Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-27315331-20151201015650

Fighter Class: Aspire

Subclass: Mage

Weapon Name: Novitiate

Description: Aspire is a confident individual, having broken his sword in training and still eager to take on any challenge presented to him. He works nonstop to be the best he possibly can, often trying to learn from his mistakes, as well as those of his enemies. Aspire's broken sword may allow for quick swings, but he lacks any real range until his Perseverance skill is used, and though he is capable of debuffing his enemies, he is still inexperienced, leading his own stats to start fairly low.

Posture: Aspire starts with Novitiate on his back, handle closest to his left shoulder. When equipping, Aspire grabs the handle with his right hand and swings the sword across his torso, spinning it on his right side. When idle, Aspire crouches on his left leg with Novitiate pointed forward. When running, Aspire holds his arms back and angles Novitiate towards the ground. When unequipping, Aspire switches Novitiate to his left hand and places it back in its original position.

Novitiate is a bronze shortsword, the top half of the blade broken off. Color 1 changes nothing. Color 2 determines the color of Aspire's skill effects.

Standard Attack Combo: Aspire swings Novitiate straight down, followed by a slash to his right, then to his left, then a downward slash back to his right.

[PASSIVE] Honorbound - Aspire starts with .85 damage and defense, and .75 speed. Aspire gains a .6 defense buff for the duration of stuns/staggers.

[E] Copycat - Aspire's speed is debuffed by .4, but his damage and defense are buffed by a third of the closest enemy's current damage and defense.

[Z] Opportunity - Aspire lunges, thrusting Novitiate forward and dealing increased damage, plus a .1 defense debuff. If Perseverance is active, an energy beam is created, piercing enemies. This skill takes 12 mana and has a 5 second cooldown.

[X] Radial Strike - Aspire holds Novitiate to his right side and spins counter-clockwise, creating a ring that expands outward, damaging and debuffing enemy damage by .1. If Perseverance is active, the damage debuff is increased to .2, and a speed debuff of .1 is added as well. This skill takes 25 mana and has an 8 second cooldown.

[C] Movement Reading - Aspire runs his hand upward along the length of Novitiate's blade and points forward. 35% of all melee damage is returned to the attacker for 8 seconds. Perseverance adds an AoE with moderate knockback. This skill takes 35 mana and has an 18 second cooldown.

[V] Perseverance - Aspire swings his sword to his left and hits himself in the shoulder, damaging and staggering himself. When he stands, he stomps on the ground, creating a small and AoE, as well as forming the top half of Novitiate's blade with energy. Perseverance lasts 30 seconds, and adds .45 to all of Aspire's stats, a damaging arc that travels outward on standard attacks, and effects to his skills. This skill takes 50 mana and has a 50 second cooldown. 