Age: last known Hyperion records peg her at early 20's
Orientation: Bisexual
Current Lover: n/a
Friends: n/a
General Bust Size: B range
Height: 7' 9"
Normal Weight: 149 lbs
Find... Vault? Hunt... Vault?
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Okay, I'll admit it, this is most likely something one wouldn't expect to find on Pandora as of Borderlands 2 and its associated DLC expansion, Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt. I mean, look at her... no guns, no shields, no nothin'. At least, not all the necessary Vault Hunter components are visible in the picture, but that I'll make attempts to work with later. Right now, I have a profile format to somewhat detract from.
Somewhere within her early 20's, Illsa is a native to Pandora, not unlike Gunzerker Salvador. The main difference is that she was once a severely detached Psycho who lashed out at anything and everything. This put her at odds with almost every roving band of bandits that exists on Pandora, as well as Hyperion when they took her for experimentation. As one would expect, the woman's mind was broken a second time by the experimentation, leaving only a bitter hatred for Hyperion and Handsome Jack, who was rumored to have been intimately involved with her experiments and torture specifically. Though, this second break actually seemed to provide clarity for the girl, as she was no longer a violent, short-tempered beast of a woman. Rather, the pieces of her mind reformed to reveal a nature-lover at the expense of her ability to speak coherently for more than about two or three words at a time and handle advanced technology.
After escaping Hyperion thanks to the meddling of Professor Nakayama, Illsa lived out her days in relative peace with the animals of Aegrus, with no one recognizing her as the violent woman she once was. However, her hatred for Hyperion still burned in her heart, and saw an opportunity to bring it down from within via Vault Hunting... or so she thought, at any rate. Cue the rest of Borderlands 2.
ZergAlts WIP.
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Custom Skill Trees
*more added over time as I think of them!*
Action Skill: Call of the Wild Child
Most enemies within a large radius of you takes a small amount of damage and end up stunned for seven seconds. Boss-type enemies are slowed to 75% of their original movement speed.
Granola Girl
A mostly defensive skill tree that focuses on, what else, Illsa's defenses, along with a few other effects.
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Mud Butt: While standing on "natural" surfaces (i.e. grass, sand, dirt), you regenerate 0.4% of your Maximum health per second per level.
Nature Adores Badasses: Has a chance to make an animal enemy fight for you and your allies when you finish them off with melee.
Bark Skin: Decreases shield capacity, but improves damage resistance and Maximum health.
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Hard Rock Life: Decreases knockback from enemy attacks and increases damage resistance.
Hear Me Roar: Knocks back enemies whenever your shields break.
Thorn In My Side: Applies shield spike effects to enemies even when your shield is down.
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Walk of Faith: Reduces damage taken from elemental areas, and reduces the chance of being afflicted with the associated element.
Mother Earth: Allies gain health regeneration whenever they stand close to you.
Revered Rider: Increases sprint speed.
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Animal Empathy: Any animal allies you make gain a reduced strength version of your current shield. Strength varies by level.
Ironwood: Enemy bullets have a chance to ricochet right off you and deal no damage.
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Creepy Crawlies: Activating your action skill carries a chance to summon allied Stalkers.
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Nature's Gift: Carries a chance to gain an instant Second Wind upon entering Fight For Your Life mode.
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Techpriest
Focuses on getting Illsa reacquainted with technology, while adding her own tribal twists.
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Venom Fangs: Regenerate a tiny portion of health every time a bullet hits an enemy. Regenerates according to damage dealt and skill level.
Every Loader Is A Pinto: Increases Fire damage against mechanical enemies.
Advancing Guard: Repels enemies who hit you with melee. Higher skill levels knock back enemies if they hit you with anything if they're close enough.
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Wind Walker: Double-tap forward on your controls in mid-air to dash forward, allowing you to cover extra ground or reach normally inaccessible ledges.
Electric Boogaloo: All shields you equip gain Shock Spike effects. Strength scales with skill level.
Self Help Classes: Increases gun accuracy and reduces recoil.
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It Is Pronounced "Emp": All grenade mods equipped gain bonus Shock damage. Strength scales with Skill level.
Big Red Buttons: Carries a small chance to insta-kill most mechanical enemies with melee and stun them with critical hits.
Not The Bees!: Gives your bullets weak homing capabilities.
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Toxic Dump: Slagged enemies take DoT damage.
Phoenix Flight: Torgue gun bullets travel faster with each level.
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Tracer Rounds: Every gun you use gains bonus Burn damage, along with any other elemental effects they may have.
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Taking It All In: Every shield you equip gains Absorb effects. Shields with Absorb effects already gain Amp effects and increases the absorption chances.
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Warrior Queen
Gets Illsa into the faces of the enemy with her powerful melee attacks and their potential fearsome elemental effects.
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Drop The Hammer: Increases melee damage per rank.
Long Live the Queen: Increases shield capacity and Maximum health.
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Let Them Feed Me Cake!: Restores health and shields for every melee kill you get.
Firebrand: Adds bonus Burn damage to your melee and any shield spikes you may have. Also increases Burn resistance.
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Tesla Blade: Adds bonus Shock damage to your melee and any shield spikes you may have. Also increases Shock resistance.
Jumping Strike: Hitting an enemy with melee while jumping carries a chance to deal an instant critical hit.
Don't Run With Scissors: Any shield spikes you may have activate upon mere contact with enemies.
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Live And Let Daigo: Enemy melee damage has a chance to be negated completely.
Poisoned Tip: Adds bonus Slag damage to your melee. Also decreases damage taken while Slagged.
God Save The Queen: Increases movement speed during Fight For Your Life mode.
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