# Wasp — Janet Van Dyne

* **Role:** **Duelist**
* **Core identity:** A highly mobile aerial skirmisher who alternates between vulnerable normal-size combat and a far more agile miniature state.
* **Gameplay fantasy:** Janet builds Pym energy while fighting at normal size, then spends it to shrink, dive through the enemy team, harass priority targets, and escape before returning to normal.
* **Primary strengths:**
   * Extremely strong aerial mobility
   * Tiny hitbox and high maneuverability while Miniaturized
   * Excellent access to enemy backlines
   * Strong hit-and-run potential
   * Can seamlessly transition from high-speed normal flight into miniature combat
* **Primary weaknesses:**
   * Normal-size Wasp is deliberately more vulnerable
   * Miniature form is limited by Pym Particle Reserve
   * Her strongest utility requires committing to close range
   * Pym Reserve cannot be replenished while Miniaturized

# Attacks

* **Wasp’s Sting — LMB**
   * Fires rapid bio-electric bolts at enemies.
   * While **Miniaturized**, the Sting fires faster but deals reduced damage.
   * Serves as Janet’s only standard weapon, keeping her normal-size combat intentionally straightforward.

# Abilities

* **Micro-Flight — LShift**
   * Consumes **Pym Particle Reserve** to shrink Janet to miniature size.
   * Greatly reduces her profile while dramatically increasing flight speed and aerial maneuverability.
   * Reactivate to voluntarily return to normal size and preserve any remaining Pym Reserve.
   * Remaining miniature continuously drains Pym Reserve.
* **Aerial Rush**
   * Accelerates Janet into high-speed flight in the aimed direction.
   * She can steer and continue firing Wasp’s Sting while rushing.
   * Works at both normal and miniature size.
   * Janet retains her momentum if she activates **Micro-Flight** during the rush.
   * This allows sequences such as:
      * Dive toward an enemy at normal size
      * Fire Stings during the approach
      * Shrink in mid-flight
      * Continue the dive at miniature size without losing momentum
* **Swarm Strike — Miniature Ability**
   * Janet performs a rapid series of high-speed passes through the targeted area.
   * Repeatedly damages enemies intersecting her flight path.
   * Functions more like a controllable multi-hit rush than an automatic target-chain.
   * Can potentially strike the same enemy multiple times if Janet positions the attack well.
* **Micro Sabotage — Miniature Ability**
   * Janet rushes onto a targeted enemy while miniature.
   * Attaches herself to the target and repeatedly shocks them with bio-electric attacks.
   * The final utility effect is still open to refinement.
   * Possible payoff:
      * Repeated damage and Slow
      * Brief mobility suppression
      * Short disruption of certain abilities
   * A full Sombra-style ability lockout is probably unnecessary; a lighter form of disruption fits Janet better.
* **Pym Surge — Miniature Ability**
   * Consumes remaining Pym Particle Reserve to weaponize Janet’s return to normal size.
   * Janet rapidly expands **beyond normal size**, becoming briefly giant.
   * The expansion damages and knocks back nearby enemies.
   * She then settles back to normal size.
   * This gives Janet access to enlargement without turning Giant Wasp into a sustained combat state.
   * It also creates a meaningful choice:
      * Use Micro-Flight again to return safely and preserve Reserve
      * Use Pym Surge to cash out the remaining Reserve for an offensive exit

# Passives

* **Pym Particle Reserve**
   * Maintain a **Pym Particle Reserve** used to alter Janet’s size.
   * Reserve regenerates while at normal size and is restored by damaging enemies.
   * While **Miniaturized**, Reserve continuously drains and cannot be restored through damage.
   * Depleting the Reserve automatically returns Janet to normal size.
   * The system is intended to allow long miniature engagements without letting Janet stay tiny indefinitely.
* **Bio-Synthetic Wings**
   * Janet can freely fly using her insectoid wings.
   * While Miniaturized, her flight speed, acceleration, and aerial maneuverability are greatly increased.
   * Normal flight does not consume Pym Reserve.

# Ultimate — Wasp’s Wrath

* Janet shrinks out of sight and rapidly attacks enemies throughout a targeted area.
* She then enlarges above the battlefield and finishes the attack with a giant-sized impact.
* Thematically combines:
   * Miniature speed
   * Bio-electric offense
   * Giant-size manipulation

# Ant-Man — Hank Pym

* **Role:** Vanguard
* **Core identity:** A battlefield-control Vanguard who uses Pym technology to manipulate the size of himself, his allies, and his enemies. I would prefer NE add Hank as Yellowjacket, but I have a feeling they'll have him as Ant-Man, so this concept combines aspects of Ant-Man, Giant-Man, and Yellowjacket.
* **Gameplay fantasy:** Hank fights as a scientist and controller at normal size, using the Yellowjacket Stinger, ants, and size manipulation before spending Pym energy to become Giant-Man and physically dominate the frontline.
* **Primary strengths:**
   * Unique ally and enemy size manipulation
   * Strong battlefield disruption
   * Can alternate between ranged control and giant melee combat
   * Excellent ability to protect teammates by physically occupying space
   * Strong synergy with both melee allies and high-damage teammates
* **Primary weaknesses:**
   * Powerful size manipulation is limited by Pym Particle Reserve
   * Enemies must first be prepared with **Pym Saturation**
   * Giant-Man is a much easier target
   * Spending Reserve on Giant-Man means less Reserve is available to manipulate teammates and enemies

# Attacks

* **Yellowjacket Stinger — LMB**
   * Fires bursts of Pym-energy from Hank’s Yellowjacket-inspired weapon.
   * Damaging enemies builds **Pym Saturation**.
   * Damage also restores a portion of **Pym Particle Reserve**.
   * Incorporates Hank’s Yellowjacket identity

# Giant-Man Attacks

* **Giant Strike — LMB while Giant-Man**
   * While **Giant-Man**, swing an enormous fist to deal heavy damage and knock back enemies in front of Hank.
   * Replaces Yellowjacket Stinger while enlarged.
   * Could potentially function as a short melee combo with different giant punches and slams.
* **Giant Guard — RMB while Giant-Man**
   * While **Giant-Man**, Hank raises his enormous hands to shield himself from incoming fire.
   * Greatly reduces damage received from the front.
   * His physical size also allows him to protect allies standing behind him.
   * Avoids giving Hank another generic energy barrier; his own giant body becomes the shield.

# Abilities

* **Micro Escape — LShift**
   * Hank rapidly shrinks and surges in the aimed direction.
   * Immediately returns to normal size after the movement.
   * Allows him to dodge attacks, cross dangerous spaces, and reposition through the battlefield.
   * Keeps self-shrinking part of Ant-Man’s kit without turning him into another sustained tiny character.
* **Reduce — E**
   * Consumes **Pym Particle Reserve** to shrink the targeted character.
   * **On allies:**
      * Reduced profile
      * Increased mobility
      * Potentially improved jump or evasiveness
   * **On enemies:**
      * Requires the target to be **Size-Vulnerable**
      * Reduced outgoing damage
      * Increased knockback received
   * Shrinking enemies is deliberately gated so Hank cannot instantly disable anyone he sees.
* **Enlarge — F**
   * Consumes **Pym Particle Reserve** to enlarge the targeted character.
   * **On allies:**
      * Grants Bonus Health
      * Increases resistance to displacement
      * Could potentially improve melee effectiveness
   * **On enemies:**
      * Requires **Size-Vulnerable**
      * Enlarges their hitbox
      * Reduces mobility
      * Makes them much easier for Hank’s team to focus
   * Enlarged enemies do not necessarily need to take bonus damage; becoming a significantly larger target is already a major disadvantage.
* **Ant Swarm — C**
   * Commands a swarm of ants to overrun a targeted area.
   * Slows affected enemies.
   * Reveals them to Hank’s team.
   * Gradually applies **Pym Saturation**.
   * Functions primarily as a control and setup tool rather than simple damage-over-time.
* **Giant-Man — V**
   * Consumes **Pym Particle Reserve** to grow Hank to enormous size.
   * Grants:
      * Bonus Health
      * Increased resistance to displacement
      * Much greater physical battlefield presence
   * While enlarged:
      * **Yellowjacket Stinger** is replaced by **Giant Strike**
      * **Giant Guard** becomes available
   * Reactivate to return to normal size.
   * Pym Reserve continuously drains while Hank remains enlarged.
   * Giant-Man acts as Hank’s frontline combat state rather than being locked behind his ultimate.

# Passives

* **Pym Particle Reserve**
   * Maintain a **Pym Particle Reserve** used to alter the size of Hank or other characters.
   * Reserve regenerates over time and is restored by damaging enemies.
   * Shrinking or enlarging other characters consumes Reserve.
   * Remaining Giant-Man also consumes Reserve.
   * This creates constant choices between:
      * Manipulating allies
      * Manipulating enemies
      * Saving energy for Giant-Man
* **Pym Saturation**
   * Repeatedly damaging an enemy with Pym technology destabilizes their size.
   * Fully Saturated enemies become **Size-Vulnerable**.
   * Size-Vulnerable enemies can then be affected by **Reduce** or **Enlarge**.
   * Prevents Hank’s strongest crowd-control effects from being instantaneous.

# Ultimate — Goliath

* Hank grows to colossal size, significantly larger than his ordinary Giant-Man state.
* Gains immense durability and devastating giant-scale attacks.
* Functions as the extreme expression of his Vanguard identity.
* Where Giant-Man is a normal combat tool, Goliath should feel like:
   * Massive battlefield occupation
   * Huge sweeping attacks
   * Powerful displacement
   * A temporary raid-boss presence
* The distinction is:
   * **Giant-Man:** Hulk-sized frontline bruiser
   * **Goliath:** genuinely colossal Hank dominating a team fight

# How the two characters differ

* **Wasp**
   * Manipulates primarily her own size
   * Uses shrinking for mobility, assassination, and evasion
   * Wants to be difficult to track
   * Gains access to specialized miniature abilities
   * Briefly enlarges herself offensively through Pym Surge
* **Ant-Man**
   * Manipulates primarily everyone else’s size
   * Uses shrinking and enlargement for battlefield control
   * Wants to draw attention and occupy space
   * Uses Giant-Man as a sustained frontline state
   * Uses Pym technology strategically rather than purely for mobility
* Together, their shared Pym mechanics remain recognizable without making them feel mechanically redundant:
   * Janet uses Pym Particles to become harder to catch.
   * Hank uses Pym Particles to control everyone around him.

Vanguard Ant-Man and Duelist Wasp character concepts