Hallowed Concepts: Dev Diary #4 - Acolyte and Enforcer

Last year, some of you may remember when we shared that we’d drafted a squad of elite mod creators onto the team.

Since then, they’ve been hard at work on our new survivors for Hallowed Concepts. We knew that we needed to keep that classic Risk of Rain feel while carving out roles the Risk of Rain 2 roster hasn’t seen before.

Allow us to (re)introduce the immovable object himself: Enforcer .

Enforcer is built to be in the thick of it, with the tools to survive a whole map of Lemurians bearing down on him.

Being The Line demands that you bring the right tactics into battle: pairing an unbreakable defense with dynamic, tactical movement to keep yourself and your fellow survivors alive.

Activate Steel Protection and, as long as that shield is pointed at the danger, it blocks everything. Yes. Everything.

Enforcer laughs at your puny attacks.

Reactivate Steel Protection at the perfect moment, and you’ll parry all dangerous projectiles, sending them right back to their owners.

Additionally, nearby monsters are knocked back and stunned.

When another survivor needs cover, Shield Tackle brings Enforcer right into the center of the action. This skill has two charges, with the option to use those charges simultaneously to power up the tackle and really close the distance.

Finally, there’s Rally Point. Enforcer smashes the ground below, creating a shockwave that knocks enemies away and leaving behind a Holdout Beacon that grants a barrier. Since each kill incrementally restores the barrier, this skill will keep even the squishiest survivor teammates alive and in the fight.

A close-range glaive-wielder who can chain through anything she sees, Acolyte dances around the battlefield, toying with the souls of her enemies and bargaining with her own.

In Hallowed Concepts, we wanted to give you the option to choose more power at great cost. Acolyte is this concept personified.

N'Kuhana's Grace changes how healing works for her entirely.

A portion of the health she loses isn't gone forever: it's set aside for her to reclaim later. Incoming healing is also fully diverted into that same reserve pool.

Her primary slices through enemies in a three-hit combo with her glaive, but mid-swing, she's got options.

Sprint to lunge forward through her target, or jump to launch it skyward with an uppercut. Pick your strike, keep moving, and cash in that stored health while you dance.

If you've slipped too far from your target, Bola Throw pulls the soul right out of whatever it hits.

The hawk-eyed among you may have noticed that throughout all these combos and skills, these middle elements stayed empty.

Well, Acolyte's special is what fills them. Sacrifice marks an enemy and channels the power of the Death God through it, ripping them apart in a burst of massive damage.

Every kill earns more conviction, and the more conviction you earn.. Well.

Y̷̺͂̂̀ŏ̸̢̻̂̕u̴̘̓͋͑̕’̷̧͗͊l̷̢̀ĺ̷̗ ̷̝̜̬̥̊s̷̰̄̆̉̅e̶͖̥̫͍̒͗ë̴̜̲̰́͌͐.̴̻̓̕̕

And, that’s all for now.

Don’t forget: the more sacrifices… I mean wishlists… offered to N'Kuhana, the sooner her wrath will find you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3055670/Risk_of_Rain_2_Hallowed_Concepts

Until next time,

- The Risk of Rain Team