User blog comment:GreenMoriyama/Nine, the Magus of Elemancy (collab w-Lesdin)/@comment-26815373-20170913032612


 * starts reading* "Nine's next 3 abilities cast within 4 seconds" *stops reading*

NINE

 * sigh* Why not 3 seconds? 3 abilities in 3 seconds? Nine??? *dies*

All jokes aside, this is a very interesting champion. Invoker from DotA immediately comes to mind, but that doesn't do her justice. She's not an Invoker clone - she doesn't 'mix' her abilities to get new ones per se but can combine them to get a singular powerful one that applies all the spell effects at once...

I also like how she chooses her elements - having it be dependent on the range she targets is something I've never seen before, and I don't think League has anything quite like that. That functionality allows her to keep all of her 'ingredients' on the same key, her Q, while her Passive is what lets her create her elemental mix, but it also gives her freedom with her other abilities. That's very creative. I don't want to assume, but if I had to guess, I'd say Lesdin came up with that? (Not discounting Moriyama's creative abilities, but it feels like something Lesdin would do, haha.)

Her W I'm less impressed with, as I think Lesdin had a very similar ability on one of his champions. It works as a form of defense, and makes up for her lack of real mobility. The CD seems appropriate at rank one, but having the CD scale with her ability rank down to 10s? Ehhh... Seems very powerful, even if it has the counter-play that comes with being a conic ability.

Her E confuses me a bit. I'm imagining that the targeting is like Soraka's old Q - the particle just falls on any enemy with her range? No targeting required? And a stun??? Ouch. Don't tell me that's right.

Her R I can envision perfectly, and I think it's functionality is fine. I think it has fair counter-play, but the second clause about CC auto-triggering the Singularity before the 2.5s gives it a ton of power. I'm not sure I can approve of it, even if I knew exactly how her E functioned. The sheer abundance of CC in League puts her on par with Syndra if not even more powerful, which is appropriate, but still...

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Primus is right about their being waaay to much lore. Normally I would feel obligated to read it, and I hate to see your effort go to waste, but Jesus help me...

TBH, I'm actually looking forward to reading her Development and the conversations between you two than her actual lore, as bad as that may sound. XD

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All in all, I love the presentation, I like her abilities, her theme and artwork is cool.

Three quick questions though: Is she based off of an existing IP? Who's champion is she really? I know she's Moriyama's brainchild, but I see Lesdin's signature style all over her. Finally, is Lesdin going to help us with Raymond? I really would like to make a quality presentation for him, but my art skills are just not there yet...