[Champion Concept] Aoede, the Forlorn Voice
#Background
Hey, Concept Board! I decided to post a Champion Concept that recently came to mind. Aoede is basically a siren who normally acts with grace to lure victims towards her before unleashing a torrent of viciousness once they finally get close. Her name is strange for that of a League champion, but derives from Greek mythology as one of the original muses, representing, in slight contrast to her sisters, as "voice" or "song". Something simpler may suffice, but I suppose I just settled on that one for now. Other suggestions included Thelxinoe*, Maeve, Elyria, and Lyra.
The apparent pronunciation is "ey-ee-dee".
##Idea
She is based on the idea of a singer in motion: constantly swaying in ominous jubilee to express her song and enable herself to bait (or hound) and destroy her prey. The roles in mind upon conception included Jungle, Support, and Mid Lane, with her build and skill order being openly dependent upon a singular or broad focus on crowd control, burst, DPS, map presence, or overall utility (though not much :) ).
##Combat
Aoede can uniquely place and fire her Q to avert minions or deceive enemy champions and set up CC while in lane, inflict or falsify pressure with a harrowing melody from afar from herself or her Echo, or even kite away a thirsty assailant at the edge of her range while a Beauty with W before shredding them to bits once a Horror with alternating auto's and E's.
Her idea included being a magic-damage-dealing DPS candidate, being one that devours low resistance targets, rends down tanks, or is a general aide to other mages or dealers of magic damage on the team. She benefits from build-up and timing, making use of her reductions and the boost in damage from her Echo. Her Echo also essentially performs another "cast" of any spell she does herself, allowing more potential targets to be affected than was initially possible if timed correctly.
Also, please note: her ratios and numbers provided may prove to be imbalanced, as although I had taken care to not make them obscene and tried to have the values reflect her feel and flow of damage output, they may still be very ripe for refinement. But as with any concept, nothing's official.
#Aoede, the Forlorn Voice
Alluring Visage - (Passive)
When seen moving from afar, Aoede is beheld as a singing Beauty whose song alerts enemies of a ruinous Hymn that reduces their Magic Resist by 6/8/10/12/14/16/18 over 6 seconds. As she dances from side to side, the range of her Hymn gradually increases in stages, notifying Aoede if any have heard for 5 or more seconds as Listeners. The Hymn’s effect decays over 3 seconds.
When regarded from up close, Aoede is revealed as a terrifying Horror once an enemy remains near for 6 seconds, losing her voice of elegance to a figure of dread that grants her 5/8/11/14/17/20/23 Magic Resist and Armor. She becomes melee in her ghastly form, dealing 10/15/20/25/30/35/40 (+ 20% AP) bonus magic damage with her basic attacks and rending 3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6 Magic Resistance on-hit. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
She returns to her form of Beauty after being out of combat, away from enemies, and no longer casting spells for 5 seconds.
######Stage 0 Range: 600 | Stage 1 Range: 1200 | Stage 2 Range: 1800 | Stage 3 Range: 2400
Her Hymn is executed by having her move side to side along her path or in place, clicking in a simple, slow rhythm that resembles a "dance". Moving forward in a light zig-zag builds her Hymn, while moving straight allows it to die down. Her animation would look similar to either an elegant swimmer or a performer of a waltz without a partner, and once she has Resonance, will mirror and move in harmony with her Echo (due to its delay).
Ventriloquy - [Q]
Aoede throws her voice at a target location, releasing a small sonic pulse that Silences Listeners for .75/1/1.25/1.5/1.75 seconds on impact before ushering a harmful tone in a given direction, dealing 40/90/130/170/210 (+ 40% AP) magic damage.
Beauty: A brief trill fired quickly is projected in a line, damaging the first unit it hits.
Horror: An abrupt scream is fired after a delay, traveling in a short cone and damaging units in a wide area.
Ventriloquy’s cooldown is reduced by 1 second for each second Aoede sings her Hymn.
######Range: 650 | Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana | Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 | Trill Range: 550 | Scream Range: 400 | Scream Arc: 80°
* Similar to Viktor's Death Ray
Resonance - [W]
Passive: Aoede emits a resounding Echo that reiterates her actions with a short delay, employing 40/45/50/55/60% of their damage and effectiveness.
Active: Aoede places her Echo at her current location and emanates an aura around her for 5 seconds, manipulating herself and enemy champions in range struck by Ventriloquy. Her Echo persists, continuing to sing or loop the last action performed for 60 seconds until retrieved, touched, damaged, or Resonance is cast again.
Beauty: The Hymn’s effect is instantly maximized and consolidated to its initial stage, while Aoede gains 15/20/25/30/35% movement speed moving away from champions facing her. Ventriloquy Charms instead of Silencing.
Horror: Aoede gains 20/25/30/35/40% movement speed moving towards champions facing away from her, and converts each ongoing Charm inflicted by Aoede into Flee. Ventriloquy causes enemies to Flee instead of Silencing.
######Range: 600 | Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 Mana | Cooldown: 24/21/18/15/12
Tranquil Caress /
Wicked Stroke(Beauty) - [E]Aoede exerts a short dash into invisibility, ignoring unit collision and remaining stealthed for 4 seconds. She deals 30/70/100/130/150 (+ 30% AP) magic damage over 4 seconds to the next champion she touches while still a Beauty, and instantly heals afterwards for 20/35/50/65/80 (+ 40% AP) health. ######Range: 400 | Cost: 70 Mana | Cooldown: 17/15/13/11/9
Tranquil Caress/ Wicked Stroke (Horror) - [E]Passive: Aoede builds a charge of Wicked Stroke every few seconds, storing up to 2 charges.
Active: Aoede shears with her next basic attack while still a Horror to deal 45/70/95/120/145 (+ 35% AP) bonus magic damage to her target and nearby enemies, rending their Magic Resistance by 10/11/12/13/14% and siphoning 5/6/7/8/9% (+ 1% per 100 AP) of her target’s current health as magic damage over 4 seconds while she remains close. ######Range: 350 | Cost: 40 Mana | Static Cooldown: 1 | Recharge Time: 19/16/13/10/7
Resets her auto-attack
Tantalizing Overture (Beauty) - [R]
Aoede maximizes the Hymn’s range and its effect, revealing her Echo to enemies and endowing all champions in range with an inert Echo of their own for 6/9/12 seconds. Enemy Echoes are revealed for the duration.
After a short period, Aoede can cast Denouement while Tantalizing Overture is active.
######Range: 2400 | Cost: 100 Mana | Cooldown: 170/130/90
Denouement - [R]
Aoede channels for 1 second and transports herself instantly to any Echo’s location in range and ends Tantalizing Overture. ######Range: 2400
######* Tantalizing Overture is unavailable while a Horror. Denouement can, however, be used in either form.*
If you've read this far, I thank you. For any who may have their own ideas, I encourage you post them or write them down and see what you can have fun coming up with. Flex the imagination a bit; most likely you'll end up with something much more unique than this, and much simpler.
Cheers
######*Thelxiepeia, Thel, Thelxie were also considered