Dominator Secondary - Weapon Assault

Click for picture of what it'd look like. (Sorry for the quick sloppy Microsoft Paint job)

Sword in right hand, pistol in left hand. It'd use Broadsword animations for the melee attacks and existing pistol animations for the ranged ones. Some new or tweaked animations may or may not be necessary.

Concept is simple enough. Assault sets use a mix of ranged and melee attacks. Whether or not this would be a feasible combat style in real life, comic books are largely base more on 'cool' than 'practical'. And, well, I find this cool, myself. It uses a lot of existing attacks and thus isn't really strictly original, but combines them together into more of a unique blend and is thus hopefully innovative. For awesomeness, let it use Broadsword models so villains have access to them too...

Granted, it'll look silly if someone only uses pistol attacks and none of the sword ones or vice-versa, but it's no more silly than a Fortunata spraying darts out of her knuckles without shredding mobs with them in melee.

As for redraw issues, see Thorny Assault.

Anywho, here we go, tried to have it match the existing 6 Assault sets in power order and theme:


1) Pistol
Ranged, Minor DMG (Lethal)
As the Thugs Mastermind attack. Only uses left-handed animations. Obligatory minor damage blast to begin with.

2) Hack
Melee, High DMG (Lethal), foe -Def
As the Broadsword attack. Pretty self-explanatory. Obligatory 8 second recharge melee attack in the second tier.

3) Strafe
Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Lethal), Knockback
Empty Clips, with one gun. Might look a little unconvincing, but the alternative was a snipe, and who wants that? Ranged cone.

4) Hollow Round
Ranged, Moderate DMG(Lethal), Foe Knockdown
Think Dual Wield from Thugs Masterminds, but as a single shot. Or Slug from Assault Rifle. Preferably knockdown, of course... Second ST blast.


5) Blinding Feint
Melee, Moderate DMG (Lethal), Self +DMG +To-hit
As the Dual Blades version, or Claws' Follow Up, only with a more appropriate animation for one sword. A more rare Build Up variant, and also an extra melee attack of sorts, if chosen to slot for damage.

6) Whirling Sword
PBAoE Melee, Moderate DMG(Lethal), Foe -Def
As the Broadsword power. The PBAoE of the set.

7) Disembowel
Melee, Superior DMG (Lethal), Knockup, Foe -DEF
As the Broadsword power. Second, stronger melee attack (not counting the two utility melee powers).

8) Parry
Melee, Minor DMG(Lethal), Self +DEF(Melee,Lethal)
As the Broadsword power... The utility power of the set, focusing on improving survival, though conversely provides a risk due to requiring melee and PBAoE range of the foe. Too good, too garbage?

9) Incendiary Round
Ranged, High DMG(Lethal), Minor DoT(Fire)
Inspired by Malta Gunslingers as most pistol-related suggestions are, functionwise based off Blazing Arrow from archery. As usual for Dominators, a high-damage single target blast fills the ninth tier.



So, there we go. Weapon Assault. And Broadsword models available for non-Scrappers: I just made Dominators more popular (well, slightly?). And it's about time for that, they're underplayed!

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Yes please.



Don't think Parry would be overpowered, afterall, Drain Psyche

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I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
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Looks good to me and i like the idea of a non "powered" secondary for the Domies now hows about a Primary.

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I've never been fond of redraws, so a primary to go with it, somehow, would be nice.

Although I'd like to see this set as a primary as well, I guess Dominators need to be a bit more 'down-to-earth' concerning their sets, literally.
The concept and idea is great, but probably needs a bit more flavour, new powers and such.

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@MidnightGuard - on Union you may know me as:
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I like the idea but why use the secondary powerset and not the first as well for the corruptors?

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/Signed
Also, LOVE the picture, Col
Yeah, why not a sword and pistol style character?
In facy, why not use this sort of thing as a basis to see the end of the horrible re-draw? For assault rifle and bows, why not keep the rifle/bow in one hand while the other uses the secondary? For bow that should be easy (theoretically...) enough, seeing as the bow is held in the left hand and the right hand is used for other effects. With the Rifle, merely cradle the rifle in the left hand, while the right again does the actions.

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