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Original X-Man, Apocalypse’s first and most deadly horseman, Death, and just an all around bad Language!, Warren Worthington III is long overdue to be playable in Marvel Heroes and I’m going to hopefully give some insight as to how awesome he could be.

Before I start there’s one detail that has to be agreed upon before we can go too far. How do we represent both his forms. There’s a few options, personally I think it would be great if along with the release of Angel we saw the chance to have two costumes equipped to be able to choose your representation when using powers in each form. As that could be difficult, my more simple answer for now is just to have costumes be costumes and have his wings change in relation to those powers. This may cause some new combos (Angel in his Original 5 outfit but with metal wings what! Or X-Force Archangel with feathered wings How!) but it will solve most of the headaches.
Now that that is cleared up, on to the powers!

LIFE TREE

1) Swooping Strikes

Spirit Spender – Repeatedly swoop in and out of combat on a single target striking as you pass and mixing in punches and combos. Think Nova’s Cosmic Combo, and Nightcrawler’s Brimstone Beatdown animated to perfection. Smooth Swooping Awesomeness.

2) Cheyafarim Blood

Your typical defensive passive with an active. Health, Defense rating, Life Regen (Doubled under 30%). If you are defeated resurrect with full HP and Spirit (3-5 min CD) Active: CC Break and temporary immunity, Doubles the Life Regen and resurrects one nearby fallen ally. (10-15 sec CD)

3) Dive Bomb
(Implement as Team-Up Power Angel Dive) Plummet into enemy formations dealing AoE damage.

4) Wing Buffet
(Implement as current Team-Up Power Gale Force) Create a huge gust of wind with your wings knocking down enemies in a cone in front of you. If specced Angel causes projectile damage to be reduced by 25%.

5) Flanked From Above (ANGEL/HYBRID SPEC ONLY SIGNATURE)
Lift off and repeatedly dive bomb the battlefield dealing a large screenwide AoE for 4 hits. This area can be moved to a similar speed as Magneto during his sig.

6) Sky High

Show your foes why you are the master of the sky. Lift off into the sky (now at the height of the Angel team up) becoming invulnerable for 5 seconds. This power locks out most other powers for the duration. Those that it does not lock out are changed to compliment your new vantage point. Example: Angel (Light) tree changes Wing Buffet into a channeled ability and Archangel (Death) tree changes Flechette Volley into a fly by coating the screen in razor feathers from above over 3 passes(think his assist in the X-Men game for Sega Genesis)

This power will act as a mini sig CD power. This power also could be turned into a secondary resource bar if that sounds like a better option but I like it as an on demand invulnerability or mini sig.

DEATH TREE

7) Cull the Meek
Melee (Winged Melee) Spirit Spender – Relentlessly combo your foe with your razor sharp wings

8) Righteous Fury
(Current Angel Team-Up Sig) Reworked as a no CD ability to bounce between enemies with incredible speed. (Could also replace the Angel only signature and remain a sig)

9) Flechette Volley
Fling a volley of your toxin-coated feathers at enemies, stunning and weakening them. (Similar animation to Gambit’s Royal Flush as far as gameplay)

10) “DIE!” (ARCHANGEL/HYBRID ONLY SPEC SIGNATURE)
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this should fire a thousand feathers. (Think Cyclops Signature for damage and aiming)

11) Wing-capitate
Cleave foes around you with a vicious scissor like cut with your wings. Leaving behind a flurry of razor feathers acting as a DoT. If you are specced “Apocalypse Strain” (Archangel Only) this power now has an execute mechanic.

AVENGING ANGEL TREE

12) Rapid Advance
Warren’s “dash” power. This power applies a stackable bleed power if specced Archangel and gives a damage bonus for 6 seconds if specced Angel.

13) Flight
Travel Power – Free and restores spirit. Passive: Reduces Damage Taken by 15%. Evade – 8% chance to avoid damage completely.

14) Gold Team/X-Force
Famous for teamwork, fly off screen and back on carrying in a random member of the X-Men Gold Team or Uncanny X-Force. (60 second CD and functions like She-Hulk Surprise Witness)

15) Recklessness
Buff Power – 10 Second Duration – 40 Second CD Gain Brutal Strike and Brutal Strike Damage Rating and Life on Hit. If specced Archangel this Life on Hit becomes a passive and the active Life on Hit is doubled.

16) Fortune 500 CEO
+Credit Find and Rare Item Find. Being a Billionaire has its advantages.

17) Essence Reading

Damage Passives Ability that unlocks the choice of 3 specs (to follow) Gives Damage Rating, Crit Hit, and Crit Damage Rating. Increases movement speed (by 15-20%) and converts all movement speed into damage rating. (Snakeroot Relics your time has come!) Active: 10% Vulnerability and 10% Weaken on targets.

THE SPECS - For the sake of simplicity in my explanation if specced as Angel only, the spirit bar is white and called Light Energy. If specced Archangel, its red, and called Death Energy. If Hybrid Specced it will be split 50/50 Life and Death Energy. (details to follow)

Aerial Adaptation (Angel Only Form) – Permanently allows Angel to move at Flight/Travel Speed, Raise his hover level (Higher than Magneto/Lower than his Team-Up), Reduces damage taken from Melee Powers only by an additional 15%. Doubles the damage rating given from movement speed. Causes Wing Buffet to reduce Projectile damage by 25%. Unlocks LIFE tree signature, increases its damage by 200% and locks DEATH tree signature. This spec will also lock most DEATH powers (WIP)

Apocalypse Strain (Archangel Only Form) – 10% Increased Movement Speed. Flechette Volley, Cull the Meek, and Rapid Advance now apply a stackable bleed. Increases area of effect of Wing-Capitate and makes it an execute. Increased Projectile Deflection and Defense. Unlocks DEATH tree signature and increases its damage by 200%. Locks LIFE tree signature. This spec will also lock most LIFE powers (WIP)

Inner Struggle (Hybrid Angel/Archangel Spec) – Grants access to all powers and the use of both signatures. Changes Warren’s Spirit bar into split Life and Death energy. As you use each resource they overtake the resource bar. Once the bar is completely filled with Death Energy you gain a % damage increase and attack speed for 10 seconds. When the buff expires all Life Powers will deal increased damage until you fill the bar with Light Energy. At this point you will heal yourself and allies and provide a team buff. I envision this as a ping ponging type management. Still a WIP.

18) Ascension – ULTIMATE POWER
Lift off high and crash down into the ground in a huge damage packet explosion as you lose control (leaving feathers floating all around in the aftermath). Upon landing gain a buff for 15 seconds. All hits becomes Brutal Strikes (or maybe just all crits become brutals) and gain 100% movement and attack speed.

Synergies: 5% Movement Speed 5% Brutal Damage

Other moves to consider:

Lift and Drop, Any and all of his light/energy powers that manifested after his life seed rebirth (Energy Blasts, Creating Energy Weapons like a Light Sword), Fencing Powers, Cosmically Enhanced Wings (All New X-Men)

For the purpose of this theorycrafting I also purposely left out basic attacks as those are a no brainer to be included. They could (for example) be melee related, movement related, and a basic feather fling for a ranged basic.

Also this build is based around current tech in game. I'd love for it to be the launch of cool new flight based combat tech for both Archangel and Falcon as newer characters. This could then be passed on other characters who are often seen as fighting from the air. (Human Torch, Storm for example)