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[Champion Concept] Serina, The Unborn

Hoffmisc·1/12/2015, 3:50:08 AM·5 votes·1,357 views

#Serina, The Unborn

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#Table Of Contents

1) Abilities 2) Lore

#Warning! - LORE IS INCREDIBLY LONG ######You have been warned...

#1) Abilities

#Passive: Wandering Wisps

Every time Serina dies, after 7 seconds, she spawns a Wisp at the location of her death. This Wisp is controlled by the player and moves at 70% of Serina's movement speed. Wisps are invulnerable and untargetable.

When Serina respawns all Wisps will fall to the ground and enter a dormant state.

While Serina is dead all dormant Wisps rise from the ground and act as wards.

#Q: Spirits, Strike

Passive: Every 12 seconds Serina generates a Spirit Orb to a maximum of 5. If a nearby allied champion is below 40% of their maximum health then a Spirit Orb will automatically be consumed to heal them for 45/55/65/75/85 + (0.15 Total AP) health. This can only occur once every 10 seconds.

Active: Serina launches a Spirit Orb to a target location, dealing 70/95/120/145/170 + (0.45 Total AP) magic damage and slowing all enemies hit by 25%/35%/45%/55%/65% for 2 seconds.

#W: Vital Drain

Serina drains the life from an enemy, dealing 60/85/110/135/160 + (0.15 Total AP) magic damage to the target enemy. This damage increases by 0.25% for every 1% of the target’s missing health and grants Serina a stack of Vitality.

Each stack of Vitality increases the health regeneration of nearby allies by 5% per stack and all stacks of Vitality are consumed the next time Serina heals an ally to heal them for an additional 20/25/30/35/40 + (0.05 Total AP) health per stack consumed.

#E: Unburden/Burden

(Protector) Unburden: Serina sends the souls of the fallen to an allied champion to lighten the burdens of their soul, healing them for 90/125/160/195/230 + (0.45 Total AP) [3% Serina’s Maximum Health] health while increasing their attack and movement speed by 11%/17%/23%/29%/35% + (0.05 Total AP)% for 3 seconds.

(Reaper) Burden: Serina commands the souls of the fallen to plague her enemies, Serina channels for 3 seconds and deals 85/120/165/210/255 + (0.45 Total AP) [1.5% Serina's Maximum Health] magic damage over the channel while slowing by 16%/22%/28%/34%/40% + (0.03 Total AP)% for the duration of the channel.

#R: Spirit's Divide

Serina channels the powers given to her from Thresh and Senna, causing her to alternate between her Reaper and Protector stances.

Protector Stance: Serina gains 15% increased Armor and Magic Resist. Additionally Serina increases the health regeneration of nearby allies by 45%/50%/55%/60% of her own.

Reaper Stance: Serina gains 10% increased Ability Power and 20% increased Base Mana Regeneration. Additionally the base cooldowns of Serina's abilities are decreased by 1.4/1.6/1.8/2 seconds (This applies before cooldown reduction).

#2) Lore

"Some things were created by accident, others were created with purpose. I was created by a wandering specter's greed." - Serina, The Unborn

There are three main people in my story, all of whom you know.

Lucian and Senna, the couple bound to slay the darkness in this word. Thresh, the spirit bound to torment souls for all eternity.

This story has been told time and time again. But not from my point of view.

Lucian and Senna went to slay Thresh, one of the numerous banes of this world.

This went well, until Thresh sprung his trap and locked Senna's' soul away within his lantern.

The loving couple, now separated.

They both grieved for the loss of each other.

One more so than the other...

While she could not see him,

While she could not hear him,

While she could not touch him,

She could feel him.

She could feel his sorrow and pain, she could also feel the joy this tragedy brought to her captor.

After some time, she wished she could feel neither.

And after more time she slowly began to realize all of the things she could no longer do.

She could not hold him,

She could not speak with him,

She could not laugh with him,

She could not be happy.

This tormented her, to no end.

Thresh has reaped many souls over the years, many are in that lantern of his.

While many of them had sorrow of their own, Senna's was unmatched at the time.

They wished to help her, but the Warden would not allow it.

Thresh has collected many souls, too many to count.

But he craved more.

But he was only one being.

He needed another.

Thresh came up with an idea, one that would allow him to collect more souls than ever before.

He would make a partner.

While it pained Thresh to let so much of his collection go, he knew that in the long run it was worth it.

The body of an unborn, created but never meant to live in this world.

The souls which he had painstakingly collected just for the occasion.

Magics darker than any mortal could imagine.

And Senna.

With a portion of Senna and Thresh combined within this body of the unborn, I was created.

My mother I do not know, for her soul resides in the lantern to this day.

My father I wish I did not know, however similar we may be.

As for Lucian, I do not know.

He avoids me, he probably detests me.

I am the offspring of his most loved and hated after all.

Do I like to take the souls of others? Yes, it delights me.

Do I take them against their will? No, I only take the souls of those already near death.

I let them roam and come back to me as they please, although they stay close for the most part lest my father gets his hands on them.

To bend and break, To mold and make,

To take and give, To those who no longer live,

To reave the souls of others, lost, To leave them trembling in the dark.

I am my mother's child, I care for the souls who stay with me, I protect them. I do not own them as my father does.

I am my fathers child however, reaving souls is part of who I am. Its what I do and why I was born. Its how I live.

I believe my mother would be proud of me to some extent. I stay true to who I am and yet I do not destroy the lives of others as my father does. I console them, care for them.

But then again I can never truly say this with confidence, for she has remained in the lantern for the entirety of my life.

My father is irritated that I don't aid his cause. But his collection is his collection and my ‘collection’ is my 'collection'. Aside from the fact that I was born from the souls he carries I want nothing to do with him.

I wish I could speak with Lucian, he avoids me.

Is speaking with him the one thing I desire most in this world? No.

Would it be nice to speak with him? Yes.

In the very least,

Once he passes,

I wish to hold Lucian's soul.

I wish to keep him from suffering the same fate as my mother.

I wish to keep him from my father's torture.

That, is my one and only wish.

11 Comments

RiotRiot Lutzburg1/12/2015, 4:33:47 AM1 votes

First and foremost, this lore is INCREDIBLE. Your story evoked so much emotion, personal connection and resonance with existing League lore it's iNSANE. I typically have to fight off a cringe when reading amateur designer's back stories; especially as someone who has written hundreds of them in his career. This, however, was a true work of art, and accomplished with virtually zero walls of text. Bravo!

The kit itself is simple, clean and effective. None of it necessarily has that "wow!" factor, but it all works and is very cohesive. I particularly like the passive component of the Q, as if the wisps really do have their own agendas and control over their actions.

The passive, while incredibly interesting, worries me. I look at a lot of ranked games and see Soraka's and Janna's who rarely if ever die... as a support champion, it makes me worried that this passive will see little to no use. Might I recommend finding a way to make it more practical somehow?

What is the cooldown of the stance dance Ultimate? That would help me get a better idea of her play patterns.

The numbers overall look very conservative to me. Serina's damage is practically non-existent. I feel they could use a considerable bump- especially her Q. Conversely, I'd be worried about just how much she's healing her allies for, given Riot's firm stance on how careful they are with introducing healers into the roster these days.

Finally, while I get the symmetrical nature of the E, I don't think a channeled heal synergizes with an allied speed boost. You're stuck there channeling and meanwhile they're oooouta here! If they need to run, it's likely that you do, too. I'd suggest finding an alternative secondary effect to the heal.

Overall I am highly impressed with both the theme and execution of Serina's lore, and the simplicity and simultaneous effectiveness of her kit. This concept shows a lot of finesse and restraint, which is a very hard skill to acquire in an environment like this. My only major criticism is to perhaps open up a little more with one of these abilities and truly give Serina something iconic and impactful.

EpicPrism1/12/2015, 5:17:22 AM1 votes

OMFG keep this thread alive i want to see this champion made this one is so origional with a pinch or yorick with the dead but this champion is outstanding as u made her sound and the loar omg the loar i would definetly pay (975rp) for her hell i would pay 1000rp for her thats how amazing u made her sound

Kamiroo Wolf1/12/2015, 5:26:58 AM1 votes

Senna and Thresh :0

Love the lore(its the only part I actually read x.x sorry)

Akeito1/12/2015, 6:27:33 PM1 votes

Poor Lucian

Now he hate the world even more

Bloody Thresh just indirecy had sex reproduce a kid with the guy's wife

So Serina's gonna bear a kid form or a grown up ?

FlameHalbrdOkido1/13/2015, 2:56:16 AM1 votes

I really like Wandering Wisps, it means that if a player died in the middle of a fight they wont feel completely useless and will have something to do. It helps with the fun factor, like you defied death, but the best thing is that if you do fight in the middle of a fight, the wisps that are wards can help with the mop ups in that enemy players will find it hard to escape. So only Wisps that have been placed in a previous death time can act as ward after you have placed them. The wisp that a player would currently be moving would have a sight radius right? So unlike other wards her wisp are completely dormant until death, and thus do not have a timer, and could not be seen or targeted by enemies? Vitality stacks are interesting i really like that mechanic, GJ. Liked the lore, its a good read.