(Champion Concept) Sauna, the Yordle-Brawler

More info here. All is a WIP. http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/8/86/GreenMoriyama_Sauna_Splash_Art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20151018044131 Illustration credits to Kai Yuan.

Sauna the Yordle Brawler - Fighter/Assassin

Abilities Brawler's Rage - Passive

Sauna generates 5 + (1 x God Fist's Rank) Fury from inflicting damage with her basic attacks, plus an additional 3 / 4 / 5 Fury against enemy champions. Sauna loses 8 Fury per second if she has not gained any in the last 8 seconds. Brawler's Rage: Sauna's basic abilities receive increased values per Fury consumed by them.

Assault Rush - Range: 250-325 | Cost: 20% Current Fury | Cooldown: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9

Sauna's next basic attack within the next 6 seconds gains bonus attack range, allowing her to dash to an enemy and slowing them by 50% for one second. Upon impacting the target, Sauna assaults her target over the next 0.5 seconds, becoming untargetable and striking three times, each strike dealing 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+20% bonus AD) (0.8 / 0.9 / 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 bonus AD per Fury consumed) physical damage. Assault Rush applies on-hit effects only on the first strike.

Concentration - Cost: 50% Current Fury | Cooldown: 25 / 23 / 21 / 19 / 17

Sauna gains 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 / 15% bonus attack speed. Basic attacks grant an additional 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6% per stack, up to four stacks which lasts for 3 seconds. For a 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 seconds, Sauna gains a shield equal to 6.5% of her max health (+ 0.11 / 0.13 / 0.15 / 0.17 / 0.19% of her max health per Fury consumed) and 35% (+ 0.5% per Fury consumed) bonus movement speed that decays at a rate of 20 / 17 / 14 / 11 / 8% per second (down to a minimum of 10%). Basic attacks extend the duration of Concentration by 0.5 second, with the bonus capping at 3 seconds.

Vulcan Uppercut - Range: 500-600 | Cost: 20% Current Fury | Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11

Sauna dashes in a line. At the end of the dash, or upon colliding with an enemy champion or large monster/minion, Sauna deals 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 35% bonus AD) physical damage to units within a 150 unit radius (200 during God Fist), knocking them up for 0.25 seconds. If Sauna collides with an enemy champion or large monster/minion, she uppercuts the target, dealing 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 45% bonus AD) (+ 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5% bonus AD per Fury consumed) physical damage to it, applying on-hit effects and knocking it up for 0.35 (+ 0.05 per Fury consumed) seconds, which caps at 1.75 seconds.

God Fist - Cost: 100% Current Fury | Cooldown: 100 / 85 / 70

After a short delay, for 11 / 13 / 15 seconds, Sauna gains increased range on her basic abilities while her basic attacks splash (225 radius), dealing 30% to 65% AD to nearby enemies as physical damage (30% at the edge), triggering life steal and granting her Fury for each enemy hit by the splash. Sauna also gains "Overrage" which increases her maximum Fury and allowing her basic abilities to not consume Fury. Basic abilities are still empowered as if consuming Fury.

Eruption Core - Range: 475 When at maximum Fury during God Fist, Sauna can use Eruption Core. After a one-second channel, Sauna slams the ground with her fists to deal 200 / 275 / 350 (+ 85% bonus AD) true damage to nearby enemies. God Fist's remaining duration is halved.

Back Story

Long before, Sauna was born in the outskirts of Bandle City, where her parents farmed peacefully. While her parents tilled the fields, she was fonder of something else: fighting. Day in, day out, she would pick a friendly fight with some of the local Yordles who also liked a little brawl. Even at home, Sauna enjoyed throwing powerful punches at a punching bag. While her parents did not expect to have such a child, they did not say a word of rebuke as they saw the joy on Sauna's face.

But one night, a group of bandits ravaged the farmland under the new moon. As much as Sauna tried to fight off the bandits, she was unable to protect her parents nor the farmland they cherished so much. In the end, with her parents killed, the farmland burnt and no one coming to their aid, Sauna was taken away from her home.

The bandits traveled around Runeterra, keeping the Yordle child in the solitude of a metal cage. Every moment that she could, Sauna tried to break out of her containment, only resulting in gashed knuckles and no sign of hope. The bandits used her as entertainment, watching her hopelessly throw her fists at the metal bars as they ate full meals. Years passed and nothing had changed for Sauna as the bandits raided ruins and pillaged small villages.

One ominous day, as the bandits were raiding an old tomb on the Tempest Flats that was only a mile or less away from the Great Barrier, they came across an ancient piece of relic. A pair of gauntlets made of gold, with visible cracks here and there. To these bandits, some could see fortune if they sold it while others wanted to selfishly use it to be plainly powerful. As the bandits fought over what to do with the relic though, a mysterious man had arrived to stop their deed. Slamming his fist into the ground among the bandits, all the bandits had been thrown meters away, falling to the ground either unconsciously or injured. The impact was great enough that their wagons around them were also damaged and thrown by the powerful ground slam. This included the gauntlet relic and the cage Sauna was imprisoned in.

As the relic flew into the air, Sauna's cage had hit the ground, breaking into bits. But rather than running, Sauna could only grovel on the ground as her emotions gathered. Hatred. Resentment. Ferocity. All she could think about was the remnants of her dreams, of becoming a great brawler. But not for fame and honor as she once desired before, but for violence as hate settled in. And as if to answer her raging emotions, the gauntlet relic fell right in front her. And they called to her:

"Use me...Satisfy your true feelings. Take revenge and make them pay!"

The spirit of the relic called to Sauna, and she answered by taking them and equipping them on her bruised hands. Immediately, she stood up as the spirit's energy filled within her tired body. Around her arms appeared spiritual fists, surrounding her body with mystical armor. That is when she threw her body forward to everyone in sight. Even if they were unconscious on the ground or limping away in injury, Sauna discriminated no one of her wrath. Body after body, she had given a beating no one would be able to survive.

The only ones standing in the end were Sauna and her supposed savior. But it didn't matter to her that this man had "saved" her. Rage blinded her and the spirit of the relics kept her from regaining sanity. Thus she charged forward, throwing a mighty fist at the man. But regardless of the weight thrown behind her fist, Sauna's punch was immediately stopped by the man. Above all, only with the palm of one hand without any sign of effort. He had the upper hand, and she knew it now. Even then, she continued to assault the man with all she could. Her relentless assault only came to an end when the man finally gave a solid combination of punches and kicks in the blink of an eye, causing her to fall unconscious. The relic's spirit armor was nothing in the wake of this man's fist.

Sauna woke to find herself strapped to a bed, restrained by harsh chains. There, the same man who she had faced back at the tomb was standing. He explained that he had brought her back to his home city of Piltover. Scientists and relic hunters alike were dazzled by the gauntlet relics that were on Sauna's hand as it contained the spirit of an ancient warrior who had gone mad from thoughts of revenge and hatred. But with the cracks from being damaged and the waning from age, the spirit within had weakened, although still holding some of the legendary power it used to hold. For untold reason though, the gauntlets couldn't be removed from Sauna's hands through conventional means as they had become an integrated part of her body. While the man was ordered to restrain Sauna in custody for being a potential danger to the city, he showed kindness to the Yordle who had faced internal torture. Having seen potential in Sauna's fighting skills, he offered her to be his pupil.

While hate still ran in her veins, along with pessimism and indifference from her years of solitude, Sauna opened up to the warmth of this man, accepting his offer. In this man, she entrusted the fact that she may find hope in life...