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(Champion Concept) Cholerax, the Plague Harbinger

Meep Man·5/11/2017, 12:03:26 AM·6 votes·842 views

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LORE Lost in the Kumungu Jungle during the old Rune Wars and sworn to a nation that no longer exists on the map, only in legend, Cholerax was a devout general of a long lost nation that resided near the current location of Piltover and Zaun. During the ancient Rune Wars, battles were short lived and left catastrophic craters in their wake. Cholerax, fighting for his nation in the Kumungu Jungle, also known as the Plague Jungle, was there when a World Rune left the landscape around him completely evaporated. When such chaotic, malevolent magic coursed through the Kumungu Jungle, something was born. A plague that now prohibits normal entry into the jungle by humans. However, Cholerax was not as fortunate as his brothers in arms, as he was not killed by the explosion. The lone survivor, Cholerax awoke a day later underneath a pile of what seemed to be ashes. This would later turn out to be a pile of bacteria. The crater that was left by the World Rune had transformed into something else entirely. As Cholerax awoke, he found that what was covering him was the only thing between him and what could only be described as a lake of pure corruption. Water flooded down onto him, seemingly drowning him. However, oddly, Cholerax continued to live despite clearly having his lungs and body filled with the strange juice that had filled the crater.

Slowly emerging out from the water, Cholerax wandered the Kumungu Jungle, lost without any navigator to lead him back to his nation. His body was not what it used to be. He had... changed, someway or another. When he opened his mouth, liquid flooded out in seemingly endless supplies. When he moved, he left a trail of the juice which he should have drowned in. His body had been corrupted to a point that was beyond what could be called "living". Cholerax was neither dead nor alive. The strangest part was no necromancy was involved. Something else had taken control of him. The old Cholerax wasn't there anymore. He could only let out moans and groans as he marched endlessly through the jungle. Flies and various insects followed him extremely large swarms, picking away at his body. Eventually, no blood was left for the insects, but they continued to drink. The liquid within Cholerax was found nutritious to the insects, but corrupted them as well. Soon, any insect that had once resided in the entire Kumungu Jungle was found following the moving corpse that was Cholerax.

It seemed like the jungle itself wanted Cholerax to stay within the jungle as he wandered aimlessly through the vines for years and years without end. His body did not age or hunger. He did not feel any emotion, save for one: maliciousness. The bacteria that was within the juice that flooded into Cholerax's body had taken control of him. Cholerax had become one with the bacteria, and it had taken control of every part of his body. His stomach, arms, legs, and even brain, all belonged to the bacteria. The insects that followed Cholerax were too controlled by the bacteria. The bacteria was sentient, yet only had one goal, and that was to spread. However, all of the bacteria could not leave Cholerax. His body had been mutated by the World Rune and a small chunk of it's constantly resupplying and twisting energy was left inside of him. The bacteria could not live without constantly consuming the energy given off by this small, bottomless supply of energy within Cholerax. Wherever Cholerax went, the plague followed.

It seemed like fate that the nation that had risen where Cholerax's old nation had resided developed suits that would allow them to traverse the Kumungu Jungle. These suits would be the cornerstone for later creating a cure to the plague that inhabited the jungle, but that is not the focus of the coming events. Three men entered the Kumungu Jungle and would leave, but not alone. Something had followed them out of the jungle after being lost within for so long: Cholerax. After setting up camp to rest before continuing on their journey back to Piltover, one of the explorers was bitten by a fly. Within the next few hours, all three of the men would collapse onto the ground and die, not having their suits on. Within minutes, Cholerax arrived and analyzed the dead bodies before making sure nothing was left behind to analyse by anyone else. He picked up one of their suits and found it agonizing to touch. The suit was covered in some material that withstood Cholerax's bacteria. However, the bacteria simply could not have such a simple solution to itself. A swarm of various insects began to slowly circle the suits, slowly adapting and becoming immune to the effects of the suits. This took several weeks to occur. All the while, Cholerax stood still and waited. Eventually, the flies were able to touch the suits and felt no harm. Adaptation had been a success. Cholerax had also adapted and, in a sad effort to make himself not obviously corrupted and monstrous, put on one of the suits. Unfortunately for him, after a mere day, all but the most durable parts of the suit had begun to slowly melt away from the juice he continuously leaked.

The field that had surrounded Cholerax's victims was now barren, all of the crops having melted away into goo. The farmers that previously lived there left upon noticing the ginormous swarm of insects near their field. Those farmers died a die later. After raiding the farmer's house in an attempt to find any living organisms to spread to, Cholerax would come across an incredibly large scythe. It was incredibly complex and mechanic, likely having been bought from Piltover or Zaun. As if it was destiny, the scythe did not melt or decay away at all when Cholerax touched it. Now dawning a more lethal weapon, the bacteria headed towards what it's flies had detected to be the nearest pocket of civilization. Within days, the village was completely destroyed and turned into a ginormous pile of goo and decaying buildings. Wherever Cholerax went, this was the result. Wherever he went, death and despair soon followed with the power of a World Rune behind it. None could escape the Plague Harbinger.

KIT Cholerax, the Plague Harbinger Main Role: Juggernaut Secondary Role: Warden Health- 625 (+100 per level) Health Regen.- 11 (+0.9 per level) Mana- 225 (+35 per level) Mana Regen.- 7.5 (+0.75 per level) Armor- 31 (+3.75 per level) Magic Resist- 32.1 (+1.25 per level) Movement Speed- 325 Attack Damage- 62 (+4.5 per level) Attack Speed- 0.575 (+1.33% per level) Attack Range- 200 (Melee)

Passive- Infection Innate: Cholerax is the source of his own Infection Aura around himself, which causes enemy units near him to be given 2 stacks of Infection once every second. This effect stacks up to 100 times. At certain thresholds of Infection, the target will weaker. Once the target has 20 Infection, they will receive their first debuff and will begin to emit a smaller Infection Aura around themselves. 20 Infection- The target is slowed by 2.5%. 40 Infection- The target is slowed by 2.5% and is applied Grievous Wounds. 60 Infection- The target is slowed by 5% and is applied Grievous Wounds. The target's health regeneration is disabled. 80 Infection- The target is slowed by 5% and is applied Grievous Wounds. The target's health regeneration is disabled, and their Armor and Magic Resist is reduced by 15%. 100 Infection- The target is slowed by 7.5% and is applied Grievous Wounds. The target's health regeneration is disabled, and their Armor and Magic Resist is reduced by 25%. Cholerax's basic attacks and abilities deal bonus magic damage equal to 1% (+1% per 100 AD) (+1% per 100 AP) of the target's missing health (max of 100 versus monsters). Enemies cannot lose Infection while inside of Cholerax's own Infection Aura. Once they have left Cholerax's Infection Aura and have been out of it for at least 4 seconds, they will begin to lose 5 Infection each second, reduced to 2 Infection each second if they are moving. If the target has not taken any damage for the last 8 seconds, they will lose an additional 3 Infection each second. While inside another units Infection Aura, their Infection cannot deplete but it will immediately begin to deplete upon exiting the unit's Infection Aura. Visiting their allied fountain will cause them to have 25 Infection depleted each second. Cholerax Infection Aura Range: 500 Enemy Infection Aura Range: 300

Ability 1- Pillar of Plague Active: Cholerax cannot move or basic attack (but can use abilities) for the next 2.25 seconds, during which the ground around Cholerax begins to glow green and emit gas. After the 2.25 seconds are up, the ground within Cholerax's Infection Aura erupts towards the sky with green gas, causing enemies within the area to take 50/75/100/125/150 (+70% AD) (+50% AP) magic damage and be applied 30/35/40/45/50 Infection. Cholerax is healed for 10/15/20/25/30 (+14% AD) (+10% AP) health per enemy hit, reduced by 50% for minions and small monsters. Enemies with 100 Infection before this ability hit them take double damage from this ability. Cholerax can cancel this ability once at least 0.75 seconds have passed to refund half the mana cost, but not deal any damage/healing and put the ability on cool down. Cost: 45/50/55/60/65 mana Cool Down: 9/8/7/6/5 seconds Range: 500

Ability 2- Rotten Reaping Active: Cholerax's next three basic attacks within 10.5 seconds deal 4/4.75/5.5/6.25/7% (+1% per 100 AD) (+1% per 100 AP) of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage (max of 75 versus monsters) and apply 2/4/6/8/10 Infection each. If Cholerax hits the same target with all three basic attacks, they will be slowed by 99% for 3.5 seconds, decaying rapidly over the duration, and cause them to generate 1 additional Infection each second while inside his Infection Aura for the next 6/7/8/9/10 seconds. Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 mana Cool Down: 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds

Ability 3- Lord of Flies Passive: Cholerax is followed by a swarm of flies and various other blood sucking insects, causing enemies within his Infection Aura to take 8/11/14/17/20 (+10% AD) (+5% AP) magic damage each second. This effect deals 2/4/6/8/10 (+2% AD) (+1% AP) bonus magic damage for every 20 Infection the target has. Active: A massive swarm of insects engulfs Cholerax's Infection Aura for the next 4 seconds, causing enemies within to be dealt 30/35/40/45/50 (+20% AD) (+15% AP) magic damage each second, and be applied 3/4/5/6/7 additional Infection each second. If the target has at least 50 Infection, they are also applied nearsighted while within his Infection Aura due to the flies getting into their eyes. Cost: 45/50/55/60/65 mana Cool Down: 23/21/19/17/15 seconds Passive Range: 500 Active Range: 500

Ultimate- Epidemic Active: After a 3.5 second delay, all enemies with at least 20 Infection will pulse out a wave of bacteria from their bodies, causing them and nearby enemy units within their Infection Aura to take 12/15/18% (+1% per 100 AD) (+1% per 100 AP) of their current health as magic damage (max of 500 versus monsters). The damage from multiple Infection Auras will stack. Enemies damaged by another units Infection Aura will also be applied 30/40/50 Infection and slowed by 75% for 1.5 seconds. The Infection and slow from multiple Infection Auras will not stack. Cost: 125/150/175 mana Cool Down: 195/180/165 seconds Range: Global AoE Radius: 300

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STRATEGY

Laning Phase Cholerax is a big dude with a lot of issues. However, being a pest for his enemy is not one of them. Even being near the guy will hamper his opponent, meaning that Cholerax wants to really put on the pressure for his dance partner in his lane. Constantly applying pressure through Pillar of Plague and Rotten Reaping will cause Cholerax's opponent to have to decide between waiting out and missing some farm or taking the Plague Harbinger head on to try and push him back. One thing is for certain, if the enemy doesn't do it quickly, they won't be coming out of the fight the same way they went in. They will be stacked with Infection, forcing them to sit still and recover for a bit before heading back out. This gives Cholerax some time to farm in peace or, if the enemy decides to engage without waiting out the storm, gives Cholerax the advantage in their next fight. However, Cholerax begins to fall behind when the enemy is able to perform hit and run tactics against Cholerax, abusing his slow nature in order to out-maneuver the behemoth and secure themselves an easy kill. If Cholerax can't predict his opponent's movements correctly and consistently, he will be seeing a grey screen for a good deal of the early game.

Mid-Late Game Cholerax transforms into a center piece for teams built to compliment his strengths. Teams that can benefit from abusing the enemy's position or manipulating it can allow Cholerax to unleash catastrophic amounts of damage to the enemy team and have the entire enemy team succumb to his plague through Infection. Lord of Flies becomes an incredibly important ability in team fights, allowing Cholerax to blind the enemy team and force them to use what they had been seeing before they entered Cholerax's swarm of flies to aim their abilities and hit Cholerax and his allies. Lord of Flies' near-sight effect is primarily useful for Cholerax's allies since Cholerax will want to be in melee range and within even the enemy's heavily reduced vision range. However, long range allies can have their exact position remain an enigma to the enemy team as long as Cholerax keeps them within his insects. Once Cholerax believes the time is right, he can use Epidemic in order to either force the enemy team to separate or take astronomic amounts of damage. Late game, if Cholerax can hit the same target with 5 instances of damage from Epidemic, there is a decently high chance they will be reduced to extremely low health if not instantly killed. This threat will always keep the enemy team on their toes and force them to make sure to limit how much Infection each of them have so as to not allow Cholerax to accomplish such high amounts of damage.

End Game As the game comes to an end, Cholerax will be a true menace to the enemy team, more so than any other point of the game. His mere presence brings doom for the enemy team, causing him to be a prime target for enemy crowd control and damage. It is a smart idea then to purchase items that reduce the effectiveness of enemy crowd control and damage so that Cholerax can continue his onslaught. Also, items that can counter the enemy's higher defenses will allow Cholerax to really beat up the enemy team. Liandry's Torment when combined with Rylai's Crystal Scepter has great synergy with Lord of Flies, allowing Lord of Flies to become a blender for Tanks and squishy targets alike. However, in the end, proper use of Epidemic will be how Cholerax leads his team to a victory. Using Epidemic when enemies are unable to separate apart in time, such as when they are all stunned or slowed, will always result in a large amount of damage being dealt to them, allowing Cholerax's team to quickly end the team fight.

CHANGE LOG

May 11th 4:44 PM EST

Passive- Infection

  • Reworked the decay rate. Now passively decays after a delay of leaving Cholerax's Infection Aura, decreased while moving. Depletion is increased after not taking damage for a while. Depletion is interrupted while inside another units Infection Aura (that isn't Cholerax), but will start again immediately upon exiting.

Ability 2- Rotten Reaping

  • Damage changed from 25/40/55/70/85 (+10/12.5/15/17.5/20% AD) (+16/17/18/19/20% AP) bonus magic damage per attack to 4/4.75/5.5/6.25/7% (+1% per 100 AD) (+1% per 100 AP) of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage per attack
  • Hitting the same target with all three attacks will now also cause the target to generate 2 Infection each second from Cholerax's Infection Aura instead of 1 for the next 6/7/8/9/10 seconds

Ability 3- Lord of Flies

  • Base Damage increased from 25/30/35/40/45 to 35/40/45/50/55
  • Additional Infection per Second increased from 2/3/4/5/6 to 3/4/5/6/7

May 12th 6:30 PM EST

Passive- Infection

  • Infection per Second increased to 2 from 1
  • Time required not taking damage to activate increased decay rate reduced to 8 seconds from 10 seconds

Ability 1- Pillar of Plague

  • Delay reduced to 2.25 seconds from 2.5 seconds
  • Reduced Healing Effectiveness vs. Minions and Small Monsters reduced to 50% from 75%
  • Can now be canceled early to refund half the mana cost, but not deal any damage/healing and put the ability on full cool down
  • Mana Cost increased to 45/50/55/60/65 mana from 40/45/50/55/60 mana

Ability 3- Lord of Flies

  • Passive Base Damage increased to 8/11/14/17/20 from 7/10/13/16/19
  • Passive Bonus Damage per 20 Infection reduced to 2/4/6/8/10 from 3/5/7/9/11
  • Base Damage per Second reduced to 30/35/40/45/50 from 35/40/45/50/55
  • Will now only apply nearsighted to enemies with at least 50 Infection
  • Mana Cost reduced to 45/50/55/60/65 mana from 55/60/65/70/75 mana
  • Cool Down reduced to 23/21/19/17/15 seconds from 25/22.5/20/17.5/15 seconds

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed and were thoroughly grossed out by Cholerax. His overall theme and story are based on the Death Guard in Warhammer 40K, which are my favorite army to play as besides Orks. Any feedback is appreciated as long as it is constructive. Thank you!

CCOS I have reviewed my neighbor IKratosKlayton's concept known as Genom, the Goblin if you would like to check out their concept. It's an interesting take on a few concepts that have been passed around over the years, but not many have really nailed them down as good as he has here. I would recommend giving it a look!

12 Comments

FutureCreator5/11/2017, 5:31:13 PM1 votes

The passive stacking is so incredibly slow that you would never be able to get those 100 infection stacks, 1 stack per second is way too little to actually make it useful. Either the max number of stacks needs to be greatly reduced, the stacks per second increased or alternatively it needs to be much harder to get rid of already applied stacks. Second, he will either have to deal almost no damage or be very squishy for the in your face playstyle you're going for. He either needs more percent health damage on his abilities or bigger scalings and base damage.

THE RlVER KlNG5/11/2017, 7:27:55 PM1 votes

@ChickenDynasty

The Anagram King5/11/2017, 8:14:11 PM1 votes

I LIKE this concept. And your name. Because I've been playing 40k almost religiously for the past couple of days. But that's not relevant. What IS relevant, is your concept - which I like. Did I say that already?

INFECTION is quite cool. Albeit a little bit... messy? Unfocused? Basically, it takes quite a while to stack, but doesn't take very long to UN-stack. Not only that - it requires the enemy to know precisely how the ability works, in order to recover from it (standing still). Why not increase the tick timer on the stacks, and allow the passive to begin dissipating, while outside his infection radius, after a delay? In an effort to keep the long-range infection effect relevant, you could make infections sort've 'stop' unstacking at 20/40/60/80/100 for a brief duration, allowing the infection to spread amidst groups of enemies, even if the bearer of the infection has left your passive radius. In this way, people with 20 stacks each could sort've bump into each other, and reset stack dissipation. But that's just one way you could go with it.

(That felt incredibly weird as I wrote it. I'm so sorry if it came off as borderline gibberish. :P)

PILLAR OF PLAGUE is fantastic. Suits him. Suits his playstyle. A solid cornerstone ability that punishes all-ins and spreads infection. It might be worth lowering that delay just a tiny bit. He could MAYBE even continue moving at a reduced rate, while he charges up the ability. 2.5 seconds is quite a long channel, after all, and might not be super efficient, outside of chaotic team-fights where you can pincer/flank an enemy. Might.

ROTTEN REAPING is basic, but potentially frightening. Stacking infections and slowing enemies would feel satisfying to the player. It's a solid ability. I like it.

ANGRY FRUIT FLIES is also quite good. Pestilence, plague and MORE pestilence! Doesn't feel out of place at all. For purposes of not being a yes man, though, there's always the option of THROWING flies at enemies. Pussy, yukky, sticks, oozing, flies. Cholerax doesn't have ranged attacks, after all, but does need ways to hurt back lines. Tossing flies to spread infection (and maybe even APPLY the fly DoT passive to the auras of people with 20 or more infection stacks) could be a dandy alternative, if you wanted to entertain that kind of idea.

EPIDEMIC is solid. I love it. RENDING the poor back line to bits. And they thought they were safe!

I ALSO like the itemisation suggestions. Let's face it, tanks are so one-dimensional. What you've made is something around whom an entire new item loadout can be based. It would inevitably be YOUR fault that items like Liandries' torment became hybrid ad/ap items. Thanks alot, Waaaagh.

Ýones5/12/2017, 7:31:43 PM1 votes

Good day, neighbor!

Hold up...

I've seen this format before on a different concept...

I'll think about it later.

General Gameplay:

TL:DR: This champion is very well designed. Passive would often feel too passive, and it takes 100 seconds staying near an enemy to get the powerful debuff. His abilities do count up the bonus which is fair, Q has a pretty long delay and is easily outplayed if the enemies know when it is active, it basically nullifies all All-ins. I think staying still for 2.5 seconds wouldn't be really fun gameplay, it should have an option to reactivate it to end the self root but not deal any damage afterwards. The nearsight aura on his E however would feel really bad to most ranged champions because nearsight is a really annoying effect for them since only champion they are forced to focus down is Cholelax himself. His ultimate is a strong ability that forces the enemies to spread.

The basic pattern I can see is flanking the enemy and using Q, casting E and try to get some attacks with his W before blowing them up with his ult. I think he needs more ways to stick to his targets, W has a built-up MASSIVE slow but it takes time to get unless you build attack speed. Randuin's could be a fine item for him since his Q requires enemies to stay near him.

Uniqueness:

Would play pretty uniquely compared to other juggernauts, spreading Infection and rooting in place while channeling Q is something we haven't seen before on a melee fighter. His ultimate is really awesome and fits his thematic of spreading infection. W isn't the most innovative ability in my opinion.

A shorter review but I hope it helped.

Best luck in the contest!