Vincent Ikona Skill Tree Path:
📜 Vincent Ruiz's Skill Tree – Molten Executioner 📜
A shard path designed for brutal, sustained combat. Focuses on reinforcement, molten weapon augmentation, and continuous regeneration through soul energy.
🔥 Core Skills (Base Branch)
🦴 Molten Reforge (1/5):
Vincent can regenerate or reforge damaged limbs using molten earth channeled through his Ikona.
Higher levels increase regeneration speed, precision, and allow partial weapon fusion.
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
🔗 Weapon Bind (1/5):
Allows Vincent to fuse his weapons with his Ikona's energy, amplifying durability and adding crushing force or burn traits.
Higher levels allow extended fusions and reactive spikes/edge augmentation.
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
💢 Shard Overflow (1/5):
Temporarily overloads Vincent's body to enhance strength and physical resistance, risking heat-based backlash.
Higher levels reduce cooldown and increase duration of the surge.
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
🪨 Earth Pulse (1/5):
Vincent channels energy into the terrain through his feet, manipulating stone under pressure.
Higher levels enable directional spikes, wall lifts, and targeted disruption.
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
🔒 Locked Skill Paths (2/5 Locked)
All core skills must reach Level 2 to unlock path access.
🔥 Skill Tree Branching Paths (Examples)
🌋 Path of the Apex Vessel (Focus: Reconstitution & Dominance)
♨️ Iron Veins: Gain immunity to knockback and resistance to dismemberment for a duration.♨️ Internal Forge: Soul energy restores Vincent's physical stamina at a controlled burn.♨️ Volcanic Core: Activating this causes nearby terrain to deform under his aura.
⚒ Path of the Armament (Focus: Weapon Fusion & Aggression)
🛠 Molten Edge: Weapons burn through armor on contact.⚙ Adaptive Grip: Hands reshaped via shard to wield, crush, or launch anything.🧱 Pressure Lock: Traps enemies mid-combat using molten grip constructs.
🌑 Path of the Executioner (Focus: Single Combat & Pursuit)
☠ Blood Heat: Deals bonus damage to enemies below 30% health.🔥 Final Ember: Vincent's shard surges when near death, doubling output temporarily.🧲 Seismic Step: Each step destabilizes terrain under targets within 6 ft.
Skill Unlock Conditions
Use reinforced body parts or reforging mid-combat
• Maintain weapon-fused state for extended periods
• Directly crush or counter attacks using Earth Pulse or similar traits
Soul Energy Acquisition
Consumes enemies via overpowering strikes
• Endures damage while maintaining aggression
• Successfully performs shard regeneration
• Melts or reforms enemy weapons or armor during combat
🔥 Future Potential: Ash Crown Ascension
Once all Core Skills reach Level 5, Vincent's body enters a continuous reforge state, allowing regeneration of both limbs and armor passively, making him nearly unkillable unless he's fully destroyed at once.