[Concept] Maori, the Tribal Warrior

ploki122·9/24/2013, 9:40:33 PM·2 votes·808 views

Might as well be the first to post a champion concept in here. All in all, this is an idea that I got from watching a couple of videos featuring Maori (in short, New Zealand aborigines). the concept would be that of a tanky DPS focused around dance-ish moves.

I designed him so that he plays bulky and slow, with probably fear/terrify and/or knockback in his kit. Basically, since the Maoris (much like a lot of other tribes) have fought long and hard to defend their lands from barbarians (aka frenchmen/englishmen/spaniards etc.), I thought about making him a "zone control" champion. Think of Anivia, but melee, physical and not a bird... with a Taiaha (like a staff) in his hands.

Without further ado...

Lore : Basicall,y Noxians and Demacians are ravaging the terrains to fight their war, a few cataclysms happen every runewars, Maori is pissed, he and his tribe fight long and hard to defend the Komungu Jungle. He, as the best fighter of his tribe, is sent to pacify other villages with his maori dances, either the tribal ones, or the martial ones.

 

Kit :

Innate : Spirit warrior
While near a corpse (~200-300 units), Maori gains 10% of the corpse's AP, AD, MR and armor. Priority is : Boss monster > Champion > Big monster > Tank > small monster > minion (with allied > enemy)

Q : Taiaha bump
Maori's next basic attack strikes the enemy with the middle of his staff, dealing 15/25/35/45/55 (+.4 AP) bonus damage and reducing his next 0/1/2/3/4 attacks' damage by 35% Mana cost : medium Cooldown : medium

W : Taiaha sweep
Twirling his staff around him, Maori advances orward kocking away everyone around him. He deals 30/40/50/60/70 (+0.4 AD) per hit, hitting up to 4 times and moving forward (up to) 750 units. Mana cost : medium Cooldown : high

E : War Cry
Cone-shaped damaging ability with a travel time that slows and deal 60/85/110/135/160 (+0.7 AP) magic damages to enemies hit. Minions are feared instead of slowed. Mana cose : low Cooldown : low

R : Haka
Maori starts dancing for 2.25/3/3.75s terrifying all nearby enemies for .75s every 1.5s. enemies standing in a cone behind him also receive 15/20/25% reduced damage. Mana cost : medium Cooldown : lowish (~90/70/50)

6 Comments

Frayace9/24/2013, 10:07:43 PM2 votes

I dont really like his passive, maybe instead he gains a smaller portion of their stats from the closest corpse to him, so he doesnt have to directly stand on it. Since he looks like a melee character, i wouldnt want his movement limited to only standing on corpses.

GomiSi9/24/2013, 10:20:24 PM1 votes

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Slain By Wraiths10/1/2013, 1:07:30 AM1 votes

I don't think his "w" would keep him balanced. Maybe if the distance he traveled was lowered and he didn't hit as many times, it would be better, but that is all I really saw wrong. Other than that, he looks good to me.