Kunoichi: Idea for a Distaff Counterpart Class to Samurai

#1

Just an idea fielded about in the Hunting Grounds Discord when we were discussing the history & nature of the game’s DLCs and how Samurai is lacking a companion like Viking has Valk.

Female Predator who hunted in Feudal Japan alongside the Samurai as his distaff counterpart akin to how Valkyrie exists as the Viking’s distaff counterpart. Took up the design elements of a Kunoichi, Female Ninja, to contrast with Samurai adopting the appearance & customs of the humans he hunted at the time. Built for Hit & Run engagements with a focus on Gear usage to create chaos & openings.

Stats consist of…

Health - 1200 HP.
Stamina - 4 Bars
Speed - 4 Bars
Energy - Very low. Maybe about the same or even less than Scout. Would be a valuable resource to balance as she couldn’t maintain thermal or cloak for very long.
Sound Isolation - Slightly below average. Not as long lasting as Hunter’s Sound Iso, but more than Valkyrie’s Sound Iso.

Natural Perks consist of…

Light Foot - 25% less noise when walking, sprinting & moving through trees.
Branch Master - Faster Movement Speed in Trees.

But Kunoichi would also take 10% more damage from Fireteam Melee attacks.

Specialisations Kunoichi would have access to include…

Disciplined - Removes clicking whilst Cloaked.
Ghost - 30% more melee damage whilst Cloaked.
Tactician - Increased damage against enemies that are Trapped, Netted or Interacting.

Kunoichi would have…

15 Gear Points
8 Perk Points

Kunoichi would bring with her 2 New Gear Items for Preds & 1 New Melee Weapon.

Shurikens - Throwable Ninja Stars like those seen in AVP & AVP:R. Probably only carry 6 of them at a time. Large Pouch would increase that to 12. Deals 20 damage per hit. Costs 4 Gear Points to carry.
Smoke Bomb - Throwable device which engulfs a large area in Smoke to block Fireteam’s line of sight and confuse & disorientate them. Would last for 20 seconds each. Can only carry 4 at a time. 6 with Large Pouch. Costs 5 Gear points to Carry.
Dual Wakizashis - A Yautja variant of the Japanese Short Sword akin to the Samurai’s Katana. Incredibly fast hitting but eats through stamina equally fast meaning they are best used in quick in & out flourishes whilst the FT is disorientated from Kunoichi’s use of gear items. Final hit of the combo would apply Bleed. Would lack a heavy attack.

So Kunoichi would be a fast paced class that would revolve around heavy usage of Gear items to confuse & disorientate the Fireteam whilst also having fantastic stealth options via their access to Disciplined & a natural Built-In perk of Light Foot which would reduce all the noise they make by moving at around 25%. They would have to balance their incredibly low Energy reserves & Health by making use of their incredible speed, ability to mess with the FT in a variety of ways through their gear options and focus on quick Hit & Run ambushes because in a straight fight or when caught off guard they could be melted due to a lack of defence & low Plasma Caster usage due to low Energy.

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#2

Female samurai Predator with rope dart weapon and disk launcher plz and thank you

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#3

I’d almost say the Shurikens could be their own ranged weapon.

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#4

mass-effect-shepard

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#5

For the melee weapon, are you suggesting something like the Japanese naginata? If so, I’d prefer something like the glaive from Predator: Concrete Jungle (see below). It could function more or less the same as the combi-stick, but with the sword’s bleed effect.

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#6

yo could we have predator from the franchise/comics/video games. something unique, and not based on human civilization for once.

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#7

The idea I was suggesting for a Kunoichi’s Melee weapon was a pair of short swords that the Pred would dual wield. It’s the go to weapon for Female Ninjas as a Naginata is not really something you’d see a Kunoichi fight with, you’re more likely to see a Shrine Maiden use one of those.

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#8

Scar; Celtic & Mr Black have been found in the files for months. This is merely a suggestion for a Female Counterpart to the Samurai to round Sam out like how Viking got to have a partner DLC through Valkyrie. If you think Historical Preds are a problem, I’ve got bad news for you. Cleo, the Pred who bested Dutch in the audio tapes, is coming in August and we know of a “Tiki” Pred in the game files too.

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#9

I agree with everything but perk points and maybe increase energy to scout energy

#10

The idea was that a potential Kunoichi class would have low energy & low perk points to balance out her having 15 Gear Points, fast speed & high stamina and her natural ability to make less noise than other Preds in the game. Like if she can have 15 gear points, i think anything more than 8 perk points could make her too powerful. Her gameplay style would generally revolve around using her superior stealth to set up ambushes, throw down smoke bombs to blind & confuse the fire team and cover the area in an advantageous effect for her, before throwing in a few shurikens to soften FT up and then jumping in with her Wakizashi to very quickly down one or two people from behind before leaping away and taking up another vantage whilst being cloaked & quiet so that FT lose track and she can set up another attack.

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#12

I’d rather have 12 gear points in that case if it means i get more perk points 😂

#13

Durbs: refuses to talk about or play PHG
Also Durbs: talks on forums
Me: visible confusion

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#14

The problem is you talk about PHG to a annoying amount every time you join the party it’s “oh my predator match went bla bla bla” or “ did you hear on the forums” and after all of that you do this in the fucking ARK chat go to the countless PHG dedicated chats if that’s all you wanna talk about that stuff
Everyone is tired of your shit I’ve muted you every time you joined because I know that’s what the conversation devolves into

#15

You two wanna take this somewhere else?

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#16

I’m very sorry about that
If this conversation becomes longer I’ll take it elsewhere

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#17

Well i mainly talked to Davy about it

#20

That’s a cool concept you’ve got right there, buddy.

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#21

So instead of just gender swapping like you can the default predators, you wanna have them make ANOTHER gender swap DLC we have to pay for? Allllllllrighty then

#22

Preach