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[Champion Suggestion] The Will of Shadows. (work in progress)

Trebbi·7/20/2015, 10:26:28 AM·3 votes·1,267 views

Introduction:

Hello, bear in mind that not everything is done and such as I have hard time coming up with some abilities, but I would like some feedback on anything really, but mainly kit.

I have set out that this should be a ninja who controlls a pet/puppet who can function as a mid or support and maube as a niche jungler.

Concept:

I think that from a lore/concept level Riot has yet to create a champion with a handicap other than blindness(LeeSin and Lissandra ) But we haven't seen anyone that is missing a limb for example(except for maybe Viktor, but I don't really count him). And I think this would be a cool champion venue as it gives those gamers who have unfortunately have lost some either through noble service or unfortunate accidents, and give them some positive reinforcement through a champion they can relate to.

If anyone saw Legend of Korra there was this badass water bender who was named "Ming Hua"(http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Ming-Hua ) She basically did what very few others benders could and it was to bend without using specific arm movements which means her inherit skill is unprecedented and very badass.

Lore: At a young age "KIN" was drafted into the great Ninja order where she was a fellow pupil alongside Akali where they trained, ate and studied together. Akali was however more physically adept than KIN, but in turn she was more skilled in calligraphy and academic proves. They would form an early rivalry and compete in various avenues, but one day when out on a mission she suffered a severe loss of her left arm and her squad had died. She was the only survivor and clinging to life trough sheer willpower and state of mind. She managed to patch herself and returned to the Kinkou Monestary. She however did not receive any warm welcomes, the order was very displeased at the outcome of the mission despite it being accomplished. She was then set on paperwork duties as she was now "unfit to fight anymore". However she longed to go somewhere else as she didn't want to lose face towards her rival in her current condition. The elders sensed her frustration and feared that she would soon betray the Monastery out of frustration. To them she was now a loose thread. A loose thread that they ordered Akali the Fist of shadow to cut. "KIN" Sensed what was brewing and tried to make a run for it, but escaping Akali proved to be difficult. Kin deflected blow after blow with a kunai, but Akali swung her Katas in a manner where she could no longer avoid or block them. This resulted in her loosing her right arm. "KIN" dropped to her knees and screamed to Akali to finish her, but as she was about to they were ambushed by shadow ninjas and forced her to retreat. "KIN" fainted from the blood loss and woke up in the Monastery all patched up. She was baffled and didn't quite understand what she was seeing. Shortly after Zed entered the room and said "This place is now for the order of the shadow, since I ordered my men to kill all the masters students and seeing as you are lying here it means you are not a pupil here?". She replied; "I got betrayed, by the ones I served all my life and was ordered to die because there is no way for me to fight anymore." Zed saw the determination and said; "if you embrace the techniques of the shadow I will assure you that you will go beyond the capabilities of your former peers." There was no hesitation as her will to become a ninja again was reignited. She would later perfect her technique and become the** The will of Shadows**.

Champion connection Allied to: Zed Rival to: Shen Akali Kennen

Roles: Mage, Support, Energy user

Kit:

Passive: Shadow Meditation

Kin is able to use her ultimate at level 1 When using her ultimate Kin gains a shield that makes her immune to CC and the shield blocks all types of damage. Shadow Meditation grants a X + AP ratio + Level shield. The shield regenerates after 10 seconds of not taking damage

R: Shadow Entity

Kin goes into meditation to bring fourth a shadow that mimics either herself or a targeted allied champion and take on their appearance(meaning if you use your ult on your adc the clone will look like your adc).

The shadow will mimic their current healthbars and their current stat overview, but will not gain the stats themselves, the shadow itself has its own set of stats and scalings. (Clarity: Meaning if you choose to mimic a shen who has 5 warmogs the shadows HP bar would appear like that aswell, but the shadow will not have 5 warmogs of effective HP.)

The shadow has its own set of stats, basic abilities and auto attack animation and when the shadow uses it he breaks the disguise momentarily for 2 seconds

The shadow has a limited range as to where it can go depending on where Kin is meditating. (basically he cant chase forever)

The shadow is melee and can use items actives/passives

Putting points in R increases:

The distance you can move your shadow and how much energy he drains and Kins Energy pool. Base stats of the shadow and the % of how much stats he gains from items. cooldown.

Cost: The shadow constantly drains energy from Kin unless it is close by. The further away it is from kin the more does it passively drain The shadow dissipates when empty of energy. Kin doesn't regenerate energy while meditating.

The shadow gains energy from Auto attacks and recharging from Kin by using the shadows E abilty.

Q: Normal Form: Corrupting shadow

Kin projects a dark energy towards her target and deals X magic damage and refunds energy.

When this skillshot hits an enemy, monster champion a shadow hand will reach out to anyone around that target and deal X magic damage if it reaches its target.

(Clarity it works exactly like Varus Ultimate, but only deals damage unless you buy rylais )

Damage: Cooldown: Energy Cost: Skillshot length: Energy refunded:

Q Shadow form: Linked shadows

The shadow can form a tether either with an enemy or an allied champion.

Enemy champion: When forming a tether with an enemy champion it slows them down for a low amount and reflect a portion of the damage the shadow receives back to the tethered target as Magic damage.

If he completes his channel he will gain X + AP ratio as HP back.

Allied champion: When forming a tether with an allied champion the shadow will take a % of the damage the main target received as true damage.

Slow: Tether duration: Cooldown: cost: HP return:

W: Normal form: Explosive note

Kin can place out explosives that push enemies in a small explosion in desired direction and deal magic dmg.

The direction is determined by which way your facing when placing explosives.

Damage: cooldown: Cost: Arming time: Ammo:

W: Shadow form: Ki Transfer

The shadow latches onto Kin and can drag Kin behind the shadow for a set amount of time or when you reactivate the abilty.(Think how Skarner ultimate works, you basically drag your own body behind you)

When the shadow connect with Kin he will Siphon energy from Kin.

Duration: Cooldown: No cost: Energy drained:

**E: Normal form: Shadow push **

Kin conjures big shadow arms towards target direction(skillshot) that can either push enemy champions if used on them or push herself backwards when used on terrain.

Stun duration: Cost: High Damage: low(utility spell) Projectile range:

E: Shadow form: Shadow Dash

The shadow sends a projectile directly behind him. If that projectile hits Terrain, structure or Enemy champion the shadow will dash forward a great distance. If the dash hits an enemy champion the enemy champion will be stunned for X seconds and stops the shadow from dashing any further.

The shadow can also dash if Kin is behind him or if the shadow is using "W: Ki transfer" however the projectile will dispel the passive shield entirely.

Cooldown: Cost: Dash Length: Projectile distance: Dash damage: Dash stun duration: Projectile damage:

How the kit works and why its designed like this:

I have always wanted a true pet champion, however things like controlling pets with R is clunky and how Valor and Quinn switched places during ult to me was just a cheap "transform"(I mean where does Quinn go?).

Anyway since most of the time you will be controlling your shadow i thought that kin cant be completely exposed doing nothing. She could be easily grabbed or CC`d and then I thought "what if she had a passive morgana shield, but that also protected against AD aswell? This is to make her viable against AD just from bursting her down.

Now, she might also need some form of trap and thought that a small explosive traps havent been used before so I added it to her kit and turned it into her W.

Now that she is slightly protected when the shadow does its business.

The idea of the shadow being able to look like allies is to create opportunities for baiting enemies into attacking the shadow thinking its perhaps a jungler or an adc out of position. however it would be hard to animate all this? Nope since whenever the shadow uses an Ability or auto attack he will remove its disguise. The shadow is also Melee so it doesn't have ranged attack so smart enemies will figure out why it doesn't orb walk.

Whats unique about KIN and her shadow is that the mobility in which I have designed, nobody uses a wall as a springboard for example. The closest comparison is Nautilus who uses his hook to hit terrain dragging towards it.

I can see her being a diverse champion who can function as pretty much anything except for ADC and to some extent a jungler.

11 Comments

SSmotzer7/20/2015, 10:41:32 AM2 votes

Zed's lore is that he is the first ninja in 200 years to bend shadows with his ninjitsu. I don't think it would be fair to Zed to take away the one thing that makes him special.

If this character wasn't a ninja, that would be fine. Say she was a witch who manipulated shadows through some kind of voodoo, but then we run into the problem of there already being a character that does that, Annie's mom, that Shadow Witch. And if we make her a living shadow, then she share's Nocturne's origin.... There's no real way to make another shadow champion without breaking the lore.

Enshaedn Embrula7/21/2015, 12:43:20 AM2 votes

I want to try to ad a bit to the lore if that's okay.

Lore Update: At a young age Kin was drafted into the great Ninja order where she was a fellow pupil alongside Akali where they trained, ate and studied together. Akali was however more physically adept than KIN, but in turn she was more skilled in calligraphy and academic proves. They would form an early rivalry and compete in various avenues, but one day when out on a mission she suffered a severe loss of her left arm and her squad had died. She was the only survivor and clinging to life trough sheer willpower and state of mind. She managed to patch herself and returned to the Kinkou Monastery. She however did not receive any warm welcomes, the order was very displeased at the outcome of the mission despite it being accomplished. She was then set on paperwork duties as she was now "unfit to fight". However she longed to go somewhere else as she didn't want to lose face towards her rival in her current condition. The elders sensed her frustration and feared that she would soon betray the Monastery out of frustration. To them she was now a loose thread. A loose thread that they ordered Akali the Fist of shadow to cut. Kin Sensed what was brewing and tried to make a run for it, but escaping Akali proved to be difficult. For days Kin ran, with Akali not far behind her. During one of the nights, she found herself in the woods. She felt safe here, but she was cold. Kin looked around, hoping to see a house or shelter of some kind. She wondered through the forest for what seemed like hours. She stopped to take a rest, and felt the ground beneath her shift. She noticed, but was too tired to care. She rested for a few minutes before seeing something odd. She saw darkness, almost like black smoke. And it was surrounding her. The strange black smoke circled around her, slowly creeping up her legs and back. It wrapped around her body, and covered her face. It burned her eyes as she cried out in pain, but she couldn't move. She began to cry, not because of the strange smoke. She never had time to stop and think about her past, and it crushed her. She was successful in her mission, but was disciplined. The person she trained with everyday was now hunting her. Everyone she ever knew had turned against her, and she now finally saw, that she was alone. As she cried, the smoke covered her head, and guarded her from the dark forest. When Kin looked up again she wasn't in the forest anymore, but a small little hut, with something brewing over a fire. She heard footsteps. They were heavy, and coming closer. She moved frantically, or at least tried. Something was holding her down, but she couldn't see it. She began to whimper, as she saw the feet coming down the stairs. They didn't look like human feet, or animal feet. They had a sort of, rocky look to them. Kin was confused, for she has never seen a walking rock before. As the rock moved closer, she saw more of it, and noticed it was thick, and very rough. It walked over to the pot and stirred it, then took it off the fire. "What do you want with me?" Kin asked. The rock simply brought the pot closer to her, and set it next to the post she was tied to. It pointed at her left arm, while keeping it's face away from Kin. "Cut off in battle." She said. It looked her in the eyes, she tried to do the same except...It had no eyes. All Kin could see was the strange black smoke covering it's face. It grabbed her left arm, and brought the pot closer to her arm. She looked inside the pot, and all she saw was darkness. Before Kin could protest, the rock yanked her left arm inside the pot. Instantly, Kin could feel a burning pain, as her arm sunk more and more into the pot. She screamed out in pain, ans her eyes turned black. The rock took her arm out of the pot and Kin looked at what he had done. She had her full arm back!...well sort of. From the elbow down, it was a shadow of her former arm. She looked at it, scared. The rock looked at her arm, and saw something different. The shadow part didn't phase him, it was the human part. The shadows continued climbing up her arm, and around her neck. Then abruptly, it flowed into her mouth and nose, suffocating her. Bud she didn't die. She stood up, now stronger than the ties tying her down. The shadows slowly crept down her her torso, as she was consumed into the shadows. Continuing down her legs, she began to levitate. She kept going higher, and higher, but within a few seconds, she fell back down. She reached for the pot and found that her left arm was fully functioning. She picked up the pot and looked inside it. She now saw herself, reflecting back at her. Kin grew blind with rage, and through her face into the pot. The rock stood up and swiped the pot from her, but as the pot was removed, the rock had seen his mistake. Kin looked down at her shadow arm, to find it a deep blood red. She walked over to the mirror by the wall, and examined her face. The shadows had taken over, and she saw what the pot did. Reaching for her cheek with her shadow arm, she felt her skin, blistered and still hot. Kin looked into her eyes, and say a dark, corrupt black. She looked around, and found a cloth Kin wrapped the cloth around her blistered lips, and tied it behind her head. She turned towards the rock, and smiled under the cloth. "I'm sorry." He said in his deep, corrupt voice. She looked at him past the shadows, and saw his face. Blistered, the same way Kin's was, with piercing green eyes. She shouted, then threw herself at him, but he was stronger. One swift blow to the face knocked her down to the ground, and the shadows left her body. Her shadow arm dissipated, and her eyes returned to the golden brown as they were before. He picked up her unconscious body and walked back up stairs. Kin woke up back where she was taken by the shadows, but it was daylight. She looked at her left arm, and saw it to be still human, and still rounded at the elbow. She figured it had just been a weird dream. She walked out of the forest and into a small town, when Akali jumped her. Kin fought her off, dodging her blades and getting a few jabs in herself. For hours and hours these two fought it out, Akali seeming to have the upper hand no matter what Kin did. Akali threw her Kunai towards Kin, and she dodged it...or so she thought. When Kin landed, an excruciating pain went up her right leg. As she looked down, she saw Akali had sliced her leg. Kin fell to the ground, and began to weep. "Kill me now!" Kin shouted, "Do it! I have nothing to live for!" Akali slowly walked up to her, put both her blades at Kin's neck. But she couldn't do it. No matter how hard Akali tried, she could not kill the one she saw as a sister. A few seconds later, Akali put her blades down, and helped Kin up. She titled Kin's face upwards, and saw that her face had been severely burned. The cloth had still been covering the lower half of her face, and as Akali looked her in the eyes, she saw them turn a dark corrupt black. Kin's shadow arm returned, and she began to levitate once again. Kin grabbed the back of Akali's head, and smashed her face into the ground. Akali picked up her shattered mask, and ran towards the monastery, as blood dripped down her face. Kin followed Akali back to the monastery, only to find that everyone had died! Akali fled into the woods, while Kin searched for the one who killed the tribe. She looked and looked, but all she found was dead bodies cloaked in shadows. Every dead body she passed by she would lay her hand on their chest, absorb the shadow energy, and see how they died. In each and every death, there was a man, completely covered in shadows. "Hello Kin." Zed said creeping up behind her. Kin tried to strike him with her shadow hand, but Zed was far quicker than Kin. "Where did you find the shadows?" Zed asked knowing he was one of the only few who have mastered the Shadows. Before Zed could grab her, Kin ran off to chase down Akali. Zed stood and watched as he saw the shadows follow her. Zed turned around and looked towards the city where Kin and Akali fought. "Gork." And with these final words, Zed vanished into the shadows.

There, solves all the issues.no voodoo, not a living shadow, and a spoiler for another champion. Gork hint: Gork was born in monolith.

ShuffledPancake7/20/2015, 10:27:28 AM1 votes

Allied to : Zed, downvoted xD. - What's his name?

Blossom of Time7/20/2015, 11:46:43 AM1 votes

How does she fight without arms? BOTH arms. She can't meditate without arms. So you basically screwed up there.

Trebbi7/21/2015, 1:14:58 AM1 votes

Wow, I really like the effort Stalker as I am not good with lore. Much appreciated and may I use it in my opening post? :)