TCH-3R

TEACH

Character Concept for Borderlands 2

Role: Supportive Pet Controller

Origin – A loader bot made by the Hyperion Corporation, TCH-3R often wondered, between murdering bandits and hauling crates of Eridium, what life was like outside the walls of its designated Eridium refinery. The answer came after the reveal of the Vault. The corporation attempted to suppress the initial rumours, but whispers soon reached the people. TCH-3R, hearing of the potential for fame and glory, persuaded its fellow loaders (with the helpful application of lots and lots of viruses) to flee the refinery and strike out on their own.

Teach became a bounty hunter, using the identical masses of its conscript army to strike fear and give the impression of being everywhere at once. Over time, the loader personalized itself in order to express itself and its hatred for the corporations that abused its fellow robots. When Handsome Jack offered the Vault Hunters a contract to find the Vault, Teach heeded the call, interested in not only the fame and fortune, but also in sticking a big robot middle finger at Hyperion.

Action Skill: Aggressive Action
Teach summons three Hyperion GUN Loaders to its side. The Gun Loaders last until killed or for approximately thirty seconds.

Details
•	The Gun Loader’s level scales with Teach, resulting in their health, damage and armour scaling as well. Their base values are fairly low to compensate.
•	Each Gun Loader is equipped with a Hyperion-model assault rifle of equal level to Teach.
•	Target priority for the summoned Gun Loaders lists as follows – enemies Teach is dealing damage to, enemies dealing damage to Teach, enemies being damaged by allies, enemies dealing damage to allies, nearest enemy within a certain radius.
•	Gun Loaders will follow Teach and stay with a radius of a few feet of him, their position based on their role and any skill upgrades. If they are get stuck and are unable to follow Teach after 3 seconds, or fall a certain distance behind Teach, they will teleport to his side.
•	The summoned Gun Loaders are technically armoured, but do not have the appropriate resistances. These must be unlocked with skills.

Skill Trees

Takeover
An aggressive tree that encourages use of mid range combat and creating more Loaders and robots to overwhelm the enemy.

Example Skills:
Enable Aggression – Extends duration of the summoned Loaders by +2 seconds per level.
Necessary Sacrifice – summons a free EXP Loader whenever Aggressive Action is used. The EXP Loader will prioritise whatever targets are being attacked by Teach and the other Loaders, and then whatever foe it can kill with its explosion, and then the nearest, lowest health enemy.
Robot Retribution – whenever Teach is put into Fight For Your Life mode, the summoned Loaders gain 10% movement speed and 5% gun damage per level. This bonus is lost if Teach dies or is revived.
High-Flyer – one summoned Loader is converted into a JET Loader. This JET Loader will prioritise attacking flying opponents by transforming into a jet. In this form, it deals bonus explosive damage.
Project Diversity – Teach gains 15% increased gun damage per level the closer he is to a target.
Down-Size the Enemy – Kill Skill. Killing an Enemy causes your Loaders to gain 6% Fire Rate and 8% Reload Speed per level for a short time. If your Loaders kill an enemy, you gain 12% Fire Rate and 16% Reload Speed per level for a similar duration.
Ultimate Skill – Aggressive Hiring Policy – adds an additional two GUN Loaders to Aggressive Action.

Promotion
A defensive tree, where the three existing Loaders are upgraded to serve as a defensive wall for Teach.

Example Skills:
Concrete Ceiling – Your Loaders gain 6% resistance to elemental damage per level.
Power Point – one summoned Loader is converted into a PWR Loader. The PWR Loader will attempt to defend Teach from ranged fire with its spinning arms, and fights in close combat.
Bull Market – one summoned Loader is converted into a BUL Loader. The BUL Loader rushes into combat and defends Teach with a shield arm.
Production Line – You and your loaders gain 5% resistance to bullets per level, but 2% increased damage from corrosive elemental damage per level.
Nepotism – your summoned loaders gain bonus health and shields, based on a percentage of your own health and shields. This percentage increases per level.
Returned Investment – Kill Skill. Killing an enemy heals Teach for a percentage of the damage dealt in the killing blow (5% per level). Summoned Loaders heal for twice this bonus.
Ultimate Skill – Crunch Time – one summoned Loader is promoted to a Badass Loader. All summoned GUN Loaders that have not already been converted by this skill or other skills are converted into SGT Loaders, dual-wielding their weapons and losing all critical damage points except the eye.

Networking
A support/elemental tree that focuses on applying elemental effects to as many enemies as possible, and giving benefits to allies.

Example Skills
Spread the Buzz – enemies killed by elemental damage have a 4% chance per level to pass on their elemental affliction to nearby enemies.
Make Them Pop – one summoned Loader is converted into a RPG Loader, causing it to deal bonus Explosive damage.
Hot New Product – one summoned Loader is converted into a HOT Loader, which deals Flame damage at close range.
Electrifying Developments – one summoned Loader is converted into an ION Loader, which deals Shock damage and can project a shield that blocks projectiles.
Acid-to-Face Time – one summoned Loader is converted into an ACD Loader, which deals corrosive damage.
Viral Marketing – enemies that take elemental damage emit healing waves that target nearby allies, prioritising lowest health first.
Ultimate Skill – Mission Critical – Whenever your summoned Loaders deal a critical hit, they Slag the target they hit. This overrides any elemental effects they would deal normally.