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Maxine

JulieJuice·11/24/2017, 5:47:29 AM·3 votes·496 views

(The concept behind Maxine was "hey, there's not a lot of "gross" gal champs in league, and Gross gals are kinda my key interest so WHAT IF girlfullofbugs?? so.. yeah. also some of her mana costs aren't listed, and some scaling damages/etc are either missing or unfinalized, so it's all rough around the edges ANYWAY-)

Maxine: the Hostess

HP: 510 - 1955 AD: 52.5 - 81.4 Range: 500 Mana: 325 - 1120

Passive: "Puddle of Sorrow" Maxine periodically leaves puddles of rancid bile, lasting for 10 seconds, bile pools slow enemies and deal magic damage (+5% AP) based on level.

Q: "Gorb Spit" Maxine coughs up a Gorb, which will move towards the nearest champion and deals 20/35/45/50/60 magic damage (+20% AP). if no champion is near enough, Gorbs go into the closest bush, Maxine can have 3/5/10/15/20 Gorbs up at once and they never despawn. Cost: 65/65/65/65/65

W: "Pop Em" Maxine ruptures all Gorbs under her cursor, dealing 50/60/75/90/90 (+30% AP) to champions caught in the blast.

E: "Suck It Up" Maxine devours the target, if it is a minion or monster below 30% HP she swallows it and gains 30% of her health back, if it is a champion, she deals 20% of their current HP in damage, then spits them out. (if the champion is killed, she gains 20% of her max HP back.) if it is a Gorb, she gets 5/8/10/11/15% of her max HP back.

R: "Big Girls Don't Cry" Maxine unleashes a torrent of misery, spewing poison in a cone, enemies caught in the blast are Knocked Back and slowed, taking 80/120/180 (+50% AP) damage, plus, all Gorbs active Pop, leaving Puddles of Sorrow.

**Lore (this section is subject to change when i can write it less poorly, blah): **

Region - Zaun

Maxine was a normal Piltover girl, though from a young age she was incredibly prone to sickness and was rarely seen out of home. Still, she made by and recovered from each new sickness with a clockwork vim. That is, until she caught a new, unseen sickness. What began as a clot of discoloration in her side soon developed into a writhing, sickly mass in her stomach, and she became so deathly ill, she could not even move.

Deathly ill, but never dead, for Maxine had become host to a large parasite larva (colloquially called "Gorbs" at the lack of a more serious name) that needed a fresh host to spread, once they learned she could not be cured, and even posed risk of an outbreak, she was swept up as a lost cause, and abandoned to rot.

But after years of agony and misery in the dark undercity, Maxine found a new calling, Her life and joy, gone. She now seeks to make everyone she meets feel as pained and disgusting as herself, for the only way left for her to find solace, is by taking it brute-force.

**Appearance: **

Default- https://i.imgur.com/cwJiWi6.png VoidBorn (mandatory launch skin)- https://i.imgur.com/lLJabrN.png

Expect me to update this if i can/wish to, but if you think a lady who's pregnant with infinite worms she can also make explode into ooze is cool, then leave a comment, if you think it's hideous and wretched, leave that comment too!

2 Comments

Chembaron Yamada11/24/2017, 10:25:05 AM1 votes

Character Design & Lore

First let me say that I totally agree with you that we need a gross female, directly aimed to look disgusting. The closest to that we have is Rek'Sai and she doesn't really count, she is just a beast and not really gross.

The design you had in mind definitely delivers that, reading about the larvae in her stomach my only reaction was "Ewww..".

But the story leaves some questions for me. You state that she comes originally from Piltover before going to Zaun: How does a woman in Piltover infect herself with these bugs? Piltover is not the first place coming in my mind for such a backstory. I would like some further information about the gorbs. Why are they in Piltover of all places? Is it for the concept necessary and natural that she comes from Piltover? Maybe another region would be more fitting, depends on your argumentation.

And I want to point out: I love your concept art. You have a really great style and I hope to see more concepts from you in the future. And the idea for her release skin is fitting and pretty good.

Gameplay & Kit

May I ask: what kind of playstyle did you have in mind with her? I can't really figure out what she is supposed to be. Right now I would classify her as a support, giving additional area control with her gorbs as well as several slows. But I would like to read what was the intention for her playstyle.

In general, I think the kit needs some work. Her damage is extremely unreliable since you have to rely on gorbs. The mechanic to be able to eat the gorbs for healing seems interesting, but being able to devour enemies without condition... how does this work? Like Tahm Kench's devour or more like Nunu's Q?

I would build in another way for her to deal reliable damage. Maybe let a gorb spawn on AA with CD that she can use for her W?

Facit

The kit needs some clarification and work, but thematically I really like the champion. I hope you answer to me and you will keep fleshing her out, I would like to see Maxine developing into something great and maybe some day the first gross female LoL champion. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]