Boards›Concepts & Creations

Raethius: The Wendigo

Eternal791··2 votes·2,891 views

This is a champion idea I came up using my obsession with Wendigos. I don't have any lore yet, but i have concept art and a kit idea.

http://pre11.deviantart.net/4341/th/pre/i/2016/206/7/2/wendigo_2b_by_c0mb1ne-dabdkdg.jpg

**Passive: Deadly Craving **– Getting kills or assists grants a permanent stack of Deadly Craving (increased armor, movement speed and attack speed). Killing jungle creatures, siege minions and super minions will grant ¼ of a stack.

**Q: Savage Leap **– Raethius leaps in a direction, knocking up and dealing damage to the first enemy champion he hits. Minions and jungle creatures he passes through are also damaged and knocked up. Savage Leap can be used to go over terrain. Skill Shot

W: Bloodlust (Active) – Raethius bites a target, dealing damage; while causing the target to bleed.

(Passive) – Enemy champions hit with Bloodlust become Raethius’s Obsession and are tracked for 15 seconds. Tracked enemies are fully visible wherever they go; but only to Raethius. Additionally, AA's dealt to the obsession are dealt as true damage. Empowered Auto Attack

E: Rabid Strikes – For 5 seconds, Raethius gains bonus armor for the missing health of up to two nearby enemies.

R: Panic – Raethius uses a death quote from one of the enemy champions. Enemies within a certain radius are then feared. Raethius's next damaging ability to a feared enemy deals extra damage that heals him, while ending the fear.

15 Comments

123TagYorick1 votes

Not to shut you down or anything because it could be a cool concept but..... these abilities are incredibly similar to Warwick's.

Eternal7911 votes

Yeah, he's kind of a cross between Vi (Q), Warwick (W), sort of Evelyn (Ult), Thresh and Jinx (passive).

Naphlar1 votes

good concept but a little too creepy for me.

Eternal7911 votes

But creepy is what I do.

EvilGrinNol1 votes

Funny thing was, I was about to do a 'wendigo' inspired champion till I saw this! LOL

I do like his passive and W and Q, but I do have some issues with his E and his ult.

He already get's empowered AA from his W so his E also empowering them as well is a bit much. So I would suggest that you change his W so those Raethius is obsessed with get true damage dealt to them while his E gives him armor based on how much health an enemy champion doesn't have.

His Ult it isn't bad but I feel it doesn't really fit with the 'Wendigo' fantasy as they were spirits who possessed people to drive them to cannibalism for the sack of their own survival. So how about you make it similar to Morde's ult where when he kills an enemy champion, or lowers them to a certain health threshold, they become a possessed by the Wendigo, sharing a part of Raethius's stats (namely his armor, movement speed and attack speed) Raethius inhabits their body they gain health from killing minions or champions, when they kill champions the credit goes to Raethius. The ult ends after a certain time in which the possessed champion dies and Raethius becomes targetable but the healing the champion got while possessed goes to him.

Granted this is your champion and you can go whatever you wish, this is merely a suggestion.

Eternal7912 votes

I like both your ideas actually. With his ult, I was merely trying to use the fact Wendigos mimic the voices of their pray, but that's kinda hard to do in game. However, I just had another idea. It could be an AOE that charms all enemies within a certain radius. When he attacks a charmed enemy, the first hit deals bonus damage and heals Raethius for all the damage; but the charm ends as soon as he attacks them.

I'll update his kit with your W and E idea.

Also, I'd be happy to see your champion idea.

EvilGrinNol1 votes

{quoted}

I like both your ideas actually. With his ult, I was merely trying to use the fact Wendigos mimic the voices of their pray, but that's kinda hard to do in game. However, I just had another idea. It could be an AOE that charms all enemies within a certain radius. When he attacks a charmed enemy, the first hit deals bonus damage and heals Raethius for all the damage; but the charm ends as soon as he attacks them.

I'll update his kit with your W and E idea.

Also, I'd be happy to see your champion idea.

Thank you, though I don't think Charming would work either as the ones who use it are Ahri and Rakan and it doesn't really work for the Wendigo who is this horrible ravenous monster. Maybe if it was something like a siren or the Jorogumo where they were meant to be charming or charismatic only to turn on them and reveal a darker nature.

Eternal7911 votes

How about a fear then? Though generally Wendigos mimic their prey's voice to lure them closer.

Edit : changed the name and made it a fear.

EvilGrinNol1 votes

Maybe, though Wendigo coping voices is nothing I have ever heard of. I always heard of them possessing people and forcing them to go insane. In fact, there is a mental illness named after them called Wendigo Psychosis. It basically exists in tribal cultures, including Native American, where certain individuals when placed into desperate situations where they would start reverting to murder and cannibalism even though food is readily available.

Eternal7912 votes

You're not wrong on the possession (or the rest really). Someone commits cannibalism in the presence of a Wendigo spirit and it possesses them; transforming them into a horrible cannibalistic monster with super strength, speed, invulnerability to everything but fire and the ability to mimic human voices. There's actually various different versions of the Wendigo, though the original/most common one is what I just described.

EvilGrinNol1 votes

{quoted}

You're not wrong on the possession (or the rest really). Someone commits cannibalism in the presence of a Wendigo spirit and it possesses them; transforming them into a horrible cannibalistic monster with super strength, speed, invulnerability to everything but fire and the ability to mimic human voices. There's actually various different versions of the Wendigo, though the original/most common one is what I just described.

True, the wendigo is just one of those mythical creatures where the nature of them change depending on the story and whose telling it. As I said at that start, this is your champion and you can do whatever you wish, this is merely my opinion and if it helps then I'm glad I could help as I do like the idea overall.

Truly not Gay1 votes

His W would be totally broken. People would just use it on the enemy jungler early game and now there is no more need to ward for your entire team. Just put a ping on the enemy every 5 seconds or so and your entire team knows where the jungler is.

Eternal7911 votes

Yeah, I could see that being pretty broken.

EvilGrinNol1 votes

Hey, rememeber when I said that I was going to make my own champion idea based on the wendigo? Well here it is!

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/b4peKpeV-the-demon-of-the-north-champion-concept

Eternal7911 votes

Cool, I'll check it out.

More from Concepts & Creations

A completely serious, totally legit question for Riot.
Concepts & Creations183 comments
2,280
votes
[Champion Concept] DhaMa, The Force of Balance
Concepts & Creations931 comments
1,424
votes
Elderwood Kindred
Concepts & Creations176 comments
1,062
votes
Bring Urgot's Nipple Back!
Concepts & Creations94 comments
985
votes
Petition To Have An Old Lady Champion
Concepts & Creations481 comments
947
votes
When Tahm Kench eats Lulu, he should say that it tasted purple!
Concepts & Creations109 comments
826
votes

More by Eternal791

Among all the complains, I just wanna say...
Story, Art, & Sound93 comments
82
votes
Evelynn Champion update page.
Story, Art, & Sound242 comments
53
votes
So are comics going to be a regular thing now?
Story, Art, & Sound17 comments
47
votes
Jinx Theory: Origins of a Maniac
Story, Art, & Sound25 comments
41
votes
Can we get a VO update for Thresh?
Story, Art, & Sound42 comments
33
votes
Can someone give me some tips to fight Yasuo?
Gameplay73 comments
24
votes