[Champion Concept] Xaius, the Relentless (Revision)
Hello again, League of Legends Community! After quite some time after releasing Xaius, the Crime Hunter, we came to realize that his kit was too overpowered and not very optimized, and his lore wasn't very precise and developed. So, with UninstallWizard, we worked on him again, and came to this revision of him : Xaius, the Relentless. Enjoy!
Lore: Once he sets his eyes on you, or if he even knows you're there, hiding from him, you are doomed to fall into his deadly clutches. Such is the great reputation of Xaius, also called the Relentless, for his extraordinary proficiency at never letting his bounty escape, once he starts hunting for it. He developed such skills ever since he was a small, wicked Piltover kid, stealing and using the various equipment and gadgets his father built in his workshop, testing and using them on animals for his own amusement. Naturally, after years of such practices, when Xaius discovered he could do the exact same thing on people to win money, he couldn't resist. From the start, the methods he used were not approved by the officers, but Xaius' talent at bounty hunting was obvious and his efficiency proved invaluable when it came to catching criminals for the law. Nowadays, loving his job (and especially the pay), he only uses his own inventions to do his work, and they range from a pair of rockets boots to a transformable weapon, a radio tracker or even grenades that "outsmart his victims", as he himself would say. Xaius has become one of Piltover's main assets, keeping Piltover clean of crime along with his colleagues and superiors, Caitlyn and Vi. But with the criminals in the City of Progress almost entirely gone, he now turns elsewhere for more to turn in and rack up the gold. That is how he came to find the League of Legends, where he joins his colleagues and where he can use his experience and expertise to bring down the most dangerous and wanted of bandits that await him there.
"Where you see a criminal, I see a bag o' gold." -- Xaius
Appearance:
Xaius is a tall man, slightly broad, who always wears a long trench/duster coat that reaches down to his knees. On top of and under the coat, there are several belts wrapped around his torso, one of them carrying futuristic-looking grenades. He wears a pair of pants, tucked inside rocket boots, reaching all the way up to right under his knees. The weapon he carries is complex looking, made up of lots of parts that seem like they can shift around and transform the gun entirely. Xaius' face is broad, having extremely short brown hair and wicked brown eyes under thin eyebrows. He has no facial hair and has a long scar, tangent to the left corner of his mouth and going quite some way up his cheek.
Overview:
Primary role: Marksman Secondary role: None
Having immense experience in criminal fighting and hunting, Xaius fits in a fair number of situations (unlike most marksmen), though his goal remains the sole purpose of an AD Carry: deal damage, along with a special touch of his: hunting down. When we redeveloped him, we paid attention in making him quite balanced, relying on a toggle and two not-too-powerful steroids to hunt down his precious bounty in the most inventive of ways.
Base Stats:
535 Health (+82 per Level) 5.45 Health Regen (+0.55 per Level) 200 Mana (+40 per Level) 7.1 Mana Regen (+0.45 per Level) 53 Attack Damage (+2.8 per Level) 0.625 Attack Speed (+4% per Level) 325 Movement Speed 21 Armor (+3 per Level) 30 Magic Resist (+0 per Level)
Abilities:
Passive - Explosive Situation
Xaius uses his immense experience in bounty hunting to adapt to the current situation. If at least one enemy Champion (visible or not) is present in Xaius' immediate vicinity, the latter will gain Movement Speed, that increases the closer the closest enemy Champion is to him. If no enemy Champion is present, he gains Attack Damage instead.
- Vicinity Range: 500
- Movement Speed Bonus: Up to +10%
- Attack Damage Bonus: +15%
Q - **_Change of Methods_**
No Cooldown
> Xaius toggles between the two modes of his self-designed weapon : Plutonium Sniper and Energy Beam. As long as this ability is not unlocked, the default mode is Plutonium Sniper, without the bonuses of the ability (you will only have the range).
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> -> **Plutonium Sniper (Passive) :**
> No Mana
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> Xaius weapon is sniper rifle-like and fires heavy, precise (and expensive) Plutonium-inlaid bullets at a long range, giving him additional damage with each hit but decreasing his Attack Speed.
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> * Attack Range: **700**
> * Attack Damage Bonus: **+10/+20/+30/+40/+50 Attack Damage**
> * Attack Speed Decrease: **-20%/-15%/-10%/-5%/0%**
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> -> **Energy Beam (Active) :**
> 20 Mana per Tick
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> Upon attacking, Xaius' weapon continuously fires an Energy Beam at his target, dealing damage that increases with each tick, **EXCEPT** against enemy turrets. Every additional enemy caught in the Beam also take damage, although less than the initial target. While the Beam is firing, Xaius **CAN** move and Anticipate. The beam stops if the target or Xaius moves out of range, if Xaius suffers any form of hard CC, changes target, toggles weapon mode, or if his Summoner presses the Stop key.
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> * Attack Range: **550**
> * Damage Increase per Tick: **+10%/+20%/+30%/+40%/+50% of Initial Tick**
> **Example:** If the initial tick is of 100 damage with a Rank 1 Energy Beam, the second tick will deal 100+(0,1x100)=110, the third tick will deal 100+(0,1x100)+(0,1x100)=120, etc.
> * Damage to secondary Targets: **75% of Main Target's Damage**
W - Radio Tracking 12/11/10/9/8 second Cooldown - 50 Mana
Xaius, with a special device of his, fires a radio wave in a cone in front of him. This wave resonates with all enemy Champions hit, at a frequency to which Xaius' weapon responds. Consequently, Xaius reveals those Champions (including stealthed ones) and has increased weapon bonuses (in other words, the bonuses of Change of Methods) against them for a few seconds.
- Radio Wave Cone Range: 650
- Change of Methods Increase: +50%
- Radio Tracking Duration: 4 seconds
E - **_Anticipate_**
16/14/12/10/8 second Cooldown - 75 Mana
> Xaius briefly activates his rocket boots, dashing towards his Summoner's cursor. After the dash, the bonuses of Explosive Situation are increased for a few seconds, be it the Movement Speed or the Attack Damage.
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> * Dash Distance: **500**
> * Explosive Situation Increase: **+100%**
> * Explosive Situation Increase Duration: **3 seconds**
R - Quite-Smart-Grenade Belt 3 second Cooldown - 50 Mana
Xaius has a charge counter, counting up to a maximum. These charges indicate the number of grenades available on his belt. Upon activation, he throws a grenade at target location. If enemies are in the grenade's blast radius upon landing, it detonates immediately. Otherwise, it stays in stasis for a few seconds, offering vision and detonating if any enemy enters its blast radius. The explosion damages and slightly slows enemies hit. Xaius gains one charge once in a while.
- Maximum Grenade Charges: 5/6/6
- Grenade Throw Range: 1000/1500/2000
- Grenade Stasis Duration: 8 seconds
- Grenade Blast Radius: 300
- Explosion Damage: 100/200/300 +50% of Xaius' Attack Damage
- Explosion Slow: 20% for 3 seconds
- Grenade Recharge Rate: 25 seconds
- Charge upon Unlock: 1
Quotes:
Champion Select: "I can already hear the sweet rattle of coins..."
Attacking: "You're not going far, now..." "Hello, bounty!" "You know I won't miss that!" "I'll let my weapon talk." "Time to clean up!"
Movement: "Let's hunt them!" "I will find them all!" "We're close, I say!" "I can hear them running..." "Where can they go, anyway?" "Hide and seek, I tell ya!"
Taunt: Xaius takes out a wanted poster from his coat, unrolls it, looks at it and frowns. "300 gold for this?" "Another mess I have to clean up..."
Joke: "Bounty hunting is an art. No, really, they still have to recognize you when I turn you in!" "I feel like a housekeeper... They pay me to keep the place clean!"
Laugh: Pretty obvious...
Upon switching to Plutonium Sniper: "This'll do the job." "Too far? Not anymore!"
Upon switching to Energy Beam: "Time to burn!" "Heat'em up!"
Upon using Radio Tracking: "My weapon likes you even more!"
Upon using Anticipate: "No, you don't!"
Upon throwing a Quite-Smart-Grenade: "This'll outsmart ya!" "These things do wonders!" "This'll be the last explosion you'll hear!"
Upon completing/buying a complete item: "Hey! I won't be using that!" "I prefer my own approach..."
Music Theme:
Still a work in progress, we'll be posting it when it's ready!
So there's Xaius, the Relentless. Hope you like his new concept, took us some work, some time and lots of imagination to redevelop him. If you have any thoughts, suggestions or comments, or even additional quotes, post away! Thanks for reading and see you soon for another Champion Concept! :)
