Nikki Darks The Misbegotten Deviant (Mage / Support)
Nikki Darks is a control mage. He is capable of spreading his "seeds" all across the rift, HAH. No but Jokes aside, Nikki's strengths come from hitting his skillshots, using his abilities when needed, for CC, for burst. for utility? He is capable of destroying a single squishy but then losing peel and healing. He can heal an ally, but then his damage is lower, and a part of his set up is as well. He is good at keeping people away from himself and his allies, now enough with his strengths let's talk about his weaknesses. Very immobile, has no speed up or mobility spells. He might have his passive's active (man that sounds odd), but it has a long cooldown so you can't fully rely on that. All of his abilities are skillshots, other than the ultimate which has conditions that you have to fill out before getting rewarded. He can't heal himself with the e, nor does he have a shield.
Now to summarize :
Strengths : -Good at poking -Lots of range -Lots of CC -Decent utility -High damage -High AOE -Good at forcing the enemy to back -Decent waveclear
Weaknesses : -Immobile -Fragile -VERY long cooldowns -High mana costs -Skillshots (This depends actually) -Has no ways of sustaining himself -Low base defensive stats other than magic resistance
Nikki does better against immobile mana reliant champions that can't dodge his Q as good as some assassins. If his Q hits an enemy champion, it grants Nikki the ability to use an auto on them for extra damage, and force them to lose mana and make them back faster. While on the other hand, assassins like Zed can jump on you when your long cooldowns are down and burst you since you have no shields or heals to protect you from them.
In Nikki's lore, he was betrayed by his family, and all 3 people he fell in love with, one of them even tried to kill him. He is a seductive but intelligent and classy buy suffering from illusions that cause him to hurt people he doesn't want to hurt. He is also obsessed with taking over the world and becoming it's king. He has plant/shadow powers.
Items that would be good/essential on Nikki are : -Morellonomicon = With this you already have 40% CDR -Void Staff = Burst/Damage -Luden's echo = More damage/Aoe damage -Penetration boots = More damage/Mobility -Boots of swiftness = More mobility -Zhonya's Hourglass = Protects you from your main weakness, assassins/burst -Rabbadon's Deathcap = His high scaling abilities benefit A LOT from AP so this item is a good pickup -Seraph's embrace = Gives him a lot of mana sustain and ability power, plus a shield! -Rod of ages = Gives him sustain, more health, mana and AP!
Keystones : Thunderlord's Decree = Perfect for his W > Q > E burst combo Stormraider's Surge = Has a lot of burst already so mobility to run away is always useful
As Support goes well with : -Vayne = Can pull enemies into walls and keep them at bay -Ashe = Can chain CC and has an easier time of using his ult -Varus = Can hold down multiple targets for Nikki to be able to blow them up with him -Miss Fortune = Can set up for her ultimate
AND NOW THE STATS AND ABILITIES!
Base stats : Health : 465 (+65 per level) Attack damage : 50 (+3 per level) Attack speed : 0.62 (+1.30% per level) Movement speed : 327 Health regen : 5.20 (+0.45 per level) Armor : 18 (+1 per level) Magic resistance : 30 (+3 per level) Mana : 450 (+ 13 per level) Mana regen : 6 (+1.5 per level) Range : 580
The Darks Diary (Passive) : Nikki starts with his own special item, The Darks Diary. The Darks Diary has its own set stats. The Darks Diary periodically marks the nearest enemy with a Memory mark. If a marked champion dies Nikki gets a Memory Shard. When he reaches the maximum amount of Memory Shards The Darks Diary gets an active and a passive effect. Max amount of stacks : 20 Memory Shards. The Darks Diary Stats : Ability power : 50 (+2.5 per Memory Shard) AP. Cooldown reduction : 10% (+0.5% per Memory Shard) CDR. Mana : 150 (+7.5 mana per Memory Shard) Mana.
Shadow (passive) : Nikki’s Soul Companion Shadow follows him around and makes sure that he obeys the rules. Shadow periodically marks an enemy champion that’s closest to Nikki with the Dream mark. Nikki will do a percentage of the damage he deals to marked target as true damage. Mark timer : Marks every 15 seconds. Mark duration : 8 seconds. Range : 1175 range. True damage : 5% of damage dealt.
Forget (active) : Shadow releases a loud screech that knocks away and slows all enemies in a radius around Nikki. Nikki loses mana and health when using this. If his health is below a certain threshold he will be slowed instead. Slow duration : 2 seconds. Slow : 30% Range : 400 range. Penalty slow : 15% Penalty slow duration : 1.5 seconds. Health threshold : 10% Cooldown : 90 seconds. Mana cost : 350 mana. Health cost : 20% of your current health.
Floral Deprivation (Q) : Nikki sends out roots in a chosen direction. The roots damage and slow Non Champions. If the roots hit a champion they will deal damage, root them and grow a small wilted rose field around them that makes them slowly lose energy or mana for as long as they are inside it. The Darks Diary will automatically mark the champion marked by this ability and Shadow’s slow duration will be increased. Skillshot width : (Width of a Zyra E/Ezreal Q) Slow : 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% / 30% slow. Slow duration : 5 seconds. Damage : 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 (+75% Ability Power) magic damage. Root : 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 seconds. Mana loss : 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 mana every second. Energy loss : 10 energy every second. Flower field width : 375 width. Shadow slow duration increase : 1 second. Range : 1175 range. Cooldown : 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds. Mana cost : 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 mana.
Vines of abduction (W) : Nikki periodically gains a charge. He can use charges to summon vines on nearby walls. Vines will strike towards an enemy champion that was affected by a hard crowd control ability and will attempt to pull the enemy champion that they hit. If the enemy champion is above a set health threshold they will only take damage, if they are below a set health threshold they will get pulled towards the wall and will take damage. If the enemy champion gets pulled by 2 or more vines they will get stunned and will take additional damage based on how many vines they got hit by. Skillshot Width : (Nidalee spear) Charge cooldown : 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 seconds. Not affected by cooldown reduction. Vine lifetime : 10 seconds. Damage : 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110 (+70% Ability Power) magic damage. Damage per additional vine : +10% bonus magic damage per vine. Stun duration : 1.75 seconds. Cast range : 1000 range. Vine strike range : 1000 range. Health threshold : 40% Health. Mana cost : 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 mana per charge used.
Petals of deception (E) : Nikki blows rose petals in a chosen direction. The petals stop at the first target they hit. If the petals hit a non champion they will deal damage. If the petals hit an enemy champion the champion will be damaged and marked with Seduction. If the enemy champion doesn’t successfully damage Nikki with an ability they will lose all control and start auto attacking a nearby ally for a percentage of attack damage. If the petals hit an ally the ally will receive a heal and will be marked with Lust. If Nikki is near an allied champion that’s been marked with Lust the allied champion will be able to walk through minions and gain increased movement speed when walking towards Nikki. Skillshot Width : (Morgana Q/LuxQ) Range : 1050 range. Damage : 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 (+85% Ability Power) magic damage. Seduction mark duration : 2.5 seconds. Seduction effect duration : 2.2 / 2.4 / 2.6 / 2.8 / 3 seconds. Heal : 120 / 150 / 180 / 210 / 240 (+50% Ability Power) health. Movement speed increase : 15% / 20% / 25% / 30% / 35% Lust mark duration : 3 seconds. Cooldown : 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 seconds. Mana cost : 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 / 140 mana.
Garden of heathens (Ultimate) : Thorny vines and roots start sprouting from the ground beneath every enemy champion in the game. After a couple of seconds a zone of sprouting thorny roots and vines will appear around them and follow them where ever they walk, slowing all nearby enemies as well as amplifying the slow percentage and prolonging the duration for every additional zone that’s in the radius of another zone. If one of the enemy champions gets hit with a hard crowd control effect they will take magic damage and will send out thorny roots towards other nearby enemy champions that are in the range and snare and damage them. If the target hit with the initial crowd control spell survives they become a Conduit of thorns and will have an area of effect damage over time zone around them that will not damage them, but every enemy inside of it. Other subsequent champions that get killed that are affected by the ult will heal Nikki for a percentage of their maximum health. Width of the zones, Conduit AOE : (Lux E/MorganaW) Range : Global. Channel time : 3 seconds. Slow percentage : 10% / 15% / 20% Increased slow percentage : 10% per additional zone. Slow and Ability duration : 5 / 6 / 7 seconds. Ability initial damage : 300 / 350 / 400 (+60% Ability power) magic damage. Thorny root range : 750 range. Thorny root travel time : 1.5 seconds. Snare duration : 1 / 1.5 / 1.75 seconds. Subsequent enemy damage : 200 / 250 / 300 (+50% Ability power) magic damage. Conduit of thorns duration : 5 / 6 / 7 (+0.5 seconds every 100 AP) seconds. Conduit of thorns damage over time : 50 / 60 / 70 (+25% Ability Power) magic damage every second. Heal amount : 10% / 20% / 30% of the target’s maximum HP. Cooldown : 180 / 160 / 140 seconds. Mana cost : 200 / 300 / 400 mana.
