Les'Moq, the Void Hive
Les'Moq, the Void Hive
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Appearance: Les'Moq is a gigantic, purple, mutated mosquito that is actually just the collective form of millions of other mosquitoes. Les'Moq has no gender, as they are a collective of many.
Full Name: Les'Moq Role: Mage/Support(Battle Mage/Enchanter Hybrid) Residence: Valoran Faction: The Void
Stats
Health: 525 (+90 per level) Health Regen: 6.0 (+0.9 per level) Mana: 345 (+55) Mana Regen: 6.0 (+1.1 per level) Range: 450 Attack Damage: 50 (+3 per level) Attack Speed: 0.625 (+3.25% per level) Armor: 20 (+4.5 per level) Magic Resistance: 30 (+0.5 per level) Movement Speed: 330
Damage: 2/3 Toughness: 1/3 Control: 1/3 Mobility: 2/3 Utility: 3/3 Difficulty: 1/3
Lore:
To many, Les'Moq simply appears as a giant, mutated mosquito. What people don't realize is that Les'Moq is actually a collective of smaller organisms called Moq that all work collectively as a hive mind. Originally from the Void, Les'Moq flies around Valoran finding healthy hosts to either feed from or create more Moq, leaving little else behind them but drained corpses. Les'Moq has little else in mind but to infect the world with themself and become everyone, but with the people of Valoran boarding up their doors and sectioning off villages as quarantine zones, Les'Moq's goal to spread has become much more challenging.
Plenty of people hate mosquitoes; they carry diseases, contaminate food and leave itchy bumps on your skin. But ever since Les'Moq's appearance from the Void, the people of Valoran have learned to fear mosquitoes. Les'Moq began as a single organism called a "Moq" that managed to make its way into Valoran through a portal from the dying dimension known as the Void. Fortunately for Les'Moq, Valoran had many more subjects to infect and spread to, and more importantly, it allowed Les'Moq to become more of themself.
Les'Moq's first victim was a poor Shuriman merchant, who nearly ended everything with a swift slap to the back of the neck. However, Les'Moq was fortunate enough to avoid it, and was able to successfully lay a clutch of eggs in the man's neck. They stayed near the man, and as the eggs grew, they could feel them mature, wriggling in their living incubator and growing their legs and wings. When the time came, the Moq in the man's neck burst out in a bloody mess, and joined with Les'Moq. Together, they fed on the man, devouring him and becoming stronger. From there, Les'Moq continued to grow in both power and numbers.
Within months of Les'Moq's emergence into Valoran, they had grown the size of a large dog. Within a year, they were easily the size of a house. It became harder to surprise unsuspecting humans, however with the sheer numbers advantage, Les'Moq no longer had a need to hide. As more corpses were left behind, more city-states learned of Les'Moq and put aside differences to collaborate against infection. Demacians and Noxians, Pilties and Zaunites, everyone worked together in order to prevent what could be the end of life as they knew it.
The Noxians increased their security, and executed anyone suspected to be infected. They discovered that fire was able to neutralize adolescent Moq before their full maturity, and they figured that as long as some of the Moq felt pain, Les'Moq would feel it too. Demacia on the other hand created quarantine areas, sectioning off villages that have supposedly been infected by Les'Moq. If none of the villagers showed any signs of infection, they simply let them be. This plan has not always been effective, as some Moq have managed to hatch and escape.
Pilties tended to exile any infected to Zaun, though sometimes the rich manage to bribe their way from exile. This has not been overly good for Piltover or Zaun, as both of them have a lot of bodies they have to bury, and a lot of bugs that need to be eradicated. At the very least, the chemical air in Zaun appears to poison Moq upon hatching, so some have even fled deeper into the depths to keep themselves safe.
Les'Moq has heard of all of these plans, and was at first upset at such a development. The beings here also collaborate, albeit not as effectively, and they are working to prevent their spread. Les'Moq knew that they would need to adapt to these new plans, but in order to achieve their goal, there isn't much that they wouldn't do. They will be everyone. They will be all that is left. They will be Les'Moq.
Abilities:
Passive: Many Into One Upon death, the form of Les'Moq falls apart, becoming a slowly-expanding area of Moq for 5 seconds. This area deals 12 (+2 per level) (+2% of Les'Moq's Max Health) Magic Damage per second to enemies and heals allies for 25 (+3.5 per level) (+2.5% of Les'Moq's Max Health) per second as long as they remain in the area. Radius: 250 + 25 per second
Q: Blood Shot Les'Moq fires out a tainted stream of blood at their enemies, dealing 30/60/90/120/150 (+40% AP) (+2.5% of Les'Moq's Max Health) Magic Damage to all enemies hit and slowing them by 30% for 2 seconds. Les'Moq can reactivate this ability within 4 seconds of casting the first shot to shoot another stream of blood, but at the cost of health rather than mana. Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 Health Cost: 5% of Current Health per cast Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 Range: 1000
W: Hive Mentality Passive: Les'Moq syphons the health from their enemies, and enables their allies to do the same. Les'Moq and their nearby allies heal for 10/20/30/40/50 Health per basic attack. Radius of Effect: 1500
Active: Les'Moq surges in parasitic power, causing any damage dealt to enemy champions by themself or their allies to heal them for 10/13/16/19/22% of the damage dealt for 5 seconds. Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 Cooldown: 22 Radius of Effect: 1500
E: Flight of the Les'Moq Les'Moq charges forward, becoming immune the crowd control during the dash. Upon colliding with an enemy champion, Les'Moq stops and the enemy champion is dealt 45/90/135/180/225 (+65% AP) (+5% Max Health) Magic Damage, slowed by 35/40/45/50/55% for 3 seconds, and revealed for the same duration. Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12 Range: 300-1000
Ult: Feed the Hive Passive: Enemies that Les'Moq has damaged within 5 seconds that die burst as they create more Moq from their corpse, leaving behind an area identical to Many Into One for 5 seconds.
Active: Les'Moq swarms a portion of themself in a cone in front of them for 5 seconds. As the Moq swarm, they heal allies within for 30/45/60(+5/6/7% of allies' Max Health) Health every second and deal 20/30/40(+4/4.5/5% of enemies' Max Health) Magic Damage to enemies within every second. Les'Moq can move during this time, but cannot change the direction of the swarm, use abilities, or use basic attacks.
Les'Moq can reactivate the ability to cancel it. Mana Cost: 150 Cooldown: 120/110/100 Range: 600 Angle of Cone: 50
Gameplay:
Playing as Les'Moq
When playing as a hive mind, you obviously have to think about more than yourself. You have to think about ways that can benefit everyone. While Les'Moq doesn't have any hard crowd control, their incredible sustaining ability thanks to Hive Mentality allows them to either sustain by themself or keep their Bot lane partner alive. In lane, proper managing of health between Hive Mentality and Blood Shot will allow for solid poke with little to no response, however improper management or being caught out can easily scatter this hive.
In a team fight, Les'Moq plays best in the middle of everything, looking to deal as much damage to everyone as they can in order to create as many Many Into One zones as possible before their own death. After an engage , Les'Moq can join the fight with a Flight of the Moq leading into a Feed the Hive, dealing a lot of damage to the front line and healing those who manage to make it into the back line.
Tips and Tricks:
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In lane, sometimes a well-timed Hive Mentality can change the fight more than any damage Les'Moq can deal. Allowing healing from abilities can turn a failing gank into a Jungler making it out with just barely enough health, or letting an ADC get enough health to prevent a revenge kill from the enemy Support.
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Les'Moq's best place is in the middle of the fight, so even if they die, their passive, Many Into One can help their team if it turns out life isn't working in their favor.
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Remember that Hive Mentality is limited in its healing capabilities. The health on basic attacks is static regardless of damage, and the health with bonus abilities only works if they deal damage to CHAMPIONS, and its long cooldown makes it so it needs to be used only when necessary.
Quotes:
Upon Selection: "We learn, we adapt, we are Les'Moq."
Upon Ban: "You cannot exterminate us so easily."
Beginning a Match: "We feel each other as we grow. We will grow more today." "Their lives are to feed us. They will learn this soon." "It is but an inevitability that we would find more to infect." "Our goal does not need to be moral, we are beyond such things." "To feast and to infect."
Moving: "Organic life was a gift to us." "All things grow, we just took the initiative." "We have no purpose but to exist, and exist we shall." "All our lives are worth more than any one." "We are the collective." "The Void is barren now." "One life, many hearts. We work together." "We are capable of so much together." "Great minds thinks as one." "We get our work done better together." "Thinking about tomorrow gives us hope." "Each day we grow more." "One million and counting." "As we grow, we learn and we adapt." "Our infection will spread to this universe and all universes." "The lives of all to serve our cause." "We will swarm in time." "We feel a hunger. We must feed soon."
Attacking: "You're out-numbered." "You will join us." "You are an adequate host." "Our infection has spread to you." "You cannot halt that which cannot be halted." "You cannot kill us all." "We will drain you of life and use you for our own." "Our purpose is not noble, but it is greater than yours." "There is no one to save you from us." "Do not try. Just accept it." "You must learn that we are your superior. We intend to teach you." "A poor excuse of a defense." "Any of us you kill will be replaced tenfold." "The hive will feed regardless of your actions."
Using Hive Mentality: "Feed." "Feast." "Consume them." "We will assist you." "We will feed. As will you."
Using Feed the Hive: "Swarm." "Fly." "We attack as one." "You will be drained."
Death: "We are... beyond... death..." "We will... return... in greater... numbers..." "You haven't... defeated... us..."
First Blood: "The first blood is the most delicious." "Your blood will feed us all." "We appreciate your sacrifice."
Pentakill: "Collaboration is key." "Do they not know how to work together?" "We work together to take down the scattered."
Taunt: "We are greater than the sum of our parts." "One million to one is the best kind of odds." "We may not know our fate, but we know each other."
Taunt Ahri: "We will drain the beauty from your cheeks."
Taunt Any Robot or Mechanical Champion: "Oil will do."
Taunt Amumu: "You taste salty... like tears..."
Taunt Braum: "We can hear your blood pumping... your muscles flexing..." "You have so much blood in you..."
Taunt Cho'Gath: "Consume and devour, our friend." "We too have grown, Cho."
Taunt Dr. Mundo: "You taste like... Asparagus? Strange."
Taunt Elise: "No spider can catch these flies."
Taunt Evelynn: "We're biters, don't worry."
Taunt Gragas: "You're certainly going to be a drink." "How about we all go out for a drink, hm?"
Taunt Illaoi: "Can you test us all?"
Taunt Jhin: "You taste like... a fine wine."
Taunt Kassadin: "You've only had a taste of the Void." "You saw the death of our world." "You saw what will happen to your world."
Taunt Kha'Zix: "Consume and adapt, our friend."
Taunt Kled: "The world would be so thankful if you would just have a heart attack."
Taunt Kog'Maw: "Consume and enjoy, our friend."
Taunt Malzahar: "Sink into oblivion with us." "You have accepted the fate of this world already, Malzahar."
Taunt Maokai: "You can rot, tree."
Taunt Mordekaiser: "You certainly have a lot of iron."
Taunt Rek'Sai: "Consume and survive, our friend."
Taunt Singed: "Yes, we would like a drink."
Taunt Tahm Kench: "Too much cholesterol."
Taunt Varus: "We can taste you... all of you..." "Think how much better you would all be if you collaborated."
Taunt Vel'Koz: "Consume and learn, our friend."
Taunt Xerath: "You taste like... raw, unadulterated power..."
Taunt Zoe: "You taste like... far too much chocolate."
