[Champion Concept] Zero, Death's Artist
Lore
I was born in the bottom of the darkest pit where no light shone, a cold and empty world pressed together byates. There were others around me, shadow people, ravaging monstrosities who knew only how to kill and eat. Those mindless beings were my kin, though I didn’t resemble them at all. They were demons in the flesh, while I took the appearance of a mere human. Those who stood before me meant nothing. I felt nothing. What I felt was the pit where I stood, covered in the blood of my kin.
Empty. Cold. Dark. Alone.
Given birth into a world with no predecessors, no emotions. I could hear nothing, smell nothing, feel nothing to the very touch, I couldn’t sleep, eat, nothing of the common beast. What was I? What was my purpose, my ambition? Life beyond the pit was dark, walking a world of void. What I was able to see before my eyes meant nothing, and what I could not didn’t exist. Nothing existed except for me, but even I began to doubt such. Maybe it was a dream, one that I could not force myself out of. No, it couldn’t be that. Dreams are meant to create worlds based on imaginations and the deepest of desires. What was mine? What is this place…?
Treading deep into the void, I stumbled upon a discovery within myself, something that made me forget what everything was. It was nothing that would astound a human, but to me, it felt different. A brush and a torn slip of paper. I grabbed the brush and dipped it in the blood of my kin, stroking away hidden thoughts and unknown imaginations. It was a perfect circle and nothing more. A zero. At first I thought that a zero meant nothing, a hollow number that represented a hollow existence. However, as I gazed at it more I began to notice the world around me change. Geometrical shapes clouded by detail and those who disregard it. Everything around me was birthed from such a simple stroke. I tried again and created a square and triangle, completely overwhelmed by this discovery that everything started from these three things. I could remember myself sitting down and experimenting with the shapes for days on end, staring curiosity right into the center of my canvas, imagining all of the things that could be built from these very shapes. For once in my life, I had felt a joy leap from my chest. Happiness.
Then one day, it happened. My pictures came to life. It was odd, but I didn’t show any kind of fear. I wasn’t afraid, but hesitant. Before me stood a tiger, a viper, and an owl staring me down. Not in a repulsive and angry manner, but the way a noble would to his king. Was I their king?
A fellow kin emerged from our home and charged me. Unaware of the situation I was thrown back a hundred feet and slammed into the ground with a demon on top of me. Tackled into submission, I watched helplessly as he rammed his blade-like fingers through my wrists and neck, paralyzing me useless. When I thought that my happiness would come to an end, my constructs charged the beast and ripped it to shreds. They exploded simultaneously, giving up their lives to save mine. A black liquid shot out from their bodies and splashed everywhere. Their blood was dark, just like this void. I took that blood, ink, and drowned my brush in it, drawing those same allies from before. They came back and bore the same eyes as the ones before.
I wasn’t alone after all.
“I let my art speak what my mind cannot. One picture screams a thousand words.”
- Zero, Death's Artist
Stats at level 1
Health: 400 (+62) Health Regen: 4.65 (+0.65) Mana: 200 (+40) Mana Regen: 6.45 (+0.45) Magic Res: 30 (+0) Armor: 20 (+3.75) Attack Damage: 45 (+4) Attack Speed: 0.69 (+3.38%) Attack Range: 500 (Ranged) Movement Speed: 330
Passive (Innate) – Revisions: On every 10th ability cast, Zero will be able to cast the same ability again for no mana cost, a refunded cooldown, and a slightly reduced cooldown on the ability after it has been casted. Revisions does not go into effect for Inkspell. For example, Revisions is activated after 3rd ability cast. If Zero activates Bestial Barrage, he is allowed to cast it again with no mana cost nor cooldown, and the cooldown timer is reduced slightly afterwards after the second cast. However, Revisions would not activate if Zero casted Inkspell.
Q – Sacred Art: Bestial Barrage [Mana Cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110] [Cooldown: 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7] [Range: 600]: Zero creates an artwork of five explosive tigers and fires them in a straight line. If an enemy is hit by one, the other remaining tigers will track down and explode on contact of the target regardless of the enemy’s location or distance from Zero.
Initial Damage: 18 / 25 / 32 / 39 / 46 damage per tiger + 30% bonus AD
Max Damage: 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230 damage + 30% bonus AD
Reduced Cooldown: 7.5 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5
W – Sacred Art: Venomous Subduction [Mana Cost: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80] [Cooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11] [Range: 550]: Zero creates an artwork of a black viper and fires it in a straight line. If an enemy is hit by it, the viper will wrap around its target, snare it for 2 seconds, and deal magic damage over 3 seconds.
Initial DoT: 26 / 32 / 38 / 44 / 50 damage per second + 25% bonus AP
Max DoT: 78 / 96 / 114 / 132 / 150 damage + 25% bonus AP
Reduced Cooldown: 13.5 / 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5
E – Sacred Art: Eyes of the Night [Mana Cost: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0] [Cooldown: 25 / 23 / 21 / 19 / 17] [Range: 2000 / 2500 / 3000 / 3500 / 4000]: Zero creates an artwork of an owl and selects a target location within a given unit range. Once the owl reaches the marked location it explodes, revealing a moderate sized proportion of the map for 8 seconds and revealing any stealthed units.
Cooldown Reduction: 22.5 / 20 / 17.5 / 15 / 12.5
R – Sacred Art: Inkspell [Mana Cost: 100 / 110 / 120] [Cooldown: 110 / 100 / 90] [Range: 450]: Zero marks an enemy with his own blood for 10 seconds. All damage Zero deals to the marked enemy is increased by 15%. If the enemy dies while the mark is active, their body is reanimated into a painting under Zero’s control for 20 seconds. The painting mirage has half of the original’s stats except their movement speed (1000 health drops to 500 health, 200 AD drops to 100 AD, etc.), and can only cast abilities in response to Zero casting abilities. As an example, Darius is brought back as a painting mirage and Zero casts Sacred Art: Eyes of the Night. In response to Zero’s ability, Darius will cast Apprehend despite how close he is to Zero’s target. The animation will follow Zero wherever he goes and only attacks what Zero attacks.
Leash Range: 1200
Movement Speed: Original’s base movement speed plus any speed boosts from Zero.
Champion Selection
“Every blink invites you to a different world.”
Cursor Interactions
“Guide me to where my curiosity will be relinquished.”
“Art is everything.”
“To die and be reanimated by the one who created you…that is a true ambition.”
“Answers…I must seek them.”
“There is no such thing as ‘Ignorance is Bliss’.”
“I entrust my knowledge to you.”
Joke
Zero draws Garen and animates him dancing. In response, he sits down, watches, and laughs.
Zero draws Darius and animates him dancing. In response, he sits down, watches, and laughs.
Taunt
“It’s not worth the effort if you don’t put your mind at rest. Don’t worry about your body. I can do that myself.”
