Avatar/Elemental Karma

AndersT07·12/29/2014, 4:51:36 PM·3 votes·1,943 views
League of Legends Karma, Avatar Korra style.

Disclaimer - This idea is not entirely my own, but I'm channeling a lot of great ideas that I've seen circulating around a skin/champion concept around the "Avatar/Last Airbender/Legend of Korra series"

The above was a creation I stumbled upon, but I think if Riot's skin concepts team could get a little creative it would work. A few opening thoughts on why this should be developed for Karma -

  1. Conceptual. As a skin concept, it aligns surprisingly well with Karma's character/ideation. She is all about spiritual and inner balance, much of what the Avatar practices - even a "harmonic convergence" if you will. =p There are some ideas out there for this concept for Udyr. Even though he does channel 4 different states, he's inherently a melee champion and so I'm not sure that would synergize well visually or conceptually.

  2. Ability kit. With a bit of creative liberty, all her existing spells don't really have to stretch too far visually to make this work. Listing out my own ideas below: Q - Fire bending; Mantra - Incorporates Earth bending (as visually on the classic skin, it already appears that the earth is shattering beneath anyway) W - Water bending tether; Mantra - The water tether solidifies to Ice and locks enemies in place. Plus Water bending has healing properties which synergies well with this spell. E - Air bending shield; Mantra - the Movement speed boost meshes well with air-bending prowess. R - Activating Mantra is like calling on the Avatar state. Eyes glowing, empowered abilities - easy enough to understand.

  3. Name. Because "Avatar Karma" rolls off the tongue nicely. There's even alliteration with "Avatar Korra".

  4. Popularity. This would make a lot of people happy. Everyone who loves the Avatar series will buy this skin. There's a huge Avatar fanbase within the LOL player base already.

  5. I feel like the Order of the Lotus Karma skin was a bit of a timid step in the "Avatar" direction already. - Eyes glowing, the "Red/White Lotus" naming connection. However, if we're going to make a tribute to the Avatar series, it can be done a WHOLE lot better. =)

  6. Easy. Developing a skin concept is a whole lot easier than creating a whole new Elemental bending champion that would actually have a distinct persona, kit, mechanics, etc. given the number of existing champions that have "elemental powers" already. (Liss, Annie, Brand, Yasuo, etc.) That was why Azir took years to make, right Riot?

Just my thoughts - Please upvote if you agree. Cheers.

3 Comments

Universal Boop12/29/2014, 5:20:36 PM2 votes

ALL THE BUYS!!!!!!!!

LouieBean12/29/2014, 8:00:02 PM1 votes

Cool idea!!