Champion Ideas
Hey all! This here is a list of several different champion concepts that I think would be really cool to see in game. I'll admit, I haven't thought out everything completely, so if people show enough interest, I'll eventually do posts with expanded details on each idea. Let me know if anything strikes your fancy in the comments! Any feedback would be appreciated. ^^
Without further ado, here is a tentative list of some of my current ideas:
-an undead tank-class champion based on the Japanese youkai called the "bake-kujira," which is basically a giant ghost whale skeleton. Could also take some inspiration from the leviathan. One of his abilities would slow a target and deal damage over time for 2.5 seconds, but the slow decays over that time as well. He'd function best in the top lane. He'd be meant to give the fantasy of a large, imposing and cursed beast who sends minions out to help it lock down and consume targets.
-a water elemental mage-class champion based on phrase "lady of the lake." Could potentially be related to 
story-wise, perhaps a being similar to 
in terms of being an elemental embodiment of a certain area. One of her abilities would be an AoE knock-up, perhaps her ult, and she'd be best as a mid laner. She'd be more mechanically difficult since her maximum damage output would require timing her abilities together and watching her cooldowns.
-A Voidling support-class champion, focused more on sabotaging the enemy than healing their allies. It'd be based somewhat on a gremlin, and it'd be a very CC-heavy champion. A theme it'd provide would be "disrupting the map," and as such a lot of its abilities would provide CC by creating new terrain similar to 
and his ult or 's wall. It's ult would be a large AoE where all enemy champions receive a de-buff that make their attacks weaker and take damage over time. It'd be really squishy, however, and it'd lack an escape, so it could easily be focused down and killed.
-A tank/mage hybrid champion with a theme around mirrors. Could possibly be played as a support, but can also function in a solo lane. The story would involve a woman who found a magical mirror that reveals the "true self" of anyone who looks into it. She uses it to try and clean corruption from the world, acting as a vigilante. Many of her abilities would encourage playing passively and punishing enemies for their mistakes, providing a decent amount of CC. Her ult is her most powerful ability, where she creates a shield around herself or an ally, and any damage that the shielded unit takes is reduced. It is reflected back at the attacker at full strength, however. The shield lasts for five seconds, but can be broken through if enough damage is dealt and it does not reflect CC, AoE or DoT damage.
So those are my ideas for now! It'd be really cool if these ideas could someday be seen in the Rift, probably as parts of other champions. Let me know what you think! Eventually I'll update this with more ideas in the future, so keep an eye out!
