[Champion Concept] Atreus, the Breaker of the Pantheon

SSmotzer··14 votes·1,720 views

Atreus lost those closest to him on the fields of battle and to the whims of the Gods. He sought to protect the few he still held close by ascending Mount Targon, as the legends say warriors who best the mountain are granted the strength of the Aspects. Upon reaching the zenith of Targon, Atreus was struck down by the very Aspects he was seeking to aid him, his body becoming possessed by a warmongering Aspect who seeks nothing but battle.

As Atreus's mind faded, it was pulled, perhaps by the will of another Aspect, to the Isles of the damned. There Atreus was granted new life, in death, as his soul was given the strength of a thousand armies, but his thoughts turned from using his power to protect those he cared for. No, now his soul is driven by one thing and one thing only, to punish the Aspects who betrayed him by slay the bastard who stole his body.

"They took everything away from me, my friends, my family... my mind and body, now I will take back what they stole from me."

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Melee Assassin/Fighter

Passive - God Slayer: While out of combat for several seconds, Atreus enhances his next basic attack. His next basic attack hits twice, the first will destroy any and all shields, the second strips a large portion of his attack target's armor for 1-2 seconds.

Q - Wrathful Penance - First Cast: Atreus holds out his hand, absorbing the next champion attack or ability he is hit with.

  • Second Cast: Atreus throws a vengeful spirit in a target direction, causing all minions to become feared it passes through and deals magic damage, that is amplified by the damage of the attack or ability blocked, up to a cap.

W - Death's Wake: Atreus becomes untargetable for a brief moment before becoming ghosted and invisible for a few seconds. For the duration Atreus is silenced and disarmed, but upon reappearing, he causes enemy units around him to flee, unless they already have vision on him before reappearing.

E - Heartless Soul - Passive: While below 25% health, Atreus blocks the bonus damage from critical strikes.

  • Soul Shatter: Atreus summons a ghostly hand from the ground in a cone in front of him that attacks all enemies in that cone, dealing magic damage, stripping them of magic resist and destroying any and all shields they may have.

R - Vengeance from Below: Atreus channels for 2 seconds before sinking into the shadows, becoming briefly untargetable as he blinks to a target location. Once he blinks to the location, the grasping hands of the undead will reach up all around him, dealing magic damage over time, slowing, and grounding all enemies in a large area around the target location.


Allies: Kalista

Enemies: Pantheon

36 Comments

Automated Riven3 votes

Lol. Did you create this to completely be worthless except as a counter pick to pantheon?

SSmotzer1 votes

Shhh.... Nah, he is an assassin who runs in, get some good hits in, and also strips them of armor and magic resist so the lane your ganking can just blow them up. He's like the anti-enhancer, as well as a shield popper.

ZaneShadow3 votes

While I like your lore, the current story doesn't totally sink with this. Pantheon is a being of war, but not pointless killing. He only kills those with bad intentions towards Mt. Targon.

Though a little less harshly, Your W is kind of neat and similar to one on my submission. Instead of using the word "flea" the status effect "fear" can be used. That's the name of something Fiddlesticks and a few other champions use.

SSmotzer2 votes

I'd chock it up the the unreliable narrator, in this case the person Pantheon killed to inhabit his body, so he could defend Targon.

Flee and Fear are 2 different status effects. A Flee causes the fleeing enemy to run away from the target, while Fear slows the target and causes them to walk around aimlessly.

Tattersall2 votes

Sees "Champion Concept" in the title

Naw, I'm not gonna click on th…

Sees the words "Atreus" and "Pantheon"

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Clicks on post Gives +1

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Character Design: His appearance seems kinda cool, but he doesn't really stand out. More like a generic undead assassin, but I think it is fine. The lore seems a bit twisted, since he seem to be undead (at least I understood it that way), while having ties to the aspects of Mt. Targon. You listed Kalista as an ally, how though? We don't have any information about Kalista traveling to Targon. Did she try to get a pact with him once maybe? Would like to work that part out a bit since it doesn't seem that natural for me that they are allies.

And I would avoid to use the name of another champion as the title of the champion. I understand that you are less refering to the character Pantheon and are more thinking in line of the meaning "collective of gods", but it still would be confusing for some people.

I like that the kit is repeatedly using ghost hands, his kit seems to have a theme that way. He is all about grasping the people he wants to see dead.

Kit and Gameplay: I love the idea of your E, being able to strip shields from enemies is something we don't have in the game and seems like a cool feature.

But the kit has way too much safety built in, even for an assassin. Let's take a look. Q is basically a spellshield. You are able to block key spells with it. W makes you untargetable, then invisible and increases movement speed. Great escape. E prevents critical damage when at low health, giving you the edge to escape from ADCs. R, while it has to be channeled, can still be used to escape, especially if enemy lacks CC.

I would recommend to reduce the defense in this kit. Which lane do you intend him to be played? Right now, I would say he should be a mid laner, for roaming potential. But that means he could use a spell for wave clearing. So maybe you could add this instead of another spell. Hard decision to think what to change.... the spellshield seems fun, just like the invisibility and that is actually his mobility...

Baron of Bread1 votes

Kalista can be summoned, and it doesn't seem like she is restricted in her areas of influence. Forging a pact as his body is stolen works fine, just see Kalista's video.

It is likely that they are referring to the character Pantheon in the title since that character is referred to as "the Pantheon" in the lore.

Tattersall1 votes

Kalista is an ally to all who seek vengeance.

Atreus's body belongs to Pantheon now, as Pantheon uses a possessed body when he's on Runeterra. So this champion concept is actually a character from lore who's goal is specifically to kill Pantheon. People are debating whether or not Atreus would actually be vengeful, but… yeah.

Baron of Bread1 votes

Your lore is... interesting. I don't think it melds well with Atreus/Pantheon's current story and Targon related lore. The only people Atreus seemed to care for much (or care for him) were his family and Pylas. His family never had trouble and Pylas dies at the peak of Targon (so a little bit of godly whims if you want to look at it that way which it doesn't seem like Atreus did). Atreus also willingly steps into the city at the top so I find it unlikely that he didn't want to get involved with the Pantheon. In conjunction with the Pantheon's brief appearance being all it took to convince his family that they should hold the funeral for him, I would be surprised if he didn't know (or at least have a good idea about) what he was getting into.

Some of the other folk have mentioned some of the other flaws in your lore, and I will let others handle the gameplay aspects as well.

SSmotzer1 votes

Well, to be fair, his soul was pulled into the Shadow Isles, and even if Atreus died with good intentions, he was perverted into something else. He isn't the same character that died on the mountain anymore. So this is a pretty strong case for the unreliable narrator, and who knows, maybe the real Atreus is still in there somewhere, and maybe he can have a redemption story where he has to team up with Pantheon to protect his family. Alotta things could happen.

Baron of Bread1 votes

I guess it works if you can come up with an idea for how his soul gets pulled over to the Shadow Isles, which might be a doozy since that just doesn't happen to everyone. Kallista isn't a good answer here since she doesn't corrupt souls or move them around, and I find it hard to believe that one of the Targonians would want to do that unless we are introducing another one. Even then it is a bit weird since the Shadow Isles so far have nothing to do with Targon.

SSmotzer1 votes

How the after life works in LoL isn't exactly clear. With your soul being hunted and eaten by a wolf and lamb, while maybe also going into a ghostly lantern, then there are zombies that get to keep their souls... A lot of grey areas in this story.

Baron of Bread1 votes

In Atreus's lore it is mentioned that "his mortal soul had joined those of the ancestors in the celestial afterlife". While that is the perspective of his family, that seems pretty unlike any dealings with Kindred, Thresh or anything to do with the Shadow Isles. You still need something to justify it beyond "weird stuff happens sometimes".

SSmotzer1 votes

I'm sure something is powerful enough in the Shadow Isles to rip him from heaven. He's a pawn, it wasn't his intention to be a ghost, but now he is being used to keep the Aspects busy, even if they also have to deal with Aurelion Sol escaping, then there is the Black Ice that will eventually threaten Targon, and of course the Void.

Basically, my thought is whatever is going on in the Shadow Isles is trying to put up as many obstacles and direct threats to Targon that they can so the Aspects won't leave the mountain to get directly involved with the Isles.

So yeah, he's a pawn to keep Pantheon distracted, that's it really.

Baron of Bread1 votes

But the Shadow Isles don't have anything to do with Targon. Nothing about Targon has been in relation to the Isles and nothing in the Isles has had relations with Targon. Also, the Black Ice is a Freljord thing, not Targon. The only things that Targon seems to be dealing with currently are the Void and Aurelion Sol, with a little bit of Taric running around and protecting whatever needs it.

Also, nothing in the Shadow Isles has yet shown the power to rip souls from the afterlife, only to be able to prevent them from moving on. And even then it has only ever been an ambient effect in the Black Mist or an effect that goes along with one of the Isle characters killing someone.

What your lore is asking for is a new faction conflict between Targon and the Shadow Isles (at least in one direction) as well as a significant increase in the threat that the Isles present to Runeterra. That is acceptable in my opinion, but you need to come up with the why and the how (and probably a who).

SSmotzer1 votes

Well, it depends on how Riot wants to take this, but I would like there to be a dead Aspect or Darkin in the Isles, not running the place, but it's there, and it wants things to start poppin off, as the kids say. No real goals, just to bring death to everything.

Besides, all factions should have ties to every other faction, at least a little one. Like Lissandra wants to freeze the world, don't you think Demacia would care about that kinda thing? Like, in politics, every country is worried about North Korea, not just America.

Baron of Bread1 votes

Then put that in the lore and come up with how the heck one of the Targonians actually died and wound up in the Isles.

ModEchoing2 votes

Popping in to say that you shouldn't generally be designing concepts around the idea that Riot will pick it up. That doesn't ever happen due to a host of legal issues.

You need to fill in the blanks yourself. You can't ask Riot to do it for you.

Supreme Senpai691 votes

Mebbeh change the name/title. Since there's a champ named Pantheon

SSmotzer1 votes

Yeah, I know, and he hates Pantheon.

Supreme Senpai692 votes

Nono I get why lol i just meant it feels a bit weird. It'd be like the girl in vayne's color story and having her title be the Breaker of the Vayne. Like does she break vain people or does she hate Vayne orrrr.

And a good champ has their own story! If a character is only interesting because they depend on another character then ehhh. Just some honest advice lol. Kewl idea tho

SSmotzer3 votes

Lucian doesn't, his whole story is killing zombies and finding Thresh. Rakan's story is just following Xayah around. Miss Fortune's story is only a thing because Gangplank killed her parents.

inuitmailman1 votes

That doesn't sound aids at all

VasilisGreen1 votes

Ok, that looks like a wraith Connor...

SSmotzer1 votes

It's kinda what I was going for, and it's Steve.

VasilisGreen1 votes

who's Steve?

SSmotzer1 votes

Me

VasilisGreen1 votes

Well, by Connor, i meant the dud in the pic. It looks like a wraith version of Connor from Assassin's Creed 3.

rtbf2256182411 votes

Well at least include the image.

SSmotzer1 votes

The link is there, Riot just don't like images from most other sites, so it doesn't load on the page.

He's basically Reaper from Overwatch, just more ghostly.

rtbf2256182411 votes

M'kay.

Legacy Hydralpha1 votes

Sounds very interesting, but may have a bit too much to it. Don't know if he necessarily needs that many fears, maybe tie the fear to his W (remove it from Q) and cause it to have a delay. After a short time the fear goes off on minions and slows champions.

Other than that, maybe a massive shield break shouldn't be tied to his passive and E. An ability that deals more damage to shields is an interesting idea though and could definitely be implemented. Perhaps his passive should lose the shield shattering effect and only get the 2nd strike's armour shred. As for his E, make it not destroy shields completely but deal more damage to shielded targets (either a % or flat damage). As for other balance changes, his ult might not need a slow, but still have grounding on it.

Finally, I love how he's basically a Pantheon counter. Makes sense lore-wise and shows very well in his kit. Being able to block crit damage to avoid Pantheon's E passive, able to go untargetable to avoid Pantheon's stun, and his Q can block Pantheon Q. You did a great job of connecting him and Pantheon, and I'm sure there's people out there who would love a strong way to counter Pantheon.

Atinizer1 votes

So his E and his passive say: "Shen is a champion?" I don't think it's a good idea to give him abilities that out-right remove shields because that way you make Karma, Lulu, Taric, literally anyone who wants to clutch that locket + Face of the mountain god-tier save, all basically useless if they're trying to keep their ADC alive. Perhaps something less absolute like dealing 150% damage to targets with a shield? For an assassin he seems extremely weak from a burst stand point, his Q makes him wait to be hit and his W does no damage, his E would have to do a lot of damage to compensate but with it removing shields and lowering magic resist it would already be really strong. He is a lot more like the fighter you put as his second class.

Something to consider for his Q: Is he slowed or rooted during it? I imagine it is like Fiora counter. This will make it a little more interesting when you're playing against the champion because it has better out-play than if he can just move freely and say: "No, I'm not CC'd screw you."

Something to consider for his W: Perhaps take away the magic resist reduction from his E and make it so that enemies he runs through lose magic resist?

SSmotzer1 votes

He can only pop shields in the very beginning of fights or after a short range skill shot. Lulu and Karma have nothing to fear because they can just run away, they have speed boosts, and if he gets close enough to the adc to land the pop, they probably already lost fight.

He's a lot like how Eve is now, pretty powerful mobility, which is great for getting in fast, dealing some big damage and getting out when need be. He isn't the pop in and just blow people up type assassin.

Atinizer1 votes

So what reliable damage does he have as an assassin? His Q requires him to be attacked first and you've said the E is short range and apparently not reliable enough to hit when you need it. This leaves his only source of damage being his ultimate which is your get in tool on a fairly high cooldown. Eve has her Q to spam to hell for reliable damage along with her E and ultimate, none of her kit relies on the enemy doing something first. You have 1 ability you can use reliably and that's your ultimate.

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