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Dakota, the Mystic Blade

The Dreamwalker·3/16/2017, 6:32:51 PM·2 votes·516 views

Hi everyone! So, I sort of noticed that on my ratio of female to male concepts, I have like 10 females per 1 male. Thus, I have decided to make a male concept. I might make 3 additional male concepts. So, if female concepts are your thing, those will on a halt for the next 3 concepts. Anyways, let's get to it.

Basics:

Homeland: Demacia (born), Noxus (moved / defected)

Friends: Talon, Katarina

Enemies: The Black Rose (members)

(Sort of noticed this, Noxus has lots of assassins...)

Alignment (been lacking to add this): Neutral

Class: Assassin

Lane: MID or TOP (maybe JG?)

Powers

Passive: Deep Blades

As Dakota basic attacks targets, blades are stuck to the target. These blades are affected by Dakota's other abilities. These blades also grant vision of targets hit by blades. (This is how he generates blades). Blades last 4 seconds and increase by .25 seconds per level (4.5 seconds).

Q: Sunder

Range: 975

Mana: 40/55/70/85/100

Dakota's blades slash through the skin of his target and fly back to him, cutting into all enemies along way. If they connect with a minion, champion, and many other creatures the blades rest inside them. Damage to primary target is worth 55/95/135/175/215 (+ 45% AD and 0% AP) physical damage with damage cut by 25% for secondary targets.

Cool down: 12/10/8/6/4

W: Slash

Range: 975 (to be activated on that target, target must be connected to a blade)

Mana: 60/70/80/90/100

Dakota causes his blades to slash the target they are stuck to which deals damage and slows the target. The slow is worth 30/35/40/45/50% and the damage is 65/90/115/140/165 (+ 50% AD and 5% AP) physical damage.

Cool down: 8/7/6/5/4

E: Pin-Cushion

Range: 750

Mana: 55/60/65/70/75

Dakota orders his blades to move to a selected target / area. Enemies who walk onto marked area become marked with his blades. Enemies who become effected by Pin-Cushion (targeted) are filled with every blade that Dakota has created. Damage is the same whether they were planted or directed. If a blade is connected to a target when this power is activated, they are dealt damage as well.

Damage to connected targets: 15 (+ 15% AD + 0% AP) per blade.

Damage to new targets (base): 50/80/110/140/170 (+ 55% AD and 0% AP).

Cool down: 9/8/7/6/5

R: Thousand Cuts

Range: 1000

Mana: 100

Dakota throws out a Master Blade. This blade deals base damage then additional damage for each blade Dakota has created. 25 (+5% AD + 0% AP) per additional blade. However, this blade destroys his Mystic Blades in the process. However, if this power kills the target, it generates 5 blades around the defeated target for Dakota to use.

Cool down: 135/120/105 seconds

Stats and Lore to be added soon.

2 Comments

FloRaider423/16/2017, 9:37:20 PM3 votes

Sry for not being able to reply earlier, was a bit busy. I don't think it's a problem that you primarily create female champions, it also makes some sense considering you focus a lot on supports and those are often females for some reason.

Well Noxus values strength above all so champions that have a lot of power to instantly eliminate their enemies seem appropriate. The other side of this is the lack of supports, since why need someone to support you when you are already strong :P

P: Simple marking passive, but instead of AA interacting with abilities you have an opposite approach, which does set him apart, but it seems a bit too simple to generate blades (depending on his AA range). Is there no max amount of current blades? Runaans interaction?

Q: Very interesting in terms of design, but lacking a mobility spell the opportunitiy to increase damage by positioning is limited to minions.

cutting into all enemies along way and connect with anything the blades rest inside them

seems to contradict itself as the first implies it's a piercing ability whereas the second part seems to say that they stop at the first target and mark that with blades.

W: The low CD and high scaling seems to make this a better Q ability IMHO. Hard to judge without AA range, but it seems a bit to easy to continously proc this ability in lane or when chasing.

E: Somewhat similiar to Q in terms of thematic (redirecting blades to new targets), but overall interesting. I think it's weird that the AOE deals the same damage as the targeted version, considering AOE seems to be the better option since it hurts more enemies.

R: Nothing bad about the ability itself apart from a comparison with Syndras R. The fact that you can rather easily regenerate new blades makes the "downside" seem less meaningfull.

Overall: E and Q overlapp a bit too much (initial damage + AOE damage), W has to little interactivity for its effects and R has the problem of being compared to an exisiting ability. Gameplaywise he could pass as an ADC with his AS focus because his abilities benefit from multiple targets and are sustainfocused over the burst and mobility that is required to pass as an assassin (only real assassin ability being R).

Themewise he reminds me a lot of Elissa. Seems like you like sword mages :P Interesting new take on a sword manipulator with some intresting potential. Especially the Q (E) could be a starting point of an interesting manipulator champion. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]