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[IamanElfCollaborator]

i'm not tharja

[Adragis]

im elf

no
I wil not acep u as senpi

[Sl4cker]

i'm not tharja

that's like me saying i'm not henry

[IamanElfCollaborator]

no
you're henry
i'm shipper not yander

[Empiricist]

Hey Emp, what if you gave me a pool of actions to pull from for Chryssa?

Okay, time for the obligatory Perk fixing and chastising on blowing Perk slots on static bonuses.

• Never Give Up: Probably ought to be more powerful. Maybe with 50% HP rather than 20%, or having additional benefits. Because Mio's Perk, Try Not To Give Up brings her back at 50% HP, in Mankai Mode at the cost of a 2 turn stun after it ends. Still, the stun is probably more because it automatically activates Mankai Mode than the higher health percentage.
  
• Aura Strength: Might have looked like a good pick at Level 1, but already hurtling towards obsoletion right now. It needs to scale with something. Perhaps Level, or RES (giving a bit of synergy with Energy Redirection), or Aura's RES bonus (seeing as it auto-levels and probably can't be removed).
  
• My Soundtrack Is Intense: Well, something that basically gives a bonus so long as the GM isn't feeling lazy is odd to say the least, not that I have a problem with that of course; needs to scale with something though, perhaps Level.
  
• Energy Redirection: Going to side with Elf on this, it seems quite iffy, seeing as its buildup is impaired by its own primary effect, and may eventually become obsolete due to its fixed cap, though that'd probably be far further in the future. Still, if it gets a scaling clause for its cap, it could still pay off very nicely seeing as it gives you a unique resource to spend.
  

Okay, so unlike for Alanis, I'll be grouping these into groups of related Actions and Perks. I didn't do that for Alanis because the only two groups would have been "Kinetic Shell", "Not Kinetic Shell", and "ItE x Alanis x Kinetic Shell OT3"

For reference, the higher the version number of a mechanical description, the weaker it is, but the more likely it is to be approved. So aim for the lowest one possible. Ones followed by letters indicate a "fork" wherein there are multiple possible ways of implementing it for that version, with different letters denoting different implementations. As with Alanis' stuff, I might add more stuff later if I get any more ideas.

Spoiler: Possible Actions (click to show/hide)

This group of actions focuses on the use of Free Actions that empower Chryssa's attacks in exchange for inflicting recoil damage. Which really, isn't that much of a problem for her thanks to her having high RES, Energy Redirection, and Relentless.

Breaking Point Acts as a damage boost that, at lower Energy Point quantities acts to build them up before the enemies have really dealt much damage and the medics are free to heal her. At higher Energy Point quanitities, the damage shouldn't matter as much. Pandaemonium is a more potent damage boost that doubles as a surefire way to build up Energy Points regardless of how high Chryssa's current RES is. Stop Hitting Yourself takes the previous two actions, and any other similar equipment effects, and weaponizes it for considerable burst damage.

• Breaking Point (Free Action): Chryssa augments her attack with so much Dust that the sheer force of the recoil harms her.
  
  • v1.0: Increase the Physical Damage of Chryssa's attack. Chryssa takes Physical Damage as a Recoil Effect. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases both the Boost and Recoil Effects.
    
  • v1.8: Increase the Physical Damage of Chryssa's attack. Chryssa takes Physical Damage as a Recoil Effect. Has Cooldown. Boost and Recoil Effects are proportional to Energy Points spent on it. Leveling up increases both the Boost and Recoil Effects.
    
• Pandaemonium (Free Action): Chryssa loads her attack with Chaos Dust, greatly increasing the potency of her attack at the cost of harming herself and her Aura.
  
  • v1.0: Add Magical Damage proportional to the Physical Damage dealt by Chryssa's attack. As a Recoil Effect, Chryssa's RES is halved for the turn, she takes Pure Damage, and all other damage from Recoil Effects becomes Pure. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases both the Boost and Recoil Effects.
    
  • v1.8: Add Magical Damage proportional to the Physical Damage dealt by Chryssa's attack. As a Recoil Effect, Chryssa's RES is halved for the turn, she takes Pure Damage, and all other damage from Recoil Effects becomes Pure. Has Cooldown. Boost and Recoil Effects are proportional to Energy Points spent on it. Leveling up increases both the Boost and Recoil Effects.
    
• Stop Hitting Yourself (Free Action): Using her Semblance, Chryssa redirects her weapon's recoil, channeling it into her attack instead.
  
  • v1.0: Remove all Recoil Effects from Chryssa's attack. Raise the power of the attack further, proportional to the severity of the removed effects. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases the Boost Scaling.
    
  • v1.5a: Remove all Recoil Effects from Chryssa's attack. Raise the power of the attack further, proportional to the severity of the removed effects. Has Cooldown. Costs Energy Points. Leveling up increases the Boost Scaling.
    
  • v1.5b: Reduce the severity of the Recoil Effects from Chryssa's attack. Raise the power of the attack further, proportional to the severity of the dampened effects. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases the Recoil Effect Dampening and Boost Scaling.
    
  • v2.0: Reduce the severity of the Recoil Effects from Chryssa's attack. Raise the power of the attack further, proportional to the severity of the dampened effects. Has Cooldown. Costs Energy Points. Leveling up increases the Recoil Effect Dampening and Boost Scaling.
    
  • v2.2: Reduce the severity of the Recoil Effects from Chryssa's attack. Raise the power of the attack further, proportional to the severity of the dampened effects. Has Cooldown. Costs Energy Points, Recoil Effect Dampening is proportional to Energy Points spent on it. Leveling up increases the Energy Point Efficiency and Boost Scaling.
    
  • v?.?c: Look at one of the above versions. Take a Perk, and make it grant it as an abnormally powerful Action. Milk it for as much you you can.
    

This group of actions revolves around tanking attacks and deriving benefit from it. Take One For The Team is just a reflavored Calm Vigil (hence why I didn't even bother giving it alternate versions), the idea is that not only is Chryssa tanky enough, unlike Yuko she'll be able to profit from it as well.

Defiant Roar counters with a debuff that benefits from Threatening Roar being leveled up; the reworked Retaliation is designed to work better with how tanky Chryssa is now, by scaling with the damage absorbed rather than the damage taken. Mitigate turns attacks into barrages of weaker attacks, letting Chryssa absorb even more damage and further raising the chances of activating Defiant Roar.

• Retaliation (Active): Chryssa redirects all the energy she just deflected into her weapon, preparing to unleash a powerful strike.
  
  • v1.0a: Chryssa strengthens her next attack proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
  • v1.0b: Chryssa strikes a foe who attacked her the previous turn with attack with power proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
  • v1.2a: Chryssa strengthens her next attack proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn. Costs Energy Points. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
  • v1.2b: Chryssa strikes a foe who attacked her the previous turn with attack with power proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn. Costs Energy Points. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
  • v1.2c: Chryssa strengthens her next attack proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
  • v1.2d: Chryssa strikes a foe who attacked her the previous turn with attack with power proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn. Costs Energy Points. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
  • v1.6a: Chryssa strengthens her next attack proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
  • v1.6b: Chryssa strikes a foe who attacked her the previous turn with attack with power proportional to the total amount of damage she RES rolls absorbed the previous turn Costs Energy Points. Has Cooldown. Leveling up increases scaling.
    
• Take One For The Team (Active): Chryssa siphons energy from incoming attacks, letting the stolen power crash against her Aura instead.
  
  • v1.0: A percentage of damage taken by allies for one turn is taken by Chryssa instead and reduced against her RES. Disallows Consecutive Use. Leveling up drains more damage or confers a RES bonus.
    
• Defiant Roar (Passive): Chryssa roars in defiance after being struck, unnerving her assailant.
  
  • v1.0a: After taking a hit, Chryssa has a chance to counter with Threatening Roar at increased power but only targeting the foe who harmed her. Leveling up increases the power increase and/or the chance.
    
  • v1.0b: After taking a hit, Chryssa has a chance to counter with Threatening Roar. Leveling up increases the power increase and/or the chance, and allows this to stack more times.
    
  • v1.0c: After taking a hit, Chryssa has a chance to counter with a roar that increases all damage taken by the foe who harmed her next turn. Power is proportional to the effect of Threatening Roar. Leveling up increases the scaling and/or the chance.
    
• Mitigate (Free Action): Chryssa splits the energy of incoming attacks, making them easier to siphon.
  
  • v1.0: All incoming attacks are split in two attacks each at 60% damage. Has Cooldown.  Leveling up increases the amount of splits.
    

The next few actions are just miscellanious.

Mistakes Were Made is a replacement for Retaliation if that is going to be nerfed. It keeps the enormous damage output, and makes it mesh well with her now high RES; at the cost of being an enormous risk and basically requiring a healer should the resulting attack fail to end the battle.

Blood Bath provides synergy between Ripping Strike and Combo-Break, using the aftermath of the former to enhance the latter. This is especially useful if Chryssa were to upgrade it or get equipment that has a chance of performing some sort of beneficial effect with each hit.

• Mistakes Were Made (Active): A daredevil move wherein Chryssa rushes in for an attack and makes a controlled mishap leaving her completely open for an attack.
  
  • v1.0: Chryssa's target has their next attack redirected at her. All her RES rolls for this turn are ignored for purposes of damage calculation (but still made). If she would have survived with those RES rolls, her HP will not be able to fall to below 1. Next turn, if she attacks that target, she deals extra damage proportional to the damage she recieved the previous turn. Has Cooldown. Leveling up raises scaling.
    
  • v1.5: Chryssa's target has their next attack redirected at her. If she survives the turn, her remaining HP is set to 1, regardless of how little damage she took. Next turn, if she attacks that target, she deals extra damage proportional to the damage she recieved the previous turn (setting HP to 1 is not considered damage). Has Cooldown. Leveling up raises scaling.
    
  • v2.0: Chryssa's target has their next attack redirected at her. If she survives the turn, her remaining HP is set to 1 and she loses all her Energy Points, regardless of how little damage she took. Next turn, if she attacks that target, she deals extra damage proportional to the damage she recieved the previous turn (setting HP to 1 is not considered damage). Has Cooldown. Leveling up raises scaling.
    
• Blood Bath (Passive): Redirecting the kinetic energy of her target's arterial spray, Chryssa cloaks herself with the scarlet spray, using it as an opportunity to strike more times before breaking off without a single stain on her.
  
  • v1.0: Increase the number of Combo-Break hits if it is used on a foe Bleeding from Ripping Strike. Leveling up grants more extra hits and/or gives a damage boost.
    
  • v1.5: Increase the damage and number of Combo-Break hits if it is used on a foe Bleeding from Ripping Strike, but removes the Bleeding effect. Leveling up grants more extra hits and/or damage boost.
    

[Adragis]

no
you're henry
i'm shipper not yander

me on the other hand :3c

[IamanElfCollaborator]

so go be yander mom to sb

[Twi]

best mom has arrived.

[Adragis]

best mom has arrived.

me :3c

[Powder Miner]

dayum empiricist, that is quite the analysis

[Sl4cker]

what do you call it when you have conflicting feelings towards ambitious perks and actions
you're empbivalent

[Empiricist]

The Recoil Effect build is vulnerable to damage-boosting or RES-lowering debuffs, as both those can make the Recoil Effects overpower Chryssa's RES so much that she's stuck between being locked down and actually having to cause significant self-harm to do more damage. Because I suspect that Stop Hitting Yourself's cooldown will be higher than that of the other two, meaning it can't cover them at all times, making it a "win more" ability than an inchpin, meaning if in such circumstances it can't be relied on for steady damage.

The Retaliate-Tank build is vulnerable to Pure and Indirect damage, as both will won't be able to power up Retaliate, and Mitigation will be locked down in either case as the total raw damage would be higher, making it a liability against Pure, and increase the chances of catching a nasty status effect from attacks that can inflict those, since it would raise the hits.

Mistakes Were Made with the "HP drops to 1, so long as you don't get knocked out" clause is even riskier and more rewarding than the v1.0; riskier because though it does prevent death from damage over time and whatnot, a counterattack or something that hits her after her attack but before she can be healed will knock her out immediately; more rewarding because Relentless will be guaranteed to be earning its keep, and something like a Red Tearstone Ring won't go amiss either. Blood Bath is obviously ineffective against enemies with Bleed resistance; abilities that kick in with each hit (such as a counter attack) would turn the volume of fire against her as well.
Unstated assumption is of-course infinite ammo. Otherwise Chaos Dust is too expensive to acquire. Though I'm pretty sure it's reasonable to expect the Multiverse to handle ammunition supply, I mean, it's not like anyone wants to go make a dedicated logistics character who sits at a desk all day crunching number and organizing supply lines Not to mention that Chryssa would be using it cautiously thanks to its internecine nature, I mean, what are the chances she'll just turn into Tony Montana or something and start snorting piles of Chaos Dust?
...And, Elf's about to start magically choking me with his tentacles through my laptop, isn't he?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

....
I'm considering it. I'm seriously considering it.

[Sl4cker]

....
I'm considering it. I'm seriously considering it.

you're empbivalent

[Shadestyle]

I'm just not going to question ammo so my phazon cannon keeps working.