Argos, The Hammer of Demacia (Token Evil Demacian)

"Watching men die at the Hand of Noxus even when we had the advantage made me think about the idea of Noxian's philosophy of one man, woman or some forsaken beast standing beyond all. Break that symbol and they are nothing against us."

What happens when a Demacian's pride is wounded? For some they remember morosely, others see this as an ineveitability, for others it drives them to a fanatical one man war that threatens the very foundation Demacia is built upon. Argos is one of those men, losing to the Hand of Noxus during a battle, his friend's son and comrade in arms to the Sinister blade has driven Argos to a path of reckless retribution and he will not stop for no one, not even his former compatriots to see this revenge exacted on his foes.

Argo was one of the few who saw the mandatory service to Demacia not as something that took his life and dreams away but an affirmation of his loyalty to the Demacia. After his mandatory service was up he was eager for more action and served Demacia again on countless occasions, quickly rising to popularity for his no nonsense attitude and his pure devotion to the houses. He was a celebrated man who refused to accept a noble title after his victory against a Noxus and Bilgewater coalition.

However, the recent years have taken it's toll on Argos, first the assassination of a Demacian noble at the hands of notorious assassin had made him question the nation's security and ordered the entire security detailed flogged for their lack of vigilance. Darius victory against his forces served as a humiliating blow to his record as he took personal responsibility for the failures and took a hit to his rep. But what finally made the man abandon his banner was the death of not one but two men at the hands of Katarina and Garen's budding relationship with the sinister blade which persuaded him that the man has signs of treason in his heart. He accused Garen of treason and fought against him in a test of arms and prevailed, only for the king to reject his claims from his lack of a title and was only spared fro disgrace from the lack of a title.

Leaving his beloved city state behind, he led 100 of his most loyal men on a campaign of terror against Noxian lands, razing and killing anyone who was unfortunate enough to be in his warpath. A Demacian Legion no longer, he calls himself the "Steel Lion", paying terror unto terror against his hated enemy Noxians. When Demacia is in need, he will return, but until then he and his men marches alone.

Unit Selection: "Let us wage a bloody war against the cruel and unjust"

Special Taunts

: The head of the snake, slice it the whole thing falls! ONWARD! DAAARRRRIUUUUSSS!!!!! I will shove humility down your throat, with a flail ball to gag it! I hold nothing back, let see what House Laurent has to offer! I feel the same Gaelio, test me and see if I can still fight on. I hold little empathy for blind traitors, now die and be disgraced. My apologies my lord, but this battle demands us to fight each other. Filthy wench, shouldn't you be working in a brothel? I know you hate everybody, the loathing I have for you is going to be taking your mount as a mule Zeal is preferable choice to saving everyone, lets see if you got what it takes to stand against me The sister of the traitor, I hold nothing against you. Do not force my hand. Illusions and trickery only works against the wary. I will strike them all down if I have to! The Demacian hawk has chosen you just as my men have chosen me. Show me what you got Valor! A Noxian attempt to redeem her society? How naive little girl! I will crush that hope as a Demacian! It's a shame you chose to fight alongside Jarvan, but you have channeled that hatred well. SSSSWWAAAAIINN!!! I WILL SLAY YOU AND BRING FORTH MY MEN TO DESTROY YOUR WRETCHED CITY! PREPARE YOURSELF!!!! WE HAVE SLAIN YOU ONCE! I WILL BE THE ONE TO END YOU RIGHT HERE! PREPARE TO BE OBLITERATED SION!!!!! Adding you the list of assassins I have killed over the years. Don't test me thief! It is a shame we have to walk different paths Taric, you choose to preserve life, I choose to end it. Garen didn't do a good job killing you. Typical, I am going to do a better job than he ever did. Hit and run tactics don't work very well against the relentless forces of Noxus. Going to paint the ground with your blood.

Argo is an anti focus Assassin/Controller Champ. With ways to stop an initiator or assassin's attempt to stop any attempts to cause a snowball. With specialized Crowd Control for the offender he can turn the tide of battle in his favor

Passive: Preferred Foe: Argos takes a personal grudge against anyone who chooses him as a target. If he is struck by any ability while it is not on cooldown, he invokes his fury and receives 10/20/25% (Every time his ultimate Tyrant's fury is leveled up) damage amplifier against the champion and his abilities delivers additional effects on the offender for 30 seconds. The passive can be triggered every 10 seconds or until the opponent dies. If his preferred foe dies, he restores 10% of his mana and health and gets a temporary bonus to attack speed for 120 seconds.

Q: Burning Conviction: Argo spins his burning morning star and charges towards the enemy. Dealing physical damage along the way and making a splash impact. Burning Conviction can home in on the Preferred Foe provided he has vision and stuns them upon impact.

W: Iron Wall: Argo raises his shield, fitted with explosive spikes that explode in front of him in a cone if the shield is destroyed. Anyone with Preferred Foe will take missing health damage and do reduced damage towards the shield.

E: Stand Firm!: Argo anticipates trouble from his foe, if he is affected by any form of crowd control or marked effect during the period he breaks free and cleanses himself of all effects. If the Preferred Foe is the one to hit him while Stand Firm is in effect when in range he dashes and makes an clean hit, dealing health based damage and silencing the target.

R: Tyrant's fury: Argo grabs a foe of his choice, marking them with the Mortal Foe debuff which is an amplified form of Preferred Foe and received empowered debuffs from his other skills. He can choose to strangulate his opponent within the 3 second channel and deal damage based on missing health or toss them back to the enemies and knocking them airborne. Preferred Foes receive additional missing health damage as well as increased projectile speed.

Mortal Foe incurs a stronger version of the Preffered foe debuff

Burning Conviction's stun will last longer after Tyrant's fury (Debuff name is burning brand) Iron Wall will cause any oncoming damage to be reflected at the Mortal Foe, similar to Thornmail. Stand Firm grants him additional damage resistance against the mortal foe.