[The Warframe Paragraph] (2024 UPDATE)

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The Stalker (Shadow Stalker)

Terror Radius: 32m

Speed: 4.6m/s

Height: Average/Tall

Weapon: War

(In-game Codex image of Shadow Stalker wielding the War greatsword)

A pursuing Killer, The Stalker hunts Survivors relentlessly with cunning, precision, and vengeance, with the help of his power: Death Mark.

[POWER] Death Mark

At the beginning of the Trial, The Stalker starts with 1 token. Tokens regenerate on their own over time. Hooking a Survivor immediately grants you a token.

Tokens can be spent to activate any of his several special abilities when necessary, or saved for a very powerful ability once a max of 5 tokens has been acquired.

Special Attack 1: Slash Dash

Holding the Power button and clicking the Attack button consumes 1 token to activate Slash Dash, an almost instant forward rush that depletes 1 health state upon hit. Slash Dash lasts for 2.5 seconds by default, and can break through thrown pallets while dashing. If a Survivor is hit after a pallet is destroyed by Slash Dash, they are only put in Deep Wound. The Stalker emits a screech when Slash Dash activates.

Special Attack 2: Exalted Blade

Holding the Power button and clicking the Active Ability button will cause The Stalker to raise his greatsword and roar. After this warning, he will then begin to swing his sword 3 times, launching sharp waves of energy each time; vertically, horizontally, and finally diagonally, ending with a moment of exhaustion. Each wave depletes 1 health state upon hit (cannot hit the same Survivor twice in one usage) and carries on for 24 meters standardly. This requires 1 token for each energy wave casted consecutively, but can be canceled early for fewer casts.

Special Ability: Teleportation

Holding the Active Ability button by itself will consume 2 tokens. The Stalker will pose and channel his energy. The map will flicker with darkness and a sharp audio cue, after which The Stalker will vanish into smoke and reappear, kneeling underneath a random hook within 32 meters of a random Survivor outside of his Terror Radius. That Survivor is revealed by Killer Instinct for 5 seconds.

Final Ability: Hunhow's Gift

Once all 5 tokens have been acquired, The Stalker can spend all of them to cast a flying orb that fires light beams in all directions, which have great reach.

The orb rotates as it floats forward, which also causes the light beams to rotate. The initial orb flies forward slowly and passes through all obstacles, but the damaging beams do not bypass obstacles.

Survivors touched by the beams will immediately lose 1 health state, and can quickly be downed if they do not find cover before being hit again. The Stalker meditates for the first few seconds after casting Hunhow's Gift.

The Stalker telegraphs this attack with a sharp audio cue, and then his trademark line: "I AM YOUR RECKONING!"

(Mirage's Prism ability in-game; the closest representation of the ability I could find.)

[PERKS]

Ferocious Strike

For every 3/2/1 time(s) you are pallet-stunned or blinded, this perk activates.

Your next Basic Attack will immediately destroy a targeted pallet or breakable wall, incurring only the Basic Attack swing cooldown, then this perk deactivates until stunned or blinded again.

Adaptation

You gain Bloodlust 15%/25%/35% faster.

Bloodlust Tier 1 causes the Blindness status effect for the Survivor being chased.

Bloodlust Tier 2 causes the Exhausted status effect.

Bloodlust Tier 3 causes the Exposed status effect.

Hand of Hunhow

Every 180 seconds, this perk activates.

While this perk is active, the next generator you kick is blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds, and regresses at the same time, at 50% speed.

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December 2024 Update: Gave it some modern touch-ups, specified the vision on certain power aspects, and generally hoping BHVR will see this again.