User blog:ClariS/Nalis, the Scarlet Cardinal

Introduction
Hello fellow summoner.

This here is my AP Assassin champion who gameplay is based on harassing enemy from afar and applying stacks before diving in and securing a kill with huge nukes. Being an assassin, I try to create a rather squishy champion who is meant to be in the middle of teamfights for very brief moments before retreating, only to enter the fray when the time arises.

In terms of lanning phase, she works best as either a top laner or mid lander due to her great harass range. She should only engage direct fights after applying her personal debuff as it will greatly help her burst. She will suffer greatly in the jungle since she has no built in sustain, but should be possible with some help.

The theme of this champion is Red. I don't know why, but the picture compels me to make the theme red.

I hope you enjoy it.

Stats
Note: Movement speed has been set to 350 because all champions in season 3 will have their movement speed boosted by 25.

Abilities
None= Usage = The innate passive is designed to be her way out of team battles after assassinating her target. It can also be used to wait for cooldowns to refresh, or position after killing your first target. Ability Detail= The following are things that will break Nalis out of stealth.
 * Using certain summoner spells such as or.
 * Using item actives such as or.
 * Attacking or using any of her abilities.
 * Capturing a Tower in Dominion

None= Usage = The innate passive is her bread and butter to assassinate her target well. Her core play that I want to promote is a more range harass until they reach low health where it becomes smart to dash to the champion and land the finishing blow through the passive effect. The activate effect is to make good use of the passive and allow her to harass. The activate will not interrupted what Nalis is already doing, allowing her to cast this ability while on the move, depending where the mouse is located. This will make her a strong chaser as well. Ability Details=
 * Crimson debuff will refresh with each newly added stack
 * Fires three lines shots in a cone
 * Has no cast time animation
 * Procs spell vamp and Rylai's slow similarly with all multi-target spells and abilities with diminished effect.
 * Pops Spell Shield.
 * Will damage Black Shield.

None= Usage= Her main form of defense. I decided to pick something like this because it just made sense for me as an assassin. With proper use, her defense will be high as the lower cooldown allows multiple usage. With max cooldown reduction and the effect, the shield spell can be use after every second. The magic penetration is added their to promote aggressive use from this ability, but the long duration boost is there to not force the player to have to jump in and try to get a kill. Ability Detail=
 * The bonus magic penetration will not stack with itself, but it will refresh.
 * White Veil is a spell shield.
 * If White Veil is active at the same time as and Nalis is hit by an ability, both spell shields will pop. There is no order of priority where one pops before the other.
 * White Veil will protect against the placement of certain effects, like and, but if activated after the placement, it won't protect from the latter effects like the explosion and the fear, respectively.

None= Useage= The most utility based ability in her kit. As there are two dashes in total, the actual maximum range is 1000 if used in a straight line. I added the wall to allow creative custom routes people may think of to make the best use of the wall. Idea use is to block off retreat routes and/or prevent enemy champions from assisting their teammates. It is possible to trap a champion between the walls if position well. The targeting system works in similar fashion like or. Ability Detail=
 * Does not proc on-hit effects.
 * Procs spell vamp and Rylai's slow similarly with all area of effect spells and abilities with diminished effect.
 * Pops Spell Shield.
 * Will damage Black Shield.
 * Can be used to cross over walls if they are thin enough for one dash.
 * Champion retreating can blink through the wall, but they can not dash through it

None= Usage= To simply put, this ability is her Kill Secure ability. Use this when you are sure you have the kill. The knockback ability will help allow her to get away to safety from enemy teammates if she acquires the kill. Otherwise, the knockback is useful to allow her to acquire the kill, and then escape. This ability is bested used after you have poked this down with Crimson Scarlet, then dash towards them and open with this ability to deal the most possible damage with one ability. Ability Detail= This ability will consume all the Crimson debuff and deal damage equal to the current rank and increase the stun duration, and then reapply the deuff.


 * Does not proc on-hit effects.
 * Procs spell vamp and Rylai's slow similarly with all single target spells and abilities with full effect.
 * Pops Spell Shield.
 * Will damage Black Shield.
 * This ability as a brief channel time (0.35s) upon cast before activation.
 * Will hit its target even if it Flashes out of range, provided that the target was in range when it started its casting animation and provided that the target is within (sight?) range when it finishes. (I.e. If Ezreal, LeBlanc or Shaco double- Flashes after channeling begins or Recall finishes, this ability will not hit its target but will not go on cooldown either.

Lore
A long time ago before the time of the Rune Wars, Nalis was an gifted magical warrior who fought against the darkness that shrouded the land. When the Rune Wars began, she searched for the true cause. After years of searching, she found the source of the cruelty that cursed the land, Brand. She and Brand fought in an intense two day battle where Nalis was victorious. Before she could land the final blow, a magician appeared and fatally wounded her. When Nalis woke up, she found herself still alive but now encased in an biomechanical suit of armor. The suit had a will of its own and used Nalis endowed strength to cause destruction and fuel the wars in Runeterra. Unable to move her body in free will, she tried to communicate with the suit. To her surprise, the suit responded, informing Nalis it's name, Scarlet Cardinal. As the two talked more, they developed a friendship among them until finally, Nalis was able to convince her friend to fight against the will of her master, the magician known as Black Rose. With their combine power, they corner the magician and defeated him. The magician would not go down easily though and released his newly empowered creation, Brand, against Nalis. Unable to defeat raged infused Brand that had been collected because of the wars, Nalis made the only choice she found and sacrifice her body to take Brand into the depths of the sea.

Century later, her body has been retrieved and revived by the League of Legends to see the legend once more. With her body in a state of peril, she is now forced to depend on quick attacks, but even then, Nalis is still more than a challenge against any opponent.

""Wherever there is darkness, the Scarlet Cardinal stands to protect the light.""

- Nalis, the Scarlet Cardinal

Build
Because she is an assassin, her build will heavily favor stacking AP and Magic Penetration/Reduction.

This means items she will prefer (for season 3) are:
 * or

Poll
So unlike most polls I read, I'm going to try to find what people don't like the most, if there is anything you don't like and please comment and explain more. If not, please feel free to pick that you like the entire kit. Do you have a problem with any of the abilities? True Red (Innate Passive) Crimson Scarlet (Q) White Veil (W) Ruby State (E) Fateful Embrace (R - Ultimate) No Problem with the Kit

Closing Statement
Thank you for taking your time and reading my custom champion. I know full well that a champion like this will never exist, but I just enjoy doing like this so I hope you enjoyed reading it.

Leave any thoughts, opinions, or improvements I can make. Thank you again.

P.S. If anyone here wants to know, here's a link to get the template for custom champions: [http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Special:CreateBlogPage?preload=Template:Custom_champion. Custom Champion]