I like how his mom sees her son in a life-threating battle, aids him with only 1 attack and lends him to the fate of (possibly non-existent) support's care.
@@asir9129 boo-boo's, a motherly cute endearing way of addressing a bruise or injury of similar magnitude. Anyways yeah I agree with homie, it is really adorable that he gets healed :)
6:23 I think the reason why the cloak is more apparent in the concept is because it's a darker colour than the rest of the body. With the model, the wings are the same colour as his back, so it blends more than intended.
4:57 actually necrit, the champion insights show those concept arts because they didn’t immediately land on a dragon. It was just the quickest thing they gravitated towards after doing concept art. That’s why the concept arts look like cats and lambs and such.
Not sure on the whole stacking up on allready a scaling champions (the adc nature). Some ideas are simple but the whole deal... Truly fit the needy brat of an adc with self entitlement issues (calling mom for fix his problem, with a very fitting kid tantrum animation)
@@lucasveley5400 yes the final stack it's at 225. But getting a cdless small ignite (like gp passice) + the aoe around and extra wave behind (like kayle passive post 16) is quite the effect Probably champions will give more stacks than minions and 225 ain't such a big numer at the end of the day
Coming back to this channel after a decently long time and seeing how you're now present in your own videos makes them feel more personal since its not just a voiceover. Appreciate your passion for League and its lore, much love
The most popular theory was that the "fixed" design was the designers original final version, but higher ups wanter to "disneyafy" him and pushed for that more smoother design. So yeah, basically that.
All they did was texture paint over his model. There was no "fix" lined up, some artist just went in and spent the day repainting his face. The actual fix would be to give him a snout, he still looks hideous
Wild idea, some rioters that were making smolder had the same opinion and wanted him to be more draconic, some others wanted him to be "cute"... the ones that were pro abomination were successful in pushing the idea further along But concepts and some work for draconic was already made/partially ready Someone at riot could say a very satisfying "I told you so"
Yeah, pretty sure they already had the new artwork in the works. There's always the possibility of 'intentional publicity stunt with uncanny valley face', but doesn't seem that likely. I think the idea of conflicting art direction is much more likely.. and the other side already had concept artwork done and shown for a less human look. At least enough that they could make some very rapid fixes. 24 hour turnaround is fast, even for just a few assets. Someone likely pulled an all-nighter, if I had to bet.
"I don't know why I like this concept more than the one we got" as an art dude, I got your back. It's CONTRAST! His wings just look like everything else about him, just another scaled part of his body, in the concept art, his wings have a drastically different color, and it sells the personality of the "cape" look. Put simply; Smolder needs a contrasting accent color that spreads throughout his whole wingback to sell that "princely cloak" vibe.
I'm so glad they gave him the Sonic treatment , it was really bad before. I love your videos. They help me understand what's going on in the game, universe, etc. Keep up the amazing work and congrats on the newest champion to join your family.
That concert art.. I love how riot often makes something incredible and sits on a goldmine but somehow manages to screw it up horribly in the end always.
As an ADC main, I feel so damn happy that we're getting a nice, easy and fun champion for once. I don't find Aphelios that hard after going all the way to M6, but the most recent ones were just a little too out of hand for me to enjoy them that much
@@kauanjos3199Nilah is the second worst designed champion in the game. A champion that is naturally always a higher level than you in botlane breaks the rules of League and is a ton of bullshit
@@mrchung I one tricked Nilah to 200k mastery. Stopped playing her and went back to my normal ranged adcs. I never, NEVER lose to a Nilah dude. She’s kinda shit to be honest. People just don’t know how to exploit her in low elo. Being melee in bot lane really is unplayable against good players.
@@mrchung I don't understand why they want to break fundamental rules that honestly shouldn't be broken. Imagine something like making a champion able to hit other structures before the outer turrets have been destroyed. And they think that's a good idea just because the idea is new, they ignore the fact that you shouldn't just rewrite the rules of the game completely. Same with yuumi, you shouldn't be able to sit invincible on someone while healing, shielding and dealing damage, since there is no counterplay. Kayn Is obnoxious because he can just sit in walls and you are unable to hit him, he also gets faster when in those walls which makes no sense. Bel veth has so many dashes so if perhaps you decide to play a skillshot champ it's just gg. All this creates this dynamic that newer champs have no counterplay, especially if you play older champs, which forces riot to buff the stats of older champs, which doesn't fix the underlying problem in the first place...
Super happy about the texture update, I would pull his snout out a bit more BUT that would involve re doing ALL of his animations so it’s understandable why they only did textures
@@muhammied Hmm, I think I see what you mean . If he curls up for example his snout will clip into his body because the old curl position didn't take into account his snout hitting his tail.
@@_Slach_ 3d animation bullshit, depending on how his rig is he probably has a nose bone that if his nose was pulled out when the animation is played it would scrunch to it’s original place if they don’t go through and re-do the key frames (I’m doing 3d animation course trust me it would be a pain)
its actually funny to see Smolder being an adc because in his ult he calls for his mother. Pretty similar to many adc´s, who are crying all the time (respectfully)
"Will he be a menace that ends the world? Who's to say" says riot goblin... Considering the power levels of many champions in the lore i find it funny this could be even considered a possibility.
After seeing the biomes for runeterra map, I just realized runeterra is so much larger especially now that they decided to show us the eastern continent. I hope they add more champions from there (Nilah, Viego, Kalista, Hecarim are from there but they've been placed in bilgewater and SI). More champions means more lore for that unexplored region.
Ok, now we absolutely need a whole line of dragons. Smolder needs some clutch mates. "Chonky cat" looks like he would make an excellent support character. Or maybe a top laner.
2 things: First, I theorise that the reason we don't really see his mom (beside gameplay reason) could be that his mom is already dead and the one we see is just her ambitious spirit that want to protect her son. Second, I think the reason they don't use this design 6:20 is because it looks too similar with Vex who just released recently.
So humans, an ape, can be taught speech as a kid, but chimpanzees who've lived their entire life with humans in zoos cannot speak. Great lore, reality. It's almost as if there can be different species with different levels of speech capability. Also, just listening is very different from actively being taught how to speak. You're not gonna be speaking Japanese just because you had Naruto playing on the TV in the background.
@@leetri bro what are you talking about xD how can you even compare chimpanzees to fantasy magical clearly sapient dragons, and I never said they should've learned by just listening to it
@@Skullbushi Chimpanzees are also sapient, sapience has literally nothing to do with the ability to communicate with human words. Of the few dragons that can talk, they're either a celestial being or a dragon heavily influenced by humans early in their life. You're complaining that not all dragons can talk, but why would they? Most probably don't have the ability at all, and the few that could haven't been taught how to do it.
@leetri i didnt say all dragons should talk, my context, considering the subject I commented on, is only about the camavoran dragons, and more specifically Smolder's mother or other dragons with an alliance with humans, by logic Smolder's mother should able to speak but maybe the videos just do not show that, i dont care at this point about the dragon stuff, i didnt really think much about it as you can see by my short comment but dont compare chimpazees with the dragons we are talking about xD, yes sapience has to do with communication and no chimpazees are not universally categorised as sapient, of course feel free to disagree with the meaning of sapience, i admit its a word with a polarising meaning
the concept art face is actually expressing proudness and royalty (plus it feels more like a monster than the smolder we got, which is a middle ground between the ugly sonic and this one), the wings being a cape is way more clear in the concept art as the wings had a different color than the body (which is not the case for the final smolder, so you cannot notice that detail as easily and doesn t strike the eye that much) and his head actually looks like he has a crown (completely missing from smolder). The smolder we got is good, but the concept art is just better at tackling the proud dragon, although it is less cute (i will still take the concep art)
beaing shyvans son would fit and explain evrything, his face and personality (u can teach a parrot words but hes not gaining conchience), his fire ('hes not elemental'),his proudnesse, instead we got CAMAVORE! hooraay! remember it? u care about it even more right?",the problem is the ones that care and loves runntera lore knows icathia,camavor..ect, and love them as the 'infamous' rigion, i have no problem with shedding light on them (and mmo's new continent) but the way they implenting it, like apparently (and i'm not sure) skarner moving/being an elemental in ichtal now will over written his old lore ,i dont know how thoughful that decesion realy was (like arcane?so jayce dosent look like saudi prince?), BUT of all games lore about 'humans over consuming',i LOVED his version the most ,
xD This is great. The day I saw the trailer for this little goober my initial reaction was immediately ".......I'm getting some serious Sonic Movie Before The Redo vibes, here..." And sure enough, just like Sonic before him, Smolder is getting a redo.
Why do I have the impression of smolder sounding like a young simba?😅 imagine if he had a voiceline where he starts humming to "I just can't wait to be king"😂
I just realized that Smolder is BASICALLY a polished version of Old Graves. Aoe Q ability. W is different, no blind, but still provides cc. E is a dash. Big fat aoe ult.
Wanting to give bot lane a “cutesy” champion because “a lot of the ADCs are too serious” is a pretty weak reason. Tristana, Ezreal, Draven, Jinx, Zeri, and Twitch are all ADCs who aren’t serious. And a lot of the serious ones still have charm, like Miss Fortune or Lucian or Jhin.
Still feel like he could use a real snout and dragon-like eyes instead of a few extra scales and disney cute eyes but it's better than nothing. I just hope he's not considered a "monster champ" by Riot because he's clearly not one.
They could justify it by saying that it is the child between a poro and a yordle and it would make the same sense. The point is that they have put a character from My Little Pony in Runeterra and if this is aceptable, anything will be aceptable.
Maybe they could fix it so fast because that version has already existed, just got voted down by a boss? And now somewhere an artist is really happy because he/she were right with that design.
the sound of smolder's recall was so cute, that i actually made a "AAWWN" out loud and my mother asked what happened so I showed her the clip and she also made the sound. I hope he has a lot more animalistic sounds like that, at least in his idle animations. Also good job Simba! hope your hard work was payed with a lot of belly rubs and treats!
Necrit, you should 100% look at Vainglory’s characters. It’s an olde frame but it’s me of the games that got me into MOBAs and into league. They have a dragon there named Skaarf who is adorable and has a lot of personality with sounds he makes but doesn’t talk. The game isn’t live anymore he is it would be interesting to see some of the characters there because yes they have some generic themed characters, their gameplay is pretty unique compared to other Moba’s. One example would be Vox who much like Sivir’s W can bounce attacks to other enemies but Vox could be played as an AD or an AP. It was pretty cool seeing your sound based attacks kill enemies over simply attacking them. You could also scout with him as he could detect enemies hiding either in stealth or bushes with his resonance ability that gave a little visual q.
it would be nice if they kept his princely concept art, it looks so much better and could be used for a skinline like halloween or maybe even dark star
Dragons have long been seen as a sort of hybrid between Feline and Reptilian tendencies, so I can see why so many of the initial concepts leaned feline.
Gameplay wise ill agree with you but design wise. No way. I think his story is fairly basic and his visual design is nothing special Imo. I am stoked to play it though
I'm probably the only one here who wanted this. I kinda wanted Smolder to be a progression champion. Like each time you level up his ultimate he gets older and looks like an Elder Dragon at stage 3 of his ultimate.
i love how the "R" of smolder implies that is all a game for him (on the rift) since his mother is watching him from above so when he is in real danger she can just end the lifes of all of the other champions. (if we see not from a gameplay perspective but from a kinda lore'ish perspective)
6:15 Like this way better because one he looks like a dragon version of Sett looking down at people from his face and also his ears or horns are not the one on fire but his forehead making it look like a crown and his small hands with his dark cloak looks so cool
I love complex skill, it gives you more of an activity with your character, but man Riot releasing a champion with a classic skills and abilities that doesn't have an essay in it is so refreshing to see, it feels like something that we've never seen before even though we have it 15 years ago.
2:05 I kind of like this version better but, in the skill preview he looked cool still. I think the color scheme could be better but, he'll have a bunch of cool looking skins later on, I'm sure.
Already calling it now. smolder is prolly THE best candidate for now for a ultimate skin already with the "evolving" "learning" "growing in power" and "royal dragon" thematic. but with stacks and lvl. slowly he becomes more mature and in his lvl 3 ult with max stacks and lvl 18 instead of calling his mother he summons a fire avatar of himself that has a model that flies over in his ult instead. we need more evolving ultimate skins.. only reason udyr and lux and ezreal did so well. a skin that changes during the game or gameplay or how u play that certain game.
"You can't really fit a full dragon onto the Summoners Rift." Excuse me what?! They already fit an entire galaxy IN FORM OF A DRAGON onto Summoners Rift!
I like how his mom sees her son in a life-threating battle, aids him with only 1 attack and lends him to the fate of (possibly non-existent) support's care.
I could totaly see his diing animation just being him mom to pick him up, as it becomes to dangerous
It because she gets a good look at him
@@calronkeltaran493him: mom pick me up I'am scared
just like how bird moms push their hatchlings off their nest 😂
@@calronkeltaran493now I want to see this in recall animation.
Smolder’s mom healing him with her fire is now the equivalent of when your mom kissed your boo-boos to make it feel better. Now that is a cute thought
your what
@@asir9129 boo-boo's, a motherly cute endearing way of addressing a bruise or injury of similar magnitude.
Anyways yeah I agree with homie, it is really adorable that he gets healed :)
@@asir9129 motherless
@@jomyrace7653 woah woah, he prolly just didn't know what it meant 😅
@@nidium1951nah he a motherless child
Love how Necrit can make a 10+ minute long video about a topic that can be covered in less that like 2 minutes
That’s called talent.
Šta je moja Milice, okle tebe ovde ? 😂
he knows his audience
Please take away another like so this can stay at 69 likes.
@@TKinfinity01 its called ad revenue
6:23 I think the reason why the cloak is more apparent in the concept is because it's a darker colour than the rest of the body. With the model, the wings are the same colour as his back, so it blends more than intended.
4:57 actually necrit, the champion insights show those concept arts because they didn’t immediately land on a dragon. It was just the quickest thing they gravitated towards after doing concept art. That’s why the concept arts look like cats and lambs and such.
Smolder's kit kinda made me smile at how simple it is.
He kinda feels like a Kog'Maw rework imo
Not sure on the whole stacking up on allready a scaling champions (the adc nature).
Some ideas are simple but the whole deal... Truly fit the needy brat of an adc with self entitlement issues (calling mom for fix his problem, with a very fitting kid tantrum animation)
@alessandroseverino8222 to be fair it's not an infinite stacking passive. It only empowers his q and only to 225 stacks I believe.
@@lucasveley5400 yes the final stack it's at 225. But getting a cdless small ignite (like gp passice) + the aoe around and extra wave behind (like kayle passive post 16) is quite the effect
Probably champions will give more stacks than minions and 225 ain't such a big numer at the end of the day
@@alessandroseverino8222 his kit is not that strong LS played him and he doesnt seem to do much damage through his abilities
Coming back to this channel after a decently long time and seeing how you're now present in your own videos makes them feel more personal since its not just a voiceover. Appreciate your passion for League and its lore, much love
I think Smolder's main issue is that his snout was just not well defined. Now, it is, and he looks much more draconic now.
Following conspiracy theory:
They already had the rework before releasing the first champ preview and just wanted to test the waters.
The most popular theory was that the "fixed" design was the designers original final version, but higher ups wanter to "disneyafy" him and pushed for that more smoother design. So yeah, basically that.
You're a theory, his a theory, I'm a theory, are there more theories i need to know about?
All they did was texture paint over his model. There was no "fix" lined up, some artist just went in and spent the day repainting his face. The actual fix would be to give him a snout, he still looks hideous
@@kauanjos3199
Yeah for real. I hate how everyone thinks this is suddenly defendable when its not @JumpscareRodent
Wild idea, some rioters that were making smolder had the same opinion and wanted him to be more draconic, some others wanted him to be "cute"... the ones that were pro abomination were successful in pushing the idea further along
But concepts and some work for draconic was already made/partially ready
Someone at riot could say a very satisfying "I told you so"
As someone that did work with groups with character design. This kind sometimes happens.
TBH we already had a cute and draconic baby dragon with Dragon Trainer Tristana so i don't really get why Smolder had to be even more... Babified
@@Ylaziel so dragons when growing up just lose the snout for a few decades don't they
Yeah, pretty sure they already had the new artwork in the works. There's always the possibility of 'intentional publicity stunt with uncanny valley face', but doesn't seem that likely. I think the idea of conflicting art direction is much more likely.. and the other side already had concept artwork done and shown for a less human look. At least enough that they could make some very rapid fixes. 24 hour turnaround is fast, even for just a few assets. Someone likely pulled an all-nighter, if I had to bet.
"I don't know why I like this concept more than the one we got" as an art dude, I got your back. It's CONTRAST!
His wings just look like everything else about him, just another scaled part of his body, in the concept art, his wings have a drastically different color, and it sells the personality of the "cape" look.
Put simply; Smolder needs a contrasting accent color that spreads throughout his whole wingback to sell that "princely cloak" vibe.
I'm so glad they gave him the Sonic treatment , it was really bad before. I love your videos. They help me understand what's going on in the game, universe, etc. Keep up the amazing work and congrats on the newest champion to join your family.
That concert art.. I love how riot often makes something incredible and sits on a goldmine but somehow manages to screw it up horribly in the end always.
right the concept somehow got cooked along the way
As an ADC main, I feel so damn happy that we're getting a nice, easy and fun champion for once. I don't find Aphelios that hard after going all the way to M6, but the most recent ones were just a little too out of hand for me to enjoy them that much
Did you like Nilah? Personally I love her
@@kauanjos3199Nilah is the second worst designed champion in the game. A champion that is naturally always a higher level than you in botlane breaks the rules of League and is a ton of bullshit
@@mrchung I one tricked Nilah to 200k mastery. Stopped playing her and went back to my normal ranged adcs. I never, NEVER lose to a Nilah dude. She’s kinda shit to be honest. People just don’t know how to exploit her in low elo. Being melee in bot lane really is unplayable against good players.
@@mrchung that's why she's fun
@@mrchung I don't understand why they want to break fundamental rules that honestly shouldn't be broken. Imagine something like making a champion able to hit other structures before the outer turrets have been destroyed. And they think that's a good idea just because the idea is new, they ignore the fact that you shouldn't just rewrite the rules of the game completely. Same with yuumi, you shouldn't be able to sit invincible on someone while healing, shielding and dealing damage, since there is no counterplay. Kayn Is obnoxious because he can just sit in walls and you are unable to hit him, he also gets faster when in those walls which makes no sense. Bel veth has so many dashes so if perhaps you decide to play a skillshot champ it's just gg.
All this creates this dynamic that newer champs have no counterplay, especially if you play older champs, which forces riot to buff the stats of older champs, which doesn't fix the underlying problem in the first place...
Smolder+ Neeko bot so you can have 2 smolders
Super happy about the texture update, I would pull his snout out a bit more BUT that would involve re doing ALL of his animations so it’s understandable why they only did textures
This is not 2d animation.
Why would they need to redo anything?
@@_Slach_ basicly his new mesh skeleton will not fit old animations and soo much visual glitches will happen
@@muhammied Hmm, I think I see what you mean . If he curls up for example his snout will clip into his body because the old curl position didn't take into account his snout hitting his tail.
@@_Slach_ 3d animation bullshit, depending on how his rig is he probably has a nose bone that if his nose was pulled out when the animation is played it would scrunch to it’s original place if they don’t go through and re-do the key frames (I’m doing 3d animation course trust me it would be a pain)
its actually funny to see Smolder being an adc because in his ult he calls for his mother. Pretty similar to many adc´s, who are crying all the time (respectfully)
"Fixed".
They did what they could with the texture, his face still haunts my nightmares.
at least he looks better than before lmao
"Will he be a menace that ends the world? Who's to say" says riot goblin... Considering the power levels of many champions in the lore i find it funny this could be even considered a possibility.
I'm actually super excited for this champ. I think he's going to be a fun mix of Veigar and Kog'maw. He'll be really fun as an ADC.
Its like me when playing as an ADC! "If I keep dying over and over, I'll get better!" But my teammates hate me for some reason.
Prepare yourself for tomorrow's cinematic, we'll need a 1hr explanation asap!
After seeing the biomes for runeterra map, I just realized runeterra is so much larger especially now that they decided to show us the eastern continent. I hope they add more champions from there (Nilah, Viego, Kalista, Hecarim are from there but they've been placed in bilgewater and SI). More champions means more lore for that unexplored region.
4:49 I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks they modeled him after a cat's likeness.
13:58 "And since you can't really fit a full dragon onto the summoners rift, ..." -Necrit ... Aurelion: o.O
Ok, now we absolutely need a whole line of dragons. Smolder needs some clutch mates. "Chonky cat" looks like he would make an excellent support character. Or maybe a top laner.
As a Yuumi main, I approve of the ending.
💀
I liked the fway smolder looked, cute anime dragon baby, strong dragon prince vibes. He does look alot cooler now though
Please PLEASE MAKE HIM A REAL DRAGON, A REAL DRAGON, NOT A FURRY
yummy
he is a real dragon
Or.... "scaly"
He’d still be a furry if he was a real dragon due to him talking, like Spyro
@siruscatter2001 oh no.... I can see the Skylander version of Spryo now.
(Even though Nickyboi pointed that out too)
Here is the thing smolders looks like a butterfly especially in-game and I can't unsee it...
even after the 'fix' he still looks awfully uncanny.
It's funny that Lunar new year for this year is also the year of the dragon. China influence a lot for league release here
2 things:
First, I theorise that the reason we don't really see his mom (beside gameplay reason) could be that his mom is already dead and the one we see is just her ambitious spirit that want to protect her son.
Second, I think the reason they don't use this design 6:20 is because it looks too similar with Vex who just released recently.
Or his mom would just be too much visual clutter
she literally pets him on his champion preview how is she dead
@@vergil9981 Look at other undead/spirit characters how they touched things. Anyway, just my theory.
So Smolder, a dragon whelp, got taught speech by a kid, but dragons that lived and interacted with humans for millennia cannot speak, great lore
It's possible they *can* speak, but the language of mortals is beneath them to use. They are proud beasts after all
So humans, an ape, can be taught speech as a kid, but chimpanzees who've lived their entire life with humans in zoos cannot speak. Great lore, reality.
It's almost as if there can be different species with different levels of speech capability. Also, just listening is very different from actively being taught how to speak. You're not gonna be speaking Japanese just because you had Naruto playing on the TV in the background.
@@leetri bro what are you talking about xD
how can you even compare chimpanzees to fantasy magical clearly sapient dragons, and I never said they should've learned by just listening to it
@@Skullbushi Chimpanzees are also sapient, sapience has literally nothing to do with the ability to communicate with human words.
Of the few dragons that can talk, they're either a celestial being or a dragon heavily influenced by humans early in their life.
You're complaining that not all dragons can talk, but why would they? Most probably don't have the ability at all, and the few that could haven't been taught how to do it.
@leetri i didnt say all dragons should talk, my context, considering the subject I commented on, is only about the camavoran dragons, and more specifically Smolder's mother or other dragons with an alliance with humans, by logic Smolder's mother should able to speak but maybe the videos just do not show that, i dont care at this point about the dragon stuff, i didnt really think much about it as you can see by my short comment but dont compare chimpazees with the dragons we are talking about xD, yes sapience has to do with communication and no chimpazees are not universally categorised as sapient, of course feel free to disagree with the meaning of sapience, i admit its a word with a polarising meaning
I'm calling it, we'll see Smolder's mom and maybe a few more Camavoran Dragons when he comes to LOR
That last realization did not need to be verbalized good sir. I play you for all the cat murder coming my way in bot lane
the concept art face is actually expressing proudness and royalty (plus it feels more like a monster than the smolder we got, which is a middle ground between the ugly sonic and this one), the wings being a cape is way more clear in the concept art as the wings had a different color than the body (which is not the case for the final smolder, so you cannot notice that detail as easily and doesn t strike the eye that much) and his head actually looks like he has a crown (completely missing from smolder).
The smolder we got is good, but the concept art is just better at tackling the proud dragon, although it is less cute (i will still take the concep art)
its easier to see the cape wings in his walking animation
beaing shyvans son would fit and explain evrything, his face and personality (u can teach a parrot words but hes not gaining conchience), his fire ('hes not elemental'),his proudnesse, instead we got CAMAVORE! hooraay! remember it? u care about it even more right?",the problem is the ones that care and loves runntera lore knows icathia,camavor..ect, and love them as the 'infamous' rigion, i have no problem with shedding light on them (and mmo's new continent) but the way they implenting it, like apparently (and i'm not sure) skarner moving/being an elemental in ichtal now will over written his old lore ,i dont know how thoughful that decesion realy was (like arcane?so jayce dosent look like saudi prince?), BUT of all games lore about 'humans over consuming',i LOVED his version the most ,
I'm glad Riot took the criticism and fixed him so quickly, maybe he'll be the first botlaner I'll enjoy!
“Make bot line a better place.”
Duo Bot with Yuumi, stacking heals and shooting beams everywhere.
I really bitched about the model, but the gameplay is absolutely amazing, love a more accessible, simple adc, that better yet isn’t even human.
xD This is great. The day I saw the trailer for this little goober my initial reaction was immediately ".......I'm getting some serious Sonic Movie Before The Redo vibes, here..."
And sure enough, just like Sonic before him, Smolder is getting a redo.
For some of the Smolder first draft, I think a lot of them look kind of like a cat may be because they was going for the Qilin look
have you seen Smolder walk in game, the dude even walks like a cat
@@snowpegasi Tbf, have you seen how a baby dragon walks?
Damn,smolder out here having a good relationship with his mom. Poor shyvana had to kill hers😢
To be fair she did kill his father. But I think he IS the one that stole the dragon egg so kinda expected. Can't wait for that VGU
10:26 ah, a D&D Wizard, Fireball is everything.
Ceo: hm idk... Something is missing...
Artists: *ads a few scales*
Ceo: You're promoted.
I don't know why i didn't noticed it before, but he's like Simba when it was a little lion cub. He is the little Lion Dragon King
Less than 24 hours till cinematic can’t wait
I just figured J4 and Shyvanna had to hide their secrets back at the love shack in Cammavore
The fire love shapes when his mom heal him is so precious ❤️🔥
Why do I have the impression of smolder sounding like a young simba?😅 imagine if he had a voiceline where he starts humming to "I just can't wait to be king"😂
I just realized that Smolder is BASICALLY a polished version of Old Graves. Aoe Q ability. W is different, no blind, but still provides cc. E is a dash. Big fat aoe ult.
Wanting to give bot lane a “cutesy” champion because “a lot of the ADCs are too serious” is a pretty weak reason.
Tristana, Ezreal, Draven, Jinx, Zeri, and Twitch are all ADCs who aren’t serious. And a lot of the serious ones still have charm, like Miss Fortune or Lucian or Jhin.
its uncanny how much he reminds me of avu from pathfinder rotr its basically the same personality at that point he's 100% getting a fairy dragon skin
Still feel like he could use a real snout and dragon-like eyes instead of a few extra scales and disney cute eyes but it's better than nothing. I just hope he's not considered a "monster champ" by Riot because he's clearly not one.
bro I feel like he looked pretty sick in the beginning and just....more and more sus as it neared the 3d model
They could justify it by saying that it is the child between a poro and a yordle and it would make the same sense. The point is that they have put a character from My Little Pony in Runeterra and if this is aceptable, anything will be aceptable.
Damn, Heimer Dragon Trainer skin took a whole new turn and became its own arc
Maybe they could fix it so fast because that version has already existed, just got voted down by a boss? And now somewhere an artist is really happy because he/she were right with that design.
A child ADC that needs to be cared for and protected. That actually fits so well I am surprised smoulder is the first.
So a kid teached the dragon to talk, when asked the kid said "Super easy, barely an inconvenience"
the sound of smolder's recall was so cute, that i actually made a "AAWWN" out loud and my mother asked what happened so I showed her the clip and she also made the sound. I hope he has a lot more animalistic sounds like that, at least in his idle animations. Also good job Simba! hope your hard work was payed with a lot of belly rubs and treats!
11:24 I love that they picked someone from the balance team to voice a champion. These guys are so talented!
It would be nice to see a Ruination skin of Smolder at one point and have that more serious-toned personality from his concept art at 5:37
Necrit, you should 100% look at Vainglory’s characters. It’s an olde frame but it’s me of the games that got me into MOBAs and into league. They have a dragon there named Skaarf who is adorable and has a lot of personality with sounds he makes but doesn’t talk. The game isn’t live anymore he is it would be interesting to see some of the characters there because yes they have some generic themed characters, their gameplay is pretty unique compared to other Moba’s. One example would be Vox who much like Sivir’s W can bounce attacks to other enemies but Vox could be played as an AD or an AP. It was pretty cool seeing your sound based attacks kill enemies over simply attacking them. You could also scout with him as he could detect enemies hiding either in stealth or bushes with his resonance ability that gave a little visual q.
it would be nice if they kept his princely concept art, it looks so much better and could be used for a skinline like halloween or maybe even dark star
He looks like gore magala from monster hunter, the horns that grow in his head, the wings as a cape
Necrit buddy cmon, you cant actually believe that all that work is in just one day bro.
I mean red Spyro does need his Yuumi fire fly to stay alive.
"If I keep shooting fire at everything, I will learn one day"
Same philosophy as half the hardstuck people on the ladder...
I think someone prepared the more dragon smolder ahead of time, because they already knew it would be a shitshow.
Thanks for always being a source of knowledge and teaching us the lore of the world of League
It’s interesting that for some reason i like necrits takes so much thwt he is the only creator that i dont mind turning a 5 min video into a 15 one
Now I'm really wish to see Smolder+Yuumi xD
The Greek voice actor for the new champion just dropped some info for the new champion
Smolders mom is canonically the original Dragon from summoner rift. According to me
You called me out instantly. I was gonna play Yummi with him for that exact reason
I'm actually excited! His kit is just a little too simple for my preference but the design and concept are great
the ability being called "mmmoooommmm!" is so cute omg
Dragons have long been seen as a sort of hybrid between Feline and Reptilian tendencies, so I can see why so many of the initial concepts leaned feline.
Easily the best champion in years well done rito
Gameplay wise ill agree with you but design wise. No way. I think his story is fairly basic and his visual design is nothing special Imo. I am stoked to play it though
I'm probably the only one here who wanted this. I kinda wanted Smolder to be a progression champion. Like each time you level up his ultimate he gets older and looks like an Elder Dragon at stage 3 of his ultimate.
i love how the "R" of smolder implies that is all a game for him (on the rift) since his mother is watching him from above so when he is in real danger she can just end the lifes of all of the other champions. (if we see not from a gameplay perspective but from a kinda lore'ish perspective)
6:15 Like this way better because one he looks like a dragon version of Sett looking down at people from his face and also his ears or horns are not the one on fire but his forehead making it look like a crown and his small hands with his dark cloak looks so cool
I hope they release the original version a little more scuffed as a halloween skin or something, just like the old lollipoppy.
NickyBoi: "Is that a f***ing SKYLANDER?!"
Camavor strangely looks like Scandinavian peninsula and the rest of the continent like europe with uk.
A few texture doesn't change anythig, still a flat face, round head and no snout
“The original Sonic died for these sins” 😂😂
Take Smolder and Milio and you can babysitting the botline
I love complex skill, it gives you more of an activity with your character, but man Riot releasing a champion with a classic skills and abilities that doesn't have an essay in it is so refreshing to see, it feels like something that we've never seen before even though we have it 15 years ago.
2:05 I kind of like this version better but, in the skill preview he looked cool still. I think the color scheme could be better but, he'll have a bunch of cool looking skins later on, I'm sure.
it's ironic because now we have the proof that they can change details on a skin quickly when they always argued they couldn't for several skins
"difficult champions like zeri samira aphelios and nilah" right... difficult and complex, right ye...
Riot: "We want Smoulder to not look bratty and unlikeable" *proceeds to make him look bratty and unlikeable*
8:25 i never realized that the riot world was this much inspired by the real world... Are they trying to say that Florida sucks?
Well since they've been so fast, I'm sure it should be no trouble to fix it properly
The concept art is sleeker and cooler than the 3D model.
At least Smolder's face is no longer uncanny valley horrific.
Already calling it now. smolder is prolly THE best candidate for now for a ultimate skin already with the "evolving" "learning" "growing in power" and "royal dragon" thematic. but with stacks and lvl. slowly he becomes more mature and in his lvl 3 ult with max stacks and lvl 18 instead of calling his mother he summons a fire avatar of himself that has a model that flies over in his ult instead.
we need more evolving ultimate skins.. only reason udyr and lux and ezreal did so well. a skin that changes during the game or gameplay or how u play that certain game.
"You can't really fit a full dragon onto the Summoners Rift."
Excuse me what?! They already fit an entire galaxy IN FORM OF A DRAGON onto Summoners Rift!