The new champion for League of Legends is called “Ornn, the Mountainsmith” and is apparently a tank character. An almost music video introduces the champ and its background.
In the teaser video, you can get an initial impression of Ornn, who is set to be released next in LoL. Well, a visual impression is rather difficult – The video prepares you “differently” for the new character. The story that accompanies the newcomer in League of Legends is written on old paper. The story is underscored by epic music.
New information about Ornn should follow soon on the League of Legends website. Until then, we can only speculate through the teaser.
Ornn abilities introduced:
Update: 7.8. – 19:20 Uhr – Ornn has now been officially introduced by Riot. We will embed the abilities of the new hero here for you:
Passive – Living Forge and Craftsman
- Living Forge – Ornn can spend gold to forge items for himself at any time when he is out of combat. The recommended items conveniently appear in a special menu on the screen. Ornn can also manually open the merchant menu to forge items.
- Craftsman – Ornn and his teammates have access to upgrades for certain items at the merchant. Each player can only purchase one of these upgrades.
Q – Magma Rift
- Ornn strikes the ground, creating a fissure that deals normal damage and slows opponents. After a brief delay, a magma pillar rises at the target location, lasting a few seconds and functioning like a small wall.
W – Fire Breather
- Ornn becomes unstoppable, shields himself from damage, and breathes fire. This fire deals a portion of the target’s current health as magic damage. Opponents hit by the last flame burst become brittle. Ornn’s normal attacks knock back brittle targets.
- Brittle opponents take a portion of their maximum health as additional damage when hit by immobilizing effects. Immobilizing effects also last longer when an opponent is brittle.
E – Scorching Charge
- Ornn charges forward, dealing damage to all opponents he knocks over. If Ornn collides with terrain, the impact creates a shockwave that deals damage and knocks opponents into the air. This ability can destroy terrain created by players.
R – Call of the Forge Fire
- Ornn summons a giant fire elemental at the target location, which then moves toward him with increasing speed. Opponents who are trampled by the elemental take magic damage and become brittle.
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Ornn can reactivate the ability to charge forward. If he hits the elemental with his charge, he redirects it. The redirected elemental then knocks up all affected opponents, dealing the same damage as before and also making them brittle .
Let’s continue with the original post.
LoL Ornn Introduction
Riot often introduces new champions in line with their lore, and they don’t make an exception with Ornn. The text shown in the video is titled “The Path to Hearth-Home” and suggests that Ornn is some kind of “Smith of the Gods.” “Sparks leap and fly from the star-fallen ore, forging his works,” further indicates the notion of a smith.
Perhaps as a smith, he will also have the ability to create a blockage on the map, similar to Trundle, that affects the movement paths of champions.
Unfortunately, there isn’t much information about Ornn yet. Riot announced that the next champion would be a tank, and we are relating this to Ornn. Whether we will see a hefty top-laner or a supporter who can absorb a lot of damage for his ADC is still unclear.
The song also mentions a bridge, which could possibly hint at an event (maybe on the ARAM map?). Such events would definitely suit the clear ARAM map.
We are excited to see what Ornn can do and how we can utilize him in LoL. In the following video, you can see the introduction of the new LoL champion.
