Idea [Idea] Barbarian

Hey guys, I'ma back with another class concept!
If you haven't seen my other concept, phantom, check it out here: https://www.brawl.com/threads/39744/

Anyways, as I said before, highly doubt these ideas will be implemented, but it's a way to check what we want in the game and what we need to fix and how it might be done (and if my ideas are worth anything), so I'm giving it a shot. I try to make everything balanced and keep things simple (but they usually aren't).

So here it is, class idea #2:

Name: Barbarian
Description: A proud clan of ancient warriors that triumphs over their vanquished foes.

Armor: (-#> these make sense later)
Helm: Diamond -1> Prot. I -5> Prot. II
Chest: Chain -4> Proj. Prot. I
Legs: Gold -3> Fire Resist I
Boots: Gold -2> Prot I.

Inventory:
1. Wooden Sword "Warrior's Path" (-2> Stone -3> Iron)
2. Bow [power I]
3. 3 Healing items
4. 64 arrows
5-7. Nothing
8. Compass
9. Nether Star "class selector"

Passive Abilities:

Ascension: The main ability of the barbarian is "ascension". Whenever a barbarian kills an enemy, he gains 1 level and better gear to fight. His armor and weapons both improve to better versions. This makes for highly decisive actions of which to kill or risk being killed.

Iron Hide: This ability is instakill counter. If a barbarian is killed by an instakill, the killer simply loses his weapon for 5 seconds. This leaves a small window of which an attacker would be left vulnerable and forces plays that work around this ability (e.g. Pyro loses axe, archer loses bow, assassin loses sword)

Active Abilities:

Ancestral Rage: When a barbarian reaches level 5, he gains the "ancestral rage" ability. All damage done will raise his experience bar (can never level him up). Once full after 30 hearts of damage dealt, chat will announce to you that you can use this ability. To activate, simply sneak-block and your character will explode and fire particles will surround you for 20 seconds. During this time, you have strength II and resistance I. Cannot be activated with the flag.

Ok, so this is a little unbalanced and could use some suggestions on what to do to make it better. The problem is that It's hard to make a new class concept. You need to think of the counters, the overall standings of this class compared to others, it's overall role, etc. I hope to get some good feedback on this, so please, voice your concerns and suggestions. Thanks.

Also, in hindsight, this probably wasn't best to write at 11:00 P.M., so sorry for any grammar, spelling, or just lack of detail and poor writing.

Thanks for reading and be back soon(ish),
-Draco

 

Thank you guys so much for the feedback. I really appreciate the support this is getting.

@Striker_Sly I never meant that I had no voice, I was just seeing if I actually could get a creative idea that people liked. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

@Coasting Thanks for the big insight. I do think it would be confusing for class identification. I will change that. Also, Iron sword will be the max, but the bow will never headshot or get punch. It would be too much like archer. As for iron hide, the Barbarian would be dead so... yeah.

It'll get those changes in. Thanks guys!

-Draco

 

@Coasting The thing is, most classes can block assassin instakills by blocking with a sword, and that is a big thing, but assassins have an escape method. Archers would be far away, so it's not too much of an issue there. It might be a little unfair if say a pyro couldn't defend against the attacks. He has no escape method and no way to fight back against a powered bow. This would make for team efforts to destroy a pyro instead of just one class.
Thanks,
-Draco

 

This was my concern. When I took a look at all the classes, it was hard to think of a new one that went out of the existing roles. I'm trying my best here, but I think this one has been defeated. There are so many roles to fill, but each class does theirs perfectly. Thanks for the feedback guys. I admit defeat.

@obikenobi21 At least this class had a snowball cap. It's not like there are 5 you are running around at ludicrous speed with invincible potion effects and hit for ½ a heavy's health in 1 blow. Just saying, but your point made sense.

Thanks,
-Draco

 

Wow, do I ever word things poorly.
@seDrakonkill Thanks! This is kind of my reasoning to having this. This is more of an offensive heavyweight class. After taking a look at the entire class list, I thought that we needed another heavyweight, but not a defense, since there already was one. Yes, this class does rely on snowballing (it has a cap!), but it's not like it becomes ridiculous. It just makes for an interesting game with (I foresee) a lot of rage. It's really hard to make a class that's unlike others without sharing the same role. What makes this class different is that it encourages alternate play styles. In the end, that's the biggest part of the class. Not the similarity or power (though those are important to consider), it's the gameplay styles that the class encourages.

Regards,
-Draco

 

Well... here we go.
Strength II: 10 seconds
Particles: Remember fashionista?
Snowballing: Engineer isn't and Necro didn't have a cap, at least this class has one. Plus, I don't hate either. I hate pyros mostly.
Power II: Not a one-hit kill is it? It doesn't have punch, either. May keep it down to power I bow, though.
Killing: That's kind of what you do in this gamemode, isn't it? Don't you kill to defend/capture a flag?
30 hearts of damage: you'd be surprised.

I respect your opinion and agree on some things, but others I'll defend this for.
Thanks for voicing though.
-Draco