In June developer Gearbox revealed the name of the next class to be introduced to fantasy / sci-fi roleplaying looter shooter Tiny Tina's Wonderlands as the Blightcaller.

Now we have the full class reveal and skill details.

Blightcallers are great at synergizing with all types of elemental damage, though Poison is their specialty. They can recharge their Ward by slaying their foes, allowing them to stay in the fight while enemies succumb to damage over time from their Spirit Swarm and Bog Totem companions. Of course, when time is of the essence, they can make short work of any enemies caught out in their Plaguestorm.

While we deeply appreciate the flexibility of their multi-classing system, we must confess that the classes in the base game don't manage to scratch our tree-hugging itch.

Spore Warden has its mushroom pet and that's cool but also, that's all.

Its active class abilities are Barrage, a spectral bow attack, and Blizzard which summons several frost cyclones.

Blizzard might broadly fall under the nature umbrella but it's not especially plant'y.

Might Blightcaller fill this void?

We don't have any footage but two of their concept art pieces suggest that their stationary Bog Totem pet - summoned by class active ability - might be plant-like in appearance.

Bog Totem

Summon a Bog Totem Companion at target location, which periodically creates Elemental Spirits that seek out nearby enemies dealing Ability Damage and exploding on impact. Elemental Damage type is based on the Fatemaker's currently equipped Gun when activated.
Whenever the Fatemaker kills an enemy while Bog Totem is active, its Duration is partially restored. Bog Totem has multiple charges, and Pinging an enemy will cause your Bog Totem to target them.

Plus they have two passive based summon skills.

Geist in the Shell
5 points max

Gun Critical Hits have a chance to create a homing Poison Bog Spirit that seeks out nearby enemies dealing Poison Ability Damage and exploding on impact.

Spirit Swarm
1 point max

Applying a Status Effect creates a Spirit Swarm Companion that will seek out and damage nearby enemies, dealing Status Effect Damage of the applied Status Effect's Damage type.
While Spirit Swarm is active, its duration is partially restored after applying a Status Effect. Applying a stronger Status Effect fully refreshes its duration, and updates the Spirit Swarm's Damage Dealt and Damage type based on the applied Status Effect.
Pinging an enemy will redirect the Spirit Swarm.

So this is possibly good news for tree-hugging roleplayers.

Blightcaller is coming to Tiny Tina's Wonderlands with the Shattering Spectreglass DLC which contrary to our prediction didn't release one month after the previous DLC, which had been the pattern with Wonderlands.

Perhaps in response to player feedback about both the rapidity of and minimal content in those DLCs.

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is available now on PC (Epic and Steam), Xbox and PlayStation.

[ Main Image: Tiny Tina's Wonderlands - Blightcaller. Credit: 2K Games. ]

References

Play Wonderlands. Blightcaller. (viewed August 5, 2022)

Play Wonderlands (August 5, 2022). Blightcaller Class Skills Revealed!