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dosman2233
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8 months ago

R5-D4 Character Concept

Inspiration: A character from 'Star Wars- Episode IV: A New Hope', R5-D4 is best known as 'the R2 unit with the bad motivator'. In recent years, he's had a new lease on life in 'The Mandalorian: Season 3', as the droid Din Djarin recruits to help him during the retaking of Mandalore. He's a classic character, and will be a solid addition to the roster.

Name: R5-D4
Relic Amplifier: Scomp Link
Affiliation: Light Side, Support
Tags: Droid, Rebel, Mandalorian

Attacks and Abilities

Basic: Careless Bump
Deal Physical damage to target enemy and inflict Daze and Tenacity Down for 2 turns. Then, call a random Droid, Rebel or Light Side Mandalorian ally to assist.

Special 1: Atmosphere Analysis (Cooldown: 3)
Inflict Expose and remove all Buffs on all enemies for 2 turns, which can't be Evaded or Resisted, then grant all Droid, Rebel and Light Side Mandalorian allies Foresight for 2 turns, and they gain 2% Turn Meter for each enemy Buff dispelled.

Special 2: Bad Motivator (Cooldown: 8) (Zeta)
R5-D4 instantly defeats himself, instantly defeating a target enemy and inflicting Expose, Ability Block, Stagger and Daze on all other enemies for 3 turns, which can't be Evaded or Resisted. Then, if all allies are either Droid, Rebel, or Light Side Mandalorian, R5-D4 is revived at 50% Health and Protection. This ability starts on cooldown.

Every time an ally deals true damage to an enemy, reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1.

R5-D4 can only be Revived once per encounter

Unique: Built for Adventure (Omicron)
R5-D4 gains +50% Max Health and Protection for each Rebel ally, Droid ally, or Light Side Mandalorian ally. If either The Mandalorian (Beskar Armor) or Bo-Katan (Mand'alor) are on the team, they will assist each time R5-D4 has a turn.

While in 3v3 Grand Arenas: If either The Mandalorian (Beskar Armor) or Bo-Katan (Mand'alor) are allies, Bad Motivator no longer starts on cooldown.

3 Replies

  • Considering BKM and her allies will deal true damage literally every turn, you've basically made a 2-3 turn instakill ability. That's too much!

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    dosman2233
    Seasoned Veteran
    6 days ago

    Using what caused him to 'malfunction' as an insta-kill is genius

  • It looks good except for the fact that his special 2 is absolutely broken. If the cooldown was longer and he had something that could shorten it like Nihilus’s annihilate it would be slightly less annoying. Have something like “every time an ally deals true damage to an enemy, reduce the cooldown by 1” which would also synergize with Beskar Mando and Bo (Mandalor)

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