“Some choose not to believe in gravity. I choose to make it my kitten.”
Armor Type – Heavy
Profession Mechanic
The Controller can only use one weapon set, but has the unique ability to defy gravity and fight in midair.
F1 = Gravity Shift
While grounded, use the input to reduce the effects of gravity on your character and jump into the air for an absurd period of time. Your weapon skills change to an aerial setup with a new purpose. While in the air, this input can be used to restore the effects of gravity on your character to normal.
(And yes, this does work underwater, via causing your character to rapidly sink or rise. Your Trident only has one function though.)
F2 = Crater
If grounded, slam the ground, knocking foes into the air. If airborne, increase gravity’s effects on your character, rapidly slamming into the ground to knock foes away from you. Both versions share a cooldown.
Weapon Sets
Hammer
The Controller’s central weapon set, complete with heavy hitting attacks and excellent crowd control.
Greatsword
On the ground, the Greatsword is a defensive utility set. The aerial Greatsword brings absurd mobility.
Longbow
The Controller’s ranged weapon is highly unorthodox. Cause your arrows to float in the air and collect a large number of them before firing them all at once to burst you foe down. Cause opposing projectiles to fall harmlessly to the ground. Being able to fly gives the longbow alternative arcs, allowing it to ignore a lot of ground-based obstructions.
Staff
The Controller’s staff is a channeling utility weapon that allows them to focus their gravity-bending powers on specific locations, lifting or knocking down foes and lifting or granting stability to allies.
Trident
Because there is no aerial (or perhaps no ground?) combat underwater, your underwater weapon is locked into one set of skills. Your F1 skills allow you excellent underwater mobility, however, and the hybrid of melee and range on the Trident takes excellent advantage of that. Specializes in making foes float and sink while you wear them down.
Sword (Mainhand and Offhand)
Mace (Mainhand and Offhand)
Axe (Mainhand and Offhand)
Scepter
Shield
Focus
Utilities
Banners
Unlike Warrior Banners, which inspire allies, Controller banners mark areas for him to change the gravitational field of. This tends to be sustained area crowd control, but his cc effects are unique in that they can be moved out of.
Example – Place a banner that lifts foes into the air if they enter its radius. This shuts their skills down, but they are able to control their character and exit the field. Note that a Controller carrying this banner would look hilarious.
Conversions
A foe hit by a conversion becomes a mobile aura that effects his own teammates, damaging them, knocking them into the air, sinking or floating them, knocking them down, or making their projectiles harmless, etc. if he gets too close.
Example – convert the effects of gravity around your foe, giving them an aura that grounds the projectiles of their allies.
Control Skills
A direct, short-duration effect on the target area that generally counts as a combo finisher.
Example – Hit the target area to damage foes inside and pull them towards the center.
Signets
Generic passive buffs for the Controller that can be activated for miscellaneous effects.
Elite Skills
Gravity Bomb (Elite Control)
Lift all foes in the target area into the air for x duration, then slam them all to the ground, dealing damage and knocking them down for y duration.
Orbit (Elite Conversion)
Increase the target’s weight by such a hilarious degree that their allies are forced to orbit them for x seconds.
And yes, this would be as awesome as it sounds.
One Small Step (Elite Banner)
Turn the target area into a gravity field that allies can choose to interact with by pressing the F key on it. This sends them airborne and gives them an aerial skill set based on their profession. As an added bonus, this field nullifies projectiles and counts as an Ethereal combo field.