Boreas by AtomicPie525

What type of god am I going for?

I knew going in that I wanted the God of the North wind to be a guardian with powerful slows and a sort of dynamic wind wall.

From there, I originally thought Boreas was going to be a kind of supporty guardian as opposed to a front-line guardian. I wanted a whole map, global ult that can be used to help team mates even if you aren't anywhere near your allies, old school Terra ult style. As much as I liked my whole map blizzard that slowed and damaged enemies, there were better ideas to come to mind.

After Fleshing out the rest of his kit, Boreas became a front-line powerhouse with lots of control. This called for a change in his ultimate to fit the new play-style.


What can Boreas do?



To start off, make sure you understand the way these abilities are designed to work. If Chilling Winds is used correctly, most likely in conjunction with the natural walls of the map, or even something like a Yemoja, it allows for Boreas to get relative ease in hitting most-all of Winter's Chill. If all goes as planned, you will have either a stunned god or one that is ripe for the stunning. If you have been consistently attacking an enemy before doing this combo, either with basics or your other abilities, they will more than likely be stunned out of Winter's Chill. Otherwise, they will be close enough that you should be able to use Breath of the North Wind to finish off the deed and set them up for (hopefully) a hasty death by your carry.

That is the general idea of how Boreas sets himself up deal his damage and apply his stun.

Another combo that should prove quite pertinent would be to use Chilling Winds, Breath of the North, then Wrath of the North Wind. While using his ultimate in the same area that is taken up by Breath of the North, Boreas should be able to stun many enemies all at once. all while causing chaos amongst them.

From my exploration into depictions of Boreas, I've found that he is often winged, or sometimes part horse? Not sure 100% how that works as it never said centaur from what I saw. I would probably go with a winged character that might end up having a similar skeletal appearance to that of Horus, but some key differences would be in the animations as well as Boreas would have a more Greek feel to him as far as decor. As of right now, I have nothing as far as art for Boreas, but I plan on coming up with some if I have the time, or if I can make it look half decent, so we will see about that.

Part of making him a winged figure would allow for him to use them throughout his abilities and basic attacks, which may even get a special chain, I haven't decided yet on that.

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Perhaps I've said most of what there is to say above in the initial concepts section, but I am overall happy with this kit and I think it would work in game. I'm curious to see what other people think about it, especially in the terms of balancing.

Please let me know what you think could be improved upon, and if you're interested, I do also have another god concept, Itztlacoliuhque, an assassin.

From what I can tell, that's that. Hope you liked it!