Arden, The Fervent Protector

Greetings Summoners! Today I present to you the idea for Arden, a damage based bruiser, adept at jumping around combat and bursting or crowd-controlling the enemy carries or frontline, depending on the build path.

Lore: Deep in the Bubbling Bog near Demacia, lives a creature with one sole purpose: protect his homeland at all costs, giving his life if necessary. Hundreds of years ago, a minuscule, tadpole-like animal inched its way on to the solid ground of the bog after being spawned in the primordial ooze that is the swamps murky, stagnant pond simply referred to as The Muck. Over years of surviving off of the algae and scum of the bog, Arden grew, eventually becoming an urban legend of sorts that Demacian mothers would talk about to their children misbehaved. They would say if the child didn't amend their behavior, the monster would grab them through the window with his tongue, often rumored to be over three feet in length. However, in reality Arden remains a peaceful creature most of the time. That is, until his home is threatened. At that point he wields his sturdy, wooden club and bashes the sense out of those foolhardy enough to disturb him. After a group of wealthy Demacian business owners hired foot soldiers to torch as many of the trees in the bog as they could in an attempt to force out the inhabitants to make way for new businesses and factories, Arden knew something had to be done. He headed to the League and demanded acceptance so he could prove to Runeterra that not everything from the swamp was worthless.

Abilities:

Passive: Might of The Bog - After using a basic ability, Arden receives a 10% armor and attack damage increase for 4 seconds. This stacks up to three times.

Q: **Wild Swing **- Arden deals 50/80/100/150/230 (+50% AD) (+40% AP) physical damage in a half-circle near him with his club, knocking up and slowing all enemies hit by 30/35/40/45/50% for .5/.7/.9/1.1/1.3 seconds. This ability deals 20% bonus damage to monsters and minions. Cooldown: 8/7/6/5/4

W: Leapfrog - Arden leaps to target location, dealing 15/25/35/45/60 (+25% AD) physical damage. If this ability flings Arden over, or on top of, an enemy champion, the ability may be cast again. The second cast has reduced range and damage, and knocks away units hit. Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14

E: Tongue Lash - Arden extends his long tongue dealing 70/90/110/130/160 (+40% AD) (+60% AP) Magic damage to the first champion hit, however it travels through minions and monsters, and can still affect champions afterwards. If the unit is hit halfway or below the maximum range, they will be stunned for 1.5 seconds. If they are hit anywhere past the halfway point, they will be slowed by 50% for the same amount of time. Cooldown: 14/12/11/10/9

R: Primordial Empowerment - Arden channels the hidden power of the bog to aid his team. After a 1 second cast time, he grants all allied champions, including himself, 20/25/30/35/40 Attack Damage, Ability Power, and 10/15/20/25/30 Armor and Magic Resist. These resistances, if applicable, are given to minions, though the bonuses are only half of what is given to champions. Cooldown: 150/130/110/90/70

Appearance: Arden is a humanoid, frog like creature, standing about six and a half feet tall. He wears armor made from a type of leather, and he wields a cudgel type club with a knot at the end, similar to the Brutalizer, pictured here. His physical appearance would be similar to a Battletoad from the NES game of the same name. He would be almost like a mix of these (the 3 large images in the middle):http://forums.achaea.com/discussion/467/preset-racial-descriptions-grook and this:http://jameszapata.deviantart.com/art/Battletoad-205087249. For the record, I did not create either of those images and give full credit to their respective artists.

Thank you for your time, 1337 Meme God (My IGN) signing out.