[Champion Concept] Maud, the Zaunite Spitfire **RELAUNCH**

Flintfall·12/4/2014, 2:07:15 AM·22 votes·11,924 views

http://i.imgur.com/SyC3zgO.png

“Oh yeah, she’s nuts. Takes a special maniac to get anywhere ‘round here, and she has half of Zaun under her thumb, so you tell me.”

#Lore


Starting from nothing, Maud has risen the corporate ranks of Zaun and down again, the faces of her enemies as stepping stones. Her age betrays a fiery youth fueled by violence; no melee or firefight can stop her or the snide remarks that follow.

An orphan by ‘choice’, Maud wandered the decrepit streets of Zaun picking up oddjobs in labs or factories, most involving physical labor. Menial labor was never her forte, and after burning through all the jobs that could be given to her she turned to thievery to pass the time.

Her problem lay in subtly, a pathetic farce backed by a powerful fist. Soon the alleyways gave no refuge to her violent nature, whereupon she sought the only legal jobs that appealed to her. Her already colorful past puzzled the bar owners, and the police forces were hesitant to hire her. Both of their suspicions were quickly proved correct, and soon Maud found herself with the back to the wall, fists bloodied from trying to break through it.

Frustrated and at wit’s end, she traveled back to her old stomping grounds and gathered the psychotic and often restless Shimmer addicts. Using the substance as payment, she sent her posse against all her former workplaces, burning the buildings to the ground and returning to claim their prize. However, a snag hit when they refused her offer, another dealer was selling at half off, and she found herself alone again.

Furious, she went to every corner and alley within a click of where she stood, gutting each and every dealer with a curved knife concealed behind her back. Gathering all the Shimmer, she burned half of it in front of the addicts, threatening to finish the rest if they didn’t concede.

Following her every whim, she continued her path of destruction, watering the Shimmer down each time, forcing the lackies to work faster lest they go through withdrawal. Anyone who opposed her was shot and shivved, marking her as one of the most ruthless ringleaders in the criminal world. Her gang was nearly fanatical, almost religious about their objective, all to get a glimpse of that high she dangled in front of their noses.


Her infamy lead to a fateful meeting with a corporate bodyguard, Kades, who worked for Witherford Municipals & Cleaners. They plotted to overthrow the CEO and establish the company as a figurehead for their domination of the shifty underworld.

Blake Witherford and his son to whom he entrusted the company stood at ceremony to where cires of elation turned to screams of terror as the guards were slaughtered en masse. With a single shot to the head Mr. Witherford fell from the podium and onto the crimson cobble, leaving his horrified son to gape at his murderers.

Thurst under her thumb, the company quickly deteriorated to where it became simply a building ran by blood money. At the height of her power Maud looked down on all of Zaun with her nose to the ashen sky, and even then she felt a longing for more. Fortunately for her, that came from betrayal, or more of a ploy from the CEO.

Tired of being a puppet, he made his move on the dawn of a new moon, several tons of dynamite setted at the base of the building. With a riveting explosion, Witherford Municipals & Cleaners fell on its side, and through sheer luck Maud landed to the offside of several blocks of concrete. She hadn’t look long to find the son’s and Kades’ dead bodies close by, both riddled with bullets.


As the dust settled she found herself sustaining several injuries from the fall, walking was near impossible. Well past her prime, she needed help, and fast. Not one to take the safe route, she asked Viktor for his services. Using some prototype enhancements, movement was again possible, and with it came the fight.

Reclaiming her position as the head of a prominent gang (due to an unfortunate accident involving an uzi) she set her sights on conquering Zaun to where no one could betray or oppose her. After thirteen long years of blood and gold there only way a choice few opponents left in her nefarious game, among them Singed and Dr. Mundo.

Callous in her actions, a stalemate was reached between, an unspoken civil war among the titans of Zaun. Never did she accept a draw, her most extreme approach cresting on the horizon, Maud busies herself in preparation.

There would be no victory if their annihilation wasn’t complete, and she knew just how to go about it…

#Base Stats


|Stat|---|Base Value|---|Per Level|--- |- |Health||528||+88| |Health Regeneration||5.8||+0.85| |Mana||228||+35| |Mana Regeneration||6.97||+0.5| |Armor||22||+3.3| |Magic Resist||30| |+0| |Range| |525| |(Ranged)| |Attack| |53||+3.5| |Attack Speed| |0.658||+3.3% | |Movement Speed| |335| |+0|

Role: Marksman

Friends: Ziggs Jinx Viktor

Enemies: Jinx Singed DrMundo

#Kit


#Passive: Scrappy

Maud’s basic attacks in melee range (125) can apply two different effects, depending on whether their back is turned to her or not:

Shiv: Maud stabs an enemy with her knife, dealing 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 / 170 / 180 additional physical damage and stunning for .75 seconds. This cannot occur against the same enemy twice in 7 seconds

Backblast: Maud overloads her uzi, blasting an enemy in the back for 150% increased damage (including crit) and knocking them back slightly and stunning for .1 seconds when they land. Can only be used against the same enemy once every 7 seconds.

#Q: Kneecapped

Maud fires her uzi in a small, focused rectangle (170~ range across, 125 wide roughly), dealing 30/60/90/120/150 (+.6 Bonus AD) physical damage and slowing for 20%/25%/30%/35%/40% over 2 seconds.

Additionally, she cripples an opponent, removing all MS boosts and preventing an enemy from increasing their MS or gapclosing of any kind/variation for the duration of the slow.

Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds

Cost: 65 mana

Range: 800 units

#W: Wildfire

Maud fires her autoattacks wildly towards her cursor, gaining a 150% AS buff for 2 /2.5 /3 /3.5 / 4 seconds and allowing her AS to go over 2.5 attacks for the duration of the attack.

Each projectile deals 50%/60%/70%/80%/90% of her Total AD and applies on hit effects.

Cooldown: 5 + (2 x number of bullets fired)

Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana

Range: 1200 units

#E: Reckless Abandon

Maud causes an explosion behind her, propelling her forward for 800 units. If she comes into contact with an enemy champion of Large monster, she slams into them, dealing 60/100/140/180/220 (+.4 Total AD) physical and knocking them back slightly.

Cooldown: 16 seconds

Cost: 90 mana

#Ultimate: Genesis Missile

Maud calls for a missile to land on a target location, blocking a 125 area around it.

After 5 seconds, it will detonate, dealing 600/1200/1800 (+.6 AP) in the center of the explosion, and down to 100/200/300 (+.1 AP) damage on the edges of the explosion.

Cooldown: 200 seconds

Cost: 100 mana

Range: 2000 units for explosion, can cast missile globally

#Quotes


#Selection

“Who said anything about retirement?”

#Spawning

“Let’s get this show on the road!”

“Time to show these stiffs a good time!”

“The pain train ain’t got no brakes.”

“I think a 10 second head start should even the odds.”

“Let’s get down to business.”

#Movement

“Sorry, I don’t work with idiots.”

“Mind my business, go on, I dare you.”

“You like the boot? Because you’re getting the boot.”

“Danger is the spice of life.”

“I’m the train, you’re the tracks.”

“Business goes where I go.”

“Sometimes I’m the boot, sometimes I’m the loafer. I like to keep things interesting.”

“Mess with me? That’s a one-time mistake.”

“Let’s make this interesting...”

“C’mere sweetheart, I got something for you.”

“They’re just glorified stepping stones.”

“If you can’t ‘have’ it, you take it.”

“You gotta stomp real good to get results.”

“No one cares what you do, until you do it to them.”

“I don’t cheat death, I just beat it.”

#Attacking

“If you can’t dodge, you might as well quit.”

“Sewer scum…”

“Bug off!”

“Vermin.”

“Pathetic.”

“See, it’s not fun when it only takes one shot.”

“If you wanted to die, you should’ve seen me sooner!”

“Quiet!...That’s better.”

“Let’s play the, ‘I got shot and died’ game.”

“You don’t get to choose, you just die.”

“If you can dodge bullets....nevermind, you didn’t seem to get the first part.”

“Lead: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”

“Pipe down, I can’t hear myself talk!”

“This is a street fight, I make the rules.”

“You’ve fallen, and you won’t get up.”

#First Blood (Global)

“You guessed wrong, sweetheart.”

“What, did you think I was born yesterday?”

“Pleasure doing business.”

“I’d stop listening to the voices in your head.”

“Consider this my reply.”

“That took a special kind of stupid, congratulations.”

“I’ll be seeing you in a minute, moron.”

“There’s a violin out there right now, and it’s playing just for you.”

“Oh yes I’m very patient, I waited all the way until you showed up to start shooting.”

“You remind me of my dog: obnoxious, and dead.”

“I’m afraid you’ve been promoted, to weed pusher.”

#Killing Spree (Global)

“Help! I’m surrounded by idiots and they won’t stop feeding me!”

“Feel free to keep doing that.”

“Ooh, tenth time’s the charm.”

“Feeding me is the most important thing you’ve ever done, how does it feel?”

“It appears I’ve accidentally wandered onto the shooting range.”

“Spineless rats, not even going to put up a fight?”

“I’d say that was hard, but it wasn’t.”

“Let’s face it, you stink.”

“I mean, the first couple times it was funny, but now it’s just sad.”

“I believe the term is ‘rekt’.”

#Taunts

“To die means having a life to begin with.”

“I’m giving a crash course in dying, and you’re all invited.”

“You look tired, how about you just lie down and take a quick dirt nap.”

“You play like a monkey making love to a keyboard!” (rare)

Twitch "I've seen fleas bigger than you!"

Annie “You want to see what happens you play with fire?”

Talon “Nice dress, it’s a shame I heard it before I saw it.”

Malphite “Never fear, Mt. Awful is here!”

Jinx "I’d start moving, or else I’m gonna finish those bullet tattoos of yours!”

Jinx “Sister I’ve been doing this long before you learned how to pull the trigger.”

TwistedFate "Heads I win, tails you lose."

Gangplank “A salty, diseased pirate with a backwater ship and no booty. Sounds about right.”

Draven "So the brain's in the mustache right?"

Garen "Look kids, a merry-go-round!"

Urgot “Well, it’s a good thing I’m almost blind.”

Darius “Look kids, a broken merry-go-round!”

Darius “What’s wrong? Can’t beat a crotchety old coot at your own game?!” (Dunkmaster)

Chogath “Ugly, now in six different sizes.”

Velkoz “All those eyes, and you still didn’t see it coming. That oughta be a new record.”

Gragas “You put a tub of lard to shame, no, you make it feel good about itself.”

Nunu “You must be this tall to ride the dead yeti.”

Singed “Keep running little man, because when I’m through with you walking will be the last of your concerns…”

JarvanIV “I had no idea I was going to meet a royal carpet stain.”

Zed “Shadow attacks, good thing I’m running on a toaster.” (if shadows are off)

Zed “The unseen wit, is the deadliest.” (shadows on)

Ashe "All hail, the iceburg queen approaches!”

Sion “Let me just step to the side here, aaaand useless.” (After Sion misses ult)

Sion “Geez, getting harder and harder to put dead dogs down these days.”

Vayne “Tumble, fumble, I’m not really seeing the difference.”

Teemo “Well, at least you’ll make a nice doormat.”

Caitlyn "Sheriff belts here just can’t catch a maniac carrying several tons of explosives. So tragic.”

Vi "Vi, stands for moron."

Thresh "I've seen hookers before, and you got to be the ugliest."

Lucian "You can't kill dead people, might as well beat a river with a stick.”

Zac "Since when can spoiled jello talk?”

#Passive: Scrappy (knife)

“Whoops.”

“Get some.”

“Ha!”

#Q: Kneecapped (successful)

“How’s the ground taste?”

“My bad, I was aiming for your head.”

“What’s wrong, can’t feel your legs? Poor baby.”

“Where do you think you’re going?

#W: Wildfire

“Hahahahahaha!”

“PAYDAY!”

“SEE YA!”

“HEADS UP!”

“EAT IT!”

#Ultimate: Genesis Missile (activating ability)

Pulls out a radio to call for the missile

“Yes, I’d like one bomb to go.”

“Start over, these idiots don’t learn.”

“I’m gonna need Plan A.”

“Yes, the one with the timer.”

#Ultimate: Genesis missile (after explosion)

“BOOM! Hehehehe.””

“You never get tired of seeing it.”

“Destruction, you just can’t stop it.”

“That’s one for the record books.”

“When you really need something cleared, there’s no alternatives.”

“Innocent bystanders? Who cares?”

#Death

“You haven’t seen...the last of me!”

“Stupid legs...move…”

“Hehehe…cough...”

#Skins/My Other Concepts

Liked Maud? Check out my other concepts:

Gnarr, The Harvester Jungler

Sangrin, the Drifting Storm Top laner

Kawpra, the Kumungu Devil Support

Han, the Resolute Mid laner

Shrike, the Stormchaser Mid laner

Dane, the Silver Star Marksman

Gex, the Collector Jungler

#Skins

Classic Maud: http://i.imgur.com/SyC3zgO.png

Heartbreaker Maud: Though many have sought her, none have (or will) succeeded. Gets a valentine outfit that doesn’t at all match her sandpaper attitude towards men.

Vandal Maud: Punks need to be set straight, THIS is how you rock a leather jacket!

Agent Maud: Age can’t put this agent down, and while her classy suit shows class, her foul mouth proves otherwise.

Mecha Maud: Where flesh fails, steel succeeds! Gets a mechanized outfit, and an attitude that would leave even the terminator feel inadequate.

32 Comments

DiamondMatthew12/4/2014, 4:30:55 AM14 votes

Okay, your champion is a good concept, but competely broken and OP.

Passive: Scrappy Maud’s basic attacks in melee range (125) can apply two different effects, depending on whether their back is turned to her or not:

Shiv: Maud stabs an enemy with her knife, dealing 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 / 170 / 180 additional physical damage and stunning for .75 seconds. This cannot occur against the same enemy twice in 7 seconds

Backblast: Maud overloads her uzi, blasting an enemy in the back for 150% increased damage (including crit) and knocking them back slightly and stunning for .1 seconds when they land. Can only be used against the same enemy once every 7 seconds.

First off her passive. The Shiv is okay, but the Backblast is way way broken. If she had 300 AD, which would be easy to get since her AD at lvl 18 is 116, then her auto would deal 450, or 750 depending on the damage is added to your auto (750) or the auto deals 150% for your auto (450). If she had 300 AD and her auto crit, it would deal 900 AD, or 1500 AD. If she had a IE and crit with 300 AD her auto would deal 1125 or 1875 AD.

W: Wildfire Maud fires her autoattacks wildly towards her cursor, gaining a 150% AS buff for 2 /2.5 /3 /3.5 / 4 seconds and allowing her AS to go over 2.5 attacks for the duration of the attack.

Each projectile deals 50%/60%/70%/80%/90% of her Total AD and applies on hit effects.

Cooldown: 5 + (2 x number of bullets fired)

Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana

Range: 1200 units

Next, her W. At lvl 18 she has 1.04 AS, if she used her W she would get 1.56 AS and 675 range. Therefor, if she had 300 AD she would be able to deal 1800 damage in 4 sec to any target in her sight range (1200). If she had 2.00 AS she would get 3.00 AS 675 range, and be able to deal 3600 damage to anyone is 1200 range in 4 sec. Thats 900 damage per sec!!!

Ultimate: Genesis Missile Maud calls for a missile to land on a target location, blocking a 125 area around it.

After 5 seconds, it will detonate, dealing 600/1200/1800 (+.6 AP) in the center of the explosion, and down to 100/200/300 (+.1 AP) damage on the edges of the explosion.

Cooldown: 200 seconds

Cost: 100 mana

Range: 2000 units for explosion, can cast missile globally

Finally her ult, the ability that would be the most OP ability in the game. First off the diameter of the explosion is 2000, thats way to big. A Ziggs ult has a 550 radius or a 1100 diameter, Pantheon's ult has a 700 radius or 1400 diameter. get the picture?? Now the damage. At lvl 16 her ult does 1800 base damage to champs in the center and 300 damage at the edges, which means you would do around 1800 - 1050 base damage to anyone caught in 1000 range for the center. Now if you had 750 AP which is easy to get, you would do 2250 - 1500 damge. That could 1 shot an adc in the center. most champs have around 350 MS so if they were at the center and started walking out they would take at least 750 base damage and 1200 with 750 AP.

Lets add this up in a total of 5 sec you could do from 7275 - 6225 damage (without any AP).

Plz come check out my champion ideas in the link below

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/43gBydKo-champion-idea-trading-reviews-we-are-all-dreaming-of-red-reply

Shamont12/4/2014, 2:27:29 AM4 votes

hah she is funny, i really like her, i always wished my grandma could appear in a video game! A few questions. Do her auto attacks switch between her knife and uzi? Does being able to use ranged attacks depend on player choice, chance, or does it depend on her distance from the target? Does her W affect melee attacks and ranged attacks? Do her melee attacks deal more damage? I noticed that her Passive gives different affects to melee vs ranged attacks, was this a type of mechanic, that you had wanted to implement in to any other part of Maud? Thats about it, she is a very interesting champion concept, im glad you did an update. And I also hope that you will continue making concepts in the future, you are very good at it.

AznKayle12/4/2014, 6:15:53 AM3 votes

Interesting champ concept. The numbers (all of them, AS buff, damage on ult, etc) need some heavy tuning though because they're ridiculous right now

Earthlord Jazz12/4/2014, 8:42:33 AM2 votes

I personally love this champion concept. Sure the numbers might need a little tweaking, but at its core the champion looks fun to play with and has a creative kit to wreak havoc on the fields of justice. Great job I really like it.

I also thoroughly enjoyed all the quotes you put in as well. The newer champs are all getting cool quotes and taunts to bring their character to life. You've obviously put a lot of time and effort into making this champ. Well done.

+1 for ingenuity, depth, and creativity

eddie chan12/4/2014, 6:27:56 AM2 votes

looks like the older butler from Hunter x Hunter. Anyway good job!!

FyreNinja12/4/2014, 3:17:29 AM2 votes

Is the quote: “Nice dress, it’s a shame I heard it before I saw it.” supposed to mean something? I know that it is a reference to stealth, but it seems like an awkward way to address Talon. I was curious if there is more behind that. Otherwise, fantastic work, and automatic upvote for you sir. I hope that Riot at least incorporates your designs into new champions, if they don't flat-out use your design.

Is it hard making such an in-detail post, knowing Riot may never care/implement your work?

Great job man!

Shamont12/4/2014, 2:46:39 AM2 votes

Ok so on the passive she uses the knife if they are facing her and she uses backblast if they are runing away, within melee range? her knife AA can only be used on the same enemy every 7 sec? OK, do her knife AA do more damage than Uzi attacks, since uzi AA would usually be ranged?

Krizalid12/4/2014, 10:50:18 AM2 votes

I really like his personality! I would definitely enjoy playing as this champion.

Chortle12/4/2014, 6:23:05 PM1 votes

Really love the lore concept making her a lively old bat!

This is an archetype that has yet to be explored

Gallowgrim12/4/2014, 7:58:12 PM1 votes

Interesting. Especially love Kneecapper and the ult.

Flintfall12/4/2014, 2:08:33 AM1 votes

That's it, I have no more concepts.


Artwork is by Randy Toroni, check out his artwork here:

http://www.randytoroni.com/

http://ryonok.deviantart.com/

FlameHalbrdOkido1/7/2015, 6:29:24 PM1 votes

I think i found what might have been one of Maud's front businesses when she was young, it appears to still be operational. http://i.imgur.com/tK6FEFC.jpg

T0doket312/4/2014, 3:19:08 AM1 votes

Dude the concept is really innovative, especially the passive. Gotta say I'm impressed :^)

Shamont12/4/2014, 3:22:48 AM1 votes

k cool, thanks for answering my questions

Foruka12/4/2014, 5:37:32 AM1 votes

Very cool idea, and pretty thematically unique. The quotes and especially the taunts are hilarious, great work! However, with that said, the kit seem somewhat disjointed.

Firstly, R, as others have stated, is rather overpowered due to the huge range and high base damage. Considering that the large area makes it almost impossible to avoid, the damage is very high; Just launch it into the center of a lane, and watch the enemy be completely zoned out for an extended period, or launch it into the center of a fight and watch your team get a huge damage boost unless the enemy has extremely good disengage, which even then would probably result in a lost fight for them. Perhaps tone down the radius/diameter size and base damage so that its avoidable without one having to severely handicap themselves, and make it fall quicker to compensate?

The next two are based around her role as a marksman. From what I can tell, defensively she seems like a more annoying version of tristana. She would be ridiculously safe and almost undivable by melees. An 800 range escape is pretty good, her q is insanely good peel being 40% unavoidable slow combined with preventing an enemy from either getting on her or even escaping for 2 whole seconds, and then even if an enemy is somehow able to get onto her, one auto attack and thanks to her passive the enemy will be stunned for 0.75 seconds. Imagine a zed ults you while playing her. He appears behind you, you stun him for 0.75 seconds before he can do anything, you jump away, and then q him so that if hes not already dead, you can kill him while he has no ability to get away.

The final flaw I see is that W, her only real damage steroid seems broken to a ridiculous degree. It grants you 1200 range, which is insanely high for a marksman, the next highest being twitch with only 850 range. Even if we assume that while using it you can't hit turrets, this just adds to the insane teamfight safety, being almost 1.5 times the next highest range, which is only held by a completely immobile adc. The ability also grants you 150% attack speed, which you don't say scales with levels. For reference, the highest attack speed steroid a champion can get at level 1, discluding the passives of ezreal and varus, is 30%, only one fifth of what her proposed w grants. Finally, even with the above mentioned insane stats, because the ability can't crit, which is a crucial part of an adc's damage, it becomes almost worthless as soon as maud gets an infinity edge. This means that later on in the game, is becomes only a sieging/poking tool, and leaves maud with no reliable damage steroid.

Anyway, very nice concept, thanks for sharing!

Maude12/4/2014, 7:37:05 AM1 votes

Good/interesting name choice :')

Zenmurphy12/4/2014, 10:42:25 AM1 votes

Giving a ranged champion with plenty of CC and damage a long ranged gap closer is never a good idea... 800 units is way too far, especially seeing as she knocks the enemy back at the end of the ability. I understand that every fan made champion sounds 100% broken, I've seen a lot of them but Maud does far too much damage, has enough CC and mobility to even be considered fair. I like the idea though.

House Atreides12/4/2014, 2:46:49 PM1 votes

WAY too much self CC in an adc's kit. + gap closer + aoe ult like that? Too OP for words, its not just about the numbers its the entire kit. kneecapper's bonus agaisnt gapclosers and movement speed gains is insanely OP for laning, AND she has her own gap closer/escape AND it has cc on it to?

I get you love your champion idea, but don't overload a kit so much.

TerrifiedApe12/4/2014, 3:46:03 PM1 votes

Great idea, needed a scrappy old bat to round out some diversity in the champ select. Got a devious suggestion however...based on her lore, maybe she could be that one thing that hasn't been invented yet- the marksman/support. I'd love to see a champ that can be actually classified as being able to fulfill one role or the other..and no people, don't even bother bringing up Thresh, he hasn't been a viable adc in over a year and it's going to stay that way. Might need 2 abilities that scale with ap to make this possible, maybe have the passive shiv be and electrolized shiv and have it scale ap but the shot in the back be ad? Then the up close and personal is for the support and the chase'em down shot in the back is for the adc. I'd probably go AP with the E as well since it's a more viable support ability.