[Merc] Lux

(Mr-Penguin) #1

Lux
Class- Recon
HP- 100
Speed- 425

Profile-
Lux is a light Recon merc that uses a flare gun to light up a linear area from above, marking all enemies in a large area for a short amount of time. Compared to other Recon mercs, spotting targets isn’t limited to yourself or an easily destroyed device- just shoot a flare as high as you can and let the spotting XP roll in.

Flare Gun
Cooldown- 12 sec
Duration- 8 sec flare lifetime in air, 4 sec on ground
Lux shoots a single flare from his flare gun. While in the air, it illuminates an area up to 15 meters below it in an 8 meter radius. Any enemies in this illuminated area are spotted for as long as they remain in LOS of the area and for 3 seconds afterwards. The flare travels at a speed comparable to one of Fletcher’s stickybombs.

Should a flare touch any surface, it will bounce once before sticking to the next surface it hits. After this, the spotting radius will decrease to 4 meters radially. If a flare hits an enemy, it will stick to them, retain the 4 meter radial spotting range, and deal 10 DPS for 4 seconds.

Weapons-
Primary- Dreiss AR, BR-16, Grandeur SR
Secondary- S&W, Simeon, Caulden
Melee- Beckhill, Stiletto, Bat

Notes
Fairly straight-forwards merc here. Shoot flare in the air, spot people. Not much to explain, honestly.

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[i]Made with @derpypenguinz19 's Mercenary Suggestion Form

(Cordyceps) #2

This seems like a very powerful spotting device, and because of that, I feel like it should have a longer cooldown time, maybe between 15-20 seconds

(yesser) #3

its a somekind of a heart beat sonssor with smaller area
i like the combination with the weapons it make like an alternative to vassili .
i’am pretty neutral about this cause it become a better version of vassili

(Dysfnal) #4

Well done, I must say so. One problem though; I see no opportunity for counter play.

(Naonna) #5
  1. counter play
  2. aimee exists.
(BushWanker) #6

@Dysfnal , he has a low HP, so he is relatively easy to counter, maybe he needs longer cool down on ability, but that’s it.

(Dysfnal) #7

Low HP is not counter play, if your only opportunity to counter the merc’s ability is to kill the merc, there’s a problem

(JJMAJR) #8

I’m necroing this thread because this subforum is getting really boring.

I think there are several problems with this. Firstly, the spotting might be inconsistent. Is it LoS or does it go through walls? And an 8m radius? Wouldn’t it be more effective for it to be a cone facing downwards or is it some oblong psuedo-sphere that has an 8m radius and a capsule half-height of 15m?

Secondly, I seriously think that this character is actually subpar. Redeye might be more effective than this character, and Vassili can spot enemies through walls which is more important to be honest. There’s counterplay to this character: use Vassili, because Vassili is better than this guy in almost every way.

It’s pretty much a worse Kira, even with the added health.