I knew I was me...did you?
As some of our more discerning lore-hounds may have anticipated, Sejauni, the Winter’s Wrath, is charging in as our next upcoming champion. We wanted to take a moment to talk to you about her gameplay, and what you can expect to see.
Hailing from the Freljord, Sejuani combines raw, physical might with the chilling ice of her homeland. After slowing enemies with her Frost passive on auto-attacks, she can activate her Permafrost ability to drastically increase the slow and inflict damage. This allows her to continuously disrupt enemy movements and create a threatening presence – a necessity of any primary tank.
Sejuani’s initiation ability comes from two sources: the powerful skillshot charge from her boar and her Glacial Prison ultimate. The former tramples enemies and applies Frost, while the latter flings a giant ice shard from her flail, stunning anything it hits by encasing it in ice. Enemies near that target get stunned for a shorter durartion. This makes accurate skillshots important, as Sejuani needs move into the right position to maximize the stun duration on her intended target. If used correctly, this ability can change the outcome of a teamfight. If used on a sub-optimal target, however, it will be partially wasted on a tank or lower-value target.
This being our first mounted champion, we’re happy to release not only an epic barbarian woman on a giant boar, but also a tank who can use continuous soft disruption with bursts of big, ultimate initiation!Posted by NeeksNaman Here
Once again, her abilities are as follows as mentioned in this previous post, but now OFFICIALLY confirmed:
Passive: Sejuani's basic attacks apply Frost, reducing enemy Movement Speed by 10% for 3 seconds.
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Arctic Assault (Q)：
Sejuani charges forward, dealing 60/90/130/170/210 (+0.4) magic damage and applying Frost to enemies. Sejuani stops upon colliding with an enemy champion.
> cost 70/80/90/100/110 Mana
> cooldown 19/17/15/13/11
> range 700.0
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Northern Winds (W)：
Sejuani summons an arctic storm around her for 5/5/5/5/5 seconds, dealing 12/18/24/30/36 (+0.1) (+ [1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2% of maximum Health]) magic damage each second to nearby enemies.
> Damage is increased by 50/50/50/50/50% against enemies affected by Frost or Permafrost ( magic damage per second).
> cost 40/40/40/40/40 Mana
> cooldown 10/10/10/10/10
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Permafrost (E)：
Sejuani converts Frost on nearby enemies to Permafrost, dealing 60/110/160/210/260 (+0.5) magic damage and increasing the Movement Speed reduction to 30/40/50/60/70% for 3/3/3/3/3 seconds.
> cost 55/55/55/55/55 Mana
> cooldown 11/11/11/11/11
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Glacial Prison (R)：
Sejuani throws her weapon, stunning the first enemy champion hit for 2/2/2 seconds and all other nearby enemies for 1/1/1 second. All affected targets take 150/250/350 (+0.8) magic damage and are affected by Frost.
> cost 100/100/100 Mana
> cooldown 150/130/110
I wonder how they'll animate the pig running along the ground? I'm thinking either Kodo or Wolf style if any of you have played WoW.
As a couple people have mentioned before, she seems to be an Amumu 2.0 with a slow and more damage.
As a couple people have mentioned before, she seems to be an Amumu 2.0 with a slow and more damage.
I just hope that her bundle skins aren't too much of a let down. Going to be kind of hard to make a skin for a champ and a pig now :P but liking the skill set most likely buy her ^_^
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point Taber, maybe they can dress the pig up or something. I think she'll have more utility than just her ultimate though, She seems a little like Shyvana with her W, except she slows them down instead of speeding herself up.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's what I am waiting to see lol. Most people on the forums compare her skills to previous champs (which is true but with all the ones out it's hard to be original). Q reminds me of Gragas charge, W is a mix between shyvanna and amummu, E I can't really think of any that is similar, R most compare to ashe ult even though Sej stuns with first hit and surrounding compared to ashe stun first hit and slow to surrounding. Definitely going to make a great jungler if you get W first with it on it's just auto attack extra 50%, auto extra 50%, repeat...so yes definitely good utility.
ReplyDeleteWhere does she fit in the meta though...?
ReplyDeleteTop solo, I guess? :-/
She'll most likely be either top solo or a jungler. I think it'll depend on the speed of her charge and her last hitting animation.
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