New Support Champion (Into Battle with Banners of War!)

iamdalt·12/3/2014, 6:03:49 PM·3 votes·1,405 views

Hello Everyone and thanks for taking the time from your day to check out my thread for a new a champion idea!

So here goes nothing.

What with the new season incoming and strategic diversity being a big theme Riot wants to emphasize I had a cool idea for a new support champion bottom lane. I could definitely use some more ideas and whatnot so feel free to add on in comments and I'll take everything under consideration :D

[12-4-14 Edit - The Name and Title of the Champion is Jeanne, the Savior.] This particular champion is all about banners and buffs. She will carry a banner with them as a weapon, (like a flag banner for an army) and the end of the banner will have a small spear and will also carry a short sword. All of her abilities will revolve around the use of the banner to empower her team and make plays.

Q - Banner of Bloodlust : The Champion shouts a thundering cry for battle and their banner glows red for 6 seconds. While the banner is red champions nearby receive a very small buff to their damage and if the champion strikes an enemy champion while the banner still glows the enemy champion will be dealt a fixed amount of damage and revealed for a short period of time as well as heal a nearby champion who is most damaged for a light percentage of their health. (Think like a relic shield heal kind of)

[12-6-14 Edit: Banner of Bloodlust - When activated Jeanne shouts out a cry of war and nearby allied champions within 10 yards recieve a 5/6/7/8/10 AD & AP boost for 6 seconds. If Jeanne strikes an enemy champion within that 6 seconds they are dealt damage equal to her basic attack + 10/20/30/40/50 (+0.2 bonus ad) and are revealed for 4 seconds as well as healing a nearby champion for 10% of their maximum health.]

---This skill gives champions a means of healing their adc while giving them the opportunity for meaningful exchanges in lane as well as a chance to heal the adc for a small amount.---

W - Banner of Sight/Protect the Flank : (3 charges) The Champion places a magical all-seeing banner at a target area. This banner when placed gives true vision of the spot it is placed for 3 minutes (super pink ward) and allied champions walking past the banner receive a short, tapered speed buff lasting 2 seconds. It can be destroyed like a pink ward. It also reveals Shaco's in their Q, Evelynn etc.

Banner of Vision's counterpart: Protect The Flank has a cool feature as well. When Jeanne places multiple banners of vision within a certain distance of each other, they form a perimeter, enemy champions passing within the borders of the perimeter as set by the Banners of Vision are slowed and revealed to the allied team. But bare in mind Banners of Vision are destructible like Pink Wards so you can counter play around them if you play carefully.

E - Banner of Repentance : The Champion throws the banner in a direction with a long rope attached to it (skill shot). If the banner makes contact with an enemy champion the champion is revealed if they are not already and slowed. Any attacks made by allies on the enemy afflicted with the banner cause the target to be further slowed. 6 successive attacks on the target while it is afflicted with the banner cause the target to be stunned for a brief duration.

R - Banner of the Savior : The Champion throws a banner infused with fantastic magical power at a location [Skill Shot]. Upon reaching the location the banner emits an aura of incredible magical energy giving nearby champions in a large radius a significant boost to health regen, armor, and magic resist. This banner lasts 6 seconds.

Passive - Blood for the Cause: Minions near the champion receive bonuses to their health, resistances and damage. Whenever Jeanne strikes an enemy champion 3 times within a certain time frame she strikes with her short sword on the third strike, causing a bleed dealing a percentage of their health. The bleed passive has a 4 second cooldown after triggering.

My idea for this champion revolves around a support champion who can be useful in lane when his adc is gone as well as providing significant support to them in lane, if made I feel he'd give players meaningful choices as well as fun gameplay style.

If you like this idea please up vote and support and feel free to leave comments on suggestions! If you are a graphic artist out there who is willing to help design visuals for the champion let me know and I'm more than happy to give you 100% credit for your work.

Thanks for your time everyone!

[12-4-14 Edit] Banner of the Savior now grants a temporary shield on landing at its targeted location and causes allies to receive increased healing from all sources as well. Rally now also buffs nearby champions for an amount smaller than that of minions, and the amount of bonus stats minions receive from it is reduced by 50% while a champion is affected by it

13 Comments

Navarune12/5/2014, 10:59:27 PM2 votes

E - Banner of Repentance : The Champion throws the banner in a direction with a long rope attached to it (skill shot). If the banner makes contact with an enemy champion the champion is revealed if they are not already and slowed. Any attacks made by allies on the enemy afflicted with the banner cause the target to be further slowed. 6 successive attacks on the target while it is afflicted with the banner cause the target to be stunned for a brief duration.

Couple of questions about this:

  1. What is the purpose of the "long rope?" When I first read this I thought it would be a dash skill for the champion or even something akin to a Thresh lantern.

  2. Why 6 successive attacks? That number seems a bit high. Braum's Q gets fully stacked at 4, granted it doesn't give an Ashe Q to all allied autos vs. its target. It seems like this is higher to account for the additional slows, but those seem to be in place to help you get fully stacked... remove one and the other wouldn't be necessary. Or am I misunderstanding this?

Q - Banner of Bloodlust : The Champion shouts a thundering cry for battle and their banner glows red for 6 seconds. While the banner is red champions nearby receive a very small buff to their damage and if the champion strikes an enemy champion while the banner still glows the enemy champion will be dealt a fixed amount of damage and revealed for a short period of time as well as heal a nearby champion who is most damaged for a light percentage of their health. (Think like a relic shield heal kind of)

Sounds a lot like Sona's old Q with some added utility. Not a bad sounding skill honestly, but it reads like a mashup of other things: Sona's old Q, Targon's, and Lee's Q1.

R - Banner of the Savior : The Champion throws a banner infused with fantastic magical power at a location [Skill Shot]. Upon reaching the location the banner emits an aura of incredible magical energy giving nearby champions in a large radius a significant boost to health regen, armor, and magic resist. This banner lasts 6 seconds.

When I first started reading this, I thought "Taric's ult incoming," but I was pleasantly surprised. Some really good passive bonuses here to help in extended teamfights, and if given a relatively low cooldown this skill could be really cool.

Overall I really like the idea. The only issue I could see would be problems with Clarity since so much of what Jeanne would provide would be passive. "What am I even contributing??" could be a thought players have when playing her. However, the general idea of a support focusing on banners is a really good one (makes me miss playing Jarvan IV support, strangely) and I would certainly be willing to try her out.

Crexill12/4/2014, 5:08:12 PM1 votes

2 Thumbs up my firend, i really like this, and it really sounds like it could work!

Tamur12/4/2014, 5:26:51 PM1 votes

Review trade?

Tamur12/4/2014, 9:19:01 PM1 votes

looking good so far

Rally should buff champions then half to minions while allied champions are near

Banner of Bloodlust, Banner of Sight, Banner of Repentance look good

Banner of the Savior this should grant a shield and increase healing from all sources while near it.

iamdalt12/7/2014, 7:10:34 PM1 votes

bump

Tamur12/8/2014, 6:28:15 PM1 votes

I'm really starting to like Jeanne

made some changes to my support http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/Iybn7OHF-adan-the-devoted-defender take a look