I got bored and made a hypothetical profession—so enjoy! The gladiator would be the 3rd soldier profession.
The gladiator is a skilled heavy armor class that utilizes three different stances in much the way an elementalist uses attunements. It is a lot like the elementalist of melee for the soldier classes.This class would get a new weapon introduced—the pole arm (spear), and this would be the only weapon available to this class for balance purposes and because the gladiator has so many different abilities according to each stance. I would hope this profession would have a high skill ceiling and would be great fighting alongside other professions. Each stance would have a cooldown.
By switching between 3 stances in battle, the gladiator can effectively match any enemy, and be a strategic profession to master. This class would fill a specific niche differently than other classes, but most like a damage dealing aoe melee class like a guardian mixed with an elementalist. One of the stances I thought would be cool is one where you are immobile and you would kneel, but with some cool abilities to make it interesting (Legion.)
Stances: Barbarian, Legion, Interceptor
Weapons available: Pole arm
Barbarian Stance Skills
1 Stab—Attack enemy in front of you dealing damage (no cd.)
2 Lunging Death—Lunge forward and attack enemies with extended reach (4 second cd, enemies under 50 health take 25% more damage.
3 Frontal Assault—attack enemies in a cone in front of you with a flurry of stabs (2 sec duration, blocks projectiles).
4 Scrape—Swing your pole arm pushing back all enemies (10 sec cd.)
5 Hooking Wound—extend out grabbing enemy and pulling them to you.
Some Traits that correspond with Barbarian abilities:
1 Advanced Pole Arm=Stab can hit two enemies.
2 Increased Lunge=increases range of Lunge
3 Pole arm’s advantage=decreases cool down of scrape ability by 3 sec.
4 Barbarian Mastery=increases all damage when in barbarian stance.
5 Master of the Pole=Stab hits all enemies in front of you.
6 Lunging barbarian=Lunging death now hits when enemy is under 75% health.
Legion Stance Skills (kneeling, and immobile)
1 Javelin—Throw your pole arm at enemy damaging them. (no cd)
2 Kneeling Prayer—all incoming damage misses you, removes 2 conditions. (4 sec duration, 10 second cd)
3 Outward Offense—stab all enemies around you with a flurry of stabs around you. (aoe heavy damage, 20 sec cd)
4 Radial Slice—push back all enemies around you radially. (aoe)
5 Puncture—stab your foe damaging and bleeding them. (no cd, bleeding stacks)
Some Traits that correspond with Legion Stance:
1. Advanced Arm=Javelin Pin increased range
2. Penitent Kneel=kneeling prayer removes 2 conditions on nearby allies.
3. Puncture Armor=Puncture cannot be blocked.
4. Slice Eyes=Radial Slice now causes blindness.
5. Offensive Legionairre=Outward Offense cool down is decreased by 6 seconds.’
6. Poision Tip Puncture=Puncture now causes poision as well as bleeding.
Interceptor Skills
1 Javelin Pin=Throw your pole arm immobilizing enemy for 3 sec. (10 sec cd)
2 Lascerate Legs—Cripple all enemies nearby with a powerful whirl. (aoe 5 sec cd)
3 Whirling Intercept=intercept and block all projectiles (aoe) (10 sec cd)
4 Pole vault=vault yourself backwards. (escape)
5 Impale=—impale your enemy immobilizing them for 3 sec. (10 sec cd)
Some traits with Interceptor:
1 Pinning understanding=range of javelin pin increased
2 Leg specialist=lascerate legs now bleeds foes.
3 Whirling reflection=whirling intercept now reflect projectiles.
4 Pole vaulting champion=pole vault has increased range.
5 Impaling Execution=Impale cooldown is reduced by 3 sec.
Possible Elite Ideas:
Massive Rain=call down a legion’s spears from above damaging and immobilizing all foes (aoe)
Gladiator’s strength=gain an extra spear to duel wield two spears increasing all damage by 25 percent for a short time.
Let me know any thoughts or extrapolations!
thanks,
Graey
Self Is The Emblem All
