[Fun with Mechanics/Resources] Making another Heat Champion
Okay, I needed something to distract me from my epic fail, so I started looking through old Riot Topics, two of which that I seen, one regarding heat champions, and the other was referring to a champion with a pet. Here's the takes on both:
"I've wanted to make an engineer with a pet robot that follows her around for a while now. The idea would be the robot fights for her while she constructs things to help it out. Robot would keep her alive and she'd do the same for it. Possibly you could swap control between the 2 at will :X" - @gypsylord
"We've talked about using Heat on another champion occasionally, it's not something we feel must remain a Rumble only thing. Would definitely want to offer a different take on it while retaining the same core rules (build heat through ability casts, at max heat lose some functionality) though, avoid just rehashing Rumble's gameplay." - @Meddler
What I don't get is why they didn't put these two together. Its like taking apples and oranges (and a blend of mystery fruit) to make a kick ass fruit salad. Let's do this:
Widget and Bolt, The Sparks of Ingenuity (Literally making this all up on the fly, don't judge)
The trick here is that in all honesty, its the Robot that's the champion, and the Girl is the pet. But you need to portray it the other way around. The two will move simultaneously. The robot will generate heat, then go offline, at which point its up to the lass. Its like Lulu and Pix if Pix was a robot and could be attacked and killed. Annie and Tibbers on a much bigger scale. I'm not going to do names for abilities, just actions.
I believe the Mobile invention kit should have the same sort of process as Kha'Zix and Rengar (with his bonetooth necklace). It makes the most sense. But the amount of upgrades paths would be highly varying.~~ We'll talk about Widget's Mobile invention kit after we discuss the abilities~~. So overall, you will see this concept is mathematically like this: (Widget & Bolt) = Gnar(Kha'Zix+Rumble). You'll see why.
For this particular example, Widget is a 14 year old girl, and Bolt is a giant mechanical dog.
Here's a nice little 3D model fromhttp://adam-willis.squarespace.com/ that accurately depicts the direction I want Bolt to go in:
Primary: Fighter Secondary: Mage
Stats:
Widget:
Health: 538.36 (+76 per level) Attack Damage: 52.12 (+3.0 per level) Attack Speed: 0.625 (+2.7%) Movement Speed: 340 Health Regen: 6.52 (+0.55 per level) Armor: 22 (+3.5 per level) Magic Resist: 30 (+0 per level)
Bolt:
65% of Widget's health (350.09 at level 1) 120% of Widget's AD (62.544 at level 1) 110% of Widget's AS (0.6875 at level 1) Movement Speed: 120% of Widget's (408 at level 1) Health Regen: 90% of Widget's (5.868 at level 1) Armor: 130% of Widget's armor (28.6 at level 1) Magic resist: 100% of Widget's (30)
Passie: Bolt generates heat as he uses abilities. Once Bolt has reached maximum heat, he shuts down at that location and begins to cool down. The summoner will have command over Widget only during this cool down time. Widget can either let Bolt cool down where he shuts down (faster), or store him in her Mobile Invention Kit (Takes about 1.5x as long, but is a better alternative than him being destroyed.) In addition, when Bolt is in the danger zone, he has added effects to his abilities. When cooling down, a magic damage AoE surrounds the shut down Bolt, dealing damage to enemy units nearby. Bolt (Unactive) can also grants standard vision range where he rests. If Widget wanders off, and Bolt is still active by the time his cool down has ended, he will seek out Widget, and gain a movement speed bonus. The farther away Widget is, the greater the movement speed bonus.
Tentative: Upgrade paths may be determined by trinket color (Red, Blue Yellow)
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Q: Bolt bites a nearby enemy champion, dealing physical damage. He and Widget also gain an Attack Damage boost for x seconds. Danger Zone: X% of the damage that would be dealt is true damage.
Generates 5 heat
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W: Widget throws a wrench at a target location, which deals physical damage and sticks if it hits an enemy unit. Bolt will then rush to the target location, dealing physical damage to enemy units that he runs through/collides with and lands on. Danger Zone: Enemy units that Bolt comes in contact with are applied with burn (debuff, deals x magic damage per second, for y seconds)
Generates: 20 heat Cooldown: 18/16/14/12/8 seconds.
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E: Widget whistles for Bolt to come to her side. If Bolt is already nearby, Widget can mount Bolt, gaining a movement speed boost, but generates more heat when casting abilities. Danger Zone: Bolt leaves a steam trail behind him for 3 seconds, dealing x magic damage to enemy units behind him.
Generates: 15 heat Cooldown: 9/8/7/6/5 seconds
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R: Widget has bolt combust wherever Bolt is at that time, dealing a large amount of magic damage. Depending on the position of the cursor, this will either be an AoE, or behave like Lux's laser. (If you've ever generated a gradient on a paint application, gimp for example, it behaves like that). If Bolt kills an enemy champion in the blast, his cool down time is reduced slightly. Heat that Bolt has stored up already gives extra damage to the blast. Cost: 20% of Bolt's Max Health Generates: 100 heat
When Playing as Widget:
Q: Next Basic attack deals bonus magic damage. W: Throws a wrench (Behaves similar to Olaf's axe) (Skillshot) which sticks to an enemy, ally, or location. E: Blows whistle, confusing and silencing nearby enemies. R: Spawns Bolt.
Now, for Widget's M.I.K. (As @FlameHalbrdOkido has dubbed it)
Unique Item: Widget and Bolt may buy a Mobile Invention Kit from the shop upon entering the game. The MI Kit allows for Widget to perform on the spot Upgrades to Bolt as needed in combat. Widget carries her Mobile Invention Kit with her into combat, ready to make upgrades to Bolt whenever he's offline.
Icons for Mobile Invention Kit:
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I want each ability to have three possible upgrade paths. This would make for 9-12 variations of Bolt's abilities. And the upgrades would only be for Bolt's kit. The reason for this is that Widget is suppose to adapt Bolt to the situation. I'm not sure if I want his Ultimate able to be upgraded though. Any who, here's what that would look like:
QY: Bolt's jaw has been re-calibrated, and can now bite faster, biting 3 times instead of 1. QB: Bolt's head has been equipped with thrusters, and can now launch 575 units to a target. QR: Bolt's claws are enhanced, and he now does increased damage.
WY: Wrench will bounce if it hits the ground or kills that target, and Bolt will hop from each location it land on to the next one. (Up to 3 bounces) WB: Wrench can home in onto a targeted enemy. WR: Wrench can be thrown at Bolt to heal him for x% of his health.
EY: Bolt breaks apart and reassembles himself by Widget (Instant travel instead of travel time) EB: Widget will equip an armored shell to Bolt, giving him increased armor. This armor is shared when Widget mounts him. ER: Widget modifies Bolt's rig so he's ready to trample. When returning to Widget, he will knock aside all enemy units that stand between him and her. This ability only works for minions and monsters when Widget is riding Bolt.
You may upgrade an ability once that particular ability has been maxed out, and you have Bolt in your Mobile Invention Kit. For Example, I get all 5 points and want to upgrade Bolt, so when he deactivates, I pick him up, then the option to upgrade Q will become available. (Special thanks to BoyManDog33 for helping make this great!)
Dialogue:
Upon Selection: "C'mon Bolt! Let's go play!"
Upon Starting the Game:
"We got our duo right here, huh boy?" "You ready to have some fun Bolt?" "Let's go get them buddy. C'mon!"
Attacking (With Bolt)
"Sick em' boy!" "Let's get em'!" "Right about in 'Wrench Range'!" "Catch the bad guys Bolt!" "We got em' boy!" "Bolt, play nice! Actually lets just beat em' up." "Hey! Good boy!" "We've got this!" "We got em' right where we want em' boy!" "Maybe we're too good for them to handle." "Good boy!" "Us vs them? I like those odds." "Woof!" "Arf!" "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..." " Angry Barking " " Rapid Angry Barking " " Biting "
(Without Bolt)
"Take that!" "Haha. Nothing a little elbow grease and Wrench-to-the-face won't fix." "There's more where that came from!" "You are sooooo lucky my dog isn't here. Or not." "This is easier than taking things apart!" "I got these suckers handled." "Y'know, Bolt would have so much fun taking you down too." "I might have to trade out my wrench for a 2x4. Maybe that'll knock some sense into ya." "Complaints? My complaint department is on hold, you'll have to deal with me instead." "Ouch, that look like it hurt." "Break something? I can fix it. I mean I'm not going to, but I could."
Walking (With Bolt)
"C'mon boy!" "Places to go Bolt!" "Hey, c'mon buddy, think of all the things we can see!" "You wanna go? C'mon, let's go!" " Panting (Bolt)" " Isn't this fun boy? (Widget)" "Woof!" "Yeah boy, that's the spirit!" "We're going!" "Woof!" Riding Bolt:
"Giyyup boy!" "Let's go let's go let's go!!!" "Woah buddy! That's the spirit!" "WOOHOO!" "Ruff!" "That way boy!" "Isn't this fun? "Barks in agreement"
Without Bolt:
"Man, this would be so much more fun with someone to travel with." "I'm going! Geesh." "Humming" "Whistles" "Hmm...Very interesting! NOT!" "Where's Bolt when you need em'? Oh yeah..." "I put the SCHEME in SCHEMER. Haha." "Strategic re-positioning and stuff. Yup." "This way? Aight, works for me."
Abilities (With Bolt)
Q:
"Sick em' Bolt!" " Loud bark followed by biting " "Chomp!" "Get em' good boy!"
W:
"Fetch!" "You want the wrench? Go get the wrench!" "Go get the bad guy Bolt. Go get em'!" "Where'd the wrench go boy? Go find it!" "Bolt, I see the wrench over there by the bad guys! Go get em!"
E:
"Whistles C'mere boy!" "Whistles Bolt, where are you?" "Bolt! C'mere boy!" "Where's my good boy? Oh! There he is!"
R:
"Bolt, play dead!" "Boom boom Bolt!" "Self-D boy!" "Nap time buddy. Put em' to sleep!"
(Without Bolt)
Q:
"Imitates laser noises hahaha!" " Imitates laser noises Take that!" "Zing!" "Got a bit of kick on that end doesn't it?"
W:
"Eat wrench!" "Take that!" "There's plenty more where that came from buster!" "Did you enjoy that wrench to your face?"
E:
"Loud whistle blowing*" "Stranger danger!" "Get away!" "SHUSH."
R:
"Nap time's over boy." "C'mon Bolt, wakey wakey." "Rise and shine, its time to beat some people to-daaaay!" "There's my good boy!" "Up and atoms! That's what dad always says."
Lore:
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From the audio logs of Weiss Lucile Heimerdinger Widget:
Static
"Aye! Is this thing workin'?"
Taps microphone several times
"Aight, cool. This is Widget's audio log, for my ear's only. Well, that is, up until now of course-"
Door opens
"Weiss, you haven't happen to see my adjustable reverse-ratcheting magnetic box wrench have you?"
"DAD! I'M RECORDING AN AUDIO LOG!"
"Oh, my apologies dear. I don't mean to intrude, but have you seen it?"
Sighs
"No dad. I haven't."
"Hmmm, are you positive? I could of sworn I left it down here..."
"Dad. Didn't you leave the Trydiminiu-thing on?"
"Ah yes, by golly I did! I better get back to it!"
Door Closes
"Ugh, sorry about that. Funny thing though, I got his box wrench right here, but I needed it for this baby right here."
Thud against the table
"Haha, yes. This is gonna be sweet. This is the other set of ears I was talkin' about. Its not literally a pair of ears, but there are some in here too. Dad got me this for my birthday a few days ago and I started putting this bad boy together, with a few additions of my own of course."
Sounds of Widget at work followed by loud mechanical whirring
"HE'S ALMOST DONE! JUST A FEW MORE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS!"
Whirring dies down
"His core processor isn't functioning properly. His instruction node and response receptor aren't communicating for some reason...Aha!"
Unplugs
"These wires aren't connected. Perfect solution right here."
Takes a piece of gum and chews it
"Dis is da real universal solution right here!"
Spits out gum
"See? Works great!"
Plugs back in
"Now for the AI chip. Plug this in right....-"
Click
"There! Fits like a glove. Let's get you tuned on boy."
Mechanical whirring sound and bleeping sound
"HAHA! HE WORKS! NICE!"
"Barking"
"Good boy, who's a good boy? Are you my good boy? Yes you are, yes you are!"
"Barks in agreement"
"Yeah, I thought so. Now, what to call you..."
Bustling sound
"Hey! What are you doing? Get out of there!"
Metallic crunching sound
"No no no. Don't eat those!"
"Barks"
Sighs
"Alright, fine. let's see...name...name..."
Door opens
"Weiss, what is with all the noise down here?"
Hatch opens and mechanical whirring grows louder
"Ah! I see you've gotten the B-07T operational! Well done dear!"
Static cannon fires
"WAAAAAA!"
Whirring dies down
"What was that for boy?"
"Attempts to bark but bottom jaw falls to the ground"
"Here, I gotchya."
Widget at work
"There. Just a loose bolt is all. Bolt. Hmm, what do you think boy?"
"Barks in agreement"
"Bolt it is then, haha. I already know we're gonna have so much fun."
"Barks in anticipation"
"What you said."
-End of Tape-
Fun Combos (Inspired by YOU):
Sick em'! = Q (Upgrade 2) - E: Bolt's head launches out to bite an enemy, and Widget calls Bolt back over to her, bringing the enemy back with him.
Sick em'/Play Dead! = Q-R: Widget throws her wrench at an enemy, causing Bolt to seek out and attack that enemy. Widget then commands Bolt to explode, dealing tons of damage. (BoyManDog33)
(Suggest your own combos and if they're viable, I'll add them to the list!)
This is an EXTREMELY ROUGH representation of the idea. I may flesh the idea out overtime, but I would love for it to be a community project to do with you all, if you're interested. Leave your thoughts, comments, and suggestions bellow! :D
Patch Notes:
Heat values were made more consistent. Wrench now does damage on its initial hit. Added a Fun Combos section. Added an extreme hottweiler effect on Bolt's R. E3 upgrade has been modified (FlameHalbrdOkido* and Shamont, so sorry for the typo!) When waking up, Bolt is a very eager puppy, and seeks out his master at sub set onic speeds. Attack and movement quotes added. Suggest some of your own, and they just might make it up here :D Added some ability related quotes. Nothing better than some good ol' fashion dog commands and whatnot. Added Lore section! Check out Weiss/Widget's audio log! Made the resource section into the passive and clarified some of the wording. Fixed some typos, ignored more than fixed. Began calling Widget's M.I.K. what it is: A unique item. Relocated dialogue and lore sections. Relocated Mobile Invention Kit closer to the bottom and added a few icons for it too. Added Twisted Treeline/Crystal Scar M.I.K. icon. Upgrade paths have been edited, clarified, and renamed to clarify which kit they come with. More ability icons have been added. Apologies for the quality, they're just to get an idea across. Added new pic for cover pic
