[Champion Concept] Gor-Gama, the Royal Toad
This started out as a joke to tide myself over during my work shift. Now it's a full concept.
Life's weird. Here's the kit.
Abilities
Passive - BIGGER THAN YOU! Gor-Gama increases in size so that he is always larger than the largest visible unit within 2500 units. His bonus armor, bonus magic resist, and attack range increase as he grows in size.
Explanation - This was the entire basis for the kit. The idea of "What if there was a champion who's theme was just the use of his massive size?" So now he gets bigger. The growth would be based on hitbox size, rather than actual model size, for simplicity, and he'll grow based off his allies as well as enemies, so you can build a team that benefits him if your opponents don't have any particularly good champs for him to grow off of.
It also makes him pretty good in Dragon and Baron fights, since he'll grow off them as well. Gor-Gama is ALWAYS bigger than you.
Q - Throw Your Weight Around (Toggle) Gor-Gama's basic attacks consume mana and deal damage in an arc in the direction of his attack. These attacks deal bonus damage equal to 2/3/4/5/6% of Gor-Gama's bonus health.
Explanation - A fairly simple autoattack enhancer. Obviously, the hitbox increases in size as Gor-Gama does. Straightforward enough, but appropriate for a giant fat toad.
Also, an animation quirk - while this is active, he doesn't turn to attack. He just moves in that direction. The Toad Emperor need not deign to look at his opponents!
W - Make Way! Cooldown - 14/13/12/11/10 seconds Range - 700 Gor-Gama leaps into the air, crashing down at target location. Enemies directly in the landing zone take 40/100/160/220/280 (+80% Armor) physical damage and are stunned for 1.5 seconds. Surrounding enemies are dealt 20/60/100/140/180 (+60% Armor) physical damage and slowed by 30/35/40/45/50% for 1.5 seconds.
Explanation - He's a toad, I think it would be criminal to not have some kind of jump ability. Worth noting that this is intended to be a slow jump - think like King Dedede's Super Dedede Jump from Super Smash Bros - so it's not great for mobility. As with all of his abilities, the hitbox sizes for the primary and secondary landing zones vary with Gor-Gama's size.
E - Rolling Croak Cooldown - 15/14/13/12/11 seconds Maximum Range - 800 Gor-Gama croaks in a direction, creating a slow-moving shockwave that deals 30/50/70/90/110 (+40% Magic Resist) magic damage per second to enemies caught in it. At the end of its path, the shockwave explodes, stunning enemies caught in the blast for 1.5 seconds and dealing 50/70/90/110/130 (+50% Magic Resist) magic damage.
Explanation - Think Nami Wave, but slower moving - it's intended to hit multiple times. It also doesn't have a fixed travel distance - you can sacrifice some damage potential to make it stun enemies closer to you. I know I wrote "explodes", but that's a bit generous - the "detonation" is the same size as the wave was to begin with. Finally, as always, it grows in size as Gor-Gama does.
R - The King's Breakfast Cooldown - 120/110/100 seconds Gor-Gama rears back, then lashes out with his tongue, grabbing the first two enemy champions it encounters and pulling them into his stomach for 2 seconds, dealing 50/125/200 magic damage. For those 2 seconds, those champions are untargetable but unable to take any actions, and Gor-Gama grows in size based on the champions he ate, and can take no actions besides attacking and rotating slowly in place. At the end of the duration, Gor-Gama spits the enemy champions in the direction he's facing, dealing 50/125/200 physical damage.
Explanation - This is probably the only really complex part of the kit, so it's time for a breakdown. First - Gor-Gama rears back, meaning the ability has a short cast delay. Second, the tongue comes out at relatively high speed, and catches up to two enemy champions. If it whiffs, obviously nothing happens. If he catches any number of champions, he pulls them to his position and renders them untargettable. During this time, Gor-Gama grows in size based on the size of the champions he's snacking on, but is now immobile besides a turning function not unlike Vel'Koz during his ult. He can also attack from wherever he is, just not move. It's important to note here the because of the quirk of Throw Your Weight Around, Gor-Gama can attack in any direction without sacrificing whichever way he wishes to turn. Finally, after two seconds, he spits the champions back out, restoring both him and them to a normal state of action (well, as normal as you can get from just being spat out by a giant toad, but normal for the sake of gameplay mechanics).
LORE -
"Snowdown comes but once a year, now it's here, now it's here, bringing lots of joy and cheer, Tra la la la la."
The scientist Gor flit about his Zaun laboratory, singing absentmindedly. Today, was the day, this Snowdown season day, that he would figure out what in the world had caused Twitch to gain sentience. Despite the recent string of failures, he was right there on the cusp. He could feel it. And this toad that had jumped through his window this morning would be the first test subject for his new concoction.
"You and me and he and she And we are glad because because because because There is a Poro Claus."
Gor continued on, tapping the syringe full of chemicals. Most of it was sewage, so he wasn't quite sure what was in it, but he was pretty sure it came from Twitch's origin. He also had managed to get a hold of some of Blitzcrank's oil, and some sweat that he thought might have come off of Trundle. Or was it Cho'gath? It was difficult to say. He wasn't sure. He wasn't a very good scientist, no matter what he told himself. There was a reason his "lab" was a highly dilapidated room in his three room house.
"Snowdown comes but once a year, now it's here, now it's here, bringing lots of joy and cheer, Tra la la la la."
Gor advanced toward the toad, which he strapped to the table, and injected it into its stomach.
Good, it didn't die instantly. Progress! Gor tossed the syringe aside and sat down in a chair, waiting to see what effect his ludicrous cocktail would have on the poor creature.
The toad began shuddering under its restraints. Gor leaned forward, looking into the toad's eyes for the smallest gleam of sentience. The toad stared back blankly as it continued its twitching, before they suddenly focused. The twitching stopped, and the toad opened its mouth to draw in a breath.
Then suddenly grew to the size of a horse. Gor fell out of his chair in shock, a shock that quickly turned to glee as the toad spoke in a loud, deep, authoritative rumble.
"WHO ARE YOU THAT STANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF ALL TOADS?"
Gor staggered to his feet, slightly confused. "I am Gor, the one who gave you sentience. And you are an emperor?"
"GREETINGS, GOR OF SENTIENCE-GIVING. AND YES! I AM AN EMPEROR. OR PERHAPS A KING. MAYBE A PRINCE? IT MATTERS NOT. I AM IMPORTANT! THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS!" The toad puffed himself up a bit more. "MY NAME IS-" He stopped abruptly, looking a bit confused. His voice lowered in volume. "...I don't know. It occurs to me I do not have a name. How did I become Duke without a name? Tell me, Gor of Sentience-Giving, what shall I call myself?"
Gor frowned. Clearly, what had given sentience did not do much for intelligence. Not a failure, but not what he hoped for. Ah well, he could work this to his advantage. "I believe an appropriately majestic name for a royal toad such as yourself would be... Gor-Gama."
The toad puffed himself up further. "VERY WELL! FROM THIS DAY FORTH, I SHALL GO BY LORD GOR-GAMA! NOW, GOR OF SENTIENCE-GIVING, I AM OFF! I MUST SEEK OUT MY KINGDOM, uh...MY EMPIRE! Uh...IRRELEVANT! MY SUBJECTS AWAIT!"
Gor-Gama leapt into the air, smashing through the roof and crashing down on the thankfully empty street outside, before bounding off through the city. Gor sighed. He'd get no credit for this.
Quotes: Notes: Gor-Gama doesn't really know how to speak quietly.
Upon Selection
- HAIL TO THE PRINCE OF TOADS!
Movement
- THERE! WE SHALL GO THERE!
- DUKE GOR-GAMA KNOWS NO FEAR!
- WE SHALL REQUIRE A ROYAL WELCOME!
- THEY WILL FEEL OUR APPROACH!
- WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT A CHARIOT!
- WE SHALL DWARF THEM WITH OUR PRESENCE!
- LORD GOR-GAMA PROCEEDS!
Attacking
- BOW! BOW TO THE TOAD KING!
- FALL BENEATH OUR MIGHT!
- MY KINGDOM IS A CRUSHING WEIGHT!
EDIT 2/10 - Started working on quotes.
