Why play one champion when you can play four

l am Sperm·Aug 29, 2019·2 votes·2,215 views

I thought of this a while ago but never really bothered to say anything because it was sort of an out there concept somewhat like Ivern on release but probably more difficult to make. Anyway, I always thought the idea of having a champion that is more than one character permanently was a cool idea. Like some guy who controlled 3 dogs, one for each ability, or something along those lines. Of course that would have it's own balancing and technical issues, not to mention difficulty actually playing but after watching the Sylas Dev Doodles I figured something like that wouldn't be too technically hard to make. I guess it depends on how it's designed though. It's a pretty loose concept but I always thought the concept would make for a cool jungler.

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LunarFoxzAug 29, 20192 votes

they tried, it wreaked havoc on balancing. Azir

NeameanAug 29, 20191 votes

Old Yorick says hi

ZleraAug 29, 20191 votes

Well, assuming each of the "dogs" you have named can farm (ill give each one a name. Jim, Bob, and Suzie) This would be a very opressive jungler, have Suzie go take your red, Jim take the enemy blue, and you and Bob go gank mid, so basically this champion would essentially be the king of the jungle. While I do think this is something league needs, two champs in one, it would be very oppressive, plus is would have such a skill gap (not to mention we dont have any way of controlling two distinct characters at once, sure we have like shaco Rs, but thats not the same as a separate entity, they would have to change the camera system for this to work)

AlienPrimateAug 29, 20191 votes

The OP said to have each dog linked to a different ability. An easy way to manage the jungle situation you described would be to literally put a leash on the dogs so they can't get too far from each other. Also with 3 in one that may not even be an issue because you would expect each to be pretty weak by themselves.

ZleraAug 29, 20191 votes

If they are linked then they arent different champions. Champions each have their own ability set, if they were all linked to an ability they are not much different then just an azir W.

l am SpermAug 31, 20191 votes

Saying they're different champions was a bit of a stretch. I said it because you would be controlling 4 separate units which could feel like playing four champions because of having to keep tabs on each unit. Each dog would of course be considerably weaker on its own, but having each of the dogs assigned one ability (qwe and r for the main one), when all together they could be pretty scary. This would also mean making the main champion worth very little without the dogs. I think the idea of the leash on each of the units is a good idea as long as it isn't too restricting, lets say enough to cover an entire section of a jungle, give or take some. This would keep the idea of each dog being pseudo independent while preventing a global presence that could be in three lanes at once.

Divin1tyAug 29, 20191 votes

Isn't there a Dota Champ that plays with 3-4 (?) Clones of himself and is one of the hardest champions, because when one clone dies, the champ dies?

BackdoorPrincessAug 29, 20191 votes

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Isn't there a Dota Champ that plays with 3-4 (?) Clones of himself and is one of the hardest champions, because when one clone dies, the champ dies?

Yeah you can split yourself in half to potentially double your gains, but if you get caught out all of your work is lost since you both die and all of that goes to the enemy

PandaNator43Aug 30, 20191 votes

Heroes of the storm has that. 3 individual champions, Q, W, E used an ability for one of them. If one died, you just didn't have that ability until that one respawned.