Dragon Turtle Champion Concept (Gamacuda)

Ok, to preface this idea, i made a thread earlier this week for Riot to make a Turtle champion. I posted the link to that thread. It was not a troll or anything. , imo, isn't a turtle champion, because he is an Armadillo, or Armor -dillo. So i decided to make a base concept for this guy and i would love to see him come to life, and no, not as a human with a turtles shell for a shield. Now realize that all these concepts from the spells, to passives, to visual designs, and lore aspects are all up for discussion, and change, so please give your input, and ideas.

Concept: Basically, i want a champion that is a giant turtle, or tortoise who has very interesting and engaging abilities and lore, we don't need another animal champion with no lore depth like , or . He should be atypical of a cliche turtle. I personally would like him to be evil, or from the Riot viewpoint, mean. Riot has a mediocre set of "villains", in my personal opinion, but i'll make a post for that later. He should be large and intimidating. With spikes and shit. I am liking the name Gamacuda.

Visual: I want to make him based on the mythological Dragon Turtle from Chinese and Japanese myths, and he needs to be scary. As in Shit your pants at the sight of him scary. I found some pics of cool ideas i want him to embody, and yes i realize one of them is Blastoise. (the fan art was too cool to pass up) https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c3/26/21/c32621b48a25fbc596782fd8f5cfd6e0.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a0/36/83/a03683d13c06c89fdbdac6dd28bd6c88.jpg http://i.imgur.com/zFgfG15.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/b32a/f/2012/362/4/e/turtle_dragon_by_beastofoblivion-d5pgh7g.jpg You can literally google "dragon turtle" and find all of these and more.

To expand he needs to be terrifying. As a juggernaut, & mage he needs to be horrific visually, and game-play wise.

Abilities: Ok, these are obviously my first crack at his abilities so this is very malleable/subject to change.

Passive: Turtle Power - Gamacuda takes 50% less damage when attacked from behind.

Q: Genbu's Breath - After a 1.5 second delay, Gamacuda launches a ball of water from his mouth, freezing on impact stunning for 2.5 secs, and damaging enemies while reducing their resistances slightly. (Magic Damage) Cannot be cast during his W.

W: The Half Shell - Gamacuda retracts into his shell and spins. His Hextech Arm, and the spikes of his shell do magic damage to surrounding enemies, also he is slowed but takes a % less damage while in this form.

E:Snapping Trap - Gamacuda opens his jaws, and when an enemy comes within auto attack range he bites down on a single target, dealing % Hp damage to his victim, as magic damage. When active he cannot auto attack. Ability cancels, and refunds Mana if no one gets bitten within 7 seconds. This can be active while Big G is in his W, but the bite does 25% less damage this way, and his Damage reduction goes slightly down.

R:Kame Kami - Gamacuda becomes enraged to the point of madness. He throws caution to the wind, and hurls his shell as a damaging projectile, dealing magic damage, and becoming impassable terrain. This also removes his ability to use his W, and passive. The Shell comes back after 8 seconds or if Big G can manage to pick it up. He gains 30% movement speed during this ability. Shell cannot be tampered with by enemies until either the 8 seconds are up or he picks his shell up again.

Lane I imagine this champion to be a solid fit for either Top, or maybe Jungle. I can see his E as a clever means to punish face-checkers, and he can follow up with his Q to get a solid jump on any enemy. Alas his potential for ganks is pretty trash prior to level 6, when he can cut off escape points and gain that move speed. His role is to take and give out a solid range of damage. Take more than deal sounds more balanced to me. I would like to think i made a solid kit for him to stand out, but not be over bearing. Perhaps i didn't encompass the terror i wanted for him in his kit, but i feel it's a solid kit. He seems to thrive when he can either surprise an enemy, or when he can get them to overstay, overextend, or overestimate themselves in lane or in the jungle.

Lore (Understand i am almost guaranteed to butcher this) Gamacuda was with the Dragon Turtle tribe, in the coasts of the Tempest Flats of Shurima, being coached by his father to lead the tribe one day. Alas Gamacuda loathed the idea of becoming the honorable ruler his father was trying to mold him to be. He always imagined ruling with an iron fist and be feared as a mighty king. He often dreamed of Ascension, because he heard whispers of the Emperors Legend.He idolized Azir as a true god. So He discovered many ways to lash out against his Authoritative father, and he often went of on his own to hunt, and challenge any man or beast who would dare try and oppose him. He soon learned a lesson he wouldn't soon forget. Aside from the many scars he gained in battle, he stumbled across an enemy he knew to be the natural predator of his tribesmen. Crocodiles. This was no ordinary crocodile, though, this Croc had a name. Renekton was the name of this beast, and Gamacuda challenged him, and within the battle with the Ascended Crocodile Gamacuda was put in his place by having his left arm removed. Beaten, disgraced, and barely living, Gamacuda never felt so alive. Not only did he meet a worthy challenger, but he realized all the rumors and whispers were true about the legendary Ascended. So the one armed Dragon turtle left his home, and his fathers dream of him becoming a grand ruler, behind. He set out to learn the secrets of Ascension, and to topple the gilded regime of the current Shuriman Empire. Not long after his goals were set, he realized he couldn't do it in the state he was in, so he set out for a land in which could grant him a new arm, Zaun. Many misfortunes came with his journey to Zaun, not only did he have to cross, and war with the wretched Targonians, who have been enslaving his kind for eons, but he had to journey past Noxus, and the Ironspike mountains. His time spent in Noxus granted him repute among the power obsessed fiends, but it gave him an idea of what his Shurima should be like. Then, he went through a treacherous climb through the Ironspike peaks, and finally made it to the miasmic, and in disrepair state of Zaun. Where he located many people who merely tried to take him as an experiment, but he made sure they knew where he stood, on top of them. He eventually found a Scientist who specialized in robotics, and augmentations, not Viktor. haha Gotcha. He met a man who goes by Professor Stanwick, who was the one to steal Viktors fame for Blitzcranks sentience, and Urgots revival. Stanwick gave him his new arm, what a horrific masterpiece it was. Spiked and as thick as Gamacudas own shell. Stanwick also told Big G about the institute of War, where he could test his new arm and fighting capabilities against Runeterras finest warriors in combat. He could even rematch Renekton, and Kill his beloved Azir.

Ok, that's all i got. This literally took me hours to come up with and even long to rewrite and make sense of. So please give your thoughts and ideas to make this concept better. I'm gonna need all the help i can get if this idea will reach the ears of Riot employees. Thanks for reading all of this if you made it this far.