New Champion- Apuzah: Zaun's Uncontrolled Shadow (Support)

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Apuzah: Zaun's Un-Controlled Shadow Melee Support Health Tank

Before I get into the nitty gritty on Apuzah, I would like to ask that you check out the The Christmas CCOS hosted by The RIver KIng

-Initial Stats and Growing Stats- Health: 600 (+66.5 Per level ) (600-1800) HP/5: 10 (+.8 per level) (10-24) Mana: 200 +(10 Per level) (200-380) MP/5: 6 (+.6 per level) (6-16) Attack Damage: 63 (+3 per level) (63-117) Attack Speed: .637 (+.02 per level) (.637-.997) Armor: 30 (+3 per level) (30-84) Magic Resist: 30 (+3 per level) (30-84)

Abilities:

I go over his abilities three times. I would recommend reviewers for the contest to read the second set, as the other two are more for the every day critique. The first time is a basic synopsis. The second time is a more accurate tooltip, that includes the amount of damage per level upgrade, the accurate cooldown per level, mana per level etc. The third time, is a bit of an explanation for anything I feel may need help explaining (like how much damage the ability is going to do) OR a recommendation of Keystones one might use.

Passive:

Shadow Heal: Out of combat heal that heals himself or bound ally. When healing a bound ally, a portion of the heal is taken as damage to Apuzah.

Q:

**Shadow Ward: ** Cost 35 Mana per ward. Gain a Charge Every 20 seconds

Gain max charges as you level up. Place a ward that stuns all enemy champions upon entering it's sight range, and deals magic damage at the end of the stun. The ward "dies" shortly after an enemy champion is stunned. If no enemies are spotted, the ward lasts as long as a normal sightstone ward.

W:

**Shady Shield: ** Cost: 30-50 Mana Cooldown: 15-10 seconds

Passive: (Once points are put in this ability) attack damage/ability power from runes/masteries/items is reduced and converted to armor/magic resist. Active: Shields himself or any targeted ally, while shield is active, cannot be stunned or slowed.. Shield strength increases based off of his max health, So tank up with health items. When bound ally is nearby, they also receive the shield as well in addition to Apuzah and his targeted ally.

E:

Shadow Sprint: Cost: 35 Mana at all levels Active Cooldown 15 seconds at all levels

Binds himself to a targeted ally for the duration of the game. Activate: Dashes (1-3 times depending on the circumstances) to a target location and grants himself and the nearest ally flat movement speed for a small duration. Movement speed is given to only him if no nearby allies are present. Passive that increases his and his bound allies movement speed. And the movement speed of his other allies for half the same amount. However, Hard CC durations are increased by 50%. Slow durations are decreased by 50% but the amount of the slow is increased by 50%.

R:

Shadow Priest Seminar: Cost: Mana, Initial Health, And additional Health over time. Cooldown: 150-90 seconds

Summons Shadow Priests (1-5: based on the amount of Enemy champion nearby) that sap health from both Him and the nearest enemy champion. Heals bound ally for a portion of the damage dealt.

Lore:

Legend has it Apuzah was once one of the greatest priests of all time. But in a freak accident while trying to save his son from death, he spent all his energy and his fleshly mortal body evaporated into nothing. Leaving behind nothing but his shadow. His shadow now roams to and fro, seeking to help the citizens of Zaun. But beware, anyone who attempts to hurt one of them. For he will stop at nothing to save them including giving up his remaining existence. It was this zeal and loyalty, and his COMBINED skills, even if not unique, that earned him his place on the Rift.

Saving his son "APUZAH!" He had just finished healing his last patient and had left the infirmary, and was about to head home from another long and arduous day at work, when he heard the familiar cry from his wife. "APUZAH!" She cried again. He turned around and saw his wife, looking completely distraught, her hair not even pulled back, as she normally wore it when she was in public. Her face was completely pale. He knew immediately that something was terribly wrong. "What is it, wife?" He asked. "What has happened?" "He's been injured. He's dying!" She sobbed, completely out of breath but finally catching up to him she threw herself into his arms. "Who?" He asked, fearing the worse. He pulled her hair out of her eyes, and could see, the look there, was completely empty. He knew it was his eldest son even before she answered. His arrogant and stubborn son had always leaped before thinking, and was periodically injured. "OUR SON!" she screamed "Take me to him, immediately." He said, sighing. He had known this day would come. She took off at lightening speed as soon as the words left his mouth, he followed her quickly.

Ten minutes later, he found himself in the Sewer district of Zaun. Rubble lay all around and there were several fires, yet to be extinguished. Underneath some concrete, next to one of the main pipelines, there lay his son. His son's left leg was laying beside him, no longer attached. He rushed over to him, and checking his pulse, he found that it was faint, almost non existent. With as much strength as he could muster, He pulled the concrete rubble off his son's body. When he did, he saw several bullet wounds on his sons stomach, and noticed that his son's right arm was missing as well. His son's face was mauled, hardly recognizable. There was blood everywhere. What had caused this, he would have to figure out later. For now, he had to heal his son. He felt the magic bubbling up within, and three minutes later, after finding his son's right arm, he placed the arm and the leg, next to their proper locations, and began releasing his magic into his son.

Once the limbs were reattached, and the blood had stopped flowing from those locations, panting, and quickly losing energy, he began to focus on the bullet wounds. After retrieving the bullets, 18 in total, he used his magic to make sure there was no internal bleeding. There was. He sighed. He didn't think he would have enough energy to heal both the internal and external wounds. "Wife!" He said. His voice was weak. He didn't even recognize it. "What is it Apuzah." "I love you!" He choked. His wife screamed. She knew what he was about to do. Apuzah released his magic once again. A loud ethereal blast echoed through the Sewer District. A light, like Zaun had never seen, covered every nook and cranny. When the light from the blast disappeared, Apuzah was gone. His son coughed and blinked. His wife sobbed. "Mom?" His son said, weakly. "What happened?" His wife screamed, slapped him, and pulled him into her arms. "He's gone! He died saving you, you foolish child." "Father?" Apuzah's sons wail could be heard throughout all of Zaun.

After his death Apuzah watched all of this. But he could not speak in his new form. He could not let them know that he was still with them. Days, Weeks, Months passed. Apuzah followed his son and wife everywhere, silently. Finally, one day, when his wife was sobbing over his absence, he felt the tingling of his magic again. And when she looked up from her sobbing, she screamed. "APUZAH? Is that you?" "You can see me?" He heard his voice! He was shocked, as much as she. "Yes!" "Oh thank the creators of Zaun. I have been following you for months! I thought you would never see me or hear me again" "Apuzah, you are only a shadow. Where is your body?" Apuzah looked down at himself. Indeed, His formerly transparent body, had taken on a shadowy form. "Right now, I don't care. I'm just happy you can see me again." He tried to reach out and touch her, but he couldn't. When their son came home that day, It was a nice happy family reunion. Well, given the circumstances, as nice as it could be.

It took Apuzah several years, but eventually, he learned how to interact with objects and living beings again. And in the final years of his wife's life, He learned to call on his magic again, and was able to grant her an additional 40 years to her life.

Invitation to the Rift He spent decades after her death, wandering the underground streets of Zaun, healing it's inhabitants.

One day, after healing his great grandson, as stubborn and arrogant as his grandfather, he heard the voice of a friend he had made a few years back. Doctor Edmundo. "Apuzah! Mundo has been told Mundo can invite one person to the Rift. Apuzah is Mundo's choice. Only Apuzah is worthy to be Mundo's choice. You saved Mundo from Mundo experiments many times. Mundo want Apuzah to have this honor." And so it was, Apuzah received his invitation to the Rift. He knew that there, he could truly make a difference using his skills and healing those that needed his help the most, the Marksmans. If this invitation was real, He knew he would give everything to protect them, just as he had given everything to protect his son. And just as he would give everything, to protect the citizens of Zaun.

Champion Quotes:

"Apuzah is great friend. But me thinks, Apuzah is just shadow of Apuzah long time go. Get it, he he... Shadow? Mundo make Mundo Laugh." ~Dr. Mundo

Ties:

Friends: Apuzah considers himself a friend to all the citizens of Zaun, However, he is particularly fond of Dr. Mundo, for unknown reasons. Other than that, he really has no friends. Enemies: Apuzah's enemies are the enemies of Zaun. Period.

**Appearance: **

Literally A shadow. I figured, he should probably look like a priest too, in shadow form. I do not own this image, but it is resembles very closely the image that I have in my head, so I am going to link it anyway. Image that resembles Apuzah in my mind

Dialect:

Ban Dialect: The Shadows retreat, for now. Joke: Don't get cocky. Or you will become a shadow of your former self. Taunt Dialect: You're scared of your own shadow. Joke Response Dialect: I hope my jokes aren't too shady for you. Taunt Response Dialect: That low blow was just not as shady as I am.


**Abilities (an In-Depth Description)**

> ~Now for those of you nerds like me,  that care about details, and always know EXACTLY how much damage, heal, etc. you are giving and receiving, here's a more in depth look at his kit.~
> 
> 
> 
> **Passive: Shadow Heal**
> After Leaving combat for more than 3 seconds periodically Heals Himself. This ability occurs to bound ally as well when bound ally is nearby, regardless of whether bound ally is in combat or not, so long as he is not. However, ONLY he or his bound ally can be healed at any given time, and IF Shadow Heal, heals an ally, 10% of the heal given is taken as damage to Apuzah. To keep it in line with the lore, This passive CAN kill Apuzah. IF no enemies have damaged EITHER him or his ally during the KILL timer, this would count as an execution. However, if damage has been taken by him or his ally recently, The enemy champion that LAST dealt damage to them would get the kill.
> 
> heals every 20/15/10/5 sec for 25/50/75/100 (+ 4%/8%/12%/16% (+1% per level)) health. These timers and amounts decrease/increase at ult available levels (6/11/16)
> 
> 
> **First Ability (Q): Shadow Ward **
> 35 Mana cost per ward placed.
> Place a shadow ward that will stun all enemy champions that get within its radius (same radius as a normal ward) for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds (2/2/3/3/4 charges) If an enemy champion is stunned, the ward will self destruct after 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds, otherwise, last as long as a sightstone ward. Once the stun ends, Deals Mage Damage 40/45/50/55/60 (+60% Ability Power and +20% Attack Damage) 
> Gain a charge every 20 seconds or gains all charges upon returning to base fountain. After placing a shadow ward must wait ten (10) seconds before placing another.
> 
> 
> **Second Ability (W): Shady Shield**
> Active: 30/35/40/45/50 Mana
> Cooldown: 15/14/12.5/11/10 seconds
> Active: Shields himself and any targeted ally for 50/75/100/125/150hp (+5/7.5/10/12.5/15% of his hp) for 1/1.5/2/2.5/3 second or until the shield is consumed, while shield is active, cannot be stunned or slowed. When bound ally is nearby, they also receive the shield as well in addition to Apuzah and his targeted ally.
> Passive: -10/12.5/15/17.5/20% attack damage and ability power reduction. This reduction is instead converted to armor(from attack dmg)/magic resist(from ability power). So for every 100 ad/ap gain 10/12.5/15/17.5/20 armor/magic resist respectively
> 
> 
> **Third Ability (E): Shadow Sprint**
> Cost: 35 Mana at all levels 
> Cooldown 15 seconds at all levels
> Active: Binds himself to an ally for the duration of the game.
> Activate: Dashes (same range as flash) to a target location and grants himself and the nearest ally +25/27.5/30/32.5/35 flat movement speed  for 3 sec. Movement speed is given to only Apuzah if no allies are nearby. Additionally, If no allies are nearby, the dash can only be cast ONCE. If a non-bound ally is nearby, this ability can be recast ONCE (within 3 seconds) and if his bound ally is nearby it can be recast TWICE (within six seconds). These additional dashes increase the MS duration by three seconds each. When he cast this ability three times the third dash will deal damage to all nearby enemies for 60/70/80/90/100 (+60% AP)
> 
> Passive: Hard cc durations are increased by 50%. Slows effects are increased by 50% and durations are decreased by 50%.
> What this means is a normal 2 sec stun from morgana instead lasts 3 seconds. A slow from ![item 3116](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3116.png) Rylais is increased to 30% but only lasts .5 secs, whereas ![item 3092](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3092.png) FQC would slow for 60% but for only 1-2.5 sec, and a slow from ![item 3022](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3022.png) frozen mallet would be 60% from melee lasting .75 seconds and 45% from ranged lasting .75 seconds
> 
> Passive: When moving towards a bound ally gain 20/21.25/22.5/23.75/25% movement speed. When bound ally is moving towards him, they gain 30/32.5/35/37.5/40% movement speed. This occurs with other allies as well, but the effect is halfed for non bound allies.
> 
> 
> **Fourth Ability Ultimate (R) Shadow Priest Seminar**
> Active: Cost- 45/50/55 Mana + 100/200/300hp initially and then +2%/3%/4% hp every second active. 
> Cooldown 150/120/90 Seconds additionally, Cooldown starts on FIRST cast, not on refresh casts.
> 
> Summons Shadow Priests (1 for each nearby enemy) that deal 50/75/100hp (+2/3/4% of the targets max hp and 4/6/8% of Apuzah's Current hp) per second while channeling. If the target dies while this is active, the effect is refreshed and the Summoned Shadow Priest(s) will then drain the next nearest enemy champions Hp. This will never reduce him below 100hp. once he has less than 100hp the ult ends. IF this effect refreshes, He takes on cast dmg as well, and has a mana cost of 45-55. If he does not have the mana, it cannot refresh. During cast, he is unable to move, cast other abilities, or auto attack. He can cancel the ability at any time by clicking the ability again or pressing R. The ability will auto recast itself if an enemy dies. Additionally, 5/7.5/10% of all damage taken while he is channeling (damage he deals to himself and damage taken) is transferred as a heal to his bound ally.
> Enemy champions can move outside the range of this ultimate to end (or refresh, if there are other enemy champions nearby) the ult.
> Shadow Priests summoned by Shadow Priest Seminar can not be attacked. Only Apuzah himself can be attacked.


**Itemization for Support:**

> _Starting Items:_
> ![item 3302](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3302.png) 
> ![item 2003](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/2003.png)x3 
> ![item 3340](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3340.png) 
> 
> _Essential Items:_
> ![item 3401](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3401.png)
> ![item 3107](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3107.png)  
> ![item 3109](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3109.png) 
> 
> _Final Build Items:_
> 
> ![item 3151](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3151.png) 
> ![item 3050](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3050.png) 
> ![item 3083](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3083.png) 

**Support Keystone: **
> I would recommend either Windspeaker or Courage of the Colossus Keystones.  

**Runes For Support Role**
> I would recommend: 
> Magic Pen x9 or Attack Damage x9
> %Max Health Runes x9 or Flat Health x9
> Magic Pen x9 or Ability Power x9 or Magic Resist x9
> %Max Health x3 or Flat Health x3

**Itemization for Top Lane:**

> _Starting Items:_
> ![item 1054](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/1054.png) 
> ![item 2003](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/2003.png) 
> ![item 3340](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3340.png) 
> 
> _Essential Items:_
> ![item 3083](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3083.png) 
> ![item 3102](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3102.png) 
> ![item 3026](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3026.png) 
> 
> _Final Build Items:_
> ![item 3030](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3030.png) 
> ![item 3027](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3027.png) 
> ![item 3065](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.20.1/img/item/3065.png) 

**Top Lane Keystone:**
> I would recommend Courage of the Colossus Keystone for this Lane.

**Runes For Top Lane Role**
> I would recommend: 
> Magic Pen x9
> %Max Health Runes x9
> Ability Power x9
> %Max Health x3
> 




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**Update Log**
>_01/12/2017_
>Added BlockQuotes to Seperate Information to help guide readers to quickly find information they may be looking for.
>
> _Updated 12/23/2016_
> Updated the dash on Shadow Sprint to include an additional dash (if only non bound ally is nearby) and two additional dashes (if a bound ally is nearby), as well as added a range indicator (same as summoner spell: Flash) for the dashes and added an AoE damage output for the third dash.
> Creators Note: I feel that I can argue Apuzah is still the same champion; as his passive, his unique access to wards and his ult are what make Apuzah, Apuzah. I simply added these additional (conditional) dashes (and the AoE on the (conditional) third dash) so that he is not quite a "liability" for his teammates and so that he has a bit more to trade with (especially if he decides to take the Top Lane role).
> 
> _Updated 12/22/2016_
> Added Itemization Runes, and Keystone recommendations  for Support and for Top lane roles
> Changed (but did not remove any of) the order of information 
> 
> _Updated 12/21/2016_
> Added to the Lore quite a bit.
> Added a slight heal to the ult for Apuzah's bound ally
> 
> _Updated 12/20/2016_
> Cleaned up Unnecessary and some repetitive numerical information, throughout the entire concept..
> Passive: Tweaked the timers on the heal, to better the early game flow.
> Q: Shadow Ward. Corrected a typo on the wards. As well as updated their damage scaling just a bit.
> W: Shady Shield Added a secondary effect to the active shield as well as a missing cooldown (that somehow escaped my attention and everyone else's attention) .
> E: Shadow Sprint. Added more to the passive, as well as added an active dash.
> R Shadow Priest Seminar: Added necessary information to the Ult.
> Updated the Initial Stats to include missing information.
> Added an image that most closely resembles my idea of Apuzah.
> Added links to other summoners recent concepts that entered in The CCOS.
> Added links to my previous concepts.
> 
> _Updated 12/19/2016_
> W Shady Shield Added a passive.
> 
> _12/17/2016_
> Q Shadow Ward: Changed the Mana Cost to a higher amount.
> 








**Unnecessary Information but Definitely worth looking at for better comprehension of his abilities (Also known as, AN EVEN FURTHER Look at his abilities):**

> Passive:
> Example: Lets say he has 1000 hp max at all levels (strictly for Example purposes as) after being out of combat for an intitial 3 secs,
> 
> At level 1 he would heal for 75hp every 20 secs, 
> At level 6 he would heal for 190hp every 15 secs,
> At level 11 he would heal for 305hp every 10 secs,
> At level 16 he would heal for 420hp every 5 secs.
> 
> Obviously he is going to have less than 1000 hp at lvl 1 and more than 1000 hp at higher levels... this example is strictly for mathematical purposes for understanding.
> Also, keep in mind, this passive only procs OUT of combat... And he must have been out of combat for more than 3 seconds.
> Using the Windspeaker Keystone will give your bound ally an additional bonus to their armor and magic resist whenever this heal activates on them.
> 
> Shadow Ward:
> 
> Apuzah's Wards deal HARD CC so using the Courage of the Colossus Keystone on him, will give him a shield when these are activated. If you are already anticipating that the ward is about to be activated, this will give you a bit of a buff when engaging on the stunned enemy.
> 
> Shady Shield: 
> 
> This shield makes Apuzah, when used on himself, immune to slows and stuns for the duration of the shield. So if you are are about to be stunned by a Morgana, this would definitely help stop that excessively long stun. Especially since stun durations are increased by 50% on Apuzah.
> 
> Shadow Sprint:
> 
> Dashing to an ally will grant them two forms of bonus MS, this helps that ally that is about to get slaughtered to make a healthy escape. If Apuzah's bound ally is nearby, Apuzah himself, the bound ally, and the nearest ally will all three get get two forms of bonus MS. This could definitely help catch that enemy champion that almost narrowly escaped with his life. Or help TWO allies run away from what would have been sure death. If no allies are nearby, the dash can only be cast ONCE. If a non-bound ally is nearby, this ability can be recast ONCE and if his bound ally is nearby it can be recast TWICE. Therefore, It is best, when heading into a teamfight already underway, to save this ability, as he gets additional dashes based on whether or not an ally (and which ally: bound or non-bound) is present.
> 
> Ultimate:
> A portion of the damage that is dealt from the Ultimate is converted to a heal for his bound ally. So using the Windspeaker Keystone, will additionally grant his bound ally bonus armor and magic resist when they are nearby for his ult.
> 
> Damage Explanation: So Lets say He's fighting One enemy champion and uses his ultimate ability. And summons 1 Shadow Priest. Below I will give the dmg taken from the ult by Both Him and the enemy champion at levels 1 and 2. and lets say he has 1000 current AND Max HP. And the Enemy has 1000 max hp.
> 
> This is 1v1 scenario
> Level 1:
> Initial Dmg Taken(On cast)---    Him: 100hp +20hp       Enemy Champion: 50hp + 20hp +40hp (upon casting this ability at equal max hp levels does more dmg to him than to them -120 / -110)
> One sec later---                 Him 17.6 hp            Enemy Champion  50hp + 20hp +35.2hp (One second in, he has now taken a total of 137.6hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 215.2hp dmg)
> Two sec In---                    Him 17.2 hp            Enemy Champion  50hp + 20hp +34.9hp (Two seconds in, he has now taken a total of 154.8hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 320.1hp dmg)
> 
> Level 2:
> Initial Dmg Taken(On cast)---    Him: 200hp +30hp       Enemy Champion: 75hp + 30hp +60hp (upon casting this ability at equal max hp levels does more dmg to him than to them -230 / -165)
> One sec later---                 Him 23.1 hp            Enemy Champion  75hp + 30hp +46.2hp (One second in, he has now taken a total of 253.1hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 316.2hp dmg)
> Two sec In---                    Him 22.4 hp            Enemy Champion  75hp + 30hp +44.8hp (Two seconds in, he has now taken a total of 275.5hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 466hp dmg)
> 
> Lets take the same information but instead its a 2v2 or 2v1 scenario, so that he is summoning two Shadow Priests instead of 1 and we will do all 3 ult levels....
> Level 1:
> Initial Dmg Taken(On cast)---    Him: 100hp +20hp       Enemy Champion: 2x(50hp + 20hp +40hp)  (On cast he takes 120hp dmg and the nearest enemy champion takes 220dmg)
> One sec later---                 Him 17.6 hp            Enemy Champion  2x(50hp + 20hp +35.2hp) (One second in, he has now taken a total of 137.6hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 430.4hp dmg)
> Two sec In---                    Him 17.2 hp            Enemy Champion  2x(50hp + 20hp +34.9hp) (Two seconds in, he has now taken a total of 154.8hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 620.2hp dmg)
> 
> Level 2:
> Initial Dmg Taken(On cast)---    Him: 200hp +30hp       Enemy Champion: 2x(75hp + 30hp +60hp)   (On cast he takes 230hp dmg and the nearest enemy championi takes 330dmg)
> One sec later---                 Him 23.1 hp            Enemy Champion  2x(75hp + 30hp +46.2hp) (One second in, he has now taken a total of 253.1hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 632.4hp dmg)
> Two sec In---                    Him 22.4 hp            Enemy Champion  2x(75hp + 30hp +44.8hp) (Two seconds in, he has now taken a total of 275.5hp dmg from his ult and his enemy has taken 932hp dmg)
> 
> 
> 
> I have done the math, and It is entirely possible, under the correct circumstances, for Apuzah to get a pentakill.
> Example: If his team is doing baron, and he has built the appropriate amount of health items, and all five enemy champions decide to invade, and for whatever reason, none of the enemy champions deal damage to Apuzah directly, it is entirely possible for him to get a pentakill while stopping the invade, through his ult alone, without any of his teammates dealing damage to enemy champions. HOWEVER, this is assuming, that none of the enemy champions target him while he is doing so, and instead choose to focus his allies.
> Assuming his team gets the baron and all four survive the onslaught invade, and no one attacks him directly, he could not only stop the invade, but could completely change the game with a level 3 ult.



If you are interested in other concepts by me, please check out these guys. (I would love to hear your thoughts)

> [Osiris: The Arch-Druid](http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/5mHVYNwI-champion-concept-osiris-the-arch-druid)
> [Matty: And the Wholey Mammoth Menagerie](http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/o1v3n9my-matty-and-the-wholey-mammoth-menagerie)
> [Markus and Aiden: The Totally Opposite Traveling Twin Traders](http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/pa4U0M4K-markus-and-aiden-the-totally-opposite-traveling-twin-traders-marksmansupport)
> [Project 42: Bandles Mirror Clone](http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/LIEQI7Hh-project-42-bandles-mirror-clone-champion-concept)


57 Comments

ModEchoing5 votes

Holy cow. You are far, FAR too verbose. You can easily cut 70% of the text there and still describe your champion just fine.

One paragraph lores in the CCOS tend to eat single digit scores since they explain nothing about the champion - who they are, how they got there, what they want to do, how they'll do it, etc. If you're a serious contender, you should be able to put some more oomph into it.

The passive's a pretty big example there of unnecessary verbiage. You could just as easily say it heals 25/50/75/100 + 4%/8%/12%/16% (+1% per level) health, incrementing at levels 6, 11, and 16.

Oh yeah, it's also pretty borked. It's straight up worthless at low levels due to the long cooldown and bad bases meaning that you only get a sparse heal every once in a while, while at higher levels the need for that passive makes it far too niche since at that point you're generally either dead or already at full.

The Q similarly falls victim to long cooldowns making for terrible lane utility, bad bases making it worthless for trades, and what sounds like a powerful effect (ward-sized stuns!) hamstrung by its trigger (anything stepping foot in its sight range? You hit only the one who stepped in it.). You could sabotage a brush in lane, but this was supposed to be your main tool as a champion - hence why it's on Q - so now you've got nothing to really punish the enemy for it.

The W's passive tradeoff is silly - you have perfectly fine AP ratios on the Q that you're sabotaging. It's even sillier given that you shouldn't even be bothering with AD in the first place anyways - you'll never build enough AD to even get past 20 armor. The MR component would be worrisome if Apuzah could fight - which you've apparently taken pains to ensure he can't. The W active is...not really that great - note how every other shield in the game does something. Yours doesn't, and powers up off of max health, which isn't generally prime support itemization.

The E passive seems tailormade just to make sure no one is allowed to have fun playing Apuzah. INCREASING CC duration has to be one of the most crippling drawbacks possible, unprecedented in literally any MOBA. In exchange, you...give a flat movement boost to an ally that's outdone by your choice of tier 2 boots. I'm kinda speechless here.

Before I get to your ult, I'd like to recap that Apuzah is literally useless in the lane. He's unable to trade given that his only damage/CC happens to have a 120 second cooldown between charges and doesn't do nearly enough to justify that, cannot peel for his carry for a similar reason, and is an outright liability given that any CC that hits him will cripple him and ensure the enemy carry gets an easy kill. There is no reason for anyone to want to pick him - if I wanted a healer, I can just as easily take Soraka, Sona, or Nami, all of whom lack the kinda-silly endgame potential of Apuzah's passive heal, but who can heal far, FAR more frequently, far more early on, and - most importantly - fight back.

So what's this grand ult?

Damage.

That's it. Just damage. Damage scaling off the enemy's max health, which is theoretically nice, but damage - and from a summon that can just as easily be killed.

You realize that your improbable Baron situation could just as easily be duplicated by a Fiddlesticks ult, right? Your situation requires that everyone inexplicably fail to attack Apuzah (who lets himself get CCed longer just so you can kill him harder) - Fiddlesticks can simply Zhonya after ulting and remove the part where everyone kills him since he's invulnerable.

In its current state, there isn't anything redeemable about this champion. Apuzah cannot lane - his only source of damage and CC has a horribly long cooldown between charges, and no amount of charges really makes up for the fact that the Q itself does awful damage at every level and is likely to go off on something stupid like a minion instead of a champion. Taking a Caitlyn-Zyra lane as you'd be likely to see in Worlds, Apuzah would be helpless in stopping Caitlyn from dismantling his ADC - and himself. His other defensive abilities - a plain shield and the weakest speed boost in the game - do nothing against the kind of damage that laning pair can bring to the table. If your ADC isn't spending the game dead, it'd be you instead, since any CC landing on you gets a free 50% boost, more than enough to rip apart what feeble health you have. Since you can't help in any way, you're definitely not getting the gold you need to get health to try and be relevant.

Team fights are a lost cause, too. You have a single target shield and a specifically-targeted speed boost. This is not teamfight-winning utility. I guess you could spam wards if you have them and chain stun the enemy, but then you're overpowered broken in that regard instead of just dramatically underpowered broken like everywhere else. You could ult, but by the time it gets anywhere, the fight will be over or everyone will have bailed.

I'd strongly recommend just tossing out the kit altogether. Nothing in there is good or useful. Self-sacrificing support is possible, but already done by Soraka, so you're not covering new ground there. Shadow-based support might be neat - I'd play that up way more. You need to be able to fight back in lane, contribute in teamfights, and keep your carry alive, all without having to rely on your ult - if you need your ult for any of that, your kit's borked and your pre-6 game is garbage. Above all, you need to be able to envision this guy being played, both for someone and against someone. There has to be a reason to pick him, and there has to be a way to beat him.

I'll keep an eye on this.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

I will try to answer Your In depth review (thank you) as best I can Holy cow. You are far, FAR too verbose. You can easily cut 70% of the text there and still describe your champion just fine.

Too many people have said the same thing, so, I have cleaned it up, as requested, for better understanding, and to keep people from getting boggled down by the sheer amount of unnecessary text. I hope that helps.

Oh yeah, it's also pretty borked. It's straight up worthless at low levels due to the long cooldown and bad bases meaning that you only get a sparse heal every once in a while, while at higher levels the need for that passive makes it far too niche since at that point you're generally either dead or already at full.

Reduced the level 1 timer from 38 seconds (and minus 2 seconds per level) to a flat 20/15/10/5 seconds decreasing at ult available levels.

** The Q similarly falls victim to long cooldowns making for terrible lane utility, bad bases making it worthless for trades, and what sounds like a powerful effect (ward-sized stuns!) hamstrung by its trigger (anything stepping foot in its sight range? You hit only the one who stepped in it.). You could sabotage a brush in lane, but this was supposed to be your main tool as a champion - hence why it's on Q - so now you've got nothing to really punish the enemy for it.**

Yes, it is meant to be the main tool, and I must've made a typo here as that is suppose to say 20 not 120 for charges (fat fingers?). Thank you for pointing that out, as I had not noticed that I did that. And no, as long as the ward is still alive before it self-destructs, any ENEMY CHAMPION, that steps into is still subjected to being stunned.

The W's passive tradeoff is silly - you have perfectly fine AP ratios on the Q that you're sabotaging. It's even sillier given that you shouldn't even be bothering with AD in the first place anyways - you'll never build enough AD to even get past 20 armor. The MR component would be worrisome if Apuzah could fight - which you've apparently taken pains to ensure he can't. The W active is...not really that great - note how every other shield in the game does something. Yours doesn't, and powers up off of max health, which isn't generally prime support itemization.

You are not the first person who has stated that this ability needs something other than just a shield. In light of this, And since my kit has not been confirmed as an entry, I have added to the tooltip. As for the reference to him getting 20 armor from his ad, With 117 ad at level 18 as part of his stats, that +20 armor in question is, ironically, very close to how much he gets just from his base stats, because at level 18, he will have level 5 on Shady Shield and the amount his ad is reduced by is 20% and once converted to armor, at level 18 his baseline ad converts to roughly +23 armor. HOWEVER, I had not completed the AD per level, so you had no way of knowing this, and I thank you for pointing it out. As for the AP if he built only 300 ap he would instead only receive 240 ap, the other 60 would be converted to magic resist. However, in light of this review, I have changed his ad scaling on the q from 10% to 20% and his ap from 50% to 60%. Which would give his ward stun damage at level 18 (with a level 5 W passive taken into consideration) a combined damage amount of 60 (ward base damage)+180(ap scale damage)+18.8(ad scale damage)= -258.8 magic damage. This is assuming he built 300 AP and Zero additional AD.

The E passive seems tailormade just to make sure no one is allowed to have fun playing Apuzah. INCREASING CC duration has to be one of the most crippling drawbacks possible, unprecedented in literally any MOBA. In exchange, you...give a flat movement boost to an ally that's outdone by your choice of tier 2 boots. I'm kinda speechless here.

No, it hasn't been done before, and I'm happy with this ability, and any negative feedback it may get. So I am going to leave this ability as is. However, I hope that you find, as I do, that the added effect on the shield checks this ("IF" he uses the shield on himself). Additionally, The 50% increase on cc is only for hard cc, slows and soft cc is actually decreased by 50%. So, If he is against a team of five, that all lack hard cc, and only have kits with soft cc, this hard cc would not apply (Example: Olaf/Rumble Top, Zed/Akali mid, Khazix/Tryndamere Jungle, Twitch/Miss Fortune Adc, Nunu/Kayle support.) and all of their cc that they do have and or would build, would be decreased by 50% in duration.

That's it. Just damage. Damage scaling off the enemy's max health, which is theoretically nice, but damage - and from a summon that can just as easily be killed.

As I stated to Happy Honker earlier today, When using Shadow Priest Seminar, The seminar can not be directly attacked. You have to attack Apuzah directly, However, for clarification, I have added it to the Tooltip, so that it isnt further martyred... We can leave the martyrdom to Apuzah himself. lol. Also, in light of your Comment about it just being damage, Ive added a more support bonus to it. You can check it out above.

Team fights are a lost cause, too. You have a single target shield and a specifically-targeted speed boost. This is not teamfight-winning utility. I guess you could spam wards if you have them and chain stun the enemy, but then you're overpowered broken in that regard instead of just dramatically underpowered broken like everywhere else. You could ult, but by the time it gets anywhere, the fight will be over or everyone will have bailed.

Yes, the shield is a single target shield. I do not think I am going to change that. Being able to shield multiple allies, for the amount that shield is possible to shield for would be overpowered broken, as it scales directly off of a percentage of his health (up to 15% at Shady Shield Level 5: Late game fights, if he has 5000+ health this would translate to a shield of 750+hp) However, As for the "specifically targeted speed boost" reference, while this is true for the ACTIVE on it, It is NOT true for the speed boost PASSIVE that is never ending. ANY ally near APUZAH, ALWAYS has a bonus speed boost. This speed boost is only doubled on the bound ally, But all allies receive a speed boost, ALWAYS, when near Apuzah. It is not periodic for anyone. The only periodic part, is the ACTIVE, and for him and his bound ally (depending on who is moving towards whom the boost could be considered periodic, bc for these two (Apuzah and his bound ally) they can only receive the passive buff when near one another. And unless they are both moving towards each other, only one of them receives the buff). In a solo lane, this passive buff would be completely lost, except if he binds it to the jungler, and only when he is receiving a gank.

I'd strongly recommend just tossing out the kit altogether. Nothing in there is good or useful. Self-sacrificing support is possible, but already done by Soraka, so you're not covering new ground there. Shadow-based support might be neat - I'd play that up way more. You need to be able to fight back in lane, contribute in teamfights, and keep your carry alive, all without having to rely on your ult - if you need your ult for any of that, your kit's borked and your pre-6 game is garbage. Above all, you need to be able to envision this guy being played, both for someone and against someone. There has to be a reason to pick him, and there has to be a way to beat him.

True, self sacrificing support is pretty much the essence of Soraka's heal. However, First, Soraka can use her heal in combat, Apuzah cannot. Secondly, while Apuzah's Ult keeps him from Killing himself (it will auto stop once he gets 100 or less hp) His passive heal will not stop him from dying, while healing an ally. Soraka's heal has a check to keep her from dying, His does not. So while she is a self sacrificing champ, Apuzah, is a TRUE self sacrificing champ. Soraka imo is merely pretending to be one, in comparison. ALBEIT, without Apuzah, she cant really pretend, as she is the only support that does this. But if Apuzah were ever implemented, she would in that case, no longer be a TRUE self sacrifing champion.

I am not sure what else I can do to fix your comments and concerns. And as for the lore itself, except maybe adding a little background to the relationship between him and his son, (and going into details on the accident itself, which at your request, I have done) I am not sure what else I could add without changing the story, or him.

Thank you for your time and effort on reviewing him, Echoing, And I wish you a very Merry Christmas!

ModEchoing2 votes

True, self sacrificing support is pretty much the essence of Soraka's heal. However, First, Soraka can use her heal in combat, Apuzah cannot. Secondly, while Apuzah's Ult keeps him from Killing himself (it will auto stop once he gets 100 or less hp) His passive heal will not stop him from dying, while healing an ally. Soraka's heal has a check to keep her from dying, His does not. So while she is a self sacrificing champ, Apuzah, is a TRUE self sacrificing champ. Soraka imo is merely pretending to be one, in comparison. ALBEIT, without Apuzah, she cant really pretend, as she is the only support that does this. But if Apuzah were ever implemented, she would in that case, no longer be a TRUE self sacrifing champion.

I am not sure what else I can do to fix your comments and concerns.

You could throw it all out and start over?

Even with your changes (where you've managed to eliminate his broken chain-stun at least), Apuzah is still terrible in the lane. He STILL cannot trade reliably, requiring a target to set off his sole damage/CC. He STILL leaves himself open to literally anyone with CC killing him dead. He STILL has no utility beyond "TO ME, MY CARRY, SO WE CAN DIE TOGETHER!" He's STILL terrible in a teamfight since he's super easy to focus. He's never going to get the health required to stay alive, let alone the resistances, and giving the shield some limited CC immunity doesn't really detract from the fact that Apuzah still has nothing threatening in his kit.

Your comparison to Soraka just makes Apuzah look worse. You can accidentally kill yourself and call this a perk? I think I'd rather take Soraka - who heals far more rapidly and IN COMBAT so I don't need to wait until after the need to heal has passed. In terms of self-sacrifice? Apuzah can heal himself if he's far enough from his bound ally. Soraka, barring her ult, cannot, and the dedicated ones will drop themselves to <10% HP keeping their team alive. Your argument ends up incredibly weak, much like Apuzah's contribution to the team.

I've been judging CCOS entries for quite a long time. This would be lucky to break 30 points, in a contest where most of the usual winners accrue about 90 per judge - specifically, you're looking at single digit scores in Flow/Fun and Design Implementation since the kit's so broken that Apuzah ends up a liability far more often than an asset, with weak scores in Novelty and possibly Cohesion due to cribbing off Soraka's gameplay mechanic. If you're actually trying to win or improve, you need to throw everything out here and start over, no matter how in love you are with the character.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

You could throw it all out and start over? Even with your changes (where you've managed to eliminate his broken chain-stun at least), Apuzah is still terrible in the lane. He STILL cannot trade reliably, requiring a target to set off his sole damage/CC. He STILL leaves himself open to literally anyone with CC killing him dead. He STILL has no utility beyond "TO ME, MY CARRY, SO WE CAN DIE TOGETHER!" He's STILL terrible in a teamfight since he's super easy to focus. He's never going to get the health required to stay alive, let alone the resistances, and giving the shield some limited CC immunity doesn't really detract from the fact that Apuzah still has nothing threatening in his kit.

Thanks for your input and concern. I'm not going to throw it out and start over. I realize that I could (and probably will) score extremely low (especially, considering who is judging it and the history between us), but despite that, I completely and utterly disagree with you, on this paragraph, on just about everything written within it.

Your comparison to Soraka just makes Apuzah look worse. You can accidentally kill yourself and call this a perk? I think I'd rather take Soraka - who heals far more rapidly and IN COMBAT so I don't need to wait until after the need to heal has passed. In terms of self-sacrifice? Apuzah can heal himself if he's far enough from his bound ally. Soraka, barring her ult, cannot, and the dedicated ones will drop themselves to <10% HP keeping their team alive. Your argument ends up incredibly weak, much like Apuzah's contribution to the team. I've been judging CCOS entries for quite a long time. This would be lucky to break 30 points, in a contest where most of the usual winners accrue about 90 per judge - specifically, you're looking at single digit scores in Flow/Fun and Design Implementation since the kit's so broken that Apuzah ends up a liability far more often than an asset, with weak scores in Novelty and possibly Cohesion due to cribbing off Soraka's gameplay mechanic. If you're actually trying to win or improve, you need to throw everything out here and start over, no matter how in love you are with the character.

I respect your judging experience completely. However, ONE, It isn't and wasn't my intention to "crib" off of Soraka. You mentioned Soraka, not me. I hadn't even thought of Soraka until you mentioned her. If by the above mentioned standards, many champions with "like" abilities would have never been implemented in League to begin with. Some whose abilities and entire kit are actually SO close, that one has to beg, "Are they even a different champion. if you change one or two spells?" And for Two, I have actually looked over the CCOS archive, and I do not see a single champion in there (winner or losers) that is currently In the game, if there is, I missed it. So, even if CCOS does judge it harshly (and we have already established that it, in fact, WILL) I don't think that every OTHER person who views the concept would agree, in fact, I am almost positive that they won't.

At some point, I have to stand up for the concept, otherwise, it's no longer my creation, but the creation of every person who comes along. I have already changed quite a few things, for THE RIVER KING, For ARIATaoSkyshroud (one of my best friends, in real life) For Happy Honker, and for you, Echoing. I am honestly happy with the transformation, But at this point, IN ALL HONESTY, I did not even KNOW about the CCOS when I posted this the first time, in concepts and creations, Nor when THE RIVER KING originally responded. In fact, I did not know of the CCOS until two days ago. So, at this point, I'm not changing anything else in his kit. And I am definitely not canning him.

I appreciate your original feedback, and I respect your judging experience within the CCOS, for the sake of the CCOS, and for the transformation of his kit. But I honestly don't agree, with the thought on canning him. Thank you for your time, effort and feedback.

Additionally, regardless of whether you and I both agree that I probably will not score highly in the Christmas CCOS, so long as he is not barred from entering, I am going to keep the Entry request up as well.

I stand behind Apuzah, even if you can not see his potential, I DO.

Merry Christmas, Echoing, Happy Hunting on the Rift, and good luck on your future concepts, as well as your future judging. Also, I upvoted you, despite disagreeing with you, because it takes guts to tell someone to throw away their concept. Even from the safety of being anonymous.

ARIATaoSkyshroud3 votes

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At some point, I have to stand up for the concept, otherwise, it's no longer my creation, but the creation of every person who comes along. I have already changed quite a few things, for THE RIVER KING, For ARIATaoSkyshroud (one of my best friends, in real life) For Happy Honker, and for you, Echoing.

I seem to remember arguing with you about The shield for half an hour before you FINALLY GRUDGINGLY logged in and added a secondary active...(THIS AFTER THE RIVER KING, HAPPY HONKER, AND ECHOING all told you the same thing. And you haven't called me since. So please, Don't post on HERE that you did me any favors. SCHMUCK!

CALL ME! <3

And personally, I don't have a concept up. I am not in a contest, And I do not have to respect anyone. I like the concept, and personally I think he would make a decent support. In fact, I think the exact OPPOSITE of what Echoing said is true, I think he is OVERpowered, and not UNDERpowered, and will be perma-banned. But lets leave THAT decision to the professionals that ACTUALLY have champions who are already on the RIFT. Also, I'm downvoting Echoing second post, because I completely DISAGREE. And I don't think it took any guts at all.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

Couldn't you have called me to tell me this?

ARIATaoSkyshroud3 votes

Yes, but you need to call me, since you are the one upset with ME. And secondly, if I had called you to tell you this, I would not have been able to put my two cents in. I told you he was OVERpowered from the beginning, when you asked me to review him, and you keep making him stronger, because other people are telling you he is too weak. BS.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

Whether he is too powered or two weak, I have added checks on EVERYthing, from both sides of the argument. What more can I do? There's a check on the MS, with the debuff from the cc, there's a check on the heal with him taking dmg and possibly killing himself, there's a check on the dmg output by taking dmg himself, there's a check on the wards with the charges. I'm just getting frustrated from COMPLETELY polarizing reviews.

ARIATaoSkyshroud3 votes

Call me.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

Considering you are not judging this months ccos and also, do not have a champion entered, could you look over the changes on Apuzah, since your last visit, and, check out my new champion Osiris and review him? I created Osiris because you last said to throw out Apuzah. However, I am hoping you won't still think that and that you review him with the updated info, and tell me what you think. I really valued your sound advice, (Except the can him comment) and did lots of changes to him, while maintaining his integrity. I really like Apuzah as a champion, as is, and do not want to can him from Concepts and Creations... But for the contest itself, since you aren't participating, I would really like to hear which of the two you think would have a better chance. Or if you think I should leave Apuzah entered, take whatever scoring he may get, and just work on Osiris and enter him in the next contest.

Anyway, here is the link to Osiris

ModEchoing2 votes

Apuzah's most problematic aspects haven't changed at all. Being able to dash multiple times doesn't mean anything when Apuzah doesn't have anything to do with that mobility, for instance. You're still bound to large cooldowns and have little in the way of traditional supporting tools.

I'll go check out Osiris right now.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

Thanks I was afraid you might say something like that. I understand, I indeed did not change too much. I was afraid that, if I did, he would be a completely different champion. I really like the innate ward idea and clone idea, and tried my best to replicate those in Osiris, if differently, and I also think I succeeded in eliminating the cool down issue, as well as the traditional supporting tools with him, unlike Apuzah. But I based Apuzah so much off of HP, because I had courage of the colossus in mind while creating the Stun ward ability, and I think that is what forced me so far off track. While with Osiris, ALL his abilities scale off of AP, and AP only. Leaving out the Health scale entirely. Making Osiris more of a successful DMG support feel, than a fail TANK support feel like Apuzah.

ModEchoing1 votes

If a champion is completely broken, but you change their kit around such that they're effectively an entirely different champion with the same name and theme, is that really a bad thing?

Maybe you missed Evelynn, Riot's first whole-scale kit rework. Her first iteration had a 50 second stealth at max level, and when she broke that with an autoattack, she stunned her victim for way too damn long. Games ended up being determined by whose Evelynn (if you were lucky to have one) got fed the most since she'd oppress EVERY lane. Riot overnerfed her and left her at joke-tier status for a long time before finally throwing out her kit entirely. Her new kit has barely any resemblance to her old one - effectively a new champion. She's not joke-tier though.

You probably didn't miss Sion. Sion's old kit was a damned mess, with an RNG passive and two skills that wanted you to build lots of AP and make him a burst mage, but two other skills that wanted you to go ham with full AD. New Sion kept the shield and HP stacking and nothing else, not even the dopey voice acting or terrible model. Essentially a new champion, even surpassing Evelynn's work. By far one of the most appreciated changes - he's one of my favorite supports, in fact.

If your fear is that it'd invalidate you in the CCOS, don't worry about that. But throwing out the kit and replacing it with one more thematically true and overall fun in gameplay is part of Riot's process, and I don't see why it shouldn't be part of ours.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

If your fear is that it'd invalidate you in the CCOS, don't worry about that. But throwing out the kit and replacing it with one more thematically true and overall fun in gameplay is part of Riot's process, and I don't see why it shouldn't be part of ours.

Yes, it was, my fear. And before I knew of the CCOS and entered it, I think maybe I was hindered by incorrigible and needless pride as well, regardless of the reason. Which may have carried over a bit, after I entered. Even if I was trying to put it behind me, I don't think I fully did. After a very nice vacation, I have had plenty of time away from him, and in light of you recent review I will go over Apuzah again, and try to make him more cohesive. Thank you for taking the time to over look Apuzah again, and for giving well thought out. lengthily and sound advice.

ModEchoing1 votes

No problem. It's what I do.

Play up the shadow theme a lot more. Vision denial is thematic yet obnoxious, but you could also opt for warping a target enemy's shadow, making them take a little damage while moving and significantly more damage if they're stationary. Expand shadows around an ally and make them damage and root nearby enemies after a delay. If you have to have a shield, have it build up to significant levels when the enemy team can't see the target. Manipulate shadows to form a mass of shadow that scales in effect based on how many bodies, ally or enemy, are in range.

Plenty of options here, go nuts. So long as you stay true to your theme while still abiding by what's needed of your role, you'll be in a decent spot.

Da Golden Rule2 votes

So, this guys ULT gets stronger the more enemies there are in a team-fight and weaker when there are less enemies in the team-fight?

Shiro Ryuunosuke2 votes

Would u think it's possible for this champion to go top lane? Wonder how tanky he can get...

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

Yes, it is possible. But remember, His ult deals more damage to him initially when 1v1 than it does to the enemy players vs the amount of damage that it does to enemy champs when he is in a 2v2 lane. And if he is taking damage from an enemy champion while ulting, that would not be ideal. It is far better for him to go support than to solo lane. But it is possible.

Friendly Ram2 votes

YAY a new toy. Thank you for the nerd fest. the passive seems really strong with all the health scaling(not bad just wonder if theres too much power in it) Q: I like the idea of natural generated wards and the utility they provide but kinda confused on theincreasing destruct timer. W: Really unique and seems like fun but does this apply to natural ad?(you mention built in the extended view but the overview just states flat reduction) E: I don't like this. having only 2 effective abilities seems really detrimental for a suppport R: Are the priestys targetable and what is there ms? Seems weird for a support but an amazing teamfight presence. What's the range of the ultimate and how would the priestys respond to an enemy leaving the range? Sorry for all the questions(not really) but this guy seems like tons of fun. ok last question do you think gunblade would be a good item on him?

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

Hello Happy Honker. Merry Christmas to you! I will try to answer your questions and comments to the best of my abilities, if I forget something or you have more questions, don't hesitate to point it out.

**YAY a new toy. Thank you for the nerd fest. ** You are very welcome. I am glad that you like him.

**the passive seems really strong with all the health scaling(not bad just wonder if theres too much power in it) ** It only works when he is out of combat, early levels it shouldn't be strong at all, it is kind of strong for later levels, however, compared to Warmogs, and Garen's passive, its on par. The idea for Apuzah is to get into combat and stay in combat. An occasional retreat would be the only way this passive would activate, and in team-fights, he is going to be needed as the support. So even if it is a little strong, iI think it should counter itself out with gameplay. IF NOT, I am not glued to the numbers, more the concept itself, so, I would be willing to change this. And with champions being nerfed and buffed on a regular basis, a patch or two would see this changed anyway, if it was too strong. This ability is more for his bound ally than for him, in otherwords, its more there to keep that OVERLY cocky marksman alive. Although, It is written the way it is, in case there is someone who wants to solo him in Top lane. However, due to your concern, to keep this ability in check, I have added an IF/THEN to the Tooltip. IF the bound ally is nearby THEN only they will receive the healing. Additionally, IF the bound ally is at full health, THEN Apuzah will take the heal instead. Therefore, ONLY one of the two can receive the heal at a time. Additionally, IF he his healing a bound ally, 10% of the heal given to the bound ally, is taken as damage to him. Additionally, to keep in line with the LORE, I have added another check on this passive that makes it so that if his health is low while healing an ally, it is possible that he can die from it. IF no enemies have damaged EITHER him or his ally during the KILL timer, this would count as an execution. However, if damage has been taken by him or his ally recently, The enemy champion that LAST dealt damage to them would get the kill.

Q: I like the idea of natural generated wards and the utility they provide but kinda confused on the increasing destruct timer. The idea behind the destruct timer is, The destruct timer is set to scale equally with the stun itself, to prevent the stunned party from destroying the ward for gold, should they somehow have access to visually seeing the ward. There really is no other reason for the destruction of it, except to prevent gold income for enemy champions.

W: Really unique and seems like fun but does this apply to natural ad?(you mention built in the extended view but the overview just states flat reduction) Yes, it does. However, this passive only activates once the W ability is given points. So, if Apuzah does not put points into the W, this passive does not activate. Once he puts his first point in the shield, then he gets the reduction, which does apply to natural ad.

E: I don't like this. having only 2 effective abilities seems really detrimental for a suppport This seems to be a common enough concern, So, I have added a MS (to stay in theme) Active for this ability as well.

**R: Are the priestys targetable and what is there ms? Seems weird for a support but an amazing teamfight presence. What's the range of the ultimate and how would the priestys respond to an enemy leaving the range? ** No, summoned seminar is not targetable. You want to kill them, you have to kill Apuzah. When you have a Soraka, in a match, in teamfights, if possible, you want to take her out first, otherwise, its possible for her to just keep your primary target alive, frustrating you and your allies. Apuzah is kind of like that. You want him gone, ASAP. The idea behind Apuzah is primarily his teamfight presence. He is meant to be a melee champion, so his ultimate range is going to be pretty small, but not too small, I would say if you are bot lane on blue side IN THE BUSH closest to your turret, Just entering the bush, the range would end somewhere about halfway through the second bush (whatever that numerical value is (Im unsure of range numerical values is why i am giving you a detailed input instead) however, since he cannot move, If the nearest enemy champion moves outside of the Original cast range, one of two things would happen, Either the ability would refresh to the nearest enemy champion (with possibly less Shadow priest for the seminar and a whole new cast cost) or it would fizzle out altogether, if no champions are within range. I am definitely happy you asked this question as it was not something I had given more than a simple thought to. If after being played on the rift, it seems his kit is in fact weaker than believed, I think this particular issue would be the first to target. Maybe allowing the shadow priests to move outside a given range, or to increase the ult range altogether. As of now though, Like I stated previously, its possible for Apuzah under the right circumstances to secure a pentakill as a support. So, I am not sure that this would be the case though.

**Sorry for all the questions(not really) but this guy seems like tons of fun. ** Questions are good. They help him grow, and you to learn.

** ok last question do you think gunblade would be a good item on him?** Once his w passive is activated, he would receive a reduction on ability power and attack damage, so building gunbladeitem 3146 or ragebladeitem 3124 would not only increase ad/ap but would increase armor and magic resist slightly as well. So I could see why someone would build it on him, Yes.

I hope this helps you. Happy hunting on the Rift, friend.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

You may want to check out these update changes.

Added to the Lore quite a bit. Cleaned up Unnecessary and some repetitive numerical information, throughout the entire concept.. Passive: Shadow Heal: Tweaked the timers, to better the early game flow. Q: Shadow Ward: Corrected a typo on the wards. W: Shady Shield: Added a secondary effect to the active shield. R: Shadow Priest Seminar: Added necessary information to the Ult.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

Also, added a heal to the Ult as well for his bound ally.

THE RlVER KlNG1 votes

The way this is formatted makes it near impossible to see how this guy plays. It's like you went out of your way to create the largest number orgy you could. Even from what I can glean the kit isn't interesting, interactive, or unique at all - Garen passive on steroids, free ward, shield with nothing else attached, passive movement speed, channeled dot.

The e doesn't even make sense. There is nowhere in the kit that mentions the binding that would grant said movement speed.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn34 votes

First off, thank you for your feedback and the time you took to respond! It is much appreciated!

Having said that, I am going to respond to each of your sentences/statements separately.

**The way this is formatted makes it near impossible to see how this guy plays. ** Hey man, I am sorry that you are having a hard time using your imagination. First off, Let me respond to this sentence by reiterating the he is a support and that you would play him as a support. To support a marksman. Secondly, let me reiterate that he is a tank. To be played and built like a tank. Next, I would say, read his kit, as that would give a clue as to how he is played. Finally, I would say, You heal, You ward, You shield, You stun, You deal damage. You enjoy the match. You support your marksman.

**It's like you went out of your way to create the largest number orgy you could. ** Well, that's just an opinion. And not really factual. Here's a fact. Actually quite a few facts. Higher tier players KNOW exactly how much damage they are going to get from any given champ when they engage. They know how much damage they are going to give. Additionally, I would respond with, They would know exactly how much heal is going to heal them for at level 6 when they use their summoner spell. And how much that Morgana shield is going shield for and for how long its going to last. I would also say, that a good higher tier summoner knows exactly when he can reengage on a Tryndamere who just used his ult. Knowledge is power. And abilities are abilities... And league of legends is really Nothing BUT numbers.

**Even from what I can glean the kit isn't interesting, interactive, or unique at all - ** Again Opinion and Im going to leave it at that.

**Garen passive on steroids, ** So they have a "like" passive... Big deal...Many champs have like abilities. lux and morgana... so do jhin and jinx

**free ward, ** It is not a free ward and never was... check the original post and check the edit... I will admit, after your response, I upped the cost a little bit. Since the ward does in fact do damage.

**shield with nothing else attached, ** Considering the rest of his kit is pretty powerful. The shield SHOULDN"T have anything else attached.

passive movement speed, And what's wrong with that?

channeled dot. Again, Whats wrong with that? Have you never played WoW? or heard of shadow priests? channeled DOT is essential to a shadow priest.

**The e doesn't even make sense. ** Sigh... Opinion

There is nowhere in the kit that mentions the binding that would grant said movement speed. You must've missed it in your eagerness to respond... IT is LITERALLY RIGHT THERE ON THE E SPELL.

Now that I have responded to each sentence that you have written. Let me finish by saying, I have looked at your post responses to other champion concepts. It seems, You only have negative feedback. No where in the last 30 posts do I see a single positive feedback from you. NOR have I seen a single Champion Concept from you. I appreciate that you took the time to respond. Even if it was all negative crits. And I have taken the liberty to actually go out of my way to correct a few things, And even put a more ELEMENTARY version or explanation of his kit without a "number orgy" at the very beginning so that you can understand a little more without being boggled down by so much information.

I hope that helps you a little bit... Good luck friend.

THE RlVER KlNG1 votes

Wow, you're petty.

Let's break down your arrogant and demeaning response bit by bit.

One, I did read his kit. His passive is a periodic out-of-combat heal for him and his bound ally. His Q puts down a ward. It stuns and deals magic damage if someone comes close. Basically a Shaco box, but with more up-front damage and grants vision. Like most of your kit, it copies something else already done. His W ability is a shield, that's it. His E gives himself and his bound ally movement speed. His R summons clones that drain a target of life.

Secondly, you give me a little lecture that high tier players like to know exactly when and where abilities work, and then add a little passive-aggressive message in your previous post, which is super petty and uncool. You play the ranked card, when you are Bronze 5. I got to Gold this season. So you don't have the agency to pull the ranked card, bud. No one wants to read your utterly unneccesary walls of text that only serve to explain simple and highly derivative abilities.

Countering an argument cannot consist solely on saying everything the other guy puts forward is 'opinion'. It makes you look unprofessional and childish.

You compare Morgana and Lux's passive. Morgana's passive is innate spellvamp and Lux's passive is an auto-attack enhancer. How are they similar? You compare Jinx and Jhin's passive. Jinx's passive is movement and attack speed after a kill. Jhin's passive is his lack of attack speed and bonus damage on the fourth shot. In what way are they similar? Please back up your argument with something that makes sense.

I laughed my ass off when I saw that you went back and added an active to the E that binds an ally just to inflate your own ego. There is no shame in admitting you made a mistake, dude. No need to look petty by trying to cover up that you forgot something simple.

No champion concepts? Um, lol?

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/ZbQwh9Kb-champion-concept-ebero-the-plague-herald http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/AstMNN4L-viatus-the-celestial-waymaker http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/MVaeYGoP-sozrath-the-lich-prince-full-champion-concept

Sylas Dr3gb0urn34 votes

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ARIATaoSkyshroud3 votes

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First off, thank you for your feedback and the time you took to respond! It is much appreciated! I appreciate that you took the time to respond. Even if it was all negative crits. And I have taken the liberty to actually go out of my way to correct a few things, And even put a more ELEMENTARY version or explanation of his kit without a "number orgy" at the very beginning so that you can understand a little more without being boggled down by so much information.

I hope that helps you a little bit... Good luck friend.

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Wow, you're petty.

Let's break down your arrogant and demeaning response bit by bit.

One, I did read his kit. His passive is a periodic out-of-combat heal for him and his bound ally. His Q puts down a ward. It stuns and deals magic damage if someone comes close. Basically a Shaco box, but with more up-front damage and grants vision. Like most of your kit, it copies something else already done. His W ability is a shield, that's it. His E gives himself and his bound ally movement speed. His R summons clones that drain a target of life.

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The way this is formatted makes it near impossible to see how this guy plays. It's like you went out of your way to create the largest number orgy you could.

He fixes the issues you had with his kit, and genuinely thanks you, And this hateful post is your response?

Furthermore, for someone who claims you can not understand his kit, you sure seem to have a pretty clear grasp of the concept.

These conflicting statements pretty much invalidates anything you have to say. For whatever reason, I am not going to speculate but I would agree, it looks as if you are only logging in to be rude and hateful. You should consider finding a new hobby. And truthfully, you are not even a good troll. When people fix the things you complain about and you respond with You are petty, arrogant and demeaning, then one would assume, you didn't want them to fix anything. One would correctly assume, You simply wanted to be a jerk.

THE RlVER KlNG1 votes

Lmao this is obviously an alt. So are all the accounts you made just to downvote me.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn33 votes

The fact that you probably actually believe its an alt, or that I have numerous alts, bothers me more than anything.

ARIATaoSkyshroud3 votes

Lol... Is he joking? Is this real life?

THE RlVER KlNG1 votes

Looking you up on op.gg finds that you are unranked and have played multiple games with this guy. At this point you are just as much of a troll as he is.

Sylas Dr3gb0urn31 votes

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THE RlVER KlNG1 votes

Oh wow, look, I'm going to admit I was wrong! Something you are obviously incapable of doing! Doesn't change the fact that this is one of your playmates you recruited to try and further your shallow vendetta. Find something more productive to do with your life, please.

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