Stramboer, Herald of The Dark Storm (pray for me)
#Foreword
At the risk of starting another board war, I want to bring up something in this post. We have a menagerie of races that are underwhelmingly represented in the league of legends lore. Mostly we focus on yordles (12 champions), Voidborn
(7 champions) and a whopping fifty-one (51) human champions!
Furthermore; The avarosan faction in the freljord has five named members who are champions - ashe, braum, gragas, nunu, and tryndamere.
The winter's claw tribe has four - sejuani, olaf, udyr, and volibear.
last but not least, the frostguard has literally two champions - Lissandra and Trundle.
Let's fix that.
#Lore
Have you ever watched two storms meet in the night, dear sisters? It is a gorgeous sight to see. Two raw, untamed forces of pure chaos battling for survival. Only the strong will last, the other left behind in the wake of that which is truly more powerful. It's something that I long to see each night."
~ Lissandra, Ice Witch of The Freljord
Volibear was not the only Ursine to have visions, but he was the only one to share his. Stramboer was different. Stramboer wanted war, victory, and for his people to be great again, but he wanted to be the one leading his people's
charge.
Days upon days Stramboer had spent beneath the ravenous malestrom that his people worshipped as a god, unknown to the triumvirate, soaking in the sight of the whirling, crackling mass overhead. He had visions of grandure, of how he
would single-handedly lead his people towards their former greatness.
These dreams were ripped away the day Volibear had climbed the peak. With a single stray bolt of lightning, Stramboer's wants and desires were smashed like a single snowflake beneath two fingers, as if they were insignifigant.
He ran.
The adolescent bear trudged along across frozen, lifeless tundras and through roaring mountain passes that threatened to toss him into the abyss, just as his people - his family - did.
It was when he was finally starving, unable to move, that she appeared. A woman clad in ice, followed by a large mountain of a creature weilding a club of pure, true ice.
The Ice Queen provided for him, nurturing him back to health until he could tell his tale, and when he was finished she stood, speaking of how he was the rightful ruler, of how he should take back his throne. Lissandra could give him
the power he so desired. All that she asked in return - as she had once before, with the grand king of trolls - was for his undying loyalty, and for his service in her war.
He agreed, readily.
#Laning Stramboer is a tank that focuses heavily on dealing bursts of damage based on his own health, and making sure enemies can't escape. He is not very mobile, and can easily be locked down by CC.
When playing as him, you will want to engage on enemies who are alone. More than one or two champions in a single area will nearly always result in an instantaneous death.
When playing against him, you will want to almost always engage him when alone. Champions that excel at high burst damage when ganking will have an easy time, especially if they have support.
#Stats
I will not be putting down any numbers for his base stats or damage/slow values for his abilities. I have no way to test what is and isn't overpowered, numbers wise.
My goal here is to present you with the details that I can manage. If Riot likes this idea, then I am sure that they are more than capable at finding stats that will and will not work.
however! feel free to make comments about base and ability stats, please!
points of interest
- all of his moves will cost percent (max?) health and most (if not all) of their ratios will be based on %missing health
- Stramboer will not have a high movement speed starting out (so movement speed items will be a big part of his build)
- more to follow
#Moveset
In return for his servitude, Lissandra has removed Stramboer's claws and fangs, replacing them with true-ice versions of claws and fangs.
The particular formation of said natural weapons, when made out of true ice, combined with the true ice armor the bear now wears makes it an excellent conductor for Stramboer's black lightning - a phenomenon that manifest when Lissandra
bequeathed her gifts upon the adolescent bear.
##Basic Attack Stramboer swipes at enemies with his true-ice claws
##Crit Animation Stramboer chomps down at enemies with his true-ice fangs.
##Passive - Static Frost
while Stramboer is taking damage, he deals damage in an area around him. the area and damage increases as he loses health.
at half health and lower Static Frost stops growing, however enemies within the area are slowed.
This will allow you to punish people for dealing damage to you, though if you are (at least starting out) within melee range of them. Marksmen and Mages especially will be able to abuse the small area of effect Static Frost has starting out, and possibly even once it gets larger.
##Q - Dancing Bolt
Stramboer's next basic attack becomes a ranged bolt of lightning that he tosses like a javelin. After hitting the first enemy, it will bounce to another enemy prioritizing champions. this can bounce up to three times, and does reduced damage each bounch. for each enemy hit within melee range, Stramboer is refunded the cost of this ability. this effect is halved against minions and non-epic neutral monsters
This is Stramboer's basic farming tool, and will allow poking overly-abusive ranged champions. If you get any slowing effects on your basic attacks, this can also be used as a gap closer.
##W - Stormfront
Stramboer wraps himself in storm clouds, gaining a shield. If the shield is destroyed before its duration ends, the clouds release a large bolt of lightning towards whoever dealt the blow that destroyed said shield. If the shield is not
destroyed before its duration is over, Stramboer heals for a partial amount of the shield amount (possibly full amount?)
Stormfront is Stramboer's major tanking/sustain tool. Enemies will be forced to take a decent amount of damage in order to rob you of some nice healing.
##E - Mouth of The Storm
Stramboer roars, launching a pinpoint line of lightning in a skillshot which deals a slow.
if Stramboer is below half health, its ranged is shortened and widened, gaining a duration.
Starting out, Mouth of The Storm is a handy engage tool for slowing enemies at a distance, but as Stramboer loses health, it becomes more like Corki's gattling gun, an extended cone of damage in front of him.
##R - Stormfall
Stramboer channels, creating an area of lightning which slows enemies inside. after the channel (which can not be self-cancelled), he will leap into the air, knocking up any enemies inside of the initial area, then slam down, dealing a large amount of area of effect damage.
for a short amount of time afterwords, Static Frost is at its max size and damage.
Below half health, Stamboer can aim his leap a short distance.
Completely unrelated to Skyfall, Stramboer's ult makes for a nice hard CC ability, especially during team fights, however it can be easily interrupted and offers no mobility when you leap. This is not a mobility tool like Skyfall. It is simply hard CC.
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#Synergizes Well With
- can slow her enemies during persuit or escape
- her ult fills his "no initation move" weakness
- dancing bolt marks multiple people for her Sentinal Passive
- Pillar of ice helps to slow just as Mouth of The Storm does
- Makes a good contrast to trundle's lack of damage
#Misc
##Zileas/Zilean? Well, to start off with it, Unless Zileas doesn't take a liking to Stramboer, I doubt he's going to have any beef with Zilean!
##Quotes
Champion select: "Let the drums of war sing tales of this day" ~ thanks to Starfletcher (NA)
I'll try to come up with morequotes for Stramboer! if you have any suggestions, I would love them dearly!
Personality wise, he's ambitious and a bit arrogant. He absolutely loathes Volibear and sees Lissandra not as an ice witch, but as a gorgeous goddess.
Also, I want him to have a russian accent. Because russian bears. we need more russian bears.
##Skins
Alright, I've totally got two ideas for skins!
firstly: he definitely needs a northern storm skin. I absolutely love Voli's, and definitely think that Stramboer would fit a russian bear motiff.
because we need more russian bears damn it!
Secondly: Glacial Stramboer, considering that his lightning is also ice. Because russian bears are weird like that
#In Closing
I really hope you guys have enjoyed this champion concept, and I plan on putting quite a bit of work in on this, making sure that it's incredibly viable for consideration.
Some things I wish to accomplish here?
- well, clearly I want Riot to put him into the game
- I really want Volty's blessing on this. Please senpai, notice me
- Lissandra needs friends
