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Pathogen - The Living Plague

Infinity Minion·9/4/2015, 4:35:47 PM·3 votes·1,859 views

Alternate Name Idea: Sublimated Tactical Endemic Virulent Entity (STEVE)

Lore: The war between Noxus and Demacia never ends, but that does not mean you can't tip the scales. Scientist of Noxus and Zaun were trying to do just that, by making a virus that could think. The could spread it indiscriminately across the battlefield. When Zac found out what they were up to, he found the lab and smashed it to pieces. But in the fight a chunk of him came off and fell into the container that held the plague they were creating. This began a chemical reaction that brought Pathogen into existence.

(Not sure what his motivations and reason for joining the league is yet...)

Here is an idea of what he would look like. Imagine the arms pulling along a body of goo. http://i.imgur.com/lt4MLtP.png?1

Passive - Virulence: Enemies affected by one of Pathogen's spells are marked as a carrier for 6 seconds. If that are hit by another spell from Pathogen then they become a host for that spell. Any enemy they come within 500 units of them will be affected by the 2nd spell as well.

Q: Parasite - Pathogen sends out a parasitic leech to a target enemy. When the leech reaches the enemy it attaches to them and drains 10/30/50/70/90 (+0.15 AP) health per sec over 3/3/4/4/5 seconds. It then detaches and returns to Pathogen, healing him for damage done. The healing is split between allies affected by Osmosis. The leech can be attacked and destroyed on it's way back to Pathogen. It's health is the amount of health stolen.

W: Affliction: Pathogen launches a ball of disease to a target area that explodes and leaves behind a cloud for 3/3/4/4/5 seconds. Enemies hit by the cloud are infected reducing their speed, armor, and magic resist by 5/10/15/20/25 for 4 seconds. Allies under the effect of Osmosis are buffed by the same amount instead.

E: Passive: Osmosis - Allies within X range of Pathogen gains 10 percent of his Magic Resist, Armor, and Health Regen. Pathogen can activate this spell to double the bonus for X seconds. The passive is lost while on cooldown.

Ultimate: Infestation - Pathogen leaps inside target ally becoming untargetable and granting them X times Osmosis' normal buff. Pathogen can still cast all his abilities from inside his new host. Infestation last for X seconds or can be canceled early by recasting.

Notes:

  1. Pathogen was designed to be a support.
  2. I would love for his ult to be indefinite but that seems like it might be OP.
  3. Critiques, tips, ideas, etc... welcome.

20 Comments

KP Gemini9/7/2015, 9:54:54 PM2 votes

Ok seriously. I'm in love with this champ and I wish I could buy him right now. The concept is very fresh. I see so many areas where he can make awesome plays.

KyleTheConqueror9/17/2015, 10:48:09 PM2 votes

I support this post and oxXxxGeminixXxo's comment.

When you have time, you could put in specific stats for the abilities, but so far, it seems solid. I like the idea of you becoming a parasite.

GREAT WAY TO TEACH SYMBIOSIS IF YOU ARE A TEACHER #Mutualism

Duko9/4/2015, 8:01:21 PM2 votes

I'd make his passive a part of his e, scaling as you level it. The active could cause all nearby enemies to lose an equal percentage of stats (ap,ad,armor,mr,attackspeed) for a few seconds.

This frees up his passive for something a bit more unique. Maybe "Viral touch- Enemies dealt damage by Pathogen deal 50% of the damage received over 3 seconds to nearby enemies. This would cause the enemy team to have to run from the person you have "infected" with leach ect. To avoid getting damaged.

Cool concept over all.

Icestar11869/20/2015, 11:28:42 PM2 votes

This idea seems pretty cool. I really like the passive and ult mechanics.

Infinity Minion9/20/2015, 8:40:02 PM1 votes

Added more numbers.

Infinity Minion9/20/2015, 11:20:03 PM1 votes

Added a pic

Infinity Minion9/22/2015, 11:19:40 PM1 votes

Added Lore.

Infinity Minion9/24/2015, 7:58:44 PM1 votes

Still looking for Critiques, tips, ideas, etc...

Infinity Minion10/18/2015, 4:53:22 PM1 votes

Any thoughts?

Infinity Minion9/4/2015, 6:12:59 PM1 votes

Any thoughts?

greenbird7610/18/2015, 8:06:39 PM1 votes

I think it would be hilarious to see him pull himself along the ground with home guards.

A few critiques Q - 50 + .5AP damage per second for five seconds is insane. That would make the damage of that skill 250 + 2.5AP. With 700 AP, this skill would do 2000 damage. 2000 healing is also quite a bit. Given that he's a support, I would buff the base damage and lower the ratio to something more reasonable like 90 + .15 AP per second. This would make the total damage 450 + .75AP, which is much more reasonable for a support. The health of the leech and the amount healed is more reasonable with this change as well. E - I don't think it should give all of his stats, maybe just some. Giving your ADC crit chance and AD just for standing near you would be a bit much. I think maybe 10% of armor, magic resist, and health regen. Name - The name Pathogen probably wouldn't fit with League's name scheme. Given that he's related to ZAC, an acronym name might fit. Something like Sublimated Tactical Endemic Virulent Entity (STEVE) would be cool.

Other notes

  • You don't need a reason for him to join the league. The Institute of War has been written out of the lore so the League doesn't technically exist.
Infinity Minion9/6/2015, 6:36:53 PM1 votes

Still looking for Critiques, tips, ideas, etc...

KyleTheConqueror9/17/2015, 10:49:27 PM1 votes

Also, 'living plague' seems a little weird. maybe change it to 'The Plague Bringer' or something?

Infinity Minion9/18/2015, 9:02:36 PM1 votes

Added some numbers.