Lyyn, The Pacifist (Shield enchantress)
Are there any ideas floating around about a mostly passive support champion? Ive had a few ideas in the past (sharing the name) and wanted to know if anyone had a recommendation. Playing support a lot, one of my favorite ADC's has always been Kalista because of her bond mechanic. Using a similar idea, ive come up with a rough skill set that makes a pacifist type character potentially fun to play.
Also I think the Ult would be an awesome concept in general.
**This character design revolves around a spell-bender that is very prominent in shields and protection but obviously does no personal damage. I dont know much lore about league so cannot type up a good lore story, however I do think a story of her being obsessed with shields because of an afflicted curse that doesnt allow her to harm anyone (maybe Amumu style curse?) would be fun and ideal. **
Passive: Lyyn cannot deal damage with auto-attacks or item actives. Instead, Lyyn uses her weapon to mark a champion, stacking up to 8 times and lasting 2 seconds per stack. Any enemy champion who is damaged by an ally champions ability consumes all marks, dealing bonus magic damage. (10/30/50/70 + 10% of the spell damage per stack, levels 1/6/11/16 [potentially add a small AP scaling like Amumu W]) Lyyn does not cancel movement for attacks.
NOTES: This passive works very will with big hitters and single target damage. Small, consistent damage will consume the marks much more reliably but will not benefit very much from the bonus percentage. I dont know how to approach the damage on this passive. On one hand, proccing 8 stacks for over 500 damage + 80% damage from the originating spellcast seems really damn high. On the other hand, if you get hit with EIGHT autos/spells to even get 8 stacks, you probably deserve it.
Q: Lyyn adorns herself in a shroud of magic, rapidly circling her for 2/3/4/5/6 seconds. Any enemies that strike her gain 2 (+1 per 60 AP) passive mark, and trigger her shroud, shielding herself and all nearby allies for (50/80/110/140/170 +50% AP) lasting up to 5 seconds. If the veil is undamaged before it expires, only Lyyn is shielded.
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds, starting after the veil is destroyed or expired. Mana Cost: 50 NOTES: This ability is what makes her a potentially bruiser-esque type of support. Being able to be in the middle of her team to absorb an ability maximizes this abilities potential. Lyyn being in the far back or the one initiating means the sill not be able to reach all members of her team for maximum shielding efficiency.
W: Passive: Standing still for 3 seconds puts Lyyn in a meditative state, giving her a single spell shield until she breaks meditation (moving) and causes her to radiate her aura to nearby allies, boosting their natural health and mana regeneration (10/15/20/25/30 HP/sec, 5/7.5/10/12.5/15 Mana/sec) If the spell shield is broken, this ability is placed on cooldown. Lyyn must wait .5 seconds to activate this ability if the passive is triggered. Active: Lyyn targets an Ally, and both champions gain a 2 second spell shield that absorb the spell cast upon them. If neither shield is broken for 3 seconds, both she and her ally gain a notable movement speed buff when running away from enemy champion. If BOTH shields are destroyed, Lyyn emanates a pulse from her position that briefly (similar to Blitz) silence and slow enemy champions and minions.
Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12 Mana Cost: 60/55/50/45/40 NOTES: This abilities passive gives her a mild amount of lane sustain, as well as making it hard for certain engages to connect (Example would be ADC hiding behind you so a Blitz cant pull, but doesn't do much against an Alistar that would use Headbutt to pop the shield, leaving her vulnerable to the followup CC. The slight casting delay is a balancing feature, making you have to decide to use the Passive or the active, instead of popping the active as soon as you think youll take an ability.
E: Lyyn summons a shield onto her character for 20/35/50/65/80 +100%AP for 3 seconds. Lyyn can recast the ability to throw (Think Syndra) the shield at enemies, marking them all for 0/1/2/3/4 passive marks. Any enemies struck are slowed (20% for 2 seconds). If thrown at allies, they receive the remaining shield amount and gain a slight speed buff (20% for 2 seconds)
Cooldown: 8 at all ranks Mana Cost: 50 NOTES: Recasting the ability immediately removes the shield from herself unless she targets herself with the recast. This also gives a prominent teamfight potential and further emphasizes the bruiser-esque build-path.
R: Lyyn chants a quick spell (.5 second delay), intentionally using a negative connotation. The spell is fired in a narrow cone (Think Annie or Kassadin, but narrower and a bit longer). All minions, neutral monsters, and enemy champions acquire 2/4/6 marks and are SHIELDED with a red shield for 100/200/300 +30% AP for 4/5/6 seconds. The shield doubles all damage dealt to the target champion until its removal (Shield strength is weakened with damage like any other shield, but any damage towards the shield is doubled [150 dmg auto now does 300 and pops rank 3 shield] The shield goes inward instead of outward like standard shields.) . Any shield added to the red shield through an enemies abilities/item is instantly converted into a red shield. Any prior shield is also converted.
Cooldown: 120/100/80 Mana Cost: 100/125/150 **NOTES: **This will obviously take a bit of tweaking. The cast time CAN be cancelled, but I believe a shield bender that can manipulate enemy shields as well as her own really will fit into the lore. I dont have any lore typed up because I dont know much of League Lore, but I would like it to revolve around her obsession with shields, as well as a reason as to why shes a pacifist.
Any criticism is appreciated. Even if you dont play support/enjoy this playstyle, hopefully you can pitch in an appreciable opinion or characteristic or change you would make
