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[CHAMPION CONCEPT] Plagueis, the Dragon of Desolation

Yousonerfed··3 votes·986 views

Similar to my other Champion Concept topic here on the Community Beta, I figure I'll post up another of my crown jewels, one that has gone unnoticed by Riot.

Here's some music to get you in the mood:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6dqyDVQNro

Plagueis, the Dragon of Desolation
http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=793050&d=1380781673
(the above picture is a reference; I'd want him to look much more menacing) (originally found on Deviantart; drawn by ANARKYMAN)

General Design

Plagueis is a melee tank/mage designed to inflict massive amounts of poison damage to multiple targets in a fight, while being a terrifying monster to his enemies via disruption and sheer presence. As the former Dragon King, he seeks to return Runeterra to the Age of Dragons, and to this end desires the extinction of mankind. His hatred of humans is only exceeded by his hatred of the heir to his slayer: Leona.

Statistics (subject to change)

HP: 455 (+98)
HPR: 7 (+0.55)
Damage: 55 (+4)
Range: 125
Armor: 19 (+3.5)
Magic Resistance: 30 (+1.25)
Attack Speed: 0.58 (+1.3%)
Movement Speed: 335

Abilities

NOTE! - Plagueis uses health for his costs, not mana.

P - Undying Hatred

Upon taking lethal damage, Plagueis' body disintegrates into a cloud of noxious poison for 5 seconds. While in this form, he has increased movement speed and ignores unit collision. Any enemies who come in contact with the cloud are poisoned, taking 25+(7.5*level)+(5% of Plagueis' bonus HP) magic damage per second over 2 seconds and receiving Grievous Wounds while poisoned. Continual exposure renews this poison.

Q - Death and Decay

Passive: Whenever Plagueis kills a unit, he recovers 20/30/40/50/60 health (+2% of bonus health) over 5 seconds.
Active: Plagueis breathes a cone of toxic flame (625 range), poisoning enemies and dealing 80/130/180/230/280 (+0.8AP) magic damage over 4 seconds.
Costs 4% of current health. 8 second cooldown.

W - Merciless Tyrant

Plagueis roars loudly after a short wind-up to demoralize nearby enemies (450 range), dealing 60/100/140/180/220 (+0.5AP) magic damage to all nearby enemies and causing them to flinch (0.01 second ministun; disrupts channeling). If Merciless Tyrant affects a poisoned enemy, it will inflict fear upon the target for 1.1-1.5 seconds.
Costs 5% of current health. 16/15/14/13/12 second cooldown.

E - Barren Flight

After a 0.5-second wind-up, Plagueis dashes in a target direction (max. 800 range), slightly knocking back enemies he passes through, dealing 40/55/70/85/100 (+0.2AP) magic damage on impact and poisoning them, dealing an additional 60/90/120/150/180 (+0.45AP) magic damage over 3 seconds. If he hits a Champion, his armor and magic resistance are increased by 20/30/40/50/60 for 4 seconds.
Costs 8% of current health. 18/17/16/15/14 second cooldown.

R - Black Vortex

After a 1-second wind-up (cannot be interrupted), Plagueis creates a brief but powerful vortex around himself that immediately drags in all nearby enemies (600 range). Afterwards, for the next 5 seconds, Plagueis emits a poisonous field around himself (500 range). Enemies in the field are poisoned for 2 seconds, taking 80/115/150 (+0.3AP) magic damage each second. Continual exposure renews this poison.
No cost. 150/135/120 second cooldown.

Background

Pahlok joorre! Hin kah fen kos bonaar! (Arrogant mortals! Your pride will be humbled!) – Plagueis

A mighty and terrible king of dragons, the black-winged beast known to men and Yordles as Plagueis the Vile is one of the most powerful beings ever to have lived upon Runeterra. Slain in ages long past, and now raised as an undead abomination, the Dracolich seeks to re-establish his rule over all others. To the dragon, domination has always been his birthright.

Thousands of years prior to the formation of the League of Legends, Plagueis, known to dragonkind as Vulfeynnax, roosted in the blackest peak of the Ironspike Mountains, a solitary mountain known as Death’s Spire. He and his kind, the dragons, had been charged since Runeterra's birth to watch over the world and its inhabitants. But following the Second Rune War, the dragons believed that humanity, the instigators of the war, had become far too unruly and threatened the stability of Runeterra. Vulfeynnax stepped forward, and decreed that humanity was to be subjugated. Humanity was no match for the dragons, and were forced to serve them as slaves. Vulfeynnax, who had led his brethren to victory over the humans, crowned himself the Dragon King, and took his place as ruler of Valoran.

For centuries, the dragon tyrant and his kin ruled over the mortal races of Valoran, and Plagueis himself was worshipped by many as a living, yet terrible god. Any who challenged his rule met a terrible end, either at the hands of those loyal to the dragon, or at the dragon’s own might. Yet his rule inevitably met its end. A lone hero bearing the power of the sun rose to challenge Plagueis. Overconfident, the dragon faced the hero in single combat. The decision would end in the dragon’s demise when the hero brought the very power of the sun crashing down on Plagueis, burning him to ash and bone.

Countless centuries later, Plagueis was raised from the dead by a powerful lich, who sought to enthrall the dragon king. Plagueis, however, was incensed by the arrogance of this sorcerer, and defeated the attempt to control him. Yet the resurrection was detected by the Summoners of the Institute of War, who sought not only to control Plagueis, but all dragonkind. The very notion of their plans infuriated Plagueis, but with the dragons' numbers having dwindled over the ages, he knew he could not yet challenge mankind in open war.

Swearing his revenge on all mortalkind, Plagueis fled Death's Spire before a battalion of stunned Summoners and Adjudicators, and flew to the south. Wherever he now roosts, it is clear he is formulating his plans to strike back at mankind, and return Runeterra to the age of the dragons, with himself once again as king.

Quotes

Selection
Not even death shall save them from me!
Movement
Yeesssss...
Very subtle.
Very well, Summoner...
Perhaps this will... amuse me.
I taste their terror. Yeessss...
They will bow before me.
Attacking
They shall know endless torment! Yes...!
Leave nothing but ashes!
They shall not escape me, even in death! No!
I AM UNSTOPPABLE!
Hear my voice and despair!
Mortals... so arrogant...
Laugh
(laughs tyrannically) Yeessss...
Taunt
A futile effort, mortal! (roars loudly)
Your kind has become arrogant while I've slept! (roars)
Joke
A joke? Do tell one, Summoner. Amuse me. Yeesssss...
Using Death and Decay
Yol... Toor Shol! (World Eater skin only)
Fo... Krah Diin! (Frozen Death skin only)
Using Merciless Tyrant
Faas... RU MAAR!
Using Black Vortex
KNEEL, MORTALS!!!
BOW BEFORE ME!!!
Upon killing Leona (special interaction)
(laughs) Dawn has BROKEN!!!
Taunting Shyvana in Dragon Form
Hi ni vahzah dovah. Zu'u zok sahrot dovah! ("You (are) not true dragon. I (am) most mighty dragon!")
Death
I shall take you with me!!!
You will join me in death!!!
Zu'u unslaad, zu'u nis oblaan! ("I am immortal, I cannot die!") (killed by Leona)

That should cover things. Also, if you want to check out a fanfiction I've written that stars Plagueis (and shows him being UBER OP), check out the link below:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8422210/1/The-Dragon-of-Desolation

Ironstylus still owes me a review for that fanfic, actually... (grumbles)

Any other questions, just put a post up and I'll do my best to answer.

7 Comments

Chosen Chozo2 votes

Lore wise, I'm curious as to why you chose Leona to be his rival. I guess it makes sense, since she's the only good ancient warrior I believe. I'm not a writer, so what do I know though. He seems like a dragon king, which is good enough for me. What language is he speaking, though? Latin?

Gameplay wise, you nailed this thematically. He feels threatening just to be around. I'm gonna ignore the damage numbers (as we have no way of knowing if they are balanced), but I feel like his ult, combined with his W will be really powerful if it ever hits, but you have one second to kick him out of the channel. That ult might not ever get used with all of the CC going around. His E is just a little under the range of Orianna's Q, which feels a bit large to me. Maybe look at this? How big is the range of his Q, by the way?

Yousonerfed1 votes

For the lore, Plagueis was killed back when he was king by Leona's ancestor, the original Solari hero. As such, he intends to exact his revenge upon his slayer's successor, even if Leona had nothing to do with Plagueis' death. He's just spiteful like that.

The language he's using actually comes from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It's the Dragon Language, also known as the Thu'um. ;)

As for your point on Plagueis' ultimate, it actually isn't a channel, but a wind-up like Ezreal or Lux. It cannot be interrupted unless Plagueis dies before finishing. However, you can use knock backs like Alistar's Headbutt or Lee Sin's Dragon Rage to shove Plagueis away and make him miss. And even if you can't do that either, one second is PLENTY of time to Flash away or run away.

His Q range is about the size of Cho'Gath's Feral Scream (possibly a bit smaller). As for the range on his E, that's because of that wind-up; your opponent gets a good half-second warning, which gives them time to react and dodge it if they don't panic.

Chosen Chozo1 votes

Hmm...I see. I guess I just don't see the Solari hero as a dragon slayer, but like I said I don't think there are any ancient good guys otherwise.

The ult thing makes sense, but maybe you can make it more clear in the tool tip. When I hear wind-up I think of a channel but that might just be me. His ult should be fine then. Also, the start up time of W is fine if it's long, but I think it needs to be telegraphed by putting a visible pathing on it, otherwise the opponent won't know what he's dodging from.

ShwoopDaCobra1 votes

So... Lemme get this straight. Looking at the picture... You want him to look more menacing? The Green Poison leaving his smoke of pain and misery behind him? I think, as he walks, he should stain the world he passes by. Destroying what used to be. So just think about this as well, how big is this guy? What you could add, is that when he kills his enemies, he grows in size. Becoming more powerful through others death, kind of adding to the whole, he is a friggin dragon that will eat you/poison you. I don't know. Just ideas

Yousonerfed1 votes

Don't get me wrong; the picture is really good. But IMO, if there were some of Plagueis' black scales rotting over the decaying flesh, that would just be awesome.

As for growing when he kills enemies, Cho'Gath already has that schtick, so I don't think Plagueis would do that. Wouldn't need to anyways; he's already big.

Nexis Zero1 votes

The biggest thing that worries me about this entire thing is his size. exactly how big is this guy going to be in proportion to the rest of the cast.

Anyways he sounds awesome with very few things bugging me about his kit.

Passive- another death from beyond passive <3 I think you should take out the Level bonus damage as well as the grievous wound. If your movement speed is already increased then most likely you'll be getting something in there so the added damage and status effect doesn't seem very fair. It being based off of bonus health seems like it would be enough.

Q- Holy damage, well in any case does the passive work with any unit or just champs? if its any unit then you really don't need the bonus 2% at the end but if you insist on having it 1% would be plenty if your stacking health. As far as damage goes, depends on the rest of the kit.

W- Here's where things get a bit, tricky. The damage is fine but i have no clue what kind of range this is. If the range is very good, and the cone on Q's range is very good then you might have a semi broken kit with this because it could cause mass fear.

E= How far is the dash? I'm pretty sure we're not talking Shyvanna's ult far but still I have to ask. Probably change the armor and resistance buff to if you hit a poisoned or feared enemy champion so you have to work for that bonus a bit more.

R= Again range is important here, especially since you gave the dragon a gap closer with a chance of armor and resistance buff. too far and you'd be able to practically win a teamfight by yourself thanks to your beyond the grave ability. I would get rid of the black hole part completely, you have other allied champions that could do this exact thing for you with some coordination.

The combo that comes to mind immediately when seeing this entire kit is E (probably over a wall)-Q-W-R then just pick off who's left. I like the idea but it does sound pretty Op on paper, i need to know the ranges of the moves to be sure though.

Yousonerfed1 votes

Plagueis' kit seems pretty powerful, I'm sure, but there's going to be a BIG weakness: he's SLOW. As in, Cho'Gath slow. All of his moves are basically telegraphed, so if you have fast enough reflexes, he's easily dodged.

Kog'Maw's passive scales with his level, so Plagueis does the same. Koggie also does all of his damage in one explosion, while Plagueis does a DoT, which can be more easily countered. Plagueis' passive also deals magic damage; Koggie does TRUE damage, which cannot be resisted. As such, I feel the numbers on the passive are reasonable. Against opponents with high MR, it will do comparable (or even less) damage to Kog'Maw IF Plagueis can keep tagging a target for the full 5 seconds.

Plagueis' Q passive triggers on all units, including minions. It looks pretty strong, but I used Cho'Gath as a point of comparison. His maxes out at 72 health per unit kill, and his is healed instantly. Plagueis' gets the bonus health scaling for that reason, especially since he uses his health for costs while Cho uses mana. The damage is strong because it's Plagueis' primary damage source.

I should cite the range on Merciless Tyrant, I agree. It wouldn't be the range of, say, Sejuani's Permafrost. It'd be something, like, 500 range tops.

Barren Flight will have good reach, but that 0.5 second wind-up means your opponent will have plenty of time to dodge it. I've been actually thinking to move that AR/MR buff to Plagueis' ultimate, so that I can control the power a bit more.

Remove the Vortex from Black Vortex? That basically removes the entire ability. It is DESIGNED to be an ultimate that can contend with Galio's, but with major drawbacks. First, 1-SECOND WINDUP. That is LOADS of time in which your enemies can Flash away or run from Plagueis. Second, you're gonna see it coming a mile away; if Plagueis dives into your team, there's no doubt he's gonna fire it. Scatter to avoid it. Range is the same as Galio's ultimate.

I'm sure the numbers aren't all balanced. But lacking the ability to test Plagueis in, say, PBE means it's hard to find the right stuff.

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