Flora, Dryad of the Woods

Flora, the Dryad of the Woods

Ranged, Support, Mage

Lore Deep within the great forest of Runeterra, there lies an ancient race of dryads who tend to the trees. Living long lives, they view the trees which they care for as kindred life, cherishing each branch and leaf on the tree itself. Skilled in magic that causes life to grow, they plant seedlings in an effort to grow their home, the forest. It was into this life that Flora was born. Flora was always a more inquisitive type. Her passion for discovering new plants to grow within her impressive garden took her to the edges of her forest and beyond. Traveling from forest to forest, she became of the most skilled at her art, gaining a repertoire of plant knowledge that none could rival. As she slept among a grove of trees, however, she had a terrifying nightmare. In it, two rivaling cities towered overhead, their strength and power lying in their manipulation of the natural world to their whims. Their inventions, although grand, gnawed their way through the world and left a trail of broken and desolate land in their wake. Their rivalry grew so fierce that they were blind to the suffering of the landscape. Only when they noticed there were no more resources did they realize that the world had been broken, but by then, it was far too late, and the cities began to fall from the lack of an ecosystem to sustain them. Waking in terror, Flora realized what she had seen was a premonition, and, at that moment, she knew she had to act to save her precious nature. She now challenges the best the two cities of Zaun and Piltover can offer, hoping to show the world the power and strength of nature before they consume it all.

Abilities

• Passive: Language of the Plants- Radius: 800

Flora communicates with nearby plants, hearing the secrets they hide and gaining their assistance. Traps inside of bushes within a certain distance become directly visible, and invisible traps and units are highlighted for Flora. Units highlighted this way cannot be targeted by basic attacks or targeting spells until they are revealed. Also, Flora increases the rate at which she finds Seedlings while inside bushes by 50%.

• Q: Plant Seeds- Cooldown: 1 second ((15, 12.5, 10, 7.5, 5) seconds per charge); Cost: (40, 45, 50, 55, 60) Mana, 1 Seedling; Ability Type: Tossed (Non-projectile), Single Target Within Area (Prioritizes Champions); Range: 750; Minimum Travel Time: 0.35 seconds; Maximum Travel Time: 1 second; Radius: 150; Max Charges: 5

Flora throws seedlings she gathers to target location. If the seedling lands on an enemy unit, it deals (40, 80, 120, 160, 200)(+25% AP) magic damage, and marks them with Seeded for five seconds (stacks up to three times). If the seedling lands on an her or an allied unit, it marks them with Seeded for five seconds (stacks up to three times). Flora must level this ability first.

• W: Harvest Plants- Cooldown: 7 seconds; Cost: (50, 55, 60, 65, 70) Mana; Ability Type: Stack Consume; Range: 1300;

Flora consumes all stacks of Seeded within an area, causing all Seedlings to leech off of enemies, dealing (40, 80, 120, 160, 200)(+25% AP) magic damage and slowing them by 20% for 2 seconds per stack of Seeded, and causing all Seedlings to grant allied units +(10, 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20)% Attack Speed for 4 seconds, and heals them for (10, 20, 30, 40, 50)(+15% AP) per stack of Seeded consumed.

• E: Rampant Growth- Cooldown: 15 seconds; Cost: 50 Mana; Ability Type: Stack Consume; Range: 1300;

Flora consumes a single stack of Seeded within an area, causing all Seedlings attached to enemies to silence them for (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3) seconds. If attached to an ally, the seedlings grow into a circular bush with a 200 radius centered where the ally is standing, lasting 5 seconds.

• R: Wild Flowering Cooldown: 100; Cost: 100 Mana; Ability Type: Targeted Area of Effect; Range: 600; Radius: 350;

Passive: Whenever Flora marks a unit with Seeded, she gains +(10, 20, 30)% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. This effect does not stack, but does renew each time an enemy is affected this way. Active: Flora creates a massive blooming of plants centered on a target ally affected by Seeded for 5 seconds. Each second, each unit gains a stack of Seeded, and enemies are dealt (75, 100, 125)(+25% AP) magic damage.

Appearance

• Base Skin: Her entire body is a wooden brown, but is also hollow, as though she were molded from a tree that only retained its bark. She has svelte features, and where she is hollow, green magic pulses, with leaf-like particles coming off of her. Her animation for Plant Seeds is her underhand tossing of a pale, seed-like object that has a green particle effect behind it, and the status effect Seeded creates markers in the shape of a seed that has its roots sprouting on the ground around the unit. Harvest Plants looks like a green spiral that spins into allies, while it spins out of enemies. Rampant Growth creates a visual effect on enemies that looks like vines are constricting the enemy, while the bush it generates around allies is a more vibrant green than normal bushes. Wild Flowering creates a large area of short wild flowers that emit a green particle effect that rises up from the bed of flowers. The particle effect is more dense around units within the area. Her steps leave a set of footprints that disappear after two steps, where the footprints grow mushrooms in her wake.
• Ice Raiser Flora: Her body, while maintaining the texture of bark, is crystal ice, with sharper edges and reflective surfaces. Her particles of green magic with leaves are replaced with a cold, pale blue magic with snowflakes. Her plants are now ornate spikes of ice, and all green particle effects are now a pale blue.

Interactions

• Selection: “The fall of the last leaf shall sign the end of all life. By my hand, that leaf will never fall.”
• Walking: “Where the forest guides me.” “I walk in the beauty of nature.” “Nature will overcome.” “By the power of the trees.”
• Joke: “You will taste of my grapes of wrath. Aren't they sweet and juicy?” “(In the tone of a hippie) Plants are like... life, man.”
• Taunt: “Your wanton destruction of nature will be your ruin.” “I am nature's wrath.”