Vaanii: The Witch's Wolf
It became clear to me while reading through the lore of freljord, that not only does Lissandra only have a single ally champion, which is highly unlikely seeing as she has an entire guard corrupted, however it also became clear that she is perhaps the most powerful champ (lore wise) in the freljord, perhaps only rivaled by Anivia. Seeing as Lissandra has not already attempted, for what we know, to eradicate the cryophoenix, it is possible to presume that she does not have the power to do so. Therefor it she would most likely attempt to find a way to destroy her. This is where Vaanii comes from, created from the purest black-frost, the wolf was made with one purpose in mind, to destroy Anivia.
Vaanii herself takes the form of a wolf of black ice, with the same runes as Anivia, which Lissandra obtained the ability to recreate through her connections in the frost-guard. She is fiercely devoted to Lissandra, and would be willing to kill anyone in her path to complete her mission, which underlines her play style. Unlike most other champions, several go Vaanii's abilities become more powerful the more damage she deals TO HER ALLIES. Her Q, W, and Ultimate are all devastating moves that when played right can eradicate an entire enemy team, however you run the risk of destroying your own team as you do so.
Her lore goes as following:
As the blizzard is eternal, so is the corruption. Born of the purest black-ice, Vaanii lives for only one purpose, to quell/corrupt the Cyrophoenix Anivia. Born over a hundred year process, from the souls of countless of the Ice Witch's servants, Vaanii is a beast of pure devotion to Lissandra. As she searched for Anivia for several hundred years, her inner passion grew only stronger, to the wolf her master was the most perfect creature alive, how awful must this creature be that reaped the lands with her storms, and made the freljord a land of ice and death. Alas when the wold had travelled for 235 years, she found the phoenix, perched above a large glacier. The wolf let out a massive howl to challenge the bird, yet Anivia did not react. Enraged, the wolf pounced Anivia, only to be suddenly trapped in circle of impenetrable power. As she attempted to claw out of her trap, she saw how the bird flew away, while her world faded into black. When she awoke she had been thrown into an unknown place, looking around she crept, only to be attacked by a mighty magical force, and a man who wielded the powers of a bird of fire. Reacting out of instinct the wolf slew the man, and roamed the new territory. Along the way many other people, including several creatures who she could sense were not indigenous to this world, attacked her, only for her to slay them. Suddenly she found her, doing battle in the middle of the unknown area, she pounced the phoenix and ripped her apart, proud of her mission, yet disappointed in the birds weakness, she attempted to leave, only to be captured by the magical circle once more. When she once more awoke, she was surrounded by four other warriors, and her wish to kill the Cryophoenix had been replaced, she only wished for one thing now, to be fed.er connections in the frost-guard. She is fiercely devoted to Lissandra, and would be willing to kill anyone in her path to complete her mission, which underlines her play style. Unlike most other champions, several go Vaanii's abilities become more powerful the more damage she deals TO HER ALLIES. Her Q, W, and Ultimate are all devastating moves that when played right can eradicate an entire enemy team, however you run the risk of destroying your own team as you do so. This may seem like a risky idea, however I do believe that it could be an interesting concept if implemented. Her abilities are as following:
As her passive is central for her play style we will go through it first Passive: Corrupted Spirit Vaanii's abilites have no cost attributed to them, however they gain a bonus when Vaanii has gained a number of Corruption Stacks. Whenever Vaanii uses an ability she looses 3 stacks. Vaanii gains 1 stack whenever she kills an enemy, 10 whenever she kills a champion, and 1 for every time ally or enemy champion are affected by one of her abilities. If she uses an ability on a champion, she does not loose stacks.
Her Q is used to deal extra damage against enemy champs in duals. It is not a good harass tool however, as it requires her to by in melee range. It's relatively long cool down also keeps it from being effective in team fights. Q: Black Chomp Cooldown: 5/5/5/5/5 seconds Vaanii bites the enemy unit with a corrupted bite, dealing bonus magic damage (20/40/50/60/80)+(0.5 AD). Vaanii can bite an allied champion dealing (10/20/30/40/50) + (0.2 AD) and healing for the same amount. This cannot kill the ally. At 50 Corruption stacks her Q gains an added 1 second slow that goes 5%/5%/10%/10%/15%
Her W is used to deal damage, harass, as well as to initiate a fight. W: Ferocious Pounce Cooldown: 4/3.5/3.5/3/3 seconds Vaanii pounced onto an enemy unit and deals (50/70/90/110/130) + (0.7 AD) to the target. If an ally champion is nearby, Vaanii can reactivate the ability within 10 seconds to pounce onto them dealing (20/40/50/70/90) + (0.5 AD) to the target. This cannot kill the ally. At 100 Corruption stacks, her E deals the same damage in a 100 area of effect.
Her E is mainly utility E: Corrupted Pelt Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6 Vaanii covers her body is black frost, rooting the first enemy who uses ANY basic attack against her for 0.5/0.75/1/1.25/1.5 seconds At 75 Stacks Vaanii stuns the enemy instead of rooting them
Her Ult is her main initiating move, both her most powerful and dangerous move. R: Fenris Strike Cooldown: 120/100/90 seconds Vaanii takes the form of a massive wold of black frost and charges to the target location, any allies along the way are knocked to the side, while any enemies are pulled along to the target location. Any enemies hit are dealt (200/300/400) + (0.7 AD) upon impact. Furthermore the travelled area become corrupted for 5 seconds, and any champion, ally or enemy (apart from Vaanii), are dealt (50/75/100) + (0.33 AD) every second At 150 Corruption stacks, enemies who stand in the corrupted area for more than 3 seconds are rooted for 2 seconds.
