yorick rework idea
We all know that the grave digger we love to hate has had a massive effect on the games we play. Usually this effect is someone raging because his kit is so toxic that he makes the game less fun for the people in the game. I think that yorick could use a massive rework and should be placed higher on the list of priorities riot has made. The pre-season is a great idea to do ground breaking work on champions as it can allow riot to do amazing releases since they are not so focused on the tournaments and more popular champs. I have a few y ideas on what riot can do to make him a champion that imbues fear into the enemies he goes against. When you think of a grave digger, you usually imagine a shambling man with a shovel who has a dark personality and he gives you chills that are hard to work around .
Passive: The grave diggers presence fills foes around him with the thought and dread of being buried. (yorick gains 5 magic resist and armor for every champion around him. {5 + 1/2 lvl X .01 ad + ap}. yorick also applies one stack of despair for each landed ability or auto attack on the target.at 5 stacks of despair yorick's next ability imbues absolute fear on the target enhancing the next ability yorick uses on the target. ( this would allow yorick to have a fearful aspect who gives him defense in lane which allows him to be a prominent lane opponent and as well as maintaining a team fight presence.
Q: the grave diggers curse. Yorick uses his shovel to dig holes into the ground enemies that allow the dead to breach the veil to stun his target that walk over this location take {40 + .5 % ap} and are rooted for .5 seconds.( if the target has 5 stacks of despair on the target they take {60 + .6% ap} are instead stunned for double the duration.
W: the gravediggers light.. passive effect: whenever yorick kills a unit a ghoul appears and attacks the nearest target for .15% for his ap. active: Yorick can activate this ability to light up his lantern on his back dealing {50 + .2) magic damage to all nearby enemies. if yorick has 5 stacks on any target within the abilities radius and that target dies the light flares out and gives yorick the knowledge of death in the area. if any unit within 3000 units is killed yorick gains knowledge of this death as well as vision of that spot. this effect lasts 3 seconds.
E: shovel bash. Yorick raises his shovel and smashes it against the targets head. this attack deals (80 damage +.25 attack damage). if yorick has max stacks of despair this attack fears the target for .25 seconds per rank.
R: Buried alive. cool down 160/145/130. Yorick selects a target and buries them in a coffin. this attack locks an enemy in place for 2 seconds. they take (250 magic damage +.5 ad and .5 ap over the 2 seconds) if the target is killed by this ability all enemies are applied maximum stacks to all targets within 1000 units of the target.
Im no champion designer but I feel a kit like this could really help give our friend yorick a boost that gets rid of the toxic environment he provides in all of the games he is in. I didn't apply cd or costs to any of yoricks abilities just because i'm not good at the timing or cost balance that a champion should have. leave your comments and advice below and let me know what you all think thanks for taking a read