I think "Reaper" is better than "Slayer"

FantasySniper··127 votes·6,513 views
Champion Mastery

According to the Titles, Assassins will be known as:

  • Thug
  • Prowler
  • Cutthroat
  • Reaper
  • Slayer

I think that "Reaper" is a significantly stronger title than "Slayer", and they should be switched.

63 Comments

Jungle Lux God49 votes

You can say all you want about how the Assassin titles messed up the last two slots, I'm super salty about how the Tank titles messed up on the entirety.

  1. Grunt. This is okay.
  2. Bruiser. This is another term for a fighter, not a tank.
  3. Bulward. So I'm just a really tanky sight ward?
  4. Enforcer. This is actually okay, given the final title fits the final title better.
  5. Brute. What the hell.
Karn Bot12 votes

This.. So much this... I main support and tank and it's like...

  1. Sure, I'm a soldier, low level, whatever
  2. I guess I've evolved into a dance club guard or mob boss beatup guy?
  3. Really think it should have been bulwark, but sure
  4. Why are all of these like mob titles?? Oh well, at least it's cool
  5. ........ Seriously?? Did I degrade in mentality to become brutish?
Castanean49 votes

I'm surprised "Juggernaut" or "Dreadnaught" isn't anywhere to be found at all. It could fit both tanks and fighters, and they both sound so awesome! D:

Thumpin35 votes

Grunt Enforcer Bulwark (wtf is a bulward) Vanguard Titan

RasCaelestis9 votes

This is so much better. Disregarding the (hopefully) typo of 'Bulward' I really do not like the upper-tier titles for tanks. Even the Support's 'Defender' and 'Guardian' sound more appropriate for tanks than 'Brute.'

Also, 'Bruiser' is pretty much synonymous for 'Fighter' in this game, so it really doesn't make sense for it to be a Tank title.

TWTV DmgOvrTym1 votes

I completely agree.

DragonNick1 votes

0.0.Teemo

Solaxo9 votes

Titan, Vanguard, Sentinel, maybe Warden

FantasySniper2 votes

"Bulward" is the same thing as "Bulwark" in old English, but it definitely isn't as common.

Stars Shaper8 votes

Taric Should have Outrageous at level cap no matter what

terkmc6 votes

Grunt Enforcer Juggernaut Titan Immortal

TWTV DmgOvrTym1 votes

I like these a lot. They fit better for tanks.

Auryiel1 votes

Wow, I don't really play tanks but there's so much potential for awesome titles...

These are AWFUL

DrCyanide26 votes

Mage Initiate Conjurer Invoker Magus Warlock

Xerath - Dang it! I knew I should have been the Warlock Ascendant!

Mogarl15 votes

A reaper shows up once you are already dead or about to die, opposed to a slayer who simply decides that you will die. On the other hand, reaper sounds way cooler.

FantasySniper1 votes

What you described is a Psychopomp - those that simply lead the dead.

You do not reap what is already dead, you harvest what is alive.

Karlyr6 votes

You harvest what is READY to die. This is the differenciation.

A reaper is a farm tool or machine for harvesting grain. It comes from the word "reap", which means "to take". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper_(disambiguation)

FantasySniper3 votes

"To take" means that there has to be something to take at all. Life is the implied subject for this context. If it has life is still alive, is it not?

Karlyr3 votes

But it is READY to die, it's not dead yet.

FantasySniper1 votes

Exactly.

Duke Anax6 votes

The most compelling argument: A Slayer usually only takes one at a time, a Reaper however takes them in droves.

On the other hand Slayer is often uised for big impressive takedowns like Dragon_slayer_.

Karlyr1 votes

And the slayer also takes the life from scratch, not from an "already ready to die" state.

Red Frostraven4 votes

{quoted}

You harvest what is READY to die. This is the differenciation.

Except that the reaper is the cause of inevitable death, while the slayer is avoidable.

A dragonslayer would be a character who has slain at least one dragon. A dragonREAPER would be a character who has slain a considerable amount of dragons, to the pointwhere nobody is even impressed when the character does it again, because the act of that character killing a dragon becomes akin to a dragon dying a natural death.

Slayer: Legendary dragonslayer hailed by the village after slaying the dragon and it's brood. Drizzt levels of fame. Jon Snow. The Hound. Dario. Frodo. Aragorn. Boromir. Emil Eagle. Gus Goose.

Reaper: Beyond legend; inevitable, so integrated in legend that he's the one showing up at the end of the slayer's saga, giving the Dragonslayer a crown, before vanishing back into obscurity. In every story about a slayer ever told. Think Elminster-levels of fame. R'hollor. Coldhands. Gandalf. Tom Bombadil. Sauron. Mickey Mouse. Donald Duck.

Other than that, the reaper reaps what HE considers ready for harvest -- completely and utterly disregarding what anyone else thinks of the matter, and inevitably reaps what he has decided to reap -- while a slayer can fail.

...

Slayer: A hellfire missile. Reaper: A drone firing hellfire missiles.

Aranii13 votes

When I think of Reaper, I think of this. That's much cooler than a slayer.

Also, magus is better than warlock, and ranger is way better than pathfinder.

RasCaelestis4 votes

I agree completely with the Magus > Warlock thing. Magus sounds way more intimidating and mystical.

Divewing11 votes

Hang on a sec...... Support sounds more like tank... Considering supports tend to look after the more strategic aspects of the general team, id have though a line like: "Planner, Tactician, Strategist, Mastermind, Manipulator" would suit better.....also covers champs like Zyra.....who doesn't really fit in as a Guardian..

Space Bum3 votes

WTF? I main ADC. All supports are worthless dead weight. I make the plays. Kappa.

Divewing1 votes

I see what you did there :3

kDrakari8 votes

All the Marksman titles are about scouting... which doesn't really make much sense compared to their actual role in-game. Support titles are all about protection, but that's only one of the jobs of a support. Tank titles are just kinda... Well, they don't seem to substantially increase in power, nor do they seem to relate to being a Tank any more than being a Fighter.

I agree with you on Reaper v. Slayer, but I don't think that's the biggest issue with the current titles.

If it were up to me, Tank titles need to be almost entirely scrapped and replaced. Or maybe just move most of the Support's current titles over and think of some completely new ones for Support instead. Marksman and Support's titles are at least consistent even if they don't fit the roles that well, so they don't need to be as high priority as fixing the nonsense Tank titles.

Red Frostraven5 votes

Slayer. A champion who has slain a lot of enemies. I'd expect this to mean a 5:1 ratio for an assassin, if titles had to be maintained. They are not, but -- still. To put a value on the title, I'd put it at 5:1.

Reaper. A champion who harvests opponent champions' lives as effortlessly as a farmer harvests his fields. I'd expect this to mean a 10:1 ratio for an assassin; Considerably much better than Slayer.

... Brute... Yeah. Eh. No.

Juggernaut. Sentinel. Guardian. ...brute could be the first level of fighter.

Whimsy Spook3 votes

Buffy The Vampire Reaper. That doesn't nearly as cool, sorry man.

FantasySniper3 votes

Buffy's character doesn't fit the idea of a reaper, imo.

The Bearded Bard3 votes

I'm thinking "Legend" should be the highest rank considering this is the League of Legends.

Stars Shaper3 votes

Brute Taric... That feels so wrong ._.

Volt Cruelerz3 votes

Several of the roles are a bit... meh...

Assassin: you pointed it out well enough Tank: These are just... ugh Marksman: just because you use a bow doesn't make you a rogue... Support: Maybe I've played too much Golden Sun, but I was really hoping for Paragon here.

I'm interested to see what they add onto the top end when they add more ranks (which they've said they'll do eventually). Presumably that's when we'll see things like Archmage, Juggernaut, and Paragon.

Frikgeek1 votes

Thresh the Paragon. Ehhh, yeah, no.

Virgin Ray2 votes

What about ninja, like honestly that's the whole point of being an assassin, and ninjas are the MASTERS of stealth and assassinations.

Father Cthulhu2 votes

I have to agree with you... Reaper sounds badass and cool, then you 'upgrade' to Slayer and it'll feel like a downgrade, really. Swap the place of the two, and it feels like normal progression.

KING OF MASKS2 votes

Good God these are terrible.

Laustin Space1 votes

They did extremely well for the fighters i feel! :D

Fırewall1 votes

To the people crying about the tank tree. I'd like to explain something, you're all picturing a tank as something meant to protect.

But let me actually tell you, throught history, we've used, big, mean, tanky, immortal pieces of weaponry as offensive measures. If you go around giving the Tank tree titles like : Bastion, Bulwark, Aegis, Guard, tanks might aswell be called "supports".

In that sense, Riot's tank titles work. A bruiser is a big tall motherfucking dude who takes a few hits and goes like "tsk, nothing more?", a brute is that guy, wearing a huge suit of diving equipment and is about to smack you with an anchor. Sure, as a support main, I'd rather have a title for Leona like "Bastion" or "Aegis", but let's face it... "Brute" is pretty accurate.

NauFirefox1 votes

"My only major complaint is that Rank 4 Assassin title is "Reaper" and Rank 5 is "Slayer"

Slayer more used to describe a person, where Reaper has supernatural roots and is a legendary creature or used to describe a person of equal fear.

Please switch those two titles..."

The above was my exact comment on the thread announcing it. I'm really not happy with this minor thing. I don't know why i just bothers the hell outta me.

Criomhthann1 votes

Warlock

All good magic users are now the male equivalent of a witch?

So Ahri has a penis now?

...on second thought, I am okay with this.

Oberic1 votes

I just want one of the later if not final support titles to be Sage. Because Dark Cloud 2.

Totalis1 votes

"An enemy has been been SLAIN" "an ally has been SLAIN"

DOES IT SAY REAPED? YEA, I DIDN'T THINK SO

CASE DISMISSED, BRING IN THE DANCING LOBSTERS

Chilroy1 votes

More appropriate titles for the Marksman and Tanks

Marksman - -Sharpshooter -Ranger -Dead-eye -Predator -Headhunter

Tanks- -Grunt -Vanguard -Giant -Titan -Juggernaut

LionHeart5551 votes

I agree with a conflict in mastery names, but I feel like lvl 6 mastery for all roles should be legend because it like league of legends. I don't know how they would incorporate it but I feel its needed.

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