Brawler

Christopher Vance

In-engine capture · Work in progress

The Last Fight

Christopher Vance worked in a warehouse and earned extra money fighting in illegal boxing matches. One night, he hit a young opponent who never got back up. Christopher could not live with what he had done. Then The Host approached him with an impossible offer: enter Blackridge prison, take part in the hunt, and the fighter's life would be restored. Christopher agreed, hoping to put right the worst mistake of his life.

Now he fights to protect the people trapped beside him. He can shove Hunters away from teammates and break through barricades, giving the group a chance to run. He puts himself in danger so someone else can get away.

“Keep your hands up and stay behind me. I already failed somebody once because I didn't know when to stop swinging.”

Playstyle

Protect your team and create room to escape.

Strengths

Shoves, staggers and barricade breaking.

Tradeoffs

You need to get close to interrupt a Hunter.

Abilities

Brawler

Choose one card from each tier. Your core active, specialization and capstone shape your loadout.

Signature & passive

Thick Skinned: Passive
Recover from staggers more quickly.

Character mastery

Brawler

Tier ILevel 1 · Core active

Heavy ShovePress Q to lunge and shove a Hunter within 3.5 m, knocking them back, staggering them for 1.2 s, and interrupting active Hunter rituals. Unyielding ResolvePress Q to brace for 8 s: 40% damage resistance and immunity to stagger and knockdown. Quarterback TacklePress Q to charge 6 m forward. The first Hunter you hit is knocked back and staggered; a Keeper barricade in the way is smashed.

Tier IILevel 5 · Specialization

BodyguardSurvivors within 3 m of you take 25% less ability damage. HaymakerHeavy Shove and Quarterback Tackle stagger Hunters for 1.8 s instead of 1.2 s; Unyielding Resolve lasts 12 s. Iron LungsYour stamina drains 25% slower.

Tier IIILevel 10 · Capstone

Block StancePress R to guard for 2.5 s at half walk speed. Frontal damage is cut by 70%, and a frontal Hunter melee hit is parried, staggering the Hunter. Last StandOnce per match, if you are downed and left on the ground for 20 s without being ritualized into detention or executed, you recover to Injured on your own. BreakerYour Tier 1 ability also smashes Hunter traps, occult sigils and riot barricades in front of you.

Abilities in action

Actual ability use from the development build. Staged encounters.

Christopher: Quarterback Tackle

Silent in-engine capture · Work in progress

Current Christopher Vance uses Quarterback Tackle to charge into a Hunter and knock them back. Captured with the current character assignment.

The rest of this story waits inside Blackridge.

In development. Abilities and balance may change. No public build yet.