Welcome, the newest Champion to the Rift in this Champion Spotlight!

Lincoln! The Grandmaster's Apprentice!

A young boy from a land unknown, Lincoln is bound to his weapon, a Darkin named Bassreh.

Lincoln was found by Jax, the latter of who beat him into submission with nothing but a twig and forced him to become his student.

Lincoln appears on the screen, wearing monks robes with his hood down. He has a scar across his face, going from his left eyebrow to his right cheekbone. His hair was cut short in front with a short ponytail. He was also growing a dark-grey horn out of his right temple and his eyes were now a reddish-brown.

He also wore knee-high boots with his pants and robes tucked into them, a leather shoulder guard on his left shoulder, and wielding a red-glowing bo-staff with blades on each end and what seemed to be veins puncturing his skin.

The staff looked alive, as it pulsed a reddish-orange glow as an eye opened up on one end and looked at Lincoln.

"Yo, the name's Lincoln and this is Baasreh," Lincoln says, holding out his bo-staff.

'Don't introduce me, you idiot!' a woman's voice shouted in Lincolns' head.

"Sorry," Lincoln mumbled, setting the Baasreh on his shoulder.

Let's start with Lincoln's passive:

Possessed Blood!

Due to being bound by Bassreh, Lincoln's blood and body have fused with her, making some changes to his body. His passive is split into 3 parts.

The First Part is: Whenever Lincoln is attacked, his blood spills onto nearby enemy champions in an area around him dealing 10/11/13/15 based on level ((+5% Bonus Health) (+1.5% Bonus AD)(+.25% Bonus AP)) to them over 5 seconds. This can only occur once every 8/7/6 seconds based on level.

The Second Part is: When Lincoln performs a basic attack, he gains enough momentum (capping at 100), his attack speed and movement speed are increased by .15% and .1% respectively.

The Third Part of his Passive: Lincoln can't crit, instead he gains bonus Health, Lethality, and Magic Pen. (20% Crit = 5% Extra Health, +5 Lethality, +8 Magic Pen)

We now see Lincoln being struck by Jax, who shrugs it off as his master is taking damage over time. Lincoln then hits Jax with a basic attack, slowly ramping up as he's also healed.

"Am I getting better, Master?" Lincoln asks as he ends his assault.

"You've still got a long way to go," Jax replied, taunting him.

Lincolns First Ability, his Q:

Beheading Staff!

Active: Lincoln throws Baasreh in a wide line, dealing physical damage (5/44/80/120/160(+ 105% AD)) to enemies in its path. Costing 50/45/40/30/25 Momentum and 75 Health.

Recast: Due to Baasreh being bound to Lincoln, she's attached several veins onto his arm. Because of this, Lincoln can pull Baasreh back, slowing enemy champions by 5/10/15/20/25% and causing them to bleed with magic damage (10/20/25/30 (+ 50% AD )(+25% AP)).

If a unit is killed with this ability, it gives Lincoln back 10/15/20 momentum based on level. If a champion is killed, the cost is refunded entirely.

Lincoln is standing several feet away from Jax. He throws Baasreh at him, hitting him, and then Lincoln pulls Baasreh back, causing Jax to move more slowly and bleed.

'When I get my body back, I'm gonna throw you to see how you like it!' Baasreh shouted at Lincoln in his mind

"Hey, he's there! I don't exactly have a gun on me!" Lincoln shouted back.

'Well then stop standing there and attack!' Baasreh shouted again, causing Lincoln to mumble profanities under his breath.

Speaking of guns... Lincoln's Second Ability, his W:

Blood Pistol!

Lincoln positions his hand in front of him, almost like a pistol, and fires a bullet made from his own blood costing him 75/60/55/50 health and 50/40/35/30 momentum.

It deals 22/25/28/31/34 magic damage (+8% of the target's current health)(+120% AP)(+50% AD). It also deals 70/65/60/55/50% reduced damage to enemies behind the target.

If an enemy Champion is hit by this ability, he's healed for half of the cost.

Lincoln is standing several feet away from Kayn, with minions behind him, and he was twice as far as he was for Jax previously. Lincoln pulls up his hand and fires a bullet made from his own blood, hitting Kayn and hitting the minions behind him.

"Rhaast, you sad, sad creature. Have you no pride to strive for redemption?" Baasreh says, possessing Lincoln for a few seconds before Lincoln started hitting his head.

"What need do I have for redemption? We are monsters! Just as your son said before you killed him!" Rhaast replies, chuckling to himself.

"I don't want any part in this," Lincoln says, looking away while he's still hitting himself.

"Neither do I," Kayn comments, rolling his eyes.

Lincolns Third Ability, his E:

Lincoln dashes in a straight line, dealing physical damage (6/45/76/110/140(+ 100% AD)). It costs him 100/90/80/70/65 Health and 50/45/40/35/30 Momentum.

If an enemy champion is hit, he knocks them into the air and moves onto the other side of them, dealing an additional (3/30/60/90/100(+10% Bonus Health)(+25% AD)) on his next basic attack.

He also leaves behind a blood trail, damaging enemies (10/20/25/30/40(+20%AD)) and slowing them by 20%.

We find Lincoln standing a good distance away from Jax, with minions all lined up in front of him. Lincoln rushes forward as blood fills up his boots and spills onto the ground, allowing Lincoln to slide on his own blood.

When he reaches Jax, he knocks him into the air and slides underneath him, stopping right behind him and striking him with Baasreh.

"I feel a bit light-headed," Lincoln says.

'You'll get used to it.' Baasreh says in an almost comforting tone.

Finally, we have Lincolns Ult, his R:

Passive: Lincolns gains 9/15/18% omnivamp and 5/10/15% Bonus Max Health.

Active: Lincoln jumps into the air and slams Baasreh down in an area, causing a giant pool of blood to spew from his body and Knocking up enemies dealing Physical Damage (100/150/190 (+75% AD)). During this time, Lincoln becomes invulnerable, untargetable, and immobile at the center of the pool. Enemies inside the pool of blood have their armor and magic resist reduced by 25%, are slowed by 40%, and start taking Magic Damage (50/55/90 (+1% Max Health)(+25%AP) every second for 4/5/6 seconds.

It also costs him 25/30/35% of his max health.

We find Lincoln standing in front of a bunch of void-creatures. Vel'Koz, Kha'Zix, Cho'Gath, and Kog'Maw, and Malzahar.

Lincoln suddenly grows a pair of wings made from his own blood and leaps into the air, raising Baasreh over his head and slamming down into the ground, knocking everyone up with giant spikes made from the blood. The giant pool then starts to move back into Lincoln, slowing and damaging everyone inside of it.

"That was close," Lincoln said, holding his head.

'Too close, be more careful next time,' Baasreh advised.

I hope you've enjoyed this Champion Spotlight! We hope to see you in the Rift!