new featured game mode idea, apocalypse.
If you just want to here my idea with no context skip the first paragraph.
I wasn't exactly sure where to post this but I had an idea for a new game mode that was kind of lore inspired. The new Omega Squad Teemo skin has several hints that in the world Omega is from, the institute of war no longer exists. That made me think that it would be cool to have a game mode that takes place in a time after the institute collapsed. As far as timeline congruence the games themselves could be called Prophesies of a time to come instead of happening at that time. Anyways, I haven't really developed the idea much so i would love any input and forgive me if anything seems incomplete i would love feedback.
As the institute of war no longer exists, this game mode will depict a actual battle instead of a league sponsored match, but there would still be summoner spells for sake of game play. The game would start similar to other game modes with a blind draft where each team can ban three champions. After the bans however, each player picks 3 champions instead of just one. However all players on a team must have selected a first champion before any player can select a second. I chose 3 because 2 just didn't seem like enough and with 4 there would be WAY too much arguing over who gets to play who. The second main change for this mode would be that death is permanent, if you die that champion is unplayable the rest of the game. However to prevent games from lasting for 5 minutes a new summoner spell would be added to this mode, Guardian Angel (or anything else im open to suggestions on all the names too). Guardian Angel protects your character from death automatically and after 6 seconds warps you to your fountain. You never die meaning the enemy does NOT get kill gold however the enemy that triggers this effect will receive a small amount of gold. however to prevent this from essentially becoming the same as dying in a normal game, it has a huge cool-down, around 200+ seconds and does not activate until 90 seconds into the game (when minions spawn). to further prevent permanent death from being too huge a factor all champions are given the passive, Last Stand. Upon "death" all champions have an anivia-like response. instead of dying champions are "reborn" after a very brief delay with about a third (open to change for balance) of their health and the ability to only move at very slow speeds. The effect lasts for 15 seconds and movement is the only action that these champions could take. (a crawling animation would be ideal but if development time would be an issue its not vital.) when the effect wears off, the champion enters their normal state with the hp they had when the effect ended, plus 10% of their total hp. in the the event that a champion really does die for real, their body remains there for the rest of the game ( or not if that is too graphic). the player would be respawned as their next champion( they can select from their champions who they want to play) with a value of gold equal to that of 20% of the purchase value of everything they had when they died, plus 20% of the gold they were holding on death. Other 80% of both of these will be returned upon you or your allies retrieving it from you body, which is done just like capturing a turret but faster. The game would end either when the nexus is destroyed of when all of one teams champions are killed. If ALL champions are dead when the game is over (ie killing teemo then dying to a shroom) whichever team whose player lived longer wins, ie last man standing wins regardless of how close their deaths.
I admit that i do not know tons about the balance of the game and if any of my suggestions would cause issues, please let me know and i will try to improve my idea as much as possible. if i missed anything (balancing heals for example) feel free to add it. i realize that this idea needs a lot of work to make it work and be playable but i wanted to post it to see what the community thinks of it and (hopefully) what riot developers think. I understand if you believe it wont work in game and would not be insulted if you told me so, but i felt it was a unique idea and not like anything i have seen in league and wanted to put it out there to see what happens to it. i think this mode could be good as it would require a lot of strategy and make decisions EVEN more important. it would make sacrificing yourself for kills a MUCH bigger decision. it also makes WHERE you die strategic as you need your team to help you become powerful again. also it makes penta kills WAAAY op, so don't let that happen to you if this is ever a thing
P.S. one issue i really need input on is what to do if one player loses all three champions and his team mates still have lives so as to not have that
player forced to watch without being able to do something.
Thanks for reading, i hope for your input, and have fun.
I can use a real weapon?