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CCOS Champion Concept, Laminas

SociopathFriend·10/3/2016, 3:44:43 PM·3 votes·1,479 views

There was a period of 3 months some time ago where my laptop broke and I couldn't play League of Legends. However, I was fond enough of the game that I decided to make some champion concepts to pass the time. If anyone wants to use this idea for something- I fully give permission to go nuts. Laminas was my favorite champion concept by far, probably because he's a walking Easter Egg for Final Fantasy.

Name: Laminas, the Heroic Blade

Role: Primary- Fighter (Diver) Secondary- Assassin (Slayer) Race: Human Birthplace: Piltover Faction: Piltover Friends: Lux, Ezreal Rivals: Talon, Katarina

Abilities: Innate: Dancing Swords Laminas' basic attacks grant stacks of Blade-Bonding, stacking up to 3 times. The stacks will fade away one at a time when he stops attacking at 1 every 3 seconds. When Laminas reaches 3 stacks the next time a champion, cannon/siege minion, or epic monster damages him- his swords will whirl around him to grant a shield, blocking (80 + 20 x Level) damage. Duration is for 5 seconds. The shield has a 20 - 11 second cooldown (lowers by 1 every 2 levels) that starts when the shield is triggered, this cannot be reduced by CDR. Killing a champion will reset the cooldown timer, allowing another shield to be created once the first one expires or is destroyed. Laminas can only have one shield at a time. Note: Even with the shield's CD being reset, the interaction with the E still means he can't gain stacks until the E is off cooldown

Q: Sword of the Night Laminas throws his sword to the target area- damaging all enemies it strike on they way. Laminas can reactivate the ability to jump to the sword's location or wait for the sword to return after it expires. Physical Damage - 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 100% bonus AD) [Deals 10% less damage for every target struck, minimum is 50%] Maximum duration sword can stay in place: 5 seconds, after which it will return to Laminas Cooldown - 24 / 21 / 18 / 15 / 12 seconds (Starts after sword is picked up via activation or returned to Laminas by duration expiring) Cast Range - 900 Dash Range - 1000 Mana - 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 Laminas can be CC'd from reaching his sword. Note: Think of it like Olaf's axe but you can jump to it. And the cooldown will not start until you get the sword back. Also the width is fairly small- similar to Jinx Zap or Jhin W.

W: Lone Lion Gunblade Laminas deals physical damage to all nearby enemies in a circle around him and slows them for 1.5 seconds. The ability can be activated again for same mana cost for 2 more seconds after the first activation before it begins cooldown. Caps out at two uses in total. Will deal an extra 10% damage to enemy champions. Physical Damage - 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230) (+ 70% bonus attack damage) Slow - 14% / 21% / 28% / 35% / 42% (hitting them again will not increase the slow but will refresh duration) Cooldown (begins after 2nd use or 2nd use chance wears off) - 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds Radius - 250 Mana - 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100

E: Angelic Dualsword Passive: For every stack of Blade Bonding Laminas has from his innate ability, he gains bonus attack speed. Attack Speed - 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15% Active: Laminas' next basic attacks will be double strikes, dealing double damage and applying on-hit effects twice. Each time he attacks with a double-strike it will consume one stack and cost the bonus attack speed associated with it. Laminas will not gain stacks after using the active until the ability is off CD. Cooldown - 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 seconds Mana - 50 for active

R: Strife Blade Laminas leaps to target enemy champion and strikes a powerful blow, dealing physical damage. The ability can only be activated after he has struck a foe with at least one ability or auto-attack within the last 5 seconds. For each damage source he has landed on the target previously, a glowing copy of himself will strike with the additional swords, each increasing the damage by 30% of his bonus attack damage per copy. Physical Damage - 300 / 400 / 500 (+30% bonus attack damage) Cooldown - 100 / 80 / 60 Range - 300 Mana - 100 _Note: His W counts as one "damage source" no matter how many times he hits an enemy with it, as do his auto-attacks. So he can achieve a maximum of 3 copies in addition to the actual dash because his E isn't a new damage source- just a modifier. _

Lore "The dream of heroes is for their story to live on long after they do, but what happens to those whose stories are forgotten?"

The city-state of Piltover has its share of nobility, as does any place, one such family had once been prevalent in social circles but financial troubles had crippled the family business; the parents had fled the debtors, leaving their only son behind for reasons unknown. The young Laminas was placed into foster care; he was a quiet child, often sneaking away from the other children to read in the library. Through the books he learned of other lands, Ionia, Demacia, Noxus - there was a world out there to be traveled through and discovered - and legends of heroes inspired him to go off on his own. Laminas decided his path in life was to explore, to travel the lengths and width of Valoran. One night he left, leaving only a note behind saying, 'Nobody will miss me, but there's a whole world out there for me to find.'

The young man became a veteran explorer, demonstrating remarkable wit and fast reflexes to bypass traps and evade dangers while he wandered, more often than not finding forgotten troves of treasure. He was unusual for his preference for treasures, leaving the obvious relics of high price but favoring the small things so he could uncover their past. Many called him a lunatic, but he felt a special attachment to the lost items, perhaps remembering his own abandonment. Despite his apparent ability, Laminas was not often sought out for expeditions. His social skills were lacking, he often spoke only when spoken to, on occasion not even looking at his clients once after they hired him. It appeared he preferred the company of books more than people, his small house was reported to be home to tomes innumerable. He made a few friends along his travels, making fast pals with Ezreal as they explored together and once meeting Lux as she was running from some Noxian guards. Both encounters were brief, yet they softened the cold shell Laminas showed the world- Lux in particular gave him a fierce scolding after he didn't speak to her for an hour, causing the young man to blush.

One day, traveling through an unknown jungle, he found himself being chased by some beast, Laminas glimpsed teeth and glowing green eyes before he ran, the roar of the creature echoing behind him as the ground trembled beneath his feet. He suddenly fell down a hidden hole into an underground city, long abandoned, judging by the dust. Picking himself up, he wandered about the lifeless village. He came upon what looked like a temple with a long, winding stairway leading up to a door. Upon entering the room, he noticed four rust-covered swords arranged in a square, each older than the last by the looks of them. He wondered who had wielded them in the past, for clearly they had all seen heavy use.

The door suddenly sealed itself behind him as the blades rose into the air and began circling him, taunting him with knowledge of a thousand stories never told. Inexplicably, Laminas understood what the swords wanted- they wanted to be important to someone again, they wanted a place to belong. Laminas was familiar with the feeling and so made a decision. Accepting the pact, Laminas bonded with the swords - the rust streamed from the legendary weapons, each being returned to its former glory. Laminas felt the inherent power within the weapons entering him, strengthening him, changing him.

Exiting the cavern, Laminas saw a massive void-beast standing before him, but no longer did he run in fear. The blades flashed in the light as he fought- hurling a thin black sword at the creature. The sword stuck into the back as the creature roared- swiping at a nearby boulder and hurling a swarm of stones at Laminas. His other blades leaped into action, whirling around him to deflect the debris as he ran forwards, whirling around in a circle with a gun-shaped blade in hand, once, twice, cutting at the legs of the creature. The mighty beast was not finished, roaring and swiping at Laminas. The blow caught him and sent him sprawling as the beast dove towards him- mouth agape and exposing its teeth. Laminas felt an instinctive knowledge of his sword and willed himself to join the black blade- disappearing in a blur from where he had been and appearing on the creature's back. Drawing out a staff with a sword on either end- he repeatedly cut at the monster and it roared in fury- rearing back and throwing him into the air. Laminas kept his calm and placed a hand on the largest of his weapons, a massive sword nearly the length he was. As he descended he drew the blade and struck a mighty blow- to his astonishment- copies of himself had grabbed the other swords as well- striking the creature in unison with him. Landing on the ground as the creature staggered and exposed its throat- Laminas jumped forwards and struck the final blow- defeating the monster. The weapons floated back to him as he decided on his new future.

"I've read about heroes long enough, it's time to write my own story!"

Appearance A slight young man with a mess of dark hair hanging to his shoulders and getting in his eyes, attached to the many dreads are ornaments and small treasures he has found in his journeys. He wears round glasses with azure eyes behind them and stands a moderate height. One ear has a small blue crystal earring. His tunic is a dark grey with an upright collar trimmed in blue, the tunic extends to about his knees. He wears several belts to accommodate a pouch on his left side, the sheathed Sword of the Night on his right, and the Lone Lion Gunblade on his left. His pants are baggy leggings that cover his boots beneath them except for the soles. He wears grey leather bracers on each arm. He has a variety of necklaces around his neck and he has fang-shaped earrings. He carries all four of his swords on his person: the Sword of Night, a long, thin, black blade with a red jewel set in the hilt, sheathed along his right side; the Angelic Dualsword is held in his right hand, a green staff with a small purple sword blade set at either end; and the Lone Lion Gunblade is holstered on his left, a black pistol-grip with a shining steel blade- stamped with the symbol of a lion. The Strife Blade is a double-edged greatsword as tall as Laminas is and he carries it strapped to his back in a sheath, the weapon seems to have a set of three holes near the bottom of the blade- when using his ult energy can be seen emerging from them and leaving a thin trail following the arc of the weapon.

Quotes Upon being selected "Our legend begins here, Summoner"

Dance Begins to waltz with his various weapons

Taunt "Oh? It that your best? Let me take some notes." (Takes book out of pouch) (Reclines on bed made of floating swords) "Wake me up when you're ready to fight."

Joke Plants the Strife Blade into the ground, then struggles slightly to pull it out "Prepare to face... face... damn this thing's heavy!"

Laugh Laughs very hard, hands on his knees

While Moving "Bet there's something cool over here." "I'm going." "I should go." "I'm on my way." "These swords hold such power." "Don't underestimate me, you'll regret it."

Attacking "Sorry about that." "The calm blade defeats the angry one" "This is kinda fun." "That must've hurt." "I'll hit you again if you don't back off" "Remember my name!"

Recall Animation His swords start whirling around him, increasing in speed until he recalls

Spawn Animation All 4 swords plummet into the ground in a circle around him before they float into their place on his body

Death Sequence All of his swords fall to the ground as he falls backwards

Revival Animation Leaps back onto his feet as his swords whirl into their normal positions

Skin Ideas Enlightened Laminas Laminas has attained a greater knowledge of his weapons and of himself. He now floats above the ground and he wears robes made of a white material. His swords are no longer strapped to him or in their sheaths, instead they float around him, striking without him ever actually touching them.

Degraded Laminas An alternate vision where the swords do not give Laminas hope and courage- but rage and pride. The weapons are dark and stained with the blood of the fallen. Laminas himself has donned pieces of dark metal armor and wears a red cape that billows behind him as he searches for foes to slay and swords to claim.

7 Comments

Ýones10/3/2016, 4:32:15 PM3 votes

Sorry for the maybe harsh criticism, I'll try my best to help you improve. Your wall of text makes the abilities look too complicated. Your goal should be to describe them in two sentences (proud of me Echoing? lol), as an example: 'Q - Laminas tosses his blade onto the ground at target location, dealing physical damage to enemies it passes through. He can leap to the blade by clicking on it to pick it up and beginning its cooldown.' I was able to describe it in 2 sentences when you described it in 4. If you want it into more detail, fine, but I suggest that you separate the detailed text and the main ability description into two.

Passive is ok, but its cooldown is far too high. Even Yasuo has a bigger shield and it is far easier to get. In my opinion, the cooldown could scale down with level, 18-5 seconds would seem fair enough for me, and the shield value is laughable. In the early game, minions deal 10-20 damage on their basic attacks, so the shield would be useless until late game.

I think the Q could have a small glimpse of decision making. Currently it only has ongoing damage, but if I could help, make it so you can do two things: You can either reactivate to leap to the blade (clicking on it would be unreliable in certain situations) without dealing adittional damage, OR you can not leap and wait for about 1.5 seconds to call the blade back to him, dealing damage to enemies it passes through. This would give the player more decisions to choose from; do you want damage or mobility.

I don't see any numbers in his E, does the "doublestrike" mean that he strikes twice, so it's basically a critical strike? I can't even see its duration, or is it a toggle which drains mana per attack? The ultimate is also interesting mechanically speaking.

Best luck in the CCOS.

Edit: You don't seem to have any pictures related to your champion. Could I suggest you a picture? http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/eternalarena/images/0/0d/Oni_Splash.png/revision/latest/thumbnail-down/width/340/height/191?cb=20151230084411 I found that in google and it immediately reminded me of Laminas. xd Peace

SSmotzer10/4/2016, 12:43:06 AM1 votes

This seems like a lot of things we already have in LoL, not to interesting, but it's passable. C-

DrugsForRobots10/10/2016, 10:05:32 AM1 votes

I really don't have anything to say about the kit, it looks solid and I think it really would let the Laminas player feel like a master swordsman. You've got a bunch of buttons to press, they all do neat things. My biggest issue / criticism is that he feels like a male Irelia. What Irelia could have been instead of the ball of stats she is now. That said, i'm not sure he does enough different. If I were a Rioter, I could find inspiration for what I might would do to Irelia to make her feel more like the 'Will of the Blades'. As a totally new character, I'm hesitant... I think the idea of his 3 swords is kinda neat, even though tons of League characters are sword-wielders. I'm not at all concerned with numbers and ratios, since those can change. It's the core idea that's important - yours doesn't really excite me, but I wouldn't say it's bad.

You can check out my champ Imoen for the CCOS if you wish: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/cXq7B5Iw-champion-concept-imoen-an-honest-thief-yordle-support-marksman

Raxistaicho10/14/2016, 3:34:01 AM1 votes

Hey there, giving you a review :) Take it or leave it.

Passive - It's decent in concept, but really by itself it's just a 3-hit passive that gives Laminas a (pretty respectable) shield. It doesn't really make for exciting gameplay and just really advantages Laminas when he's in a position to slug it out, which means it an be a compounding advantage, but it's not unreasonably strong. I could take it or leave it.

Q - The stats on this ability are a bit crazy overall. It's poke but with a huge cooldown so it's not terribly useful at poking enemies, but the damage is pretty crazy so it's good regardless. My biggest problem is it's two conflicting designs, being both poke and a gap closer. Laminas is doubly rewarded for hitting it (damage AND he's right on top of the enemy) and not so punished for missing (he can still dash to it and fight anyways). There's a reason that there's few abilities that do both, especially aoe and with such damage attached.

W - It's Zed's E but you can spam it in a short window. Mostly it just keeps targets in Laminas' range. It's okay but it doesn't really lead to exciting gameplay.

E - Wow, that is a LOT of free stats. The strange thing is that the active is a better Shyvana Q but he doesn't want to use it in most cases since he's an attacker and using it would make him lose out on a good chunk of attack speed, not to mention disabling both the ability to get that AS back and losing his innate entirely for a while.

R - It's just a single target dash. You tried to be fancy with the whole skill capping concept, but it's still just a single target dash.

Also, he doesn't need TWO long range dashes.

Yeah, Laminas is VERY stat check. His kit doesn't give him any room for outplay (even Irelia can chain her Q to dart around in the right circumstances), so when he goes on you he's either stronger than you and you die or he's not and he dies. He's very right-clicky.

Lore is another example of "works but could be better". Mostly he reminds me pretty strongly of Ezreal, so it was a bit unfortunate that you even have Laminas being friends with him. There's nothing massively wrong with it, but it's not all that impressive and it doesn't really show any real character from Laminas.

Sorry I couldn't give you a better review :/ Best of luck!

Emerald Fang10/17/2016, 10:47:40 PM1 votes

Hello, review time! :)

Passive - Another generic 3-hit passive that lets him win extended duels. This is most 3-hit passives in the game right now. It's much too similar to Yasuo's shield since it procs by taking damage. I just don't feel like it's exciting to use. It gives him power when dueling, sure, but the reliance on his E being up is just weird, and also removes the need for a static cooldown for the passive itself (since the E has a cooldown already). Also, at max level this will shield 80 + 360 = 420 health. For an assassin / fighter champion this is about 20% max health, which is ridiculously overpowered, despite the very long duration of 5 seconds. As a comparison, Yasuo's shield lasts 2 seconds.

Q - The stats are a bit all over the place.

Damage: 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 100% bonus AD) [Deals 10% less damage for every target struck, minimum is 50%] Maximum duration sword can stay in place: 5 seconds, after which it will return to Laminas Cooldown - 24 / 21 / 18 / 15 / 12 seconds (Starts after sword is picked up via activation or returned to Laminas by duration expiring) Cast Range - 900 Dash Range - 1000 Mana - 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110

The damage's scaling is slightly skewed. For the cooldown and mana cost, the damage at level 1 isn't even worth it. 50 damage for 70 mana and 24 seconds? There's no point. The dash isn't worth that much at level 1, either. Speaking of the dash: 1000 units? That's INSANE for a dash. Most dashes are somewhere around the 200-300 unit range, I would say. It's way too long and allows for ridiculous gap closing and roaming potential. Finally, CD is very awkward; there's no point in using this spell before it's level 4 or 5 because of the cooldown. Something like 16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10 seconds, in my opinion, would be more useful.

W- I don't really understand.

W: Lone Lion Gunblade Laminas deals physical damage to all nearby enemies in a circle around him and slows them for 1.5 seconds. The ability can be activated again for same mana cost for 2 more seconds after the first activation before it begins cooldown. Caps out at two uses in total. Will deal an extra 10% damage to enemy champions. Physical Damage - 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230) (+ 70% bonus attack damage) Slow - 14% / 21% / 28% / 35% / 42% (hitting them again will not increase the slow but will refresh duration) Cooldown (begins after 2nd use or 2nd use chance wears off) - 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds Radius - 250 Mana - 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100

So, is this a one-time use, like Kat's W? Because it says the second use activates it for 2 more seconds. I'm pretty confused here. Also, this does 230 damage at max level? +70% bonus? Way too much for something you can spam twice every six seconds. Assuming 150 bonus AD (at about mid-game), that's 230 + 105 = 335 * 2 = 770 damage in less than a second... I think something like 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 + 60% bonus AD would be slightly better, but the cooldown needs to be adjusted. The cooldown needs to be increased by probably about 50% (at max level, at least). A static cooldown of 10 seconds would work. Finally, the mana needs to be increased on the second cast. To prevent the 770 damage bursts.

E - Clunky

E: Angelic Dualsword Passive: For every stack of Blade Bonding Laminas has from his innate ability, he gains bonus attack speed. Attack Speed - 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15% Active: Laminas' next basic attacks will be double strikes, dealing double damage and applying on-hit effects twice. Each time he attacks with a double-strike it will consume one stack and cost the bonus attack speed associated with it. Laminas will not gain stacks after using the active until the ability is off CD. Cooldown - 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 seconds Mana - 50 for active

The way this interacts with your passive is good for the actual ability, but disabling the passive when this is on cooldown completely ruins it. Just consuming the stacks would be fine, since you have to regain the stacks anyway. Max level attack speed? A bit too much. That's 45% free AS at max stacks... I'd change to 3 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 11%. Also, double-hits are powerful. I would reduce the damage on the second hit by 25% at least... Cooldown is long, but I think if you remove the passive disabling, it would work pretty nicely.

R- What?

R: Strife Blade Laminas leaps to target enemy champion and strikes a powerful blow, dealing physical damage. The ability can only be activated after he has struck a foe with at least one ability or auto-attack within the last 5 seconds. For each damage source he has landed on the target previously, a glowing copy of himself will strike with the additional swords, each increasing the damage by 30% of his bonus attack damage per copy. Physical Damage - 300 / 400 / 500 (+30% bonus attack damage) Cooldown - 100 / 80 / 60 Range - 300 Mana - 100 Note: His W counts as one "damage source" no matter how many times he hits an enemy with it, as do his auto-attacks. So he can achieve a maximum of 3 copies in addition to the actual dash because his E isn't a new damage source- just a modifier.

Firstly, let's take this very high base damage.. So, I would change this to 200 / 250 / 300. Assuming you can get up to +150% bonus AD (with 4 copies). The cooldown needs to be increased at levels 2 and 3. 100 / 90 / 80 possibly. Remember at max CDR he can activate this every 33 seconds.

So I believe the last part is saying: For every damage source he has landed on the target in the last 5 seconds (maximum 4, I'm guessing), his AD scaling increases by 30%. This is a good IDEA, but the damage is too much, again. Change to 10 / 15 / 20% AD and it will be better, to scale into mid and late game.

That's about it! I like the ideas, just the numbers need to be adjusted.