Lienza, The Knots witch [Champion Concept] [Concept Art] [Champion sugestion]
**(I apologize in advance, but one thing happened in my personal life and I completely lost my willpower for anything, so unfortunately, I did not translate the text properly and mostly I could not draw the "final version" nor the demonstration of the skills) **
By the way, I've been working for at least 5 months to complete this personal project. FOR DESTINY, the idea I had about Lienza joining one of the global runes was something canonically used in the League universe. I honestly was very apprehensive, because the idea might seem very squishy or very exaggerated. And stopping to think, it may still seem a bit, since Brand became the embodiment of the destruction and Lienza is there, beautiful and graceful running to Mach 5 by the Runeterra.
> IF YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THE DRAWINGS AND CONCEPTS, ACCESS HERE: Album
Summary of the story (the full story is there at the end):
As old as Demacia herself, what is now known as Lienza, was once a renowned human healer. Although the global runes turn people into power-hungry madmen, Lienza's pure heart persevered, using the mortal artifact to heal the sick. But after being accused of witchcraft, she and her family were sentenced to death by the people she helped. Blinded by hatred, Lienza joined the global rune, sacrificing her humanity for unlimited power, but in revenge, she lost the chance to save her own family. Immortal and aimless, she wanders the Runeterra forever.
(image of a teddy bear in the middle of the ashes)
Skills: (I apologize in advance because whenever I put on an idea of champion, they fall on top saying that "it is very stolen" and that "is a stupid champion." Then I was forced to expose THE BECAUSE NOT TO BE UNBALANCED). (And let's face it, I'm a mere mortal making a champion suggestion, while Riot has a whole unit focused only on balancing champions.)
Passive: Unconditional Love: Lienza CAN NOT CAUSE DAMAGE. Repentance: Lienza has a trail of limited compliance magic lines that interact with the other abilities. Debate: If the rooted enemy is DEBATED, it will reduce the rooting time for each executed attack or attempt to move, but will suffer damage based on its own damage (AD / AP) or its speed of movement respectively. Grace: Lienza converts 80% of your extra life into speed of movement
> WHY IS NOT OP? > WHAT KILLS OR REVIVES A CHAMPION IS RECHARGE AND DAMAGE TIMES, and the self-inflicted damage of the passive is BASED, ie a PERCENTAGE of the enemy's damage / vdm. THE PERCENTAGE MAY BE LOW. > I also made her as fragile as Pyke, but not so much, since she does not even deal 1/10 damage to him, but since she can not inflict damage, obviously she would focus on tank items. (so this change)
Q - Node of feelings: By keeping this ability active, the Lienza trail will have interactions with allies and enemies while circulating them, spending mana. Circle allies: If she circles around an allied champion, she will heal him based on the target's lost life. Circle enemies: If she circles around an enemy champion, she will rotate him for 2 seconds. If the enemy is DEBATED, the rooting will be gradually decreased to 0.75 sec. Rooted enemies can not be rooted again after X seconds. (as Lienza's "syllable" does not disperse, you can circle beforehand, and if an ally / enemy passes through it, you only have to return to the circle to activate it automatically if Q is active).
> WHY IS NOT OP? > Because the cure is based on the lost life, it is not a Champion with much sustain, it is a good cure, but not as good as Soraka or sona, it is more an anti-killer cure. > AND ROOTING IS DIFFICULT TO BE PERFORMED. > Why is morgana rooting 3 seconds? Because it is slow, it is skillshot and affects any unit, ie: just a good coordination and a wave and you can kill her game. In the same way it is Lienza, and besides having a very long and very predictable rooting, and that even DIMINUI in case you move or attack, it is more than fair to give 1 / 1.75 seconds!
W - Run Lienza, run! For X seconds, the base speed of Lienza is multiplied by X%. It gains 0.5 extra seconds for each full circle. Passive: It gains bonus speed in corners.
> WHY IS NOT OP?????????????????????????????? > BECAUSE THE SPEED MULTIPLIER IS BASED ON THE BASE MOVING SPEED. That is, if you have 425 total movement speed, it will not go straight to 1200, for example. > "Ah but there's a rune that gives ap / ad based on your speed of movement and the passive ..." > NO, THE PASSIVATE DOES NOT HAVE ANY DAMAGE TO YOU, SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO SEND THE AERY OR THE COMET OR PREDATOR. And the cure is based on LOST LIFE, that is, no matter if you have ap 2389278378, it will not cure anything else. > I agree that depending on the situation, you can activate the thunder with the passive debating, AND EVEN THOUGH YOU ACTIVATE, IT WILL NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE ABISMO BECAUSE THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF IT WILL NOT GET TO 2000 OR 3000 for you to get hitkill pro Aery / comet / thunder. > AND AGAIN, THAT THAT KILLS OR REVERSES A SKILL IS THE RECHARGE TIME AND THE MANA GASTA. > And let's face it, I'm a mere mortal making a champion's suggestion, while the Riot has a whole unit just focused on balancing. > BALANCING CAN ONLY BE ADJUSTED WITH IN GAME TESTS. > E - Ties: Lienza creates a bond with an enemy or with an ally, performing interactions. Allied Spellcasting: If Lienza is in a X-ray unit from the allied champion, she may advance toward him by clicking on him, orbiting him and granting him a shield that runs out for 2 seconds, spending X of manna. For each enemy rooted at maximum 1.5 seconds, it gains an extra shield charge with reduced mana cost. Enchantment on enemies: At every X seconds, within a radius of X units from the enemy, Lienza will be immune to the target's first ability. (She can do the same with up to 3 champions at the same time, but if she is outside the enemy radius, the skill will not be activated).
> WHY IS NOT OP? > BECAUSE RUN IS THE ONLY THING THAT DOES! There are 5 champions, FIVE, who can fuck with INTEIRA's game mechanics, with only ONE or TWO skills. And as she is a SUPPORT, which will stay in the BOT, most likely will face champions WITH VERY CONTROL GROUP. That is, you just need to SAVE your essential skill when you need it and stay a little away from it when using it. (which even when you do against a Malzahar or a Morgana for example)
R- Labyrinthine Barbell: When activating this ability, during X seconds, Lienza creates a great fabric of magic lines in the area of a rectangle with at most X units through which it passes. Generating interactions on enemies and allies. Allies: For each broken line, the allied champion recovers 2% of lost life.
Enemies: For each broken line, the enemy champion generates an accumulation of knots, in case he completes the 5 accumulations, he will become rooted. If the accumulations are not restarted, they vanish over X seconds.
Passive: Lienza is unable to use her W inside the labyrinthine Barbante, and her Q denies sight for 0.5 seconds on enemies. Enemies with denied views can not be hit again for X seconds.
WHY IS NOT OP? In the same way that you can escape the ult of MORGANA, MALPHITE, GALIO, NAMI, MISS FORTUNE, you may well walk out of the dangerous area, all you need is to STOP WALKING FOR LESS THAN 1 SEC to not be rooted, and even if you are (because OWEOQ DELA DOES NOT WORK WITHIN ULT), you can still move lightly and continue to attack. AND UNLESS YOU ARE A TALON WITH 1500 AD, AND WAITING FOR THE ROOTING FINISH you will not die to passive Lienza #peace.
Speeches / Animations: Ctrl + 1 - Joke: "That trail is my dress or my hair ...?" Ctrl + 2 - Provocation: "Why does not anyone prefer a hug instead of fighting?" Ctrl + 3 - Dance: Do a ballet choreography. B - Return to Base: She cleans and then hugs an old teddy bear.
1 - "Distraught for loving too much ... for loving too much ... loving too much ..."
2 - "I'm not bad, I'm just weird!"
3- "I already tried to stop, but I can not, I need to help!"
4 - "The lines regenerate my body perfectly, but why do I feel so patched?"
5 - "I have seen so many atrocities ... We need more love, and this is my duty"
6 - "I ran, but I ran for so long ..."
7 - "You can not escape from your own guilt, you can not run from yourself."
8 - "I love to walk!"
9 - "I love running!"
10 - "Do you want some advice? You feel like crying, take your time, but do not spend 700 years crying inside a cave, give yourself a headache later!"
11 - "Because of me, my daughter will no longer be able to play with this teddy bear ... And with no one else ..."
12 - "The world is not a gentle place, so we must be kind in the first place."
13 - "Revenge is never full, it kills the soul and poisons it, and in my case I was drunk in its bitter taste ..."
14 - "On my nights of nightmares, I still remember those things that tried to get this rune out of me ... I would not wish I had died so many times ..."
15 - "Even my tears overflow with so much magic ... What am I ...?"
16 - "The magic within me only serves to destroy, so my healing is so weak ..."
17 - "To have found a global rune was not chance, something called me, would it have been her?"
18 - "I love frogs, they're so cute!"
19 - "Little do they know that knitting is a very complex activity and it needs a lot of time and practice."
20 - "I wish the world were so ... Naive so that only love would fix it ... But compassion is only the first step."
21 - "I turned away from everything, because when I saved people, they became special to me. They were ephemeral, I am eternal ..."
22 - "Forms are composed of lines, lines are points in motion, and just as we, if they do not move to accomplish extraordinary things, they will always be points without grace."
23 - "I am accused of many deaths, but the only murders I committed were 6, and I carry repentance to this day ..."
When I start the game: "When I protect someone, the aggressor curses me by calling me a" witch of the knots ", if this is my nickname, it is because I have saved too many people ..."
Ryze to find Lienza for the first time: "I'm still going to get this global rune from you! She needs to stay in a safe place!" Lienza: "As for this Ryze, certain" Things "have already tried to pluck it from me ... But the rune destroyed everything."
Ryze to find Lienza 2: "I think the world is too lucky for a global rune to have fallen into the hands of a knitting mage" Lienza: "It's not luck Ryze, it's kindness."
Ryze's enemy to provoke Lienza: "Do you think global runes are little girl's toys? I'll show you how men deal with global threats!" Lienza: "No wonder you're single ..."
Lienza on meeting Braum: "Aaah, Braum, I love to talk to you! You are a ray of kindness and compassion! When was the last time I visited you?" Braum: "Haha, it's been a long time! Agatha is missing you!"
Jhin to find Lienza for the first time: "Aaaah, my beloved, my perfection, my work is nothing but filth near its beauty!" Lienza: "Everything that belongs to him is filthy! I got rid of you, but I still have the marks ... "
In provoking Jhin: "A fine artist! But like any other demon, the golden demon sees beauty in a completely distorted way ... "
On seeing Yorick, "Hello, my name is Lienza. Now you know me and I'm not dead!" Yorick: "For now ..."
Seeing Yorick 2: "You know, I'm a bit of a hunchback, so are you? I can not say for certain because of this thing on your back ..." Yorick: "It's just my torticoll"
On seeing Yorick 3: "Apparently, I am the stereotype of witch: humpback and wart ... What do you think of me, Yorick?" Yorick: "Your appearance is ... Nice."
When the enemy has their ability blocked by Lienza's E - "Hihihi, you will not stop my walk!"
When you see some being from the emptiness: "Why do not you have love? Why are you so ... empty?"
When you activate the W but it stops: "I need to run! It's a beautiful day out there!"
When healing an ally: "Feel the heat of compassion"
When to root an enemy: "Let's talk, please!"
Whenever some enemy champ is killed: "No! Why does it have to be like this ...?"
Whenever some champion ally get killed: "I was not fast enough ... I'm sorry."
When buying Redemption: "I repent of what I have done, but my redemption I have already conquered."
Whenever she dies: "Haha ... Have tried this before!"
Whenever she respawn: "That's what I cursed myself for!
The reason for each thing: As much as it does not seem so "romantic" like that, Lienza was not a spurt of inspiration I had in the middle of the night, in fact, I just kept thinking for long periods about what kind of character I'd like to see in the League of Legends, I was doing everything the way I liked it. Of course, it was not a "spat of things I like," I analyzed the game for a long time and did my best to add a character that added to the game and not simply "looked cool."
It was not something "cut from limitations," because I'm not trying to make art (which in itself has as ambiguous a meaning as freedom), but a work of character design. I'm not trying to pay for scholarly, I just want to work on it in the future and making suggestions for champions for the league was a good way to put the useful together.
Amazingly, one of the most difficult parts for me was thinking of Lienza's face. In fact, I never cared about her face or nationality - because in that character, at least - those things were not very important to me, because all the other characteristics of her already spoke what I want to speak through her. But I ended up deciding to put her as Asian, because her eyes (which were meant to be a heart divided in the middle), reminiscent of Asian eyes, and so I did. I know I wrote later that "design is not a matter of uni duni tê", but in this particular situation, with all those elements that I have described, it was the decision that I found the most certain to do.
But something that really challenged me was trying to express through her human form the fact that she is a loving, tragic, and running person. If you look at Tahm Kench for about 2 seconds, you'll think, "Well, he's a monster that has a huge mouth and a bigger tongue, so probably it has something to do with bites and ... Hit the enemies with the tongue?". Just as you'll notice the fact that he's wearing ragged clothes and being an aquatic creature, you'll intuitively think he's some kind of traveler, or some boogeyman of rivers. And the fact that you think he's a "bogeyman" is totally related to his body shape, since he's a fat ball with a look that only a child would think of as a bogeyman with arms and large short legs. In the same way that you understand that he is not a predator (like Kha'zix or Cho'gath for example), but rather a Tank character.
I know I've been holding on, but look at how much information you have to spend just looking at the character.
How to convey all the information I want with the look of Lienza? Well, the fabric (or "syrup") of it already expresses enough that it is good for something, after all, it is part of her mechanics. I needed to make out that she is a loving character, how am I going to do this? Literally putting a heart in it, and it's those weird "antennas" of it. And since I would like to use something that would detract from her movements, I thought of using a theme related to lines, after all, she already has a trail that can remember a lot of something like "use a ball from there not to get lost in a maze" , which, together with the heart-antennae, gives an air of fragility, fable and a sense of innocence and exaggerated plasticity, doing justice to her movements. But I also needed to "talk" through her that she runs (and a lot), how to make the player see her as a moving character? How to give a sense of speed?
As you'll see in the drafts, I might as well make Lienza a kind of chimerical being similar to Xayah, for it would be much simpler to give the idea that she is a mystical character who runs. BUT, I felt that it would take her personality from a certain point, because she would not be "Lienza the witch of the knots", she "only" would be a creature that runs (and would probably protect the forests, would be a good use Brazilian folklore).
(draft of the chimeric version of it)
If for you, it still seems like I'm talking bullshit, let's look at Xayah herself and Rakan, two beings Vastayeses (that's how it's written?). Xayah is not only a trebuchet purple dove, she is a revolutionary, with a rebel personality, independent and almost anarchic, at the same time that she is super intelligent and a great strategist (even because, to be a solitary revolutionary and not die in the process , you need to be at least a genius), that is, a legend. Already Rakan, he ... He is a hollow head, but his lack of scruples, stupidity, pride and energetic personality make this bright peacock a magical being who at the same time manages to be an asshole, manages to be an innocent creature full of passion for dance, life and Xayah.
I might as well have made Lienza a human and said: "But the league statistics show that the human characters are the most played" (insert here image of Bumblebee transvestido). But I wanted a character with a tragic past and a message of hope, but if I made her like a chimerical creature, I would have to take those facts into account to develop her appearance and color. In Xayah, the clothes, the pose and the way she walked have already shown a lot of the character, and if I made Lienza a chimerical creature, I could not do it the way I intended. For the ideal colors would be brown, orange and yellow (to get the idea of energy and speed), but if I changed to the colors I used in Lienza, I would become a weird looking creature with a "do not fit" look.
Yes, I could have made her a thousand and one different ways, have done her magic and strokes as if they were sneezes of colored paint, have made her like a graceful beta fish and among hundreds of other ideas that I had to discard. One idea I would love to have made of it (and you can see it in most drafts) would be to develop it as a shadow-controlling being, but that would not fit the League very well. For the only black character is Nocturne, and his lack of color evidences the fact that he has NO feelings, of being an abominable creature. And even Zed, who controls the shadows, has no black color, only dark and sober tones in contrast to the bright red, which gives an idea of anger and violence (even the Aatrox who is well, a kind of god of war , it is not black).
In this way, character design seems to be a super limited and rigid artifice, but art, in the same way, is limited by its "blank canvas" (in parentheses because there are thousands of different artistic expressions, such as sculptures for example) and by the eyes of those who see them (I say this because I can not understand the pictures of Picasso kkk). One of the first lessons of Design is to learn to discard, to be decisive, to decide with reason and not because "it came out in uni duni tê".
And I could have made her a joyful, energetic and passionate character for the world and people (not unlike Rakan, to be honest). And being honest, THERE IS NO "WRONG" (actually it does have kkk, but what I meant is that all the final product options could be equally good, but I chose that one) BUT, I wanted a character with a past tragic, with regrets, a character who demonstrated the altruism and gentleness that people could spread in their darkest moments (unlike many who redistribute their frustrations and grudges to everyone around them). I wanted a character who would show that there is always a way out, there is always a way, that even the world is crushing you, you can still do something even bigger than your dreams. Well, let's face it, I'm no saint to compare myself to Lienza, and likewise, Lienza is no saint. Even doing the best she can, she still makes mistakes, because that is one of the essences of the human being. And of course, looking at the drafts and the lines, you can see that being the way she is, the fact that she makes mistakes continues to hurt her like a knife (and the guilt of her own mistakes actually affects anyone).
These are the "whys of every thing" in character design, I presented my line of reasoning and the reasons that led me to every thing. But none of what I have said are absolute laws, nor irrefutable truths. I never did a game design course, and what I did, I did based on the advice of some of my friends who work in the area, especially with the darling Diana Doria (I hope you have no problem mentioning her name here).
Daydreams of lore: As a result of 5 months of enlistment, I ended up trying to think of ways to fit it into the League universe. It's just daydreams that would be interesting to see in the league lore.
And referring to Lienza's mistakes, it's not just about "saving the wrong person" or lying by saying that someone is still looking for the individual on his deathbed. It also affects the entire Runeterra. If you look in the lines and in the story, even her tears are loaded with destructive power. She's been crying for centuries in a cave, can you imagine the kind of catastrophe that "pool" of magical tears can generate? The living beings that your magic has transformed can become monsters!
And of course, another reason to put our dear Ryze in another complicated situation: what will he do with her? He can not capture her and Lienza herself has said that she tried to pull the rune from her, but it resulted in a cataclysm. If he takes Lienza to the magic neutralizer safe, and tries to remove the rune, can the volatile magic end up triggering a chain reaction with the other runes? (and honestly, what a fucking idea to put all the "nuclear bombs" of the world in the SAME spot).
With a character loaded with graceful and plastic movements, as well as being related to the spiraling themes inspired by our "beloved" Van Gogh (in quotation marks because he was a handsome asshole), it would be almost a sin to leave our "dear" Jhin de out (and certainly has nothing to do with being one of my favorite characters).
IF I were part of the creative team of the League of Legends, I would love to put those two characters in a more intimate relationship. The characters 'love relationships are rarely quoted or exploited (for various reasons), and sometimes it seems that they "wake up heroes, brush heroes' teeth, pee heroes, work heroes" (as Holy Colossus says). And I wanted to explore a bit of this with Lienza and Jhin, as quoted by Jhin's own designer, "he does not want to kill anyone, but his madness forces him to do, which holds him in an endless cycle of suffering and pleasure."
And since Lienza is immortal and was going through Ionia, why not join the useful to the pleasant? She volunteered to be "dead" as many times as needed to try to help control the sick wish safely and blamelessly (since she revives every time). And that resulted in a self-destructive and toxic love affair, since Lienza still felt the pain and anguish of death and Jhin felt that killing her alone was not enough, giving some "slip-ups" (clearly a metaphor for abusive relationships).
Already on the verge of madness, Lienza tells everything she knows to Shen's father (and by the way, Jhin is such a good actor, it was almost impossible to associate the murderer Jhin with his "characters", precisely through the abyss of differences [And let's face it, if your long-time neighbor was accused of being a serial killer, and he defended himself as if everyone was crazy, you would also believe him]). And consequently, when Jhin found out about his lover's betrayal, his obsession with the murders became utterly unmanageable and both were marked forever (this is due to the fact that in the speeches, Lienza is already disillusioned by admitting that " is the solution of everything "). And also, this relationship could be the reason she made so many "artistic" movements, precisely because she lived with an artist who even pays for a "drama queen".
But this may end up "downgrading" Shen, his father and Zed, and "overestimating" Jhin for the same reason: because he was only caught because of Lienza. But anyway, this is just a kkk fan idea.
And if you have read the lines and drafts, you will also notice that I ended up approaching her with Yorick, in fact, there is no background of lore in that, I just found the two similar ones and gave a crazy fanny that shipps everything.
History of Lienza: The story of Lienza is as old as the formation of Demacia. At that time, a tyrant wizard was defeated. Resulting in a brief period of peace, but others quickly tried to claim the position of absolute ruler. An era of perpetual war ensues among hundreds of fragmented kingdoms.
Lienza, another innocent condemned by the conflicts, saw her own family burn with the village. This experience would turn anyone into a warrior determined to take revenge, but with it the opposite happened. An insatiable desire to help others grew within Lienza. And his dedication to kindness drove him away. When she was old enough to shepherd herself, she was already working in a famous village of healers.
Her desire to help others created a mixture of wonder and strangeness in her companions, for it was not uncommon for her to walk more than 14 miles just to check for a "different cough" in a child, not even demanding something in return. The elders were bothered by this, what could they say to her? She was not doing anything wrong, yet it was ... Strange.
The village was treated as a neutral place for receiving the wounded from the war, but the volatile political games of alliances and betrayals cared little, and the village of healers was caught in the crossfire. Two rival kingdoms battled each other, and even under flying arrows and swords colliding, Lienza was there, risking her life to help whoever she could, without distinguishing or prioritizing, gaining several scars in the process. On the seventh dawn of conflict, the rest of the reinforcements arrived and the last one standing would be the winner of that endless killing. When both armies lined the sea of dead, a woman appeared between them. Without eating or sleeping, wounded and exhausted, she carried two babies in makeshift backpacks while feeding a man to the brink of death. The minds and spirit of those soldiers became a mystery even to themselves, it was as if some god was trying to save the last drops of compassion from the world. And in those decisive moments, the soldiers burst into tears, next to the kings who threw their weapons to the ground, declaring eternal truce.
Lienza's compassion had ended a war, and as a reward the elders came to teach her advanced medicine. And with the knowledge gained, she set out on the war-stricken continent, healing who needed it. But a solitary wanderer like her was easily labeled a spy, she ran for life, but got lost in the treacherous forests. Walking for what seemed days, not understanding how or where she arrived, she found herself in the presence of a mysterious magic stone. The roots, leaves and even massive rock intertwined like cloth around the stone. Magic was abhorred by her people, but ... That was weird ... Her decision was like wild instinct, picking up the stone for herself.
On returning to the village, she noticed the constant pain in her legs disappearing. And by exposing medicines to the stone, they became practically miraculous.
The elders realized that Lienza was sending medicines to patients rather than going in person, but they ignored it.
When rumors began that wizards began to appear across the continent, the villagers were alarmed, making incessant searches to find wizards. The old men accused Lienza with their eyes, but otherwise they did nothing.
"Ignorant! Little do they know the great benefits of magic ... If they come to hunt me, I'll teach them a lesson ... " Lienza was frightened by herself, this thought was not of her nature. Since when did she become such a violent person? Frightened, she hid the stone. However, for some reason, she felt an irresistible need to stay close to the stone. No, being close was not enough, she needed to see her! And in one of those uncontrollable moments, she was caught in the act.
The ancients finally distilled their venomous grudges about Lienza, an almost irrational hatred kept for decades. And like a good witch, she should burn.
Lienza did not object, she did not even show fear, she spent her whole life helping others with compassion and kindness, would someone like this carry regrets? But in their endless hatred, the villagers decided to burn their entire family. Innocent children adopted by her.
The fire was lit, with her, there came immeasurable pain and rage. The elders, thinking that they could destroy it, threw the stone into the fire, triggering an explosion of magic.
Not knowing exactly what, Lienza accepted.
The moment he accepted, the global rune joined his being, ripping out his humanity. Her skin became white as paper and smooth as silk. The fire did not hurt her any more, the chains burst like leaves. She was led by rancor, releasing devastating power. The elders were crumpled, leaving a trail of destruction that seemed to wound the earth.
Her family...
Driven by hatred, she missed the opportunity to save her wife and children.
A chill, chill of sorrow, seized her body. Her tears overflowing with magic rolled across the floor, destroying him.
The survivors, in a gesture of madness or bravery, advanced on Lienza. Her wounds regenerated at superhuman speed, but she still felt pain, and for them it was enough.
Lienza escaped desperate and melancholy.
She ran for help she would never find.
Trying to get away from guilt.
She ran.
And she ran.
