[Champion Concept] Veronica, The Scarlet Peril

Veronica The Scarlet Peril

Roles: Primary - Mage Secondary – N/A

Attributes: Mage, Burst, Poke

Stats- Base movement speed : 330

Base health : 495 (+70) Health regen : 6 (+0.55)

Base mana : 345 (+56) Mana regen : 5.4 (+0.8)

Base armor : 19 (+2.3) Base magic resist : 24(+0)

Base attack damage : 48(+3) Basic attack range : 425 Attack Speed : 0.64(2.25%)

ABILITIES-

Passive : Flesh and Blood Veronica gains 6/8/10/12% bonus movement speed for 2.5 seconds whenever an enemy champion is damaged by a Blood Field. This bonus can stack up to 5 times.

Q : Outbreak Range: 900/225 60/65/75/85/90 mana 16/14/12/10/8 second cooldown Veronica channels blood from the ground beneath her and launches it as a projectile in a straight line, slowing the first enemy hit by 15/25/35/45/55% and dealing 60/80/105/130/160 + (75% Total AP) magic damage If Outbreak hits an enemy champion it will explode dealing the damage in an area and leave a Blood Field in its wake lasting 4 seconds.

W : Emanate Terror Passive Range: 225 (Diameter: 450)

60/70/80/90/100 mana 24/22/20/17/14 second active cooldown Passive: Veronica stains the ground around her creating a Blood Field which can be manipulated by Veronica's other abilities. Any enemies on a Blood Fields receive 10/20/35/50/75 + (20% Total AP) magic damage per second to any enemies on it.

Active : Veronica retracts all Blood Fields instantly, healing herself for 4/8/14/20/30 over 3 seconds, for every enemy on a Blood Field when activated (Heal value is doubled for enemy champions). Veronica's passive Blood Field reappears after 1 second.

E : Blood Surge Range: 700 50/55/60/70/80 mana 18/16/14/12/10 second cooldown Veronica propels any Blood Fields a set direction dealing 50/70/90/120/170 + (65% Total AP) magic damage to every enemy hit, dealing 10% less damage for each enemy hit (maximum 40% damage loss). Blood Surge will leave a Blood Field in its wake, which recedes to its source over time.

R : Close to Heart 100/120/150 mana 130/110/90 second cooldown After a short delay (0.5 seconds) any enemies on a Blood Field are pulled towards its centre and receive 125/250/400 +(70% Total AP) magic damage.

Abilities Visuals: -Veronica's Blood Fields are black and red and generally blood-like as they swirl around her with occasional bubbling and splashing. -Veronicas basic attacks draw from the Blood Field with a red line travelling up from the pool through her side and across her arm before launching out as a shard of blood(Obviously this happens fairly quickly) -Veronicas Q has the same visual effects as the Blood Fields except its in an sphere. -Veronicas E doesn't change the visual effects of the Blood Fields but simply extends it from its source as the blood surges forward (Imagine Aatroxs E, with less range) -Close To Heart makes the centre of the Blood Fields glow brighter along with audible gurgling to signal the ultimate before pulling the enemy's a set distance in the direction of the centre (Think Orianna's Ultimate).

Notes: -Emanate Terror must be the first ability activated. -Being silenced will deactivate Blood Fields -Blood Surge will work from Blood Fields created by Outbreak as well as Veronica's Passive Blood Field -If a Blood Field is created with Outbreak, Blood Surge will prolong its duration until it has receded. -Veronica's passive increases at levels 1/6/11/16 -'Range' on W only applies to her passive Blood Field, W's active heal has no range limitations -Since Blood Surges Blood Field recedes over time to its source, it can change direction depending on where Veronica moves to, however it will continue to face the point where the ability reached its maximum range (Hopefully that made sense) -In the tool-tip's the term " Blood Field " appears dark red -Veronicas passive Blood Field cannot be seen while in a bush, however Blood Surge and Outbreak can both be seen.

**Lore: ** Veronica as a child had a worrying obsession with blood and violence, evident by her thrilled expressions as she read explicit novels of war which she would use any means to acquire. Her parents quickly decided that action would have to be taken to preserve her noble heritage and the honour of her family. Five months they spent in vain, taking Veronica to the some of the finest doctors and psychologists in Demacia, all the while her fixation growing worse. Veronica's parents realised it was only a matter of time before she would take a more practical engagement in her addiction and thus resorted desperate measures. Disguising themselves they trekked out far beyond the official borders of their city and sought out the assistance of a powerful witch secluded in the wilderness. The witch tells the parents that she can do as they had requested and change Veronica to how she should be. The witch informs them that the process will be long and strenuous for both parties, demanding immediate full payment and one week to complete the task. Veronica's parents leave her with the witch and patiently wait for their revived daughter.

Over the next week the witch started preparations for the procedure all the while watching over young Veronica. However as more time passed the witch started developing a keenness into the workings of Veronica's unique condition. The witch gave into curiosity on the 6th day and conducted a test. That night the witch set out the girls usual portion of the evening meal and next to it she sat a vile of blood. She told Veronica she could choose only one to have as her meal. Without hesitating Veronica grabbed the vile and gulped it down. The witch now knew saying "Your parents told me about your obsession and ordered me to make you right. So that’s what I'll do" The witch created a spell to bring out Veronica's true potential. The next day when her parents returned for her all that awaited them was an abandoned house with the body of the witch. Withered and pale the corpse lay on the ground. Not a single ounce of blood remaining.

"Blood is life, and I shall take it all" -Veronica

Personality: Veronica may be beautiful and have a somewhat graceful demeanour, but her mind is twisted and to her people are little more than sustenance and delicacies. She is egotistical and finds pleasure in teasing others in pain, however she is not too far gone and still understands morals... she simply ignores most of them.

Appearance: Age: 22 Skin: Fair Hair: Long, Red Eyes: Blood Red Clothing: Veronica apparel is made up of various shades of red, she wears a slightly tattered dress. (More to come when I figure out exactly what she should look like)

Quotes: Champion Select- "I hope you're not squeamish"

Movement- "I'm expecting a feast" "I'll open their hearts" "They wont marvel for long" “A Bloodbath? I guess I have time”

Attacking- "You look a little... tense" "Your mind has no value to me" "Look at all that blood you've been saving" "Don’t be selfish" "Just a drop”

Joke- "Its what’s on the inside that counts" ”I'll just be taking a little blood, just try to... be positive”

Taunt- "You would look so nice in red" "I really shouldn't be playing with my food" "Aw your face is turning red" "You’re not faint of heart are you?"

Death- “Wont you join me” “Death always did tempt me”

Pentakill- “Is that all”

Activating Ultimate- “No running this time” “Lets have some quality time”

Kill with Ultimate- “Mmm, thank you for that”

Special Interactions Vladimir- “Someone else with good taste” “This league needed some new blood. Don't you think?”

Aatrox- “Haven’t tasted Darkin before”

Tips: Playing As- -Veronica is squishy but needs a lot of AP to be effective. Try building AP items that have some form of survivability as well to try and counter this. E.g. Rylais Crystal Sceptre

-Veronica can have some trouble getting going. Try to prioritise farming over poke for most of the laning phase unless you have a substantial advantage.

-Staying at the back-lines and poking while setting up for your ultimate is the favourable tactic for Veronica, stay alive and maximize your damage output.

Playing Against: -Veronica can deal a lot of AoE damage but has low mobility and is naturally very squishy. Make sure to prioritize taking her out quickly in a team fight or find a way to assassinate her if she is out of position.

-Silences and any hard cc can severely dampen Veronicas viability.

-Veronica is item dependant and relatively weak in the early stages of the game. Try ganking early and/or often to really put her at a disadvantage.

Items: Sorcerers shoes, Mercury Treads Liandrys Torment, Void Staff (Against tankier enemy compositions or high magic resist) Archangels Staff, Zhonas Hourglass, Guardian Angel (Against high burst) Rod Of Ages, Ludens Echo, Rabadons Deathcap (General) Morellonomicon, Athenes Unholy Grail (For Cooldown Reduction/Mana) Example build:

-Sorcerers Shoes -Rod of Ages -Zhonas Hourglass -Rylais Crystal Sceptre -Rabadons Deathcap -Ludens Echo

Counters: Strong against: -Katarina -Heimerdinger -Twisted Fate

Weak Against: -Veigar -Ahri -Annie

Started creating this champion because I just got bored seeing 80% of wombo combo videos and stuff like that featuring orianna(Not that I don't like orianna) so I tried to make a unique wombo combo kind of ultimate, and i think it turned out pretty well (maybe a bit OP). This took me quite a while, refining idea and everything (The final product is nothing like my initial ideas), thanks to anyone reading my concept and feel free to give me advice or opinions on it, especially the lore as I'm not an English expert by any means. I'll probably keep editing as I see fit and possibly add another champion concept I'm thinking of at some point. Anyway thanks guys :).