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Terminally ill Champion

Chembaron Yamada·7/8/2017, 12:32:18 AM·10 votes·1,864 views

I was looking at Urgots rework and let me point out: I love it, his visuals and kit are great and I look forward spamming that guy (and probably maining him at top lane) in the future.

That being said: I thought that when it comes to lore, there was some missed opportunity. Urgot became another vigilant in Zaun, killing chembarons for the sake of his ideals ("There are no leaders, just survivors."). Good story and really fitting for his new badass theme.

But there was another hook I thought they probably could have taken for him: Urgot could have been a terminally ill chembaron, trying to cheat death with every method he can find and therefore was augmenting his whole body with machines. Of course he chose a much more horrifying appearance, since he is a chembaron and he understands the power of fear (since fear is the biggest motive in his life, the fear of death made him willfully turning into a monster).

Urgot is ruled out now, but what do people think? Is that story arc of someone desperately trying to survive and cheat Kindred by using immoral methods something you would like in a future champion? I know I would like that, it could give a character depth, nice interactions with Kindred and beings who successfully cheated death (aka undead).

13 Comments

KoKoboto7/8/2017, 2:12:11 AM10 votes

I think that story is already told with Orianna.

Warlord Dienekes7/8/2017, 3:17:25 AM7 votes

I keep hearing Yasuo has cancer, so that might be what you're looking for.

Eternal7917/8/2017, 1:13:10 AM4 votes

I too was expecting something along those lines, but thinking about it now it wouldn't make too much sense. Urgot is essentially a war machine. He should be out wrecking people's shit, not sitting around watching over this empire he's carved out.

mkyner7/8/2017, 3:12:31 PM1 votes

That's pretty cool. I kind of like the idea of a Champion with an ongoing "dispute" with Kindred as they struggle to put off making their choice (succumb or run) as long as possible. Perhaps this Champion has some magic that makes outrunning Wolf a realistic possibility, so rather than letting him/her make a choice, Wolf and Lamb need to work together to enforce the Champion's mortality. Sounds more like a Shadow Isles thing, though.