Zhanna, The Forlorn Dancer

Born in Ionia, from a young age Zhanna had been set above her fellow youth by her unnatural grace and innate physical harmony, which was rapidly adapted into unmatchable displays of dance. Upon the insistence of her parents, Arthur and Helen, what had been simply the natural step and motion of her life, became her entire life as she was sent to the Temple Markal in South East Ionia. For years, she spent life away from home. Living a strict life of regimentation constant training, Zhanna impressed even the most dedicated teachers, and for the Temple, she became what was nearly an attraction. For miles around, people would come to cry, laugh, and feel blessed by the fast becoming legendary girl who could tell the story of the ages, and trial of lover with nothing but her miraculous ballet. After what was her entire childhood has passed, and then some, the misery of never living her life set in deeply. Month after month, her performances became darker and more distant. Her parents, hearing of her great talents and the beauty she had brought to the hearts of thousands and the honor of the spirits, came on her 17th birthday to see her. Arriving for what was being claimed as her most impressive performance yet, an audience gathered in the main chamber of the temple of several hundred gathered to witness her, and having come to see her full ability, they were not disappointed.

For hours, she performed. At the first of dawn, she began, and not until the last light of dusk did she finish. Not so much as a moment's rest was had, as for hours she watched the crowd as intently as they watched her. People free. People with lives beyond this temple. People with joy and meaning enough to come witness her performance. Her parents, even, having left their child for what they saw as a higher purpose of spirituality and beauty, but what was to her, only suffering. Without end.

None who bore witness to that performance are willing to recount it, many say they are unable. There were none who left with a smile, there were none who felt blessed, each knew her pain and all were ashamed for it. Yet, for all their claimed mercy and equality, none could find the heart for anything but anger for the girl who forced this empathy upon them. Her parents especially. Turned out from the temple, no longer would they house her. turned out from her family, no longer would they be proud of her. Turned out from her people, never could they love her broken soul, and the feeling was mutual.

Now, she wanders, endlessly battling her fear of more undeserved hate against the loneliness of her stolen life.

These are her abilities as she appears in game

Passive: Unnatural Grace- Zhanna has a fixed attack speed of 2.5 which can not be reduced. Each basic attack however only does (100% AD)(Bonus Attack Speed/2.5)

Passive explained- Very simple, Zhanna always attacks fast, however her DPS is always the same because the damage of each auto attack is reduced accordingly. However, Zhanna can gain benefits from a total Attack speed exceding 2.5, meaning that each attack will simply do more than her AD. However, in order to benefit from this it bars her from building AD which means that the additional percentage effect on her damage while interesting is not significant. Also, each attack can proc on hits, but then AD and AS not being built makes each hit do very little, and Zhanna is then dependent on her on hit effects. It may seem op at first galnce, but truly it just opens her to a new style of itemization impossible on other champs.

Q: Avant- Zhanna dashes a short distance, giving a movement speed buff to all allies near the end of her dash and temporarily gaining 5% slow resistance

Q explained- A simple utility ability, clean and useful. For engaging and chasing down kills or for assisting teammates that can peel for Zhanna and generally be a bit more slippery and survivable

W: Pirouette- Zhanna spins, simultaneously attacking all champions in range, and applying all on hit effect to them. If this ability kills a target, 75% of its cooldown is refunded and its next cast is reduced from 60 to 20

W explained: A bit more complex, designed for rapid DPSing especially aggressive trades in lane during cs. Strong creep pressure, with the trade off on inborn pushing and a tendency to over extend. Also increases utility, as this effect can rapidly clear waves and apply effects such as slows or cleaver stacks to many targets.

E: Fin- Zhanna channels for a short period of time, before throwing on of her daggers, dealing 5% max health damage+120% AD. If this spell kills its target, Zhanna gains 2 stacks of Étape mortelle.

Étape mortelle- For each stack, Zhanna gains 4 Lethality. The stacks decay at 1 stack every (cool down of E). All stacks are instantly lost after 5 seconds without being damaged by an enemy champion

E explained: A simple execute abilty, useful for farming or securing close kills similar to Twitch E, only with significantly less scaling. Also, Étape mortelle grants Zhanna increasing strength in prolonged trades, discouraging highly aggressive or slow trading champions

R: Grand Tempo- Zhanna gains damage reduction scaling with bonus movement speed. For each auto attack or spell which is not a skill shot that Zhanna is the target of, Zhanna gains a stack of Tempo, which increases both her attack speed and movement speed.

R explained: Grand Tempo is the thing that gives her carry potential. in combination with her other abilities, it drastically increases her dueling potential, while still leaving her room for counterplay. It gives her powerful trading power against bruisers and DPS champions, while leaving her reasonable outplay points revolving around mobile champions or strong burst or who straight up out damage her.

Final Notes, Zhanna is supposed to be unique. There are very few champions who's entire design is centered on some totally different mechanic, and this is what she is supposed to be. She focuses primarily on very delicate push and pull, in rhythm with the rest of the game. it should be almost never that she is just charging in face first and never should she be standing still. Always repositioning, always seeking the advantage. Like a graceful walk, playing her should feel like dancing.

If the reviews are good, and the feedback is nice, I'll be back with design, looks, interactions, and maybe some dialogue