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Published: 2012-10-20 22:09:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 61357; Favourites: 431; Downloads: 290
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So when WoL came out, I was surprised they didn't do anything with the idea of a High Templar and Dark Templar merging. I thought of a bunch of ideas for what this could do, but in the end they were too weird and not practical. Please share any cool ideas.Related content
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Khalai generally build in light blues and golds. Dark templar usually use dark tones of purple, black, blue, and turquoise (though of course the rule isn't absolute).
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Ohh, I see, you're talking about the colors. I was thinking more of the overall shapes and design.
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well in my opinion these guys can act as the really powerful yet unstable type;
- Void shift = enables them to teleport to any REVEALED areas (that means near any allied force; should be researched at Templar Archive)
- Psionic strike/Ambush = targets onto the single enemy; makes them cloaked until they reach the target, and when reached, they slash at the target(melee), dealing about 200 dmg
- Psio-cloud = makes a wide dark cloud which slowly eats the health of infantry/light units, eventually killing them (doesnt work for heavy)
- Self-destruction = when activated, the vindicator stays at its place for 4 seconds (they can be shut down if killed during this stage) then explodes, dealing 400 dmg (4-4-grid) to both enemy and allied force
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How about something like immolation?
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this defiantly should be in game, also soo you could bring back the mind control power form starcrfaft brood war! i like taking the drones and Terran scvs and making my own mixed army!
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I have to post.
Since they are two different templars merged together, as people have already stated, it should be an unstable merging. They (referring to the Dark High Archon) should be also quite powerful, their attack doing high splash damage and leaving an area of effect which burns in dark energies, damaging passing units. Their active abilities could be draining their own shield (instead of energy, which should remain always full, Archon's quote "Energy never dies" / www.youtube.com/watch?feature
TL; DR version - Power Overwhelming, all your bases are belong to us.
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Since the merging could be very unstable, it could be a sort of very powerful suicide bomber.
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That's an idea, but I think suicide attacks is more zerg style.
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"The creation of an archon is a serious affair for it requires the reluctant sacrifice of valuable Templars for a short-term gain."
When Templar merge it's pretty much a death sentence. So the idea of a suicide Archon isn't too far fetched in the lore, I'd atleast like to see it in campaign.
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it kinda reminds me of a Transformer like Shockwave or soundwave but very cool regardless
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Not to be confused with this [link] guy.
ARCHON... *drools*
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maybe some kind of paladin class, making nearby protoss attacks stronger while nearby enemies do slightly less damage? and maybe a bounce attack, like the mutalisks have. with these abilities it would be like an anti infantry specialist, but since its a powerful being maybe it should have something with a bit more punch in it? just some thoughts. great artwork, you've really captured the feel of raw power in an archon
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Cool idea! Thanks for the comment.
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That looks..... sooooooo damn cool........
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Psi storm attacks that decloak all in their range
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If I could get something of a reference of the various powers between the two Templar forms, I may be able to think up some ideas for its abilities.
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Finally! Purple was right colour too. I always thought something like charging up an ally with void powers, 50% increase in speed and damage. Also a dark strom that drains energy as well as dealing damage like psi storm.
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Interesting, very simple yet great ideas.
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Ah. Another godlike work by Phill. Well done : )
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Woah, nice. Though for me, it looks more like a Hybrid.
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I can see that. Reminds me, I'll be doing a hybrid Hydralisk. : )
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Oooh. I'll look forward to that.
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groovy, but i doubt it can be more menacing than a burning red effigy of a dark archon :b if we look at Ulrezaj, for example, i think he was able to crush a whole battlecruiser or so
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btw, i like the idea of a purple plasma cloud
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: D Cause red and blue make... green. Purple.. I mean purple.
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lol.. speakin' of colors, i remember one of them blizzard jokers created a rainbow archon in one map.... xD
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There was talk among the developers to put in a vindicator in sc2 which is a heavy weapons specialist on the groud carrying a large plasma weapon. However there was also the idea of the twilight archon which is a merge of dark and high templars.
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Yea, some people mentioned those on reddit.
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I'm thinking of this like a dark version of a high templar, so here's my ideas:
Overload: (50 Energy); The vindicator sends out energy lashes to a unit with energy and causes the target unit to gain 50 energy. If the target unit's energy exceeds maximum capacity, the unit loses all energy and the surrounding units (1-2 grids) take half as much damage as the energy lost. The target itself doesn't take damage. Can also target allied units with the same effects.
Retribution: (75 Energy) Targets a FF sized area of allied units. If any of the targeted units dies in the next 18 seconds it explodes, dealing damage to all adjacent enemies equal to the value of the damage that killed it (I.E. if a marine kills a target unit, all adjacent enemies take 6-9 damage, if a siege tank kills a targeted unit, all adjacent enemies take 35+ damage).
Mark for Death: (125 Energy) Targets a single enemy. Two floating blades appear next to the target, each having as much health, attack speed, and damage per attack as a dark templar. The blades last until killed or for 30 seconds. They initially target the selected enemy, but begin attacking other hostiles if they finish their target. They do not clip with ground units (can stack and move through units). Cannot be controlled beyond the initial target.
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Oh sweet, these are the most original idea's I've heard yet. I really like the Overload and Mark for Death abilities.
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Making everything revenge/punishment for hubris based was the idea.
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give it maelstrom from BW and a stalker range attack that hits one target and does bonus damage to mech.
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Legacy of the Void. Just wait :3
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Very nice drawing. I would think of this as being a moderately fast moving unit (Stalkerish speed maybe) with a very powerful beam attack that would work like that of a Hellion, piercing multiple targets in a line. Low hp, high dps and possibly good spells (something like a Vortex that explodes, but is escapable if you're fast enough perhaps?), but expensive. Either 1 HT and 1 DT, or two of both, but a significantly more powerful version.
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