Here’s Battleborn number 40, Johan is a bagpipse playing Jennerit torturer.
Name: Johan. Johan is formerly a member of the Rogues who defected from the Peacekeepers to play in a band alongside SolDier J. The only caveat to him playing in the band was he liked playing the bagpipes. After several failures to get even one guest at performances, SolDier J had to fire Johan from his band. Strangely, a Jennerit spy had secretly watched Johan’s performance and nearly died of laughter, but saw merit in someone being so terrible at something that it could be used as a weapon of war. After a few years and several kidnappings later, Johan was brought before Spymaster Deande and she saw the same merit. Johan was given an upgraded prototype to his bagpipes and asked to be the entertainment for Thrall slaves. When he played, several hundred Thralls nearly died of internal combustion or gnawing their own limbs off. Deande’s merit payed off and Johan was given the job of musical torturer under Deande’s directive. Now that the Jennerit have been fractured by Rendain, Johan has joined with the Battleborn to help anyway he can, even if his version of help is to annoy all of his enemies. Ear plugs not included.
Role: Support/Agile/Controller
Weapon(s): Sound Amplification Directional Immobilizing Cannon, or the Super Pipes. The Super Pipes is a short range weapon which deals 22 damage every 0.5 seconds to enemies for as long as they are in range and causes them to lose their hearing. However, Johan can only use the Super Pipes for 5 seconds or he will run out of air and will need a few seconds to regain his energy before he can use it again.
Ability 1: Destructive Grace: Johan blows a powerful tune into the Super Pipes and knocks enemies back in a frontal cone, dealing 130 damage to enemies.
Ability 2: Harmonic Discord: Johan uses the Super Pipes to spur his teammates forward, increasing their movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds or for as long as they remain in Harmonic Discord’s area of effect.
Ultimate: Sound Amplifier: Johan overcharges his Super Pipes to increase the effective range of the Super Pipes for 8 seconds and causes enemies to be pulled in towards Johan’s attack.
Talent: Music to His Ears Only: As long as Johan is using the Super Pipes’ basic attack, he regenerates 13 health and shields per second.
Augmentation Paths: Annoying One and Crowd Displeaser
Annoying One Level 1: If Destructive Grace causes an enemy to collide with a part of the environment, they take increased damage. +12% damage taken with environment collision.
Level 2: Super Pipes can be used for two seconds longer before overheating.
Level 3: Super Pipes range is increased by 100%.
Level 4: Destructive Grace has increased range but deals 20% less damage. +100% range.
Level 5: Harmonic Discord’s duration is increased. +3 second duration.
Level 6: Super Pipes deals increased damage to impaired enemies. +15% increased damage.
Level 7: Destructive Grace causes a massive explosion if three or more enemies are hit by the blast, dealing an additional 173 damage.
Level 8: Super Pipes deals additional damage to enemies affected by friendly impairments. +12% additional damage.
Level 9: Harmonic Discord and Destructive Grace have a chance to reset their cooldowns whenever Johan reduces an enemy Battleborn’s health below 40% of their max health. 50% chance of ability reset.
Level 10: Sound Amplifier leeches health from enemies and transfers it to teammates. +30% life steal.
Crowd Displeaser Level 1: Harmonic Discord heals teammates for 86 health per second.
Level 2: Super Pipes overheating time is reduced by 35%.
Level 3: Super Pipes heals Johan for more health and shields per second. +5 health and shields per second.
Level 4: Destructive Grace slows enemies after they are knocked back. 3 second slow duration.
Level 5: Harmonic Discord’s movement speed is increased. +10% increased movement speed.
Level 6: Super Pipes recharge friendly teammates shields if they are within range of the ability. +21 teammate shield recharge per second.
Level 7: Harmonic Discord also slows affected enemies. 3 second slow duration.
Level 8: Super Pipes now leeches enemy health. +20% life steal.
Level 9: Teammates below 50% health gain overshields as long as they are affected by Harmonic Discord. 250 overshield for the ability’s duration.
Level 10: Music To His Ears Only now transfers to Johan’s teammates for the duration of Sound Amplifier and the effects are doubled.