How can I make a character who uses teleportation in combat without being a complete edgelord?

I'd go full ranged combat. Teleport between different locations to rain destruction from afar.

Pretty damn good, doubly so for a French cartoon. If you do watch it the first season meanders about for a couple of episodes before it really gets it shit together for a cohesive storyline. Also, hot french girls. That's always a plus.

Wakfu is fucking great. Just don't watch the dub. I'm usually a dub fan, but good lord is the dub of Wakfu terrible.

teleportation is not an edge lord flag ability.

>Nightcrawler
>Not edgy

Granted, he's the good kind of edgy

Please explain. I've never seen Nightcrawler as edge.

Chicks did the fuzzy man.

Mostly the demonic appearance and the occasional religious angst.

I guess not truly edgy, but definitely traits which very easily fall into edgelord territory

You know damn well he said that in relation to porn and what counts for it or not. Edgy characters can be trickier to pick out or not. the old pic of Shadow the Edgehog, Dante from DMC(the remake one), and Ryuko Matoi. Of the 3 I'd argue only Shadow is actually edgy, the other 2 being there because the skirt the line of edginess.

Teleport in front of your enemies instead.

Basically, be a 4e swordmage.

He can knock people prone multiple times in a fight, but doesn't know any coup de grace moves.

He teleports around casting debuffs at midrange, so you can never hit him.

He does a large windup move before actually teleporting for the hit. Enemies know when to defend, but not who will be hit. Just don't do any of the edgy "guess who's gonna die first" lines.

Tone down on the sharp implements.

Teleport around to catch the weapons you threw and throw them again.

When its good it is fucking good. Its usually not that good. I watched the first season and I recommend it. Sort of a time waster but it was fun and what were you gonna watch? It largely kid oriented but it is French, and apparently their kids get to watch some funny shit. Lots of episodes are pretty boring but the good ones are great. The thing is they are character driven and needed all the other boring ones to build character. Its sorta like AvatarTLA

DON'T watch the dub. Seriously, watch it in french. I watch dubbed anime all day but the Wakfu dub sucks balls.

He's Catholic thats the bar of entry right?

Kurt would be This Guy rather than That Guy or Edgelord. He's nice, tries to help, but has realistic character flaws.

Scarlet Witch is edgier than Kurt, in my eyes. But X-Men doesn't really have any edgy characters, save Wolverine.

as others have replied being an edgelord isnt tied to powerset or even really asthetics. Its mainly personality and demeanor.

I once played an Eladrin fighter in D&D who used combat teleportation. It only gets edgelord when you are acting like an edgelord.

I feel like im being baited OP. Did you bait me?

>I watch dubbed anime all day
I'm sorry for your taste.

I know what he said it in relation to dipshit. Obviously there hasn't been a supreme court case dealing with "edginess" you fucking retard.

It's just a saying that can be applied to many things, edginess being one of them in my opinion.

> Shadow the Hedgehog
Super edgy, obviously

> Dante from DmC
Are you kidding me? "Fuck you" was the edgiest meme around for months when that game came out. He's a trench coat wearing, obscenity spouting tool. If anything, original Dante would be a better example of a character that on paper and at first glance looks to be an edgelord, but in reality is actually really fun and CRAZY.

> Ryuko Matoi
Not familiar with this character so I won't comment.

>a character that on paper and at first glance looks to be an edgelord, but in reality is actually really fun and CRAZY

Are there more examples of this? Characters who should be edgy but aren't thanks to execution. I feel like some examples could be useful.

There's nothing edgy about being able to fucking teleport, stop letting Veeky Forums get you insecure about random character qualities.

Veeky Forums says you can't be dark, tragic, heroic, oriental, sullen, lawful good, chaotic anything, and countless others and now you're adding the ability to teleport to that list? What on earth could possibly be considered edgy but the ancient concept of disappearing from one place and appearing in another place? Because it's a useful ability?

its pretty good

/thread

Raven comes to mind. As does Wolverine.

Both are pretty solid characters. On paper they're edgy as fuck, but in practice much less so.

Use blunt instruments, always go for quick clean deaths/disables if possible (whatever fits your PC's nature better). In and out, strategic removal or disabling of threats.

Limit communication in battles to strictly with your allies. No talky talky or taunting the enemies unless it serves a purpose (you're luring them towards/away from something)

WEAR SENSIBLE ARMOR AND CLOTHING FOR YOUR ERA AND CLASS.

Ryuko is incredibly angsty, but nowhere near as edgy as people like to say she is. The whole theme of her character is conquering adversity through the strength of her bonds with those around her.

Vergil.

That cockney slut from Overwatch?

My favorite part of Yugo's portal powers was when he used them to mimic super speed

Before you go throwing insults out like it's fuckin candy on Halloween, let me finish. I said your example doesn't work here because yes, You know porn when you see expressly because there is a much clearer definition as to what is and isn't porn. Looking through a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition? Cheesecake yeah, not porn. Playboy Magazine? That counts porn, softcore porn but still porn. Edginess in characters is harder to discern because there is no definitive explanation as to what it is.

And yes, nuDante isn't that much of a edgy character, having actually played the damned thing, his brother Virgil comes off as more edgy than he does despite not looking the part. People latched on to the Dante though since he is front and center of the game and happens to be playable. If anything, the guy is lacking in character traits and only made worse by being compared to the previous games iterations of the same character.

be sorry for my tastes later. Can you right now promise to not watch the wakfu dub?

The dub isn't bad. And the art is pretty, I watched the dub.

On the other hand, I can't stand the French language so... I might not have the most fair opinion.

The other two being not edgy at all Dante (honestly the closet comparison to him I can make is Sands of Time prince), and Ryuko who is a satire of edgy backstories but is really just an angry teen looking for a family.

True edginess is Kirie Kotomine (along with pretty much anything Type Moon), anyone in Gantz, most of Tokyo Ghoul, bismuth, Light Yagami, and a massive amount of young adult novel characters. I don't know why I can only think of anime at the moment, though Japan takes edgy fucks to new levels.

The basic formula is dark backstory + lone wolf + hates people (normally referring to them as something separate from themselves) + Mary Sue/self insert + two-faced binary personality.

Shit I mentioned Sand of Time and didn't mention the extreme edge brought to me in Warrior Within. Holy shit that was an annoying edgy mess.

>I don't know why I can only think of anime at the moment, though Japan takes edgy fucks to new levels.
Some chinese webnovel I've read go so far on edge that the nips are sniffing contrails.

One of them is /literally literally/ double hitler in backstory. As in he gassed 12 million people. Because some assholes killed his mentor.

Oh yeah and one of his girls goes "oh woe is me I am such a monster, I killed thousands" and he just fucking laughs.

>yugo clearly gets fucked by the brown chick
Now this i missed, where was it?

>travels through Hell when he teleports
>Related to half the rest of the mutants
>banging his sister

I'm calling this one for edgy/That Guy

youtube.com/watch?v=uLOMdddg11A

Even brain washed he didn't use lethal force on the guards.

confirmed for almost 0 edge.

Give them Warp shoes.

They can blink 30ft (if they are human with no movement enhancing shit) they want once every combat round

Nightcrawler could teleport part of Magus and literally tear them apart thanks to teleportation.

Can't get anymore edgier then that.

Hell Rogue uses it on Nimrod later on too.

Play it off for laughs
>youtube.com/watch?v=bZZcUdIdAt0

Nightcrawler, the first BAMF

Make the character a girl

Except that that's not actually teleportation. Shunpo and it's Quincy and Espada counterparts are essentially "The art of getting from Point A to Point B in the least number of steps possible." where they are moving at high enough speeds that to those that aren't able to move at a comparable speed see it as teleportation because their kinetic vision isn't able to keep up.

tl;dr: bleach characters that utilize Shunpo are technically speedsters.

>without being a complete edgelord
Don't make your character a complete edgelord. Just give him teleport powers.

Bubblegum Crisis dub is pretty ok.

>anyone in Gantz
No, except a few deviants they are pretty normal people.

I gotta +1 this. I'm usually really busy, so when I watch anime it's while I'm doing other things most of the time. Thus, I prefer dubs, so I don't have to focus and read the subtitles at all times or risk missing something.

Buuut there's a couple of dubs that are just... bad. Wakfu is one. Iron-Blooded Orphans is another.

Like so

Use it with more imagination than "teleport behind. stab with katana". Drop on the guy, jump down a cliff and teleport with the momentum to clobber a guy.

Also, but keep this a secret from people because they might use it too:Give him more character than brooding jerk who stabs people because he was raped 8 times before he even got out of the womb

Im honestly surprised no one here's ever dissed Rogue as edgy.

Considering Veeky Forums's idea of edgy usually means "upset with the current situation"

Dimensional tree from PF is a good way

Use standard Rogue/Sneaky guy rules and avoid edginess by making snappy oneliners and puns. Even the same oneliner over and over adds some fun and levity.

HAI
TRACER ERE

There is oh so much difference between

> I am unhappy about the way things are

and

>I am unhappy about the way things are and am going to spend years whining about it and crying and being an asshole but its ok because I can just wave my SAD card and it becomes tragic rather than self indulgent pity.

You can't use tracer as a non-dickbagish teleporter. Her whole shtick is to annoy.
>okay i've shot her like 30 times and she has almost no health and zero teleports left
>rewinds to full health and shoots your face in mid reloaded

>teams trying to push the objective
>whole time you're being slowed or stopped by a little gnat who pops in long enough to drain all your health before doing it again and again and again and again,....

>can hear the teleport sound nearby
>suddenly a mininuke is stuck to your face and you see her rewind away

>all of this is preceded and followed by giggling and british heckling

Have them be a Fae or someone who uses teleportation to be very teasing and play pranks on people. They need to be childish about it, rather than just brutally efficient.

I've had an idea for a character that uses rune based teleportation floating around in my head for a while. Basically he has a collection of coins or chips inscribed with some magic symbol and has a corresponding symbol tattooed somewhere on his body that lets him teleport to the location of any of these chips so long as he can see them. He can also use a different rune to make the process work backwards and can teleport the object to him instead. The idea was he has a huge collection of weapons and stuff somewhere that he can summon at will and just teleports around the battlefield summoning random shit to throw at you.

i once had an elven sorceress that every time an enemy would engage her in combat would just teleport onto some tree
she had no inherently combat magic / no damage spells but would start to call the enemy names and throw with rocks / sticks / whatever was around to distract them until the rest of the party finished them off

after that she would get down and take care of eventual wounds

I never considered teleportation to be edgy to be honest.

Use guns or something so you can use teleportation to quickly evade approaching enemies or return fire or to gain advantageous positions.

Teleport into the top of a tree, open fire. When you are spotted teleport to another location and keep shooting. Repeat until the enemy are all dead.

>teleportation in combat

As in teleporting foes so that they materialize within solid objects, resulting in a gruesome and inhuman death?

I don't see how you could make that work without being a complete edgelord tbqh

*unsheathes longsword*
*teleports in front of you*
huzzah! This is personal, Sir!

On this subject, I recall a d20 homebrew class that had short-range at-will teleportation as its main ability. Anyone know it?

Yeah, but she definitely isn't an edgelord or anything like it, which I think is the main point of the thread.

>teleports to enemy general
>slaps with white dueling glove
>throw glove on the ground
>immediately teleport away
>await glorious man to man combat on the field of battle

Just don't use your power like that?

The only good thing in the dub is the VA for Nox. Not that hes exactly a good actor, just that he plays the character perfectly.

I'm in the same boat as this guy. French just sounds awful.

WoW Mages aren't edgy unless you want them to be; the flavor on their teleport is about being a cool-headed master over reality

>tragic backstory starting in her angsty teen years
>literal prodigy ubermensch type
>spent a technical eternity being super depressed 24/7
>giggles and laughs as she either barrel stuffs you with dual lazer uzi's or sticks a mini nuke to your face
>continues to be the youngest at her job and a prodigy as well with help from her new special snowflake power
Oh, and
>teleports behind you routinely

I think you're mixing up special snowflake with edgy. Tracer is pretty special snowflake, but edgy she is not

I dunno man. Being super depressed for a literal eternity AND a child prodigy who just so happens to enjoy wreaking battlefield carnage up close and giggles about it all afterwards only to do it again and again because its fun seems pretty edgy. Also the whole teleporting behind peoples backs to oneshot them thing. Also she wears Croc's so thats instant dickbag tier achievement right there.

Hey, Crocs are useful for dishwashing.
t. food service.

>literal prodigy ubermensch type

I mean...sort of? Every character in Overwatch is this, so I'm not sure if it counts. She'd need to be a literal pridigy ubermensch type *even in comparison to the other Overwatch characters* for this to be valid.

youngest ever admitted, youngest ever to fly, hand picked among overwatch for her reflexes, general skills, and lack of fear to test out their new space plane. Thats out of literally everyone in overwatch including 3 generals and bastards like morrison. Mind you she also did all of that BEFORE her powers so she was kicking omnic ass better than jack or reaper or anyone else on foot and unlike most of them she wasn't genetically juiced up. Hell one of the shorts shows stills of her jump ontop of 5 story bots and shoot holes in the tops with zero armor.

Exactly, she's annoyingly bubbly, but that's not edgy. She'd be edgy if she was still brooding about having to wear her special time harness and not being normal or whatever, and went around stabbing people with knives so they could hurt like she did, but she's not.

She had a bad accident, was sad about it, got better, and then uses her talents to fight for justice.

I think you're really stretching your definition of edgy here. The happy-go-lucky speedster is probably one of the least edgy character types there is.

Again, all of that is special snowflake at best, but the entire cast of overwatch is that.

>special snowflakes
>pandering
>soldier 76

pick 1, and only 1

I don't get what you're even trying to say anymore, but Tracer isn't edgy. Can we just agree on that and move on?

no
shes edgy as fuck

Exactly. They're all edgy. They all love to fight on battlefields and use horrifying instruments of torture and excuse them as weapons. Seriously one uses a particle accelerator another a fucking tesla cannon and another still a cyrogenic dispenser. Google imagines of particle accelerator wounds, lighting/electrical burns, or what happens to bodies flash frozen outside of special containers and tell me thats shit you'd laugh at and go back for more and then tell me its not at all edgy.

Thats a different user, user. Seriously though she throws adhesive mini nukes on people, giggles, then teleports to safety knowing full well what happens then does it again. Thats either her nature or trauma but either way that shits edgy. It doesn't matter if the rest of the cast is the same.

Make it flashy, a la Cape of the Mountebank
Dress like Houdini or some kinda magician and throw a lotta flair into it

Still not edgy though. You want edgy, what about Mr. Dual-Shotguns-Mctrenchcoat-and-teleports?

Well, edgy has lost all meaning then. If you have a character that stays cheerful after mowing through goblins with a sword, they're edgy. If they brood over it afterwards, they're also edgy. If they remain stoic because goblins aren't really people, they're edgy.

Now can you also do it without being worst girl?

It's really good, despite being generally a bright and colorful series it can get DARK, especially toward the end. The main cast's pretty well-rounded, and the main antagonists (especially Nox, the villain of the first season) are really good. It's kind of like Avatar in that fights rarely come down to people maiming and/or killing each other, fights usually end with the bad guy of the week being defeated and seeing the error of their ways.

Only real complaints I have with the series are that the English VAs aren't very good and they take 2 or 3 episodes out of both seasons to play not-soccer.

They get together in one of the specials, and Eva gets knocked up by Tristipin.

I just said the whole cast is edgy. He has a sort of excuse cause he's now a literal avatar of the aspect of death. And soldier 76 is hinted to be a soulless husk before you get to it.

>A talking gorilla is edgy

I'm pretty convinced you don't know what the word means

He uses a tesla cannon to fry people alive in one of the worst ways to die short of actual immolation. He fuels berserk rages with the memory of his father and pseudo family being killed and routinely guilted others in lore for his terrible backstory due to the worlds faults. He still holds that the world and everyone in it is the cause of these problems and talks between him and zenyatta before match shows he still has a chip on his shoulder about this. He's also racist in straight up hating zenyatta for being an omnic despite knowing working together for shared peace is the end game we need.