Idea Dwarf change/revamp ideas

Ok so dwarfs been a rather outdated class lately working in a play style that’s rather depressing for the size of flag rooms lately along with being all around not a really fun class to get into so I’ve thought up some basic buffs along with drastic ones that don’t really stay faithful to the old concept to see if they’d be relevant for dwarf

Burst Defense
Slowness is a large issue of dwarf, not when it comes to its general play style outside of the flag room but in situations where flag defense can be cheesed with good mobility and maybe dealing a little knockback

my idea would just be for medics capability to remove dwarfs slowness temporarily upon a restore to possibly add a situation where dwarf could have some emergency quick defense to catch up with offense

Control Defense
as a possible alternative, perhaps monopolizing on dwarfs ability to control a flag room would work to indirectly improve its abilities in handling rushers

an idea for this would be an extra item that comes with the class, it can be called something like a “heavy weight” or something that upon activation prevents the ability of enemy players around them from sprinting for 5 seconds or so (15 second cool down afterwards) which would work to slow down the attacks on a dwarf users front

Volatile Dwarf
Instead of making it a really gradual class it could see a faster play style so it’s more of a class that can be switched into rather than chosen to play the entire game out

For this I’d suggest halving the time it takes for it to max out its xp bar, but at the same time nerf the cap on its weapon stats (sharp 6, kb 1, fire aspect) or something along the lines that wouldn’t be too chaotic

Pure Defense
Theres always making dwarf a more stable class at the fact of making it a true absolute unit at maxed level

for this I’d suggest extra buffs along each level
level 2: fire resistance
level 5: true damage resistance
level 7: knockback resistance
level 10: passive regen; (a quarter of the rate medic has atm)

Reactive Defense
The class could have a reactive response to the flag being stolen with it being a defense class

it could have 2 states; one where when the flag is in your base you remain the same; upon the flag being stolen the class could stand-up (maybe lose a level of slowness) without losing mana or at least lose some at a lowered rate

Full On Revamp
In case dwarfs just hopeless, I was thinking something on the lines of a melee elf class setup considering dwarfs are known at times to be great blacksmiths; it definitely doesn’t stay faithful to the good ol crouch powerhouse

Armor:
Head: Leather helmet (dyed blue)
Chest: Diamond chest plate
Legs: Diamond leggings
Boots: Leather boots (dyed blue)

status effects: Slowness 1

Hotbar:
Slot 1: Dwarf Sword (diamond sword)
Slot 2: Steak (x3)
Slot 3: Broad-sword (iron sword)
Slot 4: Short-sword (gold sword)
Slot 5: Old-Sword (stone sword)
Slot 6:
Slot 7:
Slot 8: Compass
Slot 9: Nether Star

Descriptions:

Dwarf Sword (7 damage): upon shifting and blocking a wall (3x3) of particles appears and the next attack dealt on it is nullified healing the teammate with the lowest health nearby for the damage canceled
- holding this sword shows your xp-bar which upon ability activation completely empties it taking 2x as long as elf’s ability to fully recharge

Steak: food heals 4 hearts like usual

Broad-Sword: holding this weapon gives the dwarf slowness 4
- upon left-clicking there is a 2 second delay, during this delay the dwarf is given speed 1, with no slowness, after the 2 second delay the weapon swings with a small explosion at swords reach dealing 12 damage, decent knockback, and applies slowness(3 secs) to the enemy reflecting any projectiles caught in the explosion; the dwarf returns back to its slowed state afterwards

Short-Sword (5 damage): holding this nullifies slowness
- each hit landed on an enemy does an additional 3 damage to enemies 2 blocks from the dwarf

Old-Sword (5 damage): holding this nullifies slowness
- upon hitting an enemy, for a duration of 6 seconds any positive-effect they had on them is reversed
- upon hitting a teammate any negative effect gets reversed for 6 seconds, or negated if it’s an instant effect like fire


Well these were just some ideas I had for a dwarf fix, they may not be the best ones and I’d like to hear if any of you guys have ideas to actually make dwarf a useful class because honestly I care most about actually seeing this class become something potentially useful/with a good purpose like necro has become with its revamp

edit: here are some dwarf thread/s you guys can also see to change the class, if you want you can share me a link to your older ones and I’ll post em here so maybe we can get like a constant update to dwarf ideas

@Dequoy : their older dwarf concept
https://www.brawl.com/threads/73998/

 

Thank you for the feedback! Good to hear they're interesting

 

Thanks for the feedback, I’m happy we’re at a consensus here; dwarfs at the state where in most situations it can easily be replaced and removed in favor of other means; I’m hoping it gets a more necro/engi style treatment where it gets a full on change because as much as I’d like to see the class keep to its roots, it’s hard to do so in the more fast paced state our game is.

dwarf only shines to be honest when there’s a surplus of them, but a surplus of any class is strong in about any case

 

Thank you for all the feedback! I can agree with you on the fact with the multiple swords adding a klunkyness to it; dwarfs a powerful yet simple class in nature so I’d feared that’d be the primary concern when I made a revamp concept considering I’m suggesting we go from a shift in the flagroom class to a melee elf sort of vibe

I really like your idea of having the class shift it’s phases! That’d definitely add a whole new category of versatile class gameplay and it’d still stay faithful to some of the basic fundamentals of the class while keeping things more simple

I’m so happy the community seems to agree on a consensus with dwarf needing a full revamp, it’s seemed so neglected at this point that it surprises me engineer had gotten a revamp before it did; even now whenever I’m playing it’s rather shocking to see a dwarf actually play and not have to live a play rate that’s at a low in our usage.

 

While definitely an interesting idea I personally find it a little more complex than what I believe dwarf to be; as of now im hoping we go more in direction of a revamp simplifying its gameplay while keeping it interesting because Ive always visualized dwarf as a class as deadly as it is a purely simple concept

 

I’d say this would be a step up from what dwarf is, as of now it usually gets a single hit on flag carriers anyways; it’d definitely make it faster to get into and use but with the way flag-rooms are anyways I feel like the style we’re familiar with using dwarf for isn’t going to be able to fit well with our maps; that’s why auromelt and I are considering full on revamps where it retains defensive properties but gains a natural fast pace similar to how Necro and engineer have had their play styles sped up from revamp as an example