Swordsman Class Concept [REALLY HIGH EFFORT]

You ever wonder why there's no class that just uses swords?

Spoiler: Stuff you should probably read

1. This thread is unfinished, but I'm updating it over time!
2. Apparently light mode does not work well will this thread, as I use a variety of text colors, but if you're using light mode you have bigger problems than not being able to see the text on this post.
3. I do know that this will never be added into the game, but I still think it's fun to make an idea like this!

Overview
The Swordsman is a class that uses a Sword and Shield as its weapon. Unlike the other melee classes, it has a base resistance of 80%, taking 20% more damage like the Mage class.

The Swordsman's donator exclusive skin would be the Swashbuckler, changing the spells to look more aquatic and pirate-like.

Spoiler: The Sword

The Sword

Spoiler: Model

The Sword is obviously what the Swordsman uses for its Main Attack. It has range in between a Spear and a Dagger, aside from that it's pretty self explanatory.

Spoiler: The Shield

The Shield

Spoiler: Model

The Shield is what could be considered the Swordsman's special gimmick. You can raise your shield by pressing and holding SNEAK, raising your shield makes you take 33% less damage from all sources while active.

You can only have your shield up for at most 5 seconds, and it has a cooldown of double however long you held it up for.

While your Shield is up, you cannot use your Main Attack or cast Spells. (This does not affect powder specials as you can still Left-Click while Sneaking to activate them)

Spells

Spoiler: Swing

Self explanatory.

Spoiler: Shield Surf

VERY similar to the shield surfing system from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This might be a coder's worst nightmare, but I think it's really cool.

While on your shield, you can use your Main Attack, but using other spells doesn't do anything. (At least right now in progression winking emoji)

Spoiler: Throwing Knife

Self explanatory.

Spoiler: Combat Stance

Self explanatory, but I would like to mention that you cannot stack the damage/resistance bonus by using this ability multiple times before attacking/raising your shield.

Ability Tree
The Ability Tree for the Swordsman features three archetypes: the Tactician, the Vehicle Master, and the Parrier.

Spoiler: Page 1

Spoiler: Swing

For notes see Spells section above.

Spoiler: Sword and Shield Proficiency I

Spoiler: Cheaper Swing

Spoiler: Second Swing

Spoiler: Page 2

Spoiler: Shield Surf

For notes see Spells section above.

Spoiler: Second Slash

Spoiler: Throwing Knife

For notes see Spells section above.

Spoiler: Swift Shield

Spoiler: Combat Stance

For notes see Spells section above.

Spoiler: Cheaper Shield Surf

Spoiler: Page 3

Spoiler: Tactician

Spoiler: Earth Mastery

Spoiler: Immovable Object

Spoiler: Thunder Mastery

Spoiler: Double Knife

Spoiler: Vehicle Master

Spoiler: Fire Mastery

Spoiler: Speed Bump

The phrase "while Shield Surf is active" just means whenever you're on a vehicle.

Spoiler: Parrier

Spoiler: Water Mastery

Spoiler: Tipper

Spoiler: Air Mastery

Spoiler: Quick Attack

Spoiler: Unfinished Stuff

Spoiler: Tactician

Tactician
Tacticians use charged attacks to completely cripple any enemy in their way. (Delayed Damage, CC)

• Difficulty: Medium
• Damage: High
• Defense: Medium
• Range: Medium
• Speed: Low

Notable Tactician Skill Points:
Roughly ordered from top of the Skill Tree to the bottom.

Spoiler: Wind Up

Wind Up
Holding SNEAK for 3 seconds without moving will make you Charged, casting Throwing Knife while Charged will make it do extra damage and will throw 4 knives in all directions

Spoiler: Wounded Blow

Wounded Blow
Casting Throwing Knife while Charged will do +0.5% damage for every 1% health the enemy doesn't have.

Spoiler: Knife-a-rang

Knife-a-rang
Throwing Knife will return to you instead of disappearing, allowing it to deal even more damage.

Spoiler: Paper Cut

Paper Cut
Hitting an enemy with Throwing Knife while Charged will give them Bleeding, making them lose 1% max health every 2s.

Spoiler: First Blood

First Blood
Throwing Knife will deal extra damage to the first enemy it hits.

Spoiler: Crippled Blow

Crippled Blow
Wounded Blow will deal an additional +0.5% damage if the enemy you hit is Bleeding.

Spoiler: Vehicle Master

Vehicle Master
Vehicle Masters use a wide range of vehicles that get stronger over time for anything they could need! (Versatility, Vehicles)

• Difficulty: Easy
• Damage: Medium
• Defense: High
• Range: Medium
• Speed: Medium

Notable Vehicle Master Skill Points:
Roughly ordered from top of the Skill Tree to the bottom.

Spoiler: Drive-By

Drive-By
Hitting an enemy with your Main Attack while riding your Shield will do increased damage.

Spoiler: Corkian Cruiser

Corkian Cruiser
Casting Swing while riding a vehicle puts you in a Corkian Mech Suit that throws a punch in front of you when you use your Main Attack.

Spoiler: Self Destruct

Self Destruct
Dismounting a vehicle will cause it to explode, doing large damage to any enemies near it.

Spoiler: Food Truck

Food Truck
Casting Combat Stance while riding a vehicle puts you in a Wagon that drops bread around you. This bread boosts the damage of anybody that picks it up by +10% for 10s.

You are unable to use your Main Attack while in the Wagon, but you take 33% less damage from all sources while in it.

Spoiler: Explosive Swap

Explosive Swap
Self Destruct activates when swapping vehicles.

Spoiler: Ash Pile

Ash Pile
Self Destruct now summons an ash pile which does damage over time to any enemies that walk into it.

Spoiler: Acceleration

Acceleration
Every 3s on your vehicle gives you +1 Accelerated, boosting its damage and speed. (Max 10)
(Accelerated resets if you dismount or swap vehicles)

Spoiler: Second Seat

Second Seat
Expands your vehicles to allow 1 ally to ride with you, adding extra offensive elements for vehicles that attack.

Spoiler: Burnout

Burnout
Self Destruct's explosion and ash pile damage now increases depending on your Accelerated when activating it.
(Accelerated resets if you dismount or swap vehicles)

Spoiler: More Accelerated

More Accelerated
Increases your maximum Accelerated by +5.

Spoiler: Turret

Turret
Casting Throwing Knife while riding a vehicle puts you in a Turret that shoots fast but low damage knives where you're looking you use your Main Attack.

Pre-Accelerated - When swapping vehicles, keep 20% of your current Accelerated.
Third Seat - Increases the amount of extra seats you get from Second Seat by +1.
Airship - Casting Shield Surf while on your Shield or any other vehicle puts you in an Airship that lets you freely fly around at the cost of not being able to use your Main Attack.
Faster Acceleration - Decreases time on your vehicle needed to gain Accelerated by -1s.
TBA - TBA

Spoiler: Parrier

Parrier
Parriers precisely raise their shield when about to be attacked to turn the tides of battle and set their enemies up for an early grave. (Support, High Risks)

• Difficulty: Hard
• Damage: High
  
• Defense: Low
• Range: Medium
• Speed: High

Notable Parrier Skill Points:
Roughly ordered from top of the Skill Tree to the bottom.

Spoiler: Parry

Parry
Raising your Shield 1s or faster before an enemy hits you will Parry their attack, stunning them for 3s.

Landing a successful Parry will give you +1 Rage for 10s, boosting the range and damage of Swing and Corkian Cruiser. (Max 5)

Spoiler: Parry Streak

Parry Streak
Landing a successful Parry will get rid of your next shield cooldown.

Spoiler: Clash

Clash
Hitting an enemy with your Main Attack or Corkian Cruiser either 0.25s before or 0.25s after it hits you will Parry their attack.

Spoiler: Wind Blast

Wind Blast
Landing a successful Parry will blow a gust of wind around you that does a bit of damage and blows enemies away.

Spoiler: Call of the Wind

Call of the Wind
Landing a successful Parry will summon an Elemental Guardian that punches an enemy every 1s.

Landing a successful Parry while it is active will decrease the cooldown between punches by -0.1s. (Max -0.8s)

Spoiler: Blessing of Resistance

Blessing of Resistance
Landing a successful Parry will give you and nearby players resistance.

Blocks Curse of Frailness

Spoiler: Curse of Frailness

Curse of Frailness
Landing a successful Parry will make whoever you parried take more damage from all sources.

Blocks Blessing of Resistance

Spoiler: Blessing of Strength

Blessing of Strength
Landing a successful Parry will boost the damage of you and nearby players.

Blocks Curse of Weakness

Spoiler: Curse of Weakness

Curse of Weakness
Landing a successful Parry will make whoever you parried do less damage for a few seconds.

Blocks Blessing of Strength

Spoiler: Primed Parry

Primed Parry
All debuffs and buff durations from Parry are doubled if Combat Stance is used before it.

 

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also smh finish the last archetype

 

Thank you for making half the thread actually unreadable

 

cool idea, i feel like sharpening spells could just be combined rather than taking up 2 whole spell slots since it would kinda make rotation just sharpen > melee > sharpen > melee etc instead have them combined and give the class another unique spell? or make them trigger alongside some kinda attack like a sharpening spin or something :D

 

"i don't use light theme or dark theme, i use GRAY THEME! suffer equally"

 

Honestly if you have any of the light modes on you have bigger problems than not being able to see the text in this thread

 

i think the other half is unreadable in dark mode as well mr. gray theme user

 

I use starry night and it's fine for me

 

ct member liked the thread lets go

Interesting ideas, but I like the stupid 'sharpening shield' name

 

Yeah boiiiiiiiiii

 

every archetype now has their first yellow and red node on the hypothetical ability tree

 

Very cool concept!

 

thank you!

 

Would powder specials and the shield be compatible?

 

Good question!

Yes, they would be combatable since you just have to left click while holding shift when your powder special is charged up in order to activate it.

 

They don’t take new class suggestions because of the amount of dev time required, balancing, and the CT already have other ideas for classes they want to implement. That isn’t a reason to stop continuing this thread; it’s fun to brainstorm new classes. I just wanted to make you aware as to not disappoint you in the future.

 

I know, that's actually why I put this in the normal forum instead of the suggestion forum.

Originally there was a paragraph acknowledging that this would never be added, but I removed it because it kinda cluttered the thread a bit.

 

This is a pretty fun idea, a big sword swing would be really good for if you're surrounded, I think Shield Surf would be a very unique movement spell, and I sorta agree with both opinions on the 3nd and 4rd spells, in that having separate spells for buffing the shield and the sword is weird and nonsensical, but also da funny, so I aint gonna complain. Thinking about ideas for classes is really fun, even if they will never get added, and I can tell that you put a lot of thought into this. I thought of two class ideas that I thought were cool, Bard and Alchemist, so maybe I'll make something like this, except way lower quality and with less thought put into it cause I'm lazy af

 

big update, changed 2 of the spells and retyped a bunch of vehicle master stuff

 

Vehicle Master looks so fun to play

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(also the spoiler for Throwing Knife still says Sharpen Shield)