User blog:SamuelKeller64/Paracelsus, the Primal Alchemist

Paracelsus, the Primal Alchemist is a custom template champion in League of Legends.

Lore
Sage Paracelsus is an alchemist living in the Marshes of Kaladoun, a scholar originating from Piltover. Paracelsus, from a young age, was obsessed with discovering the “primal elements”, the basic structures that constitute life. She toiled since her adolescence to determine them, experimenting with numerous physical elements to see if they had anomalous properties. She became a nomad after growing frustrated from the relatively limited resources in Piltover, scouring the land for her discovery. Finally, deep in the Marshes of Kaladoun, she uncovered it. Sulfur, mercury, and salt all had direct traces to the philosophical constructs of body, mind, and soul.

Manipulating these elements was a different matter altogether. While the physical elements could be controlled with ease, combining them yielded little results. She agonized over what construct she could use to contain and mix them properly, before stumbling upon it hunting for her daily meal. A firearm.

Utilizing her innate magical gift and several spell books, she realized how to construct magical reagents and combine them inside of a capsule, with different dosages of each reagent producing wildly different effects. She tested her invention, and found to her delight how successful the process was. For years she perfected the dosages and combinations, until the task became ingrained into her mind. She had finally become an alchemist able to control the “primal elements”.

""Oh how wonderful it must be to behold me!""

- Sage Paracelsus

Quotes
Upon Selection Attacking Movement Joke Taunt Casting Reagent: Sulfur Casting Reagent: Mercury Casting Reagent: Salt Casting Synthesis with a Sulfur Reagent active Casting Synthesis with a Mercury Reagent active Casting Synthesis with a Salt Reagent active Taunting a nearby Annie Taunting a nearby Blitzcrank Taunting a nearby Ekko Taunting a nearby Ezreal Taunting a nearby Heimerdinger Taunting a nearby Jayce Taunting a nearby Jhin Taunting a nearby Jinx Taunting a nearby Nautilus Taunting a nearby Orianna Taunting a nearby Rumble Taunting a nearby Singed Taunting a nearby Urgot Taunting a nearby Viegar Taunting a nearby Vel'Koz Taunting a nearby Viktor Taunting a nearby Ziggs
 * “Try to refrain from becoming awestruck from ingenuity.”
 * “Perfect shot.”
 * “Got a cartridge just for you.”
 * “Sample genius!”
 * “Don’t think too hard about what I shot you with. It’ll hurt your head.”
 * “I’ve waited years for this opportunity!”
 * “I know what I’m doing. Do you?”
 * “Excellence.”
 * “You make an excellent target.”
 * “Tis a lot easier when you aren’t tracking in mud, believe me.”
 * “Forward. Never backward.”
 * “Morons everywhere.”
 * “My autograph? Oh please, I have an assigned task.”
 * “Science is the truest joy in this world.”
 * “To show the world my discovery.”
 * “Superiority, Intelligence, Dangerous, what does it…Sid. It spells Sid. Who is Sid?”
 * “I don’t have to be faster or stronger than you, because I’m smarter than you.”
 * “The foundation of life itself is at my command.”
 * “Aspect of the soul!”
 * “Volatility!”
 * “Air and Fire!”
 * “Positive!”
 * “Aspect of the mind!”
 * “Fluidity!”
 * “Water and Air!”
 * “Neutral!”
 * “Aspect of the body!”
 * “Stability!”
 * “Earth and Water!”
 * “Negative!”
 * “Time to fight, my favorite time.”
 * “Charge!”
 * “Time to move, preferably away.”
 * “Advance in the opposite direction!”
 * “Times are tough, but so am I.”
 * “I’m ready for a firefight!”
 * “Oh big deal, you tamed a shadow bear. I taught one how to do algebra.”
 * “High salt, above average mercury, even a little sulfur. A well-constructed golem.”
 * “Time is a relative construct. Life is infinitely superior.”
 * “I can respect youthful genius, but you’re insufferable.”
 * “Ah, an inventor after my own heart. A shame you’re completely insane.”
 * sarcastically “Oh, so it’s a hammer and a cannon? Revolutionary.”
 * “Art from death? The only beauty in the world is in life itself.”
 * “Intriguing style. Do you utilize sulfur?”
 * “Someone like you must have high salt content. Joke not intentional.”
 * “Fascinating construct, but a bit dull.”
 * “Reliance on machines makes the mind dull and the body weak.”
 * “You just toss chemicals into beakers. I brew life itself!”
 * “On behalf of all scientists, I apologize Urgot. They should’ve let you die.”
 * “You’re no more threatening than I am unintelligent, so not at all.”
 * “While you’re enthusiasm is appreciated, science must primarily aid life, not take it.”
 * “Revolting. You let the things you discovered rule over you instead of the reverse!”
 * "Lots of sulfur being thrown around here.”

Comments
Whoa, quite a bit to take in, right? In case you haven't guessed, my main inspiration for Paracelsus was Invoker from Dota. Of course, Dota does not have the D and F keys automatically bound like League, so I was unable to make it identical to Invoker's storage of two spells. I tempted on giving her starting items (like Viktor) to store her spells, but the system felt clumsy and a bad choice in general. Eventually, I decided on a mix of Elise's form system and Invoker's system, meaning the last Reagent cast by Paracelsus would allow different forms to be utilized.

For the three forms of Paracelsus, I divided her role as an ADC into three parts: damage-dealing burst, DoT sustain, and ability-based magic marksman. My main point was to make it so one or two roles could be capitalized on, but trying to do all three would make her ineffective at all three.

In terms of personality, I decided to make her a scientist so overcome by her ego she makes Draven look like a Jehovah's Witness. However, I made it quite clear that she has low respect for those who use science simply to end life for no ulterior reason, even lower than her respect for everyone else. She also hates people like Viktor who were consumed by their obessions, as while she was passionate about alchemy, she still remained Paracelsus in the end (even if that's a bad thing).