Hide-And-Seek(Next Year's Harrowing)
Hexakill was fun, but I know we can do better than that. What I have here is a rather basic concept for a game mode that would seem rather fun. I have no idea if Hide And Seek has been done in the past but just bear with me.
TL;DR- Hide And seek is a game mode where too teams take turns finding eachother. The goal is eliminate all enemies and once you die you play as a wraith.
Basics) Map- Massive Pentagon Objective- Elimination We've got a team of seekers and we've got a team of hiders. Seekers will have buffs that make them considerably stronger than the hiders, who have to keep hiding and surviving until their turns to seek come around. The map is always dark and vision is truly a virtue on this map. Hiders can farm monster's that award strength and advantages to allow the hiders to fight back against seekers. Every few minutes, seekers will become hiders and vice versa, but here's the real kicker; once you are dead, you are dead for good! After death, players play as wraiths who act as mobile wards and shrouds for their teams that can actually turn the tide of battle if played right. The game ends whenever one team surrenders or when all enemies have been eliminated and turned into wraiths.
Detailed Version) Map- The map for Hide And Seek is a large, dark pentagon littered with monsters and mini objectives players must utilize to achieve victory. There are small narrow corridors that run through the center of the pentagon that allow quick access to areas a cross the map.
Objective- The name of the game is seek and destroy. It's you're standard 5v5 setup except one team, upon entering the game, will be chosen to be the hiders while the other becomes seekers. The seeker' s job is to work as a team to hunt down and pick off hiders. While a team plays as seekers, they can return to base whenever they please, shop, and look for hiders to wreck. Hiders, on the other hand, have it a bit rough as their job is to hide from seekers and farm monster's until they are strong enough to take them on. While a team plays as hiders, they cannot visit shop, hide in their base, or straight up take on seekers. Seekers can always be seen by the way. I mentioned before that once you are dead, it's over for you. Well that's the truth...so suck it up. Upon death, players will be reborn at the center of pentagon as wraiths who act as living wards/shrouds to help their teams. Seeker Wraiths have relatively faster movement speed and have a new set of abilities that allow them to seek and reveal hiders who can easily kill seeker wraiths for additional gold and small buffs. Hider wraiths are also pretty fast and have a set of abilities that allow them to kill seeker wraiths, shroud revealed allies, and spook seekers who they need to get away from their still alive allies. Hider wraiths can be killed for gold but that's just about it. Every few minutes, hiders will be insta-warped back to their once closed off base to purchase items and become the brand new seekers while the old seekers take time to hide in the map.
approved. The game is over when all of the enemy team has been transformed into wraiths. Remember, with numbers and strategic planning, even hiders can pick off stray seekers.
Monsters- Monsters and mini objectives are a big part of Hide And Seek! They provide buffs and advantages to hiders that allow them to stand a chance against seekers(who are already pretty tough). Some monsters award health, some award strength, some award both, some empower wraiths, one releases a mist that completely messes up the sight of seekers(perhaps this could be used to force blinded seekers away from their packs?), etc.
Wraiths- Wraiths are what dead people respawn as in Hide And Seek. Wraiths do not level up and have a set amount of health, stats, etc. They have new kits designed for helping their teams:
Wraith(seeker) -Passive: Enlivened Ward= If this wraith reveals a hider, it will gain 75% increased movement speed for 6.6 seconds. Cooldown of 15 seconds.
-Q: Peek-A-Boo=This wraith becomes stealthed for few seconds. Passively, this wraith has a cone(it's field of vision) of sight in front of it. Cooldown of 8 seconds.
-W: Opportunist= This wraith let's forth a terrifying shriek that stuns all enemies currently visible. Can only be cast when an enemy is visible. Cooldown of 12 seconds.
-E: Spooked Ghoul= This wraith fears itself and explodes after about a second or so, dealing damage to enemies and reducing its own health. Cooldown of 15 seconds.
-R: Eyes Of The Spectre= Allows this wraith ONLY to see the every hinder on field for 10 seconds. This can proc passive. Cooldown of 100 seconds.
Wraith(hider) -Passive: Spooky Ghost= This wealth fears it's attacker upon taking damage and gains increased 50% movement/attack speed for 6.6 seconds. Cooldown of 12 seconds
-Q: Polterghiest= Wraith imbues itself into an ally hider, causing the target to go invisible for 5 seconds. Cooldown of 15 seconds.
-W: Terrifying Shriek= This wraith shrieks in a straight cone. The shriek fears enemies and life taps them for 12% lifesteal. Cooldown of 10 seconds.
-E: Aid of the Underworld= This wraith taunts a single enemy and heals allies within a 1300 unit radius every time it takes damage. Cooldown of 12 seconds.
-R: Heart Of The Spectre= This wraith let's forth a powerful shriek that cuts off all enemy seeker's vision on field for a short duration. Cooldown of 100 seconds.
Additional information-
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Teemo' s passive can no longer proc on this map. Instead he gets a smaller buff. The number of shrooms he can place is even more limited as well.
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Twisted Fate' s ultimate can still be used to reveal their whole team but the duratiin of the vision is nerfed. Oh yeah, and don't go teleporting into full hider teams...you aren't that good Card Master.
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Ward abilities like Kalista' s Sentinel and Ashe' s arrow are also still allowed, yet the duration of the reveal is nerfed a tad.
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While playing as a hider, you're base is walled off during gameplay so be sure you're smart with what you buy at the start of the match. Prioritize...dayum.
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Teamwork, strategy, and synergy are key elements to victory in this mode, be sure to know that you have teammates...have faith in them.