Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-98.169.177.45-20160408233710

What I noticed from playing Ichor (and other classes that include a lunge of some sort), I realized that Ichor's lunge (aka Impact Fist) is actually very underpowered.

Firstly, Impact Fist consumes a whopping 40 mana. It's the same mana consumption as Nether's ultimate, and can deal a lot of damage and debuffs. And what does Impact Fist does? Lunge a good distance (around the same distance as using Bash when jumping), but very small damage (around 7-10 damage), especially with Ichor's permanent 0.9 damage. The fissures won't deal extra damage as well!

Secondly, let's compare Bash with Impact Fist.

Bash will lunge at the enemy quickly and will deal a great amount of stun to the enemy hit, and almost every time, it'll stun the enemy, (and will debuff the enemy with a small 0.1 walkspeed debuff). Bash will consume 30 mana in total if it hits, and 10 mana if it misses. In addition, the cooldown will be halved if it misses, making it a 7 second cooldown.

And let's see Impact Fist.

Impact Fist will lunge at the enemy sluggishly, damaging around the same damage as Bash (which is 7-10 damage), but will stagger the enemy AND with a 40 mana consumption and 22 second cooldown. In addition, the stagger is very hard to land. It will be very easy on a still Kactus Man, but on a moving enemy? It'll be very challenging.

My Idea on How to Buff Impact Fist:

Take note that the cooldown and mana consumption will not be altered.

First, Ichor will have a short wind-up time before using Impact Fist. When using Impact Fist, Ichor will lunge forward, but will be imbued with a red like aura. The fissures will work like Sievert's Bulldozer. The speed of Impact Fist will remain the same. The damage of Impact Fist will slightly increase depending on how much distance Ichor covers with Impact Fist.

If it hits an obstacle/enemy, the force of the impact will create a literal shockwave on the obstacle/enemy, dealing good AoE damage to nearby enemies. The enemy hit by the Impact Fist physically will recieve great damage from Ichor. Both the enemy hit and Ichor will render immobile for a few moments before the enemy gets staggered and will recieve a good amount of stun. Hitting an obstacle, however, will make Ichor recieve a good amount of stun too. 