New scythe champion?

Rîven·2/26/2017, 10:30:33 AM·6 votes·2,007 views

Was thinking about the champions and noticed we don't have a champion with a scythe (unless I magically missed it somehow if I did comment) where his/her range is slightly larger than a normal melee champion, I mean it's a scythe maybe have a mechanic kinda like Darius's Q where you do more damage with the blade and if they're too close they take less, have it be a very difficult assassin based around that mechanic^ or something very different, either way I think it'd be very cool to have a champion with a scythe and a larger range than most melees but also shorter than all marksman's.

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SrbLud2/26/2017, 12:11:12 PM4 votes

Fiddlesticks

Atinizer2/26/2017, 8:47:35 PM2 votes

Thresh Uses what are basically scythes on a chain so shrugs I don't really see the point.

SociopathFriend2/27/2017, 6:41:01 PM2 votes

The thing is- probably the main things that would make a "scythe-user" truly accurate are already taken. Darius Has a pull that would be perfect for a scythe- but he has it. He's also got the AoE sweeps under lockdown. XinZhao A 3-hit combo that performs an unorthodox move at the end to debilitate the enemy- but he has it Even that mini-scythe on a chain is take already Thresh And the death thematic is already gone Kindred and we've already got champions that enslave plus manipulate souls Mordekaiser Hecarim Karthus

There's just been too much dancing around the thematic to properly pull it off imo. Maybe an assassin but that'd be weird since, again, the normal things people associate with scythes are taken.

Forged of Moon2/26/2017, 9:50:56 PM1 votes

I have actually messed around with making an ice/scythe champion, but she is my OC.

I like the idea in itself, though

Forged of Moon2/26/2017, 10:45:54 PM1 votes

Another note;

I think the reason the Grim Reaper is one of the most prevalent is because it is present in most, if not all cultures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)

ShriekMauler2/28/2017, 6:11:54 PM1 votes

i'd agree for this. it'd be cool if they had like a knock back/disengage mechanic that allowed them to push back enemies too close and swipe them with the scythe.

FloRaider422/26/2017, 1:57:41 PM1 votes

Problem is that a scythe thematically fits a time lord or death aspect, but those themes already are covered, and besides Fiddle has a sickle already.

CancerBasedGod2/26/2017, 8:53:29 PM1 votes

Why not just make a Yorick reaper skin?