Psychedelic Taco/Cole MacGrath

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Cole MacGrathinFamous
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Cole MacGrath is one of the 40 starting characters in Psychedelic Taco. He is the protagonist of the first two inFamous games and, in PT, a dream. He was added to the Psychedelic Taco roster as one of GG's core inspirations, having one of his favourite powersets, and being a man of maleable morals.
Cole was a courier in Empire City until he was dead center of an explosion that gave him electrical super-powers, making him a Conduit. This ultimately turned out to be part of a plan to strengthen him formulated by his future self under the identity Kessler. Cole then travelled to New Marais to prepare for his battle with 'The Beast', where he ultimately sacrificed himself to prevent the destruction of mankind.
His Nightmare counterpart is Alex Mercer, another man who developed super powers, but who eventually succumbed to his more inhuman nature and chose to destroy mankind.
==Gameplay==
A long range brawler, Cole is a fast-moving midweight with a suite of long-ranged abilities. His jump height is average, but he can hold the jump button after his second jump to glide. His combos are average, but fast and chain easily with his specials. He attacks by swinging his amp and firing short bursts of electricity. His grabs also use Lightning Tether, giving them range.
Cole passive is Bio-Electricity. He has a 'Charge' meter above his reality meter that signifies how much electricity he currently has. This meter recharges over-time, but can be recharged faster by absorbing attacks with polarity wall or grabbing enemies. The fuller the bar is, the more damage his special attacks do.
*Neutral Special: Magnum Bolt - Cole fires a bolt of electricity. Has long range and deals medium damage, but has a delay before it can be fired again. The Magnum Bolt was an upgrade for Cole's basic Electric Bolt in inFamous 2.
*Side Special: Megawatt Hammer - Cole launches an orb of electricity that travels slowly but explodes on contact, dealing heavy damage. The Megawatt Hammer is a power Cole obtained in inFamous 1.
*Up Special: Ice Launch/Thunderdrop - Cole launches himself into the air with a pillar of ice. Cole can still jump twice if he uses this ability. Using it while already airborne will cause Cole to drop straight down, releasing an explosion of electricity when he lands. Ice Launch was a power Cole gained in inFamous 2 if he chose to use the Power Transfer Device with Lucy Kuo, a cyrokinetic conduit. Thunderdrop is a power he gained in inFamous 1.
*Down Special: Polarity Wall - Cole creates a shield of electromagnetic energy in front of himself. Any projectile fired at this wall will be absorbed, adding it's damage to Cole's charge meter. When Cole ends Polarity Wall, all the absorbed projectiles are flung forwards. Cole gained this power in inFamous 1.
*Reality Breal: Perfect Storm - Lightning discharges from Cole's body as he floats into the air, where he then summons a lightning storm that strikes the entire battlefield, dealing intense damage to anyone struck. For ten seconds afterwards, Cole is permanently at maximum charge. Perfect Storm is loosely based on Lightning Storm, Cole's strongest power in inFamous 1, and it's equivalent in inFamous 2, Ionic Storm.
===Deep Rest===
Cole's ally in Deep Rest is Jimmy Hopkins.
Having defeated PT, Cole absorbed the power of the seemingly omnipotent being. As he feels the surge of power overwhelm him, he screams as lightning tears his body apart. Cole is no more, and in his place is the Thunder God, Raiden. The being that was once Cole smiles. As a god, he shall watch over the dream and ensure that it never again falls victim to tyranny.
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Design NotesI've always loved inFamous. Aside from how fun it is and the core idea of choosing to be a super-hero or super-villain, something about Electrokinesis just clicked with me. It's been my favourite elemental powerset ever since. Cole was a fairly easy character to design, in part because he's already been in a fighting game, but also his suite of super-powers provides a lot of options. Really happy with how he turned out.
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