Champion Ideas (Thematic and Conceptual Redefinition)

Lord Acacius·8/18/2015, 4:28:20 PM·11 votes·11,660 views

After thinking about buying one of the Prehistoric skins that were released a while back, I started to look at how many champions are actually reminiscent of dinosaurs.

I have found nothing, other than Renekton and Rek'Sai, who barely resemble dinosaurs. Renekton being a crocodile and Rek'Sai more of a Land Shark.

So far, many of the champions in League of Legends are modernized, or at least familiar with the concepts of societal and technological standards. I feel that we should take the concept of a champion back to much more savage roots, such as Gnar, but even Gnar has a boomerang. Also, with the redefinition of bruisers with the Mordekaiser, Darius, Garen, and Skarner rework, a savage "Dinosaur" type champion would fit the bill of accomplishing this goal.

I have come up with a few suggestions:

A Triceratops-esque champion (obviously Humanoid, although a Quadruped champion would be cool)

  1. Charging Abilities to get into fights
  2. Avoidance of damage from the front face of the character
  3. Battle Roars to bolster defenses
  4. For ultimate, go into a hideous bloodrage, swinging horns in a frenzy while moving a fixed speed (possibly gaining momentum and immunity to crowd control) *Similar to Leoric's March of the Black King

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVYgvRkBBA)

A T-Rex Type champion (Although Renekton sorta fits this theme...)

  1. Focus on biting and head butts, as the head was the main tool of a T-Rex
  2. Tail is also a component and can be used as a form of crowd control (knock back?)
  3. Savagery should be emphasized in the use of frenzies as a way to define abilities for this champion.

A Raptor-esque champion (More of an assassin rather than bruiser, or possibly fighter)

Expanded: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/BlllPqAA-velociraptor-champion-idea

  1. Leaping abilties for gap closers
  2. Emphasis on frenzied slashing as a source of damage
  3. As an alternative for number 2 for an assassin type champion, emphasis on the raptor's talon located on the foot to do a high damage single target attack.
  4. Perhaps as an ultimate, should throw the champion into a sort of "Thrill of the Hunt" type state that enhances the basic abilities for a short period

It's sort of hard to create kits for a Dinosaurs because they are such simple creatures in terms of what defines them without the intervention of technology.

Thanks for reading, feel free to suggest better ideas in the comments :)

27 Comments

Darlantan128/18/2015, 9:11:05 PM3 votes

Raptor Humanoid - RITO plz

ItsYerBoiApachai8/18/2015, 8:41:44 PM3 votes

Man i love the idea of a big raptor in the jg

Nightmist Dark8/19/2015, 12:55:05 PM2 votes

we do need more creature champs, it feels like there are too many humanoids (which i dislike for certain reasons). this comes from someone who mainly plays non-human champs. ~_^ this is my actual roster: Aatrox Blitzcrank Chogath Fizz Galio Hecarim Karthus Mordekaiser Nasus Nautilus Nocturne Poppy Rumble SkarnerYorick Zac thou, some have humanoid traits since it cant be avoided, but i'm open for more champs like a wolf, bee, fish with their actual body structures and not humanoid. http://cfnrfm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/46413_gray-wolf-mn.jpg

Digielf8/18/2015, 5:07:58 PM1 votes

Extreme Dinosaurs

JustBoneBrook8/19/2015, 1:20:55 AM1 votes

Why no one want a champ like Rexxar heroes of the storm i dont get it...

Captain Aishi8/19/2015, 1:45:57 AM1 votes

what we actually need is someone wielding a gun that SHOOTS velociraptors...

IxtaliKing8/19/2015, 11:26:20 AM1 votes

That wraith walk... we need a mage who can do that xD

Teslyn8/18/2015, 9:34:55 PM1 votes

Leoric.... damn i stay under a rock dont i... i saw the champ spotlight and all i could think about was Yorick dieing and being sent back to base.. but immediately starts moving in ghost form instead of coming back to life at the nexus.

that is an amazing feature.. that is half of what Yorick should have been.. or could be..

Gorgannan8/18/2015, 6:48:22 PM1 votes

Oh hey. I stopped playing HoTs because it's boring, but I was just telling my brother that Leoric would be a cool hero.

Not a dinosaur fan. They feel so out of place in a fantasy setting.

EDIT: Unless we're talking WoW. Dinosaurs and WoW are synonymous.

But those are just plain dinosaurs, and not like, bipedal intelligent weapon wielding dinosaurs.

Nareik Yukiboshi8/18/2015, 7:33:27 PM1 votes

dinos died out and became chickens for a reason