Vallus, The Herald of the Dead
My friend Sinerik and I made this champion in about 3 hours and think it's pretty balanced. This guy comes from the Shadow Isles and fights with a really large bell that wakes the dead when it rings. He is a hybrid fighter with low sustain, but good damage and wave clear. His kit allows him to play both Top and Jungle and either be split pushing or initiating team fights. He makes good use of items that are not used as often as others such as Zeke's Herald and the Distortion Enchantment on boots. Although he is tanky later on in the game, early game he is prone to poke and is countered by mobility. Vallus's lore puts a lot more clarity into the lore of the shadow isles. You can see many connections after reading his lore if you go to the League wiki here: http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Isles His name originated from the Latin word Bellum which means war (plus it has bell in it), we then made the name Vellum, and then just changed 2 more letters.
Lore:
The Shadow Isles were not always a land of the undead. Thousands of years ago, people tried to settle there and for many years the Isles were a normal place where families lived and children played. One of the children who lived there was named Vallus, and unlike the other children, he stayed away from people. He spent his time reading ancient myths about his homeland. Some would say he grew too attached to those myths, and as he grew older, he set off on adventures to try to find some of the ones he had read about.
After years of finding nothing, he returned to his home town to find that nearly nothing had changed, but there was somebody new who caught his eye. One day, he decided to talk to her while in the town tavern, only to find that she was interested in mythology as much as he was. She told him about an ancient god that slept, deep underground, in a cave near the town and claimed the god was capable of rewarding people with eternal youth. "I would really like to awaken the god, but the only way to awaken it is by ringing a magical bell while at the mouth of the cave." she told Vallus "The bell is hidden somewhere on the islands and I know I can't search for it alone." Vallus agreed to help her and the next morning, he set off to find the bell while she set off to find the cave.
For a few months, he wandered around the Isles, ringing every bell he could find to see if there was anything special about it, until he stumbled upon a cemetery. He wandered through the cemetery, and found a large bell being held up by a stand of rotting wood and a large stone. Just as he was about to ring it, a voice yelled at him to stop. Vallus turned around and saw an old man standing there with a shovel. The man claimed the bell was magical and told Vallus to back away before something bad happened. Vallus asked who the man was and why he thought something bad would happen. The man said nothing and ran at him, trying to attack him with his shovel. Vallus barely dodged this attack and fell over against the large stone that was supporting the bell. He was unable to get up before the man took another swing, so he reached up and grabbed a piece of the wood. He pulled the wood off and smacked the man in the head with it. The bell crashed to the ground and rang. Spirits sprung up from the ground. The old man may have been fast, but he was still fragile the light blow to the head had knocked him over and he managed to say "I told you not to ring the bell." before passing out. Vallus grabbed the bell and dragged it off as fast as he could. He looked back at the man, and saw his body getting torn apart by the spirits that came from the ground.
Vallus arrived at the town and saw the woman standing in front of the tavern where they first met. A short conversation was followed by them leaving the town and getting on a boat to sail to a nearby island. They soon saw an island covered in black fog. There was at the cave where the god was supposedly resting. The land around the cave seemed ominous and the rocks deep within the cave gave off a faint glow, showing that this place had some sort of power. They rung the bell and waited. They rung it again and waited even longer. Then a faint song could be heard from the cave. As it played, the glow from within the cave had spread to the area where the two were standing. It got louder and louder until an enormous spider burst from the cave and the music stopped. The god's mouth wasn't moving, but the two adventurers could hear a hissing voice inside their heads that they knew belonged to him. "Come into the cave." The two reluctantly followed him until he stopped in front of a small, bubbing, pond, "Which one of you awoke me?" he asked. Since Vallus was the one to ring the bell, he admitted to waking him. "Then she shall be your sacrifice, now girl... drink from the pond."
Vallus told the spider that he didn't know that there would need to be a sacrifice, plus he felt guilty about what happened to the man in the graveyard, and did not want anybody else to die from his actions. Vallus offered to sacrifice his own life so the girl can have eternal youth and the spider agreed to this deal. Vallus reluctantly cupped his hands and dipped them into the pond. The liquid burned his hands as he lifted them, he then drank all of what was in his hands.
"Then I heard the song; the spider's song. My companion cried out in terror and fell to his knees. I embraced him. I told him he had nothing to fear. He was going to a better place. I will take them all to a better place." -Elise
Stats: Health: 425 (+90) Health Regen: 4.8 (+0.8) Resource: Sound * (See* Symphony of the Forgotten*)* Range: 150 Attack Damage: 55 (+3.5) Attack Speed: 0.625 (+2.5%) Armor: 15 (+5) Magic Resist: 30 (+1.25) Mov. Speed: 350
Abilities:
Passive: Symphony of the Forgotten
Vallus builds up 5 sound on every basic attack and abilities also build Sound. Once Vallus reaches 300 sound, his next ability used that hits an enemy will awaken a demon to fight with him. The demon will summon at the location that the ability hits an enemy. Demons can be controlled by holding the [ALT] key. The Demon's Stats are as follows: Health: 50% of Vallus's Max Health Armor and Magic Resist: 35% of Vallus's Armor and Magic Resist Damage on Basic Attacks: 5/20/40/65 (+35% of Vallus's AP and Total AD combined) as Physical Damage. (Values shown at levels 1/6/10/14) Attack Speed: 65% of Vallus's Attack Speed Attack Range: 110 Demon lasts 15 seconds and gives 10 gold if killed by an enemy champion. There is no maximum to the number of demons he can summon at one time because of the time it takes to get enough Sound to summon one.
Q: The Fallen's Cries: Range: 975 **Cooldown: **14/13/12/11/10 seconds Sound Built: 20 sound
Vallus's bell sends out a shockwave in a skillshot, dealing 65/100/135/170/205 (+65% AP) (+20% Bonus AD) Magic Damage and stunning the enemy hit for .5/.75/1/1.25/1.5 seconds.
W: Toll of Despair: Range: Basic Attack **Cooldown: **8/7.5/7/6.5/6 Seconds (Goes on cooldown after the basic attack) Sound Built: 50 sound (If you basic attack before time run out)
Vallus's gains a 55% Movement Speed increase for 2 seconds and his next basic attack within 5 seconds deals 100/120/140/160/180 (+20% AP) (+45% Bonus AD) Physical Damage and slows the enemy based on their current health. Slows for 60% if the enemy has between 90% and 100% health, 55% slow if between 80% and 89%, 50% slow if between 70% and 79%, etc. Slow lasts for 1.5 seconds.
E: Soul Resonance: **Range: **400 Cooldown: Toggle Sound Built: None
Toggle on: Vallus's basic attacks echo, dealing 5/20/35/50/65 (+45% Bonus AD) as Physical Damage within 200 range and 5/15/25/35/45 (+25% Total AD) as Physical Damage in the outer 200 range. While this is toggled on, Vallus does not gain sound from basic attacks. Vallus cannot summon a Demon with this ability and this does not apply on-hit effects, however if Vallus uses his W while this is toggled on, this will gain 100 more range for that attack only. Toggle off: Vallus gains 10 sound from basic attacks instead of 5.
R: Perish Song: Range: 750 Cooldown: 120/105/90 seconds (Goes on cooldown once the last shockwave is over) Sound Built: Automatically Maxes sound
Vallus slams the ground with his bell, sending out a shockwave that knocks up enemies in a ring around him and deals 100/200/300 (+25% AD) (+60% AP) Magic Damage. He channels for 1.5 more seconds and 2 more shockwaves from the bell come .75 seconds apart. The 2nd and 3rd shockwave deal half of the damage of the first. The second of the 3 shockwaves slows by 30% for 1.5 seconds. Vallus cannot move while casting. Channel can be canceled by reactivating or moving.
Gameplay: Vallus is a very diverse top laner/ jungler who excels at both split pushing and team fights, however he is not very mobile and does not have much sustain, making champions like Nidalee, Zed, and Lee Sin counters to him and champions like Thresh and Lulu as good teammates. On him, it is best to run Flash and Teleport, so you can split push, then teleport in for a teamfight. And those two summoner spells are why he should buy the Distortion Enchantment on boots. Also Zeke's Herald works well on him because he needs the lifesteal, health, and CDR. His Demons are affected by the aura as well, giving them a small amount of extra damage and lifesteal. Since he relies on his teammates to kill during his ultimate, the aura also helps them. Another good item on Vallus is Ravenous Hydra. The lifesteal with that, plus the passive helps with both massive AOE damage in team fights and great wave clear for split pushing.
In the Top Lane/ Split Pushing:
Vallus is great at trading with other champions, especially when his sound is maxed or almost maxed, because he can easily engage and disengage. All Vallus needs to do, is land his Q, then his Demon will deal damage while he gets close, he can then use his W and basic attack once to deal damage and then use the movement speed boost to run. If he wishes to push with his E, then he can easily wave clear, and his demons can tank turrets while dealing damage to them. His W can also apply on turrets, allowing him to take them down even faster while split pushing. If an enemy decides to gank you, you can just run with your movement speed boost and stun if you need to.
In The Jungle/ Teamfights:
Being in the Jungle is great for Vallus because his early defenses are low and this helps him because he doesn't have to face an enemy champion. In the jungle, his E helps with clearing and his Demon can tank the attacks from the jungle monsters. His pre-6 ganks are decent because of the stun and slight movement increase. At worst, he will make them back off so your laner can get a few CS without having to deal with the enemy laner. A good gank pre-6 should get you to deal a good amount of damage to them and possibly get them to blow their Flash. After 6, Vallus can gank very well. He uses his stun and movement speed boost to get close, then he Ults and knocks them into the air and slows. During this time, he can't move though so he has to rely on the laners to pick up the kill. The same strategy goes for team fights, but unless he has a Thresh on his team, he may have to Flash to get into their team so he can R and having a Lulu can make them get knocked up a second time. It is also possible to get multiple Demons summoned by using his R, all he has to do, is have full sound and hit an enemy with either his Q or W, then ult and hit an enemy with the other. The Demons attack different targets but if you use the [ALT] key to move them, they will attack the same target. This is good for focusing their ADC or another threat in team fights.
Recommended Items: Top Lane:
Starting Items: Doran's Shield, 1 Health Potion, Warding Totem. Core Items: Zeke's Herald, Boots of Lucidity- Distortion, Randuin's Omen. Offensive Items: Ravenous Hydra, Nashor's Tooth. Defensive Items: Banshee's Veil, Sunfire Cape, Thornmail.
Jungle:
Starting Items: Hunter's Machete, 4 Health Potions, Warding Totem. Jungle Item: Wriggle's Lantern, the attack speed of Wriggle's Lantern helps Vallus out a lot with gaining sound, it also greatly increases his clear time and he will probably be farming when his ult is down.
Appearance:
We are currently changing how he looks, I will post some concept art within a week or two. If anybody wants to make some, they can. And if anybody wants to make ability icons, feel free.
Speech:
Upon Selection:
Bell rings in a high tone twice Greetings summoner, who will be joining the spirits today?
Movement Phrases:
Phrase 1: The Souls... They Scream Phrase 2: The Shadow Isles beckon. Phrase 3: The grave beckons. Phrase 4: Follow the ringing and slip into darkness.
Basic Attack Sounds:
When E is off and Sound is not full: A hollow, low pitched ding. When E is on and Sound is not full: A hollow, low pitched ding that echoes slightly. When E is off and Sound is full: A muffled, higher pitched ding. When E is on and Sound is full: A muffled, higher pitched ding that echoes slightly.
Taunts:
Phrase 1: What do you have to lose? Embrace your death and follow the toll. Phrase 2: I will not take a gold coin, but I shall take your life.
Special Taunts:
Ally Elise: Good to know you're still alive. Enemy Elise: Pentakill Karthus: Let me into the band. I can play the bells! Yorick: I don't want to have to kill two Moris. Hecarim: Not every path ends in war, Hecarim. Thresh: Mordekaiser: I wonder... What kind of metal is this bell made from? Lucian: You're trying to kill the dead? That makes sense... But then again, how are the dead alive? Evelynn: Braum: There are more ways to help than to just protect. Vayne: You actually think you can hunt the night? Vilemaw:
Jokes:
Joke 1: Lifts his bell into the air and says "This isn't as heavy as it looks!" Then he looks like he's struggling to hold it and drops it, demons and ghosts come out of the ground around him and look at him angrily he says "Oops.." Then they disappear. Joke 2: Vallus rings his bell wildly, trying to warn people around him of danger, then realizes he has summoned an army of demons. Joke 3: Since his lore is related to Elise's, I was thinking he could have this joke when an Elise is on the enemy team. It's a Spongebob reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2RRnk63ZO4 He would see a small spiderling crawl by and slam his bell on the ground, trying to hit it, and yelling "SPIDER!" each time, but he summons an undead creature each time and once he actually hits the spider, he says "Uhh... sorry guys..." to the ghosts and they disappear.
Skin Ideas: Dragonslayer Vallus: Vallus is holding a dragon's head in his right hand instead of a bell and his particle effects are replaced by fire and the sounds are changed. His demons are now small dragons and when they summon, they fly in from wherever. He is wearing armor made from dragon scales as well. Death Blossom Vallus: Since Vallus and Elise are related in lore, I think it would be good if they shared a skin. His bell would be replaced with a giant white and blue flower and his right arm will be a vine instead of bone. His particle effects would be changed to show petals flying from the bell/ flower. The noises of the skin will be changed as well and the demons will look like a light blue color.
Thank you guys for reading this, I plan on adding more of the speech soon. If you guys have any suggestions for skins, taunts, or anything, just comment. If you want to see my other champion concepts, go to the link below. Bump and +1 if you liked this champion! http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/q1Ykq7u8-concept-compilation
