[Champion Concept] Lezzat, the Kumungu Wasp
Background Missing Persons Report: Evidence Found. Outcome: Grisly. Mrs. and Mr. Summers, I regret to inform you of our findings, but per your request we have sent a team of investigators to the area. Here is what they found.
My name is Lesat, I was sent on a reasearch mission to the Kumungu Jungle as part of my own academic research into various insects. The Kumungu Jungle is home to some very mysterious varieties of insects, bugs, anthropods...it's astounding. However, I fear that the local nature populace is upset and agitated. I request to be removed and a well suited investigation team is sent to find the reason for this agitation before further research is conducted. Personal Journal Page 1. First page found. Only the last page was found with this.
My request was denied and I fear I shall never know what was agitating the natural populace, but the academy made some calls and now I have security to continue my research. Things seemed to have calmed down. However, I do not trust the guards. They seem...shady. They are always watching my every move, which is normal for guards I suppose, but then I found one sifting through my bag on an outting once. When confronted by myself they refused to say anything, claiming that they did nothing. Something isn't right. - Personal Journal Page 7. Last known page.
Video recording comes to life. Lesat is knelt by some flora where a rather large wasp is sitting upon. He records something down on paper and is heard to be muttering
"Interesting...yes, this rather large variety of wasp actually drinks the nector and stores it in these sacs....yes."
The wasp flies off and Lesat writes some more notes. The video feed jumps and Lesat is gone. The time of the recording changes to a few days later
Night time a few days later. The giant wasp is back. Lesat sits nearby continuing to write his notes. Something agitates the wasp from within the forest. A sound, the guards come running into the area and attack the Wasp which deftly defends itself. It is not known what caused the guards to attack the wasp, but Lesat is genuinely surprised. Jumping and hiding behind a field desk. Moments later more wasps come to the aid of the lone one. Within seconds the guards are dead and the wasps fly off. Lesat hesitantly comes out, visibly shaken, but studiously starts taking notes
"Unknown why the guards attacked, the wasp somehow communicated with the others and they responded with surprising speed. Their stingers were like steel, hidden in the far end of their abdomen. They pierced the armor of the guards with swiftness. They began attacking each other. They lay bloated by some sort of venom. I must investigate."
Feed cuts out and appears again, but in a room to be presumed made in the field. Lesat now has a guard on an operating table and is dissecting them. Commenting into some device.
"The venom seems to have melted the internal organs of the specimen. The brain has shown strange changes to denote an hallucinagenic agent used in the venom of the wasp. I need to cu...."
A guard barges into the tent, followed by others. They carry some sort of box with them. Visibly surprised Lesat asks what is going on. In anger the guards replied
"This is your fault! You deranged lunatic! Who investigates these things? I've lost buddies to these, and now you're dissecting them and calling them a specimen? If you love them so much why don't you taste them!"
With that the guards shake the box up and open the door on it, instantly dropping it and running. Sealing the room behind them. Lesat struggles, but is no match for the mutliple stings he receives. The tent is a blur as wasps tear into the room from outside and completely overcome Lesat.
The feed flickers and the wasps are gone. Guards, along with a man in a scientist jacket walk in hestitantly. The lab coat man speaks.
"Wonderful! Just wonderful! You've done excellent work boy! Just as I had planned."
The guards shift and the one in charge shrugs
"He experimented on our comrades. Didn't even let us do a proper burial."
The lab coat man motioned his hand in a dismissal sort of way and handed what could only be described as a bag of gold >
"Now leave us and take your buddies. This one is mine. I'll call on you when I'm done."
The guards shifted uneasily, but obeyed. Soon the room, filled with holes, was left to the man and Lesat who, miraculously, was somehow still breathing
"Still kicking Lesat? Eh, we'll change that. You see, I told the academy you were dead, and so they sent me. You are a genius, I didn't see it. Now I will take your credit."
Lesat tries to outcry, but is in too much pain from the multiple stab wounds and the man speaks
"Let's get to work." The feed cuts out
The feed flickers and changes to the man in the lab coat over Lesat. He wipes his forehead and lets out a consternated breath
"How are you still alive..."
Lesat's eyes visibly shift towards him, though Lesat is cut open like a cadavar
"Something to do with the venom...it doesn't effect you like the others. Well, you're used up Lesat. The academy was praising your work, but now it is my work. Guards!"
The guards entering and visibly balk as they walk in to see him sewing Lesat, who was still conscious, back up. The man finished sewing and motioned to Lesat
"Throw him in the jungle somewhere. I don't care where. Make sure he disappears."
The guards take his body, and the feed cuts again. This time, another video appears. Lesat is laying on the ground where he was dumped. Bloodied and dirty. Nothing on him as they were removed during the live autopsy. It's silent except for the muffled moans of Lesat. Soon, buzzing is heard and Lesat visibly screams as they swarm him. The feed cuts out and all goes black
Video pops up. A month later reads the timestamp. The man in the lab coat is at a field table in the open. The camp now has walls around it and is relatively walled off. His guards patrolling the area. All is silent, then buzzing. A large shadow blurs in the jungle treetops and the guards become alerted, readying their weapons. The man in the lab coat stares calmly up, but is poised to move at a moments notice. Soon, the buzzing is louder. Even louder now. A guard calls out but it is too late. A blur pulled him into the treetops and moments later an arm is thrown back into camp over the wall, followed by a body from the treetops riddled with holes. The buzzing is deafening now. Wasps fill the camp and knock down the camera to the ground. Wasps fly in all directions as the guards try, and fail to hold them off. In the dense swarm is a larger form. Almost humanoid and yet with distinctive features like a wasp. The lab coat man is trembling on the ground against a fallen desk.
"Please god no. No, please. I mean you no harm! I just want to study!" The lab coat man pleaded with the larger creature who turns towards the fallen camera and walks towards it
"No harm?" The figure speaks and a buzz is heard from its words "Do you not remember me?" A soft laugh escapes the creature, and the wasps somehow mimic this with buzzing
It walks towards the camera and kneels down, its face now seen. Relatively human male with a few differences. His eyes are pitch black with little hexagon shapes connecting in them. His cheeks have small mandibles/spikes protruding out of them, but his mouth is relatively human. His hair was more of a fuzz like on a bee, but with the color of the wasps. On the top of his head were two antenae which resembled that of a wasps.
"I'm Lezzat," The creature smiled, and when he spoke it revealed a forked tongue, and a buzz eminated from his voice. The lab coat man screamed and the video dies.
No other videos were found. Everything remains static and the camp was found in ruins with no signs of any of the bodies. The jungle had taken it back.-Academic Report Filed with the Academy of Piltover over the Disappearance of Field Agent Lesat, the Child of Cali and Edwin Summers the Owners and Founders of Summers Antiquities. Also the Subesquential Disappearance of Field Agent Norman. The Academy hereby removes Norman from its rankings for the Act of Sabotaging Anothers Work for their Own Benefit.
Signed, Senior Director of the Academy of Piltover, Reginald Alurin III
Quick View Point From Lezzat Lezzat was betrayed by his best friend Norman. His heart weighs heavy at the loss of the guards until he knew that it was all a scheme to get Norman to Kumungu to take his research from him and take all the credit. The venom from the Kumungu Wasp somehow preserved his organs rather than melt them. Giving hims a strange immunity to its effects. It is believed also that the strong magics of the jungle infused themselves into Lezzat during his research as he spent more time there and was intune to the nature. He feared it, but respected it. He loved it.
Notes from me, the Creator The wasps initially attacked Lezzat out of fear and self defense after being riled up. The venom mixed with his unique dna which was able to survive the venom. This allowed him to remain alive, and conscious, during the live autopsy despite the immense pain. It was through this change and strength of will he was able to pull this off. Once dumped in the jungle the strong magic of the place fused the venom and Lezzat even further, strengthening and changing Lezzat. The wasps picked up on distress signals from Lezzat and so they sprang into action. They carried him away to be tended to. When Lezzat came to he was changed and could understand and talk with the wasps. He understood they communicated through scent, telekenisis, and various ultrasonic sounds. He could also communicate with other wildlife.
The wasps were intelligent and were interested in Lezzat as well before his transformation. That is why they returned every day. Not because of the flower. He was flattered and over the time they spent together the wasps became loyal to him and he became loyal to them. This lead to his name change, albeit slight. The wasps when they say his name comes out as "Lezzat" rather than "Lesat" due to the extra buzz in the tone. Just a bit of trivia for you.
Appearance Lezzat is human in shape with two legs and two arms, but his overall appearance is wasp like. All of his skin has taken on a tough chitin exterior which layers over his original skin and is a dull yellow in color splotched with black dots and stripes here and there. His legs are relatively human in appearance with thighs, knees, and calves. However his feet have lost their human appearance and have turned wasp like with feelers that allow him to stick to surfaces.
His arms are still human in appearance save for the chitin exterior. On the forearms of his arms however the chitin opens up to reveal a multitude of stingers which can be extended like blades, stuck into things, and shot out at high speeds. His hands are only covered by chitin on the backs of them. The chitin on his fingers are sectioned to allow for the joints. This applies for other joints as well. The sections are tightly interlocked however so you can't see the softer skin underneath.
His back has sprouted human sized wasp wings, which when folded seem to fuse and form a cloak around him. Chitin covers them completely when in this state. His face retains most of his human structure. The side of his face and around his ears have a layer of chitin over them, and from the chitin on the cheeks mandible like stingers poke through slightly. His mouth remains completely human in appearance save for his tongue which has become forked. Around his eyes, nose, and mouth is completely free of chitin. The pupil, iris, and scelara of his eyes are completely black. His eyes have also taken on the appearance of tiny hexagons connecting.
However, when in battle a chitin mask comes into place over his nose and mouth from his cheeks. Over his eyes a see through layer of chitin is formed. The hair on his head has taken on the fuzz like appearance you see on bees and is relatively short. The color of his hair is that of the wasps color of dull yellow and black. Also on his head are two antennae situated above the temple near this hair/fuzz line. These antennae retract slight as Lezzat is able to make a chitin like hood over his head that he can retract back in the base of his neck behind him.
Height: 5' 8" as Human. Now he is roughly 6'. Build: Average as a Human. Now he is slightly more muscular in appearance. Weight: 140lbs as a Human. Now he is able to change his weight at a moments notice by changing the density of the chitin. Age: 24
STATS Health: 530-1980 Health Regen: 8-23 Mana: 350-980 Mana Regen: 4-18 Armor: 27-90 Magic Resist: 32.1-53.4 Attack Damage: 58-113 Attack Speed: 0.65-1.01 Attack Range: 500/150 Movement Speed: 355 Primary Role: Assassin Secondary Role: Marksman
Quick Synopsis Lezzat uses two forms in his kit. Speed and Precision. Speed allows for movement speed, close quarters, and high dps. Precision allows for range, control, and positioning. Being able to utilize these two forms effectively allows Lezzat to quickly take down targets and be extremely fearsome on the field.
Overall Lezzat is a speedy Marksman/Assassin focusing on high attack speed, movement speed, and critical strike chance. He uses his abilities to get close to his prey and strike hard or whittle them down from afar.
Basic Attacks While in Speed form his basic attacks use the stingers on his forearms as twin swords, an extension of his own arm, literally. While in Percision form he shoots the stingers from his arm towards his target.
Movement When in Speed Form he leaps across the ground by pushing off from one point to go to another. Think of it like Kalista when she is attacking, but moves during it except it is a constant. His wings push him forward along with his legs during this animation. The leap is from point A (his starting point) to point B (where the cursor is or the max range his movement speed allows). Example: 355 MS. Clicks 150 units way, will leap to that point. However, click 400 units away he will leap to 355 units.
While in Precision form he moves across the field by flying around.
DISCLAIMER All icons used I found at Hiveworkshop. All credit for the icons go to their respective creators. I am using them as references to my abilities. They will be as close as I can find and so may not be perfect, but they are simply references and placeholders. Thank you.
Passive http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/12/icons_11557_btn.jpg Venomous Sting Lezzat's basic attacks slow by 5% and damage enemies for 1% of their current health applied over 3s. Can stack up to 5 times. At max stacks if the enemy is hit by one of Lezzat's other abilities they are stunned for 0.5s and are damaged for 10 (+5 per level) base + 1.3% (+0.1% per level) maximum health instantly. This removes all stacks and stacks cannot be applied to them again for the next 6s.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/2/icons_1454_btn.jpg Q: Twin Needles Precision Form Lezzat shoots two stingers in target 1000 unit direction. Each stinger has its own hitbox and each deals 50/80/110/140/170 (+50% AD) physical damage and slows the target by 15/20/25/30/35% for 1s. If both stingers hit the same target they are dealt twice the damage and are stunned for 0.5s. If both hit a target with max Venomous Sting stacks the stun of both Twin Needles and Venomous Sting work together, stunning the target for 1s.
Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Cooldown: 18/16/14/12/10s Projectile Speed: 1600 Space Between Each Stinger: About 1 Teemo or small Lane Minion.
Speed Form Lezzat leaps at high speeds towards targeted enemy and strikes twice with his stingers dealing 60/100/140/180/220 (+60% AD) physical damage and are slowed by 50% for 0.5s. This deals on hit effects. Critical strike damage is reduced to 150% for this ability. Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1s.
Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12s Leap Speed: 2000
NOTES Precision form Twin Needles allows for long range poke and control. Able to slow enemies and deal damage. Coupled with Venomous Sting this can effectively single out a target, making them easy prey for Lezzat or his teammates.
Speed form Twin Needles allows for closing the gap on Lezzats target and effectively forcing them either into retreat or a battle they will have a hard time winning. This is his main engage ability.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/18/icons_17724_btn.jpg W: Wasp Swarm Precision Form Lezzat summons a swarm of wasps 300 units wide and sends it in target direction to target location. They deal 30/60/90/120/150 (+50% AD) physical damage to enemies along its path. Upon arrival at the target location the swarm takes on a spherical appearance and lasts for 3s. During this time enemies within the swarm take 10/20/30/40/50 (+5% AD) every 0.5s and are slowed for 10/15/20/25/30% which lasts for 1s upon leaving the swarm.
Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 Cooldown: 12s Cast Range: 800 Max. Swarm Speed: 1500
Speed Form Lezzat disappears into a swarm of wasps for 1/1.5/2/2.5/3s reducing all movement hampering effects and durations by 10/20/30/40/50% and increases his movement speed by 20/40/60/80/100. During this time Lezzat can move over and through units as well as retains his ability to move over and through obstacles/terrain. Each time Lezzat is hit by CC reduces this abilities cooldown by 1s.
Cost: 100/105/110/115/120 Cooldown: 20s
NOTES Precision Form Wasp Swarm is an adjustable skillshot. The skillshot is a straight line with a circle at the end of it. The max range is 800, but can be adjusted shorter than that. This is Precisions form main control ability, able to control where the enemy is due to them avoiding this swarm as well as helping slow enemies.
Speed form Wasp Swarm allows mobility for Lezzat as he closes in on his target or is trying to get out of a sticky situation.
Also, icon was the closest I could find that sorta resembled what I was going for. The icon is a person hiding in leaves, but from a distance (at least for me) it looks like a bunch of flying insects. So, this is the closest I could find. :\
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/17/icons_16749_btn.jpg / http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/6/icons_5984_btn.jpg E: Flight or Fight http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/17/icons_16749_btn.jpg Precision Form: Flight Lezzat's flight response kicks in he quickly dashes in target 400 unit direction. After the initial cast a short 0.25s cooldown is applied. After this short cooldown Lezzat may activate this again for additional costs. Each cast is followed by a 0.25s cooldown. This ability goes on full cooldown after 2s of not recasting. Wasps sense his flight response and kick in to protect him. Whenever he dashes wasps are left in his last location which slow enemies that walk through them by 10/15/20/25/30% and lasts for 1s upon leaving them.
Other abilities may be cast during the animation of this dash. Taking champion or neutral monster damage decreases this abilities cooldown by 1s.
Initial Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Additional Cost: 20 + 10 for each cast after. Example: Initial 70. Additional 20. Next additional 30. Next additional 40. etc. Cooldown: 16/14/12/10/8s
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/6/icons_5984_btn.jpg Speed Form: Fight Lezzat's fight response kicks in increasing his attack damage by 10/20/30/40/50% of his Bonus AD and his Attack Speed by 50/75/100/125/150% of his current Attack Speed that lasts for 3s. Taking champion or neutral monster damage decreases this abilities cooldown by 1s.
Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12s. Does not go on cooldown until after the duration expires.
NOTES Precision form Flight offers Lezzat positioning capabilities as well as an escape while in this form. As a ranged champion in precision form this is invaluable to get out of situations as well as get close to situations that benefit him.
Speed form Fight offers Lezzat some much needed help against opponents that may be relatively tougher than himself, or to simply overwhelm a rather pesky yet squishy target.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/5/icons_4476_btn.jpg / http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/6/icons_5589_btn.jpg R: Speed and Precision Lezzat starts out with one point in this at the beginning of the match and gains ranks it it at the regular ultimate rank levels of 6, 11, and 16. Lezzat changes between two forms using this ability. Precision which is aimed towards ranged combat and Speed which is aimed towards melee combat. Lezzat is able to change between these forms at will after a short cooldown.
Cost: None Cooldown: 3s
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/6/icons_5589_btn.jpg Precision While in Precision form Lezzat gains 500 range on his basic attacks and begins flying swiftly across the battlefield, able to move through units. Within 1s of switching from Speed form to Precision form Lezzat's next basic attack shoots two stingers instead of one. Each stinger has a 25/50/75/100% chance to critical strike. This counts as one basic attack for the passive stacks.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/resource_images/5/icons_4476_btn.jpg Speed While in Speed form Lezzat's basic attack range is reduced to 150 and drops to the ground, beginning to leap across the battlefield. In Speed form his base movement speed is increased to 360/365/370/375. Lezzat also loses his ability to move through units, but is granted the ability to jump over them as well as leap over obstacles while moving. If he is right next to a unit when he goes to move in the direction of that unit he will "run into them" and not over them. This causes him to fall short of where he was planning on moving. This only applies to units and not obstacles/terrain.
NOTES Precision form is shown by Lezzat taking to the air and releasing his wings. His arms are slightly propped out before him as this is what he shoots with. His chitin hood is over his head, but not far enough to stop the antennae from popping out. His face becomes hidden by the chitin mask over his nose and mouth and the seethrough chitin over his eyes.
Speed form is shown by Lezzat touching the ground as he leaps about the place. His wings are hidden as a chitin cloak until he leaps and then they appear and help push him in the direction he is going along with his legs pushing him. His chitin hood is pulled completely up and his antennae are hidden. The seethrough chitin is removed but the mask remains. His stingers on his forearms elongate to form stinger swords. Each arm shows four of these in a claw like manner. The longest stinger on the top, two small stingers on the side of his wrists (one on each side of the wrist), and one medium stinger from the bottom of his forearm. Hope that description made sense.
The Icon for speed is the closest I could find other than a boot or foot. So, instead of the dark elf person just imagine this but with my champions face instead. Or just imagine my character in a leaping pose or something. After all, these icons are just placeholders, but I try to get as close as I can. :P
Other Information and Fun Stuff "The zzwarm izz beckoned!" Upon selection.
"We shall feazzt of your nectar from your beautiful flower!" A taunt to enemy Zyra.
"My parentzz zzay you are quite capable...Let'zz tezzt that shall we?" Taun to an enemy Ezreal. The tie to Lezzats parents is that they are owners and founders of a successful antique store and they have hired Ezreal before.
"I fly on the wind...you won't even see me coming." Taunt and during movement.
"I can't fazze them...not like thizz," In reference to his parents and the change of his appearance.
"They zzpoke of you girl...zzay you are a fearzzome predator. Let'zz zzee that hold up." Taunt towards Nidalee.
"Zztrong you are they zzay. The wazzpz. Come kitty, let uzz play." Taunt towards Rengar.
Buzzes happily as he flies around back and forth to the tune of some unknown music. Wasps join in the dance This is his dance animation. Just flying back and forth with the wasps and buzzing happily.
Recall Upon recalling wasps are called around him. They begin lifting him up and as the timer hits zero they all fly away together and he appears at the nexus on a cloud of wasps.
Death Animation Upon dying there is a buzzing that you hear as he falls, wasps quickly surround him and take his body away.
"What zzort of creature are you? Not quite an inzzect, but rezzembling one...Quite the zzpecimen." Inquiry to Kha'Zix and Rek'Zai.
"You've upzzet them," Wasps fly angrily around Lezzat as he tries to calm them, "You zzhall pay for that." A taunt towards Kha'Zix and Rek'Sai.
"We zzhall zzee who izz the better hunter," Taunt towards Kha'Zix.
Pulls his chitin hood over his face in a shy way and buzzes coyly This is an interaction when he is around women. Lezzat was very shy as a human around the opposite gender and retains that quality. This activates either by standing still near them or using the joke function.
He lifts his arms out to his side and wasps appeararound him and lift him up "Fear the zzwarm!" A regular taunt/joke.
Idle Animation Aside from the shy animation Lezzat also has an idle animation where a rather beautfiul and different wasp flies into his view, fascinated he searches his person for a notebook, but cannot find one. So he holds his arm out and the wasp lands on it. Now two things can happen, it's randomly chosen which. One, the wasp buzzes and so does Lezzat in a very happy way. Two, the wasp turns a bright red and stings him to which he pulls his arm back in mock hurt and laughs. His laugh is pretty much a regular laugh, but with buzz noises. The wasp, in either scenario will then fly and seem to "kiss" Lezzat on the cheek.
Another idle animation if he is in the jungle, he will sit down cross legged and flowers will appear around him, wasps will fly to the flowers and Lezzat as he watches in amazes ment and buzzes happily.
Attacking and other Quotes "Feel the zzting!" "Don't bee a baby, it only hurtzz a little." "You can't ezzcape from me!" Chasing an enemy. "Zzeems they're hiding. Where could they bee?" If lost sight of an enemy they were chasing. "Just like zzweet nectar, I come for you." Chasing an enemy. "Ah, beautiful like the lotuzz. Fitting," Compliment to Karma. "My zztingerz will pierzze your armor!" Hitting tanks.
I would include more, but the gist of his interactions is a bunch of puns with bees and using flowers as analogies for other champions as well as taunting in a way saying that he is the better predator sorta thing.
Personality While it is somewhat shown in the lore I shall explain a bit more about him. Lezzat is an extremely awkward man. He was before as a human and even now as a wasp hybrid. He is extremely loyal to the wasps as they saved him in the woods and helped him in recovery from his wounds (now healed and hidden beneath the chitin exterior he has created). Due to this awkwardness he is really shy around the opposite gender and those he admires. Despite this he is quick to stand up for what he believes in and loves. Namely the wasps and his family. On the subject of his family he is fearful they will reject him or want to cure him. He doesn't want to be cured, and if he is cured he fears that he will lose the respects of the wasps. He is relatively happy for who he is currently despite his appearance. For the first time he feels like he belongs.
Friends and Enemies Lezzat has yet to meet any friends or enemies, but Lezzat tends to be towards the good side of things. He is an extreme academic and is willing to learn a lot of things. His interest in academics is high so anyone with great knowledge or wisdom is a potential friend as well as those who don't discriminate. Enemies would be those who discriminate, hate, or take from others. He believes in sharing knowledge with the world as long as the credit source is correct and not someone trying to take credit for it. This become even more solid when his best friend betrayed him.
Itemization Building Lezzat should focus on attack speed, critical strike, and movement speed. As a high speed Marksman/Assassin he needs to hit hard and fast. So items which emphasize these traits are best.
Examples
A lot of these items are situation for Lezzat and not always necessary, but these are the items I recommend when building Lezzat. There is also
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for a more tankier Lezzat.
There you have Lezzat, the Kumungu Wasp. Thank you for your time. If you like him feel free to upvote. It would mean a lot. I appreciate any feedback as well if you wish to give it as long as you don't mind talking things out with me and aren't just going to outright hate. Thank you! :D