Suggestion: Baron should kill the Rift Herald

Laughing Fish·Jan 15, 2016·240 votes·6,017 views

We all know Baron Nashor is a badass. He is a beastly monster that causes even the most fed champions to dread a conflict with him. But I ask you this: Is there is such thing as too badass? And the answer to that is of course no. One can always become more badass. So I present to you, fine summoners, this suggestion: instead of the Rift Herald simply leaving when Baron is about to spawn, what if he was dragged away as a welcoming meal to the rift's indigenous baddie? http://38.media.tumblr.com/a2519c54c05ee949b1231ea9ae0d04ef/tumblr_n60dga0y6a1tatwjio1_500.gif

43 Comments

IsmokeOreganoJan 15, 201650 votes

better than herald committing suicide

Chaotic ReksJan 15, 201617 votes

http://i.imgur.com/0HFNxqA.png

IsmokeOreganoJan 15, 20162 votes

^ exactly what i was referring to

TonyTonyMordecaiJan 15, 201610 votes

That Bard is salty, trying to talk bad about Cho'Gath

PROJECT KatarìnaJan 16, 20162 votes

I find this very offensive to the community as this promotes suicide in our younger audiences making them think its alright to commit seppuku.

BetaDude40Jan 16, 201612 votes

It's also offensive to Japanese war veterans because the time Herald always does this is at 19:45.

Rito plz

HeadHonchkrowJan 16, 20161 votes

holy fuck

IchinoseJan 16, 20163 votes

Uuuh that is a ''tribute'' for new Japanese servers. You know ... :|

IggletJan 16, 20161 votes

The... how?

XicashinaJan 15, 201621 votes

I know this was brought up in the original "Rift-Herald/preseason discussion page". I believe the riot response was something on the lines of "sounds really cool, we might implement it if we have the time"

Laughing FishJan 15, 20164 votes

I can understand animating a scene that large could be hard, but a simple work around could be Baron dragging the Rift Herald down underground, followed by the same shriek the herald makes when a champion kills it.

XicashinaJan 15, 20163 votes

Hey I'm just the messenger in case you curius the exact discussion was

As for having Baron EAT Rift Herald when he spawns and Rift Herald stops spawning for the game,

Question: Can we have Baron eat the Herald if he stays alive up until the 20th minute? Riot Jag: SoonTM? No promises. :P

FastAsHeckJan 15, 20161 votes

and after herald's scream, the baron erupts and screams as usual.

FacerollKatarinaJan 16, 20161 votes

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I know this was brought up in the original "Rift-Herald/preseason discussion page". I believe the riot response was something on the lines of "sounds really cool, we might implement it if we have the time"

They could also implement a sound for the announcer that tells us when a team kills dragon/baron instead of just the dragon making a noise and the announcer going quiet for 4 seconds

SkiasJan 15, 20169 votes

No way, bro. Herald and Baron are a tag team. They should high five and switch out.

Edit: Void Lyfe

Steel BlossomJan 16, 20162 votes

THEN ADD THAT! THAT WOULD BE FUCKING HILARIOUS!

My Waifu VanillaJan 17, 20161 votes

B-b-but.....how do you high-five....with no hands?

Steel BlossomJan 17, 20161 votes

a face-five? High-face? idk, with all the money riot makes they CAN find a way...

VardaJan 15, 20165 votes

This needs more press! Spread the word!!

Clockwork MadokaJan 15, 20165 votes

Would be cool is Baron just came up and ate him, similar to a Fizz ult.

Ace Access Jan 16, 20165 votes

how it should happen

rumbling noises from underground
rift herald gets an "!" over its head and gets scared
baron spawns like usual snaking his way around the edge of his pond walls and the rift herald panics after seeing it
it gets silent for 3 second
baron comes out of the ground and immediately grabs the rift herald with its jaws
drags said victim into the ground kicking and screaming
we hear crunching and chewing sounds.... then a burp
then baron pops out of the ground fed and ready to fight us as usual
the remains of the rift heralds lie around baron for 1 r 2 mins before disappearing

edit: if we attack it when it resurfaces after eating then it vomits the rift heralds remains at us, covering us in its gross stomach acids dealing DoT and death from stink

My Waifu VanillaJan 17, 20161 votes

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how it should happen

rumbling noises from underground

rift herald gets an "!" over its head and making the MGS "spotted" noise and gets scared

baron spawns like usual snaking his way around the edge of his pond walls and the rift herald panics after seeing it

it gets silent for 3 second

baron comes out of the ground and immediately grabs the rift herald with its jaws

drags said victim into the ground kicking and screaming

we hear crunching and chewing sounds.... then a burp

then baron pops out of the ground fed and ready to fight us as usual

the remains of the rift heralds lie around baron for 1 r 2 mins before disappearing

edit: if we attack it when it resurfaces after eating then it vomits the rift heralds remains at us, covering us in its gross stomach acids dealing DoT and death from stink

FTFY

THEATOMBOMB035Jan 15, 20163 votes

The baron is of the void, where the weak are eaten by the strong. if the herald is weak, it is in the nature of the Baron to eat him The baron is a monster after all [slayer-jinx-unamused] it only makes sense

Serika ZeroJan 16, 20161 votes

I can 1v1 Herald, can confirm he is weak. Can someone confirm Baron is strong?

total serious post in case nobody noticed

NegusInParisJan 16, 20161 votes

1v1 for me with bard

SnowFallJan 16, 20162 votes

Also make the baron pit revealed when it happens

CaffeintJan 15, 20161 votes

And just keep the current animation for when the rift herald didn't respawn before Baron spawns

XillariusJan 15, 20161 votes

Already an idea hinted at riot when the rift herald idea was released to the pbe. Soon :^)

QuephaJan 15, 20161 votes

But I like supercrab...

MasterLegend4444Jan 15, 20161 votes

Can we just keep them BOTH?

NegusInParisJan 15, 20161 votes

Been suggested before and it received a LOT of upvotes. Sadly they didn't implement it.

UltraboomerJan 15, 20161 votes

I have a better idea. at the 19:55 mark, instead of despawning it, make the last rift herald roam around the map until someone kills it.

toxicsdeathJan 16, 20161 votes

It would be amazing to see.

Hay5eedJan 16, 20161 votes

I think that, if Baron eats Rift Hearald, he should gain more health or armor. Maybe give Rift Herald a permenant buff that would grant your team increased damage against Baron. (I.e. kill Herald Early to gain a bit of control on Baron)

Play GratJan 16, 20161 votes

I... think this is an amazing idea. However, I think they should actually fight. Nothing fancy. Just baron aggros to the rift herald. Then 20 min barons would be interesting to contend over. Basically you'd have a tank if nobody hit rift herald.

Monkey D LuffyJan 16, 20161 votes

Don't post a poll if you don't even give any options.

LoL Ergo UrgotJan 16, 20161 votes

Too cool.

DorkunedAurasJan 16, 20161 votes

Riot has stated they wanted to get herald functionality out the door before adding this. They are aware of this though, and the odds of this never eventually getting is are incredibly low.

Ale non è maleJan 16, 20161 votes

Nope The Baron is one of the lord of the Void, but the Void is full of dangerous creatures, so i don't think that even something as strong as the Baron could role all over the void alone...who would stop a Vilemaw, or one of the void champs for example, from ruling all the Void then? Even someone like Baron need some subordinates with him, and that subordinate is the Rift Herald...if he was completely useless for Baron he would have never ever allowed him to stay in his pit at first stance

F43DJan 16, 20161 votes

Chomp that Herald, Baron !

SckullzzJan 16, 20161 votes

Another suggestion for Rift Herald: Can we get a count for how many times each team gets Rift? In the games I'm playing, Rift is becoming a more attractive objective. It would be great to see a count slot for it.

ArchaceJan 16, 20161 votes

They've actually talked about maybe doing this later in the season. They were more just concerned with getting the herald working first. I would love to see this later down the line though.