[Champion Concept] Richter, the Earthborne
"Listen, kid, I can split the earth itself with my bare fists. Your bones are like glass to me."
- Table of Contents
- Intro
- Appearance
- Lore
- Base Stats
- Skills
- Quotes
Richter is a melee-range AP brawler whose abilities deal in terrain control. He can channel his offensive skills, adjusting their cast ranges and thus the placement of his Unstable Earth terrain from W. On this terrain, he can channel his abilities more freely and enemies can't maneuver as easily, giving Richter something of an edge in combat.
Richter's ultimate ability, Ruination, is useful for setting up a large area of Unstable Earth as well as getting Richter to a fight quicker. This ability and its associated dash can both be performed without interrupting other channels Richter may be performing, allowing him to prepare his attack for when he arrives.
Basic Appearance: A reasonably tall man, not quite as tall or muscular as Braum, sporting what looks like a tattered old ceremonial throw. He looks like he's in his late 20s to early-mid 30s at the most. His hair is somewhat disheveled, and his skin marked with small cuts and scars, as well as dirt scuffs. He wears obsidian braces on both his wrists and his ankles.
"The Legend of the Earthborne": The Earthborne is like an avatar of the stone and earth that form the foundation of all of Runeterra. The Earthbornes of ages past were believed to have been chosen by a shamanic clan living within a network of tunnels beneath Mount Targon, but no-one in recent history has found even a trace of the clan's existence. It was believed that the clan, and the Earthborne itself, had long since died out.
Until a man named Richter emerged from a crumbled crevasse around the mountain's base. The ease with which he shifted the stones obstructing his way out, plus the distinct garb he wore, clued scholars in that he must be one of the fabled Earthborne.
Though he looks young, Richter's true age is unknown. Those who have spoken to him say that he's an affable man, not wanting to cause trouble, but also not one to turn down a good fight. His story that he's told those who asked of his origin is that he awoke within a cavern beneath the ground one day, and found what he guessed was once a small underground society, all dead. A quick bit of exploration led Richter to the conclusion that the tunnels through which the people had retrieved sustenance from the above world had collapsed, leaving them all starved to death within the subterrane.
How, then, was Richter alive?
"I couldn't tell you why I'm still here. My only guess, Runeterra itself re-awoke me. What for, I'm not sure. Until I find out, though, I'm just gonna enjoy the new life I've been given."
- **Stats **
Primary Role: Fighter Secondary: Mage
Health: 591 (+82) [1985] Health Regen: 8.2 (+0.5) [16.7] Mana: 390 (+52) [1274] Mana Regen: 6 (+0.8) [19.6] Range: 125 (Melee) Attack Damage: 61 (+3.5) [120.5] Attack Speed: 0.651 (+2.8%) [+47.6% - 0.960] Armor: 24 (+3.5) [83.5] Magic Resist: 32.1 (+1.25) [53.4] Movement Speed: 335
- Passive: Pressurize
Richter's Fault Line and Plate Break abilities can be channeled for up to 3 seconds, altering their areas of effect as they're channeled. While channeling an ability, Richter retains the ability to move, but Slows himself by 10% and takes reduced damage from enemy attacks. A completed channel can be held for up to 1 second before being cast.
If Richter completes a channel without casting the ability, he is refunded 35 Mana.
- Damage Reduction: 10 / 12.5 / 15%
- (Effects scale at levels 1, 7, and 13.)
Additionally, after channeling an ability, Richter's next basic attack within 4 seconds deals bonus Magic Damage to his target, with the damage increasing by up to 75% based on how long he channeled. If the target is an enemy champion, the attack damages all enemies within 150 range. (This effect activates even if the channel was cancelled or completed without casting.)
- Magic Damage: 16 + (8 x Richter's Level) (+32% AP)
- Maximum Magic Damage: 28 + (14 x Richter's Level) (+56% AP)
- Q: Fault Line
Range: 600 - 1200 (Conical AoE - Linear AoE) Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 Mana Cooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6
Active: Richter strikes the ground, sending a high-speed shock wave in a cone that deals Magic Damage to all enemies in its path.
If Richter is standing upon Unstable Earth when he casts Fault Line, the damaged area is struck by an aftershock after a 0.25 second delay, Rooting enemies for 0.75 seconds.
Pressurize - Fault Line's width decreases as it's channeled, but its range increases.
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Magic Damage: 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 (+70% AP)
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For an idea on the ranges, the non-channeled version has the range of Rumble's Flamespitter. As Fault Line is channeled, the cone narrows and extends out farther. When fully channeled, the result is a linear skillshot slightly wider than Xerath's Arcanopulse.
- W: Wounded Earth
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 Mana Cooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8
Passive: Richter's abilities, and basic attacks enhanced by Pressurize against enemy champions, will leave behind an area of Unstable Earth within their area of effect for 3 seconds, Slowing enemy movement across it. Additionally, Richter's self-Slow while channeling abilities is decreased while moving along Unstable Earth.
New areas of Unstable Earth cannot be generated while Wounded Earth is on cooldown.
- Slow: 13 / 16 / 19 / 22 / 25%
- Modified Self-Slow: 8 / 6 / 4 / 2 / 0%
Active: Richter releases geothermal energy through any active areas of Unstable Earth, dealing Magic Damage to enemies standing upon them and applying a stronger Slow to them that decays over 2.5 seconds. The release of energy also refreshes the duration of the active areas of Unstable Earth. (The passive slow from Wounded Earth isn't applied while the active Slow persists.)
If Richter is standing upon Unstable Earth when he casts Wounded Earth, he gains a burst of Movement Speed that decays over 2.5 seconds.
- Magic Damage: 55 / 100 / 145 / 190 / 235 (+40% AP) (+20% of Target's Bonus Health)
- Enhanced Slow: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90%
- Bonus Movement Speed: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%
- E: Plate Break
Range: 600 Cost: 55 Mana Cooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5
Active: Richter crushes the ground at his feet, causing a tectonic disturbance around himself that deals Magic Damage to enemies within range. The damage decreases as the radius extends outwards, down to 60% damage at the disturbance's edge.
If Richter is standing upon Unstable Earth when he casts Plate Break, enemy champions damaged by it have their Armor and Magic Resistance reduced for 3 seconds.
Pressurize - Plate Break's radius is increased, up to a maximum of 350, as it's channeled, with the damage falloff still bottoming out at 60%.
- Magic Damage: 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+60% AP)
- Minimum Damage: 36 / 60 / 84 / 108 / 132 (+36% AP)
- Armor/MR Reduction: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
- R: Ruination
Range: 1100 Cost: 100 Mana Cooldown: 120 / 100 / 80
Active: Richter unleashes a tremendous seismic attack on target enemy champion after a 1-second delay, Rooting it and dealing Magic Damage to all enemies within a wide radius. The duration of the root, the radius of the attack, and the damage dealt all increase the greater the target's Maximum Health.
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Root Duration: 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 (+0.25 seconds per 750 of Target's Maximum Health)
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Radius: 300 (+50 per 750 of Target's Maximum Health)
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Magic Damage: 200 / 275 / 350 (+60% AP) (+10% per 750 of Target's Maximum Health)
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Against a 3000-Health target with rank 3 Ruination, it will Root them for 3.5 seconds, have a damage radius of 500, and deal 490 (+84% AP) Magic Damage.
- Quotes
Champion Select "Don't worry, I won't alter the geography. ...Too much."
Upon Starting a Game "Hmm... needs some remodeling..." "Terra firma... Not for long." "Got some great ideas for this place..."
Movement "Remember, baby steps, don't want to leave any craters..." "Ground's kinda weak here. Better watch my step."
Movement - Howling Abyss "Now that's an impressive chasm!" "...Better not wreck this bridge." "Brr... Not a fan of cold feet."
Attacking "Heh, don't break too easily!" "More fragile than I'm used to!" "I'm just gettin' started!"
Joke "What, the fissure that wrecked that nearby village? That wasn't my fault!"
Taunting Malphite "C'mere, rocky, lemme take a crack at you!" "You know, since you're a being of stone, I'm obligated to try and break you. No hard feelings." "Let's see just how 'rock solid' you really are!"
Taunting Tahm Kench "I got a plate for you right here, sir." "Hungry, big boy? How 'bout a knuckle sandwich?"
