Build Wypeout! Housing Battle Arena

I made a 1v1 wipeout arena in my housing plot! It's surprisingly balanced and fun to play - if you ever see me online just shoot a message and I'll be more than happy to invite you for a demo! Warning: thicc read

Cow man approves (!!!!!)



What appears to be a physically challenged blob of clouds/chimney smoke is actually the arena. If you think this looks messy you should've seen the earlier iterations where I made everything out of dirt...



The arena is divided into two levels - top and bot.


Map
Here's a map of the top layer. Bot has no capture points and falling off means certain death - so it's just a safety net. You get to the top level via stairs under either spawn.


Rules
a. 1v1 duel
b. No gear and accessories, depressing weapons only
c. Two ways to win:

1. Have the opponent fall off, or
2. Capture the points (stars). Each side needs to open 2 fence gates to win by cap; one's in the middle (colour-coded), and another's behind the opposite spawn. (A single open gate can be closed by the enemy, but once both are capped it's gg.)

We call this 'mid'...

and 'spawn' caps. This is lime's spawn.

Gameplay
Rounds typically last from seconds to about a minute. Games vary wildly depending on parkour skill, aggressiveness, and preferred win condition. There are many routes to caps and virtually any central platform can become a battleground. You can cap one point and try to knock off the now-panicking enemy, turtle and punish an overextended enemy with ranged, rushdown both points and gamble on weak defensive reactions... it's surprising how much this game rewards creative strategies.

Classes
Here's a tier-list; points are out of 5. I'll explain what each category means and why I've given such ratings (but y'all know its just my opinion, right?)



Atk / Def
Since it's impossible to kill with depressing weapons, attack = knockback. Defensive measures include kb, FOV-debuff, stun, blindness, and speed debuffs.

• Ar: Fast ranged kb (barrow), stun (point-blank storm), verti kb (shield), and ranged melee poke; archer claims the throne with 4-4.
• Wa: good hori kb (bash), verti kb + stun (upper) & slow ranged hori kb (ws). Good melee kb (4 hits = 1 block). Versatile area-of-denial options make this all-rounded, albiet slow - hence 3-3.
• As: aoe FOV-debuff (spin), controllable verti-hori kb (multihit), and initiative control (vanish). However, due to the highest mana requirements out of all naked classes, it tends to run out mana when provoked. No ranged kbs also make it bad at defence. 3-2
• Ma: None of its spells does decent kb. Blindness from tp is unreliable as you risk yeeting yourself off. The best strategy is turtling and spamming ice snake in hopes of catching a jumping opponent (its range does cover the whole arena), which seems boring but viable. 1-3

Agi
In a game that revolves around trying not to fall off and capping points, RRR is crucial to clutches and recovery.

• Ar: Speed 3 is counterproductive - all platform gaps are easily sprint-jumpable anyway. Escape needs a block target to cast, making it a terrible recovery option. 1.
• Wa: Charge is ideal for initiative (charging into enemy spawn) and recovery (aiming for bot platform). 3
• As: See mana deficiency point above. Angled dash is less useful than you might think.
• Ma: Tele has good range but terrible precision. Most platforms are 2x2; considering tp has a mind of its own most of the time it's average at best. 2.

Cap
Simply put, whether RRR allows a class to cap faster.

• Ar: Trash mobility spell. 1
• Wa: @Invinci holds the current record of the fastest win (2 seconds) - charge, caps mid, lands in enemy spawn, and caps spawn. Aids to pull off and easy to defend against, but this is testimony to the versatility and manoeuvrability of charge. 3
• As: Ninja cap. Need I say more? 4.
• Mage: Although tp is fairly inaccurate for recoveries, it basically guarantees blinking to enemy spawn (large target = ok for tp) and capping 1 of 2 points, leaving the enemy at constant sudden death. This isn't broken though because mage still needs to crip walk to cap mid. 3

Why ban Shaman?
Wipeout works for these four classes because they rarely do more than 1 block of knockback per attack. Shaman's aura and uproot displaces targets by >5 blocks, instantly making it more broken than cuc parties.

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Regardless of whether you've bothered reading this text wall (thank you if you have!!), I'd love to invite you for a couple playtest rounds - add or find my ign and hmu if I'm online. All you need to join is a non-Shaman class above lv66! I have the depressing weapons so no need to bring them.

Kudos to @Invinci and @Ikasy_ for developing the original idea, and regulars in NFR for playtesting <3

 

Lots of fun, I can highly recommended.

Surely mage and warrior aren't both 3 for cap though. Warrior cap is easier than assassin imo.

 

Good game, I've playtested and I can tell it has a ton of potential.

 

Best thing about this is Dilcks! totally should play only for them

 

omg stop this is my plug

 

10/10 would dilck...i mean do it again.

 

bomp bomp ! !

 

MORE BROKEN THAN CUC PARTIES LMAOOO