my buddy and I were talking about champ concepts that would be interesting and I tossed out an idea I had for a champ that steals gold. Not too much gold obviously.
So the idea was that it could be a pirate champ or some kind of aristocrat with a hard to hit skill shot that deals damage and transfers some gold from the hit player to himself. This would probably be a balance nightmare but I think it would be cool.
think of the lcs tho...where they always hit their skillshots lol #FreeGold
Another ability that generates bonus gold (like GP's Parrrley) could be cool. Directly stealing gold from an enemy champion adds a lot of anti-fun to the game, however. Imagine being 50g from BF sword and you're ready to go back to base and then you get robbed by a wayward skillshot underneath your tower. That's a pretty lame experience, even if it is technically "balanced."
Goldsteal is not okay.
The only way i see a goldstealing ability being "balanced" is if it were on a ranged champion and it was a melee range ability, so if they want to steal your gold, they have to get in melee range to do it. It would also need to be a fixed amount of gold. The other option is make it so it gives them a debuff where "for the next X seconds, any gold earned goes to "the gold stealing champion" instead
