The River King (Ability/Role Thoughts)
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
. 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
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
or Rammus
. 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
, 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
and 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
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.
or
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.