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Rufus, the Might of Bandle City

Stacona·11/1/2018, 6:13:45 AM·2 votes·2,048 views

An one of a kind yordle that was born with unbelievable strength that wields a huge greatsword that is also linked to a heavy chain. Rufus disproving all kinds of logic and turns it upside down because such a little guy cannot possibly wield such a greatsword with the ease that he does. Let alone most cannot possibly even lift this thing up even half a centimetre from the ground!

Rufus is a replacement to the bottom lane marksman, though a melee attacker, can throw out his greatsword with great force up to an immensely great range. This range has a downside to it as he must reel in his greatsword after throwing it, rendering him unable to attack or move during this time, the further he throws it out the more time it takes.

The reeling in process quickens the more attack speed he has, but attacking in his melee range is always faster than attacking at range, so there is a trade-off decision between safety or damage output.

The reel in time is set to attack rate times a multiplier. Example: 2.500 attacks per second times 500 equals 1,250 units per second.

Attack Range: 250 units Attack Speed: 0.625 +2.5% per level Attack Damage: Very High Movement: 345 units per second

Chained Greatsword (Passive):

Max Attack Range: 1000 units

Rufus wields a giant greatsword on a heavy chain, allowing him to fling his greatsword when attacking outside of his attack range, but he must reel in his greatsword afterwards, rendering him unable to move or attack while he does this.

The time it takes to reel back in his greatsword quickens based on Rufus' current attack rate multiplied by 520 - 700 as units per second.

Harsh Swing (Q):

Cooldown: 12/10/8/6/4 seconds; Range: 250 units / 180 degrees / adjustable 90 degrees

Normal Cast: Rufus swings his greatsword in the target direction, dealing (+110%AD) plus 8/9/10/11/12%(+4% per 100AP) of targets max health as physical damage, this can critically strike for double damage.

Reeling In Cast: Rufus swings his chain and greatsword up to 90 degrees, either to the right or left of its current location, dealing (+110%AD) plus 8/9/10/11/12%(+4% per 100AP) of targets max health as physical damage to those struck by the greatsword and half of the damage to those struck by the chain, this can critically strike for double damage.

Quick Reel (W):

Cooldown: 24/20/16/12/8 seconds

Rufus reels in his greatsword twice as fast and suppresses enemies struck by the butt of the sword for 1 second, pulling in enemies with it while they are suppressed.

(Can only cast while reeling in the greatsword.)

Heavy Bash (E):

Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds; Range: 250 units

Rufus uses the butt of his sword to bash in struck enemies in the target direction, dealing 60/115/170/225/280(+50%bAD)(+50%AP) true damage and knocking enemies back 700 units.

(Can only cast while the greatsword is in hand.)

Whirling Greatsword (R):

Cooldown: 100/75/50 seconds; Range: Anywhere between 250 to 1000 units; Slam: 500 units

Rufus whirls his greatsword around him a set distance, unable to attack or cast abilities during this time, dealing 35/50/65(+110%AD) true damage every time enemies are struck, the further the greatsword is swung at then the slower the rotation. This damage can critically strike and targets struck by the chain take half damage. This swing lasts for 5 seconds, ending the effect instantly reels in the greatsword.

If Rufus swung his greatsword at the minimum range, with no chain, then he can cast Whirling Greatsword again to end the effect early and slam it to the ground, dealing 150/225/300(+200%AD) physical damage in a larger radius which can critically strike, this occurs after 5 seconds.

Rotational speed also increases with Rufus' bonus attack speed.

UPDATE NOTES:

Heavy Bash: Base damage increased to 60/115/170/225/280 from 50/105/160/215/270 Ratio damage lowered to +50% bAD +50%AP from +60%bAD +60%AP

(Better control over its power with less ratio and more base here.)

Whirling Greatsword: Now scales with Rufus' bonus attack speed to spin even faster.

Damage lowered to 35/50/65 +110%AD from 40/80/120 +125%AD true damage per hit Still half damage if the chain is in play and struck by it Critical damage lowered to 70/100/130 +220%AD true damage from 80/160/240 +250%AD true damage

(This change is making the ability less bursty, but a lot more overall damage over time as long as you are building attack speed and make his ultimate scaling with all of his stats appropriately and make it not an awkward outlier. In other words, better against tanks and worst against squishies.)

8 Comments

Inkling Commando11/1/2018, 7:19:47 AM2 votes

this is a very interesting character. a little yordle wielding a greatsword on a chain.

Makami11/1/2018, 9:13:55 AM1 votes

Just from reading through this he wouldn't be a marksman. I 100% guarantee he would be used purely as a support. You have a free attack once a second at level 1 where you can hit the enemy from a safe distance. Unless you put some sort of cooldown on his passive alone you're not even going to have a use for his base range because he can't attack when his greatsword is out. Hell you contradict yourself right at the beginning. "Rufus wields a giant greatsword on a heavy chain, allowing him to fling his greatsword when attacking outside of his attack range, but he must reel in his greatsword afterwards, rendering him unable to move or attack while he does this."

Now assuming he can attack while the great sword is gone it means there is 0 risk for him using it other than being unable to move briefly. If he can't attack then his base attack range would be 1000. Ignoring that problem for now though if his attack hits, assuming it stays this way, does the sword land in front of or behind an enemy. If its behind then you've given him a free pull through minions in combination with his e. Hell at level 3 you're going to basically 100-0 most adc's with zero risk to yourself. You basic attack them, pull them with something that does way too much max health damage then on top of that you do true damage when you knock them away.

Somethings you could do to make it somewhat better would be to 1) remove all of the true damage/max health damage. You don't need that off of a single more or less undodgable skill. 2) Remove his q completely and instead make his passive his q and make it a skill shot. You could even make it one that goes through the targets it hits if you want. 3) Add some sort of detriment for missing abilities. Him taking damage would be very beneficial in balancing him out. 4) You'd have to reduce his attack range. Because if he had an attack from a range that's longer than every other champions by a lot even at the lowest level unless the enemy is moving towards him he's going to be able to attack and move away.

The idea is interesting but he would have to be nerfed to hell on essentially every ability including his passive.

Stacona11/1/2018, 5:59:04 PM1 votes

UPDATE NOTES (1):

Chained Greatsword: Reel in time multiplier reduced to 520 - 700 based on level from flat 750

[325 to 1,750 units per second based on both level and attack speed from 469 to 1,875 units per second based on attack speed]

(This creates more risk for going for the long range attacks, especially in the early game, with the slower reel in time allowing for proper counter play with the ability to counter attack his long range harass or when farming.)

Harsh Swing: Damage changed to 110%AD plus 8/9/10/11/12% +4% per 100AP max health damage as physical damage from 40/60/80/100/120 +125%AD as physical damage Chain damage is stilled halved Can still critically strike Clarified that critical damage is double damage (unchanged)

Made it where the reeling in cast is an adjustable angle up to 90 degrees from a static 90 degrees Still choose between swinging right or left (unchanged) Melee cast is still 180 degree swing in the target direction (unchanged)

(Two part change here. I want Rufus to feel like he is wielding a greatsword that is very heavy and can bash through super thick and heavy armour as what a greatsword should do, rather than be a sharp cut to kill squishies, so I want to emphasize tank busting qualities like % health damage and true damage over large flat physical damages which are weaker against tanks and stronger against squishies.)

(Other change is allowing to adjust the angle of the ranged swing, this allows for a one time re-adjust to the path of the greatsword to combo with Quick Reel for the pull.)

Quick Reel: Percentage health damage removed and moved and adjusted to Harsh Swing. Now suppresses enemies struck by the butt of the sword for 1 second Clarified that enemies are pulled by the butt of the sword, so need to throw the sword ahead of the target that you want to pull in (unchanged) Enemies are only pulled while suppressed, so now at low attack speed the target is not pulled all the way in anymore (when near max range), but at high attack speed allows for a free hit in after pulling them in

Still reels in his greatsword twice as fast (unchanged)

(Reason why this change occurred and why it is suppression over a stun is because a suppression is a true duration for tanks who build tenacity which allows for a shorter duration overall. The other part is not to nerf the ability for building the intended build of a lot of attack speed with your attack damage and crit chance.)

Heavy Bash: Damage adjusted and lowered to 50/105/160/215/270 +60%bAD +60%AP from 30/90/150/210/270 +75%bAD +75%AP as true damage

NOTE: Quick Reel's pull is roughly 750 max range (a bit more than that, more like 850 range since the blade goes into the target a bit and suppression and pull is any collision with the butt of the sword) away since the pull is based off of the butt of the sword. Quick Reel can also be buffered while the ranged attack is in mid-flight so Quick Reel will instantly activate when the greatsword lands for an easier time to combo.

NOTE: Swinging with Harsh Swing's ranged cast briefly stops the reeling process, which can also buffer Quick Reel during this time to instantly starting quickly reeling in the greatsword once the swing completes.

ChaosReyn11/3/2018, 4:43:21 PM1 votes

Neat concept...I'm always a bit nervous when I see true damage, especially on something that isn't a summoner or ult, but I get you're trying to make a tank buster. I still think it should be scaled down JUST a bit. Not much, but enough that 60% of both AD and AP doesn't make building Hybrid Rufus 1 shot squishies with just his E and maybe one auto or other ability. If you're making a tank buster, definitely focus on %hp over true damage, cause true damage overload makes it reaaly, REALLY hard to manage his damage output.

Stacona11/5/2018, 8:18:37 AM1 votes

UPDATE NOTES (2):

Heavy Bash: Base damage increased to 60/115/170/225/280 from 50/105/160/215/270 Ratio damage lowered to +50% bAD +50%AP from +60%bAD +60%AP

(Better control over its power with less ratio and more base here.)

Whirling Greatsword: Now scales with Rufus' bonus attack speed to spin even faster.

Damage lowered to 35/50/65 +110%AD from 40/80/120 +125%AD true damage per hit Still half damage if the chain is in play and struck by it Critical damage lowered to 70/100/130 +220%AD true damage from 80/160/240 +250%AD true damage

(This change is making the ability less bursty, but a lot more overall damage over time as long as you are building attack speed and make his ultimate scaling with all of his stats appropriately and make it not an awkward outlier. In other words, better against tanks and worst against squishies.)