[Champion Concept] Cynthia, The Flash Dancer

Hey there everyone, BowietheNifty back with another champion concept. So today I am going to be trying a few new things today. Mainly it is going to a change of format on how I present my latest concept. These will be minor changes but hopefully they will simplify things down a bit. Anyways the concept I am going to present today started development all the way back after the marksman update came to the league. Now the character here isn't a marksman by any means. Though one thing that I wanted to do with this concept is test how I can manipulate critical strike on a character. While there are several critical strike based fighters out there, I still was wanting to see what I could do with this girl. No lore today unfortunately, I have to finalize it a bit more. Though I wanted to get the idea on the boards before the day passes. As always I appreciate any sort of feed back. So anyways lets get onto the concept.

Cynthia, The Flash Dancer

Updates Lore Added - 3/20/2017

Appearance (Firstly I would like to say that I don't take credit for this art. This is mainly here as a reference to give a general idea of her appearance.) Cynthia is a young petite girl who wields a rather large Japanese style blade. While not exactly having a well defined female body, she is concerned beautiful in appearance. She tends to wear a shorten kimono with little bits of armor mainly being shoulder guards. Her sword is much larger then a person of her size should be wielding, and yet she carries it like it is nothing. She always seemed to wear an upbeat smile like she has nothing to fear.

Lore

Cynthia is an Ionian girl who was born in the village of Takaipīku shortly before the war against Noxus. Being an infant during the war she doesn't recall the events that took place. She is the daughter of a swordsman who was an expert with the blade. He would defend his home village against the incoming demise. Even while being outnumbered, the village managed to push back the invading forces having her father at the helm. Seeing that the threat was bound to return, the father started to train the those who were willing to put their lives on the line. They fought for their way of life, believing that defending their home was more important then letting the invaders have their way. While lives were lost with repeated attacks, the Noxus forces weren't able to take the village in the Ionian peaks. From that forward, her father feared that war would come again. Her father would want to prepare his home for what the future had in store, so he took it upon himself by opening a dojo for sword training.

Over the years the village grew a devoted following of swordsman. While it became unknown to the rest of the world, the village of Takaipīku would produce fierce warriors. The master of the dojo's own daughter would even become apart of this group. Being inspired by her papa at a young age, she would take up a blade. Perhaps it ran in her blood or from watching her father, but she was a natural. As she aged, a born natural maybe have been an understatement to say. She was a prodigy with the blade. During practice, children her own age would fall with ease, more experienced apprentices would struggle and even eventually fall. Her progression came at such an alarming rate that even her old man had trouble against her. She would be the rising star of the dojo. The girl would never take on a serious attitude about her swordsman ship. She would always be wearing a smile, be as uppity as a singing bird, and had confidence that could stretch across an ocean. To her, wielding a blade was bliss.

Indeed the girl was special, in fact more special then everyone realized. Cynthia would become the best at the dojo within time. It was unknown to the rest of the world outside Takaipīku however. Because of this it lead to an unfortunate event upon the village. A group of raiders would eventually set their sights on their home. They did so due to its rather secluded location in the peaks, and wanted to make it their home. They figured it would be an easy stride into the place and murder a couple citizens to have the rest fall in line. Because of this arrogance they stormed upon the village casual like. They didn't even bother to conceal their approach as they entered its gates. The leader made himself known to the people that his group would be taking the village for their new base of operations. The ruffians started to make a mess of things which got the dojo's attention. Her father would set out with his daughter right in toe.

Arriving at the scene, Cynthia and her father were greeted by the invaders. The raiders had gathered some hostages and killed off a couple of the dojo students who had made it before them. Both with a sword at their sides the girl and her old man were ready to defend their home. They would of attacked right away, if it wasn't for the captives. The ruffian leader would actually start to bargain with her father, being rather impressed by the sword skill of the few dead students as they killed a couple of his own men. He wanted more reliable soldiers and if this village had warriors like this, he would want to take them into his service of pillaging. The dojo master was at a loss, he didn't want to give these dreadful men their demands and he didn't wish to lose the lives of his people. He was about to give an answer before his daughter stepped forward, he didn't bother to stop her.

Cynthia drew her blade pointing it to the leader. This was the first time she put on a serious attitude with a sword in hand. She claimed that he would pay for his actions against her fellow comrades and her home. The raider leader couldn't help but laugh at the girl's threat. This small teen girl was telling his group that they would pay? He gestured one of his bigger members to deal with the small brat. The big lug would come at her raising the ax over his head. Before he could even bring it down, his gut was sliced open in almost an instant. The raider would fall to the ground in a painful scream before passing out rather quickly. Reactions from the ruffians were mixed; some were confused, others shocked, they weren't sure what happened. The leader would become furious ordering more men to put her down. As they charged forward, Cynthia would only vanish for a second. In the blink of an eye they would be cut down in a blur and have the girl appear in the center of their falling corpses.

The leader would turn in an attempt to call more of his men. Though he would be greeted by another blur seeing the remainder of his comrades get sliced open. He would stagger back out of fear as the small girl reappeared in front of him. What on Runeterra just happened? He had all his men killed in a mere couple of seconds by this child...in what seemed like a flash. The leaders thoughts didn't last long before his neck split open. The last ruffian fell to the ground with the last of his life flowing out of him. Shortly after Cynthia collapsed and her father rushed to her aid.

~ "That was the first time she experienced actual combat. Was also the first time I saw her use her capabilities. Those raider's eyes weren't adept enough to see it, but that girl moved faster then anything that could be described. Even I had trouble keeping up. It was as if she was in multiple places at once. I knew she was special, but it was beyond human. Though she acted as if she was just doing things normally according to training. As a father, I am proud she defended our home that day. As a man, I am terrified. As a teacher, I know that she needs someone to rival her skills. That is why I sent her away, to find a new master who can handle her dance with a blade." ~ Dojo Master "Kabe"

Roles

Primary: Skirmisher Secondary: Fighter

Cynthia is a critical based skirmisher who has quite a bit of mobility. While mainly being a close ranged fighter, she has solid tools in her kit that allow her to close the distance on targets. She is rather squishy when it comes to defenses and needs to rely on her abilities to take down opponents quickly or bob in and out of combat. Though all because she is squishy, it doesn't mean she can't perform from a distance. She can actually create clones to perform abilities in her place, but at reduced damage. Determining on when to use a clone or saving it for an all out fight is part of learning to master this champion.

Stats

HP: 515 (+83) HP5: 6.5 (+0.85) Mana: 375 (+40) MP5: 8 (+0.9) AD: 53 (+3.7) AS: 0.69 (+3%) AR: 23.4 (+3.3) MR: 30 (+0) MS: 355 Range: 175 (Melee)

Abilities Innate - Mirage Passive: Has a resource known as mirage. While out of combat she generates 1/1.5/2/2.5 mirage per second or when ever she scores a critical hit she will 25 generate mirage. Once she gains enough mirage her next ability cast will send out a clone in her place. The clone acts out the ability but only deals 40% of its damage. Cloned abilities refund 80% of its cool down. 100 max mirage.

• In-Depth

• Acts as a third resource bar
• Max of 100 mirage
• Requires 40 mirage to create a cloned ability
• Clones can critically strike
• Clones do not apply on-hit effects
• Cloned abilities have an additional 0.25 second cast time except for W
• Clones have Cynthia's current health when spawned and can be killed
• Clones can intercept projectiles
• Clones can't be controlled
• Killed Clones grant 5 gold to killer
• Doesn't generate more then 25 mirage for critical strikes hitting multiple targets
• Cool down refund is based off current cool down, not base cool down

Q - Iaido Slash Cool Down - 14 seconds Range - 600 dash / 250 width Mana - 60 Active: Cynthia sheaths her blade before dashing forward and slicing through all targets in her path dealing 40/60/85/115/150 (+50% AD) physical damage. This ability can critically strike for 80% increased damage. Can not dash through walls.

• In-Depth

• Directional cast dash
• Can't dash through walls
• 0.5 second cast time
• Can't move during cast time
• With Infinity Edge, a critical strike deals 120% increased damage from this ability
• Max damage is 330 (+110% AD) with IE or 270 (+90% AD) without IE
• Critically striking multiple targets only generates 25 mirage
• Does not apply on-hit effects
• Can be interrupted by crowd control
• Cool down starts upon cast

W - Flash Step Cool Down - 14/13/12/11/10 seconds Range - Personal Mana - 90/85/80/75/70 Active: Cynthia moves at incredible speed; becoming invisible for 0.75 seconds, and gains 50/55/60/65/70% (+ 10% per 100 AD) increased movement speed for 1 second. When there is enough mirage the created clone and will run at the nearest enemy to attack it prioritizing champions. Clone vanishes if it dies or if it makes an attack.

• In-Depth

• Instant cast personal buff
• Increased movement speed scales with total AD
• Mirage clone benefits from movement speed
• Can't move through units while invisible
• Clone can critically strike
• Clone does not apply on-hit effects
• Cool down starts upon becoming visible

E - Lotus Strike Cool Down - 11 seconds Range - 400 leap Mana - 50/55/60/65/70 Cynthia leaps at a target dealing 50/80/110/155/200 (+ 60% AD) physical damage as she slashes her blade her target from above. This ignores the targets armor equal to 20% critical strike chance x critical damage multiplier.

• In-Depth

• Targeted damaging leap
• Can not critically strike
• 0.25 cast time
• Can leap over walls
• Does not apply on-hit effects
• Armor ignored at 100% critical strike chance is 50 with IE or 40 without IE
• Cool Down starts upon cast

R - Flash Dance Cool Down - 140/120/100(-30% of critical strike chance) seconds Range - 250 cast/500 radius Mana - 100 Cynthia vanishes becoming untargetable for 1.5 seconds and then striking in a targeted area up to three times. Enemies take 50/70/100 (+ 30% AD) physical damage each strike and take bonus damage dependent on which strike hits them. First strike deals 5/8/12% max health damage of targets, second strike deals 7/10/14% current health damage of targets, third strike deals 9/12/16% missing health damage of targets. Upon reappearing, she takes 25% additional damage from all sources for 7/6/5 seconds.

• In-Depth

• Targeted area of effect
• 0.10 cast time
• Can not critically strike
• Deals 3 instances of damage every 0.5 seconds
• Does not apply on-hit effects
• Max total damage is 300 (+90% AD)(+12% Targets max health)(+14% Targets current health)(+16% Targets missing health)
• Reapears in center of damage radius
• Cool down is reduced by critical strike chance, up to -30 seconds at 100% critical strike chance
• Cool down starts upon reappearing

Interactions (WIP)

Potential Skins Dreadful Plume

So at the moment this is what I got for Cynthia. I usually have more prepared, but I don't have all the time in the world today. Lets just say she will have future updates and get some more things added onto her character. Anyways I always appreciate feed back. I am willing to take comments, questions, or concerns. Hopefully for all of you reading that you enjoyed this. I will be back when I can to add more onto the character. As well if you like this concept you are free to look at my other concepts in the list below. They could use from feed back as well. Tell next time, and I wish you all a good day.

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