[Champion Concept] Kenshi - The Fallen
This is the last Samurai in my series of four Samurais (five including Yasuo). I've been trying to create a story similiar to Riot's event as such like Freljord-Event (Three Queens, their attendants), Piltover-Event (Cait, Vi, Jinx - Destruction & Chaos), IoniaVSnoxus ecetera.
The first of my Samurai Champions was Mitsume, the Merciful .
The second was Chizu, the Untainted .
The third was Takumi, the Reluctant .
And this one will be the fourth and last - Kenshi, the Fallen.
Everything started with the Samurai's Pride where Chizu, Mitsume, Takumi and Yasuo met after the incidents in their life and Kenshi was responsible for most of them. Together bound as friends and fellows in misery, they now joined the Institute of War to fight against the new evil participant of the Institute of War. Ladies and Gentlemen - Kenshi, the Fallen.
If you're interested in the background/lore of Kenshi, you might want to first read his prologue: The Dream Eater & The Fallen Swordsman
##Lore "I'll watch over Takumi's progress as an swordmaster and guide him, even if it means to hurt or even to kill him in this process." - Kenshi, the Fallen
"Kenshi, the former master of the 'Clan of the Seven Swords' was a person with high reputation known for his righteous duties for Ionia. Throughout history Kenshi offered his unique sword skills and fought for a better cause and for a future for Ionia.
However.. He was but now not anymore. Many years ago before the incidents of the 'Clan of the Seven Swords' happened, Kenshi took care of an abandoned young child, his name was Takumi. Kenshi always dreamed of creating the perfect swordsman from the begin of its birth till its maturity. Nonetheless, his wife and unborn child died and his dream could never come true, until he found Takumi as if it was destiny.
In the meantime, a woman who had become ascended to a superior creature called 'Dream Eater' became interested in Kenshi's mind and dreams. She nested herself in his body and devoured little by little the remains of what was once Kenshi. Kenshi became corrupted and obsessed with his dream of his adoptive son becoming a greater swordmaster than he himself and assaulted Takumi's friends who always distracted him in his training.
Takumi grew to a strong man and a tournament was held to find the next master of the 'Clan of the Seven Swords' and he participated. Each fight was victorious for him until he fought his last match, where he lost not only his pride and his father's belief, but also his right eye. Years later after Takumi had been thought as dead or missing, he came back to the village with a wooden sword and defeated and killed every single contestant, including his fater Kenshi. Kenshi was somehow proud and disappointed, as his son managed to erase the clan and himself, but didn't either take any of the swords that could've made him stronger than any swordmaster was before.
Before the last breath had taken Kenshi's life, he dreamed for the last time and in this dream it was the Dream Eater who appeared and offered him a second chance to live again and show his son that he threw the power away that could've made his father proud. Kenshi joined the institute of war with the remaining Swords of the Seven and with his six-sword technique, to show his son and the rest of the world the true potential of the swords that he abandoned it."
###Appearance
Kenshi is a rough combination from Genji from the book "Samurai Genji" and Masamune Date from the anime "Sengoku Basara" and the games "Samurai Warriors" and "Orochi Warriors" series. Kenshi has the appearance of Genji and the six-sword technique of Date.
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http://dinmoney.deviantart.com/art/White-Fox-162895896
http://dinmoney.deviantart.com/art/White-Fox-Red-252380564
http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/243/1/e/date_masamune_by_akaides-d48f203.jpg
http://abload.de/img/sengoku_basara_date_mjyakb.jpg
An image of how the Dream Eater called "Nerra" did look like when she appeared in Kenshi's dreams. (From the game "Bound by Flame")
http://24.media.tumblr.com/407a320562bc8f24a4cbc28e72375df2/tumblr_my290i1ELw1s8pcuco1_1280.jpg
###Champion Explanation
- Kenshi (Kenshi means 'swordsman' in Japanese) is the father and master of Takumi but not related by blood.
- Kenshi fights with a unique technique called "Six-Edge" which allows him to fight with six blades at the same time. (Example: Look at Masamune Date pictures above) He holds in each hand between his fingers three katanas.
- The "Dream Eater" who appears in the Lore and prologue is named "Nerra" and was before she ascended to a superior creature a acolyte of an master magician. She betrayed her master in order to have access to infinite amounts of wisdom and spells, but lost the memories as she wandered since then many centuries forward.
- Because the Dream Eater granted him a second life, he also changed Kenshi's appearance - he now has two peaky horns that resembles the evil inside of him.
- Every master of the Clan of the Seven Swords had each one sword. Unfortunately, the seventh sword has been missing and so Kenshi only took 6 with him.
- Kenshi is responsible of the death of Chizu's father and Mitsume's family and home village. Kenshi was supposed to be a swordsmaster, so he could easily kill his targets - unfortunately, Takumi, Chizu, Mitsume and Yasuo became after years of hard training swordmasters too and now are against Kenshi.
###Stats
Damage 52 (+3.9 per level)
Attackspeed 0.711 (3%)
Health 435 (+75 per level)
Movement Speed 335
Armor 32 (+1.8 per level)
Magic Resist 29 (+1.6 per level)
Health Regen 7 (+0.6 per level)
Attack Range 125
###Abilities
Kenshi's abilities have no cost and are only restricted by cooldown.
*SK = Skillshot
BA = Basic Attack
ATR = Attack Timer Reset
LO = Lock-On
MC = Mouse Cursor
AU = Aura
P = Passive
AoE = Area of Effect
DoT = Damage over Time
D = Dash
T = Teleport
M = Movement Speed *
| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cooldown |- | Innate Passive | Pain Maximizer | Kenshi's ability damage and basic attack damage are increased by 10% for each 25% of his target's missing health (Max 30%).
| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cooldown |- | Q | Dragon's Roar |Kenshi immediately starts to dash up to a range of 650 range. He can recast to stop at his current position. If Kenshi collides with a enemy unit while dashing he immediately wraps his six blades together and drills through the target and deals one basic attack mulitplied by 1%/1.2%/1.4%/1.6%/1.8%. In addition upon collision he dashes 350 range behind the target. |D + BA |650| 16.4 / 15.3 / 14.2 / 13.1 / 12
| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cooldown |- | W | Diligence | Upon Activation: Kenshi's next basic attack or ability deals bonus damage equal to 10%/15%/20%/25%/30% of his total AD. |BA | | 8 at all ranks|
| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cooldown |- | E | Tiger's Tail |Kenshi stores a charge of Tiger's Tail every few seconds and can store up to 2 charges at once. Upon Activation: Kenshi whips with one hand all three blades at once in a small cone, slows all targets hit by 27%/34%/41%/48%/55% for 1.5 seconds and deals 60/75/90/105/120 (+10% Bonus AD)(+95% AP) magic damage. The slow can accumulate but not refresh the duration. | AoE| L:450 / W:275 | 15.5 / 14.5 / 13.5 / 12.5 / 11.5
| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cooldown |- | Ultimate | Blade Rain | Kenshi summons several blades surrounding and hovering around him for max 4.5 seconds. For each 1.5 seconds the effect of its ultimate is increased. Upon Recast or after 4.5 seconds: Kenshi immediately forces the blade into the ground 450 range around him. It deals to enemy targets 95/145/195(+25% Total AD) physical damage. All enemy targets hit by are snared for 0.5 for each 1.5 seconds waited before. In addition, each enemy target are linked together for 4.5 seconds allowing to receive the same subsequent damage done by Kenshi against other linked targets (dealt after armor/mres calculated) |AoE|450|110 / 90 / 70
###Concept Explanation & Personal Opinion
"What the heck?" You're right about asking.
Kenshi offers great assassination abilities beyond current assassins. Not only he can deal damage to a enemy group together, but he can also reach his targets once his Ultimate did hit them. This offers some great plays and can reward the player.
The passive works just fine in early to late, getting very strong in late when Kenshi is well fed enough.
His Q has three purposes: Dash to avoid/escape/engage or dash to deal tons of damage combined with his W. Either way, there are two things that are great and bad about his Q. First the good thing: In laning phase, you can select a minion with Q and dash all the way through to reach your opponent. The bad thing: Once you hit a target, you will only be able to dash 350 range. That means that if your enemy target is directly in front of you and you cast your Q, you won't dash 650 range, but 350 only.
His W is a great ability to burst his opponents - weak in early, extremely strong in late combined.
E Ability is great, but it can be troublesome. If you've read the description, it won't refresh but accumulate. What does this mean? For example: Once you execute your E and the slow on the target timer is from 1.5 seconds down to 0.5 seconds - if you again execute your E it won't go up to 1.5 seconds again, but will have double slow for just the 0.5 seconds and the slow is over.
The Ultimate is extremely fearsome. Once you get your hands with your Ultimate on the enemy group, you can actually attack the Support to deal damage to the enemy Marksman and the rest of the team.
Due to Kenshi's vulnerability and weakness to escape once he initiates - or to withstand hard engage - his squishyness compensates that he is dealing tons of damage. He is very strong against Champions who rather go for HP than armor, because his passive increases more and more the damage against targets with lesser current health. This means that other assassins focused on early burst can be a problem for him. Champions like Le Blanc, Yasuo or Vayne can dominate him. Champions like Shen, Malphite or Renekton can be destroyed once they fall for Kenshi's abilities.
###Inspirational Pictures
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http://dinmoney.deviantart.com/art/White-Fox-turnaround-172847419
http://dinmoney.deviantart.com/art/samurai-034-125849850
http://kheleksul.deviantart.com/art/Collab-Baiken-32264908
