New Champion/Potential Ability Concepts

League of Legends Champion Concept

Name: Mataza, The Wasp

Race: Human

Appearance: Similar to that of Elise, but instead keeps most of human appearance and has jet black armor in the stylization of a wasp (Design will come later in Concept Art). Eyes are white to represent his blindness.

Weapon: The Stinger. An ebony cane sword infused with dark magic given to him as part of his "final initiation"

Fighting Style: "Ice Pick" style sword wield, warrior/mage hybrid

Occupation: Loyal Servant to Elise.

Birthplace/Origination: Bilgewater in Rat Town but later on runs away by merchant ship and ends up on shores of the Shadow Isles.

Parents: Names Unknown, father's occupation as sword smith and mother's occupation at the slaughter docks.

Background/Lore:

Mataza was born blind ever since from birth and was later discovered as he grew older in his early childhood life.  His parents feared he may have no purpose in nor outside of Bilgewater.  In the mean time, Mataza was watched over at his father's forge while he worked.  Mataza would sit and listen to the sounds of metal being banged on the anvil, sharpened on the whetstone and the constant swishing and clashing of swords as they were tested.  He grew in interest of what his father mended and created which followed into sword play.  He was far too young to hold a real sword so he used his imagination with a stick given to him by his father.

Each day would pass as the parents worked and Mataza pretended to fight many foes off with his sword.  When Mataza turned 12 years old, he was convinced that he would want to take up sword fighting as his true destiny and become a legend.  Many of the children would make fun of him cause they thought he was hysterical and it was way out of his zone.  Although his parents would be supportive of his path, they opposed the idea as well as the children did.  This angered Mataza to the point where one night, before the events of the Harrowing, fled from his home after his parents were sound asleep onto one of the merchant ships about to depart.  What he did not realize was this would be one the most pivoting notions that could turn him down the wrong path.  As the ship was making its pass by the Shadow Isles, a powerful storm occurred taking the crew by surprise and ultimately destroy the ship.  Mataza panicked by the hundreds and thousands of screams, yelling and the snapping of floorboards and masts as the winds and ocean took down the ship and crew members.  In a flash, Mataza was knocked unconscious and later awoke to the silence and cold touch of the Shadow Isles.  All alone and unknown of his whereabouts begins to cry for help.  Fear and regret come rushing to his emotions until he is greeted by an alluring voice from the darkness.

**After this point, I will give general details of what happens cause of "writer's block" **

Elise is the first to encounter Mataza and decides to take him under her wing as an apprentice.

Members of the Black Rose assemble to see what can be done for Mataza

Upon approval of apprenticeship, Mataza undergoes combat training under the supervision of Swain and learns the power of dark magic by Elise and LeBlanc.

After some time of training and honing skills, Mataza is taken through a "final initiation" where is given an elixir of wasp venom. When drank, Mataza forms part of the exoskeleton of a wasp on his arms, legs, torso and keeps his human face. He pretty much evolves with having armor on his skin. He also given a weapon suited on his fighting style and to aid him in his travels, The Stinger.

(This is all for the lore/background.)

Abilites:

Passive: (1)Sense Through Vibrations/(2)Dark Touch (1)Range: 250 (Fog of War) / ??? (Sense Through Vibration) (1)Since Mataza is blind, he cannot see but is able to sense nearby enemies, allies, and minions. The location of each unit is shown by respective blue and red ripples on the ground. (2)With the help of his dark magic infused cane sword, The Stinger, he is able to mark those who he hits with Dark Touch from his basic attacks and abilities. This will increase damage done to enemies (ratios unknown)

Note: This is inspired by Rek'Sai's Burrow ability and Tremor Sense

Q: Slash of Darkness Range: ??? Same as his passive "Sense Through Vibrations" When Mataza slashes his sword, this skillshot will go in the direction of the mouse cursor. This goes through all minions and stops after hitting an enemy champion or reaching its maximum distance. Upon hitting an enemy champion, allows a short duration of vision to Mataza and allies. The more targets hit by this, the weaker the damage becomes upon hitting enemy champion.

Note: This is inspired by Ezreal's Trueshot Barrage as his ultimate goes through enemies but damage is lowered the more enemies hit.

W: Tri-Slash Range: 250 With quick swipes, he hits 3 random enemies, one at a time. One hit will prioritize enemy champions if any are in his vision. So this means, if there are 3 enemy champions in range, then he will hit each champion once.

Note: This is inspired by how Zatoichi/Fujitora would make quick sword swipes in combat. Also similar to Yi's Q but is not selectable skill and he does not phase out.

E: Dark Dash Range: 600 Mataza will dash forward until he hits a minion or enemy champion and deal damage to all nearby. If he hits an enemy champion, he will add 2 stacks of Dark Touch.

Note: Similar to that of Gragas' Body Slam but does not stun any targets

R: Swift Sprint / Defense Breaker Range: 900 After channeling for 2 seconds, he will dash in the selected direction through all units, including all champions. For enemies marked with Dark Touch, they will lose a percentage of armor and magic resistance for each Dark Touch stack on them.

Note: No damage is applied to any enemies at this time. Can be used as a quick escape.