[Champion Concept] Lyte and Dahrk the balance of life
Hey everyone,
I spent some time recently coming up with a concept of a champion who can toggle between 2 unique identities. On one hand we have Lyte the essence of life and on the other we have Dahrk the bringer of death. They were brought into this world together to create balance in Runeterra and neither Lyte or Dahrk can survive this world without the other. Dahrk's mentality is to create chaos and havoc throughout the world while Lyte is sworn to protect it. The idea between these two is to have polar opposite identities that interact with one another. Dahrk will try his hardest to wreak havoc and It is up to lyte to prevent that. It was important to me when creating this concept that both identities played towards this theme. Lyte and Dahrk were designed to be a versatile AP based support who could exist as a utility top or mid laner. Please feel free to provide any feedback as it is very much appreciated :)
Let's first take a look at Dahrk the bringer of Death. Thematically his objective is to bring Runeterra to its knees and end all life. Hopefully his kit design is representative of this.
>Dahrk, the bringer of Death
> * **(Passive) Heavy is the Soul: **Dahrk's auto attacks and damaging abilities apply a stack of Dahrk Matter reducing Movement speed by 2/3/4% stacking up to 5 times and lasting 2/3/4 seconds.
> * (Q) Dahrk Within: Fires an orb of Dahrkness at a targeted location. If Dahrk Within passes through any enemies, they are tethered to the orb and pulled to it's final location dealing x (+ x% AP) damage . Once tethered, enemies can run out of the orb's radius to break the tether causing a .5s stun. > > * _If Dahrk within passes through an ally who is shrouded in light, the shroud is consumed causing players who are tethered by Dark Within to take an additional 2/4/6/8/10% damage while tethered. _
>* (W) Dahrk Specter: Dahrk raises a specter from the ground to haunt a targeted enemy. Specter's will drain 25/30/35/40/45 (+x% AP) damage every .25 seconds for 3 seconds. Dahrk Specters use 10% of Dahrk's max HP as their own. If the target dies while the Dahrk Specter is active, the duration is refreshed and the Dahrk Specter begins to siphon the nearest enemy.
>* (E) Dahrkest Night: Dahrk summons an orb of Dharkness that will fall to the ground over the next 3 seconds causing x damage (+ x% AP) and expanding it's radius and damage by 10% per second spent falling. Switching to Lyte will pause the orbs descent.
>* (R) Essence of Life: Lyte vanquishes Dahrk back to the spirit world. You are now Lyte.
The next guy we are going to talk about is Lyte, the essence of life. Thematically Lyte's purpose is to rejuvenate Runeterra by cleansing the chaos Dahrk has created. While he can't save everyone from Dahrk's dastardly deeds, he can use certain elements of Dahrkness to empower his allies.
>* (Passive) Lyte is Pure: When you transition to Lyte, cleanse all Dahrk Matter within X distance of Lyte. Lyte will then resotre 2% of his maximum HP per stack of Dahrk Matter cleansed.
>* (Q) Shrouded in Lyte: Shrouds a targeted ally in Lyte's aura increasing resistances by 12/14/16/18/20 for 3 seconds.
>* (W) Sacred Ground: Lyte commands the spirits of the rift to root enemies within the radius of sacred ground for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds.
>* _If a Dahrk Spectre is caught within the sacred ground, it will gain Restless Spirit moving towards the center of sacred ground and Exploding for 50/70/90/110/130 (+ x% AP) damage every .25 seconds for the duration of Sacred Ground. _
>* (E) Night Lyte: Lyte tethers himself to a targeted ally restoring 30/35/40/45/50 (+ x% AP) health per second over the next 4 seconds.
>* _If Night Lyte is used on a Dahrk Orb it will cause the orb to explode healing allies within it's radius for 120/140/160/180/200 (+ x% AP) and granting a 2/4/6/8/10% movement speed increase for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds. _
Hopefully you all are as excited and enthusiastic about this concept as I was when creating it. I think this type of champion would be really cool and unique in the way it interacts with itself. If you have any suggestions, comments, questions or concerns please feel free to comment below and I'll respond as quickly and accurately as I can!
