Sycophanta - the false sorcerer [NEW CHAMPION CONCEPT]

yeah man np :D

edit: also I really like the lore you made for him, it's so cool!!

Woopsies. I didn't see some of the stuff. Sorry I was in a bit of a rush but now I'm fine.

Yeah you were right about his damage. I thought about it for a while.

Also out of question would making his Q deal his Auto Attack damage multiplied by 2 every second be OP?

I just feel like the poor guy needs SOME form of damage otherwise people might not want to play him. He'd probably be optimal in the support, top, or jungle I think. With top and jg being off-meta stuff. And so far he seems to have the best play making potential because of the amount of map awareness and things you could do with this guy.

Also should his ult maybe give him something else extra as a passive like faster auto attacks?

Sycophanta gains 10/20/30% attack speed.

I think it'd flush him out and give him a power spike at level 6 that he otherwise would be kinda screwed compared to other champions. I really would like riot to take a good look at this champion. He seems really cool and innovative. Only a matter of probably.

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Yea, i kinda went for that as his overall kit, thanks for really reading in an noting it. I do think i need to nerf him a bit and change cooldowns, mostly his E and Ult as you mentioned. Im gonna edit his passive a bit but i do currently like it due to the fact its distorts enemy vision of the battle.

I love deaths drain aa but think it would be good with a 2 sec delay before you are revealed/aa registers. Q im confused on how you worded "it becomes fog of war to the enemies" but otherwise seems really nice. W seems fun but should be kinda like a lb clone (can't actually deal damage) and how will the stun be(point and click channel line?) i don't like the current e much seems more like an ulti to me. Ult seems a little lackluster compared to the other true sight ultiport in the game. Not sure what it needs though.

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Thanks so much! Its really encouraging!

Do you have any ideas on it you could share, as its his core fundamental i really need to make sure its spot on!

sure, just realized that I didn't give any specifics on what I thought was good or needed improved, that was dumb of me, sorry. I'll give a rundown of my thoughts on each of the abilities.

Death Drain: at first I thought it was weak, since it looks like he's going to be dealing little damage as he is more focused on controlling the map than harassing the enemies. However, on further examination I started really liking it. It makes him sneakily powerful in trading, potentially luring an enemy into engaging for longer than they should and leading to them suddenly realizing, "Oh shit, I'm losing more health than I thought" and being an easy kill for staying too long in a fight that they THOUGHT was safe. It also balances him out so he can't deal too much damage too fast and kill enemies quickly with his adc while also controlling vision throughout the whole map. Overall, I like this ability since it has clear weaknesses that he needs to work around, but it also provides subtle strengths that fit with his theme of distorting reality.

The Truth: love the idea of an ability that acts as both a ward and as vision denial. The main problem I have with it is its range. Its so short range its basically turning into a glorified ward that also costs mana. Some auto attack ranges are much longer than this even at its max rank. If this was made into a long ranged ability or even a semi global one, I think it could be REALLY cool. I'm thinking that 2500 (same range as Jhin w) to 4000 (same range as 1st level Tahm Kench ult) would be more reasonable for this ability. This would also allow him to participate much more easily in objective control, warding dragon or buffs without having to leave lane during laning, and late game it would still serve a great purpose in checking objectives or finding groups of enemies hiding in bushes BEFORE you have to be right on top of them and in their ward range to inform your team that they are there. It would also be cool if he had a distinct animation for this ability that enemies can easily recognize and they have to call out to their team that The Truth had just been used, making the jungler's job even harder as they know anything near bot lane MAY have an undetectable ward. 2 other things that weren't mentioned that would be really important to the ability, what is the range of vision that it grants, and how long does the vision last? Is it the same as a normal ward in vision, or is it more (I think more would be better), does it only last a few seconds, or is it around for a while? Also, you mentioned that wards could pierce the ability, can other things that normally reveal fog of war (minions, enemy champions, towers) reveal you or not? Because I think it would be hilarious to be pushing tower with your adc without the enemies even knowing that you were under there. Now, depending on your answers on the three questions that I just stated, it might make my suggested range too broken, but still, 500 is REALLY short for an ability with that kind of potential.

False Hope: cool idea on making the enemy champ invisible to the team. Even cooler that you can fake the enemies response. Don't want a teamfight, make them run away and discourage people from engaging on you due to a team member "not" being there. Have an ambush ready, send them in and lure other suckers into the fight. However, if your carry attacks the invisible enemy while they are stunned, it will give everything away to a vigilant enemy. I think it should make them untargetable while they are stunned, but have a percentage of the damage dealt to the clone dealt to them as well (I think 100% would be a bit too oppressive, allowing for poorly positioned teammates to get 100% of their damage onto them for free because you sent a clone their way doesn't seem that fair to me), so you can still focus the enemy without everyone knowing that the clone is a fake. I'm not sure how this will work against teams that have voice chat, or fast ping reactions, but even then it should still be useful as it is a 2 second stun that removes an enemy from the map basically. Once again though, i must ask what the range on the ability is, and how long the clone will last, as that is really important in figuring out how to balance it. I'll asume that this is a skillshot, as a point and click 2 second stun seems like too much to deal with, but I'm not sure what range you want it to be.

Illusion: interesting mash up of Zillian and Kog Maw ultimates. Since its his only damaging ability and its on a long cool down, I'll assume that it has pretty good damage on it. I like that this makes it risky to target him unless you purposely leave him at super low health. However, if you build him either tanky or with ad crit, then this ability could be absolutely hilarious. Just got the guy who built full tank items dead? Too bad, he's alive again with half health and he just dealt lots of damage to you for trying to get rid of the frontline. Need to get rid of the squishy guy who is slowly melting you with dot auto attacks that are actually doing lots of damage, well, too bad, he's back, and he's dealing even more damage now. Once again, love the synergy it has to his theme and in messing with the opponents heads. I like how it still has its weaknesses as it can't save him from bad positioning and it won't save his life if he screws up with it HOWEVER, the numbers on this ability are INSANE and something will need to be nerfed (heal ammount, cooldown, active durration). Could be interesting if it also provided a slow on top of the damage to help pick off the enemies that tried to focus you down or even to help you escape if you were killed while being chased

The Light of the Sorcerer: Nothing too impressive, nothing too weak. Overall I think that this one is mediocre compared to his other abilities. Its a weaker TF ultimate that lasts a really short time, that's about it.

Overall, I like the idea, it just needs a lot of polishing. I think it might even be an interesting idea to make Illusion his ultimate ability (with a longer cool down and a shorter active duration) and give him another shorter cool down ability on his E that he can use for harass that also messes with vision, maybe grants true vision of enemy champions hit or something of the like. If you do move it will raise the cool down of his only damage ability, and will also loose the vision that his ultimate gives him, so the replacement ability I would put in would probably be a combination of the low cool down harass and vision. Illusion is simply too good to have as a non ultimate imo, and his current ultimate isn't SUPER impressive either. Also, keep in mind that these are just my ideas on the champ, in the end, he's yours and you decide what changes I suggested that you like or don't. Whatever you decide to do with him, I wish you good luck!

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I think what you are imagining here would be a very new type of class - utility. His function really isn't to fight, get kills, or even be apart of the conventional match but rather to give one team a significant advantage in one regard in return for giving up a more traditional champ.

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