[Champion Theoretical Spotlight] Sami, The Rotten Apple (Jungle, Mid, Supp)
Sami is a little boy who was very mischievous and adventurous. One day his misbehavior led him astray, and he uncovered a foul plague (somewhere), that he spread to the people around him before he had to be put down. However, his days of mischief were not over, as his restless spirit awoke again. He rose from his grave and proceeded to spread this terrible disease upon the land. (Ties to a horrible plague experiment gone wrong in Zaun and The Shadow Isles)
Sami is a small undead boy. He loves to taunt his prey with his creepy laughter while leading them to their demise. He carries a twig with him as his weapon of choice, and wields it as if it were a wand.
Sami is a maliciously evil little boy, that takes joy in the suffering of others around him.
Abilities:
Ranged Basic Attacks: 475 Range (Dark purple bolt projectiles.)
Passive: Trail of Rot
Sami leaves a Trail of Rot in his wake that reveals enemy champions on the trail. Sami laughs at them as they traverse it.
- Trail of Rot lingers behind Sami for 13-30 Seconds (Scaling with Level), but will only become visible to enemy champions after 5 - 10 seconds (Scaling with Level) unless they can see him, in which case it is immediately visible.
- Standing on the Trail of Rot gives enemy champions the "Revealed" debuff, revealing them even when in stealth.
Sami cannot gain the benefit of CDR. Instead, CDR is converted into AP at a 50% rate. (10% CDR = 5 AP)
Q: Throws of Disease
Sami shoots a larger bolt of dark purple energy that deals damage over time to the first unit hit, and healing him, while healing him more on champions hit.
- 550 Range (Thin hitbox projectile skillshot)
- 60 Mana Cost.
- 7-3 Second CD (Scaling with Rank: 7/6/5/4/3)
- Deals 80-200 +35% AP (Scaling with Rank: 80/110/140/170/200) over 1.5 Seconds.
- Heals for 1-3% of Own Max HP (Scaling with Rank: 1.0/1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0%) [Doubles that value when hitting champions.]
- Heals allied Minions and Champions affected by Umbral Plague (E) for half of self heal value. [Reduced to 30% for Minions]
- Hitting champions and monsters standing in the Trail of Rot refunds half of the cooldown and mana.
W: Zombie Hands
Sami commands the hands of his plagued victims to rise from the ground and immobilize his foes.
- 450 Range (Ground targetted circle 0.5 Second Delay)
- 14-10 Second CD (Scaling with Rank 14/13/12/11/10)
- 80 Mana Cost at all Ranks.
- Deals 120-240 +40% AP (Scaling with Rank 120/150/180/210/240)
- Enemies within are rooted for 1.5 Seconds.
- Throws of Disease (Q) bounces to all enemies affected by Zombie Hands.
E: Umbral Plague
Passive: Sami's basic attacks are empowered with his Plague and deal magic damage over time.
- On Hit Effect: 5-15 + (20% AP) Magic Damage/Second (Scaling with Rank)
Active: Sami targets an allied Minion or Champion. They become infected with his plague, empowering their basic attacks. Plague spreads to other allies after a short delay and will continue to spread. Allies cannot receive Plague again for 6 seconds after it expires.
- 600 Range targetted effect.
- 15 Second CD at all Ranks.
- 80 Mana Cost at all Ranks.
- Apply Plague on allied Champion or Minion that lasts 6 seconds.
- After 3 seconds Plague spreads to other allies in a 150 range radius.
- Allied Champions affected receive:
- On-Hit Effect: Deal 5-15 +20% AP (Scaling with Rank) Magic Damage/Second for 3 Seconds.
- Allied Minions affected receive:
- On-Hit Effect: Deal 2-6 (Scaling with Rank) Magic Damage/Second for 3 Seconds.
- Allies cannot receive Plague for 6 seconds after it expires.
- Basic attacks will cause Minions affected by Plague to attack your target.
R: Path of Damnation
Passive: Enemy Champions and Large Monsters that are standing in Path of Rot (P) or hit by Sami's basic attacks lose magic resist.
- Enemy Champions and Large Monsters lose 1-3 MR/Sec while standing in Trail of Rot. (Scaling with Rank)
- Enemy Champions and Large Monsters lose 3-5 MR from each of Sami's basic attacks. (Scaling with Rank)
- Enemy MR reduction caps at 20/40/60 MR. (Scaling with Rank)
Active: Sami's laughter is heard throughout the rift as he travels the Path of Damnation to a specified point in his Trail of Rot.
- 120/105/90 Second CD (Scaling with Rank)
- Channel for 1.5 seconds to teleport to any point on his Trail of Rot (P).
- All players will receive an audio cue when he casts this ability, but the location where he is appearing is only visible for 0.5 seconds before he appears.
Notes:
Don't chase the Sami.
The trail itself does not provide vision, but enemies on the trail will receive the 'Revealed' debuff, and hear Sami's laughter in their ears from time to time. The longer they stay on the trail, the more frequent his laughing becomes, while their MR continues to decrease from his Path of Damnation. The trail is only as wide as his hitbox, so it should be easy to avoid if Sami doesn't utilize some clever pathing. The trail both provides vision for him, but also gives away his position as he moves about the map, whether he's jungling or roaming.
You will know that you are standing in his trail even when it is not visible to you by seeing the "revealed" debuff above your head, and hearing Sami's laughter.
Playing as Sami:
As a mid laner your goal is to shove lane with your E, and make a quick sneaky roam before your enemy laner catches on to your trail and alerts his allies.
As a jungler you need to be very aware of where you have placed your Trail of Rot as it will give away your position... Or you can go on the aggressive and lock off entire paths through your enemy's jungle while counter jungling. Remember to kite the Jungle Monsters through your passive for your Q CD and Mana refund, and to reduce their MR post level 6.
When ganking attempt to cut off the enemy with your trail, and time your Q or W-Q as they walk across it for the CD and Mana refund on your Q.
As a support, landing the W on both enemies is crucial for comboing with your Q, setting up your ADC and Jungler, and also healing your ADC when they are affected by your E. Don't forget that locking your enemies down makes them easy pickings for Plagued minions to beat on as well. However landing your W requires you to be in very close range which can be dangerous, so play to your enemy's strengths and weaknesses.
Playing against Sami:
Chasing Sami is not going to be easy. Assuming you follow him on his Trail of Rot, he will be able to assault you with a hail of Q's while kiting you, in addition to being able to line up an easy W. Try to avoid staying on the Trail while chasing him by running parallel to it. If he wants to cut you off with the trail, you will begin gaining distance on him.
Sami can shove lane pretty well by buffing the wave, or counter an all-in if he predicts it ahead of time, by buffing the wave and having them target you. You can stop him from doing this by killing the minion affected by Plague before it spreads to the other minions.
In the support role, watch out for Sami's E cooldown, as when he casts it on his ADC he will be able to heal them for a decent amount when landing a Q on one of you. Even more if he gets a W-Q combo on both of you.
When Sami is in the jungle, keep an eye out for his trail, and try not to stand in it. By doing this you will be able to alert your team to his position while not giving away yours.
