Xerall the Shadow Boar (NEW CHAMP)

Paladin 0f Life··2 votes·462 views

Deep in the shadowy abyss of a cave in the Plague Jungles of Ionia a group of boar gather around a mysterious object. One boar tired of constantly fighting for leadership of the herd rushed to uproot the item. Suddenly the boar transformed into a humanoid creature with tusks harder than stone and claws sharper than any metal. Filled with an uncontrollable rage the boar slaughtered his herd so he was the only one that knew of the object. The rage in his soul burned as he roamed the lands of Ionia. Happening upon a temple. There he met Zed who mentored him in the art of the shadows teaching the newly named Xerall how to control the imbalance he contained to further promote his rage for the use of combat and power.

Xerall the Shadow Boar- a stocky metal armored shadowy boar like humanoid the size of poppy.

An off tank top, assassin, support that uses Energy. Hopefully found in Top, Mid and Sup. Possibly Jung due to W. Has a ranged auto to 500 units by using his shadow shuriken technique that Zed taught him.

Passive- every fifth auto attack applies a small bleed for 1 second. not set in stone

Q- Thrash Throws a large metal shuriken 800 units, that is a skill shot and can be picked up reducing the cooldown of the Q by 1/2. 80 dmg at rank 1 with 18 sec cooldown. 200 damage at max with 10 sec cooldown. (.6 AD scaling) Not set in stone.

W- Rage Xerall finds his inner rage increasing attack speed, movement speed and lifesteal and/or health regen to allies within 200 units Im thinking 20% move spd at max, no clue for lifesteal or attack speed yet as too much could be OP. set in stone would be so awesome to see on rift. Set in stone, core of kit

E- Shadow Rush Using the strength of the shadows Xerall dashes 800 units passing though any units stopping at max range and briefly knocking them up and dealing damage. 100 dmg at rank 1. 300 dmg at max. 16 secs at 1, 12 secs at max. (.5 AD ratio) Not set in stone but one of his better moves plus its a gap closer.

R- Shadow Terrain Xerall charges up his innermost rage for 1 second showing an outline of 500 units in a circle and releases a smash to the ground releasing shadows that do 300/400/500 damage that roots the targets in place for a short time with (.3 AD ratio). 150/120/80 seconds. Not set in stone.

I think this would be cool because it gives Zed some love and completes the Chinese Zodiac which Riot has already sort of hit with skins... MAKE A YEAR OF THE RAT skin for twitch plz. Please let me know what you think and I would love to have this made to compliment my play style and give me an awesome main.

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FloRaider422 votes

Passive: worse Darius Q: Olaf ? Reminds me a lot of Olaf, but with the big difference that he has a kit that allows him to chase. W: Don't understand why his rage empowers allied champions Auras are generally a bad idea as they have little gameplay, visual impact and counterplay. E: reminds me a lot of Alistar combo A bit weird worded: Does he knockup all enemies he passes through or at the end of his charge ? R: Nunu, but with a snare instead of a slow How do I know I am in the range unless I have vision of Xerall ?

Overall: I don't see a interesting niche or playstyle this champion would bring to the game. Focus on an aspect and built his kit around that.

Paladin 0f Life1 votes

Thanks for the input. I'm trying to make him an off tank assassin/support because that hasn't really been done before but also let him go off tank. Xerall is sort of like Zeds assistant that empowers Zed to continue teaching about imbalance. I still would like some minor cc. But the Q and passive really need ideas

FloRaider421 votes

That sounds like a big goal since it won't be easy to pull something like that off. Mainly because Tank and Assassin are on the opposite side of the spectrum and aren't really mixable.

Why would Zed have a pig assistant ? He has a whole order on his side. His story sounds a lot like Wukongs and doesn't explore much else.

Some things that I would change in your current kit:

Big Eater HP converts into AD and AD into HP (doesn't work with it's own buffs) Pretty basic: Tankyness gives you some damage and you are more tanky compared to other assassins when building full AD

Heavy Fuuma Passive: Increased MS while this ability is on CD Increased MR and AR when the ability is off CD Active: Throws a giant Shuriken in target direction that deals X physical damage and applies a X% slow. The Shuriken falls to the ground after reaching max range and can be picked up by walking over it. Activating this ability again while the Shuriken is thrown will make the Shuriken explode dealing X magical damage.

As a Tank or support you will want to pick it up and apply slows (weaker than Olafs) or keep it for the bonus, but as assassin you will most likely use the burst and use the extra MS to get some AA in.

Shadow Essence Xerall collects Shadows and molds it into useable essence (holds X stacks) (Effects stack, but additional stacks only increase effect by X%) Ally cast: Creates a shield that absorbs up to X damage that decays after X seconds Enemy cast: Creates a Blade that deals damage and marks the target. Xeralls AA proc the mark dealing X additional physical damage.

Don't know about the shield aspect since it is pretty bland, but you wanted more support abilities. The marks are there to promote good use of the slow on Q and mobility on E to get some AA in.

Shadow Charge Xerall charges for up to 3 seconds. After reaching max duration or cancelling this ability earlier he charges in the target direction knocking aside minions. If he reaches an enemy champion he stops and knocks him up for (Channeltime / 3) dealing up to X physical damage.

The idea was to give a Chunck of Burst and CC for an Assassin (channeling long is usually bad for assassins) and a nice engage tool for Tanks (Damage lower, but you will more likely survive a charge into a team)

Unseen Tuskers Xerall creates X shadow copies of himself which copy his next ability. Q The copies throw Shuriken as well, but they don't explode. W The Shield or Vine have increased effects and the boars are used up first instead of stacks E The copies charge into the same direction and cover more area that way. Clones deal less damage and apply less CC Being Zeds student he doesn't have as much control over the shadows, but has found an own way to utelize them.

Please don't use my suggestions unless they fit the direction you want to take this kit.

Paladin 0f Life1 votes

Lol I was just throwing out some ideas. I don't even think riot looks at these all that much. I just thought zed needs some love since he has no allies as champs. And I'd love to see a compleate zodiac with a pig. Zed is similar to yi in that he wants to teach all the ways of the shadows. So very wukong like story. But more rage than wuji. I wanted to incorporate more shadows but didn't really know how to. But still very attracted to an aura attack speed, move spd, and lifestyle buff.
Maybe even a shadow assisted aura debuff Iike shadows surround Xerall to slow, reduce vision and decreased healing effects of enemies?

LeifTheExplorer1 votes

You have a very good point overall, most of the champion concepts on this forum lack something unique, something that sets them apart. Not to mention that most of the fanmade lore is pretty bad as well, developing little to no character. Also confusing presentation.

I'd like YOUR critique on a champion concept I've been working on in the past week. You seem like you know what you're talking about, and I'd love to see your opinion. I think he's got abilities similar to some champions, but I think he has a really unique play-style and lore. Nefalz, The Herald of Silence

tman30001 votes

I like the idea but its not really unique give your character something special.

Paladin 0f Life1 votes

Is the W-Rage not unique i mean nunu and nidalee but the abilities kind of combine my personal favorite abilities into one champ ,the R is a little cookie cutter any suggestions?

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