User blog:Poisonshark/Custom Champion: Folby, the Magiforger

Champion
Folby, the Magiforger is a custom champion in the SMNK custom champion series.

Gameplay
Folby is a support-tank who is entirely centered about his passive Ascadium Armor. His kit features extensive control over the armor, and Folby can achieve various effects by attaching it to allies or enemies. His primary role, however, is giving the armor to his allies for extra sturdiness.
 * Ascadium Armor is a two-part passive.
 * The first part describes his unique asset, the Ascadium Armor that is his pride. He passes it on to his allies to give them extra armor and magic resistance, though it gives him incentive to build armor in particular.
 * The second part is the potential offensive use of his armor. With help from allies, Folby can attach the armor to his enemies as well, allowing them to gain damage off of Folby's armor build.
 * Ascadium Shard is Folby's core ability. It's a simple projectile with a slow that is fired from the Ascadium Armor, giving Folby strategic options depending on where he fires it from: himself, his -lane partner, a.
 * Armor Migration is key to Folby, as much as Ascadium Shard, as it is Folby's way of passing the armor to his allies. Its extremely short cooldown makes the skill very flexible.
 * Abnormal Magnetism is Folby's positioning ability. He can use it to reposition himself or displace an enemy depending on whether the armor is attached to Folby himself, an ally or an enemy. Folby can reposition on his own, but also has access to a creative W-E combo to create a fake.
 * Ascadium Maiden is a difficult-to-land but rewarding ultimate. Landing it requires maintaining a skillshot tether for second, but it applies a long slow and creates a period of huge vulnerability for anybody facing off against autoattack-reliant champions. The stun and damage for merely managing to attach the armor are already a good reward, but optimizing it requires a dive to use the armor to the best of its ability.

Lore
Folby is the last descendant of a long line of swordsmiths, the Saphran family. Living in the catacombs of the Demacian capital, the clan lives in utmost secrecy, furiously guarding its secret. The art of creating the mysterious alloy they named "Ascadium" is an arcane art, passed down from the elite to the elite, and it can only be done in the magical underground fountain that thrones at the center of the family's domain. Life underground has never bothered Folby: he was so dedicated to unraveling all the secrets his family held that he spent more time inside the library studying the secrets of magiforgery than outside playing with other kids. No secret stored in other various Demacian libraries' grimoires struck Folby's fancy as much as the ones that sneered at him from right below his eyes; those that were so close, yet so far. By age 20, Folby had proved himself a worthy heir to his family, enough to be present at various diplomatic meetings within Demacia. While he kept a calm and impassible smile, Folby was detached emotionally, his mind focused on his craft. As his passing of age ritual for his 21st birthday, he requested a party around the fountain that was the clan's pride, hoping to prove himself in front of everyone as the next head of the clan. However, by the end of his forging act, the mass of the magical ore he managed to create flowed onto him. Many thought Folby would die in the fury of melted unbreakable ore, but the mass flowed around him without touching him, instead forming an armor that floated around him. Folby was elevated to a hero within his family and instantly drafted into Demacia's military. Folby took his art to the next step on the battlefields, as he proved able to manipulate shards of his armor independently. As the battles went on, Folby grew physically as well as mentally, becoming physically stronger and coming up with new ways to use his unique gifts, as well as becoming an able communicator. After his mandatory service, Folby went back to his country, and immediately started writing down his secrets for the future generations, but this wasn't a task he could complete yet: his unique services and talents caused the military to call him back. While he insisted to dedicate his life to more intellectual pursuits, Folby has to do with part-time, as his people need his help. ""Few know a weapon better than the one who made it. Especially when the weapon is made of something so rare.""

- Folby