Hello. This post will be a concept for the kit of Bars. If you’re unaware of who that is, he is the omnic sniper from the Reunion animated short. This will be Xbox control based. Simply a concept, people. There are definitely flaws. Now let’s begin.
Deadlock Fang
A bolt action sniper rifle. One shot can be fired off before a reload is required. No charge up like Widowmaker and no alternate modes while unscoped. 100 damage on body shot with 3x multiplier for headshots. It takes 2 seconds to reload
Snake eye
Whenever Bars is aiming, he may click the B button to double the zoom of his scope via his eye
Passive
Camouflage
Whenever Bars stands still for more than 3 seconds, he will cloak with his surroundings until he makes an action besides aiming or reloading.
Repel Line
Left bumper. Bars shoots out his hand that will attach to a surface. If a wall, from there he can move up and down the wall and aim whilst staying still for a kill. After he releases the ability, the ability will fall under a 10 second cooldown
Wire Flash
Right bumper. Bars sets out a trip wire between two walls. Once an enemy walks through the wire, a flash will go off in front of their eyes and stun them for 1 second. He can have a max of 2 wires out at a time. It takes 6 second cooldown for another wire to be ready for placement
Ultimate
Cobra’s Assault
Bars adds an extended magazine to his rifle, granting him 5 bullets that penetrate straight through shields, dealing 200 damage to said shields per shot. This does not add extra damage towards enemies
REWORK
Wire Flash is replaced with Holo-double. Bars will place down a hologram double of himself that will aim at enemies but never shoot. If it is destroyed, the enemy responsible will be seen through walls by Bars
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Not only do I really like this, but I LOVE the idea of his rifle. I feel like being able to have so many 1 shot Killa with no real downside with widow is very annoying about her, but Bars’ rifle is more of “line up your shot” rather than “take shots”. Im not normally okay with one shot abilities but I think this would actually be okay.
Probably a joke post to begin with,
but this, Lol
-Someone dies to a sniper
“position better next time”
-Hides behind shield, still dies.
so we’d be adding another sniper with potential 1hko, an ultimate with immunity to barriers, cc and vertical mobility to position themself away from their counters? don’t get me wrong, it’s a cool concept and all, but with gameplay mechanics in mind this just sounds infuriating to play against.
I don’t think we need another true sniper in the game. I like what you’re going for, but I would make him more of a precision-based hero akin to Ashe. His rifle doesn’t appear to be a bolt-action in the cinematic, either.
That said, overall, I think your concept for him is very similar to Widowmaker, and I can’t see him being used over her at all just because her OHKO is available more often, her bodyshot is stronger, she has an SMG, etc etc
I would suggest:
- Make his gun more like a DMR–longer range but lower per-hit damage than Ashe, but also a higher RoF
- Camouflage should probably have a cooldown
- Repel Line is a neat idea, keep that (though I think you mean Rappel Line)
- Replace Wire Flash. Not only do I dislike the idea of more CC, it’s very similar to Widowmaker’s Venom Mine in a lot of ways. I don’t necessarily have a good suggestion right off the top of my head, but something that carves out a unique niche for him.
- Cobra Assault is maybe a little strong with your initial rifle idea. Perhaps move the overpentrating bullets to a standard ability replacing Wire Flash (i.e. Magnum Bullets, which are featured on his belt), then figure out something new for his ultimate.