[Champion Concept] Harpos, The Secret-Keeper

OrionTheHunter·9/7/2017, 2:59:34 PM·5 votes·759 views

Lore

When he was young Harpos found a book floating in the chemical swamps outside Zaun. When asked a question, the answer is always at the front of the book. He used the secrets he found in the book to blackmail a life of leisure for himself. His leisure was interrupted when, upon asking the book when and how he would die, it responded with: "The fool, Harpos, will be killed when the Bile-Blooded King reclaims his book." Whenever the book was asked about the Bile-Blooded King, the book, for the first time in the years he owned it, evades the question. Now, Harpos is trying to find out who the Bile-Blooded King is, before he reclaims his book.

Stats Health: 523 (+84/lvl) Health Regen: 6.2 (+0.8/lvl) Mana: 342 (+46/lvl) Mana Regen: 4.3 (+0.7/lvl) Attack Damage: 54 (+3.6/lvl) Attack Speed: 0.625 (+ 2.13%/lvl) Armor: 22 (+4.2/lvl) Magic Resist: 30 (+0.5/lvl) Range: 550 Movement Speed: 340

Passive - Secrets Laid Bare: Bushes within 600/900(11)/1200(18) units glow if an invisible structure (Wards, Teemo Shroom, Shaco box, ect) is inside them.

Q - Disrupt/Enrapture: Disrupt:Harpos forcibly disrupts the target's thoughts, dealing 40/60/80/100/120 (+ 0.3 AP) magic damage and interrupts channels. Deals triple damage when interrupting a channel. After a .5 second delay, for the next 3 seconds Harpos can cast Enrapture. Mana Cost: 55/65/75/85/95 Cooldown: 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 Range: 600

Enrapture: Draws the attention the first champion in a line, charming them for 0.75/0.875/1/1.125/1.25 seconds Mana Cost: 20/25/30/35/40 Range: 700/150(width)

W - Path less Traveled: After a 0.5 second channel, Harpos walks the between the air and becomes untargetable for 3 seconds while being slowed for 60/50/40/30/20 (-0.015 AP) %. Casting spells other than Gather Thoughts breaks this. Mana Cost: 80 Cooldown: 25/22.5/20/17.5/15

E - Gather Thoughts/Desperation: Gather Thoughts: Over the next 2 seconds Harpos regains 100/125/150/175/200 (+20% missing mana). After a 1 second delay can cast Desperation. Mana Cost: 0 Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12

Desperation: Ceases the mana gain from Gather thoughts and deals the remaining mana gain as magic damage in a line Mana Cost: 50/60/75/85/100 Range: 700/150(width)

Ult - Wasted Thoughts: Deals 150/200/250 (+ 0.5 AP)(+ 10% missing mana) magic damage in a reversed cone and silences enemies hit for 1/1.5/2 seconds Mana Cost: 100 Cooldown: 120/100/80 Range: 1000/15 degree arc

Quotes On buying: item 1056 - "Beautiful in it's simplicity" item 1052 - "I suppose I could use a paperweight" item 3108 - "Informative, despite being incomplete" item 1033 - "Safety is always stylish" item 3364 - "Sight is a privilege" item 2049 - "Ever watchful" item 3165 - "A third-rate book of secrets. But I suppose there is something to be said for its presentation." item 3001 - "A mask best worn by others." item 3027 - "Aged to... not quite perfection."

Joke: "What is their most embarrassing secret?... ... ... No... How do you even do that with five hats?" Taunts: Ahri - "Try all you want, you'll never be truly human." Ashe Lissandra Sejuani - "It's no secret that you're not fit to rule." Ekko - "Impressive, you made a machine that allows you to fail just as many time as you deserve to." Fizz - "No one likes you." Garen Katarina - "Your love will only end in tragedy." Harpos: You were nothing before you found the book. With it, you are somehow... less. JarvanIV - "There's enough king, not enough bile or blood". Jhin - "I've always thought that a self-portrait is the truest form of art." Karthus - "You sing for that which you are afraid to embrace." Kayn - "Zed will never look at you with anything but pity." Lucian - "She'll never be at rest." Lux - "Your brother would hate you if he knew... should I tell him?" Poppy - "You will never find the hammers true wielder." Riven - "A broken blade for a broken girl." Shyvana - "He will never love you." Urgot - "Enough bile, not enough king." Varus - "Have you not heard of pants?" Yasuo - "It seems their magic was powerful enough to make you forget the sins it made you commit."

Good neighbour

5 Comments

NahkaParturi9/17/2017, 6:06:27 PM2 votes

This is my 'Good Neighbor' review for Harpos, the Secret Keeper.

Overall feel: Harpos is surely a mixed bag. While at first it may seem as if Harpos is relatively simple in design, it's main strength presumably is within how tricky you can be. What I don't find enjoyable only lies within the ultimate - it seems to lack any sort of flavour, and it is pretty much a Blitzcrank ult with a double downside. I would pick Harpos to just pick down on one or two enemies, and he is probably decent to straight up worse in the other matchups. So, I'm going to say that he's a major counter to some, and gets stomped by the rest, so I'd advice either picking Harpos last or never. That's not to say the champion isn't good, it's just that the use is very limited. Now, let's discuss the abilities one by one.

Abilities: Passive - I feel mixed emotions. While it may be useful to fend off invades, the range is massive. I'd say there's no counterplay and most junglers would struggle ganking a Harpos unless they're playing an Evelynn. I kinda get an Aurelion Sol passive feel, since it also makes the champions unable to hide in brush.

Q - Probably the ability I like the most, I do like the 'channel' interruption triple damage mechanic. What I do not know, is if it is instant, if it has a channel time or if it's a skillshot or not. The ability may be broken if it's just straight up Viktor-Q-esque. I'd expect more details within the abilities, the little details especially make a huge difference.

W - A Fizz E in disguise, I'd imagine something could be done to ensure more strategic use, other than escape. Since your movement speed is lowered, I'd say that walking through walls for 3 seconds is also plausible, although this might look like a Shadowstep with a downside.

E - I don't really understand the ability. Some more details and a grammar fix might help. What does Harpos drain?

R - Blitzcrank ult with a double downside, with a HUGE cooldown. Mixed emotions yet again.

NahkaParturi9/22/2017, 6:38:26 AM2 votes

Harpos feels much better now! Good luck in the CCOC.