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[CHAMP IDEA] A champion based on Shoto Todoroki

CoolKnightST··1 votes·2,814 views

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Shoto Todoroki is an anime character from My Hero Academia. I think both his backstory as his abilities would make one well of an intressting league of legends character and here's why:

  • Haf Cold, Haf Hot mechanic: We have some overheat mechanics like Rumble but we never had a bar that goes both ways. If you go to cold you are slowed and if you are going to hot you get burned. A ballance between an offensive & defensive playstyle.
  • Daddy issues: You have a badass father that breeds you just for genetics. That's hard and not really an lore that has been explored yet. It's opens up a lot of other characters as well like his dad and failed brothers & sisters that where unlucky to not have the proper proportions. In the anime story the mommy when crazy and tried to kill him so would be a nice dark story.
  • **Multi-functional abilities. Riot has been trying out this a lot lately like the Warwick Q, Pyke Q, etc.. But what if we do this for an entire kit.

An ability example:

  • Q: Fire Ball: Skillshot that throws out a fireball (single target damage)
  • Q Hold: Cast ice spikes in front of you (AOE damage), example: https://i.imgur.com/tC9coex.png

5 Comments

Leyruh2 votes

That sounds like ripping off the original character. Just let Riot create their original champions. They already created great champions such as Jhin, so they certainly can design more that will be as good. ( though Jhin is one of the greatest if not THE greatest champion ever created, so that's quite the standard. )

Furthermore, we already have Annie, who's using fire, and Anivia, who's using ice. Having a champion wielding both type of magic would seem really awkward. ( it'll look like a fusion of Annie and Anivia )

CoolKnightST1 votes

I never said it need to be an rip-off. It's very similar to how Akali design is basicly a female Kakashi from Naruto and even Jhin has some inspiration from some anime where I forgot the name from.

That's like saying that Rumble and Shyvana shouldn't be in the game because Annie has fire. Or that Ekko shouldn't have been released because this theme was already been explored by Zilean. The fact that two of these themes come together makes it just that more intressing.

It all depends on how creative the character get's worked out.

Leyruh2 votes

{quoted}

I never said it need to be an rip-off. It's very similar to how Akali design is basicly a female Kakashi from Naruto and even Jhin has some inspiration from some anime where I forgot the name from.

That's like saying that Rumble and Shyvana shouldn't be in the game because Annie has fire. Or that Ekko shouldn't have been released because this theme was already been explored by Zilean. The fact that two of these themes come together makes it just that more intressing.

It all depends on how creative the character get's worked out.

According to one's culture and references, something will look "inspired" by X thing you know.

I'm not into anime at all. I know it exists, I know Naruto, but not even once did I think that Akali was a genderbend of Kakashi.

They do share some physical similarities, but Akali is Akali and Kakashi is Kakashi. Creating something that's 100% never have been done before is hard nowadays. I could look at an artist's OC and find similarities with something that already exists. ( and the artist doesn't even know it )

Why I'm saying it feels like a rip-off is because you take 2 core things out of Todoroki :

  • The fact that he wields dual elements : fire and ice ( though the concept by itself isn't original : it's already been done )
  • His relationship issues with his Dad.
  • This right here is what makes Todoroki an unique character. His relationship with his father is what makes him what he is in the series, and Midoriya helped him get over his hatred for his father in order to unleash his full potential.

Perhaps Riot could create a champion who wields dual elements.

However, having a champion wielding dual elements that are fire and ice AND having relationship issues that follow exactly Endeavour's mentality towards Todoroki's very purpose is simply stealing Boku No Hero Academia's character.

Daddy issues: You have a badass father that breeds you just for genetics. That's hard and not really an lore that has been explored yet. It's opens up a lot of other characters as well like his dad and failed brothers & sisters that where unlucky to not have the proper proportions. In the anime story the mommy when crazy and tried to kill him so would be a nice dark story.

You are simply offering little changes in order for it not to be identical.

When creating a character, you have to ask yourself : "Why are they like that? What justifies X thing about them?"

You don't create a character with a dark past simply because it hasn't been done. A character's backstory explains how they are as we know them.

So why would the Todoroki inspired champion have a dark past?

The problem is that your idea only revolves around Todoroki's character : their powers are the same and their past identical. ( having sibling doesn't change much )

Soruah1 votes

{quoted}

I never said it need to be an rip-off. It's very similar to how Akali design is basicly a female Kakashi from Naruto and even Jhin has some inspiration from some anime where I forgot the name from.

That's like saying that Rumble and Shyvana shouldn't be in the game because Annie has fire. Or that Ekko shouldn't have been released because this theme was already been explored by Zilean. The fact that two of these themes come together makes it just that more intressing.

It all depends on how creative the character get's worked out.

Fun Fact.. Akali looks like a character from that same anime you mentioned. I think you can agree that Akali looks like Momo lol.

TheDogIsABomb1 votes

Jakiro: the thread.

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