Big boi Aatrox!!! I will be covering the rest in part 2 coming soon! If you guys enjoyed my reaction and review hit that like button and don't forget to let me know what you think in the comment section! 😁
@Philhan Hwang thank! I started this series thinking I might cover a few champions and now it looked like I’ll be doing a little bit more than just a few! Ok will add these to my list, thanks for the recommendations 🙏
@@ChubbyChoncc Unfortunately yeah. Along with one of the best strings of quotes where Aatrox talks about how far he has fallen with some of the best voice acting I've ever heard.
The void is.....well, its basically a place where lovecraftian elder gods(also called the watchers) are hanging out trying to figure out to destroy all of creation because it's stopping them from taking a nap. They're having a tough time of it because they have no idea how things like circulatory systems are for, or what simple concepts such as hot/cold mean. So they create little minions through trial and error to figure it out for them, like kog'maw (who was made to learn via eating but has such a poor digestive track that he vomits all the time), vel'koz (who was made to able to see very well, but his gaze disintegrates things), and Cho'gath (another learn through eating, but he keeps his food down, too well in fact, he grows larger every meal and discharges excess body mass as spikes). They(the watchers) corrupt things to carry out their purpose of annihilation for them. Aatrox, rhaast, varus, kassadin (not a darkin), lissandra (also not a darkin), Malzahar(still not a darkin) were all corrupted by the void. Kai'sai is a work in progress. Her suit is a voidling that burrowed inside her, mutated, and is eating her from the inside out. So thats fun.
Non-players reacts: are interested, amazed and loves everything about it Actual players reacts: never likes anything and it's never enough That's the vibe i get after watching lots of reaction videos on league. Just go watch them, you'll see the difference... (obviously i'm not saying every player is like that, just most of them)
Not only did the man make Tryn immortal but also ripped the diety outta Pantheon to turn him back into a human. Man's got the power to break plot armor.
i do think that atrox want death that why he is creating powerfull beings like tryndamere and pantheon all though in pantheon case his aim was to kill the god not the man i might be wrong
One important point about Aatrox that I really love is that while aatrox was in the blade, he had no eyes, no limbs and no lungs. He was drowning, choking but never actually dying. This pain and isolation might've been why he is so desperate for freedom. To the point where he is suicidal, wanting to march into his own death and all. This is one of the reason why Aatrox is my favourite champion. I sympathize with him. His anger and sadness in his voice is so obviously painful. If you listen closely to the quote, "How far have I fallen! A god reduced to a prisoner", it sounded as if he was going to burst into tears knowing full well he won't be able to go back.
I couldn't have said it better. Glad there are others that can realize that. That's exactly why he is my favorite too. I hate the people who say "after the rework he is just screaming now, I prefer the old Aatrox", without having any knowledge of what he went through. If anything I feel like he should be worse, angrier and even more insane. I think that's the ultimate form of punishment, worse than any torture (and he suffered it for thousands of years).
it's really interesting because aatrox, at first glance, seems like he's some "evil" who is evil just because. but really Aatrox is suicidal, he's so tired of being the sword, having no choice but to murder and steal the flesh of random mortals. he's hopeless and he's going to kill everything because it's the only purpose he has left
Pantheon was possessed by the Targonian Aspect of War, the one mentioned in Aatrox's bio. He WAS struck down by Aatrox, though, so yeah, they are connected. In fact, if you check out Pantheon's splash art, you might see a familiar face in the background :D The Void is a place (or non-place) between dimensions that started leaking into Runeterra. There's actually quite a large number of champions tied to it, but most of them are pretty old, and the newest one is... pretty bad, lore and appearance-wise.
@@nikkosmit6985 Yeah. She's not... terrible... in a vacuum, but I think she just doesn't work for what she's supposed to be. A girl that grew up in a Void rift ending up well-adjusted and looking like so many other same-facey female characters in LoL just doesn't make sense. Even in her concept art she looks more haggard, with black or glowing eyes and veins or scars on her face, with her suit looking more organic. But, as it so often is with LoL champions, whoever's in charge decided to use her most clean, boring version.
@@ninjatoriumnova2483 I agree with this Kai sa could have looked amazing if done right. But for someone who was trapped in the void, the place that permanently changed how Kassadin and Malzahar look, she looks perfectly fine. Even if it's just dark veins where the suit ends, that detail would let you feel for her. Instead, they went with the "cosplay friendly" approach...
@@ninjatoriumnova2483 ol, but its only her splashart. In her story its said that she looks terrible, its hard to recognise that she is even a human... She have kinda good lore... Only that lore doesnt counts in her look inside game.
@@sabotuerelthendo2578 probably cause she always has her mask on , we can view that as some sort of organic amor but to Shurimans it 's a humanoid voidling beast....
If you want to see Aatrox's original form its his skin called "Justicar Aatrox" The one you were wondering about is the bloodmoon skin for the bloodmoon event (good guess tho) He used to be an Ascended but after contact with fighting with the horrors of the void it corrupted him, the void is nearly unstoppable - if not unstoppable - (for example Aatrox and the other only manages to halt the spread of the void but its still there) and after being so close fighting its abominations the void corrupted him and the rest of the Ascended turning them into darkin, after that humans feared them, and the aspect of twilight from targon gave mortals a way to seal Aatrox in his blade by deceiving (You saw how they treated Aurelion sol, so as soon as Aatrox became an issue after he got corrupted by helping then instead of finding a way to help aatrox they said screw it and sealed all the darkin instead) The Darkin can even manipulate blood flesh and bones in what is called blood magic, it is why he can morph himself into whatever shape he wants, he can literally absorb their flesh and bone and transform it, tho it decays quick and is why i NEEDS to kill people in order to keep his form so he's not just trapped in the sword. On the Cage he even mentions that he was greedy and grew too large so he decayed too quickly and got trapped again without body I really like how they show how insane he grow from all the isolation of being trapped inside a sword without a body without being able to feel, see, hear. etc And as for the void, the void is a whole new different side of the lore, and really the main danger in runeterra right now, its not a single entity or monster etc but more of a whole new dimention Thank you for giving Aatrox a look cant wait for your next video :D
It's not unstoppable if you read Jax lore than you find out he has the lamp whit the fire what capable of defeating the void.or something like that. And he travel to Rune Terra to find trustworthy and strong ally's to stop the void.(Fun fact :Jax mastered all know weapon.Thats why he say Imagine if I had a real weapon.)
"Shoo-ree-mah"(Shurima) So the darkin are sealed in weapons which is Varus was awaken when Valmar and Kai activated the bow darkin which is Varus. The weapons look for hosts for them to inhabit which is why they look weird and alive. "The void is not a place, it's a power reaching out to consume all life" - Kai'sa You see for so long, the void was believed to be a wild hell underneath somewhere around Icathia or the old Icathia region turned into the void. It was believed that when you fall into the void, you won't survive because it corrupts your mind and devours you. Kassadin and Malzahar are the only two who were once human, got into the void for reasons(Kassadin is a father looking for his daughter) (Malzahar turned into a prophet of some sorts). That was until Kai'sa was released. Kai'sa: the daughter of the void is somehow sane because she let the void become her skin and this is Kassadin's daughter. She is now an adc in game. Kassadin Malzahar Kaisa this is a list of playable champions in the game that are survivors of the void. Oh and Kai'sa is also the violet girl in his trailer after Yasuo. Pantheon was an ascended warrior who climbed mount targon to be a a vessel for the God. The man's name was Atreus and when Pantheon , the god died by Aatrox's hands, Atreus the useless warrior who keeps losing his battles in his human life, was set free and now is a human in mind with godly powers. So basically the God possessed him but when the God died, he returned and had a different personality but he still is called "Pantheon"
Now that I think about it. Aurelion and Aatrox could be great friends (not literally, that would be hilarious) but they have the same enemy at least, espacially Zoe.
Aphelios?? Please do him c:?? His story and bio are interesting and his abilities are...... unique... for his interactions it's always his sister talking but it still sounds cool.
Aatrox main here There is no better feeling than playing Aatrox and listening to him roast every single character that approaches him and then just scream for a solid minute or so
AAtrox's in-combat revive was so powerful they straight up removed it after 6 months. my favourite part of Aatrox is that he is bluster, he screams at others to fight him, because if they do not, he will revert back to a sword...and left in darkness, with no eyes, in silence with no ears, constantly suffocating, with no lungs...forever. and there is nothing he fears more. a monster and a villain with their reason to fight being desperate fear is so interesting to me. Also pantheon did fight Aatrox in his story, Aatrox killed the god pantheon that was possessing the body of Atreus, but Atreus refused and spat at Aatrox, surviving just barely. the faction pronunciations btw are SHOO-REE-MAH - Shurima (desert) EE-KAA-THE-A - icathia (rebels who called the void) IKS-TAAL -ixtal (jungle nation, will come up later)
5:34 "The void is not so much a place ‒ it is a power, reaching out to consume all life." - Kai'sa. The void is some sort of dimension that twists everything it touches into a void-ish version of itself.
I know Camille is next, but i think that Kayn or Zoe would be better (Zoe explains inprisonment of darkins and Kayn has weird codependence with Rhast). Btw Pantheon isn't a darkin. He is the Aspect of War and he defeated Aatrox with one hit (he cut off Aatrox's arm in which one he was holding the blade).
So this boy aatrox is one of the 5 remaining darkins, Rhaast the Scythe of Kayn is another, and Varus who's the entity in the Bow from As we fall is another darkin. The other 2 darkins are still unknown. Pantheon is the Aspect of War mentioned in aatrox bio and who imprisoned Aurelion, and Zoe is the Aspect of Twillight also mentioned here. Shurima is the desert, it has nice lore and cinematics like the 3 part tale of the ascended.
(sorry in advance, english is not my first language) Btw close to the ending where he was talking to Pantheon and tryndamere and such were a part of the Champions interactions, and for a bit of clarity. The Darkin are Aatrox, Varus, and Kayne kinda(you will find out). The ascended like pantheon and such were similar to the God warriors of Shurima who after battling the void became the Darkin. Darkin is the new name of the God warriors after their fall so The darkin are the weapons since all the Darkin that survived were trapped within their weapons that they used to wield to battle. So Varus was a God warrior wielding a bow and Aatrox was a God warrior Wielding a sword. God warriors transcend mortality and become super humans kinda. Same with the Ascended like Pantheon and them. But 2 diffrent reigons. God warriors got their ascension is Shurmina a Ancient Empire that fell long ago and the Ascended come from Mount Targon were they climb the mountain and let a Aspect take control of their body to become The Aspect of War( pantheon) or the Aspect of Twilight ( Zoe ) there are more. The God warriors of Shurima did not have their bodies taken over by an Aspect. They were simply put like made into God warriors by the Sun Disc giving them immense powers and altering their human forms into something els.
A warning to Champion Spotlight: Aatrox's skill kit in the video is not the same today, the champion was very strong and not healthy for the game and they had to change many times, now he is very weak, but even so , any buff can make him very strong and be the best champion in the game. In addition, the Aatrox Rework was very controversial and criticized, because it changed a lot what the old Aatrox was, the only things that kept it similar with the old Aatrox was removed for the reasons I already mentioned. I recommend you to react to this documentary about Aatrox and how he became "The Only Champion Riot Has Ever Removed From League of Legends" documentary by Exil: th-cam.com/video/9a764zGHTSI/w-d-xo.html
Yeah that’s a good video, but I mean it’s all still Essentially the same, the ult really has the biggest changes but it wasn’t So different that he is looking at something entirely unfamiliar
Funfact 5 darkin weapon exist 3 of them are blade, scythe and bow but 2 are still unknown in a side story from varus u can think varus sister is one of them. The other thing is those 5 weapons are the strongest darkins because they couldn't be killed that's why there were trapped
Pantheon was an aspect of war and the aspect was slain by Aatrox you can see a giant scar on his chest and later Atreus the mortal fought Aatrox again and cut off one of his arms you cans see that one of his hands is smaller than the other
Watch Necrit's videos on the lore, he's covered most of the lore, and pretty much all the newly released stories, as these champions aren't just bounded by their voicelines/interactions, stories, and bios, there is actually way more stories that are outside of those, and Necrit tells ans summaries all of them neatly
22:20 On that thought, if Aurelion and Aatrox were ever to meet... oh boy. I mean think about it: Aurelion wants freedom from his crown, and Aatrox wants freedom from his agonizing existence in the Sword. If Aatrox was to break the crown (which considering that he literally killed the Aspect of War, is something he could quite possibly do), then Aurelion would be free to exact his revenge upon Targon... and obliterate the Sword along with it.
The fact that you dont play the game kinda makes it more fun, i like your channel couse your reactions arent over the top and they seem genuine, but still sometimes i ask my self if they are, you will get far keep it up.
varus is also a darkin, there is another one called rhaast which was referenced, and lore tells us there is a fourth, in the lore pantheon used to be a mortal man called atreus, he was not really skilled in battle, but he would always stand up and fight again, then he climbed mount targon and was accepted by the aspect of war, but just like aatrox does, it took over his body, so when pantheon came to be in battle with aatrox. aatrox cleaved his blade straight through pantheons chest, this killed the aspect of war and fanished his star sign from the sky's. aatrox thinking him dead left, but while the god died that day, the man stood once more, not under the yoke of the god. now having command of his body atreus can use the powers of the aspect of war and uses it to fight the battles others can't. this is a bit of the lore though, and anyone else feel free to correct me.
There are actually 5 darkin left, if we have aatrox top, rhaast jungle, varus bot and all that's left is a support and a mid laner one of which is varus' sister (in battle?)
1 Darkin is the name of the Ascended that got corrupted by the void 2 pantheons original name was Atreus and he was a normal solider but as he ascended the mountain targon he became aspect of the war and he once fought aatrox but aatrox managed to kill the aspect the pantheon but Atreus lived 3 also you should check out Kayle and Morgana u need to do them together bcs they are sisters and u wont understand one without the other
in deeper lore yeah targon (pantheons and etc) shurima asended and darkin like varus and aatrox are all connected into one all darkin were once good guys. ascended in shurima fighting the void. they got corupted and due to certain even at the time left without a leader to guide them nor purpouse as madness tries to take over their minds
My personal favourite champion in the entire game. To touch on some aspects you missed in the video, Aatrox is essentially unkillable in the sense that is he is killed, he just goes back into the sword. And the sword itself is indestructible. On the flipside, Aatrox's worst fear is ending up back inside the sword, since it is a fate worse than death, and he knows it. Another very important thing is that obviously there are more Darkin, and in fact, at one point there were at least 30 or so, those who were still alive after the fall of Shurima. There is a fantastic story that goes over all of this, and it essentially lays out the origin of the Darkin and what happened to them. You can find it on the League website in the same place as the bio, I don't remember the exact name. But to briefly summarise, the Ascended warriors of Shurima (aka Sunborn) were somehow corrupted or simply mentally unstable after the battle against the Void. When the empire fell, they split into factions, with the humans from the empire following the Ascended and worshipping them as gods. The Sunborn obviously clashed against each other and a ton of people died in those conflicts, earning them the name of Darkin, and hatred of their subjects. Eventually the Aspect of Twilight found a traitor among the Darkin, and using him, lured most Darkin to one spot where they were slaughtered. Aatrox and the other Darkin we know of, weren't at that meeting, and instead were trapped in the weapons they wielded. Now for the best part of all of this. The Aspect of Twilight was reincarnated into another champion in League, and Aatrox has a personal vendetta against her. He said as much in the lines.
I think that the second option is to find and make a deal with Azir. Maybe he can go back to the way things were through the use of the sun disc. The only issue is that Aatrox probably doesn't know who Azir is cause he was trapped in the sword for a very long time. But I don't think Riot will go down this path because that means Aatrox is gonna have to get reworked again.
It's up to you whether to make it a video, but the on-screen crew of the European pro league made a new installment in their series called Mediocre Rap Battles, this time featuring the four top seeded teams for playoffs, since they begin tomorrow. Contrary to the name, they're quite good at it. There are multiple Void champions, checking one of them out would be a good way to learn more about them, like you mentioned. I'd recommend starting with Vel'Koz or Malzahar. The Aspect of War mentioned in the bio is Pantheon, whom you've checked out before. We also know that Zoe, another champion, played a big role in trapping the darkin (the fallen Ascended warriors in the weapons are the darkin, not the weapons themselves) in their weapons. She also played a role in targonian Ascended trapping Aurelion Sol, but at a different time. She is the trickster Aatrox is talking about. Some of the last lines with a different tone are because Aatrox is talking to another Darkin, his brother Rhaast, wielded by the champion Kayn. Varus is indeed also a Darkin, trapped inside his bow, the light on his chest is mostly just for looks. Are you planning to continue through most or all of the champions first, or mixing in other League content along the way?
Hey...I plan to continue with this format for Thursdays for a while but should have another day freed up soon (Wednesday) which I plan to use to catch up on other league requests. Off the top of my head I have about 20+ videos unrelated to this Thursday format to go through. So not short of material! 😄will have a look at these rap battles when I get a chance 🙏
FYI So pantheon is aspect Aatrox is darkin but they are both ascended but aatrox has fallen also you should start seeing the leaders of the nations like Swain one of the commanders of noxus
you should know that Aatrox is the Blade, the one talking was the Sword. not the "Abomination" that it controls. im sure you'll understand more when you watch Kayn and get to know his Darkin weapon "Rhaast"
Great video as always! Aatrox bio reminded me of a really cool champion you might wanna check out sooner rather than later because he plays a very important role in the bio of many shuriman champions you might want to check out in the future: *Azir, the emperor of the sands* The former ruler of shurima, betrayed and murdered by his right hand at the brink of becoming immortal, rises again after thousands of years, revitalized by the blood of his ancestor, seeking to bring shurima back to it's former glory. Azir looks amazing, he was introduced with a special event, including a unique game mode and many shuriman lore skins. His story is told by 3 extremely beautiful animated shorts (that aren't actually that short) and his abilities are almost on par with aurelion sol's in terms of complexity and uniqueness. I love the champion in every way except for playing him myself just because he is really hard to play well and I don't have the patience to learn how to do it, but I like watching other people play him.
A thing is that... Aatrox doesn't want to go out of the sword just to return to his past self. He genuinely wants to die. Since the sword/"jail" he is indestructible, he is so desperate and insane that he thinks that if he destroys the world, it would destroy the sword too and let him die
the last lines were just joke lines for the most part, though his interaction with rhaast is so lax because they're siblings of sorts, he has lines for varus too but they're not included i suppose
Yah aatrox and pantheon lore are connected. So basically aatrox killed the god (aspect of war) inside pantheon and leaving the mortal host wounded but not before pantheon cutting aatrox's sword arm... Edit: also apparently Aatrox is the strongest among the darkin And the pulsing on the blade that just might be him cuz he is the the blade with the flesh host
Since you have watched Aatrox, can you watch Kayn? He got darkin possessed in his body too called Rhaast. In your last video, Aatrox mentioned about Rhaast.
This is the reworked Aatrox , we called him Bbtrox , after this he also get another rework , the Cctrox , but its just a minor rework , take away his self ressurect passive so you might want to checkout the actuall Aatrox
I agree and after going back and forth between the two I agree with your comment. You do get better context from the interactions. I’ll be covering Aatrox’s interactions in part 2!
Hey man, love your reactions. Although I would like you to read the epic story of Pantheon. It links nicely with Aatrox. You dont have to make a video on it, just thought you would enjoy it
The void is like a dimension of something in the nothingness everything that comes from there wants to kill and everyone who adventured into it will die or will slowly lose their minds and become corrupted, visually and mentally and the picture you showed a few times its a skin for him Blood moon Aatrox his prestige form, if theres a batch of skins that come out there can be a prestige skin its a very rare and special skin of a skin that came with that batch so there is Blood moon Aatrox and his Blood Moon Prestige edition which is golden white and more sparkly theres sadly no visual of how he looked before his madness Pantheon itself is the aspect of war after the previous was slain by aatrox i would also love if you would cover swain in the near future after ofcourse the "Blade Lady"
Hey Reel, I’m confused, your part 2s are taking a while to come out, why not release them a few days after a part 1, rather than weeks later with other champs in between? Like Aurelion Sol
The Reel Sym ah cool! Thanks! Definitely one of the more in-depth reactors with a keen eye haha. Also not sure if you got any feedback against it, but it definitely would be fine keeping a Part 1 and Part 2 in titles, so even before the intro we know there is more, and anyone stumbling across a part 2 video will instantly know it. Anyways, thanks man, gl with the schedule haha :)
Big boi Aatrox!!!
I will be covering the rest in part 2 coming soon!
If you guys enjoyed my reaction and review hit that like button and don't forget to let me know what you think in the comment section! 😁
do Kayn next he's another darkin
@Philhan Hwang thank! I started this series thinking I might cover a few champions and now it looked like I’ll be doing a little bit more than just a few! Ok will add these to my list, thanks for the recommendations 🙏
@ Syahididir Hassan he has been requests quite a lot of late and is near the top to cover soon!
You should react to his interaction's with pantheon IMO
Reaction to Aatrox interactions
"I am not your enemy, I am THE enemy." Personal favorite quote.
Yeah, but where's that line in this vid though? Did he cut it out?
@@ChubbyChoncc Unfortunately yeah. Along with one of the best strings of quotes where Aatrox talks about how far he has fallen with some of the best voice acting I've ever heard.
Mine is "I will hack and chop and cleave, and sunder the filth of you forms!"
@@FemboyHasu that one sounds so deep
Mine's is "Kneel mortal! So I may split your shoulders from your spine!"
Aatrox: Kills thousands of people and gods
Vaarus: Killed two archers
Rhaast: Can't even kill one edgy ninja boy
Now guess which one is the strongest and which one is the weakest
@@GenjiGencyandOverwatchwhat a hard guess
Seeing a Pantheon vs Aatrox would be a dream, as they are both a sort of embodiment of war, light vs dark
Only in the old lore of Aatrox
The void is.....well, its basically a place where lovecraftian elder gods(also called the watchers) are hanging out trying to figure out to destroy all of creation because it's stopping them from taking a nap. They're having a tough time of it because they have no idea how things like circulatory systems are for, or what simple concepts such as hot/cold mean.
So they create little minions through trial and error to figure it out for them, like kog'maw (who was made to learn via eating but has such a poor digestive track that he vomits all the time), vel'koz (who was made to able to see very well, but his gaze disintegrates things), and Cho'gath (another learn through eating, but he keeps his food down, too well in fact, he grows larger every meal and discharges excess body mass as spikes).
They(the watchers) corrupt things to carry out their purpose of annihilation for them. Aatrox, rhaast, varus, kassadin (not a darkin), lissandra (also not a darkin), Malzahar(still not a darkin) were all corrupted by the void. Kai'sai is a work in progress. Her suit is a voidling that burrowed inside her, mutated, and is eating her from the inside out. So thats fun.
Non-players reacts: are interested, amazed and loves everything about it
Actual players reacts: never likes anything and it's never enough
That's the vibe i get after watching lots of reaction videos on league. Just go watch them, you'll see the difference... (obviously i'm not saying every player is like that, just most of them)
5:34 "The Void is not a place. It's a Thing."
-Kai'sa
If you want to see the last darkin you should check out Kayn oh and fun fact aatrox made tryndamere immortal
Kayn is insane!
Not only did the man make Tryn immortal but also ripped the diety outta Pantheon to turn him back into a human. Man's got the power to break plot armor.
old aatrox made tryndamere immortal, new aatrox has new story, old darkins comes from other planet so.... ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
@@Raezra panth lore is badass now. He survived darkin killing blow and the god inside him died but he did not. The MAN lives!
i do think that atrox want death that why he is creating powerfull beings like tryndamere and pantheon all though in pantheon case his aim was to kill the god not the man i might be wrong
One important point about Aatrox that I really love is that while aatrox was in the blade, he had no eyes, no limbs and no lungs. He was drowning, choking but never actually dying. This pain and isolation might've been why he is so desperate for freedom. To the point where he is suicidal, wanting to march into his own death and all.
This is one of the reason why Aatrox is my favourite champion. I sympathize with him. His anger and sadness in his voice is so obviously painful. If you listen closely to the quote, "How far have I fallen! A god reduced to a prisoner", it sounded as if he was going to burst into tears knowing full well he won't be able to go back.
I couldn't have said it better. Glad there are others that can realize that. That's exactly why he is my favorite too. I hate the people who say "after the rework he is just screaming now, I prefer the old Aatrox", without having any knowledge of what he went through. If anything I feel like he should be worse, angrier and even more insane. I think that's the ultimate form of punishment, worse than any torture (and he suffered it for thousands of years).
it's really interesting because aatrox, at first glance, seems like he's some "evil" who is evil just because. but really Aatrox is suicidal, he's so tired of being the sword, having no choice but to murder and steal the flesh of random mortals. he's hopeless and he's going to kill everything because it's the only purpose he has left
Pantheon was possessed by the Targonian Aspect of War, the one mentioned in Aatrox's bio. He WAS struck down by Aatrox, though, so yeah, they are connected. In fact, if you check out Pantheon's splash art, you might see a familiar face in the background :D
The Void is a place (or non-place) between dimensions that started leaking into Runeterra. There's actually quite a large number of champions tied to it, but most of them are pretty old, and the newest one is... pretty bad, lore and appearance-wise.
So wait, which void champ is the Newest? Kass’s daughter?
@@nikkosmit6985 Yeah. She's not... terrible... in a vacuum, but I think she just doesn't work for what she's supposed to be. A girl that grew up in a Void rift ending up well-adjusted and looking like so many other same-facey female characters in LoL just doesn't make sense. Even in her concept art she looks more haggard, with black or glowing eyes and veins or scars on her face, with her suit looking more organic. But, as it so often is with LoL champions, whoever's in charge decided to use her most clean, boring version.
@@ninjatoriumnova2483 I agree with this
Kai sa could have looked amazing if done right. But for someone who was trapped in the void, the place that permanently changed how Kassadin and Malzahar look, she looks perfectly fine. Even if it's just dark veins where the suit ends, that detail would let you feel for her. Instead, they went with the "cosplay friendly" approach...
@@ninjatoriumnova2483 ol, but its only her splashart. In her story its said that she looks terrible, its hard to recognise that she is even a human... She have kinda good lore... Only that lore doesnt counts in her look inside game.
@@sabotuerelthendo2578 probably cause she always has her mask on , we can view that as some sort of organic amor but to Shurimans it 's a humanoid voidling beast....
If you want to see Aatrox's original form its his skin called "Justicar Aatrox" The one you were wondering about is the bloodmoon skin for the bloodmoon event (good guess tho)
He used to be an Ascended but after contact with fighting with the horrors of the void it corrupted him, the void is nearly unstoppable - if not unstoppable - (for example Aatrox and the other only manages to halt the spread of the void but its still there) and after being so close fighting its abominations the void corrupted him and the rest of the Ascended turning them into darkin, after that humans feared them, and the aspect of twilight from targon gave mortals a way to seal Aatrox in his blade by deceiving (You saw how they treated Aurelion sol, so as soon as Aatrox became an issue after he got corrupted by helping then instead of finding a way to help aatrox they said screw it and sealed all the darkin instead)
The Darkin can even manipulate blood flesh and bones in what is called blood magic, it is why he can morph himself into whatever shape he wants, he can literally absorb their flesh and bone and transform it, tho it decays quick and is why i NEEDS to kill people in order to keep his form so he's not just trapped in the sword. On the Cage he even mentions that he was greedy and grew too large so he decayed too quickly and got trapped again without body
I really like how they show how insane he grow from all the isolation of being trapped inside a sword without a body without being able to feel, see, hear. etc
And as for the void, the void is a whole new different side of the lore, and really the main danger in runeterra right now, its not a single entity or monster etc but more of a whole new dimention
Thank you for giving Aatrox a look cant wait for your next video :D
Justicar Aatrox is NOT his original form. It is his Arclight skin oddly enough
@@TheTrueEnderLord It was before the rework. Now it's just his Arclight skin
@@SatsumaDev Your right it was before the rework and I assumed it still was, my bad!
@@galanga21890 Yea I just looked it up, it used to be before so I was misinformed, sorry!
It's not unstoppable if you read Jax lore than you find out he has the lamp whit the fire what capable of defeating the void.or something like that. And he travel to Rune Terra to find trustworthy and strong ally's to stop the void.(Fun fact :Jax mastered all know weapon.Thats why he say Imagine if I had a real weapon.)
Literally just subscribed yesterday and binged watched it, now there's a new upload.
Looks like the binge watching isn't over lol
"Shoo-ree-mah"(Shurima)
So the darkin are sealed in weapons which is Varus was awaken when Valmar and Kai activated the bow darkin which is Varus. The weapons look for hosts for them to inhabit which is why they look weird and alive.
"The void is not a place, it's a power reaching out to consume all life" - Kai'sa
You see for so long, the void was believed to be a wild hell underneath somewhere around Icathia or the old Icathia region turned into the void. It was believed that when you fall into the void, you won't survive because it corrupts your mind and devours you. Kassadin and Malzahar are the only two who were once human, got into the void for reasons(Kassadin is a father looking for his daughter) (Malzahar turned into a prophet of some sorts). That was until Kai'sa was released. Kai'sa: the daughter of the void is somehow sane because she let the void become her skin and this is Kassadin's daughter. She is now an adc in game.
Kassadin
Malzahar
Kaisa
this is a list of playable champions in the game that are survivors of the void.
Oh and Kai'sa is also the violet girl in his trailer after Yasuo.
Pantheon was an ascended warrior who climbed mount targon to be a a vessel for the God. The man's name was Atreus and when Pantheon , the god died by Aatrox's hands, Atreus the useless warrior who keeps losing his battles in his human life, was set free and now is a human in mind with godly powers. So basically the God possessed him but when the God died, he returned and had a different personality but he still is called "Pantheon"
"The power you sought has destroyed you, Aatrox. You will find no other end."
Now that I think about it. Aurelion and Aatrox could be great friends (not literally, that would be hilarious) but they have the same enemy at least, espacially Zoe.
Aphelios?? Please do him c:?? His story and bio are interesting and his abilities are...... unique... for his interactions it's always his sister talking but it still sounds cool.
we do not have 200+ years to look at aphelios
aatrox is a darkin. and you were correct: so is Varus. Kayn (or well, Rhaast) is also a darking
A little sad you didn't react to "how far I have fallen" line there's so much sadness in his voice it hurts me a bit.
Aatrox main here
There is no better feeling than playing Aatrox and listening to him roast every single character that approaches him and then just scream for a solid minute or so
My boy Aatrox, my fav with Akali.
AAtrox's in-combat revive was so powerful they straight up removed it after 6 months.
my favourite part of Aatrox is that he is bluster, he screams at others to fight him, because if they do not, he will revert back to a sword...and left in darkness, with no eyes, in silence with no ears, constantly suffocating, with no lungs...forever. and there is nothing he fears more.
a monster and a villain with their reason to fight being desperate fear is so interesting to me. Also pantheon did fight Aatrox in his story, Aatrox killed the god pantheon that was possessing the body of Atreus, but Atreus refused and spat at Aatrox, surviving just barely.
the faction pronunciations btw are
SHOO-REE-MAH - Shurima (desert)
EE-KAA-THE-A - icathia (rebels who called the void)
IKS-TAAL -ixtal (jungle nation, will come up later)
5:34
"The void is not so much a place ‒ it is a power, reaching out to consume all life." - Kai'sa.
The void is some sort of dimension that twists everything it touches into a void-ish version of itself.
Aatrox just need a hug man
I know Camille is next, but i think that Kayn or Zoe would be better (Zoe explains inprisonment of darkins and Kayn has weird codependence with Rhast). Btw Pantheon isn't a darkin. He is the Aspect of War and he defeated Aatrox with one hit (he cut off Aatrox's arm in which one he was holding the blade).
well if nothing kills aatrox now nothing would be able to stop him
Sooo waiting for kayn and rhaast ♡ lov ur vids
So this boy aatrox is one of the 5 remaining darkins, Rhaast the Scythe of Kayn is another, and Varus who's the entity in the Bow from As we fall is another darkin. The other 2 darkins are still unknown.
Pantheon is the Aspect of War mentioned in aatrox bio and who imprisoned Aurelion, and Zoe is the Aspect of Twillight also mentioned here. Shurima is the desert, it has nice lore and cinematics like the 3 part tale of the ascended.
Its said that theres one female darkin, but we dont know nothing more about her
My favourite quote is "How far have I fallen? A god ... reduced to a prisoner!". Sadly this part was cutted 😪
(sorry in advance, english is not my first language) Btw close to the ending where he was talking to Pantheon and tryndamere and such were a part of the Champions interactions, and for a bit of clarity. The Darkin are Aatrox, Varus, and Kayne kinda(you will find out). The ascended like pantheon and such were similar to the God warriors of Shurima who after battling the void became the Darkin. Darkin is the new name of the God warriors after their fall so The darkin are the weapons since all the Darkin that survived were trapped within their weapons that they used to wield to battle. So Varus was a God warrior wielding a bow and Aatrox was a God warrior Wielding a sword. God warriors transcend mortality and become super humans kinda. Same with the Ascended like Pantheon and them. But 2 diffrent reigons. God warriors got their ascension is Shurmina a Ancient Empire that fell long ago and the Ascended come from Mount Targon were they climb the mountain and let a Aspect take control of their body to become The Aspect of War( pantheon) or the Aspect of Twilight ( Zoe ) there are more. The God warriors of Shurima did not have their bodies taken over by an Aspect. They were simply put like made into God warriors by the Sun Disc giving them immense powers and altering their human forms into something els.
i love rewatching these, but man your voice makes me sleepy haha, merry xmas!
A warning to Champion Spotlight: Aatrox's skill kit in the video is not the same today, the champion was very strong and not healthy for the game and they had to change many times, now he is very weak, but even so , any buff can make him very strong and be the best champion in the game.
In addition, the Aatrox Rework was very controversial and criticized, because it changed a lot what the old Aatrox was, the only things that kept it similar with the old Aatrox was removed for the reasons I already mentioned.
I recommend you to react to this documentary about Aatrox and how he became "The Only Champion Riot Has Ever Removed From League of Legends"
documentary by Exil: th-cam.com/video/9a764zGHTSI/w-d-xo.html
Yeah that’s a good video, but I mean it’s all still Essentially the same, the ult really has the biggest changes but it wasn’t So different that he is looking at something entirely unfamiliar
@@nikkosmit6985 True
Funfact 5 darkin weapon exist 3 of them are blade, scythe and bow but 2 are still unknown in a side story from varus u can think varus sister is one of them. The other thing is those 5 weapons are the strongest darkins because they couldn't be killed that's why there were trapped
Pantheon was an aspect of war and the aspect was slain by Aatrox you can see a giant scar on his chest and later Atreus the mortal fought Aatrox again and cut off one of his arms you cans see that one of his hands is smaller than the other
Respect the 1 frame teaser that played just before an advert.
Aatrox, Varus and Rhaast (Kayns scythe) are the 3 darkin currently in the game.
Pantheon was a man that became the aspect of war then became a man again after the fight with aatrox iirc. He isn't darkin he was an aspect
Watch Necrit's videos on the lore, he's covered most of the lore, and pretty much all the newly released stories, as these champions aren't just bounded by their voicelines/interactions, stories, and bios, there is actually way more stories that are outside of those, and Necrit tells ans summaries all of them neatly
He actually says the quote about parents when someone flashes their champion mastery on you. I find it hilarious
to learn more about the void, the vel'koz bio is the one with more details about it
22:20 On that thought, if Aurelion and Aatrox were ever to meet... oh boy.
I mean think about it: Aurelion wants freedom from his crown, and Aatrox wants freedom from his agonizing existence in the Sword. If Aatrox was to break the crown (which considering that he literally killed the Aspect of War, is something he could quite possibly do), then Aurelion would be free to exact his revenge upon Targon... and obliterate the Sword along with it.
The fact that you dont play the game kinda makes it more fun, i like your channel couse your reactions arent over the top and they seem genuine, but still sometimes i ask my self if they are, you will get far keep it up.
I just discovered your channel! I love it!
varus is also a darkin, there is another one called rhaast which was referenced, and lore tells us there is a fourth,
in the lore pantheon used to be a mortal man called atreus, he was not really skilled in battle, but he would always stand up and fight again, then he climbed mount targon and was accepted by the aspect of war,
but just like aatrox does, it took over his body, so when pantheon came to be in battle with aatrox. aatrox cleaved his blade straight through pantheons chest, this killed the aspect of war and fanished
his star sign from the sky's. aatrox thinking him dead left, but while the god died that day, the man stood once more, not under the yoke of the god. now having command of his body atreus can use the powers of the aspect of war and uses it to fight the battles others can't.
this is a bit of the lore though, and anyone else feel free to correct me.
There are actually 5 darkin left, if we have aatrox top, rhaast jungle, varus bot and all that's left is a support and a mid laner one of which is varus' sister (in battle?)
1 Darkin is the name of the Ascended that got corrupted by the void 2 pantheons original name was Atreus and he was a normal solider but as he ascended the mountain targon he became aspect of the war and he once fought aatrox but aatrox managed to kill the aspect the pantheon but Atreus lived 3 also you should check out Kayle and Morgana u need to do them together bcs they are sisters and u wont understand one without the other
The double A thing Varus THE DOUBLE A THING!!!
in deeper lore yeah targon (pantheons and etc) shurima asended and darkin like varus and aatrox are all connected into one all darkin were once good guys. ascended in shurima fighting the void. they got corupted and due to certain even at the time left without a leader to guide them nor purpouse as madness tries to take over their minds
My personal favourite champion in the entire game.
To touch on some aspects you missed in the video, Aatrox is essentially unkillable in the sense that is he is killed, he just goes back into the sword. And the sword itself is indestructible. On the flipside, Aatrox's worst fear is ending up back inside the sword, since it is a fate worse than death, and he knows it.
Another very important thing is that obviously there are more Darkin, and in fact, at one point there were at least 30 or so, those who were still alive after the fall of Shurima. There is a fantastic story that goes over all of this, and it essentially lays out the origin of the Darkin and what happened to them. You can find it on the League website in the same place as the bio, I don't remember the exact name.
But to briefly summarise, the Ascended warriors of Shurima (aka Sunborn) were somehow corrupted or simply mentally unstable after the battle against the Void. When the empire fell, they split into factions, with the humans from the empire following the Ascended and worshipping them as gods. The Sunborn obviously clashed against each other and a ton of people died in those conflicts, earning them the name of Darkin, and hatred of their subjects. Eventually the Aspect of Twilight found a traitor among the Darkin, and using him, lured most Darkin to one spot where they were slaughtered. Aatrox and the other Darkin we know of, weren't at that meeting, and instead were trapped in the weapons they wielded.
Now for the best part of all of this. The Aspect of Twilight was reincarnated into another champion in League, and Aatrox has a personal vendetta against her. He said as much in the lines.
I think that the second option is to find and make a deal with Azir. Maybe he can go back to the way things were through the use of the sun disc. The only issue is that Aatrox probably doesn't know who Azir is cause he was trapped in the sword for a very long time. But I don't think Riot will go down this path because that means Aatrox is gonna have to get reworked again.
It's up to you whether to make it a video, but the on-screen crew of the European pro league made a new installment in their series called Mediocre Rap Battles, this time featuring the four top seeded teams for playoffs, since they begin tomorrow. Contrary to the name, they're quite good at it.
There are multiple Void champions, checking one of them out would be a good way to learn more about them, like you mentioned. I'd recommend starting with Vel'Koz or Malzahar. The Aspect of War mentioned in the bio is Pantheon, whom you've checked out before. We also know that Zoe, another champion, played a big role in trapping the darkin (the fallen Ascended warriors in the weapons are the darkin, not the weapons themselves) in their weapons. She also played a role in targonian Ascended trapping Aurelion Sol, but at a different time. She is the trickster Aatrox is talking about.
Some of the last lines with a different tone are because Aatrox is talking to another Darkin, his brother Rhaast, wielded by the champion Kayn. Varus is indeed also a Darkin, trapped inside his bow, the light on his chest is mostly just for looks.
Are you planning to continue through most or all of the champions first, or mixing in other League content along the way?
Hey...I plan to continue with this format for Thursdays for a while but should have another day freed up soon (Wednesday) which I plan to use to catch up on other league requests. Off the top of my head I have about 20+ videos unrelated to this Thursday format to go through. So not short of material! 😄will have a look at these rap battles when I get a chance 🙏
Aatrox's teaser will forever be my favourite.
FYI So pantheon is aspect Aatrox is darkin but they are both ascended but aatrox has fallen also you should start seeing the leaders of the nations like Swain one of the commanders of noxus
you should know that Aatrox is the Blade, the one talking was the Sword. not the "Abomination" that it controls. im sure you'll understand more when you watch Kayn and get to know his Darkin weapon "Rhaast"
We really have to get a scene or story with Aatrox, Tryndamerre and Pantheon in 1 scene
I can't wait for the next part👀👀
Great video as always!
Aatrox bio reminded me of a really cool champion you might wanna check out sooner rather than later because he plays a very important role in the bio of many shuriman champions you might want to check out in the future:
*Azir, the emperor of the sands*
The former ruler of shurima, betrayed and murdered by his right hand at the brink of becoming immortal, rises again after thousands of years, revitalized by the blood of his ancestor, seeking to bring shurima back to it's former glory.
Azir looks amazing, he was introduced with a special event, including a unique game mode and many shuriman lore skins. His story is told by 3 extremely beautiful animated shorts (that aren't actually that short) and his abilities are almost on par with aurelion sol's in terms of complexity and uniqueness.
I love the champion in every way except for playing him myself just because he is really hard to play well and I don't have the patience to learn how to do it, but I like watching other people play him.
Maybe Mordekaiser now?
He is pretty badass too, and the same channel made compilation of his quotes.
So I've never read Aatrox's story but from hearing about it, I think his true from would look like his skin Justicar Aatrox.
I love these videos!!
Camille next! check out Zoe, the Aspect of Twilight
A thing is that... Aatrox doesn't want to go out of the sword just to return to his past self. He genuinely wants to die. Since the sword/"jail" he is indestructible, he is so desperate and insane that he thinks that if he destroys the world, it would destroy the sword too and let him die
By the way, the trickster he referred to is zoe
Ohhh Camille next niiiice!
I think you should use the skinspotlight videos for the champions interactions, since some voicelines are for certain ocasions or especific champions.
voice actors in this game is sick sylas is really sick
Yep i love the Sylas voice actor, perfectly captures how i imaged he would sound.
I feel spoiled, kindred asol and aatrox, my favourite champs in the game, goodspeed my man.
HEYYY THANK YOU!
the last lines were just joke lines for the most part, though his interaction with rhaast is so lax because they're siblings of sorts, he has lines for varus too but they're not included i suppose
Yah aatrox and pantheon lore are connected. So basically aatrox killed the god (aspect of war) inside pantheon and leaving the mortal host wounded but not before pantheon cutting aatrox's sword arm...
Edit: also apparently Aatrox is the strongest among the darkin
And the pulsing on the blade that just might be him cuz he is the the blade with the flesh host
Pantheon isn't corrupted or was once a darkin. He is ascendant.
Edit: By ascendant, I mean aspect
Since you have watched Aatrox, can you watch Kayn? He got darkin possessed in his body too called Rhaast. In your last video, Aatrox mentioned about Rhaast.
This is the reworked Aatrox , we called him Bbtrox , after this he also get another rework , the Cctrox , but its just a minor rework , take away his self ressurect passive
so you might want to checkout the actuall Aatrox
I have never heard Aatrox be called these....and I've played Aatrox since his original release.
if u want to know what he looked like before he was trapped look up justicar aatrox that was him
I hope he sticks with the interactions as the voice lines themselves are contextless and woulnd't really show why the champion says those lines
I agree and after going back and forth between the two I agree with your comment. You do get better context from the interactions. I’ll be covering Aatrox’s interactions in part 2!
@@TheReelSym ohh yess, you are in for a treat when you hear what he has to say for his Darkin Brethren
Pantheon fought aatrox and killed the aspect but pantheons host regained his body but the aspects powers remained
Look up Justicar Aatrox, that is a good representation if what he looked like before his eternal Suffering
Anybody with a normal brain: This guys is too dark and looks scary..
Aatrox mains: YAY PISSTROX!
Were you trapped in the gardening section?
One of his best lines! :)
Although I’m not sure I think Aatrox’s original look is the justicar skin.
Nice video! But you should credit the person who makes the quote videos
Eagerly waiting for Mordekaiser
Hey man, love your reactions. Although I would like you to read the epic story of Pantheon. It links nicely with Aatrox. You dont have to make a video on it, just thought you would enjoy it
Thanks for the comment! Ok what I’ll do is add in his story with Aatrox part 2 👍
@@TheReelSym You should be called the reel mvp m8
Really interesting you mention Pantheon.....sincr Aatrox and Pantheon had a battle and Pantheon lost to Aatrox in the lore
I feel like you'd like Kayn, Pantheon and Jhin the most out of all the characters
The void is like a dimension of something in the nothingness everything that comes from there wants to kill and everyone who adventured into it will die or will slowly lose their minds and become corrupted, visually and mentally
and the picture you showed a few times its a skin for him Blood moon Aatrox his prestige form, if theres a batch of skins that come out there can be a prestige skin its a very rare and special skin of a skin that came with that batch so there is Blood moon Aatrox and his Blood Moon Prestige edition which is golden white and more sparkly
theres sadly no visual of how he looked before his madness
Pantheon itself is the aspect of war after the previous was slain by aatrox
i would also love if you would cover swain in the near future after ofcourse the "Blade Lady"
I still recommend Tahm Kench, Kled, Ornn and Swain
Ayye! We gettin' my thicc thighs Camille next!
Kayn next!!!
Aphelios, my boy next please
Next Kayn
OMG YES MY BOY
if u want some good interactions u should watch mordekaiser interactions
You should look into halo war 1&2 cinematics they are amazing
One day you go react to nunu & wilump
it's camile next!
Maybeeee
@@TheReelSym i dam hate camile. I will watch it anyway xD.
@The Reel Sym can you pls do reaction to Volibear voice lines i do not understeand them really thank you support from Serbia
Hey Reel, I’m confused, your part 2s are taking a while to come out, why not release them a few days after a part 1, rather than weeks later with other champs in between? Like Aurelion Sol
Yeah I am a little behind on these, I plan to have sol dropped his weekend and hopefully can catch up to having a format like you mention soon!
The Reel Sym ah cool! Thanks! Definitely one of the more in-depth reactors with a keen eye haha. Also not sure if you got any feedback against it, but it definitely would be fine keeping a Part 1 and Part 2 in titles, so even before the intro we know there is more, and anyone stumbling across a part 2 video will instantly know it. Anyways, thanks man, gl with the schedule haha :)
Illaoi! Wuuuu! 🙏
Hello, i wonder if you will react to volibear voice lines since they are pretty good :)
You should react to warwick or rek'sai next!
Hope aatrox and pantheon story is in part 2
Yeah good idea what I think I’ll do is add in Pantheon’s story in Aatrox part 2 since it nicely crosses over 🙂