[Champion concept] Iaraan, the smoldering smith

Howdy everyone! This is my entry for the July CCOS and this is also my first shot at entering. I designed this champion with the theme of a blacksmith in mind which naturally lead my to his crafting which then lead me to his role as a fighter jungler. Think of him as the grumpy, racist grandpa or uncle you have at thanksgiving.

Outreach: Berrow, the dishonored Bladesman

Base Stats Health: 579 -- 2024 Health regen. 8.02 -- 23.4 Mana 310 -- 990 Mana regen. 8.01 -- 19 Melee 175 Attack damage: 55.71 -- 120 Attack speed: 0.64 -- 0.87 Armor: 25.88 -- 85.38 Magic resist. 33.4 -- 54.02 Move. speed: 335

Passive: Master piece After 7 minutes Iaraan gains a stack of Work in progress when he visits the summoning platform. This can be used to purchase an ability upgrade (Like Gangplank) in the shop, every 6 minutes he gains another stack, this cooldown is reduced by 10/15/20 seconds when you participate in a champion kill. You cannot change branches and upon upgrading all normal abilities your next return to the summoning platform gives you 100 bonus range and 100 bonus damage on your ultimate.

Attack branch Spring attachment: Increases attack range by 100 while casting Q and damage increases by +(20% AD)

Poison-tipped nails: Enemies who remain inside W for longer than 1.5 seconds take 100 magic damage and increase Iaraan’s damage against them by 10% for 2 seconds.

Barbed defense: Enemies knocked back by E take 4% of their max health as magic damage

Utility branch More heft: Q flattens all enemies in the AoE

Mouse trap: Enemies that remain inside W for longer than 2 seconds are rooted for 0.5 seconds.

Further measures: E can knock back each enemy twice.

Defensive branch Counter balance: Flattened enemies have their damage reduced by 20%

Spiked shoes: Iaraan and other allied champions gain 30% movement speed and 30% slow resistance when walking through W, buff lasts for 1.5 seconds after leaving the zone.

Reinforced armor: Knocking back an enemy with E grants a 150 physical shield for 3 seconds. (Shield does stack if multiple targets are knocked back.)

Q: Use your back Mana cost: 60/70/80/90/100 CD: 10 Iaraan empowers his next basic attack to do a mighty down swing that deals 60/80/100/120/140 +(50/55/60/65/70% AD) physical damage in an area and flattening the primary target (shrinking their model size) for 2 seconds. Flattened targets are 50% more susceptible to slows (anything above a 60% slow is not buffed.) (So it’d turn a 20% slow into a 30% slow, a 50% to a 75% slow etc.)

W: Rusted nails Mana cost: 60 CD: 12/11/10/9/8 Scatters nails in an area that deal 60/70/80/90/100 + (70% AD) physical damage to enemies hit and slows them by 20%, enemies that walk in the nails take 10/20/30/40/50 + (30% AD) physical damage for each half second they spend inside it. Lasts for 2/2.5/3/3.5/4 seconds.

E: Counter armor Mana cost: 80 CD: 12 Iaraan adapts his armor for incoming assaults and shields himself for 80/100/120/140/160 + (5/7/9/11/13% max HP) for 4 seconds, when he is struck by a basic attack within 200 range his armor will knock the attacker back 200 units over 0.5 seconds. Cannot occur on the same enemy twice in one duration.

R: Bonding time Mana cost: 150 CD: 90/75/60 Iaraan leaps towards an enemy champion within 600 range and slams on them with his hammer dealing 150/200/250 +(40% AD) damage and binding them to a nearby enemy champion for 2.5/3/3.5 seconds, during this time they cannot move farther than 375 units away from each other. If there are no other enemies nearby the target is tethered to where they were hit and cannot move more than 500 units for 1.5 second. (Animation being metal from the ground and his suit wraps around both targets.)

Lore: Iaraan grew up in the time when Piltover was just getting off its feet, a refuge for those with brilliant minds and natural talents that was quickly growing every day. He was a master of manipulating metal and he quickly grew in popularity in his community, his pride in his work was only rivaled by the skilled craftsmanship of his creations. Using his magic to bend the steel to his will made him the best in his craft, he barely even had to try when it came to being above the rest of the market for fine armor or weapons. One thing he noticed as he looked down from his place at the top was the use of science and machinery, this perplexed him as he had never grown up with these contraptions and he saw them malfunctioning every other day if not every single day, from his place at the top he gave his (self validated) expert advice and decreed that science was incapable of coming close to the greatness of his craft, to this day he stands by his words and works harder than ever to keep up with the bustling world of hextech that surrounds him. Recently his popularity has dropped like a rock with the latest innovations of hextech, his business is in shambles and the self-made man is getting desperate for his next sales pitch.

Voice responses Pick: “I suppose I have time to kill.” Ban: “Fine, would be a waste of time anyways.”

Starting a game: pops neck “Down to business” “I require more inspiration.* “Kids these days, always in such a rush.” “What shall we craft today?”

Movement: “Did I leave the smelter on?” “On it.” “I’m my own boss.” “Forge your own path.” “Just thinking about these lasers and science is making my head hurt.” “Too complicated, back to the simple.” “You’re overthinking it.” “So many better things I could be doing, like making a better suit of armor.” “What was that? I was thinking about something better.” “Magic has existed for eons and never failed, science is practically a baby sprawling to get on its feet.” “Magic and metal, the only mistake is operator error.” “Let’s get crafty.” “Progress? Towards what, death?”

Attacking: “Squash!” “Such pathetic armor.” “I’d craft you a better suit if you had the money.” “Maybe I don’t need a war hammer.” “Feh, kids, so quick to die.” “Take care of your armor!” “Really? A bag of potatoes has better defense value than you.” “Ya got a warranty on that?” “Awh, they think their armor is decent!” “I could forge a door more threatening than you!” “Speak up welp!” “Am I getting rusty? Nah.” “Need to be careful to not throw my back out.”

Taunt “Another nail in your coffin.” “Time to scatter the embers.” “You’re a living anvil!”

Taunting an opponent with an over-sized weapon “Have you even HEARD of counter balance?” “Gah, so unwieldy!” “W-Whubba-ibiedit…..WHY?”

Taunting someone with little clothing “You could use some armor, want me to make you some?” “Do you know what armor is? Or is it the new cool thing to die?”

Taunting a Zaun champion “Pah, savages have nothing on me.” “So primitive, so….disgusting.” “Nothing good comes from Zaun, except maybe the deaths of idiots.”

Taunting a Piltover champion “Blah blah blah progress! Whatever.” “Why do you need to put a gun on everything?” “All your science numbers and whatnot is gonna melt your brain!” “When are you gonna learn that you just can’t beat old school?” “Heh, greeny thinks they can outdo my craftsmanship?”

Taunting Aurelion sol “You don’t use a hammer and you’ve got no anvil, what kinda smith are you?”

Jokes “You wanna hear a joke? The IQ of Noxians.” “You wanna hear a joke? Zaun….all of it.” “So a Yordle, a Noxian, and a Demacian walked into a bar. The Piltie ducked.”

Gaining an upgrade from the attack branch “This’ll sting a bit!” “I’ll keep workin’ on ya.” “Bring some more pain!” “I should charge an arm and a leg for this.”

Gaining an upgrade from the utility branch “I’ll keep hammerin’ away at ya.” “Could use some changes.” “Flexibility is important in combat.” “This puppy puts in the work!”

Gaining an upgrade from the tank branch “For the long haul.” “I don’t want any dents!” “Built to last.” “Assured to prevent death or your money back, heh.”

Using Q “Put your back into it!” “Get down!” “Stay down!” “Little bit more oomph!”

Using Q on a Yordle “Bite-sized now ain’t’cha?” “Look, you’re pint-sized now!”

Using W “Watch your step.” “Oops, dropped something.” “Keep running, I dare ya!” “Put your foot down.”

Using E “Bring it on then!” “Come at me pleb!” “Fight me!” “The best defense is a good offense!”

Using R “Stick to it!” “Come on, stay a while!” “Have a little bonding time!” “Come on, stay a while!”

Using R on Xayah and Rakan “I now pronounce you dead and deader.”