Goofy Melee set idea.

While having a hard time sleeping the other night I had a very off the wall idea pop into my head for a melee set. By no means do I think this would ever be made, nor do I think it's balanced in any fashion what so ever. I did think that some folks might find it entertaining, or something to discuss. If nothing else, now that I've put it here I won't be thinking about it while trying to get to sleep.

I'm not sure exactly what to call the set, but "Elemental" might be the closest I can come up with. Anyway, the idea is that unlike Broadsword, Katana and a few other attacks that do -Def, I chose to do -Resist. Instead of a Build up adding in +DMG, +to Hit, I set it as -Def/-Resist PBAoE.

Hopefully someone will find this entertaining or amusing. If not, thanks for letting me take up a small portion of your day.

• Tier 1: Melee, Minor DMG (Lethal, Cold), -res Smash/Fire. Pseudo Frozen Fists.

• Tier 2: Melee, Moderate DMG (Lethal, Nrg), -res Neg. Think Havoc Punch or Energy Punch

• Tier 3: Melee, High DMG (Smashing), -res Lethal, -Fly. Stone Fist variation.

• Tier 4: Melee,(Cone) High DoT (Smashing, Neg), -res Nrg. Shadow Maul clone.

• Tier 5: Melee, High DoT (Fire), -res Smash, Cold. Incinerate clone.

• Tier 6: Taunt

• Tier 7: "Tear down", PBAoE -DEF all, -Resist All. Minor DMG(Neg)

• Tier 8: PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Smashing) Knock up, -Fly. PBAoE version of Lift.

• Tier 9: Melee, Superior DMG (Psi), Immobilize, -to hit. Midnight Grasp with Psi dmg vs. Neg dmg.

I think that swinging Goofy at your opponents would be fun! However, I think that unless you allow customization of it to allow people to use Mickey, Donald, or Pluto as well, you're going to hear complaints.

Almost reminds me of the Galactic Melee set I thought up and put in the powerset suggestion thread. The primary gist is completely different though; yours has a plethora of damage types that tactically destroys foe resistance while my set basically gave you base damage with the 'chance of' extra damage types.

I personally don't think your set is *that* overpowered but the -resist might be too much. Without the -res (except for maybe the BU replacement), it might be more balanced.

An intersting idea. I like the rotating -res, ie in that no one resistance gets debuffed constantly.

But enough of this Rangle, it's time for you to start working on Radiation Melee.

My original though was that the -res would last long enough for the next attack or two. Not making it feel mandatory to have a specific order of attacks to gain the full benefit, but to try and create a "loose" order. The "Tear Down" effect should last the normal Build up time length I would think.

I doubt it's feasible with the current game mechanics, but it might be interesting if you could have -6% res for two seconds, -4% for the next two, -2% for the third two seconds. So over all the -res would last 6 seconds, but would diminish over time. I'm not saying the 6% should be the number, just using it to create an example.