[Champion Concept] Maddie, The Multiplying Maverick
Hello! This is the next in a series of champion concepts I came up between 2012 and 2016, and submitted to Riot as part of an ill-fated game design application back in April 2016. Some of the lore concepts or references to in-game mechanics may be out of date now, but I'd still welcome any feedback (also about the post itself, somewhat of a forum noob). My notes are in brackets, question marks denote sections I thought would need balancing. I'll post more tomorrow!
Abilities: Strength in Numbers (Passive) - Every third shot, Maddie spawns a clone of himself nearby. Clones have 3 ammo and shoot each for [+AD] damage before disappearing. [Clones can crit, and prioritize Maddie’s recent targets, champions, monsters, and then minions] Converge - Maddie orders all of his existing clones to flash towards a targeted enemy or area. All clones then fire a shot that does not consume ammo at that enemy or a nearby hostile target. [25/22.5/20/18.5/15s? CD] Misdirection - Maddie selects an existing clone and switches places with it. [15/14/13/11/10s? CD] Expendable Minions - Maddie dashes in a targeted direction, spawning three clones that dash in the opposite direction [Conical prongs, like Kha’Zix’s evolved Void Spike] and fire a single slowing shot for [+AP] magic damage before disappearing. [Distance clones dash before shooting is equal to the distance Maddie dashes, and the slowing shot slows for 30/35/40/45/50 percent] An Army Of One - When activated, for [6/7/8?s] Maddie’s clones do not consume ammo when shooting. An Army Of One also passively grants Maddie’s clones [10/20/30?] percent of his armor penetration at all times.
Lore: Rumors of an infamous criminal grandmaster have circulated all through Runeterra for decades. Most believe that Maddie is an urban myth to which any unexplained crimes are ascribed. A Piltover cop claims to have heard directly from Vi that Maddie was in her crew and was responsible for deciding to abandon her and the trapped miners on that fateful day. An inmate at The Locker positively identified Maddie as the convict that told Graves about a very unique gunsmith. Furthermore, this inmate unequivocally swears that Maddie is still imprisoned there. Multiple citizens of Zaun testify that it is common knowledge that Maddie set Jinx on the path to Piltover. Even an old hermit wandering Shurima has testified that he say Maddie rolling with laughter at the sight of an Armordillo crossing the Kumungu Jungle. These and many other stories abound, yet they are all dismissed: no one can be in that many places at one time. But what if they could...
[Notes: Maddie carries a one hand shotgun reminiscent of Graves’ weapon. In the other hand he has a modified pistol. His clones look identical to him, except they only carry the one handed shotgun. Each clone has an ammo bar visible to all players, showing the shots remaining. Clones have very little hp, and spawn in a random area near Maddie. Clones have a static attack speed of [1?] shot per second.]
