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Designing a champion - Braum's Momma!

333lom·4/4/2019, 3:26:36 PM·110 votes·17,580 views

Hi everyone!! I'm in the process of designing this old granny as a badass toplane fighter who would be an answer to adcs there. Concept art is my speciality, so join me on my journey of bringing her visuals to life!

Background: She's 170 years old and throws icebergs! Also one of the last people who can create True Ice. Perhaps she's a shepherd, and while she's a follower of Lissandra, her son doesn't agree with her on this and so Braum left on a journey to find his own path. They're still on great terms!

I begin with initial sketches, to explore the feel and general personality: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3JZJ6jWsAADlW3.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3JtfoYXcAEdjwl.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3JuEQ_WsAARvdM.jpg

Here's an idea for an ability, where she grows True Ice then flings it. The first target hit gets Crippled.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3J7M97XkAES1x6.jpg

I'd love to hear your suggestions and ideas for abilities, as they can serve as inspiration for the visuals. I will be updating this thread as the art progresses.

66 Comments

Celestial Lion124/4/2019, 3:31:55 PM27 votes

I fucking love this

4 Step Cadence4/4/2019, 6:02:48 PM19 votes

"No one wants an old lady champion."

Literally everyone here thus far: "I love this and need this in my life. I'd die for this old woman."

That being said... Riot please.

King Braum4/4/2019, 3:36:36 PM18 votes

I really enjoy the flow of her animation, kind of reminds me of Waterbending from Avatar the last airbender. Apart from that, As you may expect from my username, I'm all for a character like this, I've been a strong advocate of a badass elder in leadgue of legends and to have that elder be as kind hearted as Braum would be amazing in my opinion.

ModThe Djinn4/4/2019, 3:38:07 PM16 votes

I love your art. This is fucking fantastic.

Here's a combo idea for you that builds off of the ability you have art for (although it would imply that the iceberg cracks upon hitting the first target and continues on as icy particles).

Iceberg Heave Mama Braum rips a chunk of true ice from the earth, flinging it in the target direction, dealing damage to all enemies it passes through (increased against the first target struck). If it strikes an enemy champion or large monster/minion during any point of the spell it applies the chilled debuff for 4 seconds.

Big Hug / Playful Toss Mama Braum dashes to the target, dealing magic damage and slowing it by a large amount for a short duration. If the target is chilled, she instead stuns them and may recast this ability to hurl it to a location within range, dealing additional physical damage to the target and any enemies it strikes.

If that sort of tanky brawler seems interesting, I'd be happy to continue kit exploration around this.

ZerglingOne4/4/2019, 5:52:55 PM6 votes

Dude. Hell yes. Give us the Ice Babushka!

OHminus4/4/2019, 8:57:20 PM4 votes

MOTHER ALWAYS SAID - DON'T LOSE!!!

Divinne Assassin4/4/2019, 3:43:18 PM3 votes

This is lovely!

Schoenberg4/4/2019, 5:14:13 PM3 votes

WE NEED WE NEED WE NEED

Stupafly4/5/2019, 2:17:45 PM3 votes

Cool concept, would be a neat to have in the game.

That said, It slightly bothers me with people saying we need an old lady. We have a few. What we need is an old lady that looks her age.

Zabulus4/4/2019, 9:52:41 PM2 votes

I love this idea so much I can see it coming to life and it's astounding. Her Q can be the ice ability with base scaling of 40/85/130/175/220 (70% bonus ap scaling) and also the "cripple" effect can be the oh so rare "Brittle" that only Ornn has, so it can give her some hefty cc combos. Also It can apply a small slow such as 20/25/30/35/40% that lasts 2 Seconds at all ranks. Her W is a bit weird in my opinion as I think of many abilities but on that sticks to me would be along the lines of a Poppy + Gragas ability to where she gets an area of true ice that increases her Armor and Mr along with an empowered auto that follows up with percentage health damage. So something like this...

_W - Freljord's Call _ Passive: Gives 7.5/15/22.5/30/35 armor/mr (no percentage just flat)

Active: Upon activating for 4 Seconds True Ice Surrounds you and gain a 20% increase in Armor and Mr and an Auto Attack that does 6/8/10/12/14 percent Max health

This is how I view her w working like with no slows or anything because of her Q effect which applies an effect already.

Now her E by far is the hardest ability to think of because seeing as she is comparable to braum and a mix of some other champs it would be viable to give her a movement ability and seeing as she is a true ice welder she is the Ice as far as I can see but making her exactly like Lissandra is a no-no. So her ability could be like a Gnar leap (a bit longer range of course) except the concept is she surrounds her legs in true ice then in a hop motion can do a slam that has a double Aoe field like the 3rd proc of Aatrox Q but also an area of Vladimir E. so something like....

_E - Shatter Step _ Passive: 20% armor Pen and 15% magic pen (upon landing any part of the ability).

Active: Covering your lower half in true ice and after a .5 second delay LUNGE at a set location and cause an AOE Shatter effect that directly under your landing does 50/100/150/200/250ap (50% ap scaling) and in the area around you does 30/60/90/120/150 ap (35% scaling and this part applies the slow)

Its hard to imagine what her R would be of all things but finally lets utilize her Staff. Now while looking at her she is really strong without using a staff but the staff lets her use Direct Magic which I can imagine her using a hook type of ult. So my last part of the idea for an R would be something like this.

_R - Tip Of The Ice _ Calling forth a large sum of her power she can use her staff to direct true ice as she pleases. With a single sweep of motion she can hook an Area and pull forth her chosen target to her does 300/400/500 (25% ap scaling)

to clarify something her ULT is a skill shot just an AOE skill shot that is similar to the area of Chogath Q. Best part of all of this is I can imagine her with a smile having a blast and being a grandma figure with immense strength.

Also mana cost it comes down to what you decide as the creator of this great Idea I just hope I assisted in some way and open to opinions on the ability thinking/scaling. (Edit: meant to say momma not grandma through this whole thing) [draven-pose]

Fabouze4/5/2019, 12:07:04 AM2 votes

If this one douche who disliked didn't I would've been the 69th like... feelsbadman

ShadowGlaive2134/5/2019, 11:32:02 AM2 votes

Every time people mention creating an elderly female champion I'm always reminded of Ernestine Shepherd, an 82 year old body builder, she could be a source of inspiration since your concept is for a top lane fighter.

I'm not fond of the idea of her being a follower of Lissandra, and think it'd be more interesting and make more sense if she suspected Lissandra because she could be old enough to remember some of the history that Liss rewrote and has the general wisdom that comes with age. Liss' lore states that she failed to completely suppress her sisters' legacies and Braum's mother could be one of the reasons why.

PrimalOppression4/5/2019, 6:29:59 PM2 votes

Well, I made some patchwork kit for her. Up for your consideration. Since you did not give her name, I will just go with calling her granny. Some of this is based on what use @The Djinn, proposed. I tried to make it fit "anti-toplane-adc" as I could.

Passive: Every 14-4 (level based) seconds, Granny prepares a protective coat (visuals would be icicle like strips of glimmering ice on her back) When she is next attacked, she spins a little, using staff as support, to block 50% of this dmg with her back. While swinging, she can click on any unit within 700 range. This makes her finish swing with jump, closing on unit selected, this dash does not follow, and its maximum length is 450 units. This refreshing fun gives her 1% max hp regen per second for next 5 seconds. Also, since she uses her long staff to attack, her Attack range is 200(Irelia range),

Q: Active. Medium mana cost. Uppercut slash, creating wave of true ice spikes from ground, dealing moderate damage, and slowing enemy for 30% for next 2 seconds. As of weapon motion, think of Reinhardt (Overwatch), maybe you know how projectile of Tusk Q looks like.

W: Active. Enhance your staff. (Visual of Ice growing on her staff). No mana cost. 16-8 second cooldown. Next time you damage slowed enemy, you will stun them. If its by ability, reset cooldown of that ability. If done by attack, reset aa timer. This does bonus magic damage for duration of stun. Stun duration is 1.2-2.2 sec, based on level of the ability.

E: This is ability you proposed. Draws chunk of true ice from ground and hurls it, grounding first enemy hit. As for animation, if its cooldown is reset by W, and its used again in short window, its animation is changed, where she throws it in more sideway fashion. Drawing it from ground on her left, doing forward hand motion to throw it.

R: Granny knows how to instill order in her house. Active: Granny grabs her staff with both hands, lifts it slightly, then smash it against ground, creating outward wave of ice, spreading outwards for 600 units, stopping at terrain. Animation should be moderately slow, about 0.8 sec long, and wave travel time to edge would be 2.5 sec.

I think she would excel at top, with her passive giving her some defense. She would be played as reaction crowd controller. In lane, her passive makes ranged enemies wary of poking her, as she can jump on them anytime. If they decide to just farm, she can harass them with Q. Since she does not boost that much damage, but has some sustain, she would not limp behind some usual toplaners, but still would have problem with most Bruisers. In team fights, she would also pose tactical threat even while just standing near team. She cannot really initiate first, but with her ult - w, she can retaliate very well. This will either force enemies to try to get around her, leaving her free playground, or burst her down, what can be hard without heavy CC. That would also mean she does her role as tank perfectly.

As for items, she would be one of few I would reccomend item 3022 on, but then there is item 3025 for more cc, item 3742 or item 3800 in case they dont want to go close, item 3143 as setup for W-R, capable of stunning whole team. item 3065 for pure tank stats, or item 3075 to make enemy adc hate her. item 3027 for more dmg oriented build.

Thanks for reading. Hope you are gonna like it. Anyways, awesome concept, keep up the great work! :)

SithesisLord4/4/2019, 7:59:42 PM2 votes

She sort of reminds me of Grandma Torgue from Borderlands 2.

PrisonNightmare4/4/2019, 4:06:42 PM2 votes

RITO PLZ I WANT THIS SO BAD

Sir Saltarin4/4/2019, 6:23:36 PM2 votes

Give me THIS riot please

KFCeytron4/4/2019, 6:31:54 PM2 votes

Braum's momma

Bramma

Release skin: Bromma. Interactions with Brolaf.

rtbf2256182414/4/2019, 6:41:40 PM2 votes

When i first read of this she came to my mind:

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11115/111158530/4163321-screen+shot+2014-10-17+at+15.55.03.png

Agent Corgi4/4/2019, 7:46:04 PM2 votes

I would love this champion so much. We've been needing a champion like her for a while.

FujiBella4/4/2019, 7:47:45 PM2 votes

super cute. ^_^

Naono4/4/2019, 8:13:11 PM2 votes

Such a good idea for a champ.

And will fill the old lady gap that riot is missing.

Hope a rioter sees and comment on this.

GodlyBane4/4/2019, 9:24:25 PM2 votes

I remember someone on the concept page got offered a job once bc of how many examples and good graphic design they did for their concepts it was so hilarious. But yea just came to say that looks awesome and also came to see the job offer. Where is it?

reba0424/6/2019, 7:39:32 PM2 votes

what if momma brauma talked with more modern language? like, she'd yell YEET while throwing ice.

SettDownShutUp4/6/2019, 7:32:23 PM1 votes

I'd love for a passive where she gives everyone a cup of tea or a cookie. The tea would be for anyone with Mana, the biscuit would be for anyone who doesn't have a resource. Not something crazy powerful, just for the start of the match. If anything more for flavor.

fíσrα4/13/2019, 5:57:50 AM1 votes

that the thing we need im tired of seein super man champs. simple and good enugh riot pls start creating champion like that .just look pyke! and sylas we have enugh of champion like those.i want to see a champion that made for "for fun!"

    1. [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]
SettDownShutUp4/6/2019, 7:23:14 PM1 votes

OH MY GOD. I need Braum's Mama!