Twitch

Twitch would say the real filth lies in Piltover’s sparkling towers, and that he’s just holding up a reflection of it.

A plague rat from Zaun, the chem-soaked underworld beneath Piltover where ingenuity and peril grow side by side, he treats his upbringing as something to be proud of rather than hide, and he considers refuse and grime worthy of serious attention. His chem-fed crossbow targets the riches above him, meant to show that the gleaming city hides just as much dirt under its gloss. When he’s not combing the Sump for whatever someone discarded, he’s digging through other people’s garbage for anything worth keeping: a treasure, scrap, or a stale sandwich, it makes no difference to him. Slipping out of sight comes naturally; he’d sooner disappear into a heap of rubbish than introduce himself to anyone above ground.

His combat style carries the same scavenger’s patience:

• Deadly Venom poisons every basic attack, dealing true damage that keeps ticking each second afterward.
• Ambush hides him in Camouflage and boosts Move Speed, then gives a sudden surge of Attack Speed the instant he emerges, which is especially dangerous against foes already poisoned.
• Venom Cask hurls an explosive cask that slows its targets and spreads venom when it lands.
• Contaminate sets off extra damage on any enemy already bearing his poison.
• Spray and Pray, his ultimate, fires a barrage of bolts that pierce every enemy along a long line.

As a Marksman and Assassin who plays ADC or Mid on Mana, his Attack Speed is among the highest of any champion, which makes on-hit items especially rewarding once he commits to a fight. Contaminate reaches a long distance, so applying Deadly Venom to a target in advance, rather than triggering it early, makes the eventual detonation hit harder. The cost of that power is fragility: caught outside Camouflage, he has little room to absorb damage, and while a spell shield can block the effects his poison triggers, it can’t stop the true damage of Deadly Venom itself from landing. Allies like Jinx or Janna, and even names such as Blitzcrank, Dr. Mundo, and Ekko, must engage the moment his Camouflage fades, because once Twitch is exposed in the open, the scavenger turns into the hunted.