Namshiel, the Gatekeeper

Name: Namshiel, The Gatekeeper

Namshiel is a melee fighter who specializes in lengthy engagements but can also do well in small skirmishes. He can gap close to and stun an enemy champion for quick damage, shielding any retaliation. All of his non-ultimate abilities have two components.

Tags:
Primary: Fighter
Secondary: Assassin

Reccomended Items (SR):
Starting Items: Doran's Ring, Health Potion
Essential Items: Sorcerer's Shoes, Lich Bane, Rabadon's Deathcap
Offensive Items: Nashor's Tooth, Deathfire Grasp, Void Staff
Defensive Items: Abyssal Scepter, Rod of Ages, Zhonya's Hourglass

Base stats:
HP: 481 (+80 per lvl, 1921 at lvl.18)
Mana: 300 (+45 per lvl, 1110 at lvl.18)
Movespeed: 340
AD: 53 (2.3 per lvl, 94.4 at lvl.18)
HP/5: 5.3 (0.7 per lvl, 17.9 at lvl.18)
MP/5: 6.5 (0.4 per lvl, 13.7 at lvl.18)
AS: 0.679 (2.8% per lvl, 1.02 at lvl.18)
AR: 17 (3.1 per lvl, 72.8 at lvl.18)
MR: 30 (1.25 per lvl, 52.5 at lvl.18)
Range: 150

Passive: Anticipation
When engaging in battle with enemy champions, AP increases by 3/7/11/15 (level 1/6/11/16) depending on the amount of nearby enemy champions in a 650 range. Lasts until Namshiel has spent 4 seconds without dealing or receiving damage.
When landing abilities on enemy champions, Attack Speed increases by 5%/10%/15% (maxmium of 30%/60%/90% at level 1/7/13). Lasts up to 5 seconds.

Q: Surging Thrust
Namshiel dashes at a specified location. If he hits an enemy champion or monster, he thrusts his sword at them, dealing 40/70/100/130/160 (+0.4 AP) magic damage, and can then cast Rend in the next 4 seconds. If Namshiel does not hit an enemy champion or monster, he cannot cast Rend.
Range: 450
Cost: 50 mana

Q (2nd cast): Rend
Namshiel then does a jumping slash at a specified location, damaging targets in a small AoE for 40/65/90/115/140 (+0.6 AP) magic damage and knocking them back a short distance.
Range/Diameter: 300/250
Cost: 50 mana
Cooldown: 12 seconds

W: Parry
Namshiel raises his blade in a defensive stance, shielding himself for 70/110/150/190/230 damage (+0.6 AP) and returning damage equal to 35% of the total shield strength as true damage to the first enemy champion, large monster or siege minion who autoattacks or casts a targeted ability at Namshiel. The shield persists for 1.5 seconds and Namshiel may cast Whirlwind in the next 4 seconds even if the parry is not triggered.
Range: Self
Cost: 60 mana

W (2nd cast): Whirlwind
Namshiel then attacks targets around him in a small AoE, dealing 40/65/90/115/130 magic damage (+0.3 AP) and slowing opponents by 30% for 1.5 seconds.
Diameter of AoE: 335
Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 mana
Cooldown: 22 seconds (decreases by 0.5 seconds when landing abilities or 1 second when autoattacking)

E: Twin Bolt
Namshiel slashes an enemy unit twice, dealing a total of 30/55/80/105/130 (+0.5 AP) magic damage. He may then cast Discharge in the next 4 seconds.
Range: 250
Cost: 30 mana

E (2nd cast): Discharge
Namshiel then stabs an enemy unit, releasing electricity into the enemy which deals 50/65/80/95/110 magic damage (+0.3 AP) and stuns it for 0.75 seconds.
Range: 250
Cost: 50 mana
Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds

R: Gatekeeper's Wrath
Range: Self
Cost: 100 mana
Namshiel's blade bursts with lightning. For the next 8 seconds, Namshiel gains 40%/60%/80% attack speed and 75 attack range. His attacks also deal a bonus 100/160/220 (+0.3 AP) magic damage and every three attacks, his autoattack unleashes a chain of lightning that splashes to up to 5 other enemy units, dealing 50/80/110 (+0.3 AP) magic damage (damage is not applied to main target).
Cooldown: 120/110/100 seconds

Changelog:
3/25/14
-Reworked ultimate.
-Twin Bolt now deals 30/55/80/105/130 (+0.5 AP) over 2 hits (rescaled from 40/60/80/100/120 (+0.35 AP) on each hit.)
-Mana cost of Twin Bolt reduced to 30 from 70.
-Discharge AP ratio decreased from 0.5 AP to 0.3 AP.
-Discharge stun duration reduced to 0.75s from 1s.
-Cooldown of E increased to 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds from 18/15/12/9/6 seconds.
-Whirlwind's slow duration reduced to 1.5 from 2.
-Parry shield duration reduced to 1.5 from 2.5.
-Parry mana cost increased to 60 from 35.
-Added clauses to Parry specifying that it works on enemy champions, large monsters and siege minions.
-Surging Thrust damage rescaled to 40/70/100/130/160 (+0.4 AP) from 60/90/120/150/180 (+0.6 AP).
-Rend AP ratio increased to 0.6 AP from 0.5.
-Q cooldown is now 12 seconds at all ranks (down from 12/11/10/9/8).
-Anticipation AP bonus increased to 3/7/11/15 from 1/3/5/7.
-Anticipation now gives 5/10/15% (level 1/7/13) attack speed for each ability Namshiel lands on enemy champions.
-Switched around primary and secondary tags.

3/3/14
-Changed 2nd passive to specify that it works only on enemy champions.
-Removed the 'negates on-hit effects' clause on Parry.
-Removed the initial 120 damage on application of the mark for Namshiel's ultimate.

Reworked skills:

R: Gatekeeper's Wrath
Range: 800
Cost: 160 mana
Calling upon his powers as the gatekeeper, Namshiel dashes to specified location, slashing any enemy champions he comes in contact with, and places a mark on them. After he reaches the end of his dash, he calls down thunderbolts on all enemy champions marked, dealing 300/400/500 (+0.8 AP) magic damage. The mark persists on enemy champions hit for 3 seconds, increasing damage taken from all sources by 8%.
Cooldown: 180/150/120 seconds