Right-Step Alternate Universe - Heavy

Profile

A man holding a warhammer over his shoulder and smiling at the camera. He is wearing a leather vest, a red shirt, bandages wrapped around his hand, and an eyepatch over his left (the viewer's right) eye. He has a brown eye, dark hair in short cornrows, a low nose with a bulbous tip, a short beard, a narrow but prominent jawline, and dark, cool-toned skin.

Name: Tavish Finnegan DeGroot

Class: Heavy

Role: Wander around the battlefield like a mobile zone of death

Speed: 93%

Health: 150

Class-Specific Traits: 20% melee resistance.

Character Details

Has two modes: guy who is VERY proud of his enormous homemade gun and will cave in your skull if you ignore it, and guy who has acquired a knife! Very strategic, but only when he doesn't get overexcited.

The deGroot line of weaponsmiths has been menacing the English for generations, and now this one is running around doing what he does best in America instead. Sure, guns are a lot of fun, but sometimes the urge to wave around a well-forged bit of iron is too great. In any case, he's just as effective with them, so lot of harm, no foul. Perhaps his mother would have preferred he get a more respectable job - like throwing swords into lakes - but keeping the swords is more interesting.

Heavy is quite a cheerful lad, and is really an ideal roommate if you're not scared of red-hot metal being moved down the hallways at high speed. He's full of stories about hunting cryptids and why the Tower of London is horizontal (well. That one was his Da's doing), and he's a good conversationalist besides.

Notes

Unfortunately, since RS!Heavy no longer has shields, this means he loses out on a certain degree of the Pirate Element - which is a right shame, because pirates are cool. I decided to lean a little more into the concept of the medieval warrior to make up for the loss. Canon!Demo always strikes me as a guy who's having a lot of fun with his job in a goofing-off sort of way.

Weapon Stats

Primaries

Stock Minigun

Weapon Equivalent:N/A

Appearance: As in game

Stats: As in game. No movement is possible when miniguns are spun up. Damage will be reduced by 75% when incoming on the right side while a minigun is spun up.

Purpose: Annihilate anything that gets close to you

Nessie's Noggin Shredder

Weapon Equivalent: Brass Beast/Natascha

Appearance: As in game

Stats: Slows enemies by up to 20% and deals 20% more damage. 40% slower spin-up time. Damage shield reduced to 50%.

Purpose: For targeting down single enemies at a time

Loch n' Load

Weapon Equivalent: Tomislav

Appearance: As the in-game Tomislav

Stats: As the in-game Tomislav.

Purpose: Sneak up on people? I guess?

Huo-Long Heater

Weapon Equivalent: None

Appearance: A double-edged longsword/jian.

Stats: Holster time increased by 75%. Base damage of 50. Can be made to emit a ring of flames, beginning at one burst per second and increasing up to a maximum of four with kills.

Purpose: HEY KIDS DO YOU LIKE FIRE?!

Claidheamh Mòr

Weapon Equivalent: N/A

Appearance: As in game

Stats: Holster time increased by 75%. Can be used to stab forwards, dealing up to 100 damage with the forwards thrust and an equal amount on retraction. Stab speed begins at 2 seconds and decrements by 0.4 seconds up to four times with each kill. In addition, on kill, leach 50 health.

Purpose: You can learn other people's movements to shank them :)

Secondaries

Stock Shotgun

Weapon Equivalent: N/A

Appearance: As in game

Stats: As in game

Purpose: Close-range quick damage

Bottle o' Scrumpy

Weapon Equivalent:Sandvich

Appearance: As the in-game Bottle

Stats: As the in-game Sandvich

Purpose: Picnic time :)

Scotch Whiskey

Weapon Equivalent: Buffalo Steak Sandvich

Appearance: A small bottle of whiskey.

Stats: Upon consumption, provide 5 seconds of guaranteed critical hits from the melee slot. Can be dropped to allies to give equal critical hits, without the restriction. Does not heal. If burning while under the effect, take double damage.

Purpose: Fun for yourself. Also good for support, if you don't mind giving up the glory.

Iriuqiad Glass

Weapon Equivalent: Dahloks Bar

Appearance: A small bottle full of bright red/blue liquid, with fruit floating inside.

Stats: Heals up to 150 health and increases max health by 50 for 30 seconds. Functions as a medium health pack.

Purpose: Good for coordination and careful health management.

Melees

Stock Fists

Weapon Equivalent: N/A

Appearance: As in game, though with a different model.

Stats: As in game

Purpose: Stock melee

Helping Hand

Weapon Equivalent: Banana

Appearance: Bandages wrapped around the fist.

Stats: Upon initial use, gain up to 120 health over 4 seconds. Can be temporarily proffered to other players and functions as a small health pack. After initial use, can only be refilled via supply cabinets. After initial use, has a base damage of 40.

Purpose: Rewards generosity, or dying a lot.

Blue Murder

Weapon Equivalent: Inverted GRU

Appearance: A historically accurate warhammer, with a cross design on the head.

Stats: Does 100 base damage. Swing speed is halved; when active, movement speed is halved.

Purpose: Rewards careful timing and picking fights well

Eye of Iron

Weapon Equivalent: KGB

Appearance: A mace on a comically long stick.

Stats: Swing speed is halved; movement speed is halved. On kill, marks nearby enemies for death for 4 seconds.

Purpose: Intimidate your enemies for realsies

Scotsman's Skullcrusher

Weapon Equivalent: None

Appearance: A movie-accurate warhammer.

Stats: Movement speed is quartered. Does 100 base damage and knocks enemies back; on kill, creates a small explosion (Rocket radius) that deals an additional 30 damage to those nearby.

Purpose: Turns you into an upsetting stage hazard.

Upsetting Team Combos

Providing Scotch Whiskey to a Pyro will result in 5 seconds of AoE 24 DPS, plus whatever crits the Pyro is actually trying to do. So, best case scenario, a Phlog charge that is almost twice as powerful. This is upsetting, but not as upsetting as Yeehawing them at the same time.