Idea ELF REWORK

Alright, rework time! Some other elf players and I (credits at bottom) have been working on a better concept for Elf, as we felt the existing one just wan't strong enough, or fitted really well. We've been through several iterations but we're ready for public criticisms! I'll put all the reasoning for why things are the way they are in a spoiler at the bottom, so if you don't understand something just look in there.


ELF
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Wooden Sword - Sharp 2
Leather Chest - Prot 2
Leather Legs - Prot 2
Leather Boots - Prot 2
Steak x 4
Arrows x 10

Shield - Blocking and crouching at the same time spawn a projectile shield, that reflects enemy projectiles back at their sender. Friendly projectiles can pass through it. Charge lasts up to 5 seconds, and regenerates over time.

PURE ELEMENT​

Arrow- Fully drawn shots do 3 hearts of pure damage. Hitting the same target twice without missing does 7 hearts of pure damage. Fully charged shots that hit their target also return the arrow.

Left Click- If shield is full, places it where you are currently standing for 5 seconds (Shields duration), and resets shield charge. No arrow cost.

WATER ELEMENT​

Arrow- Extinguishes all allies on fire within a 3 block radius if fully drawn. Gives Resistance 1 and Regeneration 2 for 6 seconds to all allies within its radius.

Left Click- Extinguishes self from fire at the low price of 1 arrow

WIND ELEMENT​

Arrow- When fully drawn, causes an explosion of a 2 block radius on impact, dealing 3 hearts of regular damaging to anyone within it's radius, and pushing them away from the arrow ~3 blocks. If shifting when the arrow is fired, the explosion pulls enemies towards you instead. Soldiers caught in the explosion will not be able to wall climb again until they hit the ground, taking 1/3 fall damage as well.

Left Click- Propels you ~2 blocks in opposite direction you are facing, for 1 arrow each use.

Spoiler: REASONING

ARMOR: Armor was raised from prot 1 to prot 2 to give more protection, but at the same time steak was lowered from 5 to 4 so the total health pool remains about the same. This makes Elf a bit more resistant to ninjas (which was a fairly hard counter to elf, being 2-3 shotted and with better maneuverability)

PURE: The Current Pure Element requires about 3 consecutive hits on the same target, without them steaking, to kill them. 3 hits to kill any class are any range is good, but when you can't miss any of those shots, it gets really difficult. Other classes like Archer only have to hit their target once, which is a lot easier. This Pure arrows only requires 2 consecutive shots to kill someone at any range, which even still can be a challenge, but is a definite buff on Elfs damage abilities.

SHIELD: The current shield is a lot of fun, and has very few changes. Friendly shots are able to pass through it, kind of like a one way wall in firefights, and it's also placeable so you don't have to stay there while its up, or you can fire back at those pesky archers in peace. Sitting in your shield would also be just enough time to land 2 shots on a carrier running from you for the recov.

WATER: A small buff to the water spell to give it more functionality. Instead of just dousing players, it also gives resistance 1 and Regen 2 for 6 seconds. That comes out to 2 hearts total over those 6 seconds which isn't a steady healer, but good for getting back those 1-2 hearts that you don't need to waste a steak for. Self extinguishing is good to keep your self alive as the elf so you can focus on Dousing your team mates, or if you feel like solo capping and need to get past the pyro.

WIND: The arrow for this one is pretty complicated, so it was rather controversial. To settle that it now has 2 ways to fire, both very similar with only one difference. Normally, the arrow will cause enemies to fly away from where it lands, which is great for most practical combat situations. On maps with void you can knock enemies off, or if someones getting to close you can buy some time by pushing them away. However for recov and support, crouching might be more useful. If you're on your side of the map and the enemy flag carrier is running away, you can crouch to cause your arrow to pull them towards you. Or if you are helping with cap support, you can pull the enemies recov off of your carrier.

Overall Elf has a wide variety of tools making it very flexible. We geared this elf more specifically towards recov and cap support however, so also keep that in mind.

Spoiler: CREDITS

The Elf Gang:
@Jcat_Head
@November
@Miskey
@obikenobi21
@oStaiko
@SoCool
@TomD53

And thanks to everyone else who helped originally review it but wasn't in the chat!

And that's it! Thanks for reading. If you would, there's a poll somewhere on here, and voting is much appreciated. If there's any suggestions or comments you'd like to make, please do so below!

Cat Tax: http://imgur.com/jLUUiQX​

 

Er, I've never accidental fired off a wind element so far, but we did this to mke it more compact. The new Wind arrow is pretty much the same as the Earth arrow but with a few tweaks. It stalls, does AOE, and counters Soldier wall climbs.

 

The pure damage on the second shot could be changed to 6 hearts instead of 7, which would still be deadly but not a 2 shot kill if they had full hp. Changed the fall damage to 1/3 as well.