Sorry about that but ever since i saw Lynx in the “Searching” comic, I have been wanting to see him in the game. Echo looks like she would fit in dps so having a new healer might help a bit. But he is an omnic and a hacker, so how would he work? Well im here to bring up some nice ideas on how a hacker can work in the support role.
Weapon:
A 9mm style plasma pistol. Shoots up to 10 rounds that do heavy damage but a large reload time. Has large falloff damage.
Skills:
- Upgrade - Gives a 10% max health shield to current character that recharges after a while. Can only be applied to one character at a time and can remain until Lynx dies or decides to use it on someone else. 6 second cooldown with 2 seconds cast time.
- Network - Small drone that goes on the floor. All healing done in a 10 meter radius doubles. Can be destroyed. 10 second cooldown
Ult: Overclocked
Gives everyone a 10% max health shield and gives a 20% speed boost for 5 seconds. Resets all cooldowns by 5 seconds when applied.
Passive: Anti-hack
Can clear hacks from sombra by using upgrade. A player that has upgrade loses it instead of getting hacked.
In-conclusion Lynx is a non healing support that does heavy close range damage. His kit is made so tanks have a better chance of getting into a fight and surviving while Lynx would require support from another healer to max out the healing done. A 3 star difficulty for sure.
I can really see this character typing into his arm to use upgrade. That idea was what kind of left me wanting this guy in the game. Remember that this is just an idea and not a request. I know Babtiste is way better and can use AMPLIFICATION MATRIX but his is and ult that does both more damage and healing if it goes through. Lynx ability is a drone that just does double healing in a certain radius. Use both and your team isnt dying anytime soon.
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I feel that the anti-hack ability would make a already weak hero, sombra, even worse. Sombra would need a decent buff after lynx would be in the game.
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i would like to see her damage get a small buff and the amount of time a hacked item stays hacked. Also a faster hack time might work as well. But she is great against dive tanks. She can feed so much from them once hacked. She, to me at least, is both a support and DPS hero. But the whole kit of Lynx can make or break a comp depending of how they use him. So its a high risk high reward character.
They could also just switch off of sombra when lynx is in play.
I also think they should not bring a hero into the game to only counter 1 hero’s ability.
oh a flamethrower hero to counter mei XD
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Mauga,Linx,junker queen echo, that mafia robot, soujurn … We should hace at least 2 characters more by now
Hell yeah. Don’t necessarily agree with all your mechanics but I’d love to see Lynx in game.
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Your post no joke has ability suggestions scarily similar to ones I came up for her in an old document months ago. The idea of a hacking support with little to no healing. Good to see the idea isn’t dead.
These are the ability concepts I outlined.
Augment - Similar to Upgrade, but the ability had 2 versions. One triggered her passive to apply like a buff to up to 2 allies at a time that healed them when Lynx used abilities. The second was a utility that had many different possible interactions - A. buff shield tank’s shields for their lifetime to the original shield health, B. Buff a nano’d target’s boost by 25% (to 75% total damage and damage residence), C. Cleanse Hack/Anti, D. Grant a 25% movement speed boost when using a mobility ability for 2 seconds, etc.
Proxy (Passive) - An ally with Augment active on them is healed when Lynx uses abilities.
Ult - Basically your suggestion but without shields. Having an active ‘Go In’ ability is something I think we’ve lost touch with for a while due to the meta, and Bap tries and fails to do with his ult.
Give me time with a Word document I will make Mei’s life a living H311 with one character.
i also had the idea the Lynx might charge shields. But it might create a double shield meta again.