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[Champion Concept] Rio, the Flying Dagger

Stephenizgod·9/1/2014, 7:16:23 PM·10 votes·2,636 views

http://i.imgur.com/QJGEbwQ.gif

So this is my champion concept for the champion concept contest by Sir ArmaMalum you can find it here, this concept will also be in my Special Champion Concepts List with all my other concepts :D

EDIT: Well i won the contest :D thank you for all the support to help make it a better concept, also thank you to Sir ArmaMalum and all the judges :)

Note: I will be adding an Edit section at the end of this concept for the Judges who have already looked at it, please make sure to check back in every once in awhile as i make changes based on feedback quite often :)

#Rio, the Flying Dagger

Primary Role: Assassin

#Introduction & Appearance

Rio is a Mid assassin who uses daggers attached to long ribbons as her weapons. The ribbons are made of shadow, allowing her to control their length at will. The shadow ribbons are one of the many shadow techniques Zed learned from the box, he decided to teach Rio because she showed promise with daggers. Rio is Zed's first pupil and his second in command of his shadow ninja army. The shadow daggers allow her to hit enemies from behind minions, if used correctly they also allow her to be highly mobile.

Rio appears to be in her teens roughly around 16-18 years of age. Her chest and arms are wrapped in the shadow ribbon attached to the daggers. She wears tights on her lower half that go to just above her knee and a belt around her waist holding various daggers. Her feet are wrapped in black ribbons all the way up to her tights. Her hair is pitch black and wrapped in a bun, her bangs falling to the left and down to her chin. She wears a black face mask which covers up her mouth, nose, and jaw. There is also a large scar across her neck, which she wears with pride.

#Lore

No one knows who Rio was before she met Zed, they don't even know if that is her real name. All that is known is she was Zed's first pupil and she is his strongest ninja. She has always been by her masters side, even when he killed his former master, some say she was the one who told him to go back to his old school. There are many rumors about Rio, that she is Zed's daughter, she is actually his sister, or even that she is his wife. The only thing that is agreed on is that she is fiercely loyal to her master.

The truth is Rio was a wandering rogue in Ionia, she took what she wanted and killed any who opposed her. She had always been alone, no home, no family, and no friends to go back to. She could never stay in one place long unless she wanted to fight off the authorities, she always ran into trouble on the road with bandits and thieves. It was thanks to this lifestyle she had grown quite skilled with daggers and throwing knives. This was a very sad life though and she knew it, she even began to wish for death. She started to roam the land looking for a worthy opponent to end her life. This is when she met Zed."

Zed had just been banished and was wandering around lost, much like her, and was looking for a way to release his pent up anger. The moment they met eyes, Rio struck out with her daggers in the blink of an eye. She plunged her dagger deep into his throat, only for it to dissipate into shadow before her eyes. From behind her came Zed's cruel laughter, undaunted and as quick as the first attack she spun around and slashed at him, yet again it dissipated into shadow. It was then she realized she had been surrounded by shadow men, but she was not afraid and began to take them down one by one. By the time there was only two left, she was smiling and laughing like she never had before. Just as she decided to take out both shadows at the same time and took a step forward a blade came flashing out from her left, slicing through her neck. Luckily she dodged backwards just in time for it not to be fatal, but even though she dodged she knew the fight was over after that attack. It almost seemed as if he purposely let her see the blade so she would dodge.

Fully expecting to die she relaxed her body, accepting her fate, and looked up at Zed, a smile on her face. Instead of killing her though, Zed kneeled down and looked her in the eyes; he saw in her the makings of a great ninja and something else that he couldn't identify. Everything was understood in that moment, no words needing to be spoken, Zed stood up and walked away and Rio followed him. Zed had a new plan and Rio had found her new purpose.

Allies
Zed

Rivals
Shen Akali Kennen

Quotes
Taunt: "You have no right to face my master, I will be your opponent." , "My blades are the shadows, you won’t see them until you are already dead!"

Joke: "I control my blades perfectly... come on come on! Dang thing never works!"

Taunting enemy Akali: "Ha I’m surprised you're still alive, with those weak skills Akali." , "We meet again Akali, and I suppose it is time I finish you off"

Taunting enemy Shen: "My master wanted to finish you once and for all, but I will beat him to it!"

Taunting enemy Kennen: "Ah! There you are yordle, you escaped my master but you will not escape me."

After killing an enemy: "To think you dared challenge me to a fight." , "All who oppose my master will drown in the shadows!"

When assisting an ally Zed: "Brilliantly done master!" , "Ha! You dare fight my master?! FOOLS!"

When killed by an enemy Zed: "I am still no match for you, master."

#Stats

|Stats|----------------------------|
|- |Health:| |445 (+80 per level)| |Energy:| |200| |Attack Damage:| |51 (+3.5 per level)| |Attack Speed:| |0.675 (+3.1% per level)| |Movement Speed:| |345| |Health Regen:| |6 (+0.65 per level)| |Energy Regen:| |50| |Armor:| |22 (+3.5 per level)| |Magic Resist:| |30 (+1.25 per level)|
|Attack Range:| |550 - Ranged|

#Abilities

#Passive - Shadow Infection

Rio gains 2% attack speed for every bonus 10 AD.

Rio gains 10 energy for every third basic attack against the same champion, in addition to marking that target with Shadow for 4 seconds.

#Q - Shadow Dagger - 30 energy - 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds - 625 range

Rio launches her Shadow Dagger at targeted area dealing damage to anything hit by the dagger, it will stick in whatever it hits for 1.5 second. Also anything that walks through her ribbon will be slowed by 10% and will take a small amount of damage. If she hits an enemy champion they will be rooted for 0.5 seconds, if they are affected by Shadow they are rooted for 0.75 seconds and slowed y 15%. Can be cast twice to throw her other dagger; casting her second dagger will increase the time of the first dagger by 1.5 seconds.

Deals 65/90/115/140/165 (+60% of her AD) as physical damage, anything that walks through her ribbon will take 25/40/55/70/85 (+50% of her AP) as magic damage and be slowed.

#W - Killing Blow - 75/70/65/60/55 energy - 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 seconds - 400 range

Rio viciously slashes at her targets throat with both her daggers dealing bonus damage based on their missing life. If Killing Blow kills target Rio gains back 35/40/45/50/55 energy and the cool down is reduced by half, if it hits a target marked by Shadow it will also deal bonus magic damage.

Slashes dealing 70/110/150/190/240 (70% of her AD) as physical damage plus 1% damage for every 1% health they are missing. If the target is marked by Shadow it will also deal 35/50/65/80/95 (+80% of her AP) as magic damage

#E - Dancing Shadows - 65 energy - 12/11/10/9/8 seconds

Rio dashes to her Shadow Dagger dealing damage to anything hit on the way and increasing her Attack Speed by 25/30/35/40/45% for 3 seconds. Basic Attacks will reduce Dancing Shadows cool down by 1 second (Will dash to the Shadow Dagger your cursor is on or closest to.)

Deals 45/75/105/135/165 (+100% of her AP) as magic damage and increases her Attack Speed.

#R - Death Beckons - No Cost - 100/80/60 seconds - 650 range

Passive - Rio gains 25/30/35% movement speed when outside the vision range of an enemy champion. Is not effected by wards

Active - When both of Rio's Shadow Daggers are used and within range of each other, Death Beckons becomes useable. Rio charges her ribbons with killing intent and then explodes it into the area in between her Shadow Daggers dealing massive magic damage based on how close her shadow daggers are to each other.

Deals 100/125/150 (+30% of her AD)(+30% of her AP) when at furthest away from each other, deals 250/325/400 (+90% of her AD)(100% of her AP) as magic damage when they are at their closest. (So this is a bit out of the ordinary, but I’m going to put this here. I have no clue how to scale this but I reaaally like this mechanic so I think this will have to do, hopefully you guys get what I’m going for :D)

#Explanations

So here I will explain the abilities further, just remember that numbers and ratios can all be changed easily, so try focus more on the abilities themselves. If anything needs balance though, please do tell me and I will fix it.

Q - This ability is her most important as it sets up both her E and her R. It’s very simple skill that launches her ribbon daggers forward, they will stick into whatever they hit and she is able to then pull herself to that daggers location. For the R it is a whole lot trickier, I will explain it more in the ults explanation.

W - So I’m sure you are wondering why she has a short range, well I didn't really want her to stay behind minions all game. If you want to get some kills you got to get close up, but that doesn’t mean she is a brawler. Going in is dangerous so making this her main damage forces the user to be very smart when they want to go in. She is not Nidalee with a 2 second dash or whatever, Rio's damage needs to be timed and it comes with high risk.

E - every ninja needs a dash for them flashy plays :D... it’s pretty simple she can dash to where her Q landed. Do you use it to engage or use it to escape?

R - This one is not so simple, so this is how it works: You throw her Q out, there will be an indicator showing the max range for her ult where you can place the second Q to deal damage to multiple enemies, there will also be an indicator for the minimum range for the most damage to only one enemy. Now this may seem complicated and hard to pull off, but it’s not. Just throw your Q and then throw the second Q and then R, very simple just seems complicated: D Now why did i go with this ult instead of others? I like it, I think it’s a cool mechanic and it’s an ability idea I’ve had since my very first concept, I just didn’t know how to use it or which champion it would fit on.

#Item Builds

Starting Items: item 1055 item 2003 item 3340
SO I FEEL BLADE IS THE BEST START HERE, BUT IT DEPENDS ON YOUR OPPONENT YOU MAY WANT TO START A NULL-MANTLE OR A CLOTH EVEN BOOTS ARE A GOOD CHOICE

Essential Items: item 3153 item 3071 item 3035 item 3111
BoRK FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD ON HER AND THE ACTIVE SHOULD HELP WITH GETTING HER ULT OFF, BLACK CLEAVER AND LAST WHISPER HELP ENSURE SHE DEALS MAXIMUM DAMAGE. THE BOOTS ARE SITUATIONAL BUT OVERALL I THINK MERC TREADS HELP THE MOST ON HER.

Offensive Items: item 3072 item 3142 item 3078 item 3031
SO SOME GOOD DAMAGE ITEMS SPECIALLY YOUMUU'S WHICH WOULD GIVE HER CRAZY ATTACK SPEED. BLOODTHIRSTER GIVES HER LIFESTEAL AND A SMALL SHIELD AND TRIFORCE GIVES HER A BIT MORE BURST BUT I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY AHEAD, IE IS JUST A GOOD ITEM HAHA.

Defensive Items: item 3143 item 3068 item 3065 item 3102 item 3026
ALL GOOD ITEMS, UNLESS YOU ARE GETTING COMPLETELY SMASHED I WOULD ONLY GO WITH 1-2 OF THESE, MOST LIKELY OMEN OR VEIL.

#Level Sequence

So in most cases you would max the Q first, in my opinion, for several reasons: 1) to reduce the cool down, 2) because W is an execute so its damage is based on their life not your level, and 3) to increase its damage. So in MOST cases the level sequence would go something like this:
Q>W>E>Q>Q>R>Q>E>Q>E>R>E>E>W>W>R>W>W
Q first because your only other option is W which has low range, W second for those early kills if the situation arises, and then next is E for your engage/disengage. Now it is totally viable to get E before W and it is even viable to get W before Q, it’s all how you play really.

I know there are some strong cases for maxing E first such as reducing its cool down but overall I think the Q is her main poke as well as the setup to 2 of her other abilities. I would however max E second as it is her only reliable form of escapes and gap closing, plus that attack speed buff is not to be underestimated.

#Skins

Shockblade Rio - Her hair would be white and she would be wearing a white ninja outfit with bare arms. Her Ribbons would be made of lightning and her daggers would be wrapped in copper wire. She would still only have a half face mask, but it would be white and her eyes would glow white like lightning. Her neck scar would look like a lightning bolt.

Snake-charmer Rio - Her hair would be bound by a gold snake, and her chest would be wrapped in snake skin, leaving her arms and stomach bare. On her forearms would be a coiled snaked, that wraps all the way to her shoulders. She would be wearing a gold trimmed snake skin skirt/sash and her legs would be bare. Her Ribbons would be replaced by snakes, and her Ult would be filled with poison instead of shadow.

#DOOM MODE!!!!

Her Passive would be she has 6 Shadow Daggers, 3 per side and each basic attack applies the Shadow mark. She also attacks 3 times per basic attack

She can use her Q 6 times! Yes! 6 TIMES!! And oh yes that does affect her ult >:D

Her W has the same range has her Q and she spins around hitting everything around her instead of only one target.

Her E has no cool down and upon landing at a dagger will explode knocking back everything hit.

Her ult will activate from all her daggers regardless of how far apart they are dealing max damage.

#Fun Facts

  • Rio gains 1 Hp whenever there is a Zed on her team, but since he is a ninja she also loses 1 Hp.
  • Whenever there is an enemy Zed on the other team, Rio will lose 1 AD.
  • Rio's weapons are a modified version of Jōhyō, which is a dart attached to a rope. This is only possible with her daggers due to her ability to control the shadow ribbon.
  • Rio is in fact related to Zed, they are cousins, this is the feeling he got when looking into her eyes, but he didn't understand what it meant. Neither of them knows.
  • Rio could not fully control her shadows like Zed, but she could form them into something simple like a ribbon. Her control over her daggers is what made her Zed's strongest pupil.
  • During the battle at the Kinkou, Rio fought Akali to a standstill, both are eager to finish their match giving them each 1 bonus Armor and Magic resist when on opposite teams.
  • Rio only joined the League because Zed was there; she also wanted to fight Akali.

#Edits

9/1/14 - Changed some wording to include the word "also" for her bonus magic damage lol, and the cool down on her W was increased by 2 seconds for balancing as it deals a lot of damage in addition to being an execute

  • Changed the Item Build design to not be so painful on the eyes
    9/2/14 - Changed wording in the Lore so it reads easier
  • Added "Ranged" to her stats to show what style her basic attacks are considered.
    9/3/13 - Completely overhauled her Passive, please tell me what you think :)
  • Added a time increase on her first dagger if she casts her second dagger, as well as a bonus for hitting shadow marked targets
  • Added scaling energy returns to her W instead of he original 75% return of the skills cost
  • Changed the wording of her R's passive so its more clear as to how it works
    9/6/14 - Added some clarity to her E to indicate how and which dagger she dashes to.

36 Comments

Flintfall9/2/2014, 12:37:51 AM1 votes

Ooh, daggers and ribbons oh my!

For the (W) shadow bonus, you mean will ALSO deal the magic damage right?

The item build text hurts my eyes ;_;

Killing blow is on a really low cooldown for an execute, I'd amp that up a bit (especially since it's a soft reset on it too).

Otherwise, looks solid to me!

Malitof9/2/2014, 1:17:33 AM1 votes

is she a melee auto or what? great idea tho i really enjoy the concept

Angry Monster9/2/2014, 8:27:53 AM1 votes

So i like the first part of lore, You built all this mystery up, but then you destroy all the mystery you made up. I thought you were going to go a completely different direction.

you may want to do a grammar pass on somethings. example

There are many rumors about Rio, some say she is Zed's daughter, some say she is actually his sister, others believe her to be his wife. The only thing that is agreed on is that she is fiercely loyal to her master.

try not using the same words as much. You use some 2 times and when spoke out load it comes out sounding off.

Destínum9/2/2014, 9:46:50 AM1 votes

A fairly solid concept. My problem with it though is that it goes against what Riot has said about Zed. During his Q&A, they said he would never allow any of his acolytes to rize to his level of power. I know Rio is portrayed as still being weaker than Zed, but champion quality of powerful would still be way too far for Zeds liking. Also, having a champion that is straight out weaker than another lore-wise kind of make the character seem less impressive than it actually is.

Fahrside9/3/2014, 4:35:48 PM1 votes

I have a few questions but since I am at work on break right now I will only ask the most simple one:

All current energy uses have some way to refund a portion of their energy via their kit.

Did I miss where your refund is located or do you simply not have one? And if you do not have one do you think that breaking the tradition is a good idea and why?

Fahrside9/4/2014, 2:40:55 AM1 votes

Alright I have a few comments I want to make, mostly about the Q, but also one thing about the passive, and one thing about the passive on the R.

The Passive: Honestly: I feel like this is a weaker version of Riven's passive (If you don't know it, look it up) , with a shadow mark tacked on just to allow an energy restoration. I really like how the rest of your kit sounds, but this passive, well it just doesn't excite me at all to be honest :/

Q - Shadow Dagger - 30 energy - 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds - 625 range Rio launches her Shadow Dagger at targeted area dealing damage to anything hit by the dagger, it will stick in whatever it hits for 1.5 second. Also anything that walks through her ribbon will be slowed by 10% and will take a small amount of damage. If she hits an enemy champion they will be rooted for 0.5 seconds. Can be cast twice to throw her other dagger

Ah the skill that makes and breaks your champion, her key skill, one whose interactions I find to be interesting! Lets get onto my questions: A) You exact wording is "it will stick in whatever it hits for 1.5 seconds". Does this mean if it hits a champion or minion it will literally stick in them and move with them, and if so do they suffer from the 10% slow from your ribbon (after the .5 stun if applicable).

B) I know the skill itself has a range, but does the ribbon length? Could you in theory throw out your Q and then instantly be knocked back by a tristana R, and the pulled by a blitzcrank Q and end up (very briefly) with a stupidly long ribbon going from your Q to your now heavily displaced champion?

C) What amount of time do you have to cast the second dagger? I assume this function similarly to a Riven Q? The fact that the daggers only last 1.5 seconds seem to indicate you have to throw both of them as fast as possible before being able to hit R.

D) If your Daggers do infact stick into champions as they move, would you be worried that as soon as a champion gets hit they'll spam their flash/whatever dash they have to get away from your second dagger before you press R thus rending your R to have minimal damage?

Alright and for my one comment about the R...

"Passive - Rio gains 25/30/35% movement speed when out of sight of an enemy champion."

This simply put is a BAD idea. Why? To find wards, all you would have to do is look for when your passive speed boost disappears. Just because you are near any champions does not mean you are out of sight when wards exist...

I think it would work better using some sort of modified Isolation mechanic that Kha has for his Q (which deals increased damage if his target is alone).

Maybe something along the lines of " Passive - Rio gains 25/30/35% movement speed when X range from an enemy champion" with X being the normal radius for vision. This would allow you basically keep the passive movement speed as is, without worrying about it letting you scout for wards.

Alright, sorry for the massive wall of text, but these are just some thoughts I had. I think your Q, and your R both sound really neat. I like how your E interacts with your Q as well, amd W just seems like a pretty generic assassin ability, which is perfectly fine. I mean not all abilities need to be flashy (Teemo and Blitz both have a skill that is nothing but a movefastnow button after all, and few would argue that their kits aren't thematically cool).

Hope my thoughts help some!

Mushkai9/6/2014, 7:54:28 AM1 votes

I must say I love the concept, strong champ, nimble fighting style and OP Combo potential (Double "Q" -> "R" -> "E"-> "W"). A champion I'd try to play (even though I not good with assassins xD)

But that brings me to one little question about het "E"

"Rio dashes to wherever her Shadow Dagger lands dealing damage to anything hit on the way and increasing her Attack Speed by 25/30/35/40/45% for 3 seconds. Basic Attacks will reduce Dancing Shadows cool down by 1 second"

When you say "wherever her Shadow Daggers lands" I think you might have missed that you can have two daggers at any one time? might be me but some clarity in regarding which Shadow Dagger she would dash to given she used both.

My suggestion would be to mention she would dash to wherever her LAST Shadow Dagger landed. That means that you could abort an assault if the situation calls for it and use the second dagger to escape in case you were mid-assault.

Dustithius9/25/2014, 7:00:13 PM1 votes

Rito please im begging. i would eat my first born child for this champion to be released

Sir ArmaMalum9/28/2014, 11:32:06 PM1 votes

I come bearing gif(t)s!

http://i.imgur.com/QJGEbwQ.gif

Working on improving the quality and making it work better for the Boards, but for now feel free to tack it onto your post! ^_^

dialMARK4acti0n10/2/2014, 10:33:55 PM1 votes

Hey Stephen! I just saw the funniest thing x) In Flintfall's list Champion Copendium, you wrote that you were joking that your driving force was to make a concept better than his. Well, considering the results in the CCC... I'd say you did it pal!

I just found it hilarious when I read it.

Mushkai10/31/2014, 4:18:20 AM1 votes

I am aware I am late for this but I wanna Congratulate you for winning the contest!! I loved this concept a lot, so I am very happy and proud it won ^^ Maybe one day it will be brought to life =D