Dredger Master of the Earth v3
**Lore: ** Everyone has heard the noises at night that seem to come from under the earth, most ignore the sounds, most should not… The stories have been passed down for generations by the families of Valoran: in a time before the first humans sailed across the sea, there was a race of creatures living above the ground, called the Desmians. They lived in peace on Valoran as one with the earth around them…then the others came. At first the two races accepted the others’ existence and left each other alone, but as the human race began to grow so did their cities, and with the cities came the destruction of the earth. The Desmians pleaded with the humans to stop destroying their home. Annoyed, the humans decided to get rid of the problem…They came with their armor and weapons and drove the creatures to extinction, or so they thought. The few who survived the slaughter made their way underground and began to build, in hopes that one day their kind would rise up and take back what once was theirs.
After years the creatures began to change, losing their sense of sight but gaining the ability to see what others could not, they could feel the living presence of the earth, they became masters of the earth. Living beneath the hard rock and metal of the earth has calloused these creatures, while living so far from the rest of Valoran turned the once civilized race into savages. For nearly a millenia the Desmians lived under the earth, out of sight and mind of the humans who had all but destroyed their race. Though the humans grew to forget, the Desmians would hold their grudge, and it grew into hatred over the years. In the city of Mecabur, where creatures live blindly, listening to the echoes of the humans and their battles above the ground, lives Dredger the leader of his race. For years his hatred has grown, he has been listening, learning and honing his skills, waiting for his chance to emerge and strike down the filth polluting the world above. Now is his time…
We had to apease him and let him join the league, he told us his armies would rise from the earth and bury us while we slept.- Magi of the League
*Warning playing as this champion will be entirely too much fun and may result in loss of friendships IRL and in game proceed with caution.
Name: Dredger Master of the Earth
This champion is a mole with the ability to dig underground. There are champions that disappear into thin air, but what about digging underground to cross under terrain to set up an ambush, or make an easy escape? This champion is tough and is meant to chase and take down enemy champions he can also be used in the support role by stunning and watching out for enemy champions. I see him more as a jungler with great ganking potential.
Base Stats (first time give constructive criticism) Stats-------------------------Level 1 -----------------------Level 18 Health: (+89)--------------------420 -----------------------1943 Mana: (+40)---------------------200 ------------------------880 Attack Damage: (+3.8)--------54------------------------- 118.6 Attack Speed: (+.028)--------.625 -------------------------1.10 Armor: (+3.3)---------------------18--------------------------74.1 Magic Resist: (+0)--------------30 --------------------------30 Movement Speed: (+0)------305---------------------------305 Range: (+0)-----------------------125 --------------------------125
*Like I said this is my first time even attempting stats thank you to DarkPercy for the post. My thought for the stats is that Dredger will be a relatively slow champion on top of the earth but his speed will increase when going below ground. Also I think of him being able to take a hit from living beneath the earth for so long, and also because of this he has a strong attack.
**Passive: ** Name: *Resonating Pulse * This will act as a sonar system when ever dredger uses an ability he connects to the earth to detect enemy units near his location. The pulse will be sent through the ground that will detect enemies within its range. champions within the 625 range (stealthed or in fog of war are revealed). revealing nothing past that distance.
Q ability: Name: Churning Earth This skill shot allows dredger to cause tremors in the earth towards a target location. Any enemies caught in the path of the broken earth will be slowed by 20%. At the end of the 1500 range or upon reactivation a small pocket of earth will cave in for 2.5 seconds. Any enemies that walk into or are hit by the pocket of earth will become rooted.
Mana: 55/60/65/70/75 Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds Damage: 50/75/85/100/115 (+.35 ap) Root Duration: .5/.75/1/1.25/1.5 Range: 1100 (ezreal mysic shot) Projectile Speed: 1400 After effect: enemy is slowed by 10% and takes 15/25/35/45/55 damage (for 2 seconds)
W ability: Name: Undermine This ability causes Dredger to burrow underground unseen for 2 seconds, only able to pass underneath one set of terrain walls, and becomes unable to be the target of abilities. Being underground grants Dredger a 20% movement speed bonus and an armor bonus. Upon emergence Dredger will shoot out of the earth and is unable to move in a direction until he lands on the ground again (.5 seconds).
Mana: 80/90/100 Cooldown: 22/20/18/16/14 Use: free moving underground, pops out towards cursor location upon emerging Movement Speed and Armor bonus: +20%, +40% Duration: 2 seconds Splash Damage: (applied in a 100 radius)60/70/80/90/100 After Effects: 25% increased armor for 3 seconds after emerging
E ability: Name: Pyrite Pummel
Dredger reaches into the ground to grab sharp chunks of pyrite, empowering his attack damage, and causing the next basic attack to be a 1-2 punch that causes the target to bleed. Each hit after the first two do decreased damage but cause more severe bleeding.
Mana: 75 Cooldown: 3.5 seconds Damage: 70/100/130/160/190(+150% ad) After Effect, bleed: 20/23/26/29/32 Range: 325 Knockback range: 500
R ultimate: (2 Options cant decide) Name: Fractured Assualt Fractured Assualt, 1st option Dredger burrows underground, then using a skill shot, gains a huge speed boost to the specified location (kind like a sling shot effect). The first enemy that Dredger comes across during this ult is then pulled below ground. Then using the point and click system taking them underground to a new location (two second limit on where they emerge).
When an enemy is taken underground in the process they lose teamsight for the duration they are underground, they are taking damage the whole time until they pop out of the ground along with you. Like the undermine ability this allows Dredger to pass beneath walls taking his target out of the fight, after emerging from the ground he will gain a big attack boost. Also a 20% slow will be put onto the enemy after emergence.
Mana: 150/200/250 Cooldown: 150/120/90 Range: 1650/1850/2050 (skill shot the reach of nocturnes ult) Damage: 175/225/275 (+.55 ad) Speed Boost: 40/50/60 After Effects: 20% slow applied to enemy upon emergence from the earth
Use: This ability can be used to single out a weak enemy or to take the enemy tank out of the fight. Another strategy would be to use this ability to take the enemy champion away and then just as soon use the undermine ability to get right back into the team fight. One way to use this ability is to go straight into the fight and pull out an enemy from battle. then using undermine go right back in to help the team. Another way is to use undermine to position yourself to get the enemy you want out of the battle.
Death from Below, 2nd option Dredger dives into the earth to channel (still targetable)his mastery of the earth for 1 second to create a swirling sand pit to emerge at a target location up to 5300 range away. Any enemies within the primary zone of the attack are hit by shards of earth constantly breaking through the ground, and are slowed by 40%. After the channel, Dredger is able to move again and the pit will remain for 3 more seconds, during this time the slow is lessened to 20% and the shards of earth, shatter causing less damage than previously but making it more likely to be hit by projectiles.
Mana: 150/200/250 Cooldown: 160/130/100 Range: 850 (circle around in the area) Damage: 100/175/250 (damage per second inside the sink hole, more damage done closer to middle) After Effects: anyone in the sink hole is slowed by sinking earth and flying rocks by up to 40% Visual: Dredger dives into the middle of a team fight going beneath the earth and causes a giant sink hole to appear, sucking everyone within the range down into the pit, rocks flying around the outside of the circle
*Warning playing as this champion will be entirely too much fun and may result in loss of friendships IRL and in game proceed with caution.
Skins: Overall the theme of this character is based upon the real life mole, this champion should be dark and battle scarred with sharp talon like claws and should give the appearance of small closed eyes. He could have rock growing from him not all around just to give him a rough hard look to him. For the concept art I can imagine him sticking out of the ground with a rock beside him with a hand sticking out to give the appearance that he crushed someone with his ability to manipulate the earth. One hand would be on the ground around his hole while the other hand would be held up with two rocks spinning in the air above his hand. Some Alternate skins could include:
Battle Cast Dredger: who would have on armor for his head and chest while also making his claws more intimidating scratches on the armor as well. Construction Worker Dredger: with a yellow hard hat and blue overalls. Ballerina Dredger: in a pink tu tu doing a spin for the skin art.
Quotes Upon selection: I can dig it! Taunt: No one will hear your cries beneath the earth Joke: You know what you find between a rock and a hard place? Me (laugh)
Recommended Items (tanky build) • Doran’s Shield • Mercury Treds • Phage-Frozen Mallet • Randuins Omen • Sunfire Cape • Frozen Heart uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1414005616475/DREDGERxSKETCH.jpg)