Update: Based on the comments I revisited the champions page on this part 2 video th-cam.com/video/MGbOagrQSVE/w-d-xo.html Thank you everyone for watching! More cool content coming up
@@MrGuybrush Its really not as bad as ppl say it is. With around 160 champions there is always gonna be some that are stronger then others from patch to patch and some have abilitys that are just more annoying to play against but it really isent as bad as ppl make it out to be.
@@TheHunterOfYharnampeople in the League community like to overreact for the "memes". But if you look at it in perspective. League is literally the best at balancing champions with how much they do patch notes. No other online pvp games do patch notes, adjustments and updates as much as League of fkng Legends.
Yeh, and also they messid Vander, when LoL players all the season thinks about this strange things with him and make theory. Also Singed whom players remember more becouse of the game and understed that he not just a minor character. And I still have a question about the ret in the first series if is it Twich?
@@jerrromirrr5069i rewatched it the other day and even tho ive never played league, knowing what i do now about their lore i kept thinking about how insane that moment mustve been 😭
Missed Singed! He's never mentioned by name by any of the other characters in Arcane, but the subtitles and post-episode credits use his name. He's "the doctor" working with Silco at the beginning of the series and the man Viktor gets the shimmer from in Act 2.
@@MrGuybrush actually, Vander is in the game too, but his name is spoiler for season 2. League players (me included) understood who Vander is just listening to some interaction between a certain character and Jinx and Vi.
Your arcane reactions were really dope from a Non-league player. Just a warning if you're worried about spoilers as you can see several characters aren't at their "final form" that they may reach at future seasons. I wouldn't worry too much about "spoilers" since all of this is open information that's been in the game for 10+ years. The writers know that and will have surprises for all of us, even the veteran league players :)
Oh wow thank you so much, this means a lot to me 🥺 I'm happy you enjoyed the reactions! Yeah I was worried about spoilers after this video but I bet by season 2 I will forget anyway haha 😂
Fun Easter egg with Viktor in the show: the laser hand weapon that he uses in game is one of the things that Viktor and Jayce show to Heimerdinger. In the scene he accidentally shot a laser at the poro (white fluffy pet that Heimerdinger brought) and singes it.
@@MrGuybrush He forgot to mention that the League of Legends Worlds Championship is actually the biggest Esport event in the world too 👀. If you've never heard of it, I recommend you watch the opening ceremonies of each "Worlds" 🙂. They're all amazing, especially from 2017 forward.
@@MrGuybrush yea you need to check them out. worlds since 2016 has been within 3% viewership of the superbowl. take in its online only and no T.V. says alot.
09:42 Remember when they were showing off the new inventions and almost fried Heimeldinger's pet with a laser ? It was the mechanical arm you can see in the picture.
@@MrGuybrushactually the Hex Core changed his legs and arm flesh into metal, you can hear it in the scene which in retrospectively is a partialy cure or it delayed his sickness. I belive he will try make it under his control, not the hex core but I belive he might get lost in revenge or help plot to Help Jace after ending of Season 1, which make him fully embrace HexCore by fusing him self with metal and maybe cool fight with Jace after he by equping mechanical arm and joining Zaun Side.
@@MrGuybrush Dont worry Ryze is connected to Arcane, since Heimer mentioned the "Rune Wars" and how civilizations were destroyed because of that. And well Ryze was part of that.
Yeah viktor is a big spoiler if they will continue his story in seasson 2, and you also missed some champions like Singed and another one which i will not say but is related to Vander story
@@ESP_Blinks It is not hard, it is impossible. There was nothing indicating this until the show, very well hid canon, but i figured out he is in the game when someone called him the hound of the undercity, don+t know if that was when everyone else started to figute it out aswell.
@@MrGuybrush They've been working together as Piltover enforcers for ages, long before Arcane decided to spin it in a certain direction. Personally hoping they bring in Urgot next season though, there's a whole animation where the two of them fight this absolute juggernaut.
@@MrGuybrush to let you know arcane was a separate universe than the main universe but last year to make lore easier to understand they are making most of the universes all the core universe. meaning arcane is now cannon. it does mean some of the old lore is now thrown out but they want videos and other media to bet understood easier. there is still a few multiverse stuff out there but those are easy to tell they are not the main universe.
@@Lord_Numpty I mean, their relationship has been speculated on since Vi was introduced (I should know, I remember when she was launched). When you have them both on the same team, you get an icon that says, "Piltover's Finest," which used to be their portmanteau ship name in fanfic; before Arcane came out and people who hadn't played the game started calling their ship "Violyn" instead.
Fun Fact, all the Champions are older than Arcane :D They took the Lore of Pillover and maked a show about this. Yes this is Victor^^ You need to think, that everyone in the Show is younger than in the games. Its befor they all got summoned by the Summoner (us Players)
@@MrGuybrush That I'm not sure, but uh, you also missed Vander...(Im not gonna tell you who Vander is.... Because that would be a huge spoiler... you'll see eventually, when season two comes out that is.) Ps: What I said is still just a theory even for us(league players) Cause it hasn't been confirmed yet, however it is a theory with a lot of evidence, in the show, in the champion's lore, the fact that Vander took Shimmer before he died, and the fact that Singed(The doctor) is in the show.
I LOVE see people who don't play league reacting to the champions, the game can be very... stressfully, but the lore, the characters, the universe is so good
@@MrGuybrush you might like "get jinxed", it's a decade old but tons of veteran players were talking about it around the same time arcane came out (because it's a cinematic entirely dedicated to powder/jinx)
I love how he completely missed that Vi's title is "The Piltovan enforcer" Now that Acane season two trailer is out it's not a spoiler anymore but we League players knew all along
The mage wasn`t confirmed but yes a lot of fans theorized it was either Ryze or a future Viktor between Arcane human Viktor and full on Machine Herald Viktor back in Season 1.
You missed Singed and Vander (although Vander has a different name in lol so you wouldn't be able to find him). Silco also showed up in a 'spin-off' game called TFT (he's not in this list).
You also got Janna over there she is part of the lore of Arcane as you can see a lot of pictures of her and people praying to her that she was the godess of wind and fresh air that helped people when in the Zaun there were toxic gases everywhere
7:16 It's not confirmed who the mage was, but it's very unlikely for it to have been Ryze. Ryze already had blueish skin during the Rune Wars, which is the thing that traumatized Heimerdinger about magic. He's also never been seen with a staff.
4:07 mage in league just means they scale more off AP (ability power) than AD (attack damage) they can be scientists or whatever, but mage is a whole class type of champions, they typically go mid lane but not always, some are jungle, some can be support. Quick rundown of the game: You got Top lane champs, usually filled with bruisers who can take a hit and dish some damage too, it is mostly a solo lane where you will be 1v1 most of the time with having to watch out for the jungler. Top is pretty interesting in that while bruisers are most likely, in truth if you are good enough with a champion, anyone is viable up there. It is a straight 1v1 most of the time and if you can outplay your enemy and avoid being surprised by the jungle you will win your lane in all likelihood. That does not mean it is easier though. Junglers are the people who often can sway the tide of the game, they roam in the jungle, thus the name, killing neutral enemies for gold and pulling ganks (surprise attacks) on people who are not paying attention or helping a lane who might be strugling to catch up some. Usually a good choice for team leader as they need the most map awareness and can make good calls with that intel. Mid lane is much like top lane in that they are 1v1, however they have to worry about ambushes from both sides. This leads them to often be mages as they have more range typically and they can then stay back and be safer. If mid lane gets ahead they often roam and assist like a jungle too as they are center stage and closest to assist next to possibly the jungle. As such they are also a good choice for leader, they tend to make good use of map awareness as well. Bot lane and Support, this is the coop lane pretty much. Bot lane is your Attack Damage Carry, or ADC, they like to think of themselves as the quarterback of the game... and honestly a good one could be considered that. They do a lot of damage, usually all damage in fact, heavy hitters who are all focused on attack damage (typically) the trade off is they tend to not be able to take a hit, so they often need help to get rolling. That is where Support comes in, the most versatile role, supports can be tanks, crowd controllers, healers, buffers, debuffers, anything that can help the ADC get kills, and that is their job at least until team fighting starts then they support everyone. The downside to this lane is that both ADC and Support share the same gold source, there are items to help this, but for the most part ADC gets all the gold they can to build faster, and Support just suffers... I mean supports. Good synergy is a must down here. Aside from that there are a few variations, but this is the main meta because it is the optimal and most common seen strategy. I have seen supports mid lane, I have seen double (one counters) jungle, support top, etc. but it is rare that people deviate from the meta honestly, so that is likely what you'd see. Now non meta picks on champions, that is more likely and personally I like creativity, so I am all for odd choices, but it can sometimes end in disaster.
I know this video is a month old but when u go back and look at the default vi and jinx splashart you can see the city in the background of vi is not damaged but jinx has the same city in her background this time damaged by her havoc
Of course they do but you just dont know what balancing means xD. If every Champ would be equally strong and balanced the game would start to die, cause there would be no patches and nothing interesting that would happen cause they would have to keep that state. So no new items, no new runes, no map changes, no new champions just nothing. League would just die if they would balance like this. They initiate new metas with there patches and then balance this meta to keep the game fresh and new. Everything else would lead into the games death.
Istg Lol players are so spoiled they have no idea how good Riot is at balancing this mess of an ancient game. Players from other multiplayer pvp games envy you.
I've been playing League of Legends for 12 years. I always wonder how Arcane affects people who don't play LoL. For us gamers, Arcane is somehow twice as epic. It was fun to see how you recognize the characters in the game. Kind of like how I reacted when I saw the Champions in Arcane. Thank you for sharing your reaction with us.
That's so cool to read! I love that people appreciate the reaction of someone who has never played LoL, and I absolutely loved the show (haven't watched S2 yet), not knowing who is a champion really made it interesting and didn't give anything away. Thank you for watching!
The „mage” designation on Heimer is just a role. He casts abilities to deal damage, so he is a mage. But his abilities are a death lazer and a turret, so he is still an inventor.
The thing with Heimerdinger is his Rune Wars trauma relating to his Yordle magic is somewhat different between "League" and "Arcane". In "Arcane",he`s portrayed as more overtly anti-magic whilst in "League" he prefers to hide his magic from his fellow Pilties and other humans with glamor and encourages other Yordles like Ziggs to do the same.Aside from that, the "M`boys" and geekspeak are fairly consistent across both.
Ryze is a runemage and 1 of the most powerful mages on Runterra from the lore and alot of ppl thought that it was him that saved Jayce but unless Riot planned on changing hes lore it couldent have been him. For one the silhouette we get of the mage looks to mutch human to be Ryze and he dosent have hes traditional scroll on him and in the show the mage is using a crystal to teleport them that he then gives to Jayce, Ryze is so powerful that he wouldent need to use an external amplifier like that crystal to teleport ppl around. Its mutch more likly that its an unknown mage that just happened to be passing by. 9:52 If u refer to the streamer Tyler1 then no, Hes mostly known for playing Draven.
TBF that would be Ryze from what, 25 years ago? Maybe even more since the Jayce in LoL look like he's in his 40s. I don't see why it couldn't be Ryze, maybe he wasn't as powerful back then
@@Kratos263 I suppose everything is possable as we dont se hes face but it would be extremely unlikly for multiple resons. Ryze is around 250-300 years old so even if we go back a few decades hes not gonna be any weaker as a mage and even if we assume it is Ryze when he was mutch weaker then where is hes master that traveled with him and also trained him. They traveled together to find and hide the powerful world runes from ppl wanting to use them. Ryze only ended up alone becouse hes master got corrupted by 1 and he hade to kill him so power he is definatly not lacking. I would love for it to be Ryze as hes lore storys are great but that mage having to use that external power source to teleport them is a dead giveaway that that is not Ryze. Teleportation magic is about as basic as it gets for someone as powerful as he is.
you missed warwick, singed, leblanc, orianna ( we can see her on the end of arcane 2 whit singed ), but its okay because u dont know the game and the idea of the video is amazing!!❤
7:50 The mage who saved Jayce could be Ryze but is more likely either a random mage or an Easter Egg for the "Summoner". The League of Legends game lore is/was(it might have changed) that we the players are called Summoners. We Summoners call upon Champions to do battle in an arena. The summoned Champions are Heroes, Legends, Deities, etc... from Runeterra. It is only an aspect or copy of the Champion that is summoned to be Avatar of us Summoners. In Arcane it is probably an unnamed mage to make sense. Ryze is a bit too powerful to be in that location + his blue skin. He is off doing things involving incredibly powerful magic. It could be a Summoner, so a player of the game from our world, but that would be bad for the lore of the world to have us running around in it. Still a fun Easter Egg to think about and a nod to the game and all the players.
They retconned that old Summoner lore a long time ago at this point, and tbh I'm glad they did, because it opened up a lot more freedom for them to create stories like Arcane. They don't need to make the game something you actually play in their fictional setting for the characters and the relationships between them to be compelling.
A champion getting a skin is not directly related to how old the champion is. There are several factors that determine whether a champion gets skin. One of these is, of course, how old the champion is. However, the champion also needs to fit into a specific theme since skins are no longer designed individually but as part of a series. Additionally, the champion’s popularity and how frequently they are played also play a role. The potential for the skin to sell is another important factor. When designing skins, they take all of these elements into account, including the price point, and only then do they decide to create a skin for a particular champion.
Yeah, I thought it was, but people have been telling me it's not confirmed. I made an update video talking about it! Thank you for the correction, still learning about the huge lore 😅
It's insane that you recognized Ryze without having played league at all, he is literally in the series for only a minute, but yeah he is the mage that teleports Jayce and his mother to safety
Ekko didn't have his rewind time skill yet in season 1. The cool little cutscene/music sequence between him and Jinx/Powder was an allusion to his time power that he'd be getting later, and it was just kind of showing that they played this game when they were kids, except it's just not a game anymore. I suppose you could say he remembered what to expect from her and how he'd get into melee range. He will probably have the time ability in season 2 since he was buddied up with Heimerdinger at the end of episode 9.
You missed Twitch. He is the rat that was given the Shimmer serum and ate the cat in episode 1, and Singed is also a character you will recognize from the show.
@@PoisonVibe666 Twitch is a giant mutated rat from Zaun. I suppose their could be more than one giant mutated rat from Zaun in the show, but thats way more of a stretch than that simply being Twitch IMO.
@@palinozog658 That rat was just a test subject, we don't even know if it survived. It could be Twitch, but it also could not be. The fact that Twitch can actually speak makes me think it's not and there's more to Twitch than just being a rat that took shimmer.
League Champions in Arcane so far from ss1 to ss2 including cameo and mention. Appear in Arcane and essential to the plot 1. Jinx 2. Vi 3. Ekko 4. Warwick 5. Jayce 6. Viktor 7. Heimerdinger 8. Singed 9. Ambessa 10. Caitlyn Mention/Cameos 1. Orianna (confirm to be Singed's Daughter) 2. Janna (just a statue of her the real her cannot appear) 3. Leblanc (clones of her trying attack Ambessa and Mel) Champions that might appear in the future. 1. Urgot (it's highly possible that Ricter will be Arcane version of Urgot) 2. Swain (haven't been mentioned yet but I think next league show might set in Noxus) 3. Zigg (he might appears as Heimerdinger's next pupil and Ekko junior in Arcane) 4. Zac (arcane shenanigans might accidentally created Zac) 5. Doc Mundo 6. Ezreal 7. Camile (it's highly possible that Camile might be either a Kiraman or Caitlyn's dad Auntie in Arcane. I think it's the latter. Caitlyn's dad seems like he's coming from inventor family which is exactly what Ferros family is all about) 8. Twitch
So. The cool part of Arcane is, besides the overall lore foundation, the biggest thing taken from League was the team's specific experience making music videos to advertise the game. So a lot of the filming techniques they used, for say the Jinx and Ekko bridge fight, came from that unique background. For extra fun, I highly recommend first: looking up the character music themes (might be called "login screens"). Vi and Jinx offer vocaled ones, with Jinx's showing up in the show as an easter egg. Ekko's is a personal favorite. And the orange skin for Jinx, Odyssey, is a Guardians of the Galaxy universe they made. If you want to see a zany but not crazy very of Jinx, you should look at the video they made for that: Jinx is filming herself to introduce her crew to the audience. It's really well done.
A few you missed: Singed is the mad scientist that Viktor interacts with. Renata Glasc was made to be a stand-in for Silco. Some people theorize that Vander will turn into Warwick in season 2.
Well, I don't know if it's official or not, but Ryze may be the person from the beginning, because he travels through space-time to save Runeterra (the world where Arcane takes place), because he has already witnessed the war that would end Runeterra, caused by the global runes, since then he travels through time trying to get them all to guard and protect them, while "fighting" with himself not to lose control of the runes and of himself (the brand was consumed by one of the runes in case anyone is curious to know)
After the show came out, Riot ret-conned a lot of lore and made Arcane canon. So I guess the arcane skin is now the "real" look for these characters. Also, Vander might still be a champion. Theories about who he is might be a bit of a stretch, but some of them are plausible enough to happen in season 2.
QUICK SPOILER AND A FUN FACT: The doctor in Arcane his name is Singed he's the one helping/teaching Viktor in the sewer. Vander is in League of Legends, his name is Warwick. After he died(probably), he was experimented on by singed and transformed him into an absolute monster (much more than he was in Arcane, tbh one of the most scary and horrifying lores in LoL was the story of Warwick and Singed. MUST TRY READING IT, HIGHLY SUGGESTED)
Speaking as a long time league and WoW player, it was fuckin' delightful to watch this, haha. Also LoL was built on the bones of Warcraft 3 so when you say Jayce resembles Uther?? Yeaaaah, that's spot on accurate. You can sort of see which champs were re-modeled murlocs or gnomes [yordles] and which were likely WoW characters.
Haha I'm glad someone sees that as well! I guess from the Warcraft 3 DOTA days some things kinda stayed the same. They all took inspiration from each other right?
Picked up Ryze, thats observant as, they didnt even confirm in show (yet as far i know) but its def suggestive its ryze, even has one of the abilities from the show
Ryze is most likely not the mage in jayce's flash back. Ryze's skin has been blue for several hundred years by the time of arcane, and he isnt really worried about helping random people. Dead set on his quest to collect/seal the world runes (primal magic conduits). Once the mage finishes casting and gives jayce the stone, it shoes him having a natural skin tone rather than Ryze's blue.
Update: Based on the comments I revisited the champions page on this part 2 video th-cam.com/video/MGbOagrQSVE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you everyone for watching! More cool content coming up
Yes that IS Victor in the show its a set up to how his character became that.
Dont play the game just read the characters backstories and lore. Thats more fun. and watch their release trailers.
btw you can play league of legeds with a lot less toxicity if you play against the AI.
ryze is not the mage. it is viktor. vander is warwick you skipped him in the last part
i quit playing league since 2019
I didn't think you would recognize Viktor, but you must have quick eyes. You overlooked Singed though ;)
Not to suprising as i dont think they ever mention hes name in the show.
@@Shiftry87 Only in the credits
@@Shiftry87 if you have the subtitile it shows but thats about it
I mean, it's written "Viktor" so..
He also skipped over another champion, but that would be spoilers as well. >,< cough cough. WW
3:48: "how do they balance this game?"
They dont.
That's a vibe, poor LoL community 💀
Exact same reaction here
@@MrGuybrush Its really not as bad as ppl say it is. With around 160 champions there is always gonna be some that are stronger then others from patch to patch and some have abilitys that are just more annoying to play against but it really isent as bad as ppl make it out to be.
@@MrGuybrush its a bit balanced..although some champions especially the new ones need some patches
@@TheHunterOfYharnampeople in the League community like to overreact for the "memes". But if you look at it in perspective. League is literally the best at balancing champions with how much they do patch notes. No other online pvp games do patch notes, adjustments and updates as much as League of fkng Legends.
Vander is in the game, but it will be spoiler to say who.
wtf? you gotta tell me
@@cb5818 spoooooooooooil >>>>>>>>> warwick
@@cb5818 it's WW
@@fairy1556 bruuuhhhh how does that happen?
@@cb5818 look at the thing hanging in Singed's lab in the ending
"i hope this doesn't spoil me"
WW, Camille and Blitz in the corner: "Nah, you're good fam"
And Renata
this aged like milk lmao
@@knhosh6502 So it did spoil
@@captainobvious8037 i mean kind of yeah 😭
urgot, twitch, zac, renata
Lol players who first watch arcane 🤝 Arcane only watchers who sees the LoL roster : "that's Viktor?!"
Not gonna lie, watching the scene in which Viktor drops his name for the first time my soul left my body XD
This is so relatable. Me and my brother was watching the scene and at the same time we both went: "Victor!"
Yeh, and also they messid Vander, when LoL players all the season thinks about this strange things with him and make theory. Also Singed whom players remember more becouse of the game and understed that he not just a minor character. And I still have a question about the ret in the first series if is it Twich?
@@bigarmy2998 I'd wager twitch would have a more prominent role if he was included in the show. Rather than just a normal test rat
@@jerrromirrr5069i rewatched it the other day and even tho ive never played league, knowing what i do now about their lore i kept thinking about how insane that moment mustve been 😭
Missed Singed! He's never mentioned by name by any of the other characters in Arcane, but the subtitles and post-episode credits use his name. He's "the doctor" working with Silco at the beginning of the series and the man Viktor gets the shimmer from in Act 2.
Awww that sucked that I missed some!! I thought I did a perfect job and then I checked the comments 😅 Thanks for pointing it out and for watching!!
Vander was also missed xDDD
@@MrGuybrush actually, Vander is in the game too, but his name is spoiler for season 2. League players (me included) understood who Vander is just listening to some interaction between a certain character and Jinx and Vi.
wait didn't heimer or victor mention his name.
janna to ;)
Your arcane reactions were really dope from a Non-league player. Just a warning if you're worried about spoilers as you can see several characters aren't at their "final form" that they may reach at future seasons. I wouldn't worry too much about "spoilers" since all of this is open information that's been in the game for 10+ years. The writers know that and will have surprises for all of us, even the veteran league players :)
Oh wow thank you so much, this means a lot to me 🥺 I'm happy you enjoyed the reactions!
Yeah I was worried about spoilers after this video but I bet by season 2 I will forget anyway haha 😂
@@MrGuybrush Season 2's coming out in November 2024 so it's not that far off 👀.
Writers told that arcane is the main story and other stories gonna be changed around arcane.
Fun Easter egg with Viktor in the show: the laser hand weapon that he uses in game is one of the things that Viktor and Jayce show to Heimerdinger. In the scene he accidentally shot a laser at the poro (white fluffy pet that Heimerdinger brought) and singes it.
9:27 "Glorious Evolution" ....bro u have exactly the same voice as viktor x'D
I take that as a compliment 😆
@@MrGuybrush ofc it was ! i like ur videos i subscribe and like !!!
The mood transition from most Jinx skins to Arcane Jinx made me gasp
When you looked at the skins, there were some skins that were dedicated to teams winning worlds, the biggest League tournament in the world.
Oh that's awesome! I didn't know they had so much going on in this game
@@MrGuybrush He forgot to mention that the League of Legends Worlds Championship is actually the biggest Esport event in the world too 👀. If you've never heard of it, I recommend you watch the opening ceremonies of each "Worlds" 🙂. They're all amazing, especially from 2017 forward.
@@MrGuybrush yea you need to check them out. worlds since 2016 has been within 3% viewership of the superbowl. take in its online only and no T.V. says alot.
@@MrGuybrushYou are so ignorant, that is a bit cute
@@allinix7 lol should I take that as a compliment? 🤣🤣
Okay, so now rewatch this video after Arcane 2
09:42 Remember when they were showing off the new inventions and almost fried Heimeldinger's pet with a laser ? It was the mechanical arm you can see in the picture.
I remember!! That's a good eye. I'm wondering if they will eventually do Viktor like that or keep the "steel hextech" route. Either way I'm excited!
@@MrGuybrushactually the Hex Core changed his legs and arm flesh into metal, you can hear it in the scene which in retrospectively is a partialy cure or it delayed his sickness.
I belive he will try make it under his control, not the hex core but I belive he might get lost in revenge or help plot to Help Jace after ending of Season 1, which make him fully embrace HexCore by fusing him self with metal and maybe cool fight with Jace after he by equping mechanical arm and joining Zaun Side.
@@MrGuybrush oh he’ll definitely dawn the full metal mask just a matter of when
@@ChalkyMonkey6 well...
@@instantchaos2385 well what he’s not actually capped
Ryze is not that mage. At least we don't have a confirnation that he is. The are other rune-mages out there, so it might be one if them.
Aww I was hoping that was him!! Oh well. Close enough I guess! I wonder if we will see more of him during season 2
@@MrGuybrush Dont worry Ryze is connected to Arcane, since Heimer mentioned the "Rune Wars" and how civilizations were destroyed because of that. And well Ryze was part of that.
Ryze is basically one of the main protagonists of the entire LoL universe when you look what his mission is in the grand scheme of the setting.
@@andypae indeed he is, i wonder if theyre gonna show at least a hint of ezreal in S2, he's the one who makes the new world map nonetheless
I think ezreal belongs to the "main characters" roster as well
Yeah viktor is a big spoiler if they will continue his story in seasson 2, and you also missed some champions like Singed and another one which i will not say but is related to Vander story
I would have been suprised if he somehow made the Vander connection as a non lol player when most players dident even know about that before the show.
@Shiftry87 i think is super hard, and the scene is not long enough to pay attention without pausing
@@ESP_Blinks It is not hard, it is impossible. There was nothing indicating this until the show, very well hid canon, but i figured out he is in the game when someone called him the hound of the undercity, don+t know if that was when everyone else started to figute it out aswell.
"How do they balance this game" is a question we ask ourselves everyday 😂😂💔
Also missed in officer skins, that Vi and Caitlyn shows up in each other picture
Ahhh yeah I didn't see that! It's nice to see how they keep up with the lore even in the game's artwork 👍
@@MrGuybrush They've been working together as Piltover enforcers for ages, long before Arcane decided to spin it in a certain direction.
Personally hoping they bring in Urgot next season though, there's a whole animation where the two of them fight this absolute juggernaut.
@@MrGuybrush to let you know arcane was a separate universe than the main universe but last year to make lore easier to understand they are making most of the universes all the core universe. meaning arcane is now cannon. it does mean some of the old lore is now thrown out but they want videos and other media to bet understood easier. there is still a few multiverse stuff out there but those are easy to tell they are not the main universe.
They also do in the Heartache Vi and Heartthrob Caitlyn skins
@@Lord_Numpty I mean, their relationship has been speculated on since Vi was introduced (I should know, I remember when she was launched). When you have them both on the same team, you get an icon that says, "Piltover's Finest," which used to be their portmanteau ship name in fanfic; before Arcane came out and people who hadn't played the game started calling their ship "Violyn" instead.
Seeing prestige version > ,,oh it is the same '' hit so hard :c
I didn't know what to expect but it was pretty exciting to see your fresh, first time reaction to these characters :)
“How do they balance this game?”
Me laughing maniacally😂🤣
when he said: how do they balance this game??, i was like THATS THE FUN PART THEY DONT! HAHA
Fun Fact, all the Champions are older than Arcane :D They took the Lore of Pillover and maked a show about this. Yes this is Victor^^ You need to think, that everyone in the Show is younger than in the games. Its befor they all got summoned by the Summoner (us Players)
I think summoners are no longer part of the lore tho
this year ambessa medarda will became a champion in the game too. is the first character original from the show to became playable in the game
Oh wow, that's cool. I thought she was a badass, glad they are making a champion for her! Will the pleasure boy also be there? 😂
@@MrGuybrush That I'm not sure, but uh, you also missed Vander...(Im not gonna tell you who Vander is.... Because that would be a huge spoiler... you'll see eventually, when season two comes out that is.)
Ps: What I said is still just a theory even for us(league players) Cause it hasn't been confirmed yet, however it is a theory with a lot of evidence, in the show, in the champion's lore, the fact that Vander took Shimmer before he died, and the fact that Singed(The doctor) is in the show.
@@dinossower2560 yeah "vander is X" is fan theory, not really confirmed... but will be cool if they did confirm it in season 2
@@gexianhen yeah, I still think it HAS to be X, they even used the theme music on ep 3.
I LOVE see people who don't play league reacting to the champions, the game can be very... stressfully, but the lore, the characters, the universe is so good
You should watch the league cinematics, they're awesome
I will!! I watched "Still here" but that was it, excited to check them out!
@@MrGuybrush you might like "get jinxed", it's a decade old but tons of veteran players were talking about it around the same time arcane came out (because it's a cinematic entirely dedicated to powder/jinx)
I love how he completely missed that Vi's title is "The Piltovan enforcer"
Now that Acane season two trailer is out it's not a spoiler anymore but we League players knew all along
I had no idea!!! And on this video I was just so excited to check everything out that I missed it 😅😅 I watched the trailer for season 2 and saw it!!
@@MrGuybrush It's also the reason Vi and Cait both have Police skins :D
Technically Kindred is also mentioned in the series. In a pleasure den, where Caitlyn was waiting for Vi, there's a person with wearing Kindred mask
The mage wasn`t confirmed but yes a lot of fans theorized it was either Ryze or a future Viktor between Arcane human Viktor and full on Machine Herald Viktor back in Season 1.
You missed Singed and Vander (although Vander has a different name in lol so you wouldn't be able to find him). Silco also showed up in a 'spin-off' game called TFT (he's not in this list).
You missed Singed. Understandable though, everyone who isn't a fan of the games thinks he's a side character.
They never mention his name in series. Apart from the players, no one knows Singed's real identity.
He's actually one of the most important ones
@@nikeleader3844 six months later, he still was only mentioned by his real name, not Singed.
@@kikikillian1208He`s credited as Singed.
@@aspieanarchist5439 I know, but nobody ever called him that
You also got Janna over there she is part of the lore of Arcane as you can see a lot of pictures of her and people praying to her that she was the godess of wind and fresh air that helped people when in the Zaun there were toxic gases everywhere
Ambessa Medarda (Mel's mom) isn't there yet but she's one of the upcoming champion for this year
yup, shes out rn
@@johon127 you're replying to a 6 month old comment. why though?
@@dandyloona thought it’d be funny
3:49 thats the neat part, they dont😀
Was about to say that xd
7:16 It's not confirmed who the mage was, but it's very unlikely for it to have been Ryze. Ryze already had blueish skin during the Rune Wars, which is the thing that traumatized Heimerdinger about magic. He's also never been seen with a staff.
It's not like Ryze would give a rune to a random boy as well
4:07 mage in league just means they scale more off AP (ability power) than AD (attack damage) they can be scientists or whatever, but mage is a whole class type of champions, they typically go mid lane but not always, some are jungle, some can be support.
Quick rundown of the game:
You got Top lane champs, usually filled with bruisers who can take a hit and dish some damage too, it is mostly a solo lane where you will be 1v1 most of the time with having to watch out for the jungler. Top is pretty interesting in that while bruisers are most likely, in truth if you are good enough with a champion, anyone is viable up there. It is a straight 1v1 most of the time and if you can outplay your enemy and avoid being surprised by the jungle you will win your lane in all likelihood. That does not mean it is easier though.
Junglers are the people who often can sway the tide of the game, they roam in the jungle, thus the name, killing neutral enemies for gold and pulling ganks (surprise attacks) on people who are not paying attention or helping a lane who might be strugling to catch up some. Usually a good choice for team leader as they need the most map awareness and can make good calls with that intel.
Mid lane is much like top lane in that they are 1v1, however they have to worry about ambushes from both sides. This leads them to often be mages as they have more range typically and they can then stay back and be safer. If mid lane gets ahead they often roam and assist like a jungle too as they are center stage and closest to assist next to possibly the jungle. As such they are also a good choice for leader, they tend to make good use of map awareness as well.
Bot lane and Support, this is the coop lane pretty much. Bot lane is your Attack Damage Carry, or ADC, they like to think of themselves as the quarterback of the game... and honestly a good one could be considered that. They do a lot of damage, usually all damage in fact, heavy hitters who are all focused on attack damage (typically) the trade off is they tend to not be able to take a hit, so they often need help to get rolling. That is where Support comes in, the most versatile role, supports can be tanks, crowd controllers, healers, buffers, debuffers, anything that can help the ADC get kills, and that is their job at least until team fighting starts then they support everyone. The downside to this lane is that both ADC and Support share the same gold source, there are items to help this, but for the most part ADC gets all the gold they can to build faster, and Support just suffers... I mean supports. Good synergy is a must down here.
Aside from that there are a few variations, but this is the main meta because it is the optimal and most common seen strategy. I have seen supports mid lane, I have seen double (one counters) jungle, support top, etc. but it is rare that people deviate from the meta honestly, so that is likely what you'd see. Now non meta picks on champions, that is more likely and personally I like creativity, so I am all for odd choices, but it can sometimes end in disaster.
I know this video is a month old but when u go back and look at the default vi and jinx splashart you can see the city in the background of vi is not damaged but jinx has the same city in her background this time damaged by her havoc
Since it’s been teased so much in season 1, Vander is most likely the wolf dude named Warwick
''How do they balance this game?''
That's the fun part, they dont.
Of course they do but you just dont know what balancing means xD. If every Champ would be equally strong and balanced the game would start to die, cause there would be no patches and nothing interesting that would happen cause they would have to keep that state. So no new items, no new runes, no map changes, no new champions just nothing. League would just die if they would balance like this. They initiate new metas with there patches and then balance this meta to keep the game fresh and new. Everything else would lead into the games death.
Istg Lol players are so spoiled they have no idea how good Riot is at balancing this mess of an ancient game. Players from other multiplayer pvp games envy you.
@@Aetherpeter Oh stop coping, the balance team is trash.. shit's accepted across the community as straight up facts.
@@Erebus008 have u ever played overwatch? Riot balance team is god tier compared to blizzard xd
@@Mleczko9996 The fuck does Overwatch have to do with League? They're not even in the same fucking genre dude!
Wow victor reacting to arcane.
I've been playing League of Legends for 12 years. I always wonder how Arcane affects people who don't play LoL. For us gamers, Arcane is somehow twice as epic. It was fun to see how you recognize the characters in the game. Kind of like how I reacted when I saw the Champions in Arcane. Thank you for sharing your reaction with us.
That's so cool to read! I love that people appreciate the reaction of someone who has never played LoL, and I absolutely loved the show (haven't watched S2 yet), not knowing who is a champion really made it interesting and didn't give anything away. Thank you for watching!
8:52 well well well...
The „mage” designation on Heimer is just a role. He casts abilities to deal damage, so he is a mage. But his abilities are a death lazer and a turret, so he is still an inventor.
Bro you sound exactly like victor, i got chills when you called jayce's name
The thing with Heimerdinger is his Rune Wars trauma relating to his Yordle magic is somewhat different between "League" and "Arcane". In "Arcane",he`s portrayed as more overtly anti-magic whilst in "League" he prefers to hide his magic from his fellow Pilties and other humans with glamor and encourages other Yordles like Ziggs to do the same.Aside from that, the "M`boys" and geekspeak are fairly consistent across both.
literally the main characters of the show
some clueless guy: oOO-UU--Wow i did not expect them to be champion
vander is there... he is warwick XD
Ryze is a runemage and 1 of the most powerful mages on Runterra from the lore and alot of ppl thought that it was him that saved Jayce but unless Riot planned on changing hes lore it couldent have been him. For one the silhouette we get of the mage looks to mutch human to be Ryze and he dosent have hes traditional scroll on him and in the show the mage is using a crystal to teleport them that he then gives to Jayce, Ryze is so powerful that he wouldent need to use an external amplifier like that crystal to teleport ppl around. Its mutch more likly that its an unknown mage that just happened to be passing by.
9:52 If u refer to the streamer Tyler1 then no, Hes mostly known for playing Draven.
TBF that would be Ryze from what, 25 years ago? Maybe even more since the Jayce in LoL look like he's in his 40s. I don't see why it couldn't be Ryze, maybe he wasn't as powerful back then
@@Kratos263 I suppose everything is possable as we dont se hes face but it would be extremely unlikly for multiple resons. Ryze is around 250-300 years old so even if we go back a few decades hes not gonna be any weaker as a mage and even if we assume it is Ryze when he was mutch weaker then where is hes master that traveled with him and also trained him. They traveled together to find and hide the powerful world runes from ppl wanting to use them. Ryze only ended up alone becouse hes master got corrupted by 1 and he hade to kill him so power he is definatly not lacking. I would love for it to be Ryze as hes lore storys are great but that mage having to use that external power source to teleport them is a dead giveaway that that is not Ryze. Teleportation magic is about as basic as it gets for someone as powerful as he is.
@@Shiftry87 Ahhh, I see I see
It's amazing seeing someone who has never played my childhood game (being playing for 11 years) be amazed by this ❣Makes my heart warm!
And now with Arcane Season 2, it's safe to tell Vander is there as Warwick
What's even more crazy, each skin has its own lore! Lol Arcane is just one univers 🤯🤯
Hahaha i want to see his face when he realized that vander is warwick 😅
As a league player, when viktor said his name in the series I almos fell of the chair
I also expected Ambessa to be there when I first watched the series, but only now is she being added!
"how do they balance the game"
Brother ask a very good question
“How do they balance this game?”
They don’t, that’s how.
you missed warwick, singed, leblanc, orianna ( we can see her on the end of arcane 2 whit singed ), but its okay because u dont know the game and the idea of the video is amazing!!❤
yeah man too bad the vid is 6 months old. Plus if you wanna be that guy u missed swain's raven
Jhin is also in it, though without mask
I live for the reactions!! it's like discovering a new universe(lit)
7:50 The mage who saved Jayce could be Ryze but is more likely either a random mage or an Easter Egg for the "Summoner".
The League of Legends game lore is/was(it might have changed) that we the players are called Summoners. We Summoners call upon Champions to do battle in an arena. The summoned Champions are Heroes, Legends, Deities, etc... from Runeterra. It is only an aspect or copy of the Champion that is summoned to be Avatar of us Summoners.
In Arcane it is probably an unnamed mage to make sense.
Ryze is a bit too powerful to be in that location + his blue skin. He is off doing things involving incredibly powerful magic.
It could be a Summoner, so a player of the game from our world, but that would be bad for the lore of the world to have us running around in it. Still a fun Easter Egg to think about and a nod to the game and all the players.
Yeah, summoners are no more, they had to change a lot of stories (Rip old trundle, one of the best lore still today for me)
They retconned that old Summoner lore a long time ago at this point, and tbh I'm glad they did, because it opened up a lot more freedom for them to create stories like Arcane. They don't need to make the game something you actually play in their fictional setting for the characters and the relationships between them to be compelling.
A champion getting a skin is not directly related to how old the champion is. There are several factors that determine whether a champion gets skin. One of these is, of course, how old the champion is. However, the champion also needs to fit into a specific theme since skins are no longer designed individually but as part of a series.
Additionally, the champion’s popularity and how frequently they are played also play a role. The potential for the skin to sell is another important factor. When designing skins, they take all of these elements into account, including the price point, and only then do they decide to create a skin for a particular champion.
This is so wholesome and sweet
Thank you so much! I never expected this video to get any views haha I'm so happy everyone is enjoying
Ryze is NOT the mage who save Jayce, that mage would be inferior to Ryze because how powerful Ryze is
Yeah, I thought it was, but people have been telling me it's not confirmed. I made an update video talking about it! Thank you for the correction, still learning about the huge lore 😅
It's insane that you recognized Ryze without having played league at all, he is literally in the series for only a minute, but yeah he is the mage that teleports Jayce and his mother to safety
Ekko didn't have his rewind time skill yet in season 1. The cool little cutscene/music sequence between him and Jinx/Powder was an allusion to his time power that he'd be getting later, and it was just kind of showing that they played this game when they were kids, except it's just not a game anymore. I suppose you could say he remembered what to expect from her and how he'd get into melee range. He will probably have the time ability in season 2 since he was buddied up with Heimerdinger at the end of episode 9.
Fun fact: valentines days Vi / Caitlyn skins shares the same splash art, and in game her base recalls completes each other :)
“How do they balance this game” I ask that question every day…
If you have already finished the second season you would need to see
Warwick, Singead and Ambessa
You missed Singed too. The doctor that was doing experiments with Silco and gave to Viktor his final form
You missed Twitch. He is the rat that was given the Shimmer serum and ate the cat in episode 1, and Singed is also a character you will recognize from the show.
Now that is not at all confirmed. xD
@@PoisonVibe666 Twitch is a giant mutated rat from Zaun. I suppose their could be more than one giant mutated rat from Zaun in the show, but thats way more of a stretch than that simply being Twitch IMO.
@@palinozog658 That rat was just a test subject, we don't even know if it survived. It could be Twitch, but it also could not be. The fact that Twitch can actually speak makes me think it's not and there's more to Twitch than just being a rat that took shimmer.
@@Raxiums add in that was early shimmer. twitch seams like he would need a better shimmer than that one.
not only u were wrong on him being twitch but another giant rat who speaks appeared so both your theories ended up being wrong
League Champions in Arcane so far from ss1 to ss2 including cameo and mention.
Appear in Arcane and essential to the plot
1. Jinx
2. Vi
3. Ekko
4. Warwick
5. Jayce
6. Viktor
7. Heimerdinger
8. Singed
9. Ambessa
10. Caitlyn
Mention/Cameos
1. Orianna (confirm to be Singed's Daughter)
2. Janna (just a statue of her the real her cannot appear)
3. Leblanc (clones of her trying attack Ambessa and Mel)
Champions that might appear in the future.
1. Urgot (it's highly possible that Ricter will be Arcane version of Urgot)
2. Swain (haven't been mentioned yet but I think next league show might set in Noxus)
3. Zigg (he might appears as Heimerdinger's next pupil and Ekko junior in Arcane)
4. Zac (arcane shenanigans might accidentally created Zac)
5. Doc Mundo
6. Ezreal
7. Camile (it's highly possible that Camile might be either a Kiraman or Caitlyn's dad Auntie in Arcane. I think it's the latter. Caitlyn's dad seems like he's coming from inventor family which is exactly what Ferros family is all about)
8. Twitch
Great reactions!
So. The cool part of Arcane is, besides the overall lore foundation, the biggest thing taken from League was the team's specific experience making music videos to advertise the game. So a lot of the filming techniques they used, for say the Jinx and Ekko bridge fight, came from that unique background.
For extra fun, I highly recommend first: looking up the character music themes (might be called "login screens"). Vi and Jinx offer vocaled ones, with Jinx's showing up in the show as an easter egg. Ekko's is a personal favorite.
And the orange skin for Jinx, Odyssey, is a Guardians of the Galaxy universe they made. If you want to see a zany but not crazy very of Jinx, you should look at the video they made for that: Jinx is filming herself to introduce her crew to the audience. It's really well done.
A few you missed:
Singed is the mad scientist that Viktor interacts with.
Renata Glasc was made to be a stand-in for Silco.
Some people theorize that Vander will turn into Warwick in season 2.
they showed Singed working on Warwick in the teaser for season 2 ;)
The chimico-punk (victor's friend) who create chimera, is in the game too ^^
Now there's also Singed, Warwick, Teemo(will apper at season 2 I believe), Ambesa. I Think that's it
Vander is a champion, so your prediction was pretty correct. He actually got transformed by Singed. He is currently the beast known as Warwick
You sounds like Viktor from Arcane ngl
That's funny, he's was one of my favorite characters!
Well, I don't know if it's official or not, but Ryze may be the person from the beginning, because he travels through space-time to save Runeterra (the world where Arcane takes place), because he has already witnessed the war that would end Runeterra, caused by the global runes, since then he travels through time trying to get them all to guard and protect them, while "fighting" with himself not to lose control of the runes and of himself (the brand was consumed by one of the runes in case anyone is curious to know)
Vander is Warwick and their is singed too, the professor who created Warwick
You should watch the league cinematic cut scenes, top tier
I watched "Still here" (it's on my channel) but the rest I don't know the names 😬 League has so many videos in their channel
The musician is Jhin and Marcus's daughter is Zeri
After the show came out, Riot ret-conned a lot of lore and made Arcane canon.
So I guess the arcane skin is now the "real" look for these characters.
Also, Vander might still be a champion. Theories about who he is might be a bit of a stretch, but some of them are plausible enough to happen in season 2.
QUICK SPOILER AND A FUN FACT:
The doctor in Arcane his name is Singed he's the one helping/teaching Viktor in the sewer.
Vander is in League of Legends, his name is Warwick. After he died(probably), he was experimented on by singed and transformed him into an absolute monster (much more than he was in Arcane, tbh one of the most scary and horrifying lores in LoL was the story of Warwick and Singed. MUST TRY READING IT, HIGHLY SUGGESTED)
Speaking as a long time league and WoW player, it was fuckin' delightful to watch this, haha. Also LoL was built on the bones of Warcraft 3 so when you say Jayce resembles Uther?? Yeaaaah, that's spot on accurate. You can sort of see which champs were re-modeled murlocs or gnomes [yordles] and which were likely WoW characters.
Haha I'm glad someone sees that as well! I guess from the Warcraft 3 DOTA days some things kinda stayed the same. They all took inspiration from each other right?
@@MrGuybrushYeah, League of Legends and Dota 2 were both built to be like the Warcraft III mod, Defense of the Ancients.
I know this man did not just say "wukong.. thats goku"
Ambessa is also got a new champion in lol last month and her daughter is getting a champion too soon
you forgot Singed, the scientist that helped Silco making Shimmer and the one that introduced Viktor to an endangered creature.
Check out my follow-up video! I talk about him and more that I missed in there 👀
"How do they balance this game?"
This was so funny to hear
Picked up Ryze, thats observant as, they didnt even confirm in show (yet as far i know) but its def suggestive its ryze, even has one of the abilities from the show
3:47 "There are so many champions! How do they balance the game?" They don't.
Singed and WarWick are teased on the show
"Im still looking for vander" i think bro missed him😭
No one told him Vander was there but he’s Warwick he was cooking tho
5:20 looks like Samus Aran from Metroid, yes. Man of culture.
Ryze is most likely not the mage in jayce's flash back. Ryze's skin has been blue for several hundred years by the time of arcane, and he isnt really worried about helping random people. Dead set on his quest to collect/seal the world runes (primal magic conduits). Once the mage finishes casting and gives jayce the stone, it shoes him having a natural skin tone rather than Ryze's blue.
Mels mother was not there but was confirmed to be realising as a champion this year.
You see Pics of teemo in the show too.
when he past warwick...
There were 2 more but they were only hinted at during the show so you never heard their names.
Someoone to vi on league: "Who taught you how to punch?"