Nexus Champion Spotlight | Gameplay - League of Legends

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What if League of Legends turned Nexus into a playable champion? Meet Nex, the Crystalline Base! Welcome to the Nexus Champion Spotlight.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Passive
01:23 Turret Blitz
02:00 NordVPN Sponsor
03:23 Prismatic Ray
03:58 Quartz Crescendo
04:46 Quantum Jaunt
05:34 Radiant Remedy
06:04 Gameplay
09:47 Outro

[@Layvee]

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[@1XXL1]

This was 100% worth the wait :D

[@Layvee]

@@1XXL1 happy to hear that :)

[@soe_over]

You forgot to reveal a hidden passive: when dying, there's a chance that the enemy team will have a surrender vote, in which all votes will be preemptively "yes".

[@Layvee]

Sounds a bit weak if you ask me, perhaps if their accounts get banned in the process I would consider it balanced. 🤔

[@kurazygamer7574]

more like if you purposely lose the game, you instantly get banned from lol (IP ban)@@Layvee

[@kratosthegodofwar6989]

​@@Layveestill weak, needs to be IP ban, so its their last LoL game forever!(or until the move out)

[@khaledabdelhamid5155]

​@@kratosthegodofwar6989nope still weak their computers should just explode

[@liviuch6161]

@@kratosthegodofwar6989 more like a hardware ban, so they would need to change their account and pc aswell

[@Chickensea10]

This 100% should be a game mode where a player on each team is randomly selected as the nexus and they have to run around a custom map while avoided the other team! could be a quick get in, and get out gamemode for fun!

[@Layvee]

Oh I'd love to see that, we need more for-fun gamemodes!

[@teamrona5791]

So like juggernaut gamemode or “protect the king” type of games?

[@Chickensea10]

@@teamrona5791 BINGO!

[@siggyxy5715]

Like a prop hunt game mode with limited map view?

[@Chickensea10]

@@siggyxy5715 that could work! riot could add in as many props as they want to add variety each time you join a match!

[@Jadiac5]

I hate how well made this is. And I love it.

[@Layvee]

I don't hate this comment, thank you!

[@tempermen6032]

I mean I know it’s a joke video but his e is litterally velkoz e and his w is velkoz r. And his r is ryze ultimate. So really only 2 original abilties but it’s still a funny memey video

[@tempermen6032]

Oh also redemption

[@Jadiac5]

@@tempermen6032 you acting like riot wouldn’t be reusing abilities for new champions by changing them slightly?

[@user-bp8ze8fi8r]

4:55 looks balanced and definitely not toxic or abusable by teamates

[@Layvee]

What's the worst that could happen!

[@omdano6432]

ryze my brother we will tp into enemy fountain

[@thebearded4427]

wait......so if you tilt nexus they just tp into the enemy fountain? Thats some suicide gameplay right there

[@hiqarami7051]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF BRONZE WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Layvee]

THESE SILVERS WON'T KNOW WHAT HIT EM 🗣🗣🗣

[@danielval6968]

All know irons cant scape from iron hell even with this

[@camivillafane5982]

u talking about me ​@@danielval6968??

[@evo683]

This reminds me of the Hero concepts for Heroes of the Storm. They have a bunch of crazy heroes like the two player Cho'Gall, three unit Lost Vikings, and raid boss Death Wing. But they also planned to have a hero take over the Nexus and become a battlefield overlord (themed after the Zerg Overmind from Star Craft) I really miss that type of craziness in character design

[@SlickSmack]

Abathur is the zerg overmind, they made him

[@evo683]

@@SlickSmack Wait you're right! I didn't even remember haha

[@pavulon1094]

It made me remember time when neeko could turn into tower

[@Layvee]

Good times.

[@leegami3234]

Man, this gameplay is too seriously fun to be a meme... his kit is awesome.

[@Prince_Smugarina]

The sad part, this actually feels like a real kit, outside of the outlandish constant stun AA or infinite refresh E, lol.

[@StreetFighterFan777]

I know this is a joke but some of these ability names genuinely go hard asf I want an ability called Quantum Jaunt in game so bad

[@rolay7730]

As a Yorick main, I approve. Ironicly it might actually make Yorick OP if Nex's Q had tower plates.

[@Nako3]

Pew! :3

[@Layvee]

_PEW!_

[@Anix7274]

@@Layvee *an ally has been slain!*

[@trollman_2345]

Take off the CD resets, and either take out the stun or make his basic attack a skillshot, this is shockingly balanced.

[@eMikecs]

his basic attack is a skillshot since it's Heimer's E

[@wolvesblaze582]

Finally, a new balanced champion. That hasnt happened since like 2017 or so

[@rKhael53]

I burst out laughing multiple times. Really well written ! X,)

[@Layvee]

happy to hear that I could make you laugh!

[@iReinTV]

Unironically, it would actually be a sick champion idea to have a reverse scaling champ. As in maybe they do reduced damage to towers, but they FUCK early game.

[@marvinlauerwald]

Renekton, lee sin, draven

[@iReinTV]

@@marvinlauerwald i mean like overly oppressive, sure theyre aggressive but not impossible to lane / jg against. Im talking giant rock wall just slowly runs at you then does half your hp lvl 1 lol

[@mark-jf5ik]

@@iReinTVmalphite

[@icyth]

We literally do, Lucian, Ahri, Warwick, Riven.

[@Oera-B]

Hear yourself, man. Half a health bar gone in a single hit? How is that fun for anyone involved but this hypothetical champ? Descaling is a terrible idea, late game doesn't matter if you'll never live to see it.

[@valid1773]

Now it's time to release the Fountain tower as a champ

[@Layvee]

Gonna look goofy as hell 😭 (def plan on it down the road).

[@ceryage2796]

Actually idea of moving structure as the champion might be pretty interesting concept, simply because I never seen such character in any MOBA.Just imagine like flying pyramid or cube that being either destruction machine or maybe just support construct.For support,I imagine maybe ability that creates zone which slows projectiles for like 3 sec for example

[@TheSpog]

Look up Rameil from evangelion, it would essentially be what you are describing lol

[@targonyt7258]

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Crusade - moving main base "Monolith" (but yes its not MOBA)

[@ceryage2796]

@@targonyt7258 Yeah,as I said,I've seen such concept in many different game genre and subgenres,but not in MOBA

[@ceryage2796]

@@TheSpog Not exactly,because form of structure doesn't exactly need to have certain shape as essentialy,you can make such concept as you want according to lore or creativity and your own ideas.For example in lore of League of legends there was flying citadel of Ixtal and Malphite is it shard,but it can't be hero in LoL simply because its destroyed in lore already. So what i wanted to say is,its not necessarily something like Ramiel,it can have any purpose and meaning and anything

[@dickysatria7268]

​@@TheSpogramiel ? *SCREAM GEOMETRICALLY*

[@johnwelter7081]

I can appreciate Riot finally releasing a champion in a well-balanced state on release. Thanx 👍

[@Cad69420]

ok but imagine a mode where you play as the nexus, being able to send minions to specific lanes, and maybe being able to launch xerath-ult style blasts on a cooldown

[@Nauxe]

Ah yes, you also manage gold and resources as well as being able to build other structures and defenses. Also a research tree and gatherers.

[@Mordekiter]

​@@Nauxean rts gamemode could be interesting

[@Nauxe]

@@Mordekiter were going full circle back to og warcraft

[@Oera-B]

​@@Mordekiter lol gone back to it's warcraft roots?

[@shieldgenerator7]

oh yeah why isnt one of its abilities to spawn a minion wave?

[@TrueHylianKnight]

Quartz Crescendo resetting forever had me crying

[@user-cm3yi6un9v]

I will never see the nexus and the minions the same again :'D

[@KitsuneInari4]

So happy i found this channel again! Love the vids

[@Layvee]

Glad to know that, welcome back!

[@ashwinhalepet7487]

this feels like it could be made into a fun 1v5 mode (maybe make the aa stun on a cd and the e have charges and make up for it in stats)

[@RicardoPower]

Reminds me of dawngate , when the nexus was actually a boss , to prevent backdooring and you had to break each core , which disabled one of its weapons .

[@itamarsasson]

Whooooo We have been waiting a long time for another video

[@SlyI42]

Man I love this. Now I will always leave the base watching the Nexus, waiting for him to move like toys from Toy Story.

[@Choooobo]

We have Yuumi, we have Briar. The Nexus is a natural successor

[@mateusisraelsilva5934]

I thought it would be so kind of SC gameplay where you control your minions and turrets and can upgrade them, but this is also good

[@cytrussToo]

Holly shit youre still making these! I remember watching these back in the day and it's still you!

[@Layvee]

Gotta keep em' coming haha!

[@kntu99]

this has the logical sense of playing abathur in HOTS (kinda) and I love it! I personally think a global share xp style could be fun in SR as well!

[@archondoom]

Dude imagine if they added sponsor segments in the actual champion spotlights "Hwei is a masterful artist. But he wasn't always like that. He brushed up on his skills from today's sponsor, skillshare"

[@ilikecheese1233]

I LOVE YOUR SONG “FROM THE START” ❤❤❤

[@RubiKeys]

was whatching the preview in mini at the main page cuz for some reason yt thought it was nice to me, and at certain point i laught of that, so here we are, to watch this wonderfull new champ spotlight xd

[@Layvee]

Glad it made you laugh!

[@Zaleos]

Brought a tear to my eye 🥲

[@Hekai]

Feels like a real champion nowadays.....

[@vigomatuka3055]

This is both amazing and hilarious!

[@DefectiveNationYT]

this would make a good custom game mode, where one player on each team is randomly the nexus. kind of like find the teemo but with glowy rocks

[@josephsmith7666]

So Heimer stun autos, Hyper strong Azir turret Q, Vel'Koz ult W, Cho/Velkoz E with a Galeforce, and a hyper ryze ult, plus a steracks shield passive.

[@SnowiePhantom]

All the skills are good besides the ult. Shoulda made it like a 30 sec transformation uptime to nexus blitz but takes 2 sec to change to it, kinda like a toggle with a timer, cd, and can turn it off while transformed. This changes his skills with big damage and cc but downside is slow movement speed which can get kited so it needs team cc to get in range. Gives him range in his normal form and a upfront version in his transformed version.

[@Layvee]

The idea of a Nexus Blitz form crossed my mind, but I was already in too deep to change it up sadly. Maybe I'll explore it when I get around to the blue team's Nexus 🤔

[@vicky.a1388]

They should honestly make this a real thing for April fools day!!!

[@Polypuff]

Nexus blitz looks different from what I remember

[@ollowainhd5531]

i just want to appreciate that u put the timestamp for the ad in the description. You're giving the choice to the consumer which is really underrated these days.

[@clanc_yy]

seems balanced enough

[@Fire_Brawler]

This is a cool idea for April 1st

[@Flareix.]

I know what my new main is going to be now! Very well spotlight vieo btw!

[@Layvee]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@Eranta]

this is a masterpiece! thank you for 10 mins of joy!

[@Layvee]

Why thank you!

[@krisusq2]

Seems preety balanced for sure more then ksante i cant wait to play it!

[@DaveLombardo77]

Amigo, amo tus vídeos!!! Son muy divertidos 😂😂😂😂 Mi favorito es el de "Presentación de campeón: La torreta" Sigue así! Very funny!!! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@Akidragy]

Omg finally a new bideo... and stoopid ahh KZbin still don't notify me.

[@Layvee]

Classic KZbin, glad it reached you though!

[@leon5311]

Heimer E, Think Heimer turrets, Vel R, Vel E and Ahri Ult, Ryze R and Redemption

[@gamingdboy2717]

Nex: Yo Vel'koz can i copy your abilities? Vel'koz: Sure, but dont make it too obvious

[@sokari134]

How the fuck was this animated, this was amazing.

[@anthonysmith1228]

When your Nex buys mobi boots and runs it down 😅

[@andrewwoan]

THIS CHAMPION IS BUSTED WURF

[@Yona0401]

Playing since ss2 and I've never realized the 2 nexus have different design until this guy placed them next to eachother

[@ArcadiaAurora]

Absolute quality

[@emptyenergy3750]

9:45 "HUH" LMAO

[@-poon-382]

W reminds me of the time when Towers still shoot laser beam

[@lucasworld214]

When the world needed him most...

[@eugene6652]

honestly, I see much more effort being put into this than all the new champions that Riot do

[@bippo8901]

bro is delusional

[@badboje6040]

Lmfao what are you on about. You can argue riots new champs have balance issues but they undoubtedly put a lot of effort into them

[@guysgaylord3620]

​@@badboje6040yeah! At least, 200 years of effort could be seen!

[@cr33py51]

man what

[@zat1245]

I dunno what makes you think champs are low effort.

[@YanYan-zu8dc]

I cannot believe he used shield cut (light) as the mark for his e

[@YanYan-zu8dc]

I was literally half expecting for the player to fuck up and die to a fed rengar on the sidelanes trolling the gamw

[@AndreLuis-xj7pv]

''QUARTZ CRESCENDO'' foi uma ótima ideia para fazer ter um nome complexo

[@odisseassomeb3558]

alternative ult: godly resque: instantly teleport to your fountain, and all allies teleport to your previous location. You can cast on the enemy fountain....

[@xandersoftley1436]

interesting idea actually with some nerfs it might actually be a cool game mode

[@krisnayosep7121]

in dota 1, there is something like these, they called WTF heroes iirc must be opened with cheatcode and its playable

[@InstaKarma4]

I like how half his kit is basically vel koz

[@razoride3483]

Haha dope video once again! Cool :P

[@Layvee]

thank you! :)

[@oliverpedersen4493]

there should be a match with your champions against ekkological doom bots would be cool as hell

[@Content_Warning_Lover]

3:53 man if i was that amumu i would rage quit

[@ElicastEffaenrys]

So clean

[@Layvee]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@maxbr5860]

Nice Video Imagine next video is Cytria 👀...

[@pepeira]

The "pew" at 1:40 brings back memories... The good old times of the turret spotlight 🥹

[@halfghostcoffee8635]

I fully expected it to get one shot in the end and the games over lmao

[@thatguyalpha]

o_O This looks way too real and well-polished...

[@azminalibsp4800]

So I'm back, I'm the guy that keeps balancing these broken af champions Layvee's been pushing out, and I'm here to make some adjustments. Here are the base stats for Nex: *HP: 11000 (Will be decreased to 5500 if all turrets are destroyed)* *Does not use mana or any sort of resources* *Basic AD: 65* *Attack Speed: 0.833* *Range: 750* *Armor: 0* *Magic Resist: 0* *Health Regeneration: 20* *Movement Speed: 330 - 400 (at level 18)* Passive: The Call of the Nexai *Innate 1:* Nex is unable to gain any of the following stats below by level-up, items, or buffs from allies: *Armor, Magic Resist, Bonus Health, Lethality, Attack Speed* In exchange, Nex deals 25% bonus damage to all minions and creeps whilst splashing his damage to nearby enemies in a 250 radius for 30 - 70% of its original damage. Nex also gains a 5% bonus damage reduction for each turret present at the map or created by Nex, up to a maximum value of 50%. *Innate 2:* If any turrets are destroyed by the enemy team, Nex's maximum health will be reduced by 20%, reduced to 5500 if all turrets are destroyed in exchange for a bonus 5 - 7% basic attack damage for each turret destroyed. If no damage is taken after 5 seconds, Nex will regenerate his health quickly by 1.6% to 5% based on level. Nex has an innate 30% armor penetration at all points of the game. Nex will gain bonus armor and magic resist based on his missing health, capped at 175 at 10% remaining health. Nex cannot purchase boots but will gain bonus movement speed per each level, up to 70 movement speed at Level 18. *Innate 3:* If Nex is slain by an enemy minion or champion, Nex's team will face defeat and the game will instantly end. 1st Ability: Turret Blitz *Active:* Nex summons an ally that functions as a standard inner turret at the target location. The turret lasts for 10 seconds, grants sight of its surroundings whilst dealing and taking damage. The turret will deal about (20 - 60% of an original turret's AD) plus a fraction of Nex's AP as magic damage whilst applying on-hit effects at the target by 50% of its effectiveness. Subsequent turret damage against the same target deal 30% damage. Turret Blitz periodically gains a charge, up to a maximum point. If an enemy champion, drakes, or Baron Nashor is slain by Nex or any of its towers, the turret's duration will be replenished and Nex will regain a single charge on Turret Blitz. Turrets summoned by Nex cannot attack *structures, wards, nor traps* . Magic Damage: [(182 - 350 _based on minutes following the logic of turret damage scaling_ ) x 20/30/40/50/60%] (+50% AP) Turret Attack Range: 750 Cast Range: 525 Charges: 1/1/2/2/3 Recharge: 18/15/12/9/6 CD: 0.5 2nd Ability: Prismatic Ray *Active:* Nex and all of his summoned turrets channels for up to 3 seconds to project an energy beam, dealing magical damage every 0.3 seconds and applies a slow that lingers for 0.3/0.45/0.6/0.75/0.9 seconds. During this time, Nex can redirect the beam at a reduced turn rate and all of the summoned turrets will follow the direction of the current beam. The ray can be recast after a second and does so automatically after the duration ends, doing so will cancel the beam. Summoned turrets will only deal 40% of its original damage instead whilst subsequent turret energy beams against the same target deals 45% of its original damage. Summoned turrets will also automatically hit the closest target, prioritizing enemy champions if Nex is 1000 units away from the turrets. The energy beam does not benefit from any spell vamp. Instead, the beam will generate a shield equal to a percentage of the total damage dealt to enemies hit by the beam to Nex which lasts for 8 seconds after the beam ends. Maximum Damage: 250/300/350/400/450 (+100% AP) Shield Generated: 25/30/35/40/45% of total damage dealt. Range: 1225/1300/1375/1450/1525 Width: 175 CD: 24/23/22/21/20 3rd Ability: Quartz Crescendo *Active:* Nex launches a projectile in the target direction that deals magic damage to any enemies hit in a 175 radius, slowing them by 70% that decays over 1.5 seconds. Any enemies hit by this projectile will apply a mark to the enemies hit, causing their hitbox to increase by a certain percentage and causes all of Nex's abilities to have a percentage of their spell damage deal true damage instead. If the projectile hits an enemy champion, Nex can recast his ability to dash a short distance that knocks back the first enemy champion hit, stunning them for 0.75 seconds while also firing off a laser that deals reduced initial damage while dealing damage over time every 0.5 seconds to that location and applying a 35% slow which decays over 3 seconds in a 625 range, lasting for 5 seconds. The effect lingers for an 0.5 seconds after the enemy exits the laser's location. If an enemy champion is killed during the laser's duration, this ability is fully refreshed. *1st cast:* Hitbox Increase: 130/160/190/220/250% Magic Damage: 80/115/150/185/220 (+40% AP) True Damage Switch: 25%/40%/55%/70%/85% (+ 5% per 100 AP) *2nd cast:* Dash Range: 475 Laser Contact Damage: 40/56.5/75/92.5/110 (+20% AP) Damage per Tick: 20/28/36/44/52 (+5% AP) Laser Duration: 5 Laser Width: 100 Laser Range: 625 Knockback Distance: 125 CD: 15/14/13/12/11 Ultimate Ability: Quantum Jaunt (Two Components) *Passive:* When unlocked, it permanently switches your trinket to become Radiant Remedy, a global cast ability that has a 450 radius that provides sight over the area for 2.5 seconds that unleashes a remedy of light at the end of its duration, healing allies based on their missing health and damages enemies based on their maximum health. *Active:* If this ability is casted on an enemy, the target will return to the point they were 4 seconds ago. The following target will take magic damage for every 100 units traveled after that point, and becomes silenced for the time they were applied Quantum Jaunt. The damage is capped at the point where the enemy has traveled at 3000 units. If this ability is casted on allies instead, the chosen target will travel to the location Nex or his turrets' are, in a 2 second delay, they become untargetable for 0.5 seconds and empower their next basic attack to deal massive magic damage. Quantum Jaunt periodically builds up charges, up to a maximum of 2. Recharge: 200/150/100 *Radiant Remedy Active:* Heal: 200/300/400 (+ 75% AP) (+ 1% per 5% missing health) Magic Damage: 10%/12.5%/15% of enemies' maximum health (+ 5% per 200 AP) CD (Radiant Remedy): 90 *Active (on enemy):* Speed: 600 Magic Damage per 100 units: 25/45/65 ( + 15% AP) Silence Duration: 2/2.25/2.5 *Active (on allies)* Bonus Magic Attack Damage: 80/160/240 (+ 90% AP) CD: 4.5 *_NOTE: All right, this is where I'll change how this ability works and make a complete rework. Who wants a magical teleporting ability that brings all champions like Ryze does? Therefore, this will be reworked with two different effects on other targets, allies or enemies._* Welp, here I am. Notice me, Layvee

[@Layvee]

This man does not miss! I thoroughly enjoyed reading your in-depth take on Nex and his abilities 🔥

[@Layvee]

Glad to see you show up in the comments once again, definitely one of the highlights of releasing these projects haha!

[@agelikemilk351]

Basically all new League's champions since S13

[@antoinedupont3284]

Oh boy, the new season 2024 looks great

[@prorock3616]

Yorick: Finally! A worthy opponent!

[@muimeko2774]

5:17 LMAO Sion's voice

[@Layvee]

loved editing in that bit!

[@mhc706]

Lmao the “or to assist allies in need” just for the ally to die and ult a wall is perfect

[@SIAsLearningHub]

this velkozzzz, W and E and THE LASERRRR

[@JonBajinsky]

I am going to main this!❤

[@djsona5428]

Imagine league, but you can build and upgrade towers and fight off waves of creeps. Your champ's also level normal but you're stuck in your lanes. If can be a last lane landing style, game or maybe you're against another team and send waves at each other, and can join in the fights after a certain interval of waves has been met.

[@serflord]

Nex teleporting into the enemy base and falling in love with the blue Nexus... *Chef's kiss*

[@metalmagerin3]

Neeko mains: His autos do WHAT?

[@cracked90man]

petition for riot to make a limited game mode where the only champs u can choose from are just Layvee's made up ones

[@KurTilingOfficial]

dude drup a banger after 10 months🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Layvee]

Once a year I remember my log-in info 🔥

[@Joshy5599]

Beautiful, just beautiful.

[@user-zj9bv8nk6r]

okay so how did you make this. this is too good to be an animation are you like a secret admin or something?

[@maikigr9560]

I like how the new spotlight relects champs are as op as the ones released rn 😂

[@Trinimp]

choose its own kind in the end lol good choice

[@yonanganga6792]

0:47 temporary shield just like the void grabs😮 did riot just copy his ideas

[@nightplaymc]

vel'koz rework looking good

[@oh_no_im_lost_in_internet]

how to speed run a lose in league : play nexus -> go under ennemy tower or toward any ennemy -> die -> you lost -> jg diff

[@edenthewitch]

must balanced champ for the last year! ty rito!

[@SpicyFiur]

I won't be surprised if this hit's the Pbe someday in the future.

[@gokushivum]

TBH it really reminds me of the SC2 Mothership

[@HollowIchigo4243]

"Ready for your nexussy" Oh man. This got spicy fast 👉👈🥺

[@Layvee]

😳