Voidcrid

Theoretically, the true contents of the cell were just a mess of atoms. The structure of the contents in each cell – living, weapon, whatever - was categorized, sequenced, and then turned to juice and cured into solid gems. An incredibly efficient and lossless format.

And yet when the cell containment broke – and emergency protocols re-sequenced that mess of atoms back into the creature known as Acrid – he already knew. Maybe he was somehow conscious, in his juice-gem state. Maybe they injected him with information. Maybe he was connected to their psionic network. Maybe he just made it up.

But he knew – that the strange crustaceans that scrambled his atoms and imprisoned him here, in a place unknown – were panicking. Something had gone wrong, in a world where variables were not allowed.

Something was leaking and...fusing...

They may have finally imprisoned something that could not be contained.

And this finality brought to him a new thought: to contain the crustaceans and subject them to the horrors of the deep.

New Abilites:

• Flamebreath
• N?ll Beam
• Void Dr?ft
• Entr?py

New Skins:

• Voidcrid
• Blackrid

New Death Events:

• ???

New Ways to Play:

Rethink the way Acrid prowls the battlefield. Tap into the horrors you once suffered to become something stronger, something...unpredictable.

Concept Art:

• Thanks, @Serpyderpy!

Credits:

• All the best parts of this mod go to Christ Jesus, as all things are by Him and through Him and for Him.
• My wife, for entertaining my many, "Hey, what do you think of this?" moments
• @CDPlayer416 -- you know who you are. Cheers to our years of friendship, and thanks for testing this with me for so many hours.
• #development Discord. You all were a huge resource in the many questions I had in learning C#. Thank you!
• You, for trying out the mod!

Feedback:

@Unanimate Objec in the Risk of Rain 2 Discord for any feedback including: complaints, compliments, or ideas for future releases

Known Issues:

• NOTICE FOR INTEROPERABILITY: Chef Mod creates a downstream interoperability issue with Entropy's fog. I've reached out to the creator to determine a fix. As long as the Chef Mod is active, Entropy's void fog from the black hole will not work in single or multiplayer, period.

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Voidcrid Overview

Voidcrid Tips

General:

Class: Where Acrid excels as a ranged hit-and-run character, Voidcrid is a striker; Isolating targets, closing gaps in the battlefield to inflict heavy damage and then quickly escaping.

In general, running Voidcrid with Spikestrip's Soul/Deeprot creates a fantastic Void-spewing experience. All Void abilities will pull from the Deeprot Passive and apply its effect in different intervals according to the ability.

Flamebreath:

Flamebreath pairs well with Gasoline and Propane Tank. Gasoline extends the duration of Flamebreath's effect and Propane Tank multiples the damage output. Flamebreath has zero canon with any semblance of a Void-based Acrid, but sometimes it looks like a Lemurian so I decided to have some fun.

N?ll Beam:

Polylute or Plasma Shrimp add serious damage-per-tick to N?ll Beam. Any damaging buffs that are difficult to proc under normal conditions typically have a higher rate of success via N?ll Beam due to the high rate of fire.

Void Dr?ft:

Used as an escape or to close the gap. It's ability to stun in and out of the effect enables you to punish enemies who get too close.

Entr?py

There are two forms to this attack: Healing yourself, and hurting yourself. When healing, you apply your Passive to enemies on each successive hit x3 (goes well with Blight). When hurting, you do not apply any Passive but will still apply any item-based effects on successive hits. Regardless of the decision of the attack, you have the option to hold down the key / trigger to open a temporary blackhole. Everyone, including yourself, will take damage inside. On exit, the blackhole sends enemies flying and applies your Passive for good measure.

Pairs well with Focus Crystal, Crowbar, or any general AOE-buffing items.

Death [ Disabled for now ]

On death, if you are running more than 3 Void items, you'll notice the little whisper of the Void as your body crumbles. If 7+, you'll unleash a devastating Entropic explosion one last time, consuming everything and everyone in the vicinity.

Flavor Text

If you've set Voidcrid's "Display" config to true, there will be alternative Acrid Game Over text when facing Mythrix.