[Champion Concept] Mal'Vos, The Will of the Void

So this started out as a rather silly idea for a champ that was a defective League Minion that had survived for too long and somehow developed sentience, but then it became an attempt at a bot lane farm-denial support a la Yorick or Azir for top and mid, respectively. Name is not intentionally a reference to Malhazar, but I can't seem to come up with a better one.

LORE:

Mal'Vos is an ethereal parasite from the Void with the power to possess the bodies of other living things, with the intent to experience all the sensations the world of Runeterra has to offer before he and his kin plunge it into the darkness of the Void. Unfortunately for him, his innate Void energies are harmful to creatures from Runeterra, so possessing a host causes it to rapidly deteriorate and die, much to his frustration.

And so Mal'Vos ventured across Runeterra, sampling what every man and beast had to offer, eventually coming across a hedonistic cult of void-worshippers who helped him oblige his desires, but the innate frailty and limitations of the human form brought him no end of grief. He longed for a body that could withstand the strain of his power, granting him an eternal source of the sensation he so desired, and when a man reeking of the Void came to visit his cult, he thought he had found just what he was looking for.

Immediately Mal'Vos lunged to overtake this newcomer, sinking his very essence into his frame to claim it as his own, but all to late he realized something was woefully amiss. This one was no stranger to the Void, that much was clear, but his mind was not tainted by it in the way Mal'Vos had anticipated- rather it was as if this man's mind had subjugated the power of the Void itself, and even now resisted his attempts at possession and appeared to be siphoning his very essence. Despite his best efforts, the Will of the Void was forced to submit to the will of this stranger, and tore himself free from his body as the two fled the cult in opposing directions. The man would recover in time, but Mal'Vos never did.

His encounter with that stranger had forever weakened him- though he could still exert some control over other life-forms, no longer did he possess the strength to possess a host completely for any longer than a short period before he would lose his hold. Never again would he experience the sensations of a living body as intensely or for as long as he once had, and the harsh light of Runeterra's sun shining on his exposed and vulnerable body would forever mock him for his failure. And so Mal'Vos was filled with new purpose- a hunger for a particular sensation he would not be denied: the eternal agony of the mind and flesh of Kassadin the Voidwalker, the man who dared resist the Will of the Void.

Appearance: Resembles a large Void-purple Portugese Man-o-War with a small pulsating brain floating within the bulbous head. Four prominent clusters of tentacles resembling glowing nerve strands sprout equidistantly from the corners of his body, two in front and two in back, which he uses to sting his opponents as his autoattack. These tentacles glow and pulse in time with his central brain, but will go dark one at a time for each charge of his Q he has on cooldown. When he possesses a Host (see Passive), a net of translucent webbing fans out from beneath his body to engulf the subject, much like an octopus or a Humboldt squid.

For his normal movement animation, he rhythmically bobs in the air like a jellyfish, but when under a speed buff he leans forward and pulsates more rapidly, swimming through the air with his four tentacles like an octopus.

Stats: HP: ~480-500 (+78 per level) Health Regen: 5/5sec (+0.55/level) Mana: ~360 (+60/level) Mana Regen: 11.5/5 secs (+0.8/level) Attack Damage: 45 (+3/level) Attack Speed: 0.625 (+1.36%/level) Armor: ~19 (+3/level) Magic Resistance: 30 (+0/level) Movement Speed: 325 Autoattack Range: 525

KIT:

PASSIVE: Parasite -Exposed: Mal'Vos has 25% faster movement speed and ignores unit collision while outside a Host, but takes a 15%-0% (decreases with level) penalty to Armor and Magic Resist. Mal'Vos loses the Exposed condition when he takes control of a Host.

-Host: Killing an enemy minion or non-epic monster causes Mal'Vos to possess the target, making it his Host and modifying his stats accordingly. -Host has 25%/50%/75% of the creature's maximum health, and takes all damage dealt to Vel'Koz until killed or abandoned. -While in control of a Host, Mal'Vos moves and autoattacks using the base Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Autoattack Range of his Host, but he still uses his own base AD and AP plus 15%/25%/50% of his Host's. -Mal'Vos regains the Exposed condition when his Host is abandoned or slain; if his Host is killed, he also gains the "Shock" condition that prevents him from taking another Host for 3 seconds. -Effects normally triggered by the target creature's death (including Ancient Krugg's split or Icathian Surprise, but excluding resurrective effects like Guardian Angel or Chronoshift) are delayed until Mal'Vos loses control of the Host.

At level 11, Mal'Vos's autoattacks execute minions and non-epic monsters below 25% HP while Exposed. At level 16, Mal'Vos's enemy minions and non-epic monsters are executed at <= 40% HP.

Q: Destructive Impulse -Fills an allied minion or champion within 600 units with a surge of Void energy, whipping them into a frenzy and briefly increasing their speed and power. Can hold up to 1/1/2/3/4 charges that recharge every 14/13/12/11/10 seconds. Mana cost 60.

-Grants allied minions 15/30/45/60/75 movement speed and 10/20/30/40/50 increased attack damage. At the end of this duration (or when the minion is killed), the minion discharges Void energy in a radius, dealing 80/125/170/215/260(+ 50% AP) magic damage

-Allied champions gain 25% movement speed and 25%/30%/35%/40%/45% slow resist for 2.5/3/3.5/4/5 seconds. Moving and attacking accumulates stacks of Surge, up to a maximum of 100. At max stacks, their next autoattack or damaging ability consumes all Surge stacks to deal 80/125/170/215/260(+ 50% AP) bonus magic damage.

W: Shared Sensation -Mal'Vos infuses the ground in a 600-unit radius around him with a neural web that lasts 8 seconds or until Mal'Vos leaves the area of effect. Mal'Vos and allied champs within the radius gain 2%/3%/4%/5%/6% (+1% per 100 Host health) damage reduction per allied champion in the area. Damage mitigated is dealt to all enemies in the radius as magic damage. Cooldown 12 seconds, cost 75/90/105/120/135 mana.

E: VOID SURGE -Mal'Vos sends a surge of Void energy in a 750-unit line that passes through terrain and deals 60/80/100/120/140 (+60% AP) magic damage to all enemies it hits. The projectile lingers at the end of its trajectory for 1.5 seconds, during which time Mal'Vos may recast this ability to rush to its location, dealing an additional 30/40/50/60/70 (+30% AP) to enemies along the way.

-If Mal'Vos has a Host, it is launched instead for the first attack and deals additional Physical damage equal to 10%/20%/30%/40%/50% of the Host's current health (+1/2/3/4/5% Mal'Vos' max HP) and stun all it hits for 1.5 seconds, though it no longer passes through terrain. The Host is left stunned at the end of its trajectory for 1.5 seconds, after which it loses its Host status and Mal'Vos regains the Exposed condition and loses any remaining bonus health provided by the Host, unless Mal'Vos recasts this ability to dash to its position, dealing the normal secondary damage along the way. Cooldown 15/13/12/10/8 seconds, costs 60/65/70/75/80 mana

R: WILL OF THE VOID

Passive: Enemy champions killed while Exposed may be taken as Hosts for 10/15/20 seconds before expiring.

Active: Mal'Vos abandons his current host and teleports to a targeted allied or enemy minion, champion, or Jungle monster within 900 units and possesses it, triggering one of three effects: (Base cost is 100 mana, base cooldown is 120/110/100)

-Enemy Minion or Non-Epic Monster: Executes target and claims it as a Host while healing Mal'Vos for the target's remaining health. Refundes 50 mana and 60% of this ability's cooldown time.

-Allied Champion: Mal'Vos becomes un-targetable and automatically follows the target ally's movements for 7 seconds while granting 150/300/450 (+50%/60%/75% of Mal'Vos' bonus HP) bonus Health, 30/60/90 (+20/30/40% Mal'Vos' Armor) Armor, and 20/40/60 (+30/40/50% Mal'Vos' MR) Magic Resistance, and causing all attacks and damaging spells to deal 20%/40%/60% (+5%/100 AP) bonus Magic damage. Mal'Vos may still use his abilities during this time, with the exception that his E produces a target the Host may choose to dash to by right-clicking. Mal'Vos is deposited within 100 units of his ally with the Exposed condition once this power's duration ends.

-Enemy Champion or Epic Jungle monster: suppresses them for 2/3/5 seconds, reducing their Armor and Magic Resistance by 20%/30%/40% (+2%/3%/5% every 100 AD) and deals a total of 300/400/500 (+25%/30%/35% of the target's missing health) Magic Damage over time. Mal'Vos can still cast his other abilities during this time, but he may not move or use basic attacks. Once this power's duration ends, Mal'Vos is ejected from his Host 100 units away in a random direction, and remains untargetable but unable to attack or cast any of his abilities for 2 seconds.

Notes:

-His Passive is mostly thematic in nature, but is intended to increase his survivability in lane (and possibly in Jungle later in the game) by body-surfing Minions as disposable meat-shields. He still needs to last-hit his potential Host to possess it, so early-game there may be some skill involved in making the most of the potential sustain a renewable shield provides. Mid-game his defense penalty while outside a Host is diminished, reducing his dependency upon them and making the mobility provided by his Exposed condition a bit more worth consideration, though the option still exists to hijack a Siege minion to help push any remaining turrets or again just to snatch up an available meat shield to stave off death after a teamfight. Late-game the defense penalties disappear entirely, giving Mal'Vos full independence and relegating monster possession to circumstantial survival bonus and/or source of extra damage for his E.

-His Q can serve either as a pushing aid or an escape tool, either cast on your ADC (or the rest of your team come late-game) to help them secure a kill, or on minions to give them extra pushing power and perhaps passive-aggressively deter enemy farming.

-His W allows Mal'Vos to turn a teamfight around with its retributive damage (or even break up a potential teamfight with the mere threat thereof) and could prove invaluable in point defense, but its usefulness diminishes during pushes, pursuit, or duels.

-His E bears the distinction of being his only skillshot and most reliable source of direct damage, making it an ideal poke or farm tool early-game as well as a great escape or mobility tool due to its secondary cast effect. The bonuses granted by the inclusion of a Host reduce its uses as a mobility tool in exchange for more direct damage, as well as provide an excuse late-game for you to bring a Host to a fight where the percent max health physical damage might make the slow-moving Hosts worthwhile for their sheer health reserves.

-His Ultimate, of course the most powerful spell in his kit, and can turn the tide of any battle if used properly. Using it on Minions and monsters provides a cheap form of escape and recovery, but may net you the ire of your team if used in a situation where one of the other uses was more appropriate. Casting it on an ally can help a fed champion maintain momentum in a teamfight, save an allied champion's life and/or turn a fight gone wrong completely around, or just give a buddy a boost to help them tower-dive if it's really that important. Casting it on an enemy might not exactly do much good when Mal'Vos is alone against an enemy with full health, but if he's got a team to back him up, he can shut down important enemies in teamfights, prevent an escape, or just make sure this allied gank goes as planned. Claiming a successfully-slain enemy Champ as a Host is a nice plus, but without access to their abilities it's still just a free shield and numerical stat buff, albeit a potentially strong one in one or more areas.

So there's Mal'Vos, the Will of the Void. The general concept behind most of his kit is more or less final, but I still need to settle on specific stats and balancing and whatnot. Polite criticism and feedback are welcome, and if you don't like it, PLEASE tell my why in more specific terms than just downvotes or general insults, and/or what you think would help make this concept more balanced and playable.

POSSIBLE LINES:

[upon selection] -"So many bodies, so little time."

[movement] -"What flesh awaits this way?" -"Just as planned." -"Is that blood I smell?" -"Anything to get out of this sun..." -"This will be interesting." -"And here we go..."

[Conditional: movement with host] -"Come along now." -"Let's see how long this one lasts." -"We'll make the most of this..." -"It's just not the same." -"Feel the burn. Love the burn." -"Move, my puppet!" -"What a lovely breeze!"

[Attacking- w/o Host] -"Submit to the Void." -"Your body is mine!" -"Let me in..." -"Your will is not your own." -"Surrender your mind." -"I'll take that." -"Time for some fun."

[Attacking- with Host] -"I know this hurts..." -"Let us see what this body can do." -"Their death will be untimely." -"All will fall to the Void." -"This one looks promising..." -"Attack, my puppet!" -"Let's put you to good use!" -"Pain is hilarious!"

[Host dies] -"Gah!" -"Useless!" -"Disappointing..." -"Need more bodies..." -"I shall take another!" -"Aaand it's broken." -"NEXT." -"Well, that didn't last long." -"Totally worth it."

[Casting all of your Q charges in quick succession] -"Oh, this is gonna be good!" -"You kids have fun now!" -"What's the worst that could happen?" -"This can only end well." -"CHAAAARGE!"

[Rare: casting Nerveskitter with enemy Champions in the area of effect] -"Tickle, tickle!"

[Casting Void Surge with no Host at 15% HP or lower] -"Screw this, I'm out." -"I think that's enough pain for one sitting." -"Nope. Nope. Nooooope." -"What did I ever do to you?"

[Casting Void Surge with Host at 80% or more health] -"MEEP MEEP." -"Body check!" -"I'll beat a meatbag with another meatbag!" -"Incoming!" -"Catch!" -"Grievous bodily harm!"

[Using your Ultimate on a Minion or Jungle Monster] -"Ooh, a fresh one!" -"New flesh!" -"Much better." -"This had better be worth it." -"Out with the old, in with the new!" -"Let's see what this one feels like." -"...You missed, didn't you?"

[Using your Ultimate on an allied Champion] -"Now, what's it like to be you?" -"Yeeeeesssss..." -"That looks like fun!" -"Give them oblivion!" -"This will only be a moment. Unfortunately."

[ulting allied champion at low health] -"Let me try that!" -"You started the party without me?" -"Agonizing injury? Heh heh, classic." -"You can't die now, I haven't had a turn yet!" -"No way I'm letting THAT go to waste." -"It's not like I favor you or anything, fool!"

[Ulting an allied Malhazar or Void champion] -"Ah, feels like home." -"And where have you been my whole life?" -"Show them the might of the Void!" -"Together, we shall bring them oblivion!" -"Now why didn't I think of this?"

[Ulting an allied Kassadin] -"Oh no. Not again." -"I still hate you." -"Surrender to the void! Give in to its Will!" -"Let's get this over with..." -"Ah, the sweet irony." -"What do you MEAN we are on the same side??" -"Oh I'm not going to hurt you. Yet."

[ulting allied Kassadin at low health] -"Now way I'm missing out on this." -"Who said you had permission to die?" -"Your death is a privilege that's mine to revoke." -"Aaaah, yeeeeesssss." -"Your pain is sweeter than I imagined." -"Wait a second! Ok, now you can die."

[Allied Kassadin dies while under ult] -"Totally worth it." -"Aww, did I do that?" -"Not my fault. You'll never prove it." -"Aww, for me? You shouldn't have." -"Did all I could. I suppose." -"See? I'm HELPING!" -"Oopsie!"

[Rare: ulting an allied Yorick at 90% or more health while moving] -"YORIIIIIIICK MOOOORIIII!!!"

[Ulting an enemy Champion] -"Your flesh is mine!" -"That's a nice body you have there. Shame what's about to happen to it." -"Oh how I've missed this..." -"Resistance is futile." -"I'm going to enjoy this!" -"This is going to be good." -"The Will of the Void compels you!" -"Hold still a moment, would you kindly?" -"The Will of the Void commands you: DIE!"

[Ulting an enemy Kassadin] -"Remember me?" -"We have unfinished business." -"The Void WILL consume you!" -"You cannot resist forever!" -"Now! Destroy him!" -"Your insolence will not go unpunished!" -"You will suffer!" -"The Void does not forgive. The Void does not forget!" -"I will enjoy breaking your mind, Voidwalker."

[Ulting enemy Kassadin at low health] -"YES! YES!" -"I will ruin you like you ruined me!" -"Going somewhere?" -"Let me feel your gasp your last..." -"Not. So. Fast." -"This is but a taste of what I have planned."

[enemy Kassadin dies while under ult] -"YEEEEEEEESS!" -"We simply must do this again sometime!" -"That was... divine." -"Out of every sensation I have experienced, THAT was the greatest." -"Over already?" -"And yet, I'm STILL not done with you."

TAUNTS: (Mal'Vos scratches under his 'chin' with a tentacle contemplatively, then points toward the taunted champion with it)

[General] -"I think I'll take... That one. Yes, you. You're next." -"Let's see now... I don't think I've tried that before." -"Eenie, meenie, minie... moe."

[Taunting enemy Yordle] -"'Small' and 'fuzzy' aren't exactly impressive, but beggars can't be choosers." -"Well, that one looks... warm, at least." -"Is all that fur as comfortable as it looks? Don't answer that, I'll find out myself." -"Aww, it's adorable! I simply must have that one!"

[Taunting Void champions] -"Hmm, been there, done that... would try again."

[Taunting enemy Kassadin] -"This is going to hurt you FAR more than you can hurt me." -"I would probably have made you destroy everything you loved, but now I'll keep you conscious the whole time." -"Oh I've got plans for you, Voidwalker. Where shall we begin?" -"Do you know what it felt like inside your head? Here, let me show you."

[taunting Miss Fortune] -"Hmm... no, too skinny. Way too top-heavy."

[taunting Blitzcrank] -"Unfeeling bucket of bolts... or is it?"

[taunting Ashe] -"Is that a bow made of True Ice? I've never felt True Ice before..."

[taunting Soraka] -"This one can heal wounds? Now that opens up possibilities!"

[taunting Karthus] -"You want me to renounce flesh? You've forgotten what you're missing!"

[taunting enemy Thresh] -"You call that torture? I've had hosts who call that ticklish."

[taunting allied Thresh] -"I see we have some common interests; I could teach you a trick or two."

[taunting Viktor] -"Trading flesh for unfeeling steel? I'd hardly call that an upgrade."

[taunting Aurelion Sol] -"A risky venture, but oh so tempting..."

[taunting Jhin] -"You make masterpieces of death? I could give you a bigger canvas..."

[taunting Zyra] -"Finally, someone who understands- would you mind sharing, per chance?"

[taunting Gragas] -"So, let me get this straight: you want to be numb?"

[taunting Tahm Kench] -"Always craving, never satisfied; I understand you, well-dressed fish."

[taunting Varus] -"If I ever wonder what it's like to be a total failure I'll give you a call."

[taunting Bard] -"Now this is new; I should- hey, wait, where are you going?"

[taunting Sejuani] -"No. Too ugly, too fat. That thing she's riding on the other hand..."

[taunting Draven] -"If your plan was to be so full of yourself that there's no room for me, it's not working."

[taunting Kled] -"Questions: One, what are you on? Two, can I have some?"

[taunting Janna] -"Just what I was looking for: a rental."

[taunting Jinx] -"Live every moment like it's your last? This girl has the right idea."

[taunting Elise] -"I might have an interest in attractive females. Why, do you know any?"

[taunting Warwick] -"A dog that can stand upright. But can he play dead?"

EDIT 1: Updated the format a bit so his powers and stuff stand out from the wall of lore text, and added some line ideas.

EDIT 2: Trying to pedal back on his dependence upon host bodies- removed the bit about needing a host to cast, and tweaked his E to give it functionality without a host (basically he launches himself for similar effect).

EDIT 3: In response to feedback from another thread, added a proposal to an alternate/additional function for his Q to make up for problems associated with a lack of potential Hosts nearby. Feedback would be appreciated.

EDIT 4: Re-wrote the way his passive works to make it more plausible within the mechanics of League of Legends.

EDIT 5: Last-second update to the lore; a bit overdue, I know. Might try to get his lines updated too.

EDIT 6: New lines added. Will add taunts later if I can.

EDIT 7: Aaand added a bunch of possible taunts.

So, what do you all think?