Why would I ever use my damage dealer to remove Guard at the cost of my damage?

I just have a question, when using the skill Overpower, the animation that plays is the one chop uses, and I was just wondering if this was intended like the blow is so strong that the enemy falls all the way back or if it's just the wrong animation that plays?

jmmm, thanks

Updated for CoM. Damage and Crit adjusted. Purge has been reworked completely. Revenge effects adjusted.

Small adjustments but I am quite happy with Leper as he is. Eager to get to working on trinkets and camp skills soon enough

@xflamerx I don't see how leper can effectively target a hidden enemy. I did have intimidate remove guard before but that made it a straight superior bounty winter's rebuff. Though now it has no prot reduction i guess it could remove guard, but it's strong enough as is imo

Why Intimidate doesnt ignore/breaks stealth? :'c i likely more with spees debuff but i like the de-stealth vanillas one

Launch = the rank the Unit can use the ability from: position 4, 3, 2, and 1. For instance in vanilla Leper can use Solemnity in the front two ranks but i edited it to launch from the 3rd rank as well as 1 and 2.

What does "launch" mean?

Edit and that he's soooo slow. That's a weakness but Intimidate can sorta help that now.

Thanks for the comments! While those certainly would help the Leper it isn't exactly balanced. His only real weaknesses are low Acc, lack of direct damage to backrow, and can't reposition. With Revenge and Purge he can remove Acc issue and bring squishies up front so that already helps two of his issues. My Withstand also grants move res (like his vanilla solemnity) to mitigate the third weakness unless you got surprised. Imo he doesn't need more damage output potential so i never consider riposte on him. Again a movement ability would be great but I'm hesitant to add it and compromise balance and character design- I'd have to test it thoroughly.

Either HEW or CHOP would do.

I believe that a Forward 2-3 skill would be good, or even a riposte. This would give some better use to Leper as he IS put aside in these days...

Yeah I agree its fine as is, but i can't help but try to be more creative with my changes and ideas. Still don't fix it if it's not broken, right? Thanks for your input i didn't consider dark runs either so I'll keep diffirent playstyles in mind in the future.

I actually like revenge as it is now, because it allows to compensate the leper's crappy accuracy, i don't know if the 1.2 revenge might be good enough to warrant taking it, 10 stress on dark runs is not a thing you want on your skills

Here's a potential V 1.2 update idea. Let me know if it sounds like a good idea!

Revenge reworked. 1 use per turn does not end action. L 21 T Self. Buff Acc 10, 11, 13, 14, 15. Buff Dmg 15, 17, 19, 22, 25 (25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35). Buff Crit 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 (1-5). Self Dodge Debuff -10. Self inflict Stress 10.

It can be used as a quick buff as Leper gives into his sorrow and anger. Usable each turn if you don't mind 0 dodge and all the Stress. Think of it like a hybrid Abom transform and Jester Finale build up. Might need less Acc buff or slightly higher Stress penalty. Anyway is it an interesting idea to make Revenge even more competitive, or is he good now? Comment below! I won't change anything if no one shows interest in the proposal.

Finally the poor leper receives some love, it's hard recovering when you fall from god tier to better use someone else tier