So, for a little homecooked RPG of mine I'm making a couple of friends to tag along with my main Barbarian Hero. One is an Agility Hero, using the Demon Hunter model.
But what kind of class would an agile/nimble Barbarian be, exactly? A spellcaster Barbarian type would be easy enough to get around, just call it a Shaman, Druid or whatever, but what about an Agility Hero with that Demon Hunter theme?
Any ideas?
In primitive civilisations, the number 1 profession that involves agility is hunting. You could design the kit around stealth, entrapment, and taking out single targets. That's generally how assassin type characters are designed too, but you could center the kit around hunting/tracking based playstyle to drive home the hunter part. They'd typically wield spears and ranged weapons though. Glaives are kind of a "bullshit fantasy weapon", so it's hard to track that into anything real.
Alternatively, you can just work the design around the model. I had great success creating rogue-like heroes based on WoW Combat Rogues using the Demon Hunter model.
I'd give the Demon hunter a very large amount of mana, say 50.000, and then give him a mana regen that corresponds to 10% of that, so 5000 in this case. This makes his mana bar act more or less exactly like an Energy bar.
Then, I'd use the ability "Fan of Knives" for the basis of a melee attack. I'd limit it to 1 or 2 targets, remove any missile-related part of the mechanics, change the cast animation to Attack, and have a basic "slash nearby targets" spell, to dish out the majority of his damage. CC spells work very well in this kit. I'd often go for a stun on a long cooldown. A good idea for an ultimate spell, is something akin to "Adrenaline Rush" from WoW, which dramatically increases your energy regeneration for a short amount of time, making it possible to spam spells on your opponents.
There's other spells that fit this general theme very well, and it's really fun to play an energy-based hero in a Warcraft map imo.
