[CHAMPION CONCEPT] Negritch, the Plague's Prophet

Meep Man·8/24/2014, 9:23:19 PM·8 votes·3,299 views

Negritch is an extremely heavy damage over time Mage, being a rat similar to Twitch. He came to be from Twitch messing around with experiments near his less intelligent friends. However, unlike Twitch, this rat gained a higher degree of intelligence. HOWEVER, still being insane, he can only truly use this intelligence for extremely chaotic uses. Born from failed experiments dumped into the sewers and being a rat of Zaun, Negritch hopes to spread the plague of the sewers across Runeterra, working with Twitch to achieve this goal, promising food and fame in return. He believes the plague is a living being and almighty being at that, wanting it to grow. Negritch has also learned how to combine chemicals effectively like the scientists above the ground, with lesser effects of course. Able to recreate the rat mutation formula that effects him and Twitch to a lesser degree, Negritch can control an army of lesser rats to help him and Twitch achieve their goals. After a couple months of planning, Negritch has risen from the sewers, starting with Zaun to infect the plague with.

LORE

TO "H.I.V.E. Incident Report" Code Violation: Chemical Homicide, Industrial Homicide Casefile Status: Unsolved Investigation Agent: Rol, P.

Team responded to failed check in after eighteen hours: proceeded to Sump Works, Sector 43TZ. Sector 43TZ appeared abandoned. Upon further investigation, notables include: rat infestation, noxious fumes, chemical spill, high quarantine level disease readings. Further investigation needed due to lack of survivors.

Sector 43TZ entered by search team. Half of search team was, surprisingly, eaten by rats halfway. No survivors found, mysterious figure spotted. Mysterious figure appeared to be similar to reports from Sector 90TZ. Continued searching. Parts of diseased found, none identifiable. Few whole bodies were found, some unreadable due to strange body infecting disease. Second figure seen, this time with a large tank attached to it's head. Appeared to be carrying chemical spraying machine. Contact with specimen was avoided for the last reason. These two specimens disappeared for the rest of the investigation, a notable amount of rats disappearing with them. Cause of death for most of the victims seem to be being eaten by rats, disease, crossbow bolts, and caustic liquidation.

Recovered items include: 9 dead rats in jars 94 opened jars (identical in look to the jars containing dead rats) 33 bottles of water (untainted) 579 bottles of water (tainted) 1 pair of boots Some crumbs of cheese 22 unlabeled bottles (smell and appear to be chemicals) 1 sign reading "Negritch does not allow experiments of his brothers" 1 note reading "Slather fungi on Plague Tank later"

Considering the only experiments going on in Sector 43TZ involved the experimentation of rats and all of what has happened and has been seen here, it is easy to conclude that the "giant rat" known as Twitch is still very much active and at large and has a new ally known as Negritch, very likely another "giant rat". Believed that the duo came here to obtain dead rats in jars, unknown reasoning. Continued investigation of sewers is now mandatory to H.I.V.E. due to recent events.

H.I.V.E. - "Enforcing Progress!"

KIT

Negritch, the Plague's Prophet Mage Secondary: Support Health- 405 (+75 per level) (1755 at Level 18) Health Regen- 9.7 (+0.5 per level) (18.7 per 5 seconds at Level 18) Mana- 240 (+45 per level) (1050 at Level 18) Mana Regen- 5.3 (+0.75 per level) (18.8 per 5 seconds at Level 18) Armor- 14.8 (+3.2 per level) (72.4 at Level 18) Magic Resist- 30 (+0 per level) (30 at Level 18) Movement Speed- 330 Attack Damage- 54 (+3 per level) (108 at Level 18) Attack Speed- 0.635 (+1.9% per level) (~0.84 at Level 18) Attack Range- 125 (Melee)

Passive- The Plague Innate: Enemy units that are damaged by Negritch are applied an anti-healing shield for 1.5/2/2.5 seconds, negating 5/10/15 (+1.5% AP) points of healing per tick of damage. This stacks up to 10/11/12 times, up to a 50/110/180 (+15/16.5/18% AP) heal shield. Damage refreshes the duration. Enemy champions are weakened by the plague while the shield is up, causing them to lose 10% (+1% per 100 AP) of their attack damage and ability power. Level Up Levels: 1/8/16

Ability 1- Rat Infestation Passive: Rats are naturally attracted to the smell of chemicals from the tank on top of Negritch's head, causing rats to follow him where he goes. Enemy champions that step into the horde of rats are damaged by 1/1.35/1.7/2.05/2.4% (+1% per 100 AP) of their missing health per second and are slowed by 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%. Active: Negritch tosses the tank on top of his head to the target location, silencing himself for the cool down due to his lack of the Plague Tank, disabling this ability's passive, and causing him to automatically become melee if he is currently ranged from Plague Tank. Once it hits the ground, it explodes minimally due to not being processed, dealing 20/30/40/50/60 (+10% AP) magic damage and slowing the target by 10/15/20/25/30% for 2 seconds. The rats around Negritch rush to the target area, becoming ravenous. The rats now deal 20/35/50/65/80 (+20% AP) magic damage plus 2.5/2.75/3/3.25/3.5% (+1% per 100 AP) of their missing health in magic damage per second. Enemies inside the rats are also slowed by 15/20/25/30/35%. The rats last at the location for 3 seconds. Cost: 70 mana Cool Down: 16/15/14/13/12 sec. Range: 775 AoE Radius: 300 Passive Range: 375 Projectile Speed: 950 Rat Travel Speed: 525

Ability 2- Plague Tank Passive: The Plague now also causes enemies affected to take 5/8/11/14/17 (+2/2.5/3/3.5/4% AP) magic damage every 0.5 seconds while infected. Damage from The Plague cannot refresh The Plague. Toggle- Off: Negritch's basic attacks deal 10/15/20/25/30 (+5% AP) bonus magic damage and causes the anti-shield amount per attack for his melee basic attacks to be increased by 6/7/8/9/10 (+3% AP). The maximum anti-heal shield stays the same. Toggle- On: Negritch's basic attacks deal 15/20/25/30/35% normal damage and lose the bonus instant magic damage, but become ranged, giving him 225/250/275/300/325 extra range and 60/70/80/90/100% increased attack speed. These attacks are a continuous spread, affecting all enemy units in a line of where Negritch sprays. Cost: 8/10/12/14/16 mana per basic attack Cool Down: 1 sec. Total Range: 350/375/400/425/450

Ability 3- Projectile Vomit Active: Negritch channels for 1 second, drinking from the Plague Tank. After a 0.25 second delay, he then vomits in the direction he is facing, silencing the first enemy unit hit for 1 second. The vomit explodes in an area around the target, causing all enemy units hit to take 30/60/90/120/150 (+25% AP) magic damage over 4 seconds. Damage from multiple Projectile Vomits do stack. Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 mana Cool Down: 11/10/9/8/7 sec. Range: 600 AoE Radius: 200 Projectile Speed: 650 Total Max Damage with Max Rank Plague Tank (excluding MR): 251/281/311/341/371 (+77% AP)

Ultimate- Epidemic Active: Negritch releases a processed batch of the plague from the Plague Tank, causing enemy units around him to take 300/400/500 (+110% AP) magic damage over 6 seconds. After 10 seconds, rats will appear and return to Negritch, healing him by 5/7.5/10% (+1% per 100 AP) of each unit's maximum health that was killed by the Epidemic. Cost: 150/175/200 mana Cool Down: 140/125/110 sec. Range: 750 Spread Speed: 250 Rat Speed: 650 Total Max Damage with Max Rank Plague Tank (excluding MR): 589/689/789 (+178% AP)

QUOTES

Selection- "Yes, we thank you kindly for choosing our cause!"

Walking- "What do you mean the Black Death?" "Ugh, so much green of the wrong shade." "All these forests should just burned down!" "We believe that way is correct." "sniffs around We smell flesh!" "We march onward!" "If it's war they want, they will get war." "cackles" "DO NOT, touch the tank." "The feel of grass disgusts me." "Where are we going? I hope it is towards the smell." "I DEMAND A BISCUIT!" "The plague seems to want to go this way." "Do not question our cause!" "It spoke to me and I responded!" "YACK! This place smells like... oh wait, that is me." "Good thing we brought some snacks for the road... ugh..." "Excuse me, fleas, this is not a RESTAURANT!" "Taste of the plague." "But I don't like to feel good, I like to feel evil..."

Attacking "SCRATCH!" "Take this!" "Why do they resist?" "YOU CANNOT OUTRUN... huff... my back..." "I just want some snacks!" "Stop the plague huh? Not today!" "Don't forget we are your death!" "Cure? Only death..." "Do you not have the biscuit I smell?" "Taste it! YES! ITS TERRIBLE RIGHT!" "Do not forget that this is where it all ends. The past, the present, even the future, it has all lead up to this moment, heheheheh..." "Toxification time!" "Nyeheheheheheheheheheh..." "And suddenly, Negritch!" "A failure to see, smell, hear, taste, move, smell, feel, and live are all common symptoms... HAHAAAAAH!" "I'll see you buried." "Only I can control Runeterra! Us I mean..." "All of Valoran belongs to us!" "Do not question our methods!" "Oh look... lunch."

Joke with Plague Tank- Negritch tumbles over and can't get up due to the tank on his head. After a bit, he stands back up "HELP! I HAVE FALLEN AND... oh wait, there is no key for that." "HELP! OOF! This thing is too heavy and... oh wait, it's a video game."

Joke without Plague Tank- Negritch burps and then sends the gas created away "For you." "This one came from somewhere special." "Oh, now I'm hungry." "I think that emptied the stomach." "Hey! IM HUNGRY!"

Taunt- Negritch claws in front of him and then screams at the sky If interacting with a champion he points and then does a choking motion "HNYA! HNYA! FOR THE PLAGUE!" "HAH! HAH! If only you were closer!" "HOO! YEAH! Wanna overextend?!" "NYAH! HOOHA! BRING IT!" "Oh, Twitch, why are you over there on their side?" "My fellow rat, you need some discipline!" "No more 360 no scopes today, sorry." "If only I could actually do this to you!" "STAY OUT OF MY SLIME!" "Robots, it always has to be robots..." "HEAL THIS!" "You shall not go anywhere now!" "Thank you for the potions Singed, they are going to a great cause!" "Agh, what is this demonic aura I feel... ow..." "BARFING CONTEST, GO!" "I could use whatever that green stuff is inside of ya there pal." "Do not judge my work! I am a scientist too!" "Strange, you don't seem to scream in horror like others... is this why Twitch hates you?" "Spin till ya barf!" "Leaving Zaun does not protect you from me, Janna." "Strange, weren't you human before?" "These are my sewers croc!" "What is it? Can't handle a little bit of DISEASE!?" "No one can hear you scream in the sewers, literally." "Come back after the job is done warden."

Buying Certain Items "Just add ice and BOOM!" "BOOM!" "Why do I need shoes? I heard trench foot gives a nice soft exterior." "Ah, what my enemies will look like when I am done with them." "A scepter of my taste." "Now we both are untouchable!" "Needs more corruption... and less blue... and then... BANG! THE PLAGUE HAS EVOLVED!" "I'd love a taste of this... mmmmmmmmhh..."

Using Rat Infestation "GO MY CHILDREN GO!" "BECOME FOOD!" "FEEDING TIME!"

Using Projectile Vomit "Guguguguh... BLAG!" "Hhhmmm, guhguh... AMAZING!" "Guhguguhguhguh... TASTES AMAZING!"

Using Epidemic "Do you fear death?" "And so it begins..." "IT BEGINS!" "Now release, infect them my master!" "The plague will always come back."

TIPS

When Playing as Negritch

Remember to build some defenses into your items since you will often need to get into the thick of the fight to make use of your ultimate, Epidemic, due to its slow traveling speed.
It is often a good idea to use Rat Infestation last due to it making all of your other abilities ineffective and the rats dealing a percentage of the enemy's missing health.
Building cool down reduction on Negritch is a smart idea to be able to use Epidemic in as many fights as you can and making the silence on Rat Infestation last a shorter amount of time. It also allows him to dish out damage with Projectile Vomit much faster.
A Liandry's Torment can seriously benefit your damage, especially when combined with a Rylai's Crystal Scepter.

When Playing Against Negritch

Building magic resistance to decrease his magic damage is a very smart idea, especially Banshee's Veil since it can entirely block his ultimate, which is his most common opening move since Rat Infestation will silence him and Projectile Vomit has a noticeable delay to both allies and enemies. On the other hand, building some armor will decrease the damage from Plague Tank. Health can also help as well depending on Negritch's item build.
Negritch's ultimate is easy to dodge if he is not close to you. If you see him using it, move away from him since you can outrun the wave of plague if you are not under the effects of crowd control.
Negritch is squishy. If he is near you and has not built any defenses, it can be a good idea for your team to focus him to due to his high sustained damage and rather low health.
It is a smart idea to stay away from Negritch while low on health due to the combination of Rat Infestation's missing health damage and his ultimate, Epidemic.
Projectile Vomit and Epidemic can be cleansed by Quicksilver Sash. It can help a lot when going against him in the laning phase AND during teamfights.

COUNTERS AND GOOD COMBINATIONS

Negritch counters...

Soraka Negritch's anti-heal shield will make both Soraka's Wish and Astral Healing reduced or rendered useless.

Dr. Mundo Negritch's anti-heal shield reduces Dr. Mundo' passive regeneration from Adrenaline Rush and reduces the effects of Sadism. It also causes Dr. Mundo to potentially not be healed by an effective hit of Infected Cleaver.

Braum Due to Plague Tank's ranged form effecting the entire area instantly, Negritch can shoot past Braum's shield. Projectile Vomit also deals damage around the target, not the point of impact, meaning enemies behind Braum will still be affected.

Negritch is countered by...

Leona Leona can effectively lock down Negritch and burst him down or set him up for an easy kill for her lane partner. Her bonus defenses also weaken the effects of his damage.

Caitlyn Caitlyn can very effectively poke Negritch down due to her extremely long range abilities and range. Since all of Negritch's long range damage either punishes him or is unreliable, he cannot respond very well to her poke.

Lulu Lulu can not only effectively poke Negritch down, but can also shield herself or her carry from his high damage over time. Her ultimate's health boost is also unaffected by The Plague's anti-heal shield, leaving Negritch with little to do but attempt to reduce her and her lane partner's AD/AP.

Negritch plays well with...

Twitch Negritch's anti-heal shield combined with Twitch's true damage makes for a nasty combination of all forms of damage over time. Their combined AoE damage over time also nearly marks groups of targets for death in extended fights.

Ashe Ashe's slows and crowd control allow Negritch to not have to walk into the middle of the enemies to effectively use his ultimate, Epidemic. It also allows for very effective use of Rat Infestation and Projectile Vomit.

Jinx Jinx's combined missing health damage on her ultimate plus Negritch's high damage over time combine for a deadly combination. They also both have AoE basic attacks with one of their abilities, complementing each other on that as well. Her root also helps a lot with using Rat Infestation and Projectile Vomit.

RECOMMENDED BUILD

Starting Items x3 Core Items AP Scaling/Offensive Items Defensive Items Consumables

FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

FRIENDS Twitch

Explanation: Twitch supports Negritch's cause due to the promise of food and fame once The Plague takes over. Therefore, Negritch is allies with Twitch and works with him. Due to their species similarity, Twitch is immune to the plague unless directly inserted into Twitch's vital organs, similar to Negritch.

Singed

Explanation: This is more of a one sided relationship. Negritch loves Singed since he develops chemicals that can combine with The Plague to make for extremely corrosive results, but Singed hates Negritch since those chemicals aren't exactly borrowed or payed for. This relationship may change if Singed invests in mouse traps.

ENEMIES Zac

Explanation: Zac works day and night to protect the citizens of Zaun. Negritch is an obvious enemy to Zaun, making Zac and Negritch constantly go head to head whenever Negritch surfaces to infect the population. Negritch is also annoyed that Zac is harder to infect with the plague. Due to Zac and Negritch's rivalry, Twitch is occasionally conflicted with who to consider his friend, most of the time ending with Negritch using chemicals to forcefully bring Twitch back to his "senses".

Viktor

Explanation: Being part machine, in a similar vain to Zac, Negritch is annoyed that another citizen of Zaun who would gladly defend against Negritch is harder to infect than a normal human.

Dr. Mundo

Explanation: Negritch hates Dr. Mundo due to his study. They are scientists of opposite fields of science, leading Negritch to hate him simply due to this.

MUSIC I FIND FITTING FOR HIM (POSSIBLE LOG IN SCREEN THEME)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubiq5mjU86M For the Dark Gods- Warhammer Soundtrack (the music I played while creating his kit and lore)

POST UPDATES

Update 1- Nerfed the damage on Projectile Vomit/Epidemic upon realization of the amount of damage Projectile Vomit/Epidemic + Plague Tank passive would be doing. Also nerfed Plague Tank passive damage as well and added a little clarification.

Update 2- Reduced the range on Projectile Vomit and reduced Plague Tank's range buff.

Update 3- Reduced the percentage AD/AP reduction by 3% down to 10% from 13%

Update 4- Updated the post to look a little better and increased the mana cost of Plague Tank, mainly at early ranks. Also increased the cool down of Rat Infestation, to better represent it as the main reason he cannot make his passive be up 100% of the time and the high power of it

Update 5- Added Level 18 totals to his base stats next to the per level indicators and removed magic resist per level to further fit his stats into a melee who can become ranged. Slightly increased the range on Projectile Vomit (from 575 to 600) and added projectile speed to its information. Decreased the AP ratio on Epidemic to 110% to 120%. Added fitting music for Negritch, possible log in screen, to further get you to know his character as an aggressive, chemically created Rat Prophet/General.

Update 6- Added Recommended Build and decreased the duration of Projectile Vomit to 4 seconds from 5 seconds as well as decreasing the base damage and the AP ratio significantly. Decreased the slow on the active rat part of Rat Infestation slightly (20/25/30/35/40% to 15/20/25/30/35%) and increased the range on the passive part slightly (300 to 375)

Update 7- Changed passive healing reduction to 35% from 50%

Update 8- Reworked passive to an anti-heal shield from Grievous Wounds. Credit to Dereet for the idea!

Update 9- Increased the cool down of Rat Infestation by 1 second. Added quotes.

Update 10- Added Counters and Good Combinations section and added a bit of quality improvement. Added Elixir of Brilliance to Consumables in Recommended Build.

Update 11- Fixed Plague Tank still reading increasing Grievous Wounds. It now increases the amount of anti-heal applied by 6/7/8/9/10 (+3% AP)

INSPIRATION

Negritch's lore was based off Twitch's lore http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/twitch/

Negritch's design (appearance in my head) is based off of Warhammer's Skaven Warlord Engineer (see picture, could not find official source/link to use)