New Champion: Lulu, the Fae Sorceress

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"Greetings, Summoners!

A few people have been asking when we’ll be adding another support champion to League of Legends. I’m happy to answer that with a resounding “now!” Join me in welcoming Lulu, the Fae Sorceress, as our newest support champion.

As a yordle (or “suppordle,” in this case), Lulu brings a sense of twisted mischief to the League. With the help of her fairy companion Pix, she is equally adept at disabling foes as she is assisting and supporting allies.

Is the enemy Nocturne being a big jerk and killing your friends? Is that Alistar just not squirrelly enough for you? That’s an easy fix with a quick cast of Whimsy, which will make an enemy champion 100% more adorable and 100% more harmless by turning them into a fuzzy critter that can run around, but can’t attack or use abilities.

Let’s not forget the support aspects, either. Lulu features high-impact, short-duration buffs and enhancements that can save a teammate’s bacon or help to secure a kill. Making an enemy move quickly can pull their feet out of the fire quickly, while Pix can lend his own aid by flying next to a friendly champion, attacking in concert and providing protection. Her ultimate, however, is the final word in allied buffs -- granting a size increase along with a health bonus to match. The rapid increase in size briefly stuns nearby enemies, as well as granting the affected champion an aura that slows enemies in a nearby area. This buff can be just what the doctor ordered if a fully grown Cho’Gath simply isn’t big enough!

Finally, Lulu’s bag of tricks encompasses the ability to use some of her spells on either allies or enemies. While Lulu’s fairy companion Pix can support a friend, he can also harass an enemy by flying around them and acting as a major hindrance.

We’ve worked hard to not only create an impactful and satisfying support champion, but also one that fits well within League of Legends . We’re confident that there are still a lot of support styles that are yet to be explored in League of Legends, and that one of them combines buffs and disables together in one package to help your team turn the tide of battle. Lulu will provide you with exciting new options as a support player on the Fields of Justice." - RIOT

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Abilities:

• Pix, Faerie Companion (Passive) - Pix fires magical bolts of energy whenever his owner attacks another enemy unit. These bolts are homing, but can be intercepted by other units.
• Glitterlance - Pix and Lulu each fire a bolt of magical energy that heavily slows all enemies it hits. An enemy can only be damaged by one bolt.
• Whimsy - If cast on an ally, grants them movement speed and ability power for a short time. If cast on an enemy, turns them into an adorable critter that can't attack or cast spells.
• Help, Pix! - If cast on an ally, commands Pix to jump to an ally and shield them. He then follows them and aids their attacks. If cast on an enemy, commands Pix to jump to an enemy and damage them. He then follows them and grants you vision of that enemy.
• Wild Growth (Ultimate) - Lulu enlarges an ally, knocking enemies away from them and granting them a large amount of bonus health. For the next few seconds, that ally gains an aura that slows nearby enemies.

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Lore:

Perhaps more than any other champion in the League, Lulu marches to the beat of her own drum. During her youth in Bandle City, she spent most of her time wandering alone in the forest or lost in a daydream. It wasn’t that she was antisocial; the day-to-day bustle of Bandle City just couldn’t compete with the vibrant world of her imagination. She saw wonder in places most people overlooked. This was how she found Pix, a fae spirit, pretending to be stuck in a birdhouse. Lulu’s imagination distinguished her to Pix, and he seized the opportunity to lure her into his life. He brought her to the Glade, the enchanted home of the fae, which lay nestled in a clearing in the woods. There the rigid properties of the outside world - things like size and color - changed as frequently and whimsically as the direction of the wind. Lulu felt at home in the Glade and she lingered there with Pix, fascinated by this secret place.

She quickly lost track of time. Her life in the Glade was comfortable, natural. She and Pix played fae games together, the sorts of games that she had been told were “only pretend,” and she got exceedingly good at them. It caught her by surprise when she suddenly remembered that she had left a life behind in Bandle City. The Glade had a way of making everything outside seem distant and surreal. Lulu decided to revisit her former home, to share some of the lovely things she’d learned, but when she and Pix returned the world had changed. Time, she discovered, was another property that behaved differently in the Glade, and centuries had passed while she was away. Lulu sought to reconnect to the residents of the outside world, but her attempt had unfortunate results. She led all the children off to play hide and seek, temporarily changing them into flowers and animals to spice up the game, but their parents didn’t appreciate her efforts. When the yordles insisted that she leave their land, she turned to a vibrant, magic place where those with unusual gifts were not just accepted but adored: the League of Legends.

"The best path between two points is upside-down, between, then inside-out and round again." - Lulu

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Art Spotlight:



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Champion Spotlight:

[Thigrai]

Is support, has polymorph. Polymorph is a new type of cc that silences you and changes your model while reducing your movement speed by %15 or so. You can use summoners. She has passive that works with Auto attacks and can be donated to someone for a short time. She is implied to have 6 abilities. Can be played mid, but cannot fill the role of more traditional mages. This is because apparently she has half offensive and half defensive scaling. She is weaker than most other supports in the laning phase but very strong in team fights.

Source

[Nirawen]

Would love for her to be a skillshot based support, but just that she's a support will do for me.

[Kurdiern]

Vi Britannia.


That aside, looks interesting.

[Deleted]

Another Yordle is always welcome. Perhaps this will be the 2nd support I enjoy playing. Looking forward to see her other abilities. If she's any good at all it's instant buy for me.

[akts]

No boobs? I like.

[Bullettime]

Bring on the Yordles!

[Duilliath]

A Suppordle to add to the hordle of Yordles!

[Deleted]

Time for full Yordle team! Lulu+Trist bot, Ziggs mid, Heimer/Teemo top and jungle Poppy!

[Kilma]

The truth is out!

She can handle a lot of lanes just fine (mid/jungle/bottom) but her ideal lane is bottom as support.

She can do mid in-a-pinch, but her ratios are split half offensively and half defensively - so she's not an adequate replacement for a mage. -Xyph

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...917259&page=19 (at bottom)

[thoukaia]

Lulu from FFX is my favorite videogame character of all time, thanks for spoiling it for me Riot. That said, if she's or can be played as a 0 cs support, instabuy day 1.

[Epialt]

The truth is out!

She can handle a lot of lanes just fine (mid/jungle/bottom) but her ideal lane is bottom as support.

She can do mid in-a-pinch, but her ratios are split half offensively and half defensively - so she's not an adequate replacement for a mage. -Xyph

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...917259&page=19 (at bottom)

Wierd, couse I just found this....
It could be for the next champ thou.

Quote:
Originally Posted by StardustVan View Post
are there any remodels coming soon?
is mundo still getting a rework?
spell vamp item still in the work?
cant wait for ur next champion hope its ad carry or ap mid

DEV:
1 - Can't go into details. There is some work on remodels being done though.

2 - I think Live Team is still accessing, but I think they feel Mundo is in a much better place after the last set of buffs. A rework is probably unneeded.

3 - I don't think any work is being done of the heavy AD/Spellvamp item Morello was walking about. It had a lot of problems in testing.

4 - It's a top lane/jungle. We do have all the other roles in the works though

http://eune.leagueoflegends.com/boar...05#post4352405

[xrayEU]

No boobs? I like.

Hehe, was about to say the same thing... A LoL female hero without huge boobs? WTF?
Isn't that a big part of why people play LoL? On a serious note, she seems like Pollywog from HoN!

[Duilliath]

Wierd, couse I just found this....
It could be for the next champ thou.

Quote:
Originally Posted by StardustVan View Post
are there any remodels coming soon?
is mundo still getting a rework?
spell vamp item still in the work?
cant wait for ur next champion hope its ad carry or ap mid

DEV:
1 - Can't go into details. There is some work on remodels being done though.

2 - I think Live Team is still accessing, but I think they feel Mundo is in a much better place after the last set of buffs. A rework is probably unneeded.

3 - I don't think any work is being done of the heavy AD/Spellvamp item Morello was walking about. It had a lot of problems in testing.

4 - It's a top lane/jungle. We do have all the other roles in the works though

http://eune.leagueoflegends.com/boar...05#post4352405

The bit you bolded was about Fiora. It was fairly widely known that Xypherous was designing the new support champ. Which this is.

[Epialt]

Whats with the ( replay ) "16 hours ago" then =( ?

[akts]

She has 3 offensive spells and 3 defensive spells.

Woo, Nidalee!

[Duilliath]

Whats with the ( replay ) "16 hours ago" then =( ?

Oh wait, different one. You quoted FeralPony. He is saying *his* next champ will be a solo top / jungler. However, he did not design Lulu.

[Deleted]

Does sound like something similar to Nidalee, will be interesting to see how they work this out, they've had a long time to produce a new working support. I will try to keep the OP up-to-date and neat like the Fiora thread, if Qauren doesn't mind.

[Deleted]

By all means ForsakenFrodo.

If I see some good info then I shall try and keep it updated too!

[Restos3]

I'm interested on how Polymorph will work, sounds like a fun champion.