Champion design-Episode 4 STICK

Stick (Skill Class)

"Victory lies not in strength... but in focus."

🧬 Class: Skill

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📜 Character Bio

A blind martial arts master and mentor to heroes like Daredevil and Elektra, Stick is the unshakable leader of the ancient Chaste order. Tempered by decades of war with The Hand, he has honed his body and mind to perfection, using echolocation, chi control, and ruthless discipline to destroy evil at its root. Though old in age, his skill in battle surpasses all but the most elite warriors of the Contest. To face Stick is to face every mistake you’ve ever made—and be punished for it.

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🧩 Mechanics and Playstyle

Focus: All about parry mastery and disrupting momentum.

Discipline Charges build over time with well-timed actions, like parries and dodges.

Chi Manipulation allows Stick to shut down opponent buffs, power gain, and regen.

High-risk, high-reward playstyle that shines in long or tough encounters.

Defensive utility comes from miss, perfect block, and purify.

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🌀 Signature Ability – Ancient Precision

Max Sig Effect (200):
Stick gains a Passive Sense effect for the entire fight.

While Sense is active:

He cannot be missed or evaded.

Stuns and Disorients last 40% longer.

Perfect blocks grant +20% chance to Purify one debuff.

Parrying projectiles becomes a Guaranteed Perfect Block (0 damage).

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🧧 Abilities

🪷 Passive: Blind Monk’s Focus

Immune to Miss, and Fatigue effects.

Stick fights using his heightened senses—he does not rely on vision.

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🥋 Discipline Charges (Max 10)

Gain 1 every time Stick:

Lands a successful Parry or Dexterity

Uses a Heavy Attack on a debuffed opponent

Lands a Special 2 while the opponent has 3+ buffs

At 5+ Charges: Gain +1% Attack and +2% Ability Accuracy per Charge.

At 10 Charges: Activate Chi Mastery Mode for 20s (cooldown 10s)

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🌪️ Chi Mastery Mode (Active for 20s)

All Special Attacks become Unblockable.

Opponent buffs expire 30% faster.

Debuffs applied by Stick gain +40% duration.

Stick gains a 10% chance to Auto-Parry non-contact hits.

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🗡️ Basic Attacks

Light Ending: 20% chance to inflict Bleed (3s, 300 damage).

Medium Ending: 100% chance to inflict Disorient (5s, –40% Defensive Ability Accuracy).

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🌀 Heavy Attack

On hit: Refresh all Bleeds and Disorients.

If in Chi Mastery: Gains True Strike for 8s.

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💥 Special Attacks

SP1 – Echolocation Barrage

A flurry of stick strikes guided by sound.

100% chance to inflict Slow (12s).

If opponent has an Active Buff: Nullify one and gain +2 Discipline Charges.

If in Chi Mastery: This attack is a guaranteed Critical Hit.

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SP2 – Piercing the Heart

A focused double-strike aimed at energy flow.

Each hit deals bonus Chi Damage scaling with missing HP.

100% chance to inflict Bleed (3s, 2,000 damage).

If opponent has 3+ buffs: Stuns them for 3s (unblockable if in Chi Mastery).

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SP3 – The Lesson

Stick punishes his opponent with a brutal takedown and lecture.

Consumes all Discipline Charges.

For each charge consumed:

+5% Attack Rating

Refreshes all active debuffs

Applies 1 additional Trauma (10s, increases Heavy damage by 50%)

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🔗 Synergies

👁️ “Apprentice of War” – with Daredevil (Classic), Daredevil (HK), Elektra

Stick: +50% Bleed duration

Allies: 10% chance to Evade basic attacks while Bleeding

🌀 “Warrior Monk” – with Iron Fist, Shang-Chi, Black Panther

Stick: Starts with 3 Discipline Charges

Allies: Gain +5% Critical Damage per unique Debuff on the opponent

🎭 “Versus the Hand” – with Ronin, Night Thrasher, Moon Knight

Stick: Debuff Duration +15%

Allies: +30% Attack against Mystic Champions

🧬 “Hard Knocks” – with Punisher, Kingpin

Stick: 25% chance to Auto-Parry projectile Specials

Allies: +10% chance to Stun on Criticals

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🏷️ Tags

#Offensive: Utility

#Control: Counter

#Skill

#Defensive: Niche

#AvengersAffiliated

#Chaste

#Human

#Hero

#No-Buffs

#Bleed

#Counter-Evade

#Disorient

#Chi

Comments

EdisonLaw

Interesting. Would love to see a Daredevil Classic buff concept as well

JackTheSnack

Keep doing these brother! Haters gonna hate. Even if some are far fetched and a little broken these full designs are awesome and well thought out

WednesdayLength

Interesting ideas, feels very much like Karnak though. It's also worth mentioning whether his debuffs stack or not

He also gains miss immunity on sig despite already having miss immunity?

And on a personal note, you can just post images from the comics or the shows, you don't need to use ai slop

NoahSansman

The AI art really ruins these posts.

CheeseMaster482

The AI art really ruins these posts.

Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.

NoahSansman

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.

I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.

Theruneking

Interesting ideas, feels very much like Karnak though. It's also worth mentioning whether his debuffs stack or not

He also gains miss immunity on sig despite already having miss immunity?

And on a personal note, you can just post images from the comics or the shows, you don't need to use ai slop

Yes you pointed out right that's the same thing. Also he has slow and can't be evaded thing though that can be argued by the fact that slow is a debuff and can't be evaded means can't be evaded it's a passive.

Theruneking

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.
I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.

You are right I am not gonna lie.. most of it is from the help of ai some are edited.

NoahSansman

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.
I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.
You are right I am not gonna lie.. most of it is from the help of ai some are edited.

Use your creativity and create something new. AI is like a recycler completely void of all thought and hardwork. If we wanted to hear ideas from AI, we wouldn't need you to be the middle man.

Theruneking

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.
I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.
You are right I am not gonna lie.. most of it is from the help of ai some are edited.
Use your creativity and create something new. AI is like a recycler completely void of all thought and hardwork. If we wanted to hear ideas from AI, we wouldn't need you to be the middle man.

AI is better in creating this kind of stuff than us. Just needs some proof reading.

captain_rogers

Atleast write the kit on your old man. For once ai felt happy you finally made an actually balanced champ kit, only to realise it's done by AI.

It's fine if you rely on ai for stock images and grammar stuffs, not fine if you generate everything from there and copypaste. Here.

NoahSansman

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.
I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.
You are right I am not gonna lie.. most of it is from the help of ai some are edited.
Use your creativity and create something new. AI is like a recycler completely void of all thought and hardwork. If we wanted to hear ideas from AI, we wouldn't need you to be the middle man.
AI is better in creating this kind of stuff than us. Just needs some proof reading.

Keep telling yourself that. AI can never be better than us at creating this stuff because it doesn't have creativity.

Theruneking

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.
I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.
You are right I am not gonna lie.. most of it is from the help of ai some are edited.
Use your creativity and create something new. AI is like a recycler completely void of all thought and hardwork. If we wanted to hear ideas from AI, we wouldn't need you to be the middle man.
AI is better in creating this kind of stuff than us. Just needs some proof reading.
Keep telling yourself that. AI can never be better than us at creating this stuff because it doesn't have creativity.

AI is unfortunately getting better than us in most tasks. 🙂

Chobbly

I'd really like to see Stick in the game.

I see him as having relatively low health when compared to most champions but due his marital arts mastery would have easy access to Glance. He wouldn't be a great defender apart from Glancing but would be a good attacker if played well.

Having spent untold years training, Stick could have a powerful Pre-Fight ability that allows him to select the approach he will use to defeat his opponent. Armour Breaks, Disorients, Concussions, all are possible tools he could employ. Knowing the opponent, and picking the most suitable approach for their demise, is essential to playing Stick.

These debuffs on the opponent would increase his damage output similar to Prowess buffs on Mutant champs. His Sig ability would turn these Debuffs into Passives, denying opponents the ability to Purify them as easily.

He wouldn't have many synergies. Elektra and Psylocke are good candidates. He's got to have a powerful synergy with Daredevil (Classic) and DDHK, maybe all three each starting the fight on a bar of power. A special synergy with Elektra would allow her to inflict Degeneration instead of Bleeds if Stick was knocked out, aka Black Sky.

See? There's the basis of a kit and no AI in sight.

Theruneking

I'd really like to see Stick in the game.

I see him as having relatively low health when compared to most champions but due his marital arts mastery would have easy access to Glance. He wouldn't be a great defender apart from Glancing but would be a good attacker if played well.

Having spent untold years training, Stick could have a powerful Pre-Fight ability that allows him to select the approach he will use to defeat his opponent. Armour Breaks, Disorients, Concussions, all are possible tools he could employ. Knowing the opponent, and picking the most suitable approach for their demise, is essential to playing Stick.

These debuffs on the opponent would increase his damage output similar to Prowess buffs on Mutant champs. His Sig ability would turn these Debuffs into Passives, denying opponents the ability to Purify them as easily.

He wouldn't have many synergies. Elektra and Psylocke are good candidates. He's got to have a powerful synergy with Daredevil (Classic) and DDHK, maybe all three each starting the fight on a bar of power. A special synergy with Elektra would allow her to inflict Degeneration instead of Bleeds if Stick was knocked out, aka Black Sky.

See? There's the basis of a kit and no AI in sight.

This is good. But you can't deny AI is worse. Ai just makes it faster and in many cases better. You can always proof read and change Ai kits too, and with proper prompt ai can generate a full kit with values ( prestige attack rating crit rating block prof etc) in a much shorter time period.

Ai isn't made by us to compete with it which is better ai or us.. it is there to help us do things faster.

NoahSansman

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.
I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.
You are right I am not gonna lie.. most of it is from the help of ai some are edited.
Use your creativity and create something new. AI is like a recycler completely void of all thought and hardwork. If we wanted to hear ideas from AI, we wouldn't need you to be the middle man.
AI is better in creating this kind of stuff than us. Just needs some proof reading.
Keep telling yourself that. AI can never be better than us at creating this stuff because it doesn't have creativity.
AI is unfortunately getting better than us in most tasks. 🙂

Never art.

Buttehrs

Idk what's worse. Pixies nonsense ai slop posts or these new ones. Both suck.

NoahSansman

I'd really like to see Stick in the game.

I see him as having relatively low health when compared to most champions but due his marital arts mastery would have easy access to Glance. He wouldn't be a great defender apart from Glancing but would be a good attacker if played well.

Having spent untold years training, Stick could have a powerful Pre-Fight ability that allows him to select the approach he will use to defeat his opponent. Armour Breaks, Disorients, Concussions, all are possible tools he could employ. Knowing the opponent, and picking the most suitable approach for their demise, is essential to playing Stick.

These debuffs on the opponent would increase his damage output similar to Prowess buffs on Mutant champs. His Sig ability would turn these Debuffs into Passives, denying opponents the ability to Purify them as easily.

He wouldn't have many synergies. Elektra and Psylocke are good candidates. He's got to have a powerful synergy with Daredevil (Classic) and DDHK, maybe all three each starting the fight on a bar of power. A special synergy with Elektra would allow her to inflict Degeneration instead of Bleeds if Stick was knocked out, aka Black Sky.

See? There's the basis of a kit and no AI in sight.
This is good. But you can't deny AI is worse. Ai just makes it faster and in many cases better. You can always proof read and change Ai kits too, and with proper prompt ai can generate a full kit with values ( prestige attack rating crit rating block prof etc) in a much shorter time period.

Ai isn't made by us to compete with it which is better ai or us.. it is there to help us do things faster.

The point is its soulless to post AI generated content here. Its one thing to use AI to advance medical research or something. Its another to use it to think for you and come up with ideas for you when it comes to something like kits in a video game.

Chobbly

Agreed. It's there to help us do things faster but to assume it's also better is a dangerous trap. I read an interesting tech article a few days ago that the use of AI for senior software developers actually can make them less productive even though they think the use of AI is making them more productive.

And if you trust software built by AI, then anything that goes wrong is the responsibility of the person who clicked 'generate'. It's still their code, even if AI wrote it for them.

NoahSansman

Agreed. It's there to help us do things faster but to assume it's also better is a dangerous trap. I read an interesting tech article a few days ago that the use of AI for senior software developers actually can make them less productive even though they think the use of AI is making them more productive.

And if you trust software built by AI, then anything that goes wrong is the fault of the person who clicked 'generate'...

As someone that codes, I can say currently AI kinda sucks at coding. So it'd make sense why it makes devleopers less productive, since they have to double check and triple check everything it does and then fix it themselves.

captain_rogers

Agreed. It's there to help us do things faster but to assume it's also better is a dangerous trap. I read an interesting tech article a few days ago that the use of AI for senior software developers actually can make them less productive even though they think the use of AI is making them more productive.

And if you trust software built by AI, then anything that goes wrong is the fault of the person who clicked 'generate'...
As someone that codes, I can say currently AI kinda sucks at coding. So it'd make sense why it makes devleopers less productive, since they have to double check and triple check everything it does and then fix it themselves.

As a junior dev, I'll say Ai can code most of the basic stuff, but definitely agree on double checking. But definitely it's easier than writing from scratch, not efficient, clean or scalable, but definitely easier to use AI for coding than doing everything on own.

Chobbly

Same boat here. I don't do as much hands on coding these days but I wouldn't trust AI code as far as I could throw a stick.

Or 'Stick' even...

Theruneking

I'd really like to see Stick in the game.

I see him as having relatively low health when compared to most champions but due his marital arts mastery would have easy access to Glance. He wouldn't be a great defender apart from Glancing but would be a good attacker if played well.

Having spent untold years training, Stick could have a powerful Pre-Fight ability that allows him to select the approach he will use to defeat his opponent. Armour Breaks, Disorients, Concussions, all are possible tools he could employ. Knowing the opponent, and picking the most suitable approach for their demise, is essential to playing Stick.

These debuffs on the opponent would increase his damage output similar to Prowess buffs on Mutant champs. His Sig ability would turn these Debuffs into Passives, denying opponents the ability to Purify them as easily.

He wouldn't have many synergies. Elektra and Psylocke are good candidates. He's got to have a powerful synergy with Daredevil (Classic) and DDHK, maybe all three each starting the fight on a bar of power. A special synergy with Elektra would allow her to inflict Degeneration instead of Bleeds if Stick was knocked out, aka Black Sky.

See? There's the basis of a kit and no AI in sight.
This is good. But you can't deny AI is worse. Ai just makes it faster and in many cases better. You can always proof read and change Ai kits too, and with proper prompt ai can generate a full kit with values ( prestige attack rating crit rating block prof etc) in a much shorter time period.

Ai isn't made by us to compete with it which is better ai or us.. it is there to help us do things faster.
The point is its soulless to post AI generated content here. Its one thing to use AI to advance medical research or something. Its another to use it to think for you and come up with ideas for you when it comes to something like kits in a video game.

Don't worry I will not post further ai generated contents in here.

NoahSansman

I'd really like to see Stick in the game.

I see him as having relatively low health when compared to most champions but due his marital arts mastery would have easy access to Glance. He wouldn't be a great defender apart from Glancing but would be a good attacker if played well.

Having spent untold years training, Stick could have a powerful Pre-Fight ability that allows him to select the approach he will use to defeat his opponent. Armour Breaks, Disorients, Concussions, all are possible tools he could employ. Knowing the opponent, and picking the most suitable approach for their demise, is essential to playing Stick.

These debuffs on the opponent would increase his damage output similar to Prowess buffs on Mutant champs. His Sig ability would turn these Debuffs into Passives, denying opponents the ability to Purify them as easily.

He wouldn't have many synergies. Elektra and Psylocke are good candidates. He's got to have a powerful synergy with Daredevil (Classic) and DDHK, maybe all three each starting the fight on a bar of power. A special synergy with Elektra would allow her to inflict Degeneration instead of Bleeds if Stick was knocked out, aka Black Sky.

See? There's the basis of a kit and no AI in sight.
This is good. But you can't deny AI is worse. Ai just makes it faster and in many cases better. You can always proof read and change Ai kits too, and with proper prompt ai can generate a full kit with values ( prestige attack rating crit rating block prof etc) in a much shorter time period.

Ai isn't made by us to compete with it which is better ai or us.. it is there to help us do things faster.
The point is its soulless to post AI generated content here. Its one thing to use AI to advance medical research or something. Its another to use it to think for you and come up with ideas for you when it comes to something like kits in a video game.
Don't worry I will not post further ai generated contents in here.

I'm glad to hear it. Thank you.

NoahSansman

Agreed. It's there to help us do things faster but to assume it's also better is a dangerous trap. I read an interesting tech article a few days ago that the use of AI for senior software developers actually can make them less productive even though they think the use of AI is making them more productive.

And if you trust software built by AI, then anything that goes wrong is the fault of the person who clicked 'generate'...
As someone that codes, I can say currently AI kinda sucks at coding. So it'd make sense why it makes devleopers less productive, since they have to double check and triple check everything it does and then fix it themselves.
As a junior dev, I'll say Ai can code most of the basic stuff, but definitely agree on double checking. But definitely it's easier than writing from scratch, not efficient, clean or scalable, but definitely easier to use AI for coding than doing everything on own.

Yeah its best at doing stuff that has been done before a lot. But if you're trying to do something a little more creative and new it tends to insist on blatantly wrong code.

Chobbly

Agreed. It's there to help us do things faster but to assume it's also better is a dangerous trap. I read an interesting tech article a few days ago that the use of AI for senior software developers actually can make them less productive even though they think the use of AI is making them more productive.

And if you trust software built by AI, then anything that goes wrong is the fault of the person who clicked 'generate'...
As someone that codes, I can say currently AI kinda sucks at coding. So it'd make sense why it makes devleopers less productive, since they have to double check and triple check everything it does and then fix it themselves.
As a junior dev, I'll say Ai can code most of the basic stuff, but definitely agree on double checking. But definitely it's easier than writing from scratch, not efficient, clean or scalable, but definitely easier to use AI for coding than doing everything on own.
Yeah its best at doing stuff that has been done before a lot. But if you're trying to do something a little more creative and new it tends to insist on blatantly wrong code.

For boilerplate stuff, sure, start off with an AI pass if you like. But when it comes to well crafted code, using appropriate patterns and practices, plus who the code is ultimately for, your own knowledge will win out. As a developer you're responsible for the code either way so you shouldn't ever sign off code you haven't fully reviewed yourself, AI or not. Peer reviews become even more invaluable too.

Theruneking

On an off topic Top models of ai are quite efficient in most of the tasks that requires large information processing, data handling, thesis and research purposes. Lower models makes a lot of mistakes that needs manual proof reading. I personally am in favor of ai as it makes lot of things easier. But yes things that require anything beyond theoretical knowledge, skills that require face to face interaction, any procedural skills are well beyond the scope of ai.

Ai is definitely better than us in theoretical aspects but can't correlate things with real world anomalies and it's deviation from ideal definition most of the times.

WednesdayLength

Interesting ideas, feels very much like Karnak though. It's also worth mentioning whether his debuffs stack or not

He also gains miss immunity on sig despite already having miss immunity?

And on a personal note, you can just post images from the comics or the shows, you don't need to use ai slop
Yes you pointed out right that's the same thing. Also he has slow and can't be evaded thing though that can be argued by the fact that slow is a debuff and can't be evaded means can't be evaded it's a passive.

But what's the point of giving him both? I get that slow can be countered, but slow only works when you aren't at a disadvantage for a reason

WednesdayLength

The AI art really ruins these posts.
Wow man it definitely is the AI art and not the fact that the whole post is literally AI. The emojis, the em dashes, the breaks. Literally everything about this post is AI.

If 90% of the post is AI and you don't see an issue with that, you can definitely see past the ai art.
I'm going to be honest man, I didn't even read it because of the AI art at the bottom. But that makes it even worse. I absolutely despise OP dumping his AI slop here or anywhere else.
You are right I am not gonna lie.. most of it is from the help of ai some are edited.
Use your creativity and create something new. AI is like a recycler completely void of all thought and hardwork. If we wanted to hear ideas from AI, we wouldn't need you to be the middle man.
AI is better in creating this kind of stuff than us. Just needs some proof reading.

It's also terrible for the environment

WednesdayLength

I'd really like to see Stick in the game.

I see him as having relatively low health when compared to most champions but due his marital arts mastery would have easy access to Glance. He wouldn't be a great defender apart from Glancing but would be a good attacker if played well.

Having spent untold years training, Stick could have a powerful Pre-Fight ability that allows him to select the approach he will use to defeat his opponent. Armour Breaks, Disorients, Concussions, all are possible tools he could employ. Knowing the opponent, and picking the most suitable approach for their demise, is essential to playing Stick.

These debuffs on the opponent would increase his damage output similar to Prowess buffs on Mutant champs. His Sig ability would turn these Debuffs into Passives, denying opponents the ability to Purify them as easily.

He wouldn't have many synergies. Elektra and Psylocke are good candidates. He's got to have a powerful synergy with Daredevil (Classic) and DDHK, maybe all three each starting the fight on a bar of power. A special synergy with Elektra would allow her to inflict Degeneration instead of Bleeds if Stick was knocked out, aka Black Sky.

See? There's the basis of a kit and no AI in sight.
This is good. But you can't deny AI is worse. Ai just makes it faster and in many cases better. You can always proof read and change Ai kits too, and with proper prompt ai can generate a full kit with values ( prestige attack rating crit rating block prof etc) in a much shorter time period.

Ai isn't made by us to compete with it which is better ai or us.. it is there to help us do things faster.

I make champion concepts every now and then and never use ai, nor do the champion designers. I come up with a concept, write the base kit, spend a few days thinking of how it would work, make tweaks etc. It's just a thing I do for fun, but if you're just spewing out ai concepts that are half formed even after you tweak them then what's the point.