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Warden Block-breaking: Force of Nature!

While I see others have already suggested this, they haven't quite taken the vision kingbdogz has for the Warden in mind. He has mentioned that the Warden is meant to be seen as a force of nature, an unstoppable force that is not meant to be considered "killable". As many have pointed out, the player's ability to place blocks is a hindrance to this idea, and soon you'll see speedrunners making videos about the best ways to quickly take out the Warden, likely via building a pole and shooting arrows from above. While I do believe this to be inevitable, I don't think it needs to be easy.

Another thing kingbdogz has mentioned is that the Warden becomes faster and stronger the more damage he takes. This is where my idea comes in:

The Warden should have the ability to break blocks. However, the strength of this ability should be directly tied to his anger, with his ability to destroy expanding to blocks with greater explosion resistance as he grows angrier, making even obsidian a non-issue when he's at about 25% health. Furthermore, unless a grabbing mechanic is instated that lets him pluck you off of a pedestal, or if you implement a corrupting effect that is AoE on his position, his range for destruction should increase as well. Throwing blocks would be another reason not to extend the range, though, and the range aspect needn't be considered an integral part of this suggestion.

This would truly make him a force of nature, which is what the idea was all about. Thanks for listening!

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• August 23, 2021 03:48
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  • August 24, 2021 10:53
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  It would be nice if it could also have some kind of shot that would do a lot of damage, but that would be easy to dodge something like a sound wave from the skull sensor, so if you do a pillar upwards it would throw you because although it can break blocks if you have more height you can continue shooting at him and I have a doubt his destruction would be similar to that of the wither abisame if I miss something

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  • August 24, 2021 13:30
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  The Warden definitely will need a ranged defense/attack, and I agree it should be able to bust through some blocks, to reach players. I like the balance of your suggestion tied to health, though in addition to throwing blocks I think it could have some sort of sonic attack to induce nausea and some damage.

  Some other things I've seen suggested to reduce the Warden kill that I think would tie to this:

  -Have the Warden be the source/generator for skulker growth and skulker sensors;

  -Have an achievement "Counting Coup" for sneaking up on the Warden and shearing him for a drop (achieving two things players like with a condition of not killing the Warden in a high risk, high skill challenge) 

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  • August 25, 2021 23:43
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  what if the warden had a quake ability smashing the ground and dealing splash damage and crushing blocks around it