A strange idea

D15tr4ct10n·12/29/2015, 3:48:39 AM·2 votes·602 views

What if we got a champion that didn't have a basic attack. Maybe his Q was a ranged skill shot that acted as his basic attack. Maybe it's her Q. Perhaps it's a cleave that hits a swathe of enemies at once. Maybe this character is a master swordsman who acts as an ADC with that Q being called "Advanced Attack" and they're just cheesy and corny as hell while being this icon of sword wielding glory. I'd like some more ideas on this, but the Q and no basic attack is as far as I can figure out without drifting from the concept.

Edit 29DEC15: I've come up with a slew of other ideas. First, let's flesh out this character's personality. She--I've decided I like she for this--is not just a master swordsman, but a legendary one. Of course, no one knows this because everyone else receives the credit for her success. To go along with being a legendary swordsman, she is a collector of legendary swords--of which she has three. Her three legendary swords she's acquired are an Excalibur knock off (Wycalibur maybe?), a Dainsleif knock off, and a Murasame knock off (Manasame?). These are her Q (Excalibur), W (Dainsleif), and E (Murasame); and they alter her R -- Advanced Attack. Activating these abilities is akin to Udyr taking a stance, except she's switched weapons. Each weapon will do something different, before explaining this, though, I'll explain the passive and R.

R -- Advanced Attack -- She starts off with this at level 1 (much like Karma/Jayce/Nidalee/Elise), and it applies basic attack effects (Blade of the Ruined King, Statikk Shiv, maybe even Rapid Firecannon). This is how she attacks, as she is above using a 'basic' attack.

Passive -- Sword o' Glory -- She cannot Crit and instead receives 1% increased armor pen for every 10% crit chance. Since she (obviously) doesn't benefit from attack speed, she receives 5% CDR for every 10% attack speed.

Advanced Attack (Excalibur) -- A long range cleave that deals 80% of AD to all units it passes through. Upon activation it does an affect similar to the Q of Nasus/Wukong/Rengar and buffs the next Advanced Attack to do more damage.

Advanced Attack (Dainsleif) -- A medium range thrust that deals 70% of AD to all units in a line and leaves the thrust in the air as a trap for enemies to run into and take the damage of the thrust again for 5 seconds. Upon activation the first time an enemy takes damage from a floating thrust is stunned for 1.5 seconds.

Advanced Attack (Murasame) -- A medium range dash that slashes the first enemy in the path for 90% AD and all others for half that. Upon activation the first dash will drain mana from enemy champions or reduce their attack speed by 20% if they do not have mana (ie, energy users, Riven, Garen, Katarina).

I know what you're thinking, "What about mana costs?" you say. Well, our intrepid collector of legendary blades scoffs at the concept of needing to use mana. Her's is the technique garnered from hundreds of battles and is merely just a high powered swing of a sword.

But wherever would such a character go? Well, she's tired of others getting the fame and wants to be a glory hound and receive some support, so she's going to go bottom lane as an ADC, a very non-traditional ADC.

TL;DR -- Badass female swordsman with badass swords as an ADC with no basic attack and uses an ability called 'Advanced Attack.'

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