Champion Idea: Mercer, The Heavy Weapons Specialist

DESCRIPTION

Shawn Mercer is a durable ranged attack damage carry designed to excel in sieges and extended fights at the cost of mobility and dueling power. Unlike other AD Carries in League of Legends, Mercer has two sets of abilities, gaining a new set of abilities when his ultimate is active, similar to Jayce or Elise. What separates Mercer from Jayce or Elise is that he does not change from ranged to melee when activating his ultimate. Instead his ultimate, Emplacement, creates an immobile turret on the ground that is manned by Mercer, allowing him to unleash high amounts of sustained damage so long as he has mana. Yet while able to deal heavy damage with his ultimate, Mercer sports a weak laning phase and vulnerability when caught out due to his lack of natural escapes. One mistake can cost Mercer dearly, but he doesn't just risk losing his life. Poorly placing his ultimate could force him to abandon his turret in order to survive, and while doing so might allow Mercer to live, he cannot use his ultimate again until he gets it back or dies. This creates a unique situation where his ultimate can become an objective, where team fights can be completely revolved around getting his turret back. Designed to poke teams down from distance and force them off of objectives, Mercer is a high risk/high reward champion that greatly rewards players for good positioning and brutally punishes players for making a mistake.

LORE

Born in the slums of Noxus, Mercer had an incredibly rough life growing up, often relying on stealing food in order to eat. He was in many fights during his youth, and after recovering from a particularly brutal beating at the hands of a child named Darius, Mercer became adamant that he would never lose a fight again. Deciding he needed to become stronger, Mercer devoted himself to honing his physical strength. By the time he turned 16, Mercer was in the shape of his life, a physical specimen that not many could match. Joining the Noxian army, Mercer quickly proved himself to be superior to all but one of his comrades. However, this was not acknowledged by the military leaders of Noxus until a crucial battle against Demacia. It was in this battle that Darius, soon to be the Hand of Noxus, created his legacy. Watching Darius execute his commander, who had called for a retreat, inspired something deep within Mercer, who fought with newfound vigor and passion. Ultimately, Noxus came out victorious, and, having shown his worth during the battle, Mercer was appointed by Darius as his right hand man.

The two reeked carnage on the battlefield wherever they went, and a bond known only by soldiers was created between them. When Darius was given a new weapon by Jericho Swain and told to test its worth on the battlefield, Darius gave the weapon to Mercer so that he could test it instead. Created by Piltover scientists who had deserted to Noxus, the massive gun quickly became Mercers' claim to fame. The fearsome weapon cut through even the most hardened of armor, and combined with Darius' melee prowess, the two tore through anyone standing in their way. When Darius was called to represent Noxus in the League of Legends, he knew that it was only a matter of time until Mercer got the call as well.

"When it comes to defeat, if you don't die from it, you learn from it. I made a mistake once and lived. There's no way in hell I'm gonna chance making one again." - Mercer

BASE STATS

LVL 1

Health: 564 (+84 per lvl) Mana: 243 (+43 per lvl) Health Regen: 5.9 (+.6 per lvl) Mana Regen: 6 (+.5 per lvl) Armor: 24.3 (+3.5 per lvl) Magic Resistance: 30 (+0 per lvl) Attack Damage: 56 (+3 per lvl) Attack Speed: .625 (+1% per lvl) Movement Speed: 335 Attack Range: 525

LVL 18

Health: 1428 Mana: 974 Health Regeneration: 16.1 Mana Regeneration: 14.5 Armor: 83.8 Magic Resistance: 30 Attack Damage: 107 Attack Speed: .740 Movement Speed: 335 Attack Range: 525

KIT

Passive: Unlimited Ammo

Mercers' preparation allows him to stay on the battlefield longer than others, granting him mana regeneration based off of his Bonus Attack Damage.

Mana Regeneration Scaling: 1/2/3/4% of Bonus AD (lvl 1/6/12/16)

Q: Noob Tube/RPG

Noob Tube: Mercers' assault rifle has an attached grenade launcher under the barrel, allowing him to shoot a grenade at a target area, damaging and slightly knocking back all enemy units hit by the blast.

Damage: 75/120/165/210/255 (+.6 Bonus AD) Mana Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds Range: 850

RPG: Mercers' turret has a rocket launcher attached to it, which Mercer can use to fire a rocket propelled grenade at his enemies. The RPG is fired in a straight line, its path determined by where he is aiming the turret at the time he fires it. The rocket explodes either on impact with an enemy or after a certain range, dealing a large amount of physical damage to anything hit by the explosion radius.

Damage: 75/120/165/210/255 (+.75 Bonus AD) Mana Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds Range: 1200/1600/2000

W: Adrenaline/Armor Piercing Shells

Adrenaline: Mercer thrives in combat, gaining a base attack speed boost as well as increased attack speed the longer he's in combat.

Passive Attack Speed: 10/15/20/25/30% Maximum Attack Speed Bonus: 20/30/40/50/60% Time in Combat Until Maximum Bonus: 5 seconds

Armor Piercing Shells: Mercers' turret fires armor piercing shells that ignore a base amount of a targets armor on impact.

Passive Armor Penetration: 5/10/15/20/25%

E: Duck and Cover/Strategic Withdrawal

Duck and Cover: Mercer crouches, making himself a smaller target to enemies. He gains increased defensive stats but loses movement speed while crouching.

Armor and Magic Resist Gained While Toggled: 10/15/20/25/30 Movement Speed Lost While Toggled: 15%

Strategic Withdrawal: Mercer knows when the battle is lost and abandons his turret, gaining a large movement speed buff for a short time during his retreat. Mercer is unable to activate his ultimate until he goes back to his turret, either activating Retreat again to begin firing it or activating Pack It Up in order to put it on his back. If Mercer is killed, he will respawn with his turret.

Movement Speed Gained When Activated: 5/10/15/20/25% (Degrades at 5% per Second until gone)

R: Emplacement/Pack It Up

Emplacement: Mercer places his turret at his current location, becoming rooted in place but gaining access to his turret abilities and also opening fire on the enemy. While activated, Mercers' turret fires 4 bullets per second while using increasing mana every second. The player can aim where Mercer shoots using the mouse, (think Sion ult), though Mercers' turret can only rotate a maximum of 180 degrees. Emplacement has a 1.5 second channel time while Mercer sets up his turret.

Set Up Time: 1.5 second channel Fire Rate: 4 Bullets per Second Damage per Bullet: 50/70/90 (+.5 Bonus AD)(+200% Damage to Minions) Mana Cost: 30 Initial Mana Cost per Second. Emplacement costs an additional 5 mana every second (For example, starting cost is 30, the next second costs 35, the next 40, and so and so forth) Range: 1200/1600/2000

Pack It Up: Mercer puts his turret back into its box and places it onto his back, gaining access to his regular abilities and gaining a small movement speed boost for a short time. Pack It Up has a 1.5 second channel time while Mercer packs up his turret.

Pack Up Time: 1.5 second channel Movement Speed Gained: 10% for 1 second

APPEARANCE

Race: Human Gender: Male Height: 6'8" Weight: 287 Skin Color: Tan Eye Color: Red Hair Style: Wolverine Facial Hair: Braided Goatee Hair Color: Black

EXTRAS

Champ Select: "Make no mistake, this day will bring glory to Noxus."

Dance: Matavai Samoan Dance

Taunt 1: Flexes "These are the only guns I'll need for this fight."

Taunt 2: "I was told there would be a challenge. looks around It must be around here somewhere..."

Joke 1: "Want to hear a joke? Demacia."

Joke 2: "I look like a super hero? Thank you."

Death: "I failed... again... damn..."

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UPDATE: Initial Base Stats for both level 1 (w/scaling indicator) and level 18 are up. UPDATE: Initial Ability Stats are up. Retreat! name changed to Strategic Withdrawal to better fit his lore. Lore quote changed. UPDATE: Movement Speed Lost while using E changed from 40/30/20/10/0 to 15% at all ranks UPDATE: Added a description of Mercers' intended play style as well as some strengths and weaknesses UPDATE: Added physical details as well as some extra features