard....great.

 

Also 30 health means you get one single slash,magnetic or toxin proc and you're dead.

[General_Durandal]

21 hours ago, Catacomb said:

Ability 1: Sacrifice your primary weapon and 25 energy to stun a single enemy? That does not seem worth it.

Ability 2: Cool idea, pair that with punch through modded weapons for some tactical fun.

Ability 3:Sleight of hand+mind control for robots? It's okay i guess?

Ability 4: I really can't see why anyone would use that, seems more like a hindrance than anything. Use 100 energy for a chance at no shields and fire hazard....great.

 

Also 30 health means you get one single slash,magnetic or toxin proc and you're dead.

P1: It is funny though. hmm... Maybe it also gives her a buff of some kind? Or makes the affected enemy super powerful, but then dies at the end?

P2: Thanks! Oh Yeeeaaaah!

P3: Hmm... I'll add a few extra things. It's a 3rd power after all.

P4: The effects only affect enemies. So like, the no shields effect would wreck corpus enemies.

[(XBOX)Madness103]

23 hours ago, General_Durandal said:

• New Helios Mod
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• Over Observer
• Helios can now scan things past completion.
• He also deals 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4% more damage to enemies,
• for every time they've been scanned.

 

23 hours ago, General_Durandal said:

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• Passive: Knowledge
• Deal 0.5% more damage to an enemy,
• for every time that enemy was scanned.
• (so, if you scanned Seekers 100 times,)
• (you'd do 50% more damage to Seekers with weapons and powers.)

I feel like this could be a little overpowered, especially with this helios augment. Maybe instead of "every time the enemy was scanned=dmg", it could just be a dmg boost when you complete <enemy> codex entry. Or undetectable by cameras (since the cameras might mistake her tech bits for corpus bits?).

[General_Durandal]

11 hours ago, (Xbox One)Madness103 said:

 

I feel like this could be a little overpowered, especially with this helios augment. Maybe instead of "every time the enemy was scanned=dmg", it could just be a dmg boost when you complete <enemy> codex entry. Or undetectable by cameras (since the cameras might mistake her tech bits for corpus bits?).

How's this?

• Passive: Knowledge
• Deal 2% more damage to an enemy,
• for every time that enemy's codex is filled.
• (Arid Butcher needs 20 scans to complete it's codex.)
• (for ever 20 times you scanned an Arid Butcher, you'd do 2% more damage)
• (so if you scanned Arid Butcher 100 times, that's 10% more damage)

 

• Over Observer
• Helios can now scan things past completion.
• He also deals 0.025/0.050/0.075/0.1% more damage to enemies,
• for every time they've been scanned.

[BlackDiamondAce]

this would give power to people who complete codex over the new people who havent.  maybe having a SNITCH eye that can mark targets and scans them for codex will help, but honestly im not sure how people would play this frame, is a defense frame, an offense frame, support or stealth?

[General_Durandal]

1 hour ago, BlackDiamondAce said:

this would give power to people who complete codex over the new people who havent.  maybe having a SNITCH eye that can mark targets and scans them for codex will help, but honestly im not sure how people would play this frame, is a defense frame, an offense frame, support or stealth?

You can't scan other players, or warframes so her passive would have no effect in PvP.

Her first power already scans and marks enemies on the map, and highlights them.

What's the point of playing a game that is endless if you aren't constantly getting more powerful?

None of her powers actually deal damage, unless Anomaly gets a damage type effect, and even then, that wouldn't be much.

 

Ways to play this frame.

Scan enemies with first, allowing you to see them through walls. Then shoot them with a punchthrough gun.

Assimilate an enemy, get killed, become the enemy. (which as long as you don't attack other enemies allows you to be stealthy)

As the enemy sneak to wherever and do whatever you need to do. Like get into a spy vault.

Or walk your puppet into a crowd, wait for her to reform, activate her reform, and blast them all with the small explosion/anomaly.

Hijack corpus robots to fight for you. Or set off enemy traps on themselves.

Create an Anomaly that only affect enemies around a defense target. Or in a doorway, or wherever.

No shields anomaly would wreck corpus.

[BlackDiamondAce]

okay i still wouldnt want to play her.  no damage means no interest.  Even Mr. Utility: Vauban has a plethora of damage vectors in his kit, but he isnt used often, and i think this warframe would see less playtime than atlas (who is ranked the lowest played/owned frame in the game)

[General_Durandal]

1 minute ago, BlackDiamondAce said:

okay i still wouldnt want to play her.  no damage means no interest.  Even Mr. Utility: Vauban has a plethora of damage vectors in his kit, but he isnt used often, and i think this warframe would see less playtime than atlas (who is ranked the lowest played/owned frame in the game)

I'll just assume you didn't read everything.

[BlackDiamondAce]

Just now, General_Durandal said:

I'll just assume you didn't read everything.

i did.  I still wouldnt play her save for mastery fodder. I dont like having mastery fodder warframes in the game because it means that, that warframe isnt getting attention.

[General_Durandal]

2 hours ago, BlackDiamondAce said:

i did.  I still wouldnt play her save for mastery fodder. I dont like having mastery fodder warframes in the game because it means that, that warframe isnt getting attention.

First you say her passive is too OP, now you say she's mastery fodder?

 

She can scan many things at once, highlight enemies behind walls, confuse/hack enemies to work for her, take over their bodies if she dies,

short circuit enemy energy weapons, hijack entire armies of robots, completely nullify traps like laser doors, or make them trigger on their allies instead of the players,

and unleash the power of up to 4 mission/nightmare effects on your enemies at once.

Mission/Nightmare effects like,

no shields, (imagine how easy it would be to kill a high level corups guy if the had 0 shields)

extreme heat, (heat damage every second to enemies)

extreme cold, (enemies are slowed)

radiation, (enemies fight each otherr)

magnetism, (enemies are pulled in, and zapped of energy, and constant shield damage)

low gravity, (not very useful)

Death Detonation, (enemies explode on death dealing 500 blast damage to enemies in 20 meters)

Energy Drain, (enemies constantly lose energy, meaning they can't use special attacks, like grenades, or sapper orbs)

Health Vampire, (enemies constantly lose health, but can regain health if the kill a player)

Longer Reload, (takes longer for enemies to reload)

Lethal Explosive Barrels, (explosive barrels kill enemies when they explode)

Friendly Fire, (enemies can hurt each other)

Augmented Enemy Shields, (player and allies get more shields)

Augmented Enemy Armor, (players and allies get more armor)

Enemy Elemental Enhancement, (players and allies get extra resistance and added damage of the elemental type)

(so if it was radiation, you'd have extra radiation resistance, and deal extra radiation damage with your weapons)

 

She seems like she could be very useful.

Sure, she might not kill rooms of level 100 enemies in one shot with her powers,

but what frame really can? (other then ash)

Besides, most of the damage players deal is dealt with their weapons,

and her passive literally has an infinite possibility of extra damage depending on how much you scan enemies.

Her first power lets you scan groups of enemies in seconds.

She has damage potential unlike any other frame.

Scan an enemy 100 times? 10% more damage to that enemy.

Scan them 1000 times? 100% more damage to that enemy.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 12, 2017 by General_Durandal

[BlackDiamondAce]

So at first she's was op, then framed as fodder, now she's going to break everything.

 

and for the room clearing: nezha, frost, Saryn, Oberon, vauban, ember (slowly), mag, rhino, hydroid, nova, volt, nyx, mirage, and maybe Octavia and nekros.

[General_Durandal]

24 minutes ago, BlackDiamondAce said:

So at first she's was op, then framed as fodder, now she's going to break everything.

 

and for the room clearing: nezha, frost, Saryn, Oberon, vauban, ember (slowly), mag, rhino, hydroid, nova, volt, nyx, mirage, and maybe Octavia and nekros.

Name three things she'd "break".

 

Which ones can ONE-SHOT a room of level 100 enemies?

Edited April 12, 2017 by General_Durandal

[BlackDiamondAce]

are you going to be fighting level 100 enemies often?  no?  then why are you damage scaling for it?

[General_Durandal]

9 hours ago, BlackDiamondAce said:

are you going to be fighting level 100 enemies often?  no?  then why are you damage scaling for it?

 

12 hours ago, BlackDiamondAce said:

okay i still wouldnt want to play her.  no damage means no interest.  Even Mr. Utility: Vauban has a plethora of damage vectors in his kit, but he isnt used often, and i think this warframe would see less playtime than atlas (who is ranked the lowest played/owned frame in the game)

 

[(XBOX)Madness103]

On 4/11/2017 at 8:45 AM, General_Durandal said:

How's this?

• Passive: Knowledge
• Deal 2% more damage to an enemy,
• for every time that enemy's codex is filled.
• (Arid Butcher needs 20 scans to complete it's codex.)
• (for ever 20 times you scanned an Arid Butcher, you'd do 2% more damage)
• (so if you scanned Arid Butcher 100 times, that's 10% more damage)

 

• Over Observer
• Helios can now scan things past completion.
• He also deals 0.025/0.050/0.075/0.1% more damage to enemies,
• for every time they've been scanned.

The passive seems a lot better. And even though the augment seems nerfed, it can still make Helios one of the most over powered sentinels. Think of it like this: you have helios for every mission, your Helios will continuously scans a large amount <insert any enemy>, if your Helios scanned about half of your total kills in the game, you would have a VERY OVERPOWERED sentinel. Sorry it's just that I think this over observer mod is just an overpowered concept in general and lowering the values won't change that, there needs to be a limit. Maybe only up to twice the codex scans (20 turns to 40), and each value adds like 2.5% extra damage.

[General_Durandal]

23 hours ago, (Xbox One)Madness103 said:

The passive seems a lot better. And even though the augment seems nerfed, it can still make Helios one of the most over powered sentinels. Think of it like this: you have helios for every mission, your Helios will continuously scans a large amount <insert any enemy>, if your Helios scanned about half of your total kills in the game, you would have a VERY OVERPOWERED sentinel. Sorry it's just that I think this over observer mod is just an overpowered concept in general and lowering the values won't change that, there needs to be a limit. Maybe only up to twice the codex scans (20 turns to 40), and each value adds like 2.5% extra damage.

Finally, someone gets it!
And also gave an actually good idea how to fix the problem.
I wish more people where as smart as you.

[(XBOX)Madness103]

On 4/11/2017 at 8:45 AM, General_Durandal said:

• Passive: Knowledge
• Deal 2% more damage to an enemy,
• for every time that enemy's codex is filled.
• (Arid Butcher needs 20 scans to complete it's codex.)
• (for ever 20 times you scanned an Arid Butcher, you'd do 2% more damage)
• (so if you scanned Arid Butcher 100 times, that's 10% more damage)

Whoops. Sorry this also needs a limit as well. I want to say the same as the Helios' aug. (20 scan limit turns to 40 + each scan adds 2.5% dmg)

I kinda misread it...

But thanks for the feed back on the augment!

Edited April 15, 2017 by (XB1)Madness103

[General_Durandal]

Just now, (Xbox One)Madness103 said:

Whoops. Sorry this also needs a limit as well. I want to say the same as the Helios' aug. (20 scan limit turns to 40 + each scan adds 2.5% dmg)

I kinda misread it...

I actually changed that up a bit, removed the X per stack, since that would just be another layer of coding needed to be done.
But I did lower the value again, and added a maximum damage bonus.

[General_Durandal]

Fussed 2nd are 3rd power, moved Anomaly to 3rd, created new 4th, and added some lore.

[General_Durandal]

Power 1 and 2 have been overhauled.

[General_Durandal]

Decreased Comprehension Charged Cone's range.

Assimilation crystals start out inside enemies heads now.

Instead of reforming over time inside the controlled enemy,
the affected enemies gather Lexicons parts and put her back together.

Added more lore stuff.

[General_Durandal]

Assimilation Crystal duration increased.
Assimilation Crystal Explosion Damage reduced.
Assimilation Crystal Explosion AoE reduced.
Assimilation has an augment now, Absorption.

Anomaly is getting a rework. currently WIP

[Neo3602]

I like her 2nd ability, and her ult seems pretty nasty as well.

[General_Durandal]

1 hour ago, Neo3602 said:

I like her 2nd ability, and her ult seems pretty nasty as well.

Thanks :D

Any ideas?
There is still plenty of room for improvements.