(Champion Concept) Hunch, the Master Rat
LORE Within the foul pipes and sewers of Zaun, foul things run unchecked by the outside world. The many who dare to attempt maintenance of the pipes are occasionally lost to unknown entities that have found these filthy, muck-ridden pipes to be their home. Many stories circle around the table when these workers take breaks. Twitch, a strange entity who is said to be a giant rat that mows down those he comes across with a crossbow. The Screamers, a strange entity that hasn't been seen yet, but is said to sound like a hundred women and children crying out for help. The Wilton Twins, a strange entity said to be two brothers long lost to the records of Zaun, but now mindlessly kill and slaughter those they find within Zaun's sewers. However, a truly spine-chilling entity that is said to be within the sewers is much like Twitch, being a giant rat. However, he is no where near as sneaky or as "clean" with his kills as Twitch, which speaks to his brutality. Said to bring with him a horde of mutated rats, Hunch is like Twitch to where he doesn't steal anything from the person. He is much simpler than that. He steals them. The only thing left to be found of his victims is their skeleton and not usually whole. https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammerfb/images/6/6b/Warhammer_Skaven_Throt_the_Unclean.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20170315031650 The origins of Hunch remain mostly unknown, but a few have ventured to guess as to how he came to be. Some say that he came from the same batch of chemicals that created Twitch, but they both were separated at "birth". Some say there are many more giant rats within the sewers, but Twitch and Hunch are the only ones brave enough to venture out of the darkest depths. Some even say Hunch used to be human, but is a discarded experiment of Singed, now tossed into the sewers to do as he pleases. None hold any proof as to whether they are true or not, but one thing is certain. However Hunch came to be, it allowed him to lead the hordes of rats within the sewers towards their next meal, making him a true force to be reckoned with. His physique is extremely mutated, even for a giant rat. With spines, a third arm, and only one eye, Hunch is closer to a monster than a rat. His skin is covered in skin infections that look like green bubbles, ready to burst at any moment. Various green, likely radiated crystals puncture his skin, possibly the source of the various mutations afflicting his body. Nothing is quite right with this rat, but no one bothers to question him about how he came to become what he is today. All who meet him don't return. Hunch, who has come to be known as the master of all rats, brings carnage to whomever he comes in contact with. The workers have come to know that when you hear a thousand tiny feet echoing throughout the pipes and all around you, you don't stick around. You run and hope to god your partner trips to slow the coming horde down.
KIT Hunch, the Master Rat Main Role: Battle Mage Secondary Role: Warden Attack- 1/10 Defense- 7/10 Ability- 7/10 Difficulty- 6/10
Base Stats Health- 425 (+65 per level) Health Regen.- 4 (+0.7 per level) Mana- 375 (+50 per level) Mana Regen.- 7.5 (+0.75 per level) Armor- 25 (+3.5 per level) Magic Resist- 30 (+0.5 per level) Movement Speed- 340 Attack Damage- 51 (+2 per level) Attack Speed- 0.66 (+2.6% per level) Attack Range- 475 (Ranged)
Passive- Pack Leader Innate- Rat Swarm: Hunch is surrounded by a horde of rats that ignore unit collision. They will randomly move around Hunch while he is idle, but move in the same direction as him when he is moving, attempting to form a complete barrier around him at all times. Hunch spawns a rat to follow him every 8/7/6/5/4/3 seconds, being able to be reduced by cool down reduction. A maximum of 15/16/17/18/19/20 rats can surround Hunch at one time. Rat Stats Health- 40 (+5 per level) (+5% bonus health) Health Regen.- 25 Movement Speed- 150% of Hunch's Movement Speed Enemies within the rat's leash range around Hunch take 2 (+0.5 per level) (+2.5% AP) magic damage every second per rat currently alive in the horde surrounding him. This damage is doubled against enemy minions and monsters. This damage does NOT apply spell effects. Rats do not reward anything for being killed. Enemy structures ignore Hunch's horde and bypass the effects of 'Sacrifice for the Master'. Innate- Sacrifice for the Master: Whenever Hunch takes damage, the damage he takes is divided up among him and all live rats within his horde surrounding him. Rat Leash Range/Damage Range: 475 Levels: 1/4/7/10/13/16 Rats do not show a health bar above their head, instead having a small, faint, circular health bar below themselves that will not portray itself over other units and effects similarly to Yorick's Dark Procession
Ability 1- Rising Horde Active: Hunch causes a horde of rats equal in size to his personal horde to spawn in the target area after a 2.5 second delay, dealing 2 (+0.5 per level) (+2.5% AP) magic damage to enemies in the area every second for every rat alive within the spawned horde. This horde lasts for up to 10 seconds and act identically to how Hunch's personal horde would act if Hunch was standing still. Once this effect ends, all surviving rats will join Hunch's horde surrounding him if he has any open spots in his horde currently, running to him with 50% increased movement speed and officially joining his horde once they enter leash range. The cool down of this ability also ends when this effect ends or when all rats in the spawned horde have been killed. Cost: 75 mana Cool Down: 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds Range: 975 AoE Radius: 475
Ability 2- Rat Pack Attack Active: Hunch causes all rats currently alive to hunger for meat for the next 3/3.5/4/4.5/5 seconds. During this time, enemies damaged by the rats will be applied Grievous Wounds for 3/3.25/3.5/3.75/4 seconds and slowed by 20/25/30/35/40% for 2 seconds. Enemies below 30% maximum health will also cause 30/35/40/45/50% of the damage dealt to them by rats to be converted to true damage. Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 mana Cool Down: 17 seconds
Ability 3- Whip Into Shape Active: Hunch flicks his whip in the target direction, dealing 65/100/135/170/205 (+50% AP) magic damage and slowing the closest enemy unit for 25/30/35/40/45% for 3 seconds. If the enemy is currently within a horde of rats, they will also be Grounded for 3 seconds. Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana Cool Down: 19/17/15/13/11 seconds Range: 850
Ultimate- Collect the Scraps Passive: Enemies that are killed near Hunch leave behind a pile of meat that lasts for 13 seconds. Enemy champions and epic monsters drop large piles of meat. Active: All piles of meat within Hunch's personal rat horde are consumed, restoring 15/17.5/20% of every rat's max health per pile of meat consumed and healing Hunch for 60/90/120 (+15% AP) health for every pile of meat consumed. For every large pile of meat consumed, Hunch is healed for 100/125/150 (+25% AP) health and gains a stack of 'Rat Master', increasing the health of rats spawned by Hunch by 10/15/20 per stack. This stacks infinitely. Cost: 75 mana Cool Down: 10/7.5/5 seconds Passive Meat Spawn Range: 1500 Active Meat Consume Range: 475
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Consumables
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Consumables
QUOTES
Upon Selection
- "Rats! We find ourselves a treat! Yes, we do!"
Upon Being Banned
- "Cowards! Them all!"
Upon Starting the Game
- "Come come, little ones. We feed on them... today..."
- "We find them now. They going to get eaten. Yessss..."
- "I smell them. I smell them. I SMELL THEM!"
Moving
- "This way! This way!"
- "I hates them! We will eats them!"
- "Faster! Faster!"
- "I can smell them! They are this way!"
- "Find them! Find them quick! They get away!"
- "With haste little ones!"
- "Do your job! Do your job!"
- "Gut them! We'll gut them! Gut gut gut!"
- "They have what needs to be in my belly!"
- "Do you hear them? I can smell them for sure."
- "Find their meat! Find their MEAT!"
- "Where are they?"
- "Where?! Where?!"
- "So... hungry... hungry... HUNGRY!"
- "I'll gut them... gut them... gut..."
- "KILL AND SLASH THEM! Yes!"
Attacking
- "I find you! I found you!"
- "Kill them! Kill them all!"
- "Gnaw! Devour! Kill!"
- "Whip them down! Whip them!"
- "They'll be in pieces! PIECES!"
- "licks lips YES! YES!"
- "They will ALL die!"
- "We will eat for weeks! WEEKS I SAY!"
- "The horror they will see! I delight in these dreams!"
- "They'll fall beneath me!"
- "They... they will bow before my feet! Yes! YES!"
- "GIVE ME IT! GIVE ME! IT!"
- "HUNGRY! HUNGRY!"
- "SLASH THEM UP INTO BITS!"
- "They will... DIE! DIE! HAHAHAHAA! DIE! YES! YES!"
Buying an Item
- "What is this? sniff Doesn't seem like food..."
- "Do you... wear this? WHAT!? WHAT IS IT!?"
- "GOLD IS BETTER EATEN THAN SPENT!"
- "HUNGRY! Oh... THIS ISN'T FOOD!"
- "Not sure... what this is... hhhmmm..."
- "I EAT SHOES FOR BREAKFAST!"
- "TASTES LIKE MAGIC! DISGUSTING!"
- "Now I got a fancy machine... just like THEM!"
- "I like my meat RAW... and WIGGLING!"
- "Now I'll know when to get them out of my OVEN!"
- "Yes... they will all... DIE! In due time..."
- "Head on a stick, my favorite appetizer."
- "Death for the rat god! ME!"
- "NOW THEY WILL DIE!"
- "Good luck killin' me now! SUCKERS! AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"
- "Bleh, tastes awful!"
- "Maybe I'll boil out the taste in a stew..."
Taunt
- "The rats in the walls! They come for you!"
- "From all pipes, all cracks, we COME FOR YOU!"
- "Fear the echoing scratching! FEAR IT!"
"You stole my thing! I had a third arm before you! Copy cat!"
"Ah, the sneaky one. Still collecting gunk I see."- "Why do you not follow me!? We could work so well together!"
- "You get the gunk... I get the meat... TOGETHER WE COULD BE WHOLE!"
- "Why do you fight it!? Join us!"
"Where's the meat!? WHERE IS IT!?"- "WHERE HAVE YOU HIDDEN YOUR MEAT!?"
Joke
- "High five! high fives third arm"
- "Oh you want a high five? Here you go! high fives third arm"
- "That's a good third arm! Yes! high fives third arm"
- "Good job with those meat-haulers back there! high fives third arm"
Casting Rising Horde
- "Sneak attack!"
- "Here they COME!"
- "EAT THEM ALL!"
- "They come with a voracious hunger."
Casting Rat Pack Attack
- "CONSUME THEM ALL!"
- "EAT THEIR LEGS OFF!"
- "TAKE IT ALL! EVEN THE BONES!"
- "DRINK THEIR BLOOD! EAT THEIR FLESH!"
Casting Whip Into Shape
- "Bad flesh thing! Bad!"
- "Kill it! KILL IT!"
- "Destroy! Kill!"
- "Whip! WHIP!"
Casting Collect the Scraps
- "FRESH MEAT! YES! YES!"
- "EAT UP LITTLE ONES!"
- "WE FEAST TONIGHT!"
- "DELICIOUS! YES! YES!"
LOG-IN MUSIC https://youtu.be/HjZk4yWdLQ8
Hunch is a character originally from Twitch's extended lore which describes some other horrors within the sewers of Zaun. He is a giant rat like Twitch that commands the largest army of summons in the game. He is a unique Battle Mage in that he relies on tons of meat shields to reduce the damage he takes by tremendous amounts. By charging into the enemy team, his rats cut and claw at enemies near him and make short work of distracted teams, dealing an immense amount of damage every second. Once the battle is done and won, Hunch can use his ultimate to feast on what used to be his opponents to permanently increase the health pools of his rats and heal himself and his horde. Overall, he is unlike other minionmancers in the game in that he wants his minions to take a ton of damage since that means he isn't. However, he doesn't want all of them to die since that would leave him extremely vulnerable. Thanks for reading and any feedback is appreciated!
The pictures are of a character name Throt the Unclean, made by the creators of Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar, Games Workshop.
