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Rapha, The Deserter Of The Sands

d00mface·10/3/2018, 3:31:58 AM·14 votes·7,890 views

Hello! A part of me has been craving a cat themed ascended character so I thought I'd take a crack at making one. I'm more of a writer/narrative type person though so all I have is this short bio and a few quotes for now. I might add a longer lore story or draw a picture of my own if there's significant interest.

The big thing missing, however, is a kit! I'm pretty lousy at making kits so I thought I'd throw this here and see what you all come up with and edit this post with potential kits you all think up.

Without further delay - here is her blurb and some quotes!

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c29d86e460ce28d42ab3910fe2adf358/tumblr_inline_pg05dkqPPx1r349cg_1280.png

(Art credit: https://egypt-ancient-and-modern.tumblr.com/)

Blurb:

Rapha is a mysterious, cat-headed Ascended being who once hailed from Shurima’s capital city. Long ago, she was the empire’s greatest healer, said to be able to bring people back from the brink of death with her hands and magic alone. After the fall of the empire, when her Ascended brothers and sisters began to quarrel, she fled, wanting no part in their war. After much traveling she found a new home among the vastaya of Ionia. Rapha has lived with them in relative seclusion ever since. Now rumors of Shurima’s long lost capital rising from the sands have drawn Rapha out of hiding. For the first time in ages she is leaving her Ionian home to see what became of her birthplace after she left it behind.

Quotes:

First Encounter With** Aatrox**:

  • “...Aatrox? What have they done to you?”

  • “Noble Aatrox. You were one of our best...”

First Encounter With Azir:

  • “I return to serve the empire, your highness.”

First Encounter with Kayn:

  • “Rhaast? Is that you in there? What happened to you?”

  • “Perhaps some day... I can find a way to free you.”

First Encounter with Nasus:

  • “Shurima would not feel like home without you, Nasus.”

First Encounter with Renekton:

  • “Your mind, it is broken beyond what my abilities can heal, Renekton.”

First Encounter with Varus:

  • "Even now I find Varus' gaze... unnerving."

21 Comments

Hemulen Magi10/3/2018, 7:42:08 AM4 votes

I like the idea so here's a kit for it. Roaming mobile healer support with stealth.

She's very slippery and has good utility but has very little solo fighting potential. She might be able to jungle with this kit, but she would probably struggle to clear unless if her abilities were specifically given bonus damage to monsters.

P: Being in a bush and not in combat for 2 seconds grants Rapha stealth, even if her opponents have vision in the bush. Stealth lasts up to 6 seconds after exiting the bush and is refreshed when in any bush. While Rapha is stealthed, she is able to see outlines indicating nearby enemy stealthed units, traps, and wards. [Rapha and her allies cannot actually target indicated units unless they are actually revealed with a control ward or sweeping trinket first, and clearing a trap or ward on her own would involve Rapha leaving stealth.]

Some of Rapha's abilities consume herbs that restock slowly over time, and she can also collect herbs that appear in bushes around the map. [Rapha must roam to collect herbs around the map to make the best use of her kit. Rapha collects two different types of herbs: medicinal and poisonous.]

Q: Rapha slashes an enemy target, dealing X physical damage. If Rapha has a poisonous herb available, the attack is laced with a slow-acting toxin, applying a ramping up damage and movement debuff and dealing X + %AP magic damage over 2 seconds. After the poison has run its course, the target is paralyzed for 1 second. [The damage and movement debuff is like summoner 3 but ramps up over time instead of taking effect instantly, and it is also shorter ranged. Rapha is intended as a moderately squishy AP champion, so she needs to be careful when moving into range to apply her Q.]

W: Passive: Rapha's first attack or ability within 3 seconds of leaving stealth blinds her target for 1 second and reduces their sight-range for 1-3 seconds. Active: Rapha pounces in a target direction and enters stealth for up to 5 seconds. While stealthed, this can be recast to pounce again and exit stealth early. If either pounce collides with an enemy target, she deals X magic damage and this ability's passive effect is applied to the target.
[This ability gives Rapha the opportunity to get into a fight and use her Q and then retreat safely as a hit-and-run tactic. It also makes her pretty safe at escaping many situations, since she's a squishy roaming support without much solo fighting ability.]

E: Rapha treats an allied target with a bundle of medicinal herbs, healing them for % Target's maximum health + %AP. If Rapha targets the ground instead of a champion, she places a cache of medicine that allies can walk on to heal from, lasting up to 120 seconds.

R: Cast while Rapha is stealthed: Rapha conjures a sandstorm at a target area for 6 seconds. Enemies within the sandstorm have reduced sight-range, are slowed, and are dealt % Target's current health + %AP magic damage per second. Rapha can refresh her stealth duration by inside the sandstorm.

Cast while Rapha is not stealthed: Rapha conjures a blessed healing rain in an area, healing allies % Target's missing health + %AP and granting % crowd control resistance. [Visually, this should be very pretty and brightly illuminated gentle rain, and not a gloomy storm. A rainbow should shine through the heavenly rain's mist.]

Likely items: item 3158 item 3117 item 3905 item 3107 item 2065 item 3102 item 3157 item 3504 item 3174 item 3222 item 3190 etc. I am not sure if she should be melee or ranged, so support item would depend on that. I am leaning towards melee, so likely relic shield. item 3401

Just the Lip10/3/2018, 4:06:32 AM3 votes

i hate the idea of more new champs,

but i like the idea of a Egyptian cat like character to rival nasus and ren.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

WatchYourHeadM810/3/2018, 5:00:29 AM2 votes

Id be down to play lord beerus

RekSaii10/3/2018, 5:36:33 AM2 votes

I love the idea of her interactions with the Darkin, But the lore of the darkin and shurimans simply doesn't fit. They know what the Darkin are and simply what they've done to become Said creatures. "They taught themselves forbidden sorceries, and came to view themselves as the rightful inheritors of the world. The scattered mortal populace named these new tyrants darkin, a whispered curse translating roughly in the old tongue as “the fallen.” Love the idea though!

ChuShoe10/3/2018, 4:51:50 AM2 votes

heh

Desert er of the sands

Heh

Felvyne10/3/2018, 10:13:37 AM2 votes

Uhm... Let me give a try...

P: Blessing from the Ancient Sands _Rapha's shields grant stacks of blessed per second. After three seconds out of combat or when shields are broken, stacks are converted into healing over time. CD per champion. _

Q: Oasis in the sandstorm _Rapha creates an AoE that gives base shield to ally champions. Ally champion receive additional shield per second as long as they stand on the Oasis _

W: Lost amidst the desert Rapha shoots a sand cloud that blinds and slows first enemy unit hit

E: Asylum under moonlight (if Bastet iconology isn't good, Asylum in a sandtomb) _Ally champion targeted by Rapha enters into stasis for seconds or until it cancels the stasis. While on stasis, it receives shield per second and blessed sand stacks _

R: Rebirth from the sand Targeted champion receive a buff called lifeline and Blessed Sand stacks over second. If it's killed while on lifeline, it reborns with health based on blessed sand stacks and stacks begin to drop. Reborn champions die when killed or when stacks drop to 0.

Probably she would need a lot of balancing, but it's been funny to try more traditional enchanter/shielder

Khabith10/3/2018, 5:11:08 AM1 votes

I would ship her with Nasus lol

Also that wart looks dope. Keep up the great work <3

DeracadaVenom10/5/2018, 3:46:56 AM1 votes

YES

The DrBonjigollo10/3/2018, 6:33:56 AM1 votes

I'm down to think of a kit, help me brainstorm a bit? I know you said a healer and I'm thinking a jungler so how about another Jungler Support like Ivern? If not I'll go with a traditional enchanter/healer.

Also what weapon,if any, would she use? I think backhanding weapons is cool and I'd like to see a khopesh or scimitar in the game(though this could arguably be ruled out by Diana's weapon) or of course she could use an unorthodox weapon/item like a magic mirror.