[Champion Concept] Icarus - The lost Pathfinder

##Lore:
"The Keepers are no more - Wait, am I the bad guy here?" - Icarus

"There is an ancient tale about a group of mystic knights seeking knowledge and powerful weapons to protect it against those who want to abuse those powers for their own sake and for Runeterra's misery. In time and history, this was nothing but a rumor - a story told when bedtime arrives, when people gather around a fireplace and entertain themselves, for that it was just a tale.

Those knights called themselves 'Keepers of Downfall' and were in truth underneath everyone's awareness - they protected Runeterra and its people, no matter which fractions they belonged, only to keep this world away from its eventual doomsday.
Unfortunately the knights were extincted - only one alive - Icarus, who eventually murdered the 'Keepers of Downfall' to wield the strongest weapons.

From his childhood on, Icarus was treated like a knight. With young years, he had to surpass everyone's expectations and had to fullfill his role as the next protector of Runeterra - a burden and a huge responsibility given to a child. With time, he accepted his fate and his role he was forced into.

As a teenager, he always kept a glimpse whenever he saw the books and weapons of destruction which were sealed and asked himself why the knights never used them to protect Runeterra from all of its evil foes. In fact, when Icarus finally killed all of the knights and took all of the knowledge and weapons with him, he became not only evil - but also cursed. The weapons and the knowledge were sealed away for a good reason, because they curse the wearer, increasing his power but also consuming his life.

On the edge of his life, he entered the Institute of War - Where all of his swords and knowledge would be safe, but not taken away from him, as he will fight only to be able to hold and protect them."

##Appearance:
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http://dinmoney.deviantart.com/art/Anarkia-01-211919609
http://vakon-art.deviantart.com/art/Magic-Daggers-Concepts-186452613
(Possible skins at the end of the post)

##Champion Explanation - Icarus, the lost Pathfinder

• Icarus, despite of his appearance, is a very proudful knight, but just got "unlucky". Even though he murdered all of the Keepers of Dawnfall, he just tried to use those weapons for a better cause. But no matter how high his goals were, he turned evil and his life was after then dedicated to be short - until he gave up and joined the League of Legends to hold those powers in cage.
• Icarus' classification is a bit complicated. Even though he is a swordmaster, he is partially also a magic user - because of the knowledge he consumed before.
• The special thing about Icarus - his weapon armoury - Icarus starts with a normal Greatsword that is in a sheathe. When he buys one of several weapons that can be bought (He can only have one at once), the sheathe stays as it is, but whenever he draws the sword, it changes to a different shape of blade as like above in the picture. Furthermore, the more kills gained with one weapon, it will increase and evolve further and grant tremendous power.
• Icarus' different skins change his appearance and his beginner weapon, but never his weapons - Due to the variety of different weapons, he already has diversity.
• As said above, Icarus can purchase (Similiar to Viktor) one special sword just for him. Each sword has different unique passives and stats, allowing Icarus and the player to choose a path - What do you want to be? A Tank? A Bruiser? A Jungler? A ranged Fighter? An Assassin? Become what you want!
• One of the sword that can be purchased "ExCaliber" is a ranged fighter item. No other sword changes the attack pattern of Icarus like this item. As seen in the image of Icarus, his weapon's hilt is bound by a chain. He can use those chain to deal a ranged attack. He throws the Greatsword like a harpoon.

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##Stats:

Health 379 (+80)
Attack damage 45.5 (+3.1)
Health regen. 5 (+0.62)
Attack speed 0.633 (+3.3%)
Armor 17 (+3.5)
Magic res. 30 (+0)
Range 130 (Melee)
Mov. speed 340

##Abilities:

###Blades of Dawnfall
Icarus' passive allows him to buy one of five unique Greatswords that differ in appearance and gameplay. Each unique Greatsword grants different stats and unique passives that upgrades abilities or different patterns in which the player wants to invest/believe. Greatswords can be only bought once and will stay forever, until they are sold for half of the gold amount spent. Swords can be only upgraded by killing minions, monsters or champions with the current Greatsword.

| Name | Role | Stats - rank 1 | Stats - rank 2 | Stats - rank 3 | Unique Passive | Gold Cost |- | Daedalus | Bruiser / Offtank | +200 HP / +4% Lifesteal / +15 AD | +350 HP / +8% Lifesteal / +25 AD | +500 HP / +12% Lifesteal / +35 AD | After ability use, your next basic attack deals up to 50% of your Attack Damage to units around your target as physical damage (185 range), decaying down to 20% near the edge (385 range). | 1000

| Name | Role | Stats - rank 1 | Stats - rank 2 | Stats - rank 3 | Unique Passive | Gold Cost |- | Impulser | Tank | +30 Armor / +30 Magic Resist / +350 HP | +50 Armor / +50 Magic Resist / +500 HP | +70 Armor / +70 Magic Resist / +650 HP | Each basic attack increases Icarus' armor and magic resist by 5% (max 15%) | 1000

| Name | Role | Stats - rank 1 | Stats - rank 2 | Stats - rank 3 | Unique Passive | Gold Cost |- | Yamato | Assassin | +10% Cooldown Reduction / +35 AD / +5% Lifesteal | +20% Cooldown Reduction / +45 AD / +10% Lifesteal | +30% Cooldown Reduction / +55 AD / +15% Lifesteal | Deal an additional 5% of the enemy max health as physical damage with your basic attacks. | 1000

| Name | Role | Stats - rank 1 | Stats - rank 2 | Stats - rank 3 | Unique Passive | Gold Cost |- | ExCaliber | Ranged Fighter | +25 AD / + 5% Mov. Speed / 5% Crit. Strike Chance | +35 AD / + 8% Mov. Speed / 15% Crit. Strike Chance | +45 AD / + 11% Mov. Speed / 25% Crit. Strike Chance | After each 2 basic attacks, the next basic attack has +450 range | 1000

| Name | Role | Stats - rank 1 | Stats - rank 2 | Stats - rank 3 | Unique Passive | Gold Cost |- | Destroyer | Jungle | Damage dealt to monsters increased by 10% / +5HP5S / +25 Movement Speed / Gain 10% increased gold from monsters | Damage dealt to monsters increased by 20% and restore 6% of damage dealt as health / +10HP5S / +45 Movement Speed / Gain 20% increased gold from monsters | Damage dealt to monsters increased by 30% and restore 8% of damage dealt as health / +15HP5S / +65 Movement Speed / Gain 30% increased gold from monsters | Aura: 1/3 of Icarus' Attack Damage, HP Regen, Armor and Magic Resist are shared to allies within 1000 range | 300

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

| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cost | Cooldown |- | Innate Passive | Armed Gear | Icarus' basic greatsword can be anytime replaced by buying a new greatsword in the shop. Afterwards, every 30 minion/monster/champion kill upgrades the greatsword from rank 1 to rank 2 and rank 3.

| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cost | Cooldown |- | Q | Dark Tranquility | Icarus' next basic attack within 4.5 seconds deals additional 45%/65%/85%/105%/125% of his total AD or Armor (Whichever is higher) and stuns the target for 0.5/1/1.5 (ranks 1/3/5) seconds. |BA |145| | 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10 / 8.5

| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cost | Cooldown |- | W | Misery's Crown | Each consecutive basic attack increases Icarus' attack speed about 4%/6%/8%/10%/12% (max 16%/24%/32%/40%/48%) for 3 seconds. When max stacks are reached and "Tranquility" is activated, it will deal double damage, but as true damage. Once "Tranquility" has been successfully used, the attack speed is immediately depleted/reset. |P|||

| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cost | Cooldown |- | E | Mundane & Magic| Icarus leans wide back in a 120 degree with his sword shouting forward, Icarus spins extremely fast while leaning back for 4 seconds(Explanation Picture: http://apollo-na-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1399234662836/Icarus.png). Enemies within are damaged by 70/85/100/115/130 (+50% total AD) physical damage and enemies on the edge receive 50% of the damage. While spinning, the blade becomes longer and longer (but not the AoE of this skill itself) and when fully spinned, Icarus gains +350 range - if recast earlier then it'll be lower range |D|400| | 15.5 / 14.5 / 13.5 / 12.5 / 11.5

| Ability | Name | Effect | Type | Range | Cost | Cooldown |- | Ultimate | Maximum Burst | Icarus charges his blade to its full maximum potential in its sheathe - while abilities are allowed and the Ultimate can be recast anytime to activate its purpose - the longer Icarus waits, the more bonus damage he can put into this one single strike. When recast, Icarus draws his blade and dashes up to 550 range long and 350 range wide area forward. Icarus deals 120/170/230(+45%/55%/65% Bonus AD) (x 1x 1/2/3 seconds) physical damage (max 360/510/690). This can be cast when "Mundane & Magic" is active, too. |MC + D|550||110 / 90 / 70

##Concept Explanation & Personal Opinion Icarus is unique as it stands - he can be built with different greatswords to fullfill the role the player wants to fullfill. Are you going to play on Top and you're the only one who can go tank? Take a tank role! If you're the only one AD despite of the Marksman, then go for the Bruiser Sword! You're jungling? Go jungle! All you want, in one Champion.. except being mage/marksman. But hey, I can't do everything.

Yes, while it is true that Icarus has some elements similiar to Garen - Icarus is solely based on the players "skill level". What I mean is that Q needs to be timed well, it's not based on "give movement speed to chase around and then hit'n'run". W is a passive but can tremendously damage the opponent combined with Q. E is a "reversed" spin of Garen's or Wukong's spins. Instead of shouting the blade outwards and spin on its own axis - Icarus kinda spins while the blade is straight in the middle, which damages opponents heavily when they are inside and deals half damage when the edge (Icarus) is hitting them. In any case, Q is there to stun the opponent and offer to use E and keep him inside and deal great damage. Last, but not least - the Ultimate, which is for both gap closing and finishing off. Hard to hit because the enemy player can already see that Icarus activated his Ultimate and is ready to use it.

All in all, Icarus is strong - but against individual targets. He lacks of survivability and his only escape ability is his Ultimate. For that he has one of five Greatswords to equip as compensation. You can give him the ability to sustain, the ability to withstand the enemy attacks or give him the ability to harass his opponent in laning phase. You can give him the ability to outburst opponents in quick success or give him the ability to be a greater jungler than most due to his stronger jungler item that increases your own team's defense, while taking one item slot away from you.

##Quotes: I'll add probably the quotes later.. if I decide to. I don't feel like as if it would be good enough what I have.

##Possible Skins:
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Dragonslayer Icarus
http://jophiels.deviantart.com/art/Concept-art-Dragon-Slayer-Paladin-Full-Armor-323435091

Soul Reaver Icarus
http://goddessmechanic.deviantart.com/art/observer-of-the-Chaos-268054581