Adding these features would make COC even more strategical and fun! COC is the best of its kind, why not make it better? Allowing heroes to have different equipment would allow for more strategical strategies. Think about out it, a hero that you designed to be effective at defending but with the sacrifice of weaker offense isn't a strategy move? Or maybe you designed a hero that's effective at attacking with the sacrifice of weaker defense. Or maybe you designed a well balanced hero with the variety of different armor and weapons you could choose. You can just switch it up with various equipment. These features would make heroes more interesting, helpful, unique and fun. BUT! These features should be well thought about and well balanced. Im sure Supercell could handle that.
Equipment
There should be 2 main equipment pieces. The armor & the weapon. These equipment could mainly be obtained from single player missions. For example, there may be a mission that has a reward for an archer queen bow with its own unique stats; Or, these equipment can be obtained from when you kill a hero (Defense & Attack). You get a chance at an equipment drop. There should also be common, uncommon, rare, epic and legendary equipment. The higher the lvl and the stronger equipment of the hero you kill , the better chances you will get a drop and the better chances it will be a legendary, epic, rare or an uncommon type. Or maybe there can even be some exclusive equipment from the store that would cost resources.
Examples
This would be the original Barbarian King's equipment, just to get an idea. You can mix & match between various armor and weapons.
Barbarian King's armor Common
Hitpoints: 1700
Unique stats: none
Ability - Iron Fist Unlock at lvl 5 king
Damage increase: 56
Health Recovery: 500
etc.
Barbarian King's sword Common
DPS: 120
Unique stats: none
Gladiator King's armor Uncommon
*Adds 10 minutes to regeneration time*
*lvl 5 king required*
Hitpoints: 1425
Unique stats: +10% hitpoints, +10 hitpoints.
Ability - Gladiator Rage Unlock at lvl 10 king
*Also effects nearby troops*
Rage radius: 7 tiles
Damage increase: 28%
Speed increase: 22%
Duration: 16s
Gladiator King's 2 handed sword Uncommon
*Has a slower attack speed!*
*lvl 6 king required*
DPS: 180
Unique stats: 25% chance to cause bleeding (loses hp over time) to an enemy troop or building.
Bleed DPS: 8
Duration: 3 seconds
Can stack
Templar King's armor Rare
*Adds 20 minutes to regen time*
*lvl 12 king required*
Hitpoints: 1820
Unique stats: Troops within 5 tiles of the king will be healed for 12 hp per second, friendly buildings get healed 24 hp per 1.5 seconds *The healing ring does not heal the king*
Ability - Templar's blessing Unlock at lvl 17 king
Increased healing radius: +4 tiles
Healing effects boosted: 25%
Summons a weaker version of the lvl of your current healer that will heal until death
Duration: 20s
Templar King's sword & shield Rare
*Faster attack speed!*
*lvl 13 king required*
DPS: 165
Unique stats: 19% of the damage done per second returns back as hp, shield absorbs 5% of incoming damage, +40 hp
Reaver King's armor Epic
*Adds 30 minutes to regeneration time*
*Lvl 22 king required*
Hitpoints: 2185
Unique stats: Each hit steals 50 hitpoints from the target and heals the king, gives the weapon equipped a 29% chance to cause bleeding to an enemy or building on hit
Bleed DPS: 48
Duration: 4 seconds
Cannot stack
Ability - Bloodlust Unlock at lvl 27 king
Each kill from an enemy or building enrages the king to move faster, fight faster, and fight stronger.
*Bonuses stack for each kill!*
DPS increase: +7
Movement speed: +3
Attack speed: +12%
Duration: 18 seconds
Reaver King's greataxe Epic
*Very slow attack speed*
*lvl 23 king required*
DPS: 280
Unique stats: Increased ability duration by 5 seconds.
Dark King's armor Legendary
*Adds 35 minutes to regeneration time*
*Lvl 32 king required*
Hitpoints: 2950
Unique stats: Summons a minion every 7 seconds, increased movement speed by +6, At the brink of death, summons a burst of 5 minions
Ability - Dark Mercenaries
Summons 4 minions and a witch. The Dark Mercenaries gets buffed by the dark powers.
Health increase: +55
Damage increase: +30
Movement increase: +6
Dark King's sword & shield Legendary
*Faster attack speed*
*lvl 33 king required*
DPS: 220
Unique stats: +18% attack speed, Bonuses if charged with dark elixir
Dark elixir charge cost: 375 dark elixir
Damage: +50 dps
Attack speed: +8%
Hitpoints: +150
and so on and so on. Just make a wide variety of different armor and weapons. These are just examples! Keep it well balanced and fun.
Notes
*Every time you lvl your hero you would still get the same bonus damage & health, and increased regen time.
*The name of the hero should go by the armor so if you have the templar king's armor equipped but a gladiator sword then your king's name is still templar king.
*Of course, each armor & weapon would be exclusive to the designated hero.
Originally Posted by Spurs978
