- Culture
- 18 Apr 17
Riot, the organization behind League of Legends, released the details about not one, but two new champions. Moreover, they gain bonuses playing together.
It is the first time that two playable champions are synced with each other. Like previous champions, both new champions function well separately, each providing a decent skillset. The cool thing is, however, that Xayah and Rakan are two lovers, gaining benefits from playing alongside each other.
This was the introductory teaser to both of them.
Lets have a look at their skills
Xayah, The Rebel
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Passive: Clean Cuts – After casting an ability, her next basic attacks are empowered. Her basic attacks pierce through all enemies in line. Your target gets full damage; the other targets receive reduced damage.
Passive: Lover’s Leap - If Rakan, Xayah’s true love, is on the same team as her, they both receive a second passive. If one of them recalls, the other can piggyback a ride to base.
Q: Double Daggers - she throws two daggers and deal reduced damage for each target beyond the first. Each dagger leaves one feather.
W: Deadly Plumage - this skill grants bonus damage to her next few basic attacks, leaving a feather behind after each basic attack while she is buffed. If she attacks a champion, she gains bonus movement speed. When a friendly Rakan is close, he will also gain the effects of the skill.
E: Bladecaller – Xayah calls back all nearby feathers. They each deal damage to all enemies on their way. When a target is struck by three feathers, it is briefly rooted.
R: Featherstorm – Xayah leaps into the air and becomes untargetable, after a small delay she releases a storm of blades in a cone, each dealing damage and leaving a feather behind.
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Rakan, the Charmer
Passive: Fey Feathers – His passive generates a shield in and out of combat. His passive’s cooldown is reduced when he attacks or cast spells on an enemy champion.
Passive: Lover’s Leap - If Xayah, Rakan’s true love, is on the same team as him, they both receive a second passive. If one of them recalls, the other can piggyback a ride to base.
Q: Gleaming Quill – a spell that damages the first enemy hit. If he hits a champion or epic monster his Quill boomerangs back and he gains access to a second ability which heals all nearby allies.
W: Grand Entrance – Rakan leaps to a place of his choosing, knocking up and damaging enemies after a brief delay.
E: Battle Dance – Rakan dashes to an allied champion, granting the ally a shield. Rakan can then dash a second time, also to the same ally as before, to grant another shield. When Battle Dance is cast on his true love, Xayah, he can dash to her from a much greater distance.
R: The Quickness - Rakan gains bonus movement speed and charms and damages all enemies he touches. He gains additional movement speed when he charms his first enemy champion.
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Note: Rakan can only charm one champion per Quickness.