Kieve, the Rune-sword Mercenary
Deleted the first post cause I made a lot of mistakes and so here’s the re-post of my first try at an original champion concept. Character design and artwork are a possible thing I want to do when I go to college so I thought I could try my hand on it here first. The lore and everything else may be a little sucky cause I did this all in a few hours right after thinking up a character but I’m mostly just doing this for fun anyways haha. Well here goes nothing!
Lore: Once a valuable soldier to the front lines, Kieve now works for whoever can pay the most. At one time he would have fought and died for his country, but they would not do anything for him. He learned this when the news came that his pregnant wife had been taken hostage and moved to a distant land. A demand for ransom money had been made but the nobles had not lifted a finger nor even batted an eye, even though Kieve had done more to protect his country than almost any other man.
Seeing that the nobles would do nothing to help, Kieve left his country and became a renowned mercenary. He fought countless battles in order to acquire the money he needed for his wifes ransom.
One day he received word that The Institute of War had paid his wifes ransom and taken her in so he set off on his journey to reach the institute. Upon arriving he was told that in order to see his wife and newborn daughter he would have to fight for the institute and pay off what he owes for her ransom.
Kieve now fights on the battlegrounds of The Institute of War in order to see his wife once again and meet newborn child.
“My scars are the only proof of how far I’ve come.” -Kieve
Appearance: I haven’t really gotten too much into appearance as I don’t have anyone who can do the art in the same form as Riot splash art. But hey, I may get it up here some day haha. Weapon: Kieve wields a runic sword that stores leftover magical residue in the air. (Sword not yet named)
Dialogue:
Champion Select: “Showtime”, “Time to get payed” or “The best money can buy”, not sure if any of them really fit though.
Movement 1: “Another step... Another battle...” Movement 2: “I’ve lost count of the steps I’ve taken.“ Movement 3: “Will I ever get to see them?”
Joke Animation is something along the lines of juggling. Joke 1: Starts juggling knives[?} “I don’t just do mercenary work you know?” Joke 2: Starts juggling knives[?] “I’m available for kids parties too.”
Taunt Animation is something where Kieve points his sword forward and says the beginning of the taunt then flips his sword into the air and brings his closed fist towards his left shoulder before swiping his hand to the right and catching his sword while finishing the taunt. Taunt 1: “I’ll take down anyone… Who gets in my way!” Taunt 2: “Don’t stand against me… It’s futile!” To Lucian: “You know my pain... Why stand in my way?!” To Thresh: “The enemy of my friend... Is my enemy!”
Role: Fighter
Stats: Health Points: Base: 465 Per Level: 85 Level 1: 550 Level 18: 1995
HP5: Base: 7.5 Per Level: .70 Level 1: 8.2 Level 18: 20.1
Attack Damage: Base: 53 Per Level: 3.8 Level 1: 56.8 Level 18: 121.4
Armor: Base: 21 Per Level: 3 Level 1: 24 Level 18: 75
Magic Resist: Base: 30 Per Level: 1.25 Level 1: 31.25 Level 18: 52.5
Range: 125 Movement Speed: 340 Resource: Focus --- Max Focus: 6 --- Gains 1 Focus per 10 seconds out of combat. Gains 1 focus prior to landing an ability on an enemy champion.
Abilities:
Resource: Kieve uses an energy source called focus. When Kieve lands an ability on an enemy champion he gains focus, maxing at 6 stacks. Kieve acquires 1 focus every 10 seconds while out of combat.
[Passive] Bounty Hunter: When an enemy is on a killing spree a bounty is placed on their head, making them more valuable with each kill or more time. If Kieve gets a kill or assist on the enemy on a killing spree he receives bonus gold. Kieve deals bonus .5(level) damage (Max=9%) and takes .25(level) reduced damage (Max=4.5%) from enemies with a bounty.
[Q] Ragged knives: Kieve has a store of three throwing knives at max he can cast in a line skill shot one at a time, the knives slow the targets move speed by 10/15/20/25/30% and apply a wound to the targets struck. The knives pierce through creeps but stop if they come in contact with an enemy champion. Knives do 5/10/20/40/80+(80%AD) physical damage. Cooldown: 3.5/3/2.5/2/1.5 seconds Recharges Knives once every 10/8/6 seconds.
[W] Sunder Earth: Kieve impales the ground with his sword and sends energy through creating a shockwave that pushes enemies away from him slightly and stuns them for .5 seconds. Sunder Earth deals 5/10/15/20/25+(110%AD) magic damage. Cooldown: 10/8/7/6.5/5
[E] Rupturing Blows: Passive - Every third auto attack or ability on the same target applies a wound. Wounded targets take 1.8/2.1/2.4/2.7/3% increased damage. Wounds can stack a total of three times. Active - Kieve consumes 3 focus as he charges towards wounded target enemy and attacks dealing 3/6/9/12/15% of the targets missing health as true damage. Cannot be used on the same target twice within 15 seconds. Cooldown: 5 seconds
[R] Runic Assault: Runic Assault costs 3 focus. Kieve channels the magic in his sword before throwing it in a skill shot line. If it either reaches the end of the skillshot range it will drop down and bury into the ground, if hits terrain it will embed itself in the terrain and if it hits a champion it will embed itself in the champion and the deal 100/200/300+(200%AD) physical damage and applies maximum wounds. Once the blade embeds itself Kieve teleports to it and rips it free, if the target struck was a champion Kieve deals the active damage of Rupturing Blows. This does not put the active ability of Rupturing Blows on cooldown. Cooldown: 100/80/60 seconds
If anything seems Overpowered or Underpowered, or even if any of the numbers seem off just give me a heads up and what I need to do to fix them and I’ll get to it. Also I'm still deciding the title cause I'm not feeling "Rune-sword Mercenary", I was gonna go with "Soldier of Fortune" but it didn't feel like it fit.
