Full ReBuild Friday - Lulu the Fae Sorceress [Gnome Witch]
- bjacobt1
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Per the votes cast the last time I did a rebuild, it was time for Lulu to make a reappearance! As always, this build is conceptualized entirely in a vacuum, with choices made in my best attempt to fit the character. These choices may not hold up in a campaign with different themes and should be adjusted accordingly.
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Take a taste of purple with this build for Lulu the Fae Sorceress from League of Legends!
LULU, THE FAE SORCERESS
SOURCE League of Legends
BUILD GOALS
o A caring Yordle that followed a fae into the spirit realm where her magical powers were amplified
o After returning to Runeterra, she reunited with Bandle City and took to pranking people across the territories using her powers of transmogrification
o These powers make her an ally-augmenting enchanter who casts magic at friends and foes from her staff
o She is always accompanied by Pix, Faerie Companion who fires a barrage of bolts when she makes a basic attack
o Pix also helps her with Glitterlance, causing each of them to fire a magic bolt towards a target point and slowing enemies hit by the beams
o Whimsy can either use this to polymorph an enemy into a harmless form or grant herself or an ally bonus attack and movement speed for a duration
o She can also deploy her fae friend with Help, Pix!, which damages and reveals an enemy or grants a shield to an ally while providing him with the Pix, Faerie Companion effects
o Her ultimate is Wild Growth, which enlarges herself or an ally, knocking up nearby enemies while providing the enlarged target with bonus health
o In Legends of Runeterra, Lulu can increase the might and toughness of her supported ally and can call Pix to shield an ally or make an enemy vulnerable
Summary of Goals: Fittingly following on from last week’s build, Lulu is all about those buffs – but she’s got a wider range of buffs and debuffs available to her. Some quick ability to launch blasts at enemies would be handy and having Pix be a slightly more capable companion could be handy. It is important that she can both bolster allies, ranging from shields to speed-ups to enlargements, and debilitate enemies with slows, polymorphs, and some good ol’ damage.
LEVEL 1
Ancestry & Heritage: Fey-Touched Gnome
o Ability Boosts & Flaws: +Constitution, +Charisma, +Intelligence, -Strength
o Ancestry Feat: Fey Fellowship
Background: Feybound
o Ability Boosts: +Charisma, +Intelligence
o Skill Increase: Fey Lore (T)
Class & Subclass: Witch with The Resentment Patron
o Class Ability Boost: +Intelligence
o Skill Increase: Acrobatics (T), Deception (T), Nature (T), Occultism (T), Performance (T), Stealth (T), Survival (T), Thievery (T)
o Spells Known: Cantrips – figment, infectious enthusiasm, phase bolt; 1st – befuddle, endure, enfeeble
o Familiar Abilities: Familiar Focus, Flier, Spell Delivery
Details
o Ability Boosts: +Strength, +Dexterity, +Intelligence, +Charisma (Str +0, Dex +1, Con +1, Int +4, Wis +0, Cha +3)
The ancestry and background for this remastered build should look pretty similar to my original build for Lulu (I do think that Lulu is the most gnomish of the female yordles) except for our focus on Intelligence this time around. This is because we’re using the witch class this time rather than the sorceress featured in her name and representing Pix through the familiar that this automatically grants. For Pix specifically, we’ll likely want Flier and Spell Delivery since many of her spells involved sending Pix out to aid her allies or befoul her foes. As for the type of witch we’re making, I actually want to use the occult spell list this time around as I think that it suits her abilities just a bit better than going straight into the primal spell list. There aren’t really any fey-feeling patrons to me, so I landed on the Resentment based on her role as an enchanter being about debilitating foes, which this patron definitely has a focus on. From the occult spell list, cantrips like guidance and infectious enthusiasm give her some buffing capabilities whereas phase bolt is I think a decent representation of her Glitterlance with its ability to pass through others. That being said, we will still be looking for some line effects for it as we get deeper into the build. Outside of an array of debuffing spells at first rank, other spells that make speak to me are endure for the temporary HP/shield it provides per Help, Pix!, force barrage, which could simulate Pix accompanying her attacks by launching a single-action force barrage alongside a two-action spell, and summon fey, which doesn’t actually resemble anything she does but does really fit her.
LEVEL 2
o Class Feat: Enhanced Familiar
o Skill Feat: Root Magic
o Familiar Abilities: Damage Avoidance (Reflex), Partner in Crime
o Spells Known: 1st – force barrage, summon fey
o Gear: prankster’s perpetual pieplate
LEVEL 3
o General Feat: Fleet
o Skill Increase: Performance (E)
o Spells Known: 2nd – inner radiance torrent, loose time’s arrow, veil of spirits
o Gear: masquerade scarf, prankster’s perpetual pieplate, cloak of feline rest
LEVEL 4
o Class Feat: Sorcerer Dedication – Fey Bloodline
o Skill Feat: Distracting Performance
o Skill Increase: Athletics (T), Diplomacy (T)
o Spell Repertoire: Cantrips – guidance, rousing splash
o Gear: pendant of the occult, masquerade scarf, brooch of shielding, prankster’s perpetual pieplate
LEVEL 5
o Ability Boosts: +Dexterity, +Intelligence, +Wisdom, +Charisma (Str +0, Dex +2, Con +1, Int +4.5, Wis +1, Cha +4)
o Ancestry Feat: Razzle-Dazzle
o Skill Increase: Occultism (E)
o Spells Known: 3rd – haste, heroism, slow
o Gear: draxie’s recipe book, pendant of the occult, persona mask, masquerade scarf, prankster’s perpetual pieplate, cloak of feline rest
In an effort to make Pix a larger part of Lulu’s overall kit, we will be using Enhanced Familiar at fourth level. Damage Avoidance (Reflex) enhances the fey’s survivability whereas Partner in Crime is perfect for her puckish prankster pal. However, we do actually need to tap into the primal spell list just a bit and I want to further express her epithet, so we’ll use a Sorcerer Dedication with a fey bloodline. This will let us immediately tap into rousing splash as another reference to the shield from her Help, Pix!, and then you just grab another cantrip as you wish. For her skills, Root Magic gives her a way to bolster her buds outside of spells and then Distracting Performance leans into her more mischievous nature and again allows her to set up her allies. Razzle-Dazzle is mostly just a fun feat and I do have her taking veil of spirits so that she can make sure that she gets some use out of it. Inner radiance torrent does give her one of the line-creating effects that we’re looking for to represent her Glitterlance and there’s also loose time’s arrow, which provides quickened in an effort to represent her Whimsy when cast on an ally, which is also the reasoning behind haste. Heroism gives her a highly potent means of bolstering an ally and then we get some of her enemy-targeting effects with slow, based on the speed-reducing effects of her Glitterlance.
LEVEL 6
o Class Feat: Basic Sorcerer Spellcasting
o Skill Feat: Bon Mot
o Familiar Abilities: Touch Telepathy
o Spell Repertoire: 1st – shielded arm; 2nd – enlarge*
o Gear: +1 explorer’s clothing, draxie’s recipe book, mentalist’s staff, pendant of the occult, masquerade scarf, brooch of shielding
LEVEL 7
o General Feat: Incredible Initiative
o Skill Increase: Performance (M)
o Spells Known: 4th – implement of destruction
o Gear: ringmaster’s staff, +1 explorer’s clothing, wand of shardstorm (1st-rank), draxie’s recipe book, pendant of the occult, persona mask
LEVEL 8
o Class Feat: Spirit Familiar
o Skill Feat: Dirty Trick
o Gear: wand of fey flames, wand of shocking haze, ringmaster’s staff, +1 explorer’s clothing, draxie’s recipe book, healer’s gloves
LEVEL 9
o Ancestry Feat: First World Adept
o Skill Increase: Nature (E)
o Spells Known: 5th – synesthesia
o Gear: +1 resilient explorer’s clothing, spellbook of redundant enchantment, wand of fey flames, ringmaster’s staff, lesser cape of illumination, wand of shardstorm (1st-rank)
LEVEL 10
o Ability Boosts: +Dexterity, +Intelligence, +Wisdom, +Charisma (Str +0, Dex +3, Con +1, Int +5, Wis +2, Cha +4.5)
o Class Feat: Witch’s Charge
o Skill Feat: Fascinating Performance
o Skill Increase: Crafting (T)
o Gear: wand of shardstorm (3rd-rank), +1 resilient explorer’s clothing, wand of teeming ghosts (3rd-rank), wand of fey flames, wand of shocking haze, ringmaster’s staff
We get the main reason behind taking a Sorcerer Dedication with Basic Sorcerer Spellcasting this block as it provides her with enlarge as a way to represent her Wild Growth – or at least the embiggening part of it. Wild Growth also comes with a bunch of extra health so you’ll probably have to look for something like endure to bolster the health of your allies. I also want to give Pix some more opportunities to damage enemies, the violent little bugger that he is, and thus decided to include Spirit Familiar. It makes Pix able to operate a little bit more on its own while creating an effect that both harms the enemy and bolsters an ally, which is a pretty consistent aspect of Lulu’s kit. Leaning into more of her buffing aspect, we also feature Witch’s Charge, which will help her apply buffs to a partnered ally (her ADC) at range. Spells that come to mind that this would affect include heroism and endure. Her skill feats are honestly all meant to play into her love of pranks with Bon Mot also possibly representing some of her non-sequiturs, Dirty Trick letting her pull a more physical prank, and Fascinating Performance as a way for her to perplex and befuddle others. First World Adept is honestly just meant to tie her deeper into the realm of the fey even if its effects aren’t the best fit for her. Implement of destruction is an occult spell that provides her ally with some extra damage, which resembles her Legends of Runeterra version a bit more with the way that her support effect raises the attack power of the affected creature. One other important spell to mention in this block is synesthesia, which is entirely and solely based on her classic line ‘Yup, that tasted purple!’
LEVEL 11
o General Feat: Toughness
o Skill Increase: Nature (M)
o Spells Known: 6th – cursed metamorphosis
o Gear: greater accursed staff, wand of shardstorm (3rd-rank), greater pendant of the occult, +1 resilient explorer’s clothing, spellbook of redundant enchantment, wand of fey flames
LEVEL 12
o Class Feat: Expert Sorcerer Spellcasting
o Skill Feat: Influence Nature
o Familiar Abilities: Spellcasting
o Gear: +2 resilient explorer’s clothing, greater accursed staff, crown of witchcraft, wand of shardstorm (3rd-rank), smokey hag eye, wand of teeming ghosts (3rd-rank)
LEVEL 13
o Ancestry Feat: Illusion Sense
o Skill Increase: Occultism (M)
o Gear: greater ringmaster’s staff, +2 resilient explorer’s clothing, hexing jar, greater accursed staff, greater pendant of the occult, wand of shardstorm (3rd-rank)
LEVEL 14
o Class Feat: Bloodline Breadth
o Skill Feat: Disturbing Knowledge
o Gear: wand of shardstorm (5th-rank), greater ringmaster’s staff, wand of teeming ghosts (5th-rank), +2 resilient explorer’s clothing, crown of witchcraft, greater accursed staff
LEVEL 15
o Ability Boosts: +Dexterity, +Constitution, +Intelligence, +Charisma (Str +0, Dex +4, Con +2, Int +5.5, Wis +2, Cha +5)
o General Feat: Incredible Investiture
o Skill Increase: Performance (L)
o Gear: +2 greater resilient explorer’s clothing, greater ring of the ram, wand of shardstorm (5th-rank), greater ringmaster’s staff, hexing jar, amazing pop-up book
Through the use of Expert Sorcerer Spellcasting, Lulu gains access to a heightened enlarge, allowing her to embiggen allies to an even greater degree while Bloodline Breadth just ensures that she has more spells to cast to better buff her buddies. For her skill feats, Influence Nature captures some more of the nature aspects of the character that comes from being associated with the fey. Disturbing Knowledge could be another ‘prank’ though it’s less pure prank and more her just talking about all the weird and bizarre that she encountered in the realm of the fey. I do think her familiarity with this world would lend itself to the Illusion Sense ancestry feat whereas Incredible Investiture leans into the innate magic of being a yordle and her connection to the Glade. Speaking of that magical, mystical place, we do pick up another spell of import this block in the form of cursed metamorphosis. This is obviously meant to resemble the effects of her Whimsy when she’s targeting an enemy with it, transforming them into harmless animals for her team to gang up on. Unfortunately, this spell does have the incapacitation trait, so it might be best to use it against a slightly weaker enemy to at least briefly remove them from the fight. As a slight side note, I’d have Lulu add the spellcaster ability to Pix, letting the mischievous mite make some magic of her own – and possibly in conjunction with Lulu to recreate the effects of her intersecting Glitterlance.
LEVEL 16
o Class Feat: Greater Lesson – Lesson of Mischief
o Skill Feat: Bizarre Magic
o Gear: major phantasmal doorknob, +2 greater resilient explorer’s clothing, major accursed staff, wand of shardstorm (5th-rank), greater ringmaster’s staff, wand of teeming ghosts (5th-rank)
LEVEL 17
o Ancestry Feat: Homeward Bound
o Skill Increase: Nature (L)
o Gear: wand of teeming ghosts (7th-rank), major phantasmal doorknob, greater cape of illumination, +2 greater resilient explorer’s clothing, greater ring of the ram, wand of shardstorm (5th-rank)
LEVEL 18
o Class Feat: Master Sorcerer Spellcasting
o Skill Feat: Break Curse
o Familiar Abilities: Independent
o Gear: crown of intellect, amplifying aeon stone, wand of teeming ghosts (7th-rank), major phantasmal doorknob, +2 greater resilient explorer’s clothing, major accursed staff
LEVEL 19
o General Feat: Fast Recovery
o Skill Increase: Occultism (L)
o Gear: +3 greater resilient explorer’s clothing, crown of intellect, wand of shardstorm (7th-rank), major staff of impossible visions, greater cape of illumination, major phantasmal doorknob
LEVEL 20
o Ability Boosts: +Strength, +Constitution, +Intelligence, +Wisdom (Str +1, Dex +4, Con +3, Int +6, Wis +3, Cha +5)
o Class Feat: Patron’s Truth
o Skill Feat: Morphic Manipulation
o Skill Increase: Arcana (T)
o Gear: locket of sealed nightmares, +3 greater resilient explorer’s clothing, archivist’s gaze, wand of shardstorm (7th-rank), wand of teeming ghosts (7th-rank), major staff of impossible visions
Honestly, with the previous block, we acquired most of the spells that we actually want though getting stuff like Master Sorcerer Spellcasting and Patron’s Truth is still useful for letting her heighten spells and just wield more magic in general. This block does also feature a Lesson of Mischief since that is something that Lulu is kind of known for and while I’m not 100% on deceiver’s cloak, mad monkeys feels like a great fit for her and is something we wouldn’t be able to get without this – or it would be at a lower DC. With all that magic, I felt like grabbing Bizarre Magic was a solid fit, especially when you consider that her magic largely comes from the Glade. Break Curse is based on her familiarity with magic as well as her nature as an enchanter that supports her allies. Fast Recovery as her general feat is fairly standard as far as League characters go but I also wanted to include Homeward Bound for her ancestry feat so that she has a way of getting back to the Glade or Bandle City given the strange nature of that place as well.
FREE ARCHETYPE SUGGESTIONS: With the sorcerer archetype already rather fully covered in this build, aside from a potential Basic Bloodline Spell for faerie dust as another way to debuff foes. The Familiar Master and Familiar Sage feats would also be great additions to her overall kit as they make Pix a larger part of her overall build. The Scion of Domora archetype is also related to this but doesn’t fit Lulu or Pix quite as well in my opinion.
BUILD CONCLUSION
Lulu the Fae Sorceress is actually a fey-touched gnome witch with a Resentment patron and a feybound background, which calls to mind how she was drawn into the spirit realm before eventually returning to Runeterra. I endeavored to explore her penchant for pranks with the likes of Bon Mot, Fascinating Performance, and perhaps even Disturbing Knowledge. The occult spell list that she gains from her patron affords her a host of spells to both help her allies while hindering her foes and the witch will help her empower Pix to better serve as her battle buddy. When it comes to Pix’s passive power, we have the likes of Spirit Familiar or the spellcasting familiar ability as a way to let it get in the fray, which should work for representing Glitterlance as well. Cursed metamorphosis represents the effects of Whimsy when used against an enemy while haste pretty effectively covers the ally-aiding aspect of it, granting an extra action that can be used for attacks or movement. Not to overuse this, but I think Spirit Familiar is another solid fit for Help, Pix as it both deals damage and then heals an ally, resembling both aspects of the ability. Though she also has the endure spell to provide her allies with a shield for this aspect. By tapping into her sorcerer archetype, she can gain enlarge and can heighten it to create the effects of her Wild Growth. This does have similar effects to her Legends of Runeterra card though heroism also represents that a little bit.
Perpetually puckish, this pixie-powered purple people pleaser propels the potential of her pals to preposterous peaks while perpetrating potent pranks against problematic people.
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