Bullwhip - The Yeti Hunter (Champion Concept)

Preface Hi Riot, I'm wafflebastard, and I was playing as Nunu the other day and I thought of a really cool idea for a champion based off of the lore of Nunu. Nunu's been pretty much ignored lore-wise when it comes to League, and that got me thinking about a possible enemy for Nunu in the game. In his lore, Nunu and Willump meet because Nunu became an apprentice to a man referred to as the "beast master". The beast master was supposedly killed by Willump as he and Nunu escaped, but the idea of the beast master as a champion got me thinking. I thus present to you the lore and abilities of what I envision as a beast master champ, Bullwhip, now titled "The Yeti Hunter".

Lore The Frostguard were known throughout the Freljord for the ferocity and brutality, but they were also known for their cruel pleasure for trapping and imprisoning creatures and men alike. The caretakers (known as beast masters) of the Frostguard's "collection" were idolized by the tribespeople, as they would stage barbaric shows for the people in which they beat down and tortured the most dangerous caged creatures. The people were awed by this gruesome event, one of which was the son of the current generation's beast master. The son was called Bullwhip by the tribespeople because of his skill with his father's whip, as he practiced beating the creatures everyday. Bullwhip wanted to be a beast master more than anything else, and his love for the show grew stronger day by day. One day, his father was battling the greatest foe he had faced yet, a Freljord Yeti. His father had gotten feeble and clumsy after getting older, and the yeti killed Bullwhip's father with ease. Shocked, the tribespeople prepared to kill the yeti, but Bullwhip jumped in just in time to beat back the ravenous yeti into its cage. The tribespeople were impressed, and Bullwhip took over as the beast master. Years went by, and Bullwhip became the best beast master to date, but he began to drift closer and closer to madness each day since his father's death. Sometimes he would go as far to kill the creatures during the shows, but not the yeti. Bullwhip had saved the yeti's life so as he could slowly get his vengeance by torturing the beast until his death. He may have done so too, if it had not been for a young boy named Nunu who had become Bullwhip's apprentice. Nunu took a liking to the yeti, whom he called Willump, and tried to convince Bullwhip that the yeti was not a savage beast at all. Bullwhip, blinded by hatred, refused to listen to Nunu, continued to torture Willump and keep him caged. One day Willump broke out of his cage and Bullwhip tracked him down to a snowy cliff. Nunu followed him and just as Bullwhip was going to lash Willump off of the cliff, Nunu blocked the lash with his body, knocking him out cold. Willump then charged Bullwhip, and threw him off the cliff into the snowy abyss. Bullwhip would have died from his injuries and the cold, but fate was with him that day. Lissandra, the Ice Witch, found him in the snow and healed him with dark magic. She reforged the old broken whip with snow and ice, making the whip more deadly and powerful than ever. Lissandra promised to help Bullwhip find Nunu and Willump in exchange for his allegiance, which he swore to immediately. Thereafter, Bullwhip roamed far and wide in search of claiming the life of the yeti he had once saved…

Abilities

I'd like to say first that I'm not a game designer, so I don't know whether or not these abilities would be balanced in game. I simply took the top 5 ideas I had when it came to passives/abilities and narrowed them down to what I thought would make him both fun and viable. I didn't assign any stats to them either as I see no reason to as if Riot were to make him a champ, they would come up with their own stats anyways. BTW, Bullwhip would be like a marksman/fighter hybrid perfect for either ADC or possibly a bruiser role (maybe support too due to his cc).

Passive - Open Wounds

• With every auto attack, Bullwhip adds a stack of Open Wounds. With each stack, the champion affected will receive a percentage more damage from himself and other allied champions (the percentage shouldn't be much, but should stack up in extended fights).

Q - Lash

• Bullwhip lashes down hard with his whip in a straight line, causing physical damage and slowing hit champions. Bullwhip is immobilized while lashing, but can move around after casting. After reactivating Q, Bullwhip pulls back his whip and flings up any champions on top of his whip, causing additional damage too. Auto attacking after the initial lash will cause Q to reactivate as well. If it lands on terrain, the reactivation will pull him to the terrain (as long as he hasn't hit an enemy champ). This is his main source of damage aside from his autos.

W - Cracking Bones -Bullwhip increases his attack speed and slows the attack speed of his target by a percentage. Good at all times.

E - Frozen Rage -Bullwhip becomes enraged and freezes the next target he autos dealing some magic damage (not a lot). The duration is short (as in less than Braum's passive), but further cc can be applied to a frozen champion as well as damage. Great for

R - Violent Throw -Bullwhip swings his whip in a circle, knocking up and throwing all champions caught in his whip in a straight targeted line. Champions caught in the whip also travel the same distance from Bullwhip and receive damage from both the initial hit of the whip and the throw itself. Great when used in combo with his E or a champ knocked up by his Q.

Thoughts Personally, I love the idea of a new Nunu-related champion, and I'd love to see Bullwhip come to the League, but if you guys at Riot have other plans I understand. My goal for this champ concept isn't really to make a champ though, as I'm sure there are flaws his abilities, but I hope that you guys at Riot like my idea of Bullwhip and the lore behind him and maybe create a champ based around this one. There are a lot of great champ ideas that fans have posted so far in the boards and you should take a look at those ones as well. If you like the concept of Bullwhip, it would be really cool for you to make a champion based on the beast master. I don't have the artistic skills to draw him the way I envision him, but I'd imagine he would look somewhat like an icy lion tamer (obviously a demonic one), but that's up to you guys. Thanks to all who took the time to read my champion concept and please like and share this champ concept if you want to see Bullwhip come to League as well. Also, please comment how you would change my concept, whether that be ability-wise or lore-wise. See ya.