User blog comment:SamuelKeller64/Rickard, the Cowardly Prankster/@comment-3391671-20160220060230/@comment-26958736-20160220130513

Thank you for the in-depth review. While I've been writing for years now, I've only begun actually writing custom champions in the last few months, and I still have much to learn. You've given me quite a bit to think over. Thank you again for the review.
 * Obviously making a regular prankster as an addition to the League just seems odd unless I somehow make him famous, which was a very good point. I'd hate to make him another diety-like figure, as many of the new champions are that sort of thing (Bard, Tahm Kench, Kindred), but making him a mischievous demigod of sorts akin to Loki would at least justify his placement into the League. Thankfully, "Rickard" is a name that can be slapped on human or Yordle, so that leaves that option open.
 * In terms of concept, I would much prefer Rickard to fit his "prankster" or "trickster" theme over "coward". That means I'll have to revise his abilities quite a bit.
 * His passive will just have to go. It's too cowardly and like you mentioned, is borderline useless in a teamfight with enemies in every direction. Thinking on making his ult's "false body" thing into here, perhaps on a fairly large cooldown (think Zac's Cell Division)
 * His Q could use a slow to make it a bit more useful. In fact, I could simply switch Q's "more damage" ability and trade it for his W's slow.
 * His W I personally like, but feel I should just remove the interactions with the other abilities.
 * His E is alright, but could use a bit more elaboration.
 * As his ult will likely be shoved into his passive, I'll need a completely new ability. Fitting into his "prankster" kit, I thought of an interesting idea I got while doing Burton the Copycat. What if Rickard could "become" a champion, either on his team or the enemy, and gain access to their abilities for a few seconds? This would be different from Burton, who just "copied" abilities like Rubick from Dota, but instead actually "make" Rickard the champion he picked. This wouldn't give him the champion's items or stats, but simply the abilities and their scalings according to Rickard's items and stats. This would require a bit of ironing of course, as a few champions have oddball abilities (Kalista, Azir, Orianna, etc) that would need to be dealt with.
 * In terms of backstory, I think "trickster, pranking demigod AKA Loki" makes the most sense, but I really don't like the unoriginalness of that. Perhaps another Voodoo Lands champion, as we only really have Annie from there? This'll definitely take the most time to mull over.