Cithria the Bold from Legends of Runeterra
I know this is not the most original idea ever, but I've been playing LoR for the last couple days and I've gotta say all the art in it is amazing. The cards are interesting, but the one set of cards that caught my attention were the cards: Cithria of Cloudfield, Vanguard Squire, and Cithria the Bold. In all three card arts is the same character, obviously. But what's fascinating is the sort of untold journey of this girl who yearns for adventure and to write her own story that she's heard from her mother since she was a little girl and becoming a beacon within the Demacian Vanguard. Like there are other rather interesting character designs and the art team for LoR have done a phenomenal job. But something about Cithria feels like she could easily be a character in LoL.
So what would her skills and passive be? What version would she be were she to become a champion? What role would she play? Well I have a rough idea but nothing really that would stick until someone put numbers to it. And if I'm being honest she would probably feel similar to other Demacian champions like J4 or Garen. I want to use her card skill and work from there. So for default I would use her artwork of Cithria the Bold card. It is her end point in terms of timeline from what I understand of the cards. She's standing resolute with her sword held high. The light of dawn shines behind her as Demacian cavalry charges into battle around her. Her other card arts, Cithria of Cloudfield and Vangaurd Squire would definitely be skins.
Cithria feels like she would be a fighter class champion who leans into the support role. Her gimmick being that she becomes more powerful the more allies are around her. She can engage the enemy and hold them while her team comes in for the kill, but she's more of a skirmisher than an outright brawler. Being a member of the vanguard means she would be the first one into battle and so she would need something of a dash skill to get in/out of battles quickly. Maybe since she's the one engaging the enemy she would have a shield ability or perhaps some sort of buff to her defenses. She wields a sword in her artwork and since Demacia isn't exactly keen on mages, I'm gonna make Cithria a physical damage dealer for theme purposes. Outside of her role and some vague ideas I think she should also have a sort of area buff to give her allies similar to her card skill. As for her other skills and ultimate I'll try and go over them in more detail below but I think as an ultimate idea Cithria calling forth the Demacian Cavalry would be an entertaining idea. So let's go over those ideas in a bit more detail. Mind you I won't have any hard numbers so forgive the vagueness. This is a spitball idea after all.
Passive - Call to Adventure: In LoR her card ability is when she's attacking she gives all allies +1/+1 and Fearsome for the round. Fearsome being that no cards can block them unless the card has a power of 3 or more. This might not translate too well into LoL for obvious reasons but maybe we can weave it differently so it can be a skill? I also want to kind of tie in her backstory of wanting to go on adventures and so that's the reason for the passive name. The passive would work as follows: Cithria emits an aura that bolsters her allies depending on where they are in relation to her. Allies who are behind Cithria gain bonus movement speed while allies in front of Cithria gain bonus attack damage and defenses. Basically I want to ensure that she's always providing some sort of passive benefit to her team depending on Cithria's position to her team.
Ability - Vanguard Advance: This would be her dash skill that I mentioned earlier. As a vanguard you're the first soldier into the fray. You lead the charge so for that very reason giving Cithria a dash skill just makes the most sense. I'm debating whether she should have a charge system where she can dash X number of times or if she should just have 1 straight dash which deals damage and provides some sort of additional effect. In either case this ability would deal physical damage and maybe slow the enemy. This would be one of her more important skills. As her passive works based on her allies position to her, She can help have her teammate catch up to her or to bolster the strength of her ally while also providing them with some minor defensive boosts.
Ability - For Demacia!: Cithria's second ability would be a steroid. Upon activation Cithria will shout out a rally cry. While active she gains bonus attack damage and movement speed for a few seconds. The bonus is increased based on the number of allies affected by her passive. This skill is best used in team fights to help maximize the bonuses. This also thematically fits with her being a vanguard soldier by giving her another means to engage the enemy and fighting alongside her allies.
Ability - Resolve: This would be Cithria's defensive ability. Passively Cithria gains bonus magic resist and armor while near her allies. Upon activation Cithria grants herself a shield and removes any crowd control affecting her. The strength of the shield is based on the number of allies that are affected by her passive. After the shield breaks Cithria gains tenacity and a burst of movement speed for a few seconds.
Cithria's Ultimate - Demacian Cavalry Charge: Cithria raises her sword rallying the Demacian Cavalry to charge down a straight path in front of her. The cavalry is as wide as a lane damaging all enemies in the charge and slowing them for a few seconds. Allies who are caught in the charge become a part of the cavalry gaining bonus movement speed and granting bonus attack damage to the cavalry based on the number of allies caught in it. Use this ultimate while you're chasing the enemy or during a team fight to help reposition your team ahead of the enemy to cut off their escape.
Like I said this is really a rough spitball idea based off a card of all things. But with some proper tweaking, some actual numbers, and maybe even just a better idea of what kind of abilities I want for her, this could be a fun and/or interesting champion. I'm certain there are a lot of similarities to other champions skills, but honestly I just sort of had fun making this. And at the end of the day that's all this comes down to. Just a fun idea I had in passing I thought I'd share with the community.
