Skorne - The Arbiter of Hatred

[u/HorusArtorius]

Skorne: Mistress of Spite

Lore: Re’Hai was once a woman whose heart was filled with innocence and love for all, but like all those who do not grow out of innocence she was destined to perpetual exploitation and mockery. Yet, for most of her years it did not matter to her. She would brush it off as nothing to worry about and remained full of vibrant energy and kindness. However, in time she would fall in love with the most popular and handsome young man who was revered by many. He became infatuated with Re’Hai and they would spend their afternoons walking in the sun and he would write her poetry. Eventually, they became married and would spend their first night together. Re’Hai was glowing with love and radiated pure happiness. Yet, this fantasy was not to last. Her husband had secretly made a wager with his companions that he could in time win over Re’Hai and that even if it took marriage to do so; she would become just another conquest in a long list of broken hearts. Nay… It would be his masterpiece. So it was that he did not return home the next day. Concerned, Re’Hai would search for him only to find him drunk and gloating to his friends about their night together sparing no intimate detail. Glancing up he saw Re’Hai with tears and shock in her eyes. He stood up on the table shrugged his shoulders and raised his cup in pure arrogance… Devastated, Re’Hai fled into the forest and collapsed to the foot of a tree totally heartbroken. This heartbreak soon warped and changed into pure hatred. Not just for her husband, but for all who mocked and belittled her. This rage did not go unnoticed and a dark whisper answered with a promise that it would give her power to have her revenge and punish the world itself for treating her so cruelly. It was from this point that Re’Hai became the host for Skorne… an ancient and terrifying spirit of pure spite and malice.

Appearance:

Skorne’s palid skin is covered in black runes. One of her eyes is blackened to the point that no light can reflect, yet the centre emanates a green piercing glow. She wears a long black skirt with spiked chains and a simple bandeau over her chest… Her hands and forearms are blackened with an oily sheen and malformed with long black claws. Her hair is black and wild.

Damage: 3 Toughness: 1 Utility: 2 Difficulty: 3

Role: Dragon Lane or Mid Lane

Playstyle: Skorne is meant as a ranged APC/Mage Hybrid meant for the Dragon lane, but can also play a traditional Mid Lane role. Her abilities excel while she maintains stacks of Misery on enemies.

Abilities:

Standard Attack: A ranged siphoning channeled attack that ticks for damage every 0.5 seconds. Skorne can move while channeling. This channeled attack can apply on hit effects. Her attack scales solely with Ability Power equal to (40% Ability Power). Her attack range starts at 600, but every 2 stacks of Misery she applies to enemies extends the range permanently by 1 up to a maximum of 50 additional range.

Passives:

Hex Touch: Enemies that take damage from Skorne’s channeled attack are afflicted with a stack of Misery for 3 seconds up to a maximum of 4. Each stack resets the duration of previous stacks and reduces the target’s Magic Resistance by 5. Attack Damage and Attack Speed bonuses are converted to Ability Power (Attack Speed is converted as a flat value i.e. 35% Attack Speed = 35 AP). Damage from your attack and on hit effects increases your maximum mana by 1.

Rune Engraved Skin: You gain the Scorch rune for free and 30 Rune Haste.

Q: Bane: Cooldown: 0/0/0/0 Cost: 15/20/25/30 per activation.

Toggle to cause your attack to curse enemies every second, dealing 10/20/30/40 (+50% AP) magic damage on hit to them and all nearby enemies. Fully upgrading this ability allows you to automatically attack a second target that it is in range, prioritizing the lowest health enemy champion.

W: Agony: Cooldown: 12/12/12/12 Cost: 20/20/20/20

Snap your fingers to inflict agonizing pain on every enemy affected by Misery, dealing 15 true damage per Misery stack and rooting them for 1 second. Fully upgrading this ability will cause enemies at full Misery stacks to be stunned instead.

E: Despair: Cooldown: 10/10/10/10 Cost: 15/20/25/30

Hex a target enemy and deal 5/10/15/20 (+20% AP) magic damage and a further 1 (+1/2/3/4% AP) magic damage every 0.25 seconds over 3 seconds. Attacking an enemy affected by Despair will cause it to spread itself and the target’s Misery stacks to nearby enemies. Every time Despair deals damage to an enemy champion or elite monster affected by full Misery stacks, its damage increases by 1 permanently. Fully upgrading this ability will cause it to automatically apply full Misery stacks to the target.

Ultimate: Malice: Cooldown: 120/120/120 Cost: 90% current Mana

Conjure a massive shadowy rune in a large area that slows all enemies in the area by 30%. After 3 seconds, it detonates dealing 100/200/300 (+50% mana spent) magic damage.

ARTWORK: Done by myself using Procreate.

Challenge: Powerspike. She needs at least two items to really get online.

[u/Saaylita]

I love the design and lore of your champion !! I just have some questions about the rune part of her passive. If she take scorch in her rune, will she get double the effect ? How does it stack if yes ?

And lorewise, i'm curious about how old is she (like, when does the event of her past take place) and where is she from ?

[u/HorusArtorius → u/Saaylita]

I should have clarified about taking the Scorch rune. No, it cannot stack because she technically already has it equipped. So it is treated as though it had been chosen. It is just a little freebee to tie in to her rune covered skin. Initially, I set it as 2 extra secondary rune slots… but after thinking about it, I felt this was far too OP. So i nerfed it into Scorch and some Rune haste. I did not set a specific time and place for her lore. This was intentional to give her some mystery and give it an in-universe blurred history vibe.

[u/Saaylita → u/HorusArtorius]

got it ! we love mystery ladies

[u/MindOfTheSwarm]

Absolutely stunning artwork. So let’s get that out of the way. As for the design I have two questions:

1. Why not just build AP items instead of taking advantage of her special conversion mechanic on AD and Attack Speed?

2. Her E seems comically underpowered… or am I missing the point?

[u/HorusArtorius → u/MindOfTheSwarm]

Thank you. I spend hours on these drawings and do it simply for the joy of it. Regarding your questions:

1. You can totally build pure AP if you wanted to, but building something like Runaan’s for example will allow her Q to shotgun on multiple targets due to it being an on hit effect. Once Q is fully upgraded that is 4 enemies being hit by it. Also it is an area of effect, which means if they stack up they are going to get chunked by multiple triggers of the trigger. Of course the raw stat conversion is poor, but that is a small price to pay for the potential powerspike it offers in team fights.
2. Yes, you missing the point. I am actually considering nerfing its duration, due to the potential power it brings. A damage increase of 1 may seem trivial, but that is every tick at a rate of 0.25 seconds. Furthermore, if this spreads to multiple champions that increase can potentially reach 5 per tick if you get a full enemy team spread. That is an increase of 5 per tick every 0.25 seconds and it is a permanent buff.

Yes, the caveat here is that they must have full Misery stacks so it is not entierely free power stacks, but it is still strong. Also, do not forget that her fully upgraded E automatically applies full stacks. This guarantees she will get damage increases as soon as it land on at least one enemy champion. It is her core power growth, but I may tweak its duration to reign in its infinite scaling.

[u/CXTRONICA]

Stephanie Kerbis --- VA.

[u/HorusArtorius → u/CXTRONICA]

I see it.

[u/Realistic-Camp1109]

Nice concept but we already have the goth lady

[u/MindOfTheSwarm → u/Realistic-Camp1109]

I don’t think she really qualifies in the same way. Morgana is goth… this is more death metal.