Leaping into Action!

plainwhitebread

While Heavy Weapons has a nice splash damage lunge in Vicious Descent, I think other melee sets could use one as well. Keep the increased recharge time/energy use versus single-target lunges, but I think it'd help a lot of melee tanks gather aggro better with a mighty spring into action that gets the attention it needs.

A lot of these will sound similar, but it's in the spirit of requiring as few new assets as possible. No need to make a bunch of new animations when the game has some very serviceable ones to fit the role.

Might: Recycle Havoc Stomp's charged animation into a lunging ground-stomp with severe knockdown capability for hitting airborne targets; works great with Nailed to the Ground.

Earth: Similar to Might, but with stone effects upon landing.

Ice: Earth's jump, but with ice effects surrounding the player upon impact.

Martial Arts: Probably the most challenging to do, but it could use the animation from Laser Sword's Meltdown, as that is an air-to-ground attack as well. Could be used unarmed, or with weapons like it is now.

roughbearmattach

+1

I sometimes take the HW version, with an Imaginary Weapon skin, on other melee toons.

herodad1

fighting claws needs a good leap attack too.