Ultimate ability concept for Yorick rework
What if Yorick's ult would work a bit like a combination of his current ult + kindred ult + Sion passive, a bit larger radius, doesn't affect enemies is a toggled aura preceeded by a short channel
The Ultimate
- Allies in a radius around Yorick who died will reanimate after a very short duration as a ghoul. As a ghoul they lose life over time which is slowed down by staying within Yoricks reanimation aura
- These ghouls function a bit similar to Sions passive
- Ghouls gain bonus omnivamp something like 15-25 % and heal nearby ghouls for a portion of the heal 50% or something like that, this includes other reanimated allies and Yoricks ghouls and even Yorick himself
- Staying near Yorick makes a reanimated champion ghoul decay slower as long as he keeps his aura toggled up Think something along the lines of dying as fast as Sions passive, but within Yoricks aura this decay rate is halved,
Reanimated Ghouls
- Utilize the reanimated champions stats like health, armor and ad, but cannot use abilities
- Can use item actives, passives and retain aura's
- Reanimated ghouls have a fixed attackspeed
- Get bonus damage on hit based off of their primary stat. Bonus physical damage based on a part of bonus health/AD/armor Bonus magic damage based on bonus AP/Magic resist
** Other Ghoul attributes**
- Ghouls gain a bonus 3% movementspeed for each nearby reanimated ghoul this is doubled outside of Yoricks reanimation aura toggle at the cost of doubled decay rate
- Death timer starts when you die not when your reanimation dies just like Sions passive.
- For the sake of other on death abilities and passives this one takes priority over everything so before GA revives you first become a ghoul Sion becomes a ghoul twice Aatrox becomes a ghoul then revives
- Decay rate is a % so all reanimated ghouls die equally fast if left untouched.
Effects on Yorick
- When Yorick dies with the ultimate active the aura ends as he reanimates himself
- Yorick gains full reanimation benefits and thus has the halved decay rate as if he was inside the aura and the double movespeed bonus for nearby ghouls as if he were outside of the aura.
Ultimate Ability Statistics Cooldown: 140/100/60 Channel duration: 1/1/1 Initial mana cost: 150/100/50 Toggle mana cost: 25/25/25 Aura range: 600/650/700 Ghoul decay rate redution: 40/50/60% Reanimation happens fast in 0.5 seconds at most.
Visuals
- After channeling Yorick releases a dark mist which keeps surrounding him like foggy area, it would be noticeable and allows allies and enemies to see where his aura reaches. However it would not have to cause too much visual clutter so its translucent and highlights his aura radius at the edges with little bits of fog elsewhere but not even near enough to cause visual clutter.
- When Someone reanimates a coffin sprouts from the ground and it busts open and the reanimated ghoul steps out.
Gameplay _ Against_ This ability makes Yorick a terrifying enemy in teamfights its best to interupt the channel when he starts it or disengage when he channels or his ultimate is active similar to how one doesnt want to fight a mega Gnar.
With If you are with Yorick this ability allows you to take more risks in taking objectives like a dragon figth because even if Yorick is the last standing you can still grab it. As a reanimated ghoul protect Yorick by staying near so he can keep his aura up heal more as you stay alive longer and reanimate more allies or charge after a priority target leaving the protection of his aura and increasing your decay rate.
**Other possibilities ** Depending on your main stats once could spawn as different types of ghouls each with a special one use ability and different bonuses/effects Although this might be too complicated it would make the ability even more interesting
Final word I hope you all like this ability. I tried to make it with a bit of fun in mind and wanted something awesome that fit Yoricks theme and i think i succeeded with his ultimate concept. As you can see i havent given it a name yet but for now im calling it Reanimate. If anyone has a more awesome name or concerns, feedback or other things to say then by all means do so.