I get a feeling I can subscribe to this channel to get more character design hottakes or head on over to your main channel to get more longformed videos that discuss these subjects in detail, but I don't know why...
On the topic of Seraphine, her hottake made me think she would be so much cooler if she was some sort of punk singer. Completley going against societal norms and her punk movement starts to spread throughout Piltover and Zan, well, Zaun kind of already had that, but what if the Zaun culture starts bleed into Piltover because of her? That would be so much cooler than *omg guys can't we all just get along.* No fuck that make her a straight up rebel. I think she'd also receive way less hate if she had that aesthetic.
It made me want her to be a "rage against the machine" rock star so bad, Mic screaming, head thrashing "fuck the man, fight the power" type of artist, would have been so much more fitting/interesting to see
So overall vibe I’m getting is ‘be more willing to stray away from generic fantasy tropes in order to express these characters unique backstories better
Basically although I blocked a few commit to the bits Particularly with the more practical yet drab design, like draven or leona, heck even kai'sa needs to commit to actually being frightening to look at
First: i agree with you yes seraphine is a mistake but i still think that you should go rationaly on her like skyen did. Second: hi i main you. (Get it because your name and uhhh sorry not funny)
@@timsko0636 I call phel the weapon expert since he knows how to them effectively, hence them calling him the hitman, though alune could probably use them good as well.
coming here from arcane, i also find myself Very underwhelmed by viktor's design. i'm wondering if they'll end up giving him the new, cooler epic cyborg man design he deserves for the second season, i think it's what he deserves
I mean they will maybe give that one a cameo but it might be like an age of ultron thing where he just keeps improving throughout the season instead of being static for however long league has had him
From Arcane as in only ever interacted with League through Arcane or watched Arcane as a player and then revisited these? Just curiosity, no ill intent or anything.
@@warpath8453 I'm honestly hoping for this. I think if he just has a sudden "Darth Vader" transformation moment I'll be very disappointed. I think it would make much more sense for his transformation to be gradual so we can watch his relationship with Jayce and the rest of his friends in Piltover slowly devolve over time. Sort of a boiling frog situation, where maybe at first Jayce _IS_ supportive of Viktor augmenting himself, maybe even _HELPING_ him, at first, but then the augmentations start becoming more and more extreme. Jayce grows increasingly wary of what his friend is doing and put off by how the transformation is warping his personality and values. I think we might have already seen a hint of this when Heimerdinger said, "Something's different about you" to him. I subscribe to the idea that Heimerdinger's magic Yordle sense was tingling, and that we're going to see Viktor become slowly consumed by a mix of the hextech and void energies and the cybernetics. I do have a sneaking suspicion, though, that what we might actually get is that right at the beginning of season 2, we're going to cut straight into the smoldering remains of the council chamber with Viktor (among others) horribly mangled and barely clinging to life, and in a desperate bid to save him Jayce is going to drag Viktor back to the hex core. Viktor will _still have all those runes carved into his braces and skin,_ and maybe Jayce will notice this through his torn clothing as Viktor is gasping and reaching out, and Viktor will tell Jayce to take him to the hex core and Jayce will reluctantly oblige out of desperation to save his friend. Then we'll see Viktor go through a brutal transformation, not unlike Jinx's, that will have serious ramifications because he will be doing so without the help of Singed's special shimmer. Or it may not _BE_ Jayce that "saves" Viktor, and instead there will be the added drama of Jayce having to choose between helping Viktor, Caitlyn's mom, or Mel to try and save first, and he will only be able to choose one of two of them to help, first, leaving the remaining people to either die or be rescued by someone else. If Caitlyn's mom dies, then this would obviously lead to tremendous guilt for Jayce and conflict between him and Caitlyn (even if Caitlyn doesn't blame him, his own guilt might still be more than he can bear as we've seen with how he handles feeling responsible for the deaths of others). If Mel dies, then this could cause HER mom to either outright declare war on Piltover or attempt to send in forces to "help pacify" Piltover, since they "obviously can't be trusted to secure their own territory." We know Viktor won't die, yet, but if Jayce chooses to help someone else and leave Viktor for dead (because Viktor was on borrowed time, anyways and he wanted to try and save someone who wasn't already on death's door or because Viktor simply seemed unlikely to survive due to his injuries on top of his already severely-weakened state), only for Viktor to either be saved by someone else or save himself, then this could further erode his trust in Jayce. Bonus points if it's _VI_ who saves him after running toward the council chamber with Caitlyn. Even though Vi couldn't be the first responder to the situation, she _IS_ uniquely equipped to, say, _lift huge piles of rubble off of people in very tight clearances with her Atlas gauntlets,_ which tracks seeing as how this use would be closer to their original intended purpose than what she _had_ been doing with them (and it would also call back nicely both to her having rubble lifted off of her by someone who was enhanced with a type of magic and to her utter helplessness when she saw Mylo and Claggor similarly buried under rubble). Viktor being rescued by someone who, at this time, is still considered a Zaunite and left abandoned by his Piltovan friends could also help push him away from Piltover. And if Vi is able to save Viktor or possibly even _multiple_ people (perhaps including Caitlyn's mom), then this might lead to _her_ being considered a hero in Piltover, especially among the enforcers who will certainly be responding to the disaster when Caitlyn and her arrive on the scene, which could push _her_ away from Zaun and toward Piltover. It would also be a step toward joining the Piltovan police (which may or may not become renamed and restructured as the Wardens in the aftermath of Jinx's attack and Marcus's corruption scandal) if she arrives on scene and starts working along side the enforcers already there. Working along side Vi could cause her to gain respect with the enforcers, and if Vi sees the enforcers risking life and limb to save people (like we saw them doing before when they ran into that burning building) then this could also be another step for Vi to see that the enforcers aren't all just pure evil oppressors but are instead just trying to help people and do what they think is right, like Caitlyn, but were operating under a corrupt leader and the flip side of the same misguided prejudices that she herself is struggling to reconcile.
I appreciate the restraint when talking about Seraphine - not because I have anything nice to say about her. I agree with most of the criticisms. But it's too easy to get lost in hate. A logical breakdown is what brings change.
Can I subscribe to this channel to get more character design hottakes or head on over to your main channel to get more longformed videos that discuss these subjects in detail?
@snowzerox2868 Titus Andronicus, a lesser known in the modern day tragedy that is basically shakespear writing a mass murder fiction with numerous gruesome dismemberment and other deaths for almost its whole cast
A lot has changed since this vid has come out, lore, characters, character reworks and other stuff like Runeterra and other changes, would like to see your view on it again and all the special interactions. Maybe even a tier list of your favourite with Chip at the top because its Chip. Chip > everything. Also, "What you egg?" *He stabs him*
I'd like to believe Samira has a ton of scars, but she just looked at them and thought "wow this gives me another great idea for a tattoo" so they're basically impossible to distinguish anymore
I didn't even know Camille was supposed to be an older woman before i saw ppl pointing that out, i wish she had a little more marks on her face to indicate her age but yea guess all women in Runeterra have perfect skincare routines
@@kinimod2860 ok, and? They can try to justify it with lore as much as they want, but at the end of the day Camille still ends up looking young just like all the other characters.
@kinimod2860 While that could be a great way to characterize her, it doesn't come across as that. Like, it would make her (and Piltover) more villainous that they are have perfected a way to become immortal for the super rich while the poor live short painful lives in pollution and violence. It would shows the callous priorities of Piltover, IF it wasn't for the surrounding context. I can't think of a single humanoid female champion that isn't visibly young. There are older male champions, but no older women. It comes across as shallow rather than genuine characterization.
Thank you for pointing out the many, many dated designs that use “sexy women” as the only aspect of character design As with Braum, showing skin can make so much sense design-wise and I’m not at all against it. Just very tired of seeing it when it makes absolutely no sense
@@andgandg2783 actually, I don't care that much about it bc I'm not a guy? I'm allowed not to care about all issues you know. But also, you may argue that yes, too many of the characters have the same slim-muscular body type. But I'd argue most male characters have a body type that helps their characterisation. Pantheon is naked bc he is literally the embodiment of arrogance. His sexualisation makes sense, as does his body type (never said sexualisation is always bad btw) Ryze is also kinda naked but he's more of a scrawny monk type skinny - which also makes sense. Jenna (a wind spirit) is a naked person bc hot elf lady sexy Edit: also, just bc I can: Olaf is a berserker that literally gets stronger when he‘s wounded (that’s a whole ability). So it makes sense that he only wears armour to protect vital organs, but not full plate. Him showing legs/arms is a taunt, not inherently sexual, and necessary to unlock his full potential. And if you seriously believe that Gragas is naked bc of some sexual female gaze then Idk my friend
@@andgandg2783 thats just literally not true, don't pretend like you know shit. Did you even read my original comment? I absolutely adore sexy character design whenever it makes sense and isn't just a cheap way to make a design appealing. I'm a fucking bisexual, I'm not bothered by having to look at hot women lmao. Never said none of the sexy designs make sense too. I agree with most points made in the video, if you even watched that lol.
@@StoneHavel ikr, they would be like a warrior and wear lots of armor with high status, battling through countless calamities..... And then boom legs, cleavage, beautiful skin and makeup It's a lot in gacha games too
Watching this and the complaints about what yordles are meant to be, and after watching that animated short for the new LoR expansion with all these yordles of different shapes and sizes I'm beginning to think that Riot wants them to be the same way humans are. Different skin tones, cultures, clothes, etc. I think they want yordles to be sort of like their own race with various different cultures, tied also to a lot of regions of Runeterra, which would explain why Fizz is a yordle, but doesn't look like your average yordle, he's a sort of species of aquatic yordles, it would explain why we have very fuzzy looking and non-fuzzy looking male yordles, and why male yordles (in the game so far at least) all look so different. At least that's how I'd go about doing it and what I'm seeing is going on.
I feel like Darius and Garen deserve a higher rating while their characters are on the basic side, they represent Noxus And Demacia. by looking at Darius you understand Noxus and by looking at Garen you understand Demacia.
The problem is their designs are so basic there is nothing within the visual character designs to describe CHARACTER. I thought Garen could possibly be a bad guy at first, but then I realized he's a cookie cutter fantasy armor dude.
Ok if I ignore knowing lore of the two Garen=Demacia is dum good guys Darius=Noxus is war loving edgy bad guy country Which isn't far form truth but still too Simple
@@MrShirotomo I hope I didn't butcher the math, but you made me want to calculate it. So each short is a minute long : 1 minutes = 60 secondes From what I could tell, the "check out my main channel" is always around 6 seconds. 6 x 100 / 60 = 10% So this video would be 10% shorter. This video's length is 2h46m46s 2 hours x 60 = 120 minutes 120 + 46 = 166 minutes 166 minutes x 60 = 9960 secondes 9960 + 46 = 10006 secondes 10006 x 0.9 = 10006 - 1000.6 = 9005.4 secondes 1000.6 / 60 = 16.67 minutes or 16 minutes and 40 secondes. So it would have saved a little under 17 minutes. Decent, but not that much in the grand scheme of things. Although I am rusty at math, might have made a mistake.
@@raphaelhemery152 dude that's a lot of unnecessary math, just multiply 6 by the number of shorts (167) and divide by 60 to get the minutes Anyway, to me it comes down to just being annoying hearing those 6 (or so) seconds repeated 167 times but it would be some work to cut those out Edit: he doesn't say it on jhin and kindred so the number is actually 165
I mean if this game never dies eventually a champion like Yasuo is gonna be outdated so basically they are going to have to keep reworking Champs as they become outdated infinitely lol
what would a minotaur wear if they were free ? a cow onesie, of course in the subject of neeko, wouldn't it be cool if she transformed when using abilities and attacking, since emotions change her form she could turn into different animals based on the action she is performing
This reminded me again just how many champions there are, when a compilation of ca. 1 min shorts comes down to nearly three hours of footage Of course I'm still gonna watch it all again
My favourite part of the romance between Diana and Leona has become the 20 seconds where they stare at each other in the cinematic The Vaulted Road. The expression on their face is perfect, especially Leona's.
THANK YOU for the Illaoi body type appreciation. My favorite league champ designs of all time. Well armorerd kinda dumb aztecan cult brawler sounds like feature overload but works so well. That combined with her fighting animations that carry weight, fun tentacle fist-pumping idle animations and a very clear character voice still makes her outstanding to me years later.
As for Shakespeare, my favorite play is Midsummer Night's Dream, but I've seen so many reinterpretations of the play (the fairies in tutus and combat boots for example) I don't actually know any of the original lines.
The thing that gets me about Karma is that her name is KARMA. It's like calling a character inspired by Polynesian culture Coconut because you know absolutely nothing else about the south pacific.
wow i would have never guessed all the shorts together would be this long. It makes sense if you do the math, but watching them all come out it never felt this long! Either way good freaking job dude, seeing them all together makes me realize how much freaking work you put into all of these.
Having finally watched through all of this, I would love to see you take a crack at all of Smite's God designs. How you feel about how thier aesthetics match up with their lore, the design liberties taken and any other tidbits you like or bemoan. As a bonus, Smite also has the Voice Guidance System which can be used to gauge their personality a bit more than just the triggered voicelines when taking action. I think that could be a fun project in the downtime between new League Champ releases!
I remembered back at April when I marked the calendar for the potential date for Kled's hot take. The same goes for Veigar and Velkoz. Waiting for months just to watch a specific video for my mains. It felt like yesterday. Time flies so fast...
I always thought Vayne is more of a "Van Helsing" style character than a "Batman" style character (I'm not so familiar with american super heroes tho...)
While I disagree with quite a lot of these rankings and opinions on the stories - I have to take my hat off that you actually managed to power through all of them
Have you considered making a character design hot takes for characters from other franchises, for example Guilty Gear Strive has several interesting ones with great animations (especially Faust)
I was watching the Xerath part and suddenly I was wondering. "Why does he have to have hands and eyes..?" (aka hand shaped blue things and eye shapes in the rock that occupies the position of his head) If he lost his physical body entirely, shouldn't he have just the shape of random rock parts connected purely by magic? Or did he make himself eyes and hands to look more human, even though he doesn't really need them, since he doesn't have a physical body anymore? 🤔
Such a helpful series, Skyen! I started playing League about a month ago, and thanks to your videos, I already know more about the lore and history of League's characters than my friends who've been playing since launch.
I love Illaoi, her design is so frickin good. She may be look a bit subdued, but she looks so good when the brightness of the tentacles is there to contrast her.
"say the line bart" *sigh* "subscribe to this channel for more reactions and hot takes, or head on over to my main channel for longer in depth videos" "YAAAAY"
I'm pretty sure Azir's lore is that he was going to surprise Xerath by freeing the slaves after he ascended but it back fired because Xerath didn't know and betrayed him. Not that he was oppressive and still using slaves and deserved to be betrayed.
If I remember correctly, Xerath realized the surprise, but decided it was too late and Azir waited too long, so he went through with the plan anyway. This video completely misses the mark on the Azir/Xerath story.
SKYEEEENNN I'd love to see you do a shorts series where you discuss ideas for new LoL champions and ways for them to round out the champion pool to fill the holes they have
I like the evolution of grades First, simple letters, then letters with + or -, then emojis, then random things, then random things uncommented Meanwhile there's nidalee sitting in the corner with her F
i haven't played league in a long while but i'm still really into the lore side of things so getting to know a little about the new champions i haven't been around for was really cool, thanks for this! 🚂
Here's hoping for more "Building a Better Champion" in the future even if just for the exposure to independant artists looking to try their hands at redesigning old champs. I loved your work on Janna and Verauko did excelently as well. I'd love to see your take on more Monstrous characters like Nocturne or Cho Gath or Skarner but I remember I saw a rework of Vladimir that incorporated his butterfly motif beautifly!
I had a lot of fun listening. I learned a lot about a lot of characters! I’m not the most in tune with any of the lore or most of the roster- I picked up playing briefly just to hang out with some of my friends. But it was genuinely quite interesting seeing all of this character concept stuff talked about. As for what else… I’m quite fond of the poem that starts “do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep”. The birds in circled flight, the Diamond blunts on snow- it’s all a rather lovely poem with great imagery I think, that all ends in “do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there, I did not die”
I know this video is super old so this won't affect much but God the fact that the call to action at the end of every short wasn't cut is a grating decision
Man, why does nobody reference the fact that during the Bilgewater event, GP not only got disabled for a week. We got the updated rework and Captain Gangplank skin during the first week, in which afterwards he was disabled, then came back after a week of being "dead" with a fully new default skin, and everyone who played during the event, got to keep the Captain Gangplank skin since it was used as his default skin during the event itself
I came here expecting to hear burns and well, while I did get that, I never thought I’d come out of it knowing so much LoL lore! I’ve played for YEARS but never really bothered to keep up with lore, it feels like I got to know the champions all over again. Thank you for your hard work as always!!
Since you mentioned Subjectively's Gragas redesign, I am going to mention that they're doing a Cho'Gath redesign soon, so I'd be interested on your opinion of it.
My favorite poem is Harlem by Langston Hughes. "What happens to a dream deferred...?" Kudos on completing all champion hot takes, and thank you for compiling them. I enjoy seeing where our takes align and differ, but even when I disagree I can see where you're coming from with how you lay out your logic. These shorts are how I got into watching your work, and I've come to love your full essay videos as well.
After finally properly making it through this video and hearing Skyen ask for a poem or something, I wanted to share one of my poems: “Letter from a mortal man”. Enjoy. {You smiled at me, & in a moment stripped away from time, (my heart sprouted wings, ripped through my solarplex & learned how to fly) my heart fluttered. & while I wish I could lie & say that this made me weak, instead I became stronger than Heracles after all 13 labors times 395 days minus 7.5 to the power of 2 bright brown eyes} You smiled, & the world split in twain but I held it together with my bare hands. Here I stand, arrogant & presumptuous in the thought that I, a mere mortal, struggling to find himself whilst treading water, could gain your love. I have climbed mountains & slain dragons, plunged the depths of the ocean & came up whole, yet you are an insurmountable task. My Darling. When we get older, won't you smile for me & let your light supercharge these worn cells so that I may fly fast enough to turn back the hands of time, go back to the beginning, & go through it with you all over again. Do not judge me, if in our quiet moments, I sit and stare. For I am encasing that time in amber, so that if things ever get bad, I can look back & remember how it was before. The funny thing is, no matter how eloquent I may be, these words will do nothing but push you away from me. So I will sit on the shore of your doubt, waiting for the day when you decide to swim to land, armed with a warm towel & a warmer cup of tea. "Just Friends" written in the sand next to me.
It might not be my favorite Shakespeare quote, but "No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir." is probably the one that's most memorable in my mind. Such "I'm not touching you, it's thin air" energy.
This is not only an amazing run-down of the character designs in league, but a FANTASTIC overview of the champions in general. I'm fairly new to the game and I've been really confused since there are just. So. Many. And your straight-to-the-point way of explaining their lore is so helpful. I'm also a character design enthusiast so I love this.
4:17 I think it would be compelling if they had allistair wore all clothes that were green and blue that was broken by shackles that are all black and red
Here's my favorite Shakespeare passage With his own bolt; the strong-based promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs plucked up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth By my so potent art. But this rough magic I here abjure, and when I have required Some heavenly music, which even now I do, To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I’ll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I’ll drown my book.
My take on Seraphine is that she is a hero of safety. You (Runeterran) see Seraphine and you are happy to see her, your enemies may be at the same concert but she makes you feel okay with it. She's not CHALLENGING the status quo, she's challenging the monotony of your position in it. If she were to change the status quo of Piltover and Zaun and the Hextech Crystals were returned to the Brackern, she'd go back to being miserable, in pain, and a nobody, She's not an anti-hero, she's not a villain; to me, Seraphine is the most human of the champions (probably because she was designed to be a Human Girl tm from China) but she's doing what she can, where she can, without losing her privilege. I think if they'd leaned into the other concept arts more, she'd make a wonderful warrior poet type champion who would gladly get rid of her Hextech crystal, but only after every single one was returned and restored. I think what they are doing with the champion interactions is much better than a lore retcon. Every champion either simps for her, or bashes her for basically doing nothing. She's the perfect personification of what a real movement looks like: some people miss the mark on making change when it gets them attention. With that being said, I do love playing her. Dark Harvest, Liandry's, and Demonic. Build her more like Swain support rather than Soraka and you've got a solid destructo support who can basically carry or peel if she needs to.
All I remember from this 2 hrs video is “Subscribe to this channel for more reactions and hot takes or head over to my main channel for longer in-depth videos”
I’ve gone through this whole video several times, mostly just because I think pretty much literally every discussion here is solid. While the more in-depth videos have more to say, the animation breakdown makes it much less audio-only friendly. Regardless please keep it up. :)
I haven't touched League in a few years and oh man, is Fiddlesticks' new design great. At first I wasn't looking when that part of the video started, so I was confused when you started praising him, but he really went a long way from the "just a scarecrow dude" design I remember.
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I get a feeling I can subscribe to this channel to get more character design hottakes or head on over to your main channel to get more longformed videos that discuss these subjects in detail, but I don't know why...
Because you are embodying an archetype rather then to challenge it
@@sbk5290 possibly being design-wise, old and clunky?
Where did you get that information @Tiltigo ? Haven't seen it anywhere in the video
@@sbk5290 why is this so funny
@@Imanioa ok so im gonna go full psychology girl, i know, fuck me, some things get more funny the more we hear them, if they dont get annoying
On the topic of Seraphine, her hottake made me think she would be so much cooler if she was some sort of punk singer. Completley going against societal norms and her punk movement starts to spread throughout Piltover and Zan, well, Zaun kind of already had that, but what if the Zaun culture starts bleed into Piltover because of her? That would be so much cooler than *omg guys can't we all just get along.* No fuck that make her a straight up rebel. I think she'd also receive way less hate if she had that aesthetic.
It made me want her to be a "rage against the machine" rock star so bad, Mic screaming, head thrashing "fuck the man, fight the power" type of artist, would have been so much more fitting/interesting to see
K-pop kinda makes sense
They probably just wanted someone for k/da
I feel like the hate for seraphine is misdirected, the problem is she feels like shes supposed to replace sona in our minds to sell more skins,
@@marcy2909 Thats literally the problem of her release
Have I seen every single one of these?
Yes.
Will I still watch the compilation?
Hell yes.
yes
Amen
Amen to this
YEET
Yuuup
So overall vibe I’m getting is ‘be more willing to stray away from generic fantasy tropes in order to express these characters unique backstories better
Basically although I blocked a few commit to the bits
Particularly with the more practical yet drab design, like draven or leona, heck even kai'sa needs to commit to actually being frightening to look at
+ less focus on "it NEEDS to be FUCKABLE!!!!!" and more on "what parts of a characters persona can be shown in their visual design?"
I love the idea of AUrelion Sol being so incredibly powerful in the lore, but in the game he gets killed by a hamster with a blowgun.
To be honest every celestial being makes fun of him in one way or another, even Zoe, so I think it's on point to put salt on the wound lmao
every damn soul in runeterra will crumbles on the sight of a hamster with a blowgun
Romeo - "Last night I had a dream"
Mercutio - "As did I"
Romeo - "What was your dream?"
Mercutio - "That dreamers often lie"
I respect him for not ranting about Seraphine and laying out his criticism in the same way as any other champion
First: i agree with you yes seraphine is a mistake but i still think that you should go rationaly on her like skyen did.
Second: hi i main you. (Get it because your name and uhhh sorry not funny)
Hey look it’s my main
I too main the weapon expert
@@elementmanexe8389 well theoretically alune manages the weapons phel just shoots them.
@@timsko0636 I call phel the weapon expert since he knows how to them effectively, hence them calling him the hitman, though alune could probably use them good as well.
“There isn’t anything dark about Yuumi”
Yuumi getting a kill: YAAAY now I can bat around the body!
That's not dark, that's just being a cat
We're killing buddies!
I mean, that’s just what cats would say if they could talk
@@ultravioletcatastrophe cat's kill people confirmed
@@jacetheshepard1917 no but they play with their prey
i wish ppl hadnt ruined the letter grades. it would be cool to have a tier list after the fact and compare it to the tier list you make on stream
Yes I was thinking this, it would've been cool to map his different grades to see what kind of designs he thinks are better, in general.
fanboys ruin everything
there is a motive behind hin stoping using the letter grades?
@@TheRuancarlo apparently people argued too much over what grade he gave champs 🙄
@@gerbos there is a video making a tier list of all the champs that’s about a year or so old. Very long, but worth it.
coming here from arcane, i also find myself Very underwhelmed by viktor's design. i'm wondering if they'll end up giving him the new, cooler epic cyborg man design he deserves for the second season, i think it's what he deserves
I mean they will maybe give that one a cameo but it might be like an age of ultron thing where he just keeps improving throughout the season instead of being static for however long league has had him
If Riot want to reintroduce Glorious Evolution into arcane that would be also cool.
From Arcane as in only ever interacted with League through Arcane or watched Arcane as a player and then revisited these? Just curiosity, no ill intent or anything.
my only consolation is that he might be in fact very, very visibly mechanical underneath that medieval-esque armour
@@warpath8453 I'm honestly hoping for this. I think if he just has a sudden "Darth Vader" transformation moment I'll be very disappointed. I think it would make much more sense for his transformation to be gradual so we can watch his relationship with Jayce and the rest of his friends in Piltover slowly devolve over time. Sort of a boiling frog situation, where maybe at first Jayce _IS_ supportive of Viktor augmenting himself, maybe even _HELPING_ him, at first, but then the augmentations start becoming more and more extreme. Jayce grows increasingly wary of what his friend is doing and put off by how the transformation is warping his personality and values. I think we might have already seen a hint of this when Heimerdinger said, "Something's different about you" to him. I subscribe to the idea that Heimerdinger's magic Yordle sense was tingling, and that we're going to see Viktor become slowly consumed by a mix of the hextech and void energies and the cybernetics.
I do have a sneaking suspicion, though, that what we might actually get is that right at the beginning of season 2, we're going to cut straight into the smoldering remains of the council chamber with Viktor (among others) horribly mangled and barely clinging to life, and in a desperate bid to save him Jayce is going to drag Viktor back to the hex core. Viktor will _still have all those runes carved into his braces and skin,_ and maybe Jayce will notice this through his torn clothing as Viktor is gasping and reaching out, and Viktor will tell Jayce to take him to the hex core and Jayce will reluctantly oblige out of desperation to save his friend. Then we'll see Viktor go through a brutal transformation, not unlike Jinx's, that will have serious ramifications because he will be doing so without the help of Singed's special shimmer.
Or it may not _BE_ Jayce that "saves" Viktor, and instead there will be the added drama of Jayce having to choose between helping Viktor, Caitlyn's mom, or Mel to try and save first, and he will only be able to choose one of two of them to help, first, leaving the remaining people to either die or be rescued by someone else. If Caitlyn's mom dies, then this would obviously lead to tremendous guilt for Jayce and conflict between him and Caitlyn (even if Caitlyn doesn't blame him, his own guilt might still be more than he can bear as we've seen with how he handles feeling responsible for the deaths of others). If Mel dies, then this could cause HER mom to either outright declare war on Piltover or attempt to send in forces to "help pacify" Piltover, since they "obviously can't be trusted to secure their own territory." We know Viktor won't die, yet, but if Jayce chooses to help someone else and leave Viktor for dead (because Viktor was on borrowed time, anyways and he wanted to try and save someone who wasn't already on death's door or because Viktor simply seemed unlikely to survive due to his injuries on top of his already severely-weakened state), only for Viktor to either be saved by someone else or save himself, then this could further erode his trust in Jayce.
Bonus points if it's _VI_ who saves him after running toward the council chamber with Caitlyn. Even though Vi couldn't be the first responder to the situation, she _IS_ uniquely equipped to, say, _lift huge piles of rubble off of people in very tight clearances with her Atlas gauntlets,_ which tracks seeing as how this use would be closer to their original intended purpose than what she _had_ been doing with them (and it would also call back nicely both to her having rubble lifted off of her by someone who was enhanced with a type of magic and to her utter helplessness when she saw Mylo and Claggor similarly buried under rubble). Viktor being rescued by someone who, at this time, is still considered a Zaunite and left abandoned by his Piltovan friends could also help push him away from Piltover. And if Vi is able to save Viktor or possibly even _multiple_ people (perhaps including Caitlyn's mom), then this might lead to _her_ being considered a hero in Piltover, especially among the enforcers who will certainly be responding to the disaster when Caitlyn and her arrive on the scene, which could push _her_ away from Zaun and toward Piltover. It would also be a step toward joining the Piltovan police (which may or may not become renamed and restructured as the Wardens in the aftermath of Jinx's attack and Marcus's corruption scandal) if she arrives on scene and starts working along side the enforcers already there. Working along side Vi could cause her to gain respect with the enforcers, and if Vi sees the enforcers risking life and limb to save people (like we saw them doing before when they ran into that burning building) then this could also be another step for Vi to see that the enforcers aren't all just pure evil oppressors but are instead just trying to help people and do what they think is right, like Caitlyn, but were operating under a corrupt leader and the flip side of the same misguided prejudices that she herself is struggling to reconcile.
Drinking game: Drink ever time Skyen says "created to embody an archetype not to challenge it"
Good luck not dying
I really want to like your comment but i think the 420 is fitting.
@@blu5018 same
@@blu5018 I'm about to do a little trolling
@@cutcutado ;;;;;
I appreciate the restraint when talking about Seraphine - not because I have anything nice to say about her. I agree with most of the criticisms. But it's too easy to get lost in hate. A logical breakdown is what brings change.
Can I subscribe to this channel to get more character design hottakes or head on over to your main channel to get more longformed videos that discuss these subjects in detail?
Well yes but actually yes
@@MuramanaDubs thanks! good to know
@@kappakappason6949 yw bro B)
Yo Bush so how's the invasion of Ionia going?
@@deeperthantheabyss624 Enjoying the sights so far! Looking forward to finding their hidden weapons of mass destruction!
My favourite Shakespeare quote?
“Thou hast undone our mother!”
“Villain, I have _done_ thy mother.”
Which play is that line from 🤣
@snowzerox2868 Titus Andronicus, a lesser known in the modern day tragedy that is basically shakespear writing a mass murder fiction with numerous gruesome dismemberment and other deaths for almost its whole cast
My favorite part is in the description “this is a lot”. TB’s unofficial motto and a joy every time.
A lot has changed since this vid has come out, lore, characters, character reworks and other stuff like Runeterra and other changes, would like to see your view on it again and all the special interactions. Maybe even a tier list of your favourite with Chip at the top because its Chip. Chip > everything.
Also, "What you egg?" *He stabs him*
I'd like to believe Samira has a ton of scars, but she just looked at them and thought "wow this gives me another great idea for a tattoo" so they're basically impossible to distinguish anymore
Scars? You mean texturing for my tattoo canvas?
@@JudgeNicodemus "Oh... Im bored with these. Lets get a new tattoo. But first, i need an inspiration"
*fight a giant monster in Shurima*
I read all of these comments in her voice. I love it
@@JudgeNicodemus🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I'm pretty sute that's actually canon
I didn't even know Camille was supposed to be an older woman before i saw ppl pointing that out, i wish she had a little more marks on her face to indicate her age but yea guess all women in Runeterra have perfect skincare routines
You know she's mostly a machine most likely designed to live forever on unable to really age
@@kinimod2860 ok, and? They can try to justify it with lore as much as they want, but at the end of the day Camille still ends up looking young just like all the other characters.
she is machine
@kinimod2860 While that could be a great way to characterize her, it doesn't come across as that. Like, it would make her (and Piltover) more villainous that they are have perfected a way to become immortal for the super rich while the poor live short painful lives in pollution and violence. It would shows the callous priorities of Piltover, IF it wasn't for the surrounding context. I can't think of a single humanoid female champion that isn't visibly young. There are older male champions, but no older women. It comes across as shallow rather than genuine characterization.
@@ВладГромадский-з6ю she has a _hextech core_ for a heart.
Her upper torso is still mostly flesh, including her face.
Jhin being an S-Tier design is the coldest take in this and im 100% on board
He's perfection, which makes sense ig lmao
was about to comment that. jhin can't be more perfect than he already is. love the man with my whole heart
Jhin is still LoL's only perfect champion
@@thomaspereira1545Nah, pantheon beats him by a while
@@legitplayin6977 not even close
Thank you for pointing out the many, many dated designs that use “sexy women” as the only aspect of character design
As with Braum, showing skin can make so much sense design-wise and I’m not at all against it. Just very tired of seeing it when it makes absolutely no sense
Same. I hate it so much that majority of female characters in this game literally have the same body type too
@@andgandg2783 actually, I don't care that much about it bc I'm not a guy? I'm allowed not to care about all issues you know.
But also, you may argue that yes, too many of the characters have the same slim-muscular body type. But I'd argue most male characters have a body type that helps their characterisation. Pantheon is naked bc he is literally the embodiment of arrogance. His sexualisation makes sense, as does his body type (never said sexualisation is always bad btw) Ryze is also kinda naked but he's more of a scrawny monk type skinny - which also makes sense.
Jenna (a wind spirit) is a naked person bc hot elf lady sexy
Edit: also, just bc I can: Olaf is a berserker that literally gets stronger when he‘s wounded (that’s a whole ability). So it makes sense that he only wears armour to protect vital organs, but not full plate. Him showing legs/arms is a taunt, not inherently sexual, and necessary to unlock his full potential.
And if you seriously believe that Gragas is naked bc of some sexual female gaze then Idk my friend
@@andgandg2783 thats just literally not true, don't pretend like you know shit. Did you even read my original comment? I absolutely adore sexy character design whenever it makes sense and isn't just a cheap way to make a design appealing. I'm a fucking bisexual, I'm not bothered by having to look at hot women lmao.
Never said none of the sexy designs make sense too. I agree with most points made in the video, if you even watched that lol.
@@StoneHavel ikr, they would be like a warrior and wear lots of armor with high status, battling through countless calamities.....
And then boom legs, cleavage, beautiful skin and makeup
It's a lot in gacha games too
@@bryanr8398yeah I think people should understand that some people enjoy simple feminine charm over muscle and function lol
Watching this and the complaints about what yordles are meant to be, and after watching that animated short for the new LoR expansion with all these yordles of different shapes and sizes I'm beginning to think that Riot wants them to be the same way humans are. Different skin tones, cultures, clothes, etc. I think they want yordles to be sort of like their own race with various different cultures, tied also to a lot of regions of Runeterra, which would explain why Fizz is a yordle, but doesn't look like your average yordle, he's a sort of species of aquatic yordles, it would explain why we have very fuzzy looking and non-fuzzy looking male yordles, and why male yordles (in the game so far at least) all look so different.
At least that's how I'd go about doing it and what I'm seeing is going on.
im pretty sure yordles are their own race
@@beboparc2378 i think the point he's making it that yordles are a different species with different races.
I feel like Darius and Garen deserve a higher rating while their characters are on the basic side, they represent Noxus And Demacia. by looking at Darius you understand Noxus and by looking at Garen you understand Demacia.
Same. But guess generic "white male" is apparently a crime of some sorts
The problem is their designs are so basic there is nothing within the visual character designs to describe CHARACTER. I thought Garen could possibly be a bad guy at first, but then I realized he's a cookie cutter fantasy armor dude.
@@mikafizz1022 but they are supposed to be bland. They represent people who uphold the status Quo and do so with a nationalist fervor.
Ok if I ignore knowing lore of the two
Garen=Demacia is dum good guys
Darius=Noxus is war loving edgy bad guy country
Which isn't far form truth but still too Simple
@@Plamler aiming to be bland still makes one bland.
Those minutes really accumulated huh? I did not expect this much.
I mean if you could cut all the times he says to check out his main channel it would probably cut a decent amount of time.
@@MrShirotomo I hope I didn't butcher the math, but you made me want to calculate it.
So each short is a minute long : 1 minutes = 60 secondes
From what I could tell, the "check out my main channel" is always around 6 seconds.
6 x 100 / 60 = 10%
So this video would be 10% shorter.
This video's length is 2h46m46s
2 hours x 60 = 120 minutes
120 + 46 = 166 minutes
166 minutes x 60 = 9960 secondes
9960 + 46 = 10006 secondes
10006 x 0.9 = 10006 - 1000.6 = 9005.4 secondes
1000.6 / 60 = 16.67 minutes or 16 minutes and 40 secondes.
So it would have saved a little under 17 minutes.
Decent, but not that much in the grand scheme of things. Although I am rusty at math, might have made a mistake.
@@raphaelhemery152 dude that's a lot of unnecessary math, just multiply 6 by the number of shorts (167) and divide by 60 to get the minutes
Anyway, to me it comes down to just being annoying hearing those 6 (or so) seconds repeated 167 times but it would be some work to cut those out
Edit: he doesn't say it on jhin and kindred so the number is actually 165
dave strider i see you
Shaco, Nocturne and Fiddle being friends is the most characterizing thing for Nocturne and Shaco really
i want to live to the age where all league characters are reworked and they are all amazing
I mean if this game never dies eventually a champion like Yasuo is gonna be outdated so basically they are going to have to keep reworking Champs as they become outdated infinitely lol
what would a minotaur wear if they were free ?
a cow onesie, of course
in the subject of neeko, wouldn't it be cool if she transformed when using abilities and attacking, since emotions change her form she could turn into different animals based on the action she is performing
Since these are all things you've said before, wouldn't this all be cold takes?
I love that Brand's name is just the word for burn in Dutch. Like they really made a generic fire guy and named in Burny McFlame.
Brand is a commonly used word in English as well to the point that you don't need Burny Mcflame because you have Brand lol.
@@phillipA123 which doesn't change it's dutch origins, which ultimately came from german
Skyen: I have made a character design hot take for every single Champion in League.
"Proud of u... Now do skins next"
Skyen: Wat?
"Did I stutter?"
He didn't mention zoe and aurelion sol's relationship. It's hilarious but also helps to show how whimsically she uses her terrifying power.
This reminded me again just how many champions there are, when a compilation of ca. 1 min shorts comes down to nearly three hours of footage
Of course I'm still gonna watch it all again
I think Illaoi is also great because her gameplay PERFECTLY fulfils her fantasy as well. She’s at least decently balanced as well! Very fun.
My favourite part of the romance between Diana and Leona has become the 20 seconds where they stare at each other in the cinematic The Vaulted Road. The expression on their face is perfect, especially Leona's.
THANK YOU for the Illaoi body type appreciation. My favorite league champ designs of all time. Well armorerd kinda dumb aztecan cult brawler sounds like feature overload but works so well. That combined with her fighting animations that carry weight, fun tentacle fist-pumping idle animations and a very clear character voice still makes her outstanding to me years later.
As for Shakespeare, my favorite play is Midsummer Night's Dream, but I've seen so many reinterpretations of the play (the fairies in tutus and combat boots for example) I don't actually know any of the original lines.
The thing that gets me about Karma is that her name is KARMA.
It's like calling a character inspired by Polynesian culture Coconut because you know absolutely nothing else about the south pacific.
wow i would have never guessed all the shorts together would be this long. It makes sense if you do the math, but watching them all come out it never felt this long!
Either way good freaking job dude, seeing them all together makes me realize how much freaking work you put into all of these.
Having finally watched through all of this, I would love to see you take a crack at all of Smite's God designs.
How you feel about how thier aesthetics match up with their lore, the design liberties taken and any other tidbits you like or bemoan.
As a bonus, Smite also has the Voice Guidance System which can be used to gauge their personality a bit more than just the triggered voicelines when taking action.
I think that could be a fun project in the downtime between new League Champ releases!
I remembered back at April when I marked the calendar for the potential date for Kled's hot take. The same goes for Veigar and Velkoz. Waiting for months just to watch a specific video for my mains.
It felt like yesterday. Time flies so fast...
I always thought Vayne is more of a "Van Helsing" style character than a "Batman" style character (I'm not so familiar with american super heroes tho...)
You want a poem huh... I guess we'll go with a League classic then!
Roses are black
Violets are black
Everything's black
I can't see
I uh, while designing an OC for Arcane binged all of these and uh
it is 4 am
thank you for the good lore and reviews!
While I disagree with quite a lot of these rankings and opinions on the stories - I have to take my hat off that you actually managed to power through all of them
You took the words right outta my mouth. While we have disagreements that is alooooot of champions, good on him for following through.
Have you considered making a character design hot takes for characters from other franchises, for example Guilty Gear Strive has several interesting ones with great animations (especially Faust)
He already did
Slayer is my favorite from GG
I was watching the Xerath part and suddenly I was wondering. "Why does he have to have hands and eyes..?" (aka hand shaped blue things and eye shapes in the rock that occupies the position of his head) If he lost his physical body entirely, shouldn't he have just the shape of random rock parts connected purely by magic?
Or did he make himself eyes and hands to look more human, even though he doesn't really need them, since he doesn't have a physical body anymore? 🤔
Such a helpful series, Skyen! I started playing League about a month ago, and thanks to your videos, I already know more about the lore and history of League's characters than my friends who've been playing since launch.
Honestly I think the main thing I took away from this video is how most of the character backstories are REALLY GOOD?
I am SO glad you put all these in a compilation. I’ve watched every one, but 6 months of daily videos is a lot to remember.
I love Illaoi, her design is so frickin good. She may be look a bit subdued, but she looks so good when the brightness of the tentacles is there to contrast her.
It feels like yesterday that you started this series! Time sure flies!!!
"say the line bart"
*sigh*
"subscribe to this channel for more reactions and hot takes, or head on over to my main channel for longer in depth videos"
"YAAAAY"
*Explains kindred's design*
"My rate is: "
*Fucking dies*
I'm pretty sure Azir's lore is that he was going to surprise Xerath by freeing the slaves after he ascended but it back fired because Xerath didn't know and betrayed him. Not that he was oppressive and still using slaves and deserved to be betrayed.
If I remember correctly, Xerath realized the surprise, but decided it was too late and Azir waited too long, so he went through with the plan anyway. This video completely misses the mark on the Azir/Xerath story.
@@indigorune Skyen misses the mark often because he compares everything with LGBT or a Leftist belief
SKYEEEENNN I'd love to see you do a shorts series where you discuss ideas for new LoL champions and ways for them to round out the champion pool to fill the holes they have
that thing with jinx being a wingman aged hilariously badly
I'm honestly so bummed we don't get to see the rest of the grades, haha. What an awesome series. Thanks for all your effort and openness.
jhin's short lasting 44 seconds insted of a minute is peak
I like the evolution of grades
First, simple letters, then letters with + or -, then emojis, then random things, then random things uncommented
Meanwhile there's nidalee sitting in the corner with her F
But tbh, she need a VU
The F is for fierce
@@risky2166 sad since she was one of the first VU's
Looking at this after reworks reminds me why they were needed so much
Am I the only one who is reminded of how good league's ost is from using the champ themes as background music
Aphelios "still waiting for the boy band"
welcome to Heartsteell
I was drawing some character designs while listening to this, helped alot :3
thank u sensei skyen
i haven't played league in a long while but i'm still really into the lore side of things so getting to know a little about the new champions i haven't been around for was really cool, thanks for this! 🚂
I feel the need to mention that with the new character, vex, amumu will have finally found a friend, now he just needs a rework
Here's hoping for more "Building a Better Champion" in the future even if just for the exposure to independant artists looking to try their hands at redesigning old champs. I loved your work on Janna and Verauko did excelently as well. I'd love to see your take on more Monstrous characters like Nocturne or Cho Gath or Skarner but I remember I saw a rework of Vladimir that incorporated his butterfly motif beautifly!
I had a lot of fun listening. I learned a lot about a lot of characters! I’m not the most in tune with any of the lore or most of the roster- I picked up playing briefly just to hang out with some of my friends. But it was genuinely quite interesting seeing all of this character concept stuff talked about.
As for what else… I’m quite fond of the poem that starts “do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep”. The birds in circled flight, the Diamond blunts on snow- it’s all a rather lovely poem with great imagery I think, that all ends in “do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there, I did not die”
I know this video is super old so this won't affect much but God the fact that the call to action at the end of every short wasn't cut is a grating decision
Man, why does nobody reference the fact that during the Bilgewater event, GP not only got disabled for a week.
We got the updated rework and Captain Gangplank skin during the first week, in which afterwards he was disabled, then came back after a week of being "dead" with a fully new default skin, and everyone who played during the event, got to keep the Captain Gangplank skin since it was used as his default skin during the event itself
I fucking love these, please keep the content coming man. You’re so good to listen to while working, playing games or sleeping.
Oh wow, I guess I hadn't seen the Fiddlesticks rework yet. That is terrifying.
Skyen, I adore you and most of your takes.
Literally how are Cassiopeia and Evelynn in the same tier
i feel like evelynn turning into multiple different people or forms would be great as an ultimate skin
but maybe too much as a base skin
you should do every runeterra card, thats one hell of a project
I came here expecting to hear burns and well, while I did get that, I never thought I’d come out of it knowing so much LoL lore! I’ve played for YEARS but never really bothered to keep up with lore, it feels like I got to know the champions all over again. Thank you for your hard work as always!!
I've already seen all these but skyen's content always relaxes me🙂
It's been 2 years, i think it's safe to reupload this video without the "subscribe" bit for every champion
Since you mentioned Subjectively's Gragas redesign, I am going to mention that they're doing a Cho'Gath redesign soon, so I'd be interested on your opinion of it.
My favorite poem is Harlem by Langston Hughes. "What happens to a dream deferred...?"
Kudos on completing all champion hot takes, and thank you for compiling them. I enjoy seeing where our takes align and differ, but even when I disagree I can see where you're coming from with how you lay out your logic. These shorts are how I got into watching your work, and I've come to love your full essay videos as well.
I'm glad someone hates gragas's design as much as I do
After finally properly making it through this video and hearing Skyen ask for a poem or something, I wanted to share one of my poems: “Letter from a mortal man”. Enjoy.
{You smiled at me, & in a moment stripped away from time, (my heart sprouted wings, ripped through my solarplex & learned how to fly) my heart fluttered. & while I wish I could lie & say that this made me weak, instead I became stronger than Heracles after all 13 labors times 395 days minus 7.5 to the power of 2 bright brown eyes} You smiled, & the world split in twain but I held it together with my bare hands. Here I stand, arrogant & presumptuous in the thought that I, a mere mortal, struggling to find himself whilst treading water, could gain your love. I have climbed mountains & slain dragons, plunged the depths of the ocean & came up whole, yet you are an insurmountable task. My Darling. When we get older, won't you smile for me & let your light supercharge these worn cells so that I may fly fast enough to turn back the hands of time, go back to the beginning, & go through it with you all over again. Do not judge me, if in our quiet moments, I sit and stare. For I am encasing that time in amber, so that if things ever get bad, I can look back & remember how it was before. The funny thing is, no matter how eloquent I may be, these words will do nothing but push you away from me. So I will sit on the shore of your doubt, waiting for the day when you decide to swim to land, armed with a warm towel & a warmer cup of tea. "Just Friends" written in the sand next to me.
It might not be my favorite Shakespeare quote, but "No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I
bite my thumb, sir." is probably the one that's most memorable in my mind. Such "I'm not touching you, it's thin air" energy.
This is not only an amazing run-down of the character designs in league, but a FANTASTIC overview of the champions in general. I'm fairly new to the game and I've been really confused since there are just. So. Many. And your straight-to-the-point way of explaining their lore is so helpful. I'm also a character design enthusiast so I love this.
i know you're repurposing shorts but i kinda wish you cut out the outro and put in the full splash since theyre originally horizontal
I don’t play league of legends or even watch the tv show or whatever but I love character design critique so I’m addicted
4:17 I think it would be compelling if they had allistair wore all clothes that were green and blue that was broken by shackles that are all black and red
Here's my favorite Shakespeare passage
With his own bolt;
the strong-based promontory
Have I made shake, and by the spurs plucked up
The pine and cedar; graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth
By my so potent art. But this rough magic
I here abjure, and when I have required
Some heavenly music, which even now I do,
To work mine end upon their senses that
This airy charm is for, I’ll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound
I’ll drown my book.
Kind of a weird idea not to remove the subscribe ending for every clips...
The Calvin and Hobbes grade made me honestly smile
Take a drink when he says "to embody an archtype, not to challange it" and you'll get sick very, very fast (never try this, please)
Please do not play any drinking games with this video, they will ALL kill you
@@TBSkyen ofcourse nobody should ever try this ever
You're right, skyen. Trains are nice. (Apple doesn't have a train emoji)
My take on Seraphine is that she is a hero of safety. You (Runeterran) see Seraphine and you are happy to see her, your enemies may be at the same concert but she makes you feel okay with it. She's not CHALLENGING the status quo, she's challenging the monotony of your position in it. If she were to change the status quo of Piltover and Zaun and the Hextech Crystals were returned to the Brackern, she'd go back to being miserable, in pain, and a nobody, She's not an anti-hero, she's not a villain; to me, Seraphine is the most human of the champions (probably because she was designed to be a Human Girl tm from China) but she's doing what she can, where she can, without losing her privilege. I think if they'd leaned into the other concept arts more, she'd make a wonderful warrior poet type champion who would gladly get rid of her Hextech crystal, but only after every single one was returned and restored. I think what they are doing with the champion interactions is much better than a lore retcon. Every champion either simps for her, or bashes her for basically doing nothing. She's the perfect personification of what a real movement looks like: some people miss the mark on making change when it gets them attention. With that being said, I do love playing her. Dark Harvest, Liandry's, and Demonic. Build her more like Swain support rather than Soraka and you've got a solid destructo support who can basically carry or peel if she needs to.
All I remember from this 2 hrs video is “Subscribe to this channel for more reactions and hot takes or head over to my main channel for longer in-depth videos”
Annie ain't wearing makeup on her eyes, that's the ashes of the enemy
Thanks for putting all this together! :)
You've given me more appreciation for several of the champs I didn't understand.
I’ve gone through this whole video several times, mostly just because I think pretty much literally every discussion here is solid. While the more in-depth videos have more to say, the animation breakdown makes it much less audio-only friendly. Regardless please keep it up. :)
"Graves is a cowboy with a shotgun" as a Graves main yeah that pretty much sums it up lmao
"Please dont make tentacle jokes in the comments" boy, aren't you a *sucker*
I haven't touched League in a few years and oh man, is Fiddlesticks' new design great. At first I wasn't looking when that part of the video started, so I was confused when you started praising him, but he really went a long way from the "just a scarecrow dude" design I remember.
You deadass made this and left the part where u ask us to sub for every single short
What is your opinion design about Leona and Soraka in Wild Rift??Its looks so different with Pc version?