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Malum, the Archfiend of Damnation

Prime Beholder·12/27/2016, 12:34:38 PM·3 votes·1,830 views

Greetings! I am here to provide you all with another champion concept of mine. All opinions, and in-depth analyses are highly appreciated!

Malum is a part of The December CCCOS

http://orig15.deviantart.net/9862/f/2010/160/4/8/archfiend_vazdah_by_shadeshadowwolf.jpg Credits to shadeshadowwolf on Deviantart

Of all evils that spire throughout Runeterra, one may never deny the abode of a greater evil. Malum is a force feared throughout the world, only through the darkest of magics he uses, and only sorcery of the most supreme light may stop him. One may say that through death would be a greater fate than being tortured eternally by a foul demon. When played, Malum serves as a fearsome mage that can rattle his enemies to the bone, or preferrably, their HP.

Primary Role: Mage Secondary Role: Tank, Harasser

Health: 600 - 1931 Health Regen: 9.35 - 18 Mana: 263 - 987 Mana Regen: 6.35 - 20 Ranged: 525 Attack Damage: 60 - 143 Attack Speed: 0.625 (+ 0 - 17%) Armor: 28.5 - 86 Magic Resist: 29 Movement Speed: 335

Numbers are experimental and thus any factors of this that may apply to being overpowered will cause change of course

ABILITIES

Passive: Will of Deceit http://www.hiveworkshop.com/data/ratory-images/77/77966-778cac810d215c109161d343ad40801f.jpg After striking an enemy champion, they will be marked with Festering Evil for 4 seconds. Attacking them again and lowering their HP by 10% within those seconds, will trigger the mark, causing that targeted enemy champion to miss its next attack or non-ultimate ability and also redirect it to a nearby ally. This ability cannot be inflicted to the same enemy again for 8 seconds.

Q: Incantations of Perdition http://www.hiveworkshop.com/data/ratory-images/71/71580-2096bf04b942a36f4dd3e324b6331034.jpg Malum prepares a spell for 1.5 seconds (He is able to move freely while preparing the spell. It is also seen as glowing auras on his hands.),after which he releases it causing damage in a diagonal form, similar to Aatrox's blades of torment. Once at maximum range it stuns any enemy there. Deals [50/100/150/200/250]+ 20/30/40/50/60% of AP.

W: Martyr's Plight http://www.hiveworkshop.com/data/ratory-images/84/84445-c6c5ed67dc568b2cd5a2d1771f768b1c.jpg Malum tortures target with the souls of the damned, slowing them by 20% - 48% within a span of 3 seconds. If the slowed target is damaged by an ability, it will deal damage to nearby enemies instead. Deals [90/125/160/195/210]+ 40% of AP

E: Torrent of Doom http://www.hiveworkshop.com/data/ratory-images/99/99767-89182f2af9ddb2174a0141bf0010c425.jpg Malum causes a target area to rain with shadows right to left(Shadows appear like shards of ice, colored black.), whilst also causing the ground to burst with souls left to right. (It looks like rain that starts from left to right with the ground burning right to left. ) Enemies in the center are dealt with true damage. Deals [70/105/130/155/180]+ 70% of AP

R: Foreboding of Eternal Suffering http://www.hiveworkshop.com/data/ratory-images/109/109419-668886310b77a0e222ddd254f0a5bbe6.jpg Malum channels for 2 seconds, after which, he transforms into a larger version of himself, dealing an initial amount of damage to nearby enemies. Malum also gains additional AP equivalent to a certain amount of his, he replaces all his non-ultimate abilities with Catastrophe. Note that that the buff lasts for 6 seconds, or until Malum uses up all his abilities. Deals [120/240/360]+ 30% of his AP. Additionally the bonus AP is equivalent to 15/25/35% of his AP.

Catastrophe http://www.hiveworkshop.com/data/ratory-images/111/111557-cbc08a7d79c430ebcd312b6c9e07ef2b.jpg Malum uproots a targeted small area for up to 3 seconds (Can be recast), stunning all enemies within that area up to 3 seconds, whilst dealing damage upon its return to the ground. Deals [80/110/140/170/200]+ 50% of AP.

Quotes:

UPON SELECTION: Let us weave eternal chaos and doom upon our enemies, summoner.

WHEN THE GAME STARTS My repose is no more! I shall reap the damned beneath the soil for this! The harvest will befit me very much

MOVEMENT I walk with the burden of light's nuisances If ever, I will not falter Prayers are very much ineffective (laughingly) Never will a spell stop me from walking The will of torture, is mine to uphold. Through your suffering, through your suffering (echoes). Once a passerby runs, you should to. No man has had the luxury of forgetting the abode of evil. You can turn into undeath, but I will consume your foolishness, Many, petty beings lie fearless, not wavered. But I will come for them. Pain is but a substitution of my truth. Even through bargain, I will devour your legacy. No man will escape. No yordle will escape. No being will escape. No server of light will live. Dying before me, is a sin. Your sins will be your bane of which, summons me. Always, running, always, crying, meet the living beings of Runeterra! Run Cry Or die Life is an abomination, death, is but a humbler meaning. The demise of many, the joy it ever brings. The greedy shall receive my blessings of eternal torment. I despise both good and evil. I must be the only force of true evil!

ATTACKING Suffer more! Eternal guilt before you! Here, now! My pleas of wicked deed The condemned lie dead I sense fear! I strike them by their SINS! An effort of mine! My, my, my! You're naivete is amusing! ** I strike with the illusion of life!** You will never face sweet sleep. Even the shadows dance with your obliteration Dying, is not an excuse. I may not collect souls, but I will torment everyone's Torture, is my excuse. Thou should fear what I intend to use next

TAUNT Many fools have tried to petrify my causes of foul dreads! None have succeeded! To stop me, is to die 100000000000000000 times.

Joke You should try the screaming olympics! Requirements? You have to die, duhh.

Short Lore: I was once the greatest evil that existed throughout the vast Runeterra, only through the gathering of many light mages was I imprisoned, but I could not be destroyed. My existence was from the very sins of all that lived and died, forgiven, re conciliated or not. I never truly cared. But through time, I have been strengthened, for the practitioners of light have forgotten me. Now that I am walking this world again, I have yet to claim back the souls of the sinful, which is, everyone...

Full Lore Long before the Rune Wars began, before the league was made, before the discovery of the Hextech, and before great kingdoms such us Noxus and Demacia... There was the kingdom of Thrahles, it was ruled by great mages, mages that practiced light magic (Different from Lux's). They were called Light Keepers, their legacy continued on and on repelling the darkness that grew, judged the sinful. After some time, even the Light Keepers bore evil sins, and soon the Kingdom was but a corrupted sight. The balance of good and evil was no more, and from all of their sins came a great force of sinful dread. Yes, the Archfiend Malum, only that he was stronger, many citizens had panicked, but there screams had only made the demon more intense. Malum made the Light Keepers a choice, serve under the divine light and die with all the citizens, or live and serve and kill. Yet these sinful mages would have ought to choose selfishly and lived, they did not, they chose to resist. Malum was outraged, he transformed into a more sinister demon, and after that, he made the grounds rise up and get crushed, many citizens died but not in vain. One promising Light Keeper was Evanil, he lead the remaining citizens and the remaining of his kin... After two more decades of the Archfiend running rampant throughout the world, the mages ran a plan, it was to destroy the evil being with the use of a powerful magic of light. Once they were able to train more people to practice Light Magic, they finally prepared for the return of Malum. He was stronger than ever, having harvested much of souls and making them damned. Although intimidated, the practitioners did not falter, they casted the spell, at the cost of their life, but it was all worth it or not. Malum was only imprisoned and put to sleep, not destroyed.... And when many people had sinned again, the spell had weakened and so did he, but he is now free.

9 Comments

Gravy Traín12/28/2016, 11:03:30 PM1 votes

This feels like a buffed caster version of Aatrox.

Bobo11312/31/2016, 2:25:12 AM1 votes

Hmmmm. . .

In the lore, you may want to know that the League itself doesn't exist anymore. Recent updates to lore have tried to eliminate it from LoL canon altogether.

In terms if kit, this is definitely an interesting champion, but I feel like a hefty majority of his kit is somewhat disjointed.

Passive: -I feel like this "miss" debuf seems prematurely thought out - sunce several champions in the game do nit have defined "ults" per-se. It is an immediate shot-in-the-foot against champions like Udyr.

If it functioned more like a Teemo blind (without including spells), and maybe lasting more than a single attack, it might be a bit more readable in the midst of battles. That way, the faster you act, the better defence you can gain from your enemy missing their basic attacks.

Q: -As much as this is sort of a mix between a Varus Q and an Aatrox E with a bind, it isn't too bad! I would say that giving a bind to this ability might be a little bit overkill.

W: -This is by far my favorite part of this champion. It is awesome. Although the damage application isn't exactly specified,I imagine it puts an AoE under the target that damages their allies if he/she is damaged.

If I were you, I'd make the ability strictly scale from the damage that champion is actually taking - rather than Malum's AP. For instance, jt mighr deal 40% of the damage the enemy takes in an AoE. It's a fair way of doing this. You could always make the slow itself scale from AP. . .

E: -Interesting visual here - although without more specific range or ability AoE specs, it is hard to say whether or not the true damage aspect may be a bit much.

R: -Broken, and also a little confusing. It might be how you worded it, but even so, it is something to be aware of.

The 3 second stun on Catastrophe is extremely broken - no matter how little damage it does. I'm guessing you can also use this multiple times until the end of the ult duration, right?

Maybe, if this wasn't a 2-second channeled transformation, and functioned a little more fluidly (or had any kind of synergy with the rest of the kit), it might work in your favor.

overall: Some of these abilities are going places, but all individually and in a manor unbefitting of a league champ. There are several champions that may be an "older" style with simplistic kits, but this kit is full of skillshots that are very tough to combo with. They seem like abilities that can fullfill standalone niches when applied to different tactics, but maybe there is a better way for them to play off of each other?

Either way, nicely done with this concept - it definitely has potential!

THE RlVER KlNG1/1/2017, 2:42:16 AM1 votes

The dates for the CCOS have been extended, so you now have much more time to do whatever it is you need to do - edit your concept, enter a new one, what have you.

CRYOATIC011/9/2017, 10:59:50 PM1 votes

how do you get the ability icons to actually come up? ive been trying for some time now and it either places in text instead of the picure or brings me to a seperate page when trying to put it in the forum.