The River King (Ability/Role Thoughts)

Jet van K·6/18/2015, 10:33:52 PM·4 votes·5,163 views

So today a new trailer for a new champion dubbed "The River King" was released today. If you haven't seen the video a link to it is right below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9RM4HwwoKs

Here I wanted to get out my thoughts on what this champion might be when released. First off, he seems like he'd be big or a pretty decent size as champions go, maybe even rivaling that of Sion Sion . Because of this size and pudgy look, I think at least one of his roles could be that of a Tank or at least a Fighter. That way he can take a bit of punishment but still be okay. The unquenchable hunger that is brought up multiple times could mean something like a Cho'Gath Chogath style regen passive, maybe even having his auto attacks being bites.

I have some theories about his abilities through some parts of the tale in the video. When the young gambler is enticed by the River King's song with him even saying "the tune's purpose was your attention" could mean a Charm or Taunt ability like Ahri Ahri or RammusRammus . The River King mentions that the "world's one river and I'm its king" possibly hinting at some kind of mobility based ability akin to that of Rek'Sai RekSai, maybe even creating water around him to go under and pop up somewhere else? As for a possible ultimate, the River King might have something between the ults of Cho'Gath Chogath and Skarner Skarner, eating a champion, storing them in his mouth for a few seconds, and then spitting them out. Given his toad like appearance it might even be a skillshot using his tongue to grab a champ. My main thoughts stem that with these 'potential' abilities he might be a Top Laner/Jungler.

However, my out there, probably not going to happen, too weird to be thought about this is that he will be... a Support. I know it seems very crazy but allow me to pitch this mad thought. The idea of him as a Support is that of a risk/reward style champ. His theme is that of making deals that come with a price. In Support terms, gaining buffs at a cost. He could give a champ bonus movement speed at the cost of resistances, give damage and attack speed at the cost of health, or even a shield at the cost of movement speed. Even his ultimate that I mentioned earlier might have dual properties, either snatching up a enemy champ to bring them to your allies or get an ally out of a fight similar to Kalista's Kalista ultimate.

If you read this, then thank you for putting up with my ramblings and if you have any thoughts about any abilities or what roles this new champ could be then comment below.

9 Comments

willcarry4gold6/19/2015, 12:14:11 PM2 votes

I'm calling it that he'll have some kind of biting ultimate or a biting ability that heals him.

cyberNurgle6/19/2015, 9:59:08 PM2 votes

Hey guys just want to leave my thoughts on the River King. He has this whole "Devil at the Crossroads" vibe and looks like a giant man-catfish dressed as a Southern gentleman. Definitely a Jungler. As far as his abilities go here's what I got. His passive is most likely a debuff that requires him to "eat" and be "satisfied" He is going to have a charm since they referenced it a few times in the video He might have a teleport because "Boy, the world's one river, and I'm its King. Ain't no place I ain't been. Ain't no place I can't go again." Of course a bite move and maybe even a tongue grab (maybe even both at the same time). Thoughts?

Unlimited Chill6/18/2015, 10:44:15 PM1 votes

Truthfully he seems like a jungler. He probably has a passive involving movement speed increased in the river. I could see him having Blitzcrank or Nautilus style grab with his tongue. I hope that his ult involves something really crazy, like a temporary heal on an opponent that would detonate into massive damage (a little high risk, high reward stuff) but i expect that his ult would be a bite/eating related ability.

PokladnicaZla6/19/2015, 8:59:25 AM1 votes

Maybe he uses his ˝tongue˝ like Nunus Q?

I also thought he could have a charm cause of the siren reference,but it could only mean that he was singing to get attetion,not putting someone under his spell.

But he's probably going to be a tank/jungler by my opinion. EDIT:If he has a charm,pls let him be able to support XD

vettan6/19/2015, 2:00:18 PM1 votes

So here are my thoughts.

Pretty sure one of the abilities is charm (mentioned twice specifically in the video). Another is absolution, which is a cleanse like ability likely to an ally. It was mentioned that he can offer absolution, so I am thinking that it refers to clearing slows, stuns, etc. The reason for thinking that is, when watching the video, the choice of that word seemed odd and felt forced. The ulti is I'm pretty sure an ability that allows to snatch up an ally champion and potentially bring them to base? There is a picture of him snatching up an ally from the bind/trouble. It also says that after that occurs both he and the ally return to "palace of chance". Now it's weird that it says at a "palace of chance", along with "there ain't no place I haven't been, ain't no place I can't go to again" this kind of suggests that the return location is any structure on you team's side. So that's 3 abilities so far. So what's left is likely q and passive. The q is probably some kind of bite. Since it talks about crunching the princess and not referring to any previous abilities. The hunger has something to do with his passive. It seems that it is connected to "gifts, house, gold" which likely refer to "buffs, towers/inhibitors, and gold". It seems that a kill satisfies that hunger. Still haven't figured that out. So my thoughts are is that it is a support or potentially a utility jungler. I would bet on jungler though because of that constant hunger that he has; would be odd to have support that has to get kills and gold.

PS. Thanks for opening the thread :3

Quillcusion6/20/2015, 6:52:34 AM1 votes

I am thinking his passive be mroe along the lines of him gettign a buff in the river or something of the sort and that he also might be a jungler with an abiltiy similar to nunus q