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Lists of Legends: More of the Champion Teasers You Might’ve Missed (Part Three)

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From Orianna to Nami, we released a number of official teaser pieces that tended to be a little more static than recent examples. And with Gnar’s sleek new motion graphic breaking the ice of a still image, we thought it was fitting to share a collection of a ton of teaser art in one place.

Here are the last eight teasers in this list. Let us know if you enjoyed this traipse down memory lane, or if you’d like to see different kinds of lists in the future. As a reminder, these pieces were untitled on release, and we’ve added them here for context, hilarity, or clarity.

In case you missed ‘em, here are Part 1 and Part 2.

8. Shyvana, “This Isn’t Even My Final, Well, Yeah, I Guess It Kind’ve Is, Isn’t It?”

Another comic-style teaser, this one shows off Shyvana’s sheer size as a dragon.

7. Graves, “Full House of Pain,”

For those of you who only read the captions for trivia to use to snag skin cards or stage time at live events, Graves’ shotgun does, in fact, have a name. He calls it, “Destiny.”

6. Xerath, “Live Wire”

Xerath looks a little angry. As angry as someone without a face can look, anyway.

5. Riven, “Blade of the Exile”

Classic fighting game animations partially inspired the particles for Riven’s Dragonblade skin. With her array of animation-canceling moves and chained combos, playing Riven can sometimes feel like playing a coin-op fighter.

4. Talon, “Cloak of Daggers”

Careful observers will note that Talon is wearing his Crimson Elite facemask. It’s a teaser for a launch skins inside the teaser teasing the champion. Teaserception.

3. Leona, “A Different Kind of Warrior”

More trivia: when Leona tags Zyra with Sunlight, Zyra’s model becomes 10% bigger. Because plants.

2. Yorick, “Every New Beginning Comes from Some Other Beginning’s End”

Yorick is probably the only champion with in-game interactions referencing both the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Monty Python.

(For those of you who don’t want to research that anywhere else, we feel you: Famine, War, Pestilence and Death are the names of his abilities, and the East Altar on the Twisted Treeline chimes “Bring out your dead!”--a common phrase during the Black Death, but also a chant in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”)

1. Orianna

Here’s a bonus gameplay trick for Ori: if you lose track of yourself or the ball in teamfights, mouse over your splash portrait (normally in the bottom-left of your screen) to cast Command: Protect on yourself).

So, 25 teasers you might not have seen before. There’s every chance we missed a few (some were particularly tricky to track down). Share your favorite teaser arts in the discussion below, and don’t forget to tell us what you think of Lists of Legends while you’re here. Until next time, may all your ultimates end in Pentakills!

240 Comments

RiotRiot Draggles128 votes

Here’s a bonus gameplay trick for Ori: if you lose track of yourself or the ball in teamfights, mouse over your splash portrait (normally in the bottom-left of your screen) to cast Command: Protect on yourself).

u wot m8? For real? Trying this now and it's not working. Am I getting trolled ;_;

edit: you hover over then press e on yourself. I am literally the dumbest person in all of recorded history.

Sunfield105 votes

Back in the glorious times of my first account I used to confuse flash and teleport and I would just take flash and then click on a turret... I kept playing without flash until level 28 because I was convinced mine was broken.

So I think this title is pretty safe with me :p

Silentarrowz20 votes

I did something similar when I first unlocked flash. I thought it was global, so I tried to use it to flash top and secure a kill, but I accidentally flashed into a morg binding bot lane. Oops.

Dæus MeMeLoRd8 votes

i used to bring heal with me all the time when i first started playing and whenmy turret started to take damage i would try to use heal on the turret. when it didnt work i thought i was doing wrong did that for like 10 games in a row b4 i gave up

Divinitiy21 votes

i used to think that i could smite champions. and wen it didnt work i raged

CrescentBlue16 votes

You can smite Teemo.

riçefarmer11 votes

ghost=u cant c me heal=full health smite=1k damage on champions at lv18

oh the hu-manatee (urf plz maybe?)

MCFirewalker4 votes

Back when I was like level 8 i always took smite since i saw how much gold cannon minions were worth and since i was awful at last hitting so anytime i played i took smite over any other summoners

Morihalda32 votes

I find it easier to alt + skill button to cast things on myself. Then again, I may be too lazy to move my mouse across the entire screen...

CommandShockwave4 votes

Orianna nutjob here: I've been using Shift+E to self-cast automatically for years. Makes your combo much MUCH faster. Way better than trying to hover over yourself to cast.

Ormylar9 votes

I made a keybind on the T key which is basically Selfcast E. As many shields and heals are on E, I found it very useful to just hit T to shield/heal myself.

The Lexer8 votes

Not a bad idea. I generally use T for trinket

Zorathan9 votes

I use T for laugh, so I can spam it.... Use Darius or Lux for maximum effectiveness.

Aurelion Solari24 votes

that's a nice trick, and incase you fell like you have to cast things on yourself and then on enemies rather quickly, I reccomend setting everything to smart+self cast in the key bindings menu, it makes playing people like orianna, kayle, and nami, so much easier, when you really can't afford to have the time to find yourself, but still want to pull off that last ditch save, click anywhere that isn't a viable target and you can (as the hyperion corperation sugests) LLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVEEEEE

OlTrustyPatches12 votes

Borderlands <3 Insta up-vote

Tapu Fini30 votes

well that's 227% adorable.

CNV Døg4 votes

♥

lol Y0ug0tkilled34 votes

Riot should put a teaser for a champ inside of a teaser for a champ, then announce the champ that was teased in the teaser for a different champ as the champ that's being released.

XxURxBURNTxX8 votes

i thought they did that with creator viktor, i mean it has vel koz in the back and he wasnt even close to release when that skin came out

CRS Yang8 votes

The teased Vel'Koz in Howling abyss, He is purple team super turret

mba12 565 votes

you can see zac in battle bunny rivens splash

Dominationstashn4 votes

um sry but i got lost...

lol Y0ug0tkilled11 votes

Ok, let me try to explain. I want them to make a champ teaser like the graves or shyvana one, but in some way hide a different champ in the background doing something badass but not very noticeable. Then they announce the new champ and instead of the one that was teased, it's the one that was hidden in the background. A hidden teaser within a teaser that in actuality is the REAL teaser. Teaserception

Chris the human29 votes

can we get a recap of items we may have missed? like items that no longer exist? i didn't start playing until season 3. i never experienced Force of Nature. also, i remember kage's lucky pick, philosopher's stone, and malady. maybe during the recap of these removed items you can discuss why the changes were made and what replaced it/how the game changed after.

of course.... one could always wiki these removed items. but then again, one could have always googled these missed teasers. sometimes people don't know what they missed until you tell them they missed it. i never would have thought to look up old teasers.. yet i enjoyed reading through them

I Main Swain3 votes

personally, I think they should make a temporary game mode where they have all the old removed items and all the champions are how they were at release.

Sunfield22 votes

Back in the day champions used to have purpose and meaning...

Dont get me wrong, I love Gnar, but the teaser for Graves has reminded me of golden relations between some older champions.

Props for giving me Shyvana and Leona feels

ZenoTheHero8 votes

Well, Gnar did run into Rengar, so there is lore for that.

TerraRising15 votes

Sigh...

This post is absolute proof that Riot's lore department is really lacking these days compared to the past.

When the The Lore Department was working on and updating the Journal of Justice and League Judgements, they were also working on these comics. Now, they're only working on marketing materials (videos, cinematics and comics) and not adding to their stories anymore.

Thanks, Riot.

WoDZ3 votes

An unfortunate fatality of Riot turning their focus more to the competitive pro-gaming and Esport side of things, i'm afraid. I suspect they both A) had to allocate budget elsewhere and B) Didn't want to scare away their precious pro-gamer crowd with a bunch of nerdy back story. I feel you though. What I wouldn't give for a return to the good old days of Champion Judgments. Instead we have to deal with tiny patches every time tournaments come along and complete stagnation of updates while their entire department showcases a bunch of sponsored players playing the game that we came to play ourselves. I understand it's the more lucrative road to take, but dammit I'm here to play, not watch.

TerraRising5 votes

I think it's dangerous to think that the focus on eSports took away from the Lore budget.

I do think a misguided focus against text stories was initiated during the Freljord event and the story has suffered since.

Windup Orianna2 votes

I don't know. I was very happy with the Braum reveal. There's more than one bad ass way to reveal a champion.

TerraRising3 votes

Since you brought up Braum, I'll focus on his lore problems.

The reveal was pretty good, but what we got out of the background is a myth/legend told through generations in a Freljord village. The interactive map told of other tales with Braum, his strength and his shield.

What we don't know is why Braum joined the League. What motivates him to do what he does on the Fields of Justice? Poros? Mustaches? What is his raison d'etre?

Then, there's the question of does Braum exist in the modern world of Runeterra? Braum's lore as the subject of legendary tales passed on through generations suggests that the champion is far older than most should be on Runeterra. Does the door make him immortal? Is he a benevolent sort of boogeyman, appearing when people in the Freljord need a hero most? Is his supposed farm a place where Braum's essence rests until he's needed once more?

The lore department wouldn't have answered most of those questions, but a League judgement would have given some much needed insight for some of us.

maximusboom13 votes

Graves will find his revenge and gambit will die.

edit- I mean Twisted FateTwistedFate

lastmoonflower11 votes

YAY!!!!! Yorick made the list <3

DesertFiend4 votes

IKR YORICK IS STILL LOVED

Lethadind8 votes

Who is Yorick ??

HarDixInCider7 votes

LeeSin I don't see why this is so cool.

HarDixInCider9 votes

MasterYi I do

Kojouro5 votes

Jax So do I, thanks for the eyes.

Sachi San5 votes

Gnar Orianna

KRONIC KRIPPLER11 votes

For NARNIA!

Seraph16904 votes

No Ahri teaser?...

MisterJantix3 votes

Isn't that Swain's bird in the last picture for Talon's teaser?

Pannerin3 votes

Yup.

'Cuz Noxus.

Burn Hazard4 votes

I think it's supposed to symbolize his opposition to Swain's plans.

If you look closer there's a black rose blooming from Talon's dagger as well

Kýts6 votes

Leblanc "The Black Rose shall Bloom once more!"

Peter PykeR3 votes

I remember being so hyped for Riven, who still remains at the top of my Favourites, to the point where I won 15 games in a row with her, when she was released. She may be less broken now, but that's more than enough to conquer my lane.

"A broken blade is more than enough for the likes of you."Riven

jcarmy9102 votes

the Yorick one is really cool and in Talon 's sneakpeek theres 1 ofFiddlesticks 's birds

Skarlett Fuzion23 votes

Actually that's one of Swain's ravens...

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