Piltover's weapon chamber [Help needed!]

Chembaron Yamada·10/16/2017, 7:00:54 AM·2 votes·585 views

Hello summoners,

I am in the beginning stages of working on a champion concept, of course the origin of choice for me was Piltover. I try to figure out what kind of weapon she should be wielding and so I thought that I will open a discussion.

I won't give any details about the champion concept, since I see a great opportunity of asking the community, what kind of hextech weapons you guys would enjoy to see in the future.

Please help me out here and tell me your opinion, what kind of tool you would install a hextech crystal into!

13 Comments

Rykagnar10/16/2017, 7:50:33 AM2 votes

Hm...I think to determine this we need to know the current Piltover weapon aresnal...

Jayce has a hammer/cannon Caitlyn has a rifle has huge fists Camille has blade legs Heimerdinger has turrets Ezreal has a gauntlet Orianna has a mechanical ball

There's a variety of ranged/melee weapons. Being that 5 of the 7 are ranged, think it would be cool to see some sort of heavy melee weapon, such as an axe. It might also be helpful to look up a list of weapons and choose from those. Hope this helps!

FloRaider4210/16/2017, 6:01:22 PM2 votes

Hextech Chainsaw or circular saw

High powered Harpoon

Stun Rod or Taser

Rykagnar10/16/2017, 7:45:20 PM2 votes

Perhaps, a drill? It's a bit far fetched, not sure whether it would be melee or ranged. But the drill could easily fit in with a Piltovian character who is keen of digging for new materials and researching them. The drill could be an extension of his arm, or maybe it's own entity.

Rykagnar10/17/2017, 1:49:46 AM2 votes

That is a good point. I think that it would be far more interesting for a character backstory if the character originated from Zaun.

Example:

The character grew up in Zaun with a passion for science. It was his dream since he was a little kid. However, when he actually started working in a laboratory, he realized the immorality of the experiments. He decides he wants to be a scientist for Piltover. He gets in contact with the Piltovian Science Bureau (not sure if that exists, just made it up), and for weeks he writes inquiries and sends photos of the labs projects. Unfortunately, however, he is caught red-handed when a colleague finds these messages. The character must flee, so he grabs the latest project the lab has been working on: a hextech drill, designed for mining toxic substances and using them to make chemical weapons. He then runs off, and stops at the border of Piltover. He's taken into custody for possession of the hextech drill. However, a scientist from the bureau (could be Heimer, Jayce, or a new character), recognizes the drill, and takes the character under his wing/gets him a position.

A bit of example lore, but I do think the whole Zaun to Piltover backstory is a cool one.

The Great Jordo10/17/2017, 5:02:40 AM1 votes

You could do hextech finger guns! You know, like pewpew.

Or a grenade launcher! That'd be cool to see how that works.

Or what if the champion had a hextech suit?

A giant hextech vacuum maybe? You could suck in minions and use them as ammo. Shoot the enemy champions.

I have no idea what the background of your champ is, so I am just grasping at straws here. You gotta give me something.

Is she a chef? A noblewoman? A street sweeper? A dog trainer? A scientist? A bartender?