OK, You are making a lightning based hero. either melee or ranged, the key here is electric based attacks.
I have always been challenged with Lightning Guy kinds of names.
So lets brainstorm, toss out everything even if its been used before. Good or bad, toss out every name you can think of.
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Supercharged
Haywire
Powerpunch
ThunderBird
Electroplate
Powersurge
Circuit
Surge
Overload
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I made an electricity hero in DCUO called Tess LaCage. One of my favorites.
Electromotive (EMF on his chest)
The Capacitor (he shouts out "Resistance is Fusile")
The Rectifier (I level the field)
Arclight
Gigawatt (with a 1.21 on his chest)
Mister Personality (he's electric)
Zeus, Raijin or any of the thunder gods of mythology
Skywrath
Blue Dragon (thank you Gary Gygax)
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Well... um... the first thing that comes to mind is “Brainstorm”, funnily enough.
Brainstorm
Circuit Breaker
AC/DC
Ignition
For a superhero duo, one with lightning and the other with super strength: Diode and Aeneas.
Name: Safehouse
Ranger: Gunner
Primary: Force Blast
Secondary: Atrophic Aura
Tertiary: Kinetic Melee
Travel Power: Parkour
Status: Traveling. Following rumors of a huge city in Massachusetts that is teeming with supers.
Mmm, mine were Thundercell, Mister Dynamic, Sorcircuitry, and ElectriKitty.
You might use:
Donar - he of the hammer and helmet.
Blitzen
Volt
Tesla
Be Well!
Fireheart
My first electrokinetic in CO was Stormrider, who considered herself a lucky Grondling that had no brain damage, had her extra limbs grow in as feathered wings, and her electric attacks were "beta radiation", i.e.: electrons. This was before they announced the science flight power crafting project: Storm Rider...
Other ideas I don't see above:
Coil
Alternator
Generator
Lightning Rod (Easily modifiable to names similar in sound to "Rod")
Ion
Cathode
Also, most pantheons have a storm god or goddess; real-world examples should be Public Domain as long as you avoid existing published imaginings like Marvel's version of everyone's favorite hammer-wielding Æsir.
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Yallspark
Cape Acitor
The Big Short
Black Current
If I keep going I might come up with something workable
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I don't really have any suggestions, but I'll detail how I generally create character names, maybe it'll prove useful to someone.
When it comes to on-theme names, I generally made use of dictionary.com and thesaurus.com to find something related to the general field, and then use any synonyms if the name I put together was already taken.
I'd use on-theme words as a starting point:
Ohm
Joules
Tesla
Arc
Watts
Volt
etc..
Then typically add in a word that related to the character's role/class(AT)/alignment/personality:
A support character might use words like Shield, Guardian, Protector, etc
A blaster might use Bolt, Blast, Strike, etc
I think the only electric user that I had with an on-theme name was Arctech; a cyborg/robotic Cold/Electric defender paired with a friend's cyborg/robotic Cold/Electric defender Antarctecha.
I used this for many other characters though; Twilight Rampart a FF/Dark defender; Starbolter, my Peacebringer; Arctic Black a Dark/Ice defender; etc.
So for an electric blaster... Bolt Bolt.
Sounds like something a random name generator spat out. Speaking of which...
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=superheronameorg
That's good for a laugh, though sometimes you find something workable or something you can work from.
"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."
My main was an electric hero named Dreadlight. Kind of a darker vigilante type
Shockback
Voltagious
The Volt Aegis
Herald of the Storm
Herold of the Storm
Switch Breaker
Thundermight
Sparring Spark
Fair Light
Justicar Surge
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I squee over a good portmanteau. +1
Thanks! I had this idea for an Elf with very little magic, who became fascinated by Ben Franklin and subsequent parents of Electro-sciences. Shortly, she figured out how to use her small magics to manipulate high voltages. So she came from Underhill to Paragon City to conduct experiments on Hellions and the rest is alternate history.
Be Well!
Fireheart
Fortunately Thor isn't his only name, there's also Donar, Redbeard, Atli, Einridi, Hardhugadr, Hloridi, Rym, Veod, etc. Just don't make him blonde!
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Kitsune. Seeing as how their foxfire could just as easily be lightning.
Discharge.
Ion.
Storm Blood.
Crackle.
Flashbang.
Static-Pulse could be either melee or blaster for electric
Oh, how about Harold of the Storm? :P
/shrug
That is essentially the process, since CoX didn't have a random name generator, and CoT is unlikely to either (Understandably, given that superhero themes are so diverse).
Given how many comic book characters have names that sound as if they [i]were[/i] spit of of an RNG, I don't see how it could be implied as a negative.
I mean, this thread and threads like it in and of themselves are a quasi-random name generator, aren't they?
A poster asks for name ideas and a host of other random posters provide a list of options for them. They just pick one that sounds good to them, same as if they just hit "Random" until they found something they liked.
Random... Random Flux.
Electron Chaos
Thundercat (okay, maybe not)
Arc-Weld
Arc-Wielder
Catalyst
Be Well!
Fireheart
It'd be neat if CoT had a random name generator built in. Especially if it's set up like the one I linked. Though it'd probably be tough to set it up as to not produce any copywritten names.
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I had a Kinetic/Electric Defender once named Arc Angel. I had to change it based on some supposed copyright or another. I changed it to SkylArc. He had angel/bird wings and shot lightning out of his hands.
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That's weird, because marvel's character is Archangel. Arc Angel would be totally different and you had different powers.
And 'Archangel' is a word in general use, so I doubt Marvel could claim any exclusivity. Just don't clone the costume.
Be Well!
Fireheart
Electra-city
Voltessla
Piso-electric
Photo-electric
Turbine
Juicer (loved those guys).
Gigs
Sadly, General Electric probably won't pass. So Capt. Electric? Corporal Capacitor? Meh...
Proffessor, Dr, Sir, ... something electrical sounding.
Class C (type of electrical fire).
Tazer
Right Hand Rule (nice for villian or vigilante maybe?)
Crankstart
Zzzzzt! (something electrical sounding)
Flint
Galvanic
Slag
Sister transistor
Carbon-Arc
Plug-in
You could always use a non-english word for lightning:
Blitz (German)
Weerlig (Afrikaans)
Fulgur (Latin)
Bariq (Arabian)
Bajra (Bangla)
Shǎndiàn (Chinese)
Astrapí (Greek)
Zèklè (Haitian Creole)
Molniya (Russian)
Umbani (Zulu)
Bliksem (Dutch)
Uila (Hawaiian)
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A lightning gunner Schottky, whose trusty gun is named Schmitt.
Shockley would be a good name, too.
Could have an insect electric hero named Kill-Bee.
And finally, Mr. Moore, whose powers double every year and a half.
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I so don't like this topic... because there is only one name for one electric master, and it's me, Thunder. :p
Well I guess that's lore now, due to some fluke obsolete law every hero with electric powers is hereby forced to be named 'Me Thunder'
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All I can think of with this thunder talk.
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SUBSTRATE - for a character that is a vessel / conduit for the electricity, especially if the aesthetic draws power from another source (ground, the air, other people) and it flows over them in the process of the attack.
MAGIC HELMET - the Elmer Fudd character as inspiration
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COULOMB - or variations with GIGA- or MEGA- or JIGA- etc (might be neat if your powers needed to "charge" up...).
HADRON - (based on the Hadron Collider) if you venture into a high energy concept
PIEZO - (pi ez oh) for vibration or oscillation as a basis of your electrical powers. You could also use Resonance or Frequency themes as a basis (MEGAHURTS / Megahertz).
SURGE PROJECTOR - as a play on surge protector
Ball/chain/grease/smokestack Lightning - easy bases to cover
Direct Current - more of the AC/DC
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I'm not a huge fan of using directly-related terms within the names, for one the single word names like "Storm" and "Static" are almost surely going to be taken by existing Big Two properties (as these two examples were), and even compound names like "Power Surge" feel a bit too on the nose to me. When I do go down this path I'll try to use rhyming or alliteration to give it a bit more zing, I seem to recall having an elec/elec brute named Flux Armstrong for example. The wifey had an elec character named "Sultana Surge"
I prefer indirect associations if possible. Always liked my patriotic-themed inv/ss tanker Indivisible, the name took on the double connotation of the patriot theme and of durability, stability, strength in teamwork.
What are some electric associations? One of the first things that popped into my mind was Frankenstein, I keep seeing him as an elec brute from the powers given him in the Darkstalkers fighting game. I could see me rolling up a CoH elec/elec PvP stalker named Gankenstein :)
Other associations? Ben Franklin popped to mind next with his kite and keys. Hrm, interesting name similarities there, scientist and elec connotations.... make a big hulking elec/elec brute named Ben Franklinstein. Give him old-timey clothes, maybe that tri-corner hat, with zombie skin and the neck bolts.
Shocklock Ohms and his sidekick Wattson
That's [i]Doctor[/i] Wattson, to you, sir!
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My main Redsider in CoH and the first guy I shifted to Rogue was Power Breaker. I made him JUST before Electric Armor and Electric Melee came out as powersets, so I wound up making him as an Energy Melee/Energy Aura Brute, and just kept trucking along until years later, when I saw Electric Armor and Electric Melee and went "What the-!? How long have THESE been here?" (Got told by a friend "Since I-7," and I was so ticked... :P )
If I was to give electrical hero names, it should be something like these:
Volt
Spark
Megawatt
Gigawatt
Feedback
High Voltage
Lightning Bolt
And my personal favorite:
Thunderbolt
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My first ever hero made in City of Heroes was a scrapper, claws and regen, named Lightning Shock. Brings back memories ='(
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If you need a nemesis, there's the simply-named "Karent", an electric supervillain who demands to see the person in ... (you know it's coming) ... charge.
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Quite the flawed villain, a criminal who always wants to call the cops xD
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Why not create another claws/regen again? [Removed reference to illegal activity]
Shango?
City of Titans won't have the same powers as CoH did. There's no legal way to create a claws/regen character again, currently. We gotta work with what we've got.
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I will love my new self healing/sharp knuckle swords hero *^-^*
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I am a really big Marvel fan, anyone else?
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CGR Oni. I'm not sure why you would post such a random question here that has nothing to do with the OP.
If you want to discuss non-game related material, head on over to the Superhero Culture thread.
Oh, and, welcome to the community.
Also, 'Brainstorm' would be an excellent heroname.
For a play on words how about Assaultin' Battery? I started a group on COH based on song titles and I have one called Electric Blue after the song by Ice House. My son chose Thunderstruck for the same team.
Also Short Circuit or Short Fuse. There's always power holders like Generator, Terminal, Power Plant. Maybe Conductor, he could wear a tux like an orchestra conductor
Kind of amazed this one hasn't been offered yet.
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer][b]Transformer[/b][/url]
Power armored appearance optional for yet another additional layer of double meaning.
You can also stack that with other electrical sounding names, like Brainwave Transformer ... Lightning Transformer ... Power Transformer ... etc.
After all, any electrical engineer and/or electrical hobbyist will recognize this diagram symbololgy.
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MegaWatt
Franklin (after Ben Franklin)
VIR (Voltage=I current x R resistance)
PIE (Power=I current x V voltage)
Blitzen (Blitz, Blitzkrieg)
Fritz
Electrochar
My first electrokinetic in CO was Stormrider, who considered herself a lucky Grondling that had no brain damage, had her extra limbs grow in as feathered wings, and her electric attacks were "beta radiation", i.e.: electrons. This was before they announced the science flight power crafting project
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Same here. GMTA?
And now I'm trying to launch the game for the first time in years to look at my characters...
Ahh, here's her bio:
"Jennivyr O'Quinn's physics experiment was interrupted when a Qularr Mothership fired a blast into the UMC physics lab. The energy released mutated her form and granted her the ability to emit Beta Radiation!
Stormrider is a Grondling, sort of; although other Irradiates think she's too pretty."
Also, bonus points if your sort-of-grondling is green ^_^.
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That's fascinating! Stormrider sounds like a truly unique and memorable character. I love the details you've woven into her backstory, particularly the "lucky Grondling" who escaped brain damage and the unexpected twist of her electric attacks being beta radiation. It's clear you put a lot of thought into crafting her personality and abilities.