 The Paragon Wiki Archive documents the state of City of Heroes/Villains as it existed on December 1, 2012.
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User:Elindor/Saibera
| Saibera | |
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| Details | |
| Gender | N/A (Female) |
| Archetype | Scrapper |
| Affiliation | Black Swan Exiles |
| Primary Powers | Claws |
| Secondary Powers | Super Reflexes |
Contents
Character History
Team Role
Saibera is the Black Swan Guardians' strongest Melee combatant. As an android, Saibera is also the primary hacker (Ruyumi is just as skilled, but the ability to interface cybernetically gives Saibera the edge).
Behind the Scenes
Concept
Saibera was designed because I liked the idea of a claw using Superhero, but didn't want to use a Wolverine clone, which eliminated Regeneration as the secondary powerset straight off the bat. The description of Claws as a fast attack powerset immediately led me to Super Reflexes as the secondary powerset.
Saibera's name was inspired by the original 3-blades Hero Claws design (this was before the introduction of Dual Blades). The play on words led me to the concept of an android, and the costume was designed around that - the costume is actually Saibera's body. There is one scheduled costume change in mind - swapping out the Exo-Proto set for the Vanguard armour set, once all the pieces are earned. I'm also debating swapping the Electricity Aura out for the Cyborg HUD.
Design Notes
The concept did vary a bit at first, and I've used a couple of freespecs on changes. Initially, Saibera was meant to use non-super Super Speed as her travel power (which would have freed up 2 power slots) - ultimately, Quickness and Swift did not give me sufficient speed boosts to make this viable, so I swapped Flight into the mix, adding the Tech Wings to match. Between Quickness and strategic Recharge Reduction enhancements, Saibera has Melee and Mid-Range attack chains set up with no recharge delays, and has sufficient accuracy buffs to be at hit cap against mobs up to 3 levels higher.
City of Heroes Design
Claws
- Strike
- Spin
- Follow Up
- Focus
- Eviscerate
- Shockwave
Super Reflexes
- Focused Fighting
- Focused Senses
- Agile
- Practiced Brawler
- Dodge
- Quickness
- Lucky
- Evasion
- Elude
Fitness
- Swift
- Health
- Stamina
Flight
- Hover
- Flight
Body Mastery
- Conserve Power
- Focused Accuracy
- Laser Beam Eyes
- Energy Torrent
Future Direction
Once Multi-Build becomes available, the secondary build will be a more team-oriented build. Conserve Power, Laser Beam Eyes and Energy Torrent will be dropped in preference of Challenge, Confront and Provoke to allow Saibera to act as a backup tank, and keep enemies off of the squishier archetypes. Otherwise, it's just going to be improving the IOs in powers.
Mutants and Masterminds
I have written up notes for Saibera's stats under Green Ronin's Mutants and Masterminds system - I just need to decide on a format (and learn more abut Wikimedia formatting)
