[Champion Concept] Noman, Piltover's Usurper

Gameplay summary: Noman is a buffer-ADC, granting boosts to his surrounding allies while occupying the primary ranged attack damage role. While generally weaker in a one-on-one fight against enemies, Noman makes up for his lack of solo-strength in his interaction with his teammates - sometimes to their own detriment.

Description: http://orig03.deviantart.net/e429/f/2012/069/a/a/the_dark_mastermind___jim_moriarty_by_lasse17-d4sbw3w.png (approximate physical appearance; not necessarily style)

While his origin is in question, Noman dresses in Piltover's upper-class business-wear - it is, however, generally a little ruffled and unkempt. He is anything but professional, and anything but a saint. Black hair, dark and lively eyes, and a 5 o'clock shadow makes his appearance by all accounts typical, running perpendicular to his practices and personality. He treats others as pawns in a game, whether on his side or another's - and none but his target has his respect. A paranoid, delusional, and ruthless man, Noman believes himself the remedy to Piltover's crime and corruption - and is not above purging it through the same game he faults others for.

http://www.lentz.nu/stengun/Blueprints_files/sten4.gif Noman's weapon of choice, a small, improvised, side-loaded sub-machine gun.

Backstory: "They set up their game so that no man can win against them; for no man would dare to oppose them, lest he be destroyed."

Piltover is far from a land of saints and justice - more often than not, the ones to reach the top do so through backroom deals and white-collar crimes. Liars and cheats tend to be the ones to win, and so long as you only ever skirt the edge of the law without diving off the deep-end, no one's going to give you more than a forlorn glance - especially if you've got the law on your payroll.

And as such, there's always an opposing force - maybe a righteous politician seeking to clean the corruption from the system, a cop taking down crime syndicates, or just your regular union workers striking against some kind of unjust treatment. There's always a balance, but generally society continues upon the path it's led down by those that lead the way.

But then there's some who prefer a different path. And of course there is only one path to the top.

But there's also many, many methods. Ones that Noman knows.

If you asked someone who Noman was, they would think you were making a joke; while the news sources can certainly spot his crimes, there's no name to put to them, as no man committed them. If you could figure out who his friends are, you'd know that no man knows them. If you could even find his abode, there would be no man there. If you could even identify him, you would know that he is no man.

For as far as the authorities are concerned, Noman's a figment of the imagination. Noman isn't a person. Noman doesn't exist.

And when you're seeking to beat someone at their game, you'd find the best advantage you can have is for them to believe that no man would.

Rivals and interactions: (taunt [enemy]) : "You seek to clean the streets of criminals; I seek to remedy their cause." (upon using passive [ally]) : "I never had a use for law-enforcers before." (upon dying to passive [enemy]) "I was always several steps ahead." (taunt [enemy]) : "If only I'd gotten to you before her..." (upon using passive [ally]) : "Have a taste of what it's like to serve my purpose." (upon dying to passive [enemy]) : "A veritable waste of talent under her command." (taunt [enemy]) : "You fixed a cut on the skin, but not the cancer within." (upon using passive [ally]) : "Here's your chance to be a real hero." (joke [enemy]) : "You know, it's hard to cure a disease if you insist on killing the body." (upon using passive [ally]) : "Ever wanted to be an explosion yourself?" (taunt [enemy]) : "Ha! It's taken you multiple tries to better your home - I only need one, kid." (upon dying to passive [enemy]) : "And you thought you could make Zaun better?"

Statistics: (TBD: Marksman changes make this hard to judge) Range: 575

Abilities:

Passive: Pawns in the Game Noman receives a unique selector for his five allies; clicking on one of the portraits while in range of the champion (1200 range, i.e. sight range) will make Noman activate an explosive charge on their person after a 1 second delay. The presence of this charge is unknown to the enemy, and detonating the charge is a global command.

When an ally drops below 10% of their health, the charge can be detonated by clicking on the selector again; after an audible beep and a .5 second delay, the charge will explode, dropping the ally's health to 1 immediately and dealing 20% of their max health in physical damage in an area around them (300 radius). The charge will also automatically explode with the same delay if the ally outright dies.

Enemies killed by the explosion permanently increase the % ally's health damage done by 2%.

Only one ally can be marked with a charge at a time; delay to change a mark is 60 seconds, while there is no delay to charge another ally if the first charge is detonated. Noman cannot charge himself.

Q: Focus Fire Cost: 40 mana at all levels Cooldown: 9 seconds at all levels Mark Range: 800 units Noman orders a focused assault on a specific enemy or structure. Noman and his allies gain 5%/6.25%/7.5%/8.75%/10% movement speed towards the marked enemy or structure and 15%/22.5%/30%/37.5%/45% bonus attack speed against them. This effect lasts 4 seconds.

W: You Are My Shield/I Am The Sword Toggle-able (indicated by an icon switch) Buff radius: 600 units

While "You Are My Shield" is active, allies that are standing between Noman and an enemy champion (decided by a 90 degree cone in front of him) gain 20/25/30/35/40 bonus armor and magic resistance. This effect is severed if an enemy champion instead stands between Noman and his ally, and the ally instead receives a 10% movement speed towards Noman.

While "I Am The Sword" is active, Noman instead receives 5%/8.75%/12.5%/16.25%/20% of his attack damage as a bonus, and allies gain half of this attack bonus.

E: Away, Lesser Cost: 80 mana at all levels Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/11

Noman throws an explosive charge in front of him that detonates on impact, knocking away opponents hit in a 200 unit radius and slowing them by 30%/40%/50%/60%/70% for 2 seconds. Enemies take 85/120/155/190/225 (+75% bonus AD) physical damage.

R: Always a Way Out Cost: 100 mana at all levels Cooldown: 140/110/80 Smoke radius: 400 units

After a 2/1.25/.5 second delay, Noman becomes untargetable and detonates a smoke bomb around himself, creating a smokescreen lasting 4 seconds and becoming invisible as well (including to true-sight). The smoke is laced with combat stims, granting allies "You Are My Shield"s bonus armor, magic resistance, and movement speed while enemies are sickened and slowed by 25%/30%/35%. Enemies within the smoke cannot see out.

During the smokescreen, Noman can click anywhere within a 1000 range, where he will use a tunnel system to reach that point from his starting position. Traveling takes 1.5 seconds and his exit point is visible to enemies with sight on it, including in bushes.

If Noman does not indicate an escape point within 2.5 seconds of the smokescreen's activation, he will instead reappear at his previous location and will become visible to enemies again.

Extra bits:

Champion Select Quote: "In the game of life, no man wins." Death Animation: Noman falls to his knees before grabbing a smoke grenade from his belt; the smoke quickly explodes around his person before dissipating just as quick, showing him gone. Death Quotes: "Always... a way out..." "Plans on... plans..." "A false move... I'll remedy..."

Champion Goal:

As a character, Noman is meant to suit to the "I'm the carry" dream - self-absorbed, entitled, and essential. While Draven has always embodied the "self-importance" aspect of a carry, Noman is meant to bring it to a whole new level - rather than being beloved, Noman is viewed as almost essential for his potentially team-wide buffs and bonuses. While a team always needs an ADC for damage, Noman is chosen for a team starving for a boost - AD bruisers and tanks especially will feel an itch to keep Noman alive for his bonuses.

For anyone not self-absorbed, Noman is meant to be a unit the game lacks - a leader unit that's weak on its own but a force to be reckoned with when coupled with his team. Additionally added is an aspect of foresight and paranoia - his passive, allowing you to set charges on your teammates, allows you to make a call about whether or not you believe an ally to be an all in - or if that ally may just be too weak to hold out in lane and may need "help" securing a kill from them being tower dove. During late-game, the passive becomes a game of "who will die first" in order to maximize the damage from your passive - while you may feel that the obvious choice to charge is the tank, you may suspect that your mage might just get caught out and killed in the next fight. Maybe your support Lulu might get killed first when she tries to peel for you? It's your call - you'll only get the most out of this passive if you can make the right predictions.

Picture credits go to their makers: Portrait: Lasse17 on deviantart Firearm blueprints: Blueprints files from lentz.nu