Moira, the Stargazer

Role: AP Mage

Inspiration: I wanted to create an astral or space-themed champion.

General Design Philosophy: Moira is a rather mechanically simple Mage, designed with a good mix of team utility and crowd control, high damage and burst, and survivability. Her astronomer theme grants her a strong visual identity, with all her attacks taking on a cosmic and galactic vibe. She excels at top lane.

Risk Analysis: Low. Moira has a fun mashup of existing abilities, and aside from her Ultimate doesn’t do anything too wild. Her kit does include two separate abilities that require vector targeting to fire, but this should be offset by the simplistic nature of her kit overall.

Appearance: Moira is an elegant astronomer type. She carries a hand-held telescope in one hand.

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http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag47/Lutzburg/tumblr_inline_mjv86hqwgf1qz4rgp_zps34hvsdqd.jpg Moira after first discovering the doomsday meteor destined to smash into Runeterra

Lore: Moira is an astronomer who desperately tried to spread awareness about a massive, world-shattering cosmic event she believes will unfold sometime in the distant future. However, when no one believed her, she knew she had to take matters into her own hands. She joined the League to showcase the true power of the cosmos, and demonstrate the damage it could wreak even on a microscopic scale.

Strengths: Powerful zone controlling Ultimate, strong AoE shielding, mild team utility, long range

Weaknesses: Long cooldowns, unreliable gap closer, shield is stationary and predictable, Ultimate can suffer from Nunu/Pantheon “just move” syndrome

Plays Most Like...:

Auto Attack: Moira fires a bolt of cosmic energy from her hand-held telescope.

http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag47/Lutzburg/icons_3358_pas_zpsmblg5cgx.jpg Passive- Gravitational Pull: Enemies who attack Moira are affected by a powerful gravitational pull, slowing their attack speed by 20% for 2 seconds. Design Philosophy: This is a thematic ability that deters enemy carries and fighters from focusing Moira, especially in conjunction with other team-wide items such as Frozen Heart and Randuin’s Omen.

http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag47/Lutzburg/icons_13640_pas_zps3pklduvw.jpg Q- Cosmic Force (7 seconds): A comet encircles Moira and makes several loops around her in increasing diameter over 3 seconds. Enemies hit directly by the comet suffer magic damage per hit (-50% damage for subsequent hits), and all enemies within the ability’s aura suffer minor magic damage over the duration. Design Philosophy: This ability is somewhat similar to Nautilus' Riptide. Moira can use this ability to transform herself into a mobile wrecking ball. Both Moira and enemies must jockey for positioning based on the location of the comet as it encircles her. Its orbit increases over the duration of the ability to hit escaping enemies multiple times.

http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag47/Lutzburg/icons_1575_btn_zpsyljle484.jpg W- Ray Shield (14 seconds): Moira creates a domed ray shield at a target location that absorbs damage on behalf of any allied units inside. After sustaining too much damage or after 6 seconds, the shield shatters. Design Philosophy: This ability is essentially an AoE shield that does not target allies directly. This ability creates more gameplay scenarios and counterplay opportunities than standard shields, as it requires allies to position themselves in a certain way to receive its effects. However, the shield itself can have a far greater strength to compensate, meaning that if only a single target is inside, they can sustain through a very large amount of damage. Friendly champions have to be careful when inside the dome, however, as it doesn’t offer much wiggle room in terms of dodging skillshots.

http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag47/Lutzburg/icons_4376_pas_zpsll0bfzo7.jpg E- Asteroid Belt (9 seconds): Using vector targeting, Moira summons a belt of volatile asteroids in a line, which last for 4 seconds. Enemies caught in the belt are slowed by 80% while inside it and suffer magic damage every .2 seconds. Design Philosophy: This ability acts as a miniature Rumble Ultimate, with more emphasis on the slow than the damage capabilities. The slowing effect allows Moira to reach enemies in order to connect with her Cosmic Force ability.

http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag47/Lutzburg/icons_16119_btn_zpsh4fqkofq.jpg R- Doom’s Day (120 seconds): Moira summons a massive meteor to a target location using vector targeting. Following its landing, the meteor then travels 1500 units over 2 seconds in the direction provided by Moira. The initial impact deals heavy magic damage and any enemies it contacts along its path of destruction take additional magic damage and are pushed to the side of the meteor as it travels, and then slowed by 50% for 2 seconds. The meteor takes several seconds to land after casting with early warning/detection similar to Pantheon's Grand Skyfall. Design Philosophy: This ability acts as a massive zone denial and teamfight-changing super nuke. It deals massive damage to any enemies caught directly in its path and also displaces and slows them, creating a huge opportunity for taking a positional advantage over an entire enemy team. This ability is perfect for disrupting objectives.

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