Here's a thought: A Champion who uses her hair as a weapon

darkdill·2/26/2015, 9:12:09 AM·3 votes·1,484 views

EDIT: Before you downvote, this isn't as outlandish as you think.

I was watching some Guilty Gear videos and got this idea. No Champions so far use their hair as a weapon (Heimer doesn't count), and you could pull some interesting stuff with a Champion who does this.

Examples of characters who use their hair as a weapon include Millia Rage (Guilty Gear), Bayonetta, Shantae (Shantae series), and Sakasagami no Yura (Inuyasha). Out of those, I think basing a Champion off Millia or Bayonetta would be the best starting point, but that's just an opinion.

Here's a video depicting how Millia uses her hair as a weapon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lWVKI8Vq4

As for Bayonetta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEXC5KEQsac

No idea what I'd do for a kit, though. Any ideas?

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Ticking Death2/27/2015, 5:03:21 AM2 votes

I know that some people have already downvoted this, but in all seriousness, Riot has released content that resembles characters from other games (i.e. Yellow Jacket Shen = Scorpion and King Rammus = Bowser). Even if Riot used Bayonetta or Guilty Gear as the basis for a concept, it would be pretty neat. Besides, a champ based on a Beyonetta concept would be sexy as hell, among other things.

As for a kit, here's what I'm thinking:

Anima, Lady of the Demon Hair

[Passive] Witch of the Demon Hair -- After a certain number of auto attacks, Anima gains increased damage and effects on her next spell. Additionally, her spell casts alter the effects of her ultimate.

[Q] Stab -- Anima sends her hair to strike a target area. Enemies in the area are slowed and take damage. If enemies are hit by this skill again within 5 seconds, the damage and the slow are increased. If Anima's next spell is empowered, targets are stunned instead of slowed.

[W] Shadow Lock-- Anime channels for a moment and opens a portal with her hair, allowing a large shadow fist to emerge and damage all enemies in a line. If an enemy champion is hit, Anima may teleport to them and deal damage. If this spell is empowered, Anima can pull the enemy toward her.

[E] Deflect -- Anima uses her hair as a shield to block the next incoming spell. If she is successful, her next spell cast in the next 5 seconds is free and gains a decreased cooldown. If this spell is empowered, the all damage Anima would incur (before resistances) is reflected back at her enemy, plus a small AP ratio.

[R] The Summoning -- Anima summons a demon from her hair to deal large damage to her enemies. The effects of this spell are altered by her previous spell cast.

  • Stab -- Anima will summon Hyperion, The Grasp of Death. Anima cuts a lock of her hair and tosses it to a target location. After a brief delay, Hyperion appears and roots all enemies in place around him.

  • Shadow Lock -- Anima will summon Tempest, The Storm of Despair. Anima creates a pool of darkness in front of her and Tempest, a cloud of darkness and coiling tendrils (with his face at the front). He then travels in a straight line with global range, damaging all enemies he hits. He deals less damage, down to a minimum, for every unit he hits.

  • Deflect -- Anima will summon Fortessa, The Knell of Silence. Anima charges her hair with dark energy, then releases it after a second to silence and damage all enemies in a large area around her.

Ariaflux2/26/2015, 9:16:14 AM1 votes

Make it a guy and it'll be more interesting.

Pryotra2/26/2015, 9:26:32 AM1 votes

http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/356/8/c/mane_iac_by_zig_word-d6yvrlj.jpg

^What I imagined. Sue me.

Honestly, I don't think it would be a bad idea, but it would be hard to "break the mold" with that kind of champion. Something Riot likes doing is taking the steriotype of something and turning the dynamic on it's head. Outside of another animal, I just don't know how they would do it.

Ticking Death2/26/2015, 8:38:14 PM1 votes

Personally, I'd love to see a concept like this, but built off of Bayonetta.

rescued2/26/2015, 9:52:32 PM1 votes

I think this would be an interesting character concept!