New Realistic Melee Powerset!

There's a new martial art craze sweeping across Europe, and it's time that we implemented it in City of Heroes. Yes, I am of course talking about CHESSBOXING!

The rules of Chessboxing are simple: A four-minute speed chess round, then a three-minute boxing match, then repeat. You can win by either getting a checkmate or knocking your opponent out with your fists. It's the sport for people with brains and brawn and the ability to keep your brain working after being pummeled. Google 'chessboxing' and you'll find tons of material and Youtube videos that will introduce you to the sport.

This martial art is a natural for City of Heroes. At last, a powerset that allows you to both out-fight Marauder and out-wit Nemesis! I humbly suggest the Chessboxing melee powerset go like this:

Reti Opening -- All combat stops while the hero and his target sit down for a five-minute speed chess match. This power needs to be the first in the powerset so players understand immediately what the powerset is all about.

Bishop's Cross -- A left cross that does Moderate damage with a chance to reduce the target's chess rating four points.

Sicilian Defense -- While this toggle power is on, the hero cannot lose his queen in a chess match and has high resistance against pawns and minion-level opponents.

Symmetric Attack -- Whatever the target does next, the hero will copy. If both the hero and the target are chessboxers then fighting stops while they both complain to a judge.

Dragon Variation -- A High damage kick to the target's rooks, if you know what I mean.

Castle -- This click power gives the hero twenty points of protection against teleport, knockdown, and queens. (Might be overpowered versus the Carnival of Souls.)

Endgame -- A double-fisted attack that does Superior damage. If the target is in check, this attack will critical hit.

King's Gambit -- With this powerful Tier-9 attack, the hero picks up the chessboard, table, and both chairs and flings them in an Area of Effect for Extreme damage.

City of Heroes has to keep up with modern fighting styles. I believe that implementing Chessboxing would draw in thousands of concussion-addled, steroid-addicted jock wannabes from all over the world. Make it happen, Paragon!

so it has come to this

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At first I read that as Cheeseboxing!

This powerset lacks killa bees.

As long as King's Gambit includes childish whining SFX.

Wouldn't this work better as a MM set? Pawns for minions, knights for leuts and queen for boss?

Been joking around that if ever a wrestling set gets introduced, along with the standards like power bombs, choke holds, shining wizards (real move name) and suplexes etc. the taunt causes an automatic cutscene where your character calls out the mob being taunted to fight them next sunday at the payperview event, the cutscene lasts two minutes and is not skippable.

Has chance of causing the mob to disappear only to reappear next Sunday, if you miss sundays, the foes build up until you eventually reach a battle royale where all the taunted mobs fight each other and you for a chance at a championship belt.