#Add a pet duck as a skill to fight alongside the beheaded

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nocturne pike
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Everyone knows ducks are the most fierce creatures on earth, they would probably need a nerf right from the get-go, but I believe they could eventually be balanced to where ducks could find their place in the world of Dead Cells. Here are a list of reasons as to why ducks would make a great companion:

  • They are adorable, which increases serotonin, which makes players more engaged.

  • They raise player morale.

  • As established already, they are very OP irl already.

  • They would be very fun for artists to design.

  • You could pet them, but in addition, you could also feed them seeds.

noble pecan
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obviously, this would be what you get from defeating the duck boss

nocturne pike
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#AddDuckPet

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hybrid geyser
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duck boss drop

woven verge
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teaser for duck boss

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like how the royal gardener was introduced in the BS and added as a boss in FF

rapid moon
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Scoot?

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nocturne pike
lusty fossil
lusty fossil
nocturne pike
woven verge
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Gravity Falls, but that’s not the actual show

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it’s a show within the show

nocturne pike
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Oh O.O

lusty fossil
nocturne pike
lusty fossil
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lol

hardy solar
lusty fossil
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ye

hard gale
soft trout
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What would duck do? Perhaps HONK at invisible enemies, making them visible, and HONKING at enemies, giving a VERY brief stun/slowdown effect. Reactivating the ability could cause quacker to CHARGE at the most biggest bad boy enemy on the screen like a giant's fist, and attack several times dealing damage and slowing more.

supple hamlet
runic linden
nocturne pike
nocturne pike
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It would be immune to zombies though, since geese attack your body, but ducks attack your soul, and zombies don't have souls I guess 🤷‍♀️

split heart
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+ducky rep

runic linden
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What about a wood duck? They're a super pretty perching deck that nests in trees. Plus, if it's a wood duck, it's attacks could crit rooted enemies (get it, it's a pun). It could be survival/tactics, since the other bird pet is tactics. And it'd make it so that each color has 3 pets. Plus, survival doesn't get as much love, and it'd be nice to give them a good pet.

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azure knot
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what about a goose pet beenthinking

nocturne pike
runic linden
# nocturne pike Omg it's a pirate duck 😄 Also good point, it would help balance out the stats ...

I did some more thinking about the possible mechanics. I was thinking it could be a turret pet similar to the owl, but it's main form would have a slow fire rate, similar to the Scavenged Bombard. And those shots would root enemies. And in this form, it would waddle on the ground, or paddle on top of the water.

And it's second form would make it fly up into the air, shooting rapid bolts that crit rooted enemies.

And that way, it could have animations for waddling, swimming, and flying. Which would be fun.

I was also thinking it could prioritize attacking enemies in water, mostly as a way to be able to see its swimming animation more often. But it'd also probably lead to some interesting synergies with fire builds.

Idk, I think it might be too OP having a pet turret ability that also applies rooting. But I know you came up with the idea, so idk what kinda mechanics you had in mind? I just had the idea of wood ducks and rooting and started to run with that, but idk how feasible it'd be.

nocturne pike
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Maybe it could root enemies in its first form, and then it's second form could be a peck instead, which deals critical damage to rooted enemies?

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If that were to be the case, that would turn it into the skill version of the repeater crossbow 🤔

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Lmao, I just thought, maybe its second form would turn it into a goose 😂

runic linden
nocturne pike
azure knot
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Complete opposite to owl, ONLY spawns when you take damage

runic linden
# nocturne pike If that were to be the case, that would turn it into the skill version of the re...

And, yeah, kinda. Idk, you could say that sinew slicer is the turret version of blood sword. I don't think it'd feel super similar though. And it'd just be nice having more ways of inflicting root. Right now there's not a lot of ways to synergize with rooting, so it'd be nice to have something that opened up that status effect. Especially since damage to rooted enemies is a pretty common minor affix, but there's no major affix or mutations that let your weapons inflict root, whereas you can get ways to inflict bleed, poison, and fire fairly easily.

Like, the only support weapon that inflicts root is the boy's axe. And wolf trap and root grenade are the only skills that inflict root for an extended duration of time.

I think it'd especially feel different than the repeating crossbow since it doesn't take up both your weapon slots though. Like, you'd have far more options open with the duck taking up one skill vs the repeating crossbow taking both your weapon slots.

runic linden
nocturne pike
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Wait, you know what, I have another idea! 💡

azure knot
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Nah dw I was kiddin

nocturne pike
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Let's just go all out with it. The duck quacks and knocks enemies back, dealing damage if they are hit into a wall

nocturne pike
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Oh oh, they fall on the floor, and then you can set your duck on them to peck them, which would be the ducks secondary attack

runic linden
nocturne pike
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Oh and if you're in a small enclosed space, the quack echos, each echo dealing reduced damage on top

runic linden
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Not currently, but I feel like that would make it a better suggestion as a mushroom boi rework, rather than a completely new ability.

nocturne pike
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Oh oh oh, what if, what if, you had the ability to give the duck a weapon, and it attacks the enemies with that weapon, maybe at say, 25% of the weapons base dps

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So it just holds it in it's beak and goes wild 😄

runic linden
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I think if we want a new ability in the form of the pet duck, we'd want it to fill a niche that isn't currently filled. And applying root is a fairly underrepresented niche. Plus it'd fit with it being a wood duck.

nocturne pike
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OK but, imagine a duck with a knife :DDD

runic linden
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Hmmm. That's a cool idea. Idk if a duck would be the best bird for knife-weilding though.

nocturne pike
runic linden
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Duck bills aren't built for holding stuff. I could see a parrot with a knife. They've got good feet for grabbing. And their beak is good for grabbing too.

nocturne pike
runic linden
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Yeah, I mean, I was thinking the duck would shoot rooting projectiles, which isn't something they're especially known for either. Lol.

nocturne pike
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Maybe it could do both O.O

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It could root them, then they could sticky sticky stick them 🔪

runic linden
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Would it use the weapon in your backpack? Idk. I feel that could be a lot to put into one skill. I think just making the secondary attack scale would be good enough.

nocturne pike
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Also skill with weapon + backpack + you might be too OP, so there would have to be a natural trade off, where the duck actually uses the weapon from your backpack if they were to use any weapon at all

runic linden
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I think also think we'd probably want to pick one or the other. We could either have the weapon-wielding duck, or we could have the rooting wood duck. I think having both would be too powerful, and it would be too complex to use easily.

nocturne pike
runic linden
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Okay. Is it okay if I make a new suggestion for a wood duck pet then? I've already put a lot more thought into that idea, and I don't want to give up on it quite yet.

But I don't want to hijack this space that you made for your idea if you want to go a separate direction.

nocturne pike