Unique Combat Role Ideas?

[Quintus]

So currently in my game I have 4 playable characters, your party members are the traditional Attacker/Healer/Tank and your character has customizable stats and can learn any skill in the game but can only equip 6 at once. There is a 5th character who I'm thinking about making playable, but I have no idea what kind of gameplay role they would fill besides just making a duplicate or hybrid class, but if I do add them I'd like to do something more unique. If anyone has ideas I'd love to hear them.

 

[albert-youkai]

prinny class

 

[KillerPixEEL]

Butcher class... can consume enemies health. can create items and buffs, from enemy corpses. Goes into berserk hunger mode if he doesn't consume flesh... The Gluton!

 

[NinjaKittyProductions]

Well... you said you already have a tank/healer/attacker(DPS).

I like @spitzfire1985 Butcher idea a lot.

You could have a warlock and uses their own HP as a mana source and spends their time debuffing enemies. Not necessarily damaging but debilitating them. The warlock could also have a party heal that heals everyone but him. Mind you spells take his HP to cast.

 

[TheoAllen]

Pick any of these stereotypes/templates

• Support (Buffer) = the main gimmick is to increase the performance of the party (can be an attack, regen, immunity)
• Support (Debuffer) = the main gimmick is to reduce the enemy performance
• Attacker (Crowd control) = the main gimmick is to control the crowd like AoE, stuns,
• Attacker (Nuker) = the main gimmick is to deal a huge single damage
• Niche use = Performs better when a certain condition applies. e.g, damage increased based on the enemy's agility.

 

[ultrament2]

So you have your party.
You have your Attacker (Melee/Magical)
You have your Healer (Item/Magical)
You have your Tank (Physical/Magical)
You have your Jack of All Trades
But what do you add to round out the party?

Ideas:
--- MP Battery (Support)
Shares MP with everyone + utilizes MP reserves, has high MP reserve.
--- Breaker
Debuffs are just as valuable as Buffing. This is self-explanatory, because it functions similarly to the Buffer.
--- TP Generator
Just accumulates tons of TP and lets it loose ASAP. If your game doesn't use a third bar, ignore this.

 

[OldVoidknight]

Sounds like your party could be missing a Rogue (Jack of all Trades/Buffer/Support Guy).

 

[Kes]

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