Blade, the Swordsmaster

New Champion

Blade, the Swordsmaster Melee

• Roles: Fighter, Assassin
• Lanes: Top

Stats

• Health: 440(+80 per level)
• Health Regen: 5(+.7 per level)
• Mana: 200(+40 per level)
• Mana Regen: 7(+.6 per level)
• Damage: 55(+3 per level)
• Attack Speed: .658(+3.5% per level)
• Attack Range: 150
• Movement Speed: 325
• Armor: 15(+3 per level)
• Magic Resist: 30(+1.25 per level)

Description: Blade is about 5'7" with black, curly hair and brown eyes.He is wearing yellow shirt with a huge sword on it that reads "DEMACIA!" in large blue letters under the sword(he's a huge Garen fan) and blue jeans. On the inside each of his forearms he has a tattoo of huge sword(the sword should look like the Stinger or the BotRK) that glows purple. For is basic attacks and basic abilities he produces large energy blades around his forearms, these blades go from purple to red when his ult is on cooldown. When he uses his ult, taunt, or joke he transforms changing into a humanoid with a green helmet with a red crest, the energy blades turn green and become part of his transformation(He looks similar to the Pokemon Gallade).

Passive: Weaponsmaster:

Blade has a percent increase of his bonus AD and Bonus Attack Speed(2% AD and 4% AS at level 1/3% AD and 6% AS at level 6/4% AD and 8% AS at level 11/5% AD and 10% AS at level 16).

Specific Details: Boosts the stats that make Blade such a powerful assassin and allows him to scale into the late game.

Q:Blade Strike:

Blade leaps to target enemy dealing 30/60/90/120/150(+75% bonus AD) damage. If the unit is killed the cooldown is halved and half the mana cost is refreshed. If the target was a champion, Blade Strike can be cast again in 3 seconds for free. Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 Mana Cooldown: 14/12/10/8/6 seconds Range: 650

Specific Details: The farming and harassment tool that Blade can use to last hit like an Irelia or poke like Fiora. This can also be a bit of initiation tool in combination with his ultimate.

W: Energy Slash:

Blade modifies his next attack for that is deal 10%/20%/30%/40%/50% more damage and it deals 40%/55%/70%/85%/100% of the damage to all enemies in cone behind the target. Cost: 70 Mana Cooldown: 14/12/10/8/6 seconds Range: 600 Cone Radius: 90 degrees

Specific Details: Blade's main farming tool and could clear entire waves in one shot at later ranks.

E: Blade Dance:

Passive: Blade has increased percent Armor pen. 5%/10%/15%/20%/25% Active: Blade has a flurry of blades spin around his dealing 40/70/100/130/160(+75% bonus AD) damage to all near by enemies and increasing his attack speed by 10%/15%/20%/25%/30% and movement speed by 5%/7.5%/10%/12.5%/15% for 3 seconds if he hits a champion. This ability can be cast during his ult. Cost: 30/40/50/60/70 Mana Cooldown: 7 seconds Range: 400

Specific Details: Very good chase potential and a good ability for extended team fights. Since it can be used during the ultimate it also provides a good speed boost during the ultimate.

R: Bladestorm:

Passive: Blade gains 10/15/20 AD the bonus is increased by 50% while Bladestorm is on cooldown. Active: Blade starts spinning creating a whirlwind of blades dealing 50/150/250(+50% total AD) per second for 5 seconds, slows them by 30%/40%/50% for 1 second each second, and gains 5% movement speed per second during the ult(bonus is lost as soon as the ult ends). Blade can cast Blade Dance during his ult, but can't cast his other basic abilities or attack during the ult. Blade can stop the ult early if he wants.
Cost: 100 Mana Cooldown: 120/110/100 seconds AOE: 500

Specific Details: This has very high damage at all stages of the game and can be a useful form of CC in a team fight. It can be stopped in place with stuns and roots, similar to the Wukong ultimate.

Joke, Taunt, Dance, Alt. Skin

• Joke: Transforms "I am a precision weapon-master of" pokes himself in the side "Ouch...that's gonna leave a mark."

• Taunt: Transforms "Do you really want to fight the swordsmaster?!"

• Dance: (I actually found something that would work here)Blade conjures and energy sword and dances, dances to This Will Be the Day-Remix

• Alt. Skin: Axemaster Blade Blade's energy blades looks more like axe heads, same for his transformation. He also now wears a red shirt that has a guy being cut in half by a huge axe and it says "Dunk City" in big, black letters under the guy, letters look like they are dripping blood.

Basic Phrases:

Upon Selection:

• "Let them feel the blade."

Moving:

• "Let's fight already!"
• "I'm itching for battle."

Attacking:

• "En garde!"
• "I'm not holding back!"

Using Energy Slash:

• "This is gonna hurt."
• "Let's cut you, and everyone behind you!"

Using Bladestorm:

• "You can't escape my blades!"
• "Sliced and Diced!"
• "Spin to Win kids!" (Very Rare)

Upon Death:

• "You may have won this time..."
• "I'll be back."

Special Interactions:

Taunting near Fiora:

• "Your challenge is here, pretty girl!"
• "God your accent, it makes want to kill you even more."

Taunting near Garen:

• "You're going down Mr. Demacia."
• "Justice, I didn't think it would look like that."

Taunting near Yi:

• "Best swordsman in this land, let's put that to the test."
• "Wuju? I don't think I would."

When meeting Irelia:

• "...A living sword, that is a new one."

Taunting near Irelia:

• "I wonder, if that sword breaks...do you die?"
• "On the edge of death, your sword came to life...cute."

Taunting near Riven:

• "Ha, that's not a blade, that's barely a dagger how do you expect to kill someone with that!"
• "God, it's so tiny...is it suppose to hurt me."

When Riven uses her ult. near Blade:

• "I stand corrected...that is quite the blade."

Upon Getting a Penta-kill:

• "The Ace of Blades is here!" (Sorry, this is an inside joke, I haven't reached in the story yet.)

Death near allied Night:

• "Avenge me sister."

When allied Night dies nearby:

• "You'll pay for killing her!"

Recommended Six Item Build:

• Berserker's Greaves, Mercury Treads, or Ninja Tabi
• Ravenous Hydra
• Zephyr or Phantom Dancer
• Black Cleaver, Atma's Impaler, Maw of Malmortius, or Last Whisper (add 2 of those 4)
• Frozen Mallet or Guardian Angel
• Replace boots with Zeke's Herald or Spirit Visage

Recommended Masteries:

21/9/0

Basic Backstory Blade is a founding member of the Sentinel Squad and Guardian's best friend. He is an expert swordsman and has had years of experience growing up and attending the Renaissance Festival his father worked at during the year. Blade learned swordsmanship from one of the actors in the Renaissance Dueling Tournament and has become a master of the art by age of twelve and making/mastering his own style based off of arm/elbow mounted blades by the age of 16. He's some what hot headed and easily excited. He has to constantly kept in check by Guardian or his twin sister Night or he will run rampant. Even though he doesn't like someone else in control of his actions, he is more than willing to fight the best swordsman and swords-woman on Runeterra. "The best swordsmen on Runeterra...I'll be the judge of that." -Blade reading a poster for the League of Legends

~MercsGuardian