Air Punch (Not an AirSwipe Copy)

NinjaK · Aug 29, 2014

Hello, I know this has probably been suggested several times, but I haven't seen it and I am going to go into plenty of detail about the move.

~AirPunch~
AirPunch is a simple blast of air that quickly flows from the users fists to the target. To use, simply left-click in a direction.
Speed: 25
Range: 20
Damage: 3
Push: 2.5 (AirSwipe's push is I, and AirBlast's push is 3.5.)
Cooldown: 1500
This move will be different than AirSwipe, because it will fire a blast of air similar to AirBlast rather than an arc. It will do slightly more damage than AirSwipe, and will have a bit more of a push factor. It would be reasonable to add this so we have another offensive move for air. Yes, Suffocation has been released, but most servers probably wouldn't allow the average Airbender to use this powerful move(EDIT: Apparently Suffocation is now underpowered, and it isn't very strong at all. This gives more of a reason to add AirPunch.). It would be nice to have another offensive air move after both Zaheer and Korra have both shown many air attacks. This isn't a copy of AirSwipe, as it is harder to hit the enemy with and does slightly more damage. It could be really cool to use combination attacks with AirPunch and AirSwipe. I think it would be a great addition to airbending.
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Rather than having more damage, Airpunch could have 0 Cooldown and less damage than Airswipe. It would still be a simple blast though rather than an arc. This would make it even better for combo attacks, considering there would be no cooldown. It would be similarly used to the first gif shown. Thanks to Gahshunk for the suggestion!
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Here are a few gifs displaying AirPunch from the show:

(Yeah, that's a kick, but in Minecraft it's essentially the same thing.)

Feel free to comment and give your opinion. Any suggestions to edits are very welcomed. I hope you like my idea!

Gahshunk · Aug 29, 2014

Considering airswipe has a (very short) cool down, I think it'd be nice to have something even weaker in damage that could be used in rapid succession.

NinjaK · Aug 29, 2014

That's actually not a bad idea. I'll write something on that. Thanks for the input!

Gahshunk · Aug 29, 2014

No problem. Airbending tends to fall short in damage, but makes up with speed I believe.

NinjaK · Aug 29, 2014

I couldn't agree more.

AlexTheCoder · Aug 29, 2014

NinjaK said:
Yes, Suffocation has been released, but most servers probably wouldn't allow the average Airbender to use this powerful move.

Welp its not powerful anymore. In my opinion its too nerfed, to the point of being almost useless.

AlexTheCoder · Aug 29, 2014

I mean, you can use it on mobs....

guy057 · Aug 29, 2014

AlexTheCoder said:
Welp its not powerful anymore. In my opinion busily nerfed, to the point of being almost useless.

Agreed when I used Suffocate the other player didnt take damage, and they were able to get out by slowly walking out.

NinjaK · Aug 29, 2014

AlexTheCoder said:
Welp its not powerful anymore. In my opinion its too nerfed, to the point of being almost useless.

Well in that case, that just adds more of a reason to have another offensive move for airbenders.

NinjaK · Aug 29, 2014

Anyone have any other suggestions? The more feedback, the better. I'd love this to be added.

Chen · Aug 30, 2014

Maybe increase the push factor slightly? As shown above Amon was completely thrown out the window so that could be replicated.

NinjaK · Aug 30, 2014

Chen said:
Maybe increase the push factor slightly? As shown above Amon was completely thrown out the window so that could be replicated.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll bump it up a bit.

Chen · Aug 30, 2014

No problem. This is a great idea keep up the good work.

NinjaK · Aug 30, 2014

Chen said:
No problem. This is a great idea keep up the good work.

Thanks for the support.

Coolade · Aug 30, 2014

This is one of those slightly different abilities that is not worth being added by itself but if we ever decided to create a combo system then an ability like air punch would be useful in my opinion.

For example Air swipe > air swipe > air blast would cause an air punch.

xX_FireGaming_Xx · Aug 30, 2014

Coolade said:
This is one of those slightly different abilities that is not worth being added by itself but if we ever decided to create a combo system then an ability like air punch would be useful in my opinion.

For example Air swipe > air swipe > air blast would cause an air punch.

ikr he is just copying air blast and air swipe

NinjaK · Aug 30, 2014

Coolade said:
This is one of those slightly different abilities that is not worth being added by itself but if we ever decided to create a combo system then an ability like air punch would be useful in my opinion.

For example Air swipe > air swipe > air blast would cause an air punch.

Do you have any other ideas for a new airbender attack? No seriously. All of the airbender moves are just blasting air at places in different ways. Shooting a blast of air and suffocation are basically the only ways for airbenders to attack.

Coolade · Aug 30, 2014

NinjaK said:
Do you have any other ideas for a new airbender attack? No seriously. All of the airbender moves are just blasting air at places in different ways. Shooting a blast of air and suffocation are basically the only ways for airbenders to attack.

I agree, there isn't much left to add to Air as far as offensive attacks go. But I think that AirPunch could be useful if we created combo attacks outlined by Gashunk's "The Dancing Dragon" http://projectkorra.com/threads/random-ideas.194/

xX_FireGaming_Xx · Aug 30, 2014

NinjaK said:
Do you have any other ideas for a new airbender attack? No seriously. All of the airbender moves are just blasting air at places in different ways. Shooting a blast of air and suffocation are basically the only ways for airbenders to attack.

accally yes i do i got more than 10

NinjaK · Aug 30, 2014

Coolade said:
I agree, there isn't much left to add to Air as far as offensive attacks go. But I think that AirPunch could be useful if we created combo attacks outlined by Gashunk's "The Dancing Dragon" http://projectkorra.com/threads/random-ideas.194/

Yes, I agree that it would be great for combination attacks, but I don't think that's even possible to code. If not, the suggestion Gashunk gave on this thread would be great for combo attacks. I'm just tired of spamming AirSwipe, and I would like some variety in my attacks. But I dont want my variety to have to be using large cooldowns and such to do big tornado blast moves or whatever. Airbenders are supposed to be quick and be able to fire quick attacks repeatedly.
If combo attacks aren't possible, I think just having more air attacks you can make some really cool combinations without special coding.

gabe said:
accally yes i do i got more than 10

Would you please list these? I'd really love to hear more air attacks, because not many were shown in the show. Since not many were shown in the show, it should be quite easy to implement a few of them since it's a such small amount.