Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-68.226.106.213-20140702021521

Look, we've already done a "monsters you'd like to see" thread and "characters you'd like to see" thread. So, this one is dedicated to the heavy hitters: VERY tough foes that push our current heavy hitters to the limits.

Defining heavy hitters (more specifically): any foe that is able to defeat Team RWBY and/or Team JNPR WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT and/or capable of FORCING THE BEACON PROFESSORS, TORCHWICK AND CO., ADAM OR PENNY ON THE DEFENSIVE. I will use 4 OCs I made up up specifically for this purpose to explain this as if it were a development diary.

Expect this intial post to be long and detail and written as if it were a transcript.

''Fade in to Team RWBY ready to fight the Grimm. Suddenly,the ground begins to shake as the army of Grimm scatters. Team RWBY is confused by this until Ruby notices something. As everyone is about to ask her what she's looking at, we hear a loud roar, surprising everyone. The camera pans to where Ruby was looking, revealing a colossal Grimm. The creature roars again, then leaps toward the screen, a la evolve's Goliath.''

''Fade to black, followed by the appearance of title card: "RWBY:HEAVY HITTERS", then another fade to black. Finally, fade in to a cloaked character with glowing red eyes.''

???:"Hello. I am Grimm, the creator and leader of the Grimm. Today, me and 3 others will explain to you about heavy hitters, with examples from other works of fiction to give you a greater understanding of these entities. So, first off, what defines a heavy hitter.

Scene switches to battle between the protagonist of lost planet and a Godon

Grimm: "A heavy hitter is a foe who can, quite bruntly, take a load of damage and return the favor quite generously. These guys come in all sorts of flavors and each is unique in its own right. I'll switch to one of my compatriots to go into detail on the types."

''Scene switches to a large, ancient looking arena. In the center is a large, heavily armored warrior. Angle shots reveal that the armor has no person inside and is moving on its own. The camera quickly refocuses on the armor's head.''

???: "Greetings, I am Chelm. I shall explain the first type of heavy hitter, the Brute."

Scene fades into a battle between four hunters and the Goliath from EVOLvE.

Chelm: "The Brute, or, more befittingly, the juggernaut, is the embodiment of brute force. These guys are all about strength and forgo ranged fighting, magic or mental powers in favor of physical prowess. These foes are typically we muscled, heavily armored and tend to enjoy being in the thick of the battle. The being we are watching, the Goliath, is an excellent example of the combat immortal class of brute. Heavy armor is matched with brute strength and several attacks focused entirely on movement make for one monstrous foe. Despite his up close and personal style of fighting, Goliath does have a ranged attack. He can hurl a rock at his foes and send them flying. This type of attack, despite its ranged nature, is still based mostly on his strength and fit the Brute class quite well."

Chelm: (scene shifts to the battle between Penny and the White Fang from Black and White) "One of the current heavy hitters on our show, Penny, is an excellent example of the devastator class of heavy hitter. Devastator so fight at range, unlike most Brutes, but tend to wield EXTREMELY powerful weapons, such as Gatling guns, rocket launchers, rail guns, or lasers, similar to Penny's weapon, which we are going to refer to as the puppeteer. These guys know how to leave you helpless without even letting you get close to them."

Chelm: one final switch, this time to The Star from The House of the Dead 4 "The Star is the example of the final type of Brute, the striker. Unlike the rest of the Brutes, the striker relies on speed in stead of power. Their attacks are focus on overpowering their foes in a flurry of strikes that leave little time to block, as opposed to crushing blows meant to BREAK blocks. These guys still rely on melee, so they are still considered brutes, but are exceptions to many of their rules. Now, I'll trade places with one of my compatriots to explain the next type of heavy hitter: the wizard."

''Fade to black, followed by a fade in to, of all places, a museum. We see many artifacts, until we finally see a woman wearing indigo colored robes.''

???: greetings, I am Indigo Zephyr. I will introduce you to the wizard class of heavy hitter. Unlike the brute, the wizard relies on ranged abilities. The do not actually depend on spells, for ranged weapons are also viable, but their keystone trait is their dependence on numerous abilities that augment their fighting ability. Wizards could either use weapons like staves, scepters and wands to directly fight with only abilities, wield swords, maces, axes and knives augmented with powers, such as filling them with flames or electricity, or using a firearm that is supported with powerful skills that give defensive advantages."

Indigo: scene shifts to gameplay of Bioshock 2 "Subject Delta of Bioshock 2 is an excellent example of the Mage Tank subclass of the Wizard class. High end durability is augmented with powerful abilities that allow him to utterly demolish his foes. The Mage Tank's defining feature is that s/he doesn't need his or her powers to win a fight, but if they do decide to use them, they will demolish their foes without any remorse."

Indigo: fade into to warframe gameplay as volt Warframe's Volt is an excellent example of the Glass Cannon type of Wizard. He has potent powers that allow him to devastate his foes, but is rather weak in terms of durability. He must use his abilities wisely or risk certain defeat. Glass Cannon's are able to unleash a torrent of damages that can easily annihilate their foes, but they tend to have low durability.

Indigo: final shift, this time back to EVOLvE, this time with the focus being with Val "Val is an example of the Angel type of heavy hitter, as is Hank from the same game. These heavy hitters have support based powers that empower allies. Healing, shielding and buffing are all examples of their powers. These heavy hitters can use their powers to outlast foes in single combat, but work best with others. Now, I will turn you over to the final member of our villain quartet to introduce the penultimate class of heavy hitter, the rogue."

''Fade to black, then into a high-tech room. The camera comes to focus on an advanced looking computer system that has ahumanoidavatar. The lights in the room suddenly come on, as the computer comes online.''

???: "Greetings. I am the AI known as legion, and I will introduce the penultimate type of heavy hitter, the rogue. I realists that many of you may be losing interest in this topic, so I will only give you the necessary data. Rogue's tend to depend on stealth and subterfuge to defeat their foes. Their powers tend to be stealth focused, such as invisibility, creating decoys, releasing a hail of blades, and being able to deafen their foes.

Legion: (Scene cuts to gameplay from Watch Dogs) "Watch Dogs' Aiden Pearce is the ultimate example of the most dangerous type of rogue, the manipulator. The Manipulator relies on using an opponents own advantages against them or, in general, manipulating the environment so that any confrontation favors them. In this case, he can utilize the system that runs the city to complete his own goals while compromising his enemies' usage of said system. Power over the environment and, in particular, the battlefield, greatly increases your chances of victory. There are far too many subclasses of the rogue to describe, so I will keep only describe this one, but creative thinking will allow you to discover the rest. Now, I will return the focus of this inquiry to my constituent, Grimm, to introduce the final heavy hitter class..... Whose name will be undisclosed at this moment.

Fade back into the original setting, Grimm is still where he was earlier.

Grimm: "Alright, now that you have seen the other classes, I will unveil the final one: the wildcard. A wild card heavy hitter is unique in that they fit no particular skill set. They could be a hybrid of the mentioned classes, be a jack of all trades, or be completely unique. Ultimately, their is no set of rules for the wild card class, so they can become anything. Well, now that we have unveiled all of the heavy hitter classes,Let's show you why we were the ones who introduced the heavy hitters.

''Chelm, Legion and Indigo all teleport in behind Grimm as the camera rapidly pulls back. Chelmsford quickly pulls out a colossal war hammer as Indigo generates plasma from her hands, while Legion fires a multitude of blades around her. Finally, Grimm causes his arms to glow a chrome color as he creates an army of Grimm, then catches one of legions blades. The blade rapidly rusts and disintegrates. Grimm looks directly at the camera before turning his entire body chrome in color and leaping at the screen.''

Cut to black.

So that was a long and detailed description of what a heavy hitter should be like. So, if you have an idea for a heavy hitter, post it here. A picture to show us what our foe looks like would be nice. 