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[Champion Concept] Fan Warrior

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"Fan Warrior" Melee Fighter/Assassin

Abilities:

Passive - "Preemptive Strikes": Fan Warrior’s basic abilities are granted additional effects if cast from behind her targets.

Q - “Grapple": Fan Warrior strikes with her weapons in a left-to-right swipe, dealing AoE damage in front of her. If cast from behind: First enemy Champion struck by Grapple is also stunned.

W - “Meridian Blow": Fan Warrior’s next basic attack will deal a harsh blow. If cast from behind: Also gains bonus attack speed for several seconds.

E - “Sweeping Gust": Fan Warrior leaps, traveling a short distance while relaying a forceful kick to deal damage to all enemy units in her path. If cast from behind: All enemy targets struck by Sweeping Gust are also knocked back slightly.

R - “Way of the Warrior”: Fan Warrior steadies herself, sheathing her fans to become hyper-evasive for several seconds. During this time, she gains a large amount of Tenacity, as well as a short dash per nearby enemy Champion that turns her around 180 degrees with each cast. Attacking or casting abilities during this effect will cause it to end.

_Combos: _

  • R -> E -> Q -> W -> AAs (for assassinations)
  • R -> Q -> W -> AAs -> E (for team-fights)

In team-fights, use R - Way of the Warrior to get to the backline of the enemy team with safety, making sure to dodge any skill shots and dangerous projectiles on the way. Once there, identify a priority target and position yourself behind them, following up with Q - Grapple to stun them and W - Thundering Blow to put a serious dent in their health bar. From then on, feel free to E - Sweeping Gust out of the thick of the fight, kiting back and peeling for your most vulnerable allies as necessary.

Pros:

  • Highly mobile
  • High Tenacity
  • Fair amount of crowd control

Cons:

  • Requires skillful positioning for optimal play
  • High cooldowns
  • Low resistances

Quotes:

Upon using R - Way of the Warrior:

  • "Time for a warrior’s verdict."
  • "Let us end this!"
  • "To mete out justice."

Visual Inspirations:

13 Comments

TNHA Baritone2 votes

You mean...KARMA? Oh wait...they took those off

Valor Bot1 votes

Karma's fans were more like accessories than weapons to her though, weren't they? (I wasn't around prior to her rework so I can't be sure.) Whereas, this character's in-game combat completely revolves around them. No magic involved.

ban leblanc1 votes

I really really love this idea. For real I could see this beeing a real champ. I'd play this champ all day sounds like a lot of fun to me.

Valor Bot1 votes

Thanks! I wanted to include artwork for her skills, because I have a clear idea of what each one would look like, but I'm really not that great at digital art. Maybe sometime in the future.

SHSLdiva1 votes

conveniently leaving temari out of the inspirations

Valor Bot1 votes

I thought about adding her because I saw her come up in some Google searches, but I've never watched Naruto so she wasn't really a direct inspiration anyway.

SHSLdiva1 votes

That's honestly unexpected; I thought everyone had seen naruto.

Uracle1 votes

You should expand this? Like what's her story, what's the aesthetic of her abilities, or her aesthetic in general? What's her theme?

Valor Bot1 votes

I purposefully kept the description for this Champion short and succinct. I wanted to deliver only on her core thematic, Fan Warrior, and represent that style of fighting in her kit, even if it could use reiteration or be taken in another direction.

While most of everything else about her was kept vague, I did list some visual inspirations at the bottom of my post. In my mind, she's somewhat of a mix between a geisha and a Song Dynasty warrior in appearance, who uses fans to deny much more armored and better-equipped foes, while also being highly evasive in her style of fighting.

I imagine she's primarily from Ionia, though I could also see her being from Demacia, if not both. A warrior torn by two different cultures, traditions, and values....? These are ideas I've had for the character, but qualities that I don't think have to necessarily belong to her, which is why I kept them out of the post.

Sorry for the late reply and thanks for your curiosity :)

Heil The Exile1 votes

Too much like akali sry

Valor Bot1 votes

How so? They're similar in the fact they've both got that female ninja-warrior thematic going, and they're both quite mobile, but the similarity ends there, I think. Fan Warrior's ultimate doesn't cause her to dash towards a target enemy Champion like Akali's does, it just moves her from her current location to another nearby location, turning her around in the meantime so that she can get behind her enemies to make the most of her passive.

Vanjie1 votes

We had one until Riot screwed around with her . . . Karma

Valor Bot1 votes

I know the feeling. There's room here for an entirely new Champion though, one based solely around using fans as primary weapons along with martial technique. Even if Karma still had her fans, I don't think it would be an issue since this Champion's use of them is much more combat-focused.

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