[Champion Concept] Shaid, Lurker of the Dark

Hey there everyone! I hope you are enjoying your October. Anyways I am back to bring you another champion concept. It has been awhile sense I have posted one and figured this would be the perfect month to post a certain one. This guy I have had in the works for quite awhile. After hours of brainstorming and several reworks I think I am content with his current state. With Halloween right around the corner too it seems like a good time to post this spooky champion. One thing I will mention is this guy revolves around being out of sight, hindering his opponents sight, and bringing vision to the map. Quite the utility don't you think? You shouldn't be fooled, he is a terror. Feel free to leave you criticism, thoughts, and questions in the comments. Also their will be links to my other champions, you may view them if you wish. Enough stalling though, onward to Shaid, Lurker of the Dark. Keep in mind there will be updates throughout the next several days.

Shaid, Lurker of the Dark

Updates [Added In-Depth for each ability - 10/25/15] [Changed Ultimate from blinking out of sight range behind the target to becomes invisible to target hit for 1.5/2/2.5 seconds - 10/25/15] [Changed base damage from Ult 150/250/350 magic damage to 80/180/280 magic damage. - 10/25/15] [Stalker eyes from W now start with 800 sight range and scale to 950 then 1100 for each rank of ult. - 10/25/15] A rework has happened Appearance (I would like to mention that this isn't my artwork. I do not take any credit for the art you see. This is mainly being used for a reference and give a general idea of how he looks like.)

Shaid is basically a being of shadow. He is what you call the embodiment of darkness itself. While he doesn't have a true form per say, most people see him as a bipedal being. This is strange as he doesn't use his legs for walking. Instead he merely hovers from place to place. His body isn't stable at all as it moves as if they were flames. Those red eyes however are always present from all the descriptions. There isn't much more then that.

Lore

Do you ever feel like you are being watched? You know there is no one there. You keep telling your self it is just the wind. Though you keep heading on throughout the night with the feeling. Like something is watching...waiting...and waiting. You turn to see nothing but the shadows. Just the blackness and emptiness of the night. Paranoia sets in, you could of sworn you were being followed. The hairs on the back of your neck stand on end and yet you tread on. Your gut is telling you something but you don't want to listen. You deny your instincts and keeping going. You know that once you make it home that things will be alright. A howl pierces the air. You turn to it only to find out it is the wind. The feeling is still there. At last you can finally see it. Your home is in sight. Going up to the door you take your keys in hand. A force grabs you from behind taking you off your feet. You attempt to scream but to no avail as something is shoved down your throat. Your turned around to see those pure red eyes. Thoughts race through your head. You heard the stories of people disappearing in the night. Now all of it makes sense as your the next victim.

Roles Primary: Mage Secondary: Assassin

Stats

HP: 530 (+82) HP Regen: 6.2 (+0.4) Mana: 306 (+49) Mana Regen: 6 (+0.5) Attack Damage: 47 (+2.65) Attack Speed: 0.625 (+1%) Armor: 18 (+4) Magic Resist: 30 (+0) Movement Speed: 330 Range: 525

Abilities

Passive - Cover their eyes Shaid has a reduced sight range of 1000 (instead of the standard 1200). However all damage from his abilities reduce the sight range of enemy champions hit by 500 and limit their sight to 700 for 3/4/5/6 seconds. They also lose shared vision from wards, teammates, and minions. (Duration can't be refreshed or stacked) Can't be applied for another 7 seconds after their sight returns. Levels 1/6/11/16

In-Depth This is basically Shaid's main feature. All his abilities reduce the sight of the enemy champions they hit. Reducing their range to 700 is a little bit less then half as a normal champions sight range is 1200. Limiting Shaid's own sight range is basically due to one of this others abilities you will see later on. While their sight is reduce they will not gain sight from their allies, wards, and even minions. This only affects enemy champions however so lane minions and monsters remain unaffected. This champion centers around keeping his enemies in the dark for the most part.

• Q - Bring the Dark Shaid releases a shadowy ball that lands at a target location dealing 50/70/90/110/130 (+ 40%AP) magic damage and slowing targets by 20% for 3 seconds. If it lands on a stalker eye then it will explode dealing an extra 50/75/105/140/180 (+ 50%AP) magic damage and leaving a shadowy mist that blocks vision of that area (Unless the area has true sight), everything within it, and beyond it. Enemies within the mist are slowed by 30% and their sight range reduced to 675. Mist lasts for 5 seconds. The mist will cling to units that have had a stalkers eye attached to them when struck. Hitting several stalker eyes with one shot will result in them all doing only 50% of their bonus damage. 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 Second Cooldown, 40/50/60/70/80 mana cost, 825 range.

In-Depth Shaid's main poking ability. Normally this ability does little damage in a tiny small area of effect. Keep in mind this is a projectile like ability that passes over units tell it gets to the point of intended impact. This means yes it does get blocked by projectile destroying abilities. Now when this ability is pair up with the stalker eyes with the W this becomes quite a bit of damage and wave clear. Not only that it provides the shadow mist that blocks vision for enemies. Not only does it block vision for everything inside the mist but everything that is beyond it. It basically acts like terrain for the sake of blocking vision. Though if you have allies, ward, or anything beyond the mist, (Not inside) then it will be visible. Keep in mind though this consumes the stalker eye immediately. Allies will be able to see into and beyond the mist just fine. As well due note that hitting multiple stalker eyes with the Q will result in the bonus damage being halved from each. You still get multiple shadow mists out of it though. Having the mist cling onto an opponent as well will keep them in the dark and apply a constant slow to them. Though this is hard to do as you have to lure the enemy into stepping on a stalker eye before had.

W - Watch from Shadows Shaid will place a stalker eye at a target location acting as a ward (Sight range 800/950/1100 determined by rank of Ult). The stalker eyes take 1 second before they become active and then last 1 minute. Can have 3 on the field at once and can store up to two eyes at a time. The stalker eye can interact with Shaid's other abilities. Enemy champions that walk over the eye will take 10 true damage will be revealed for 10 seconds and will trigger bonus effects from Shaid's the abilities when hit. Only way to destroy the eyes is to have enemy champions walk over them. 20/19/18/17/16 Second cooldown for eyes, 0.5 cooldown for placement, 0 Mana cost, 800 Range.

In-Depth A unique little ability that allows Shaid to keep track of the area around him. While he doesn't have the standard sight range like most champions, this more along the lines makes up for it. He basically has wards at his disposal making him excellent at keeping vision on the map. These stalker eyes also have synergy with his other abilities. Keep in note that the sight range for these eyes increase with each rank in the ult. As well that these do not count to total wards placed on the map for Shaid. Meaning you can grant a lot of sight to your team if need be. These are great for mid lane as you can constantly have vision on both sides of the jungle. As well these stalker eyes can only be destroyed by enemy champions stepping on them. Now these do due 10 true damage to that enemy when it is stepped on and reveal them. While this isn't a lot it is enough to proc Shaid's passive and reduce their sight range. While revealed by the stalker eyes those enemy champions will proc the bonus effects from his other abilities. Something to note here that these eyes must be active before they can interact with his other abilities or be stepped on.

E - Grasp their Flesh Shaid sends forth two dark claws the converge on a target location dealing 60/80/120/180/260 (+ 60%AP) magic damage. It deals 30/40/50/60/70% bonus damage if the targets don't have sight of Shaid. If it hits or fly's through a stalker eye then targets hit will have their magic resist reduced by 10/15/20/25/30% for 5 seconds. 12 Second cooldown, 70/75/80/85/90 Mana cost, 900 Range.

In-Depth This is Shaid's burst damage right here. He sends forth two claws that fly outward from his sides and then coverage on a target location. When activating this ability this doesn't give reveal Shaid, so he will remain undetected while casting. The only warning to this ability is seeing the claws themselves fly out. These claws damage anything they pass through but each claw does 50% of the total damage, but each claw can only damage a unit once. Now the thing is that each claw is an individual projectile meaning each can be destroyed with projectile blocking abilities. Spell shields will block the damage but not the piercing effect of the claws. If any of the claws pass through a stalker eye however they will both reduce the magic resist of targets struck. This consumes the stalker eye in the process. The bonus damage from this ability only applies if the enemy struck doesn't have sight of Shaid. Meaning he can activate the ability, get out of sight and have it apply the bonus damage.

R - Make them fear Passive: Enemy champions within the sight range of Shaid, his stalker eyes, or under the effect of cover his eyes; will have apparitions of Shaid dash at them. These apparition will dash target dealing 50/100/150 (+ 30%AP) magic damage before dissipating. The enemy can't have vision of Shaid for these to appear. The apparitions appear from outside of the enemies vision as long as they are within 675 range of an area without vision, this includes bushes and corners. 16/15/14 second cooldown after being struck by an apparition before they can strike that champion again. Active: Shaid dashes to an enemy champion dealing 80/180/280 (+ 80%AP) magic damage. Upon striking the target he will become invisible to only that target for 1.5/2/2.5 seconds. Each second that Cover their eyes is on a target reduces the cooldown of Make them fear by 1 second. 200/180/150 second cooldown, 100 Mana cost, 675 range.

In-Depth So Shaid's ultimate has a passive and active effect. Passively if enemy champions don't have sight on Shaid but Shaid has sight on them via them being within sight of him or one of his stalker eyes, then a apparition of himself will jump out at them if they get too close to an area they don't have vision of. This excludes the edges of the map. So if they go near a bush they don't have vision in then a apparition can pop out of it. Upon impact they will do damage and apply his passive to the target reducing their sight range. To proc this passive you can do several things like create a shadow mist area for an apparition to pop out of. As well enemies within the shadow mist will have an apparition pop out of them no matter what. For the active he act like an apparition and dashes at the target dealing damage. It applies his passive reducing the sight range of the target. Though he becomes invisible to that targeted champion upon contact. Meaning that they can not see him nor see him on the mini map. Auto attacks or ability uses do not make him visible to that champion for the duration. Other enemy champions can see Shaid just fine for the duration however. As well this ults cool down gets reduced the longer you keep people in the dark with his passive.

So like I mentioned there will be updates to this champion. As of right now this is what I got for Shaid. I know that some parts of the kit maybe confusing so if you want to ask about anything then please. Also feel free to check out my other champion concepts as well. Thank you for reading and have yourself a nice day.

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