Rae, Paladin of the Light
Rae is the Paladin of the Damacian church of Light. The Damacian church of Light exists for the sole purpose to rid Runeterra of corruption from the Shadow Isles and it's dark denizens. As the church's Paladin, Rae has the duty to hunt down enemies of both Damacia and it's church. That means everyone from the Shadow Isles are her targets, as well as every Noxian. Rae and Fiora have known one another since their childhood, and have trained one another in thousands of duels starting with sticks, moving up to training swords, and now with real weapons. Fiora chose to master the rapier, while Rae learned summoning magic that allows her to conjure up many different weapons; due to this she's no master at any single weapon, but moreso adept in many and can change what she wields any time. Rae fought alongside Vayne in a handful of battles during her rise to Paladinhood, as the two have a deep hatred for evils.
Name: Rae Gender: Female **Friends: **Fiora, Jarvan IV, Vayne **Enemies: **All Shadow Isles Denizens, All Noxians
Passive: Enchantment/Weaponry Rae does not have mana, but instead has six charges of magic applied to her current weapon. When she basic attacks a charge is expelled and her basic attack will do 110-120% true damage (based on weapon) instead of attack damage. Using abilities consumes charges. After a short delay while not auto attacking, Rae with begin to re-enchant her sword and gain charges back. When out of charges, she will deal only 90% damage with her current weapon. Each of Rae's weapons have individual stat advantages and disadvantages: Longsword - Basic attack speed and basic melee range. 120% true damage. Halberd - Slower attack speed and increased range. 115% true damage. Hammer - Slow attack speed, basic melee range, and deals basic damage in an arc directly in front of Rae; the damage is split evenly across all targets hit. 110% true damage Daggers - High attack speed, basic melee range, and refunds an Enchantment if a basic attack kills an enemy unit. 110% true damage.
Q: Crash! Rae destroys her current weapon and summons another after a brief delay that is shortened by leveling this skill. When Rae destroys a weapon all her Enchanted charges are consumed, and a burst of energy from her enchantment is released dealing 25% more damage per charge in an area around her. This ability may be activated with 0 charges of Enchantment, but will not do area affect damage. (The order of weapon summoning is Longsword > Halberd > Hammer > Daggers > Longsword.) This ability has no cooldown when not using Enlightenment and a small one while under its effect.
W: Powerword Rae casts a spell to empower her weapon, causing the next basic attack to consume three Enchantment charges. Each weapon has a separate effect with this ability. This ability has a very short cooldown. Raising the rank of this ability causes crowd control effects to last longer and decreases its cooldown further. Longsword - Blinds the foe on attack. Halberd - Causes Rae to flash behind her target on hit into her maximum attack range. Hammer - Slows all targets hit. Daggers - Auto attacks twice in quick succession. Restores two Enchantments if the target is killed by this.
E: Prayer Rae prays for safety from the evils she fights, restoring up to three charges at rank one, and gaining two charges per rank of this ability (7 charges at rank three). Additionally, if Rae is to gain more than her maximum amount of charges from this ability she will gain a shield from damage instead. This ability is channeled and can be interrupted by both Rae and her enemies. During Enlightenment, this ability is instantaneous and has no channel. Long cooldown.
R: Enlightenment Rae frees her mind of negative thoughts and focuses on the battle at hand. While active, Rae continuously recharges Enchantments. When the effect ends, Rae loses all her Enchantment stacks and is slowed by 60% for 3 seconds. Increasing the rank of this ability lowers its cooldown and decreases the slow cause when the effect ends.
Rae is to be played as a character who is constantly in the enemy's face. Changing up her weapons and fighting style constantly, while also dealing lots of damage to them if they decide to stay close. Rae's main tool for gathering farm would be her Longsword, and secondarily her Hammer. Her main tool for catching an enemy is her Halberd, as it has an increased attack range compared to her other weapons, and its Powerword causes her to flash directly behind that target at her maximum attack range.
In a perfect situation with Rae, you would be chasing a target down while in Enlightenment and be able to pull off sweet combo attacks. Enlightenment allows Rae to continue to use Powerword and Crash! without worry of having to back off to earn charges. One example of a possible combo is this: You have your Longsword out and just blinded the opponent with Powerword - You then switch to your Halberd and activate Prayer to regenerate charges quickly in combat and end the effect after having 3 charges or more so you can cast Powerword again, this time with your Halberd. You now have dealt quite a bit of damage to your opponent and are at a safe distance from them to activate Enlightenment. After activating Enlightenment, you Powerword once more, but instead of attacking with the Halberd, you switch to your Hammer and slow your opponent and activate Crash! again to finish them off with your Daggers. Overall, you have used 9 or more abilities in just a few seconds and hopefully gotten yourself a kill, or possibly five.
Rae is easily countered by any ranged character if you keep your distance on her, as her only two gap closers require her to basic attack you. Rae has a few "get away" plans, such as blinding an opponent with her Longsword, flashing behind them with her Halberd, or slowing them with her Hammer if she must; note that she can only do any of these if she has at least three charges of Enchantment.
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