Darius: Inhumanly Strong

1 Wing··2 votes·1,072 views

I've been doing a bunch of woodcutting, for winter, and I've realized that hauling a big axe around: that thing's pretty heavy, and it takes a long time to move it around for a heavy blow.

When Darius swings his axe around for his ult, it takes him less than half a second. And he can't even be cancelled during it!

Simply: no one can swing an axe behind themselves, leap into the air, and bring the axe down in less than one second. No one can do that.

>LoL has a design that shows characters behaving realistically. Yes, that is a really skilled bowman, shooting arrows fast, but that's a realistic timing for a skilled bowman to reach for an arrow, load it in their bow, and fire it. Even Yi, at max attack speed, feels realistic for a master swordsman. When a character dashes, they move at a realistic speed for dashing. If it's a rocket propelled dash, then they'll move faster. When Heimer throws a grenade, the grenade moves at a realistic pace: it's not a rocket propelled grenade, so it moves as fast as a scientist can throw an object.

Darius's axe must weigh 40lbs or more. I encourage Riot to actually pick up an axe, and see how long it takes to actually swing it around. Darius is a really strong, trained soldier, but he cannot move inhumanly fast.

I'll buy that he can't be cancelled for being so focused, and maybe the weight of the axe can't be stopped, but Darius is supposed to be a human being!

5 Comments

Reaper Soraka1 votes

Hey now we're already having trouble balancing the supernatural, which should be easier to twist into our control. Let's not bring reality into this!

Caitlyn traps for instance. Nobody is going to step on a cupcake. They're going to pick it up and eat it. Clearly there's some sort of evil magic at work that makes us think our mouth is inbetween our toes.

Which side did I want to argue for again?

Ralanr1 votes

...Teemo can blind Lee Sin.

BattleOxe1 votes

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...Teemo can blind Lee Sin.

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Princess Emma1 votes

It is rare in any form of fiction that everything is 100% realistic, I do get what you are saying though.

Trylobyte1 votes

Fact: Someone forged Darius's axe. It weighs 106 pounds and an ordinary man cannot swing it period.

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