Unleash the vastaya!

Riot·Apr 24, 2017·3 votes·22,290 views

Greetings, summoners!

Strange creatures called the vastaya have been sighted in Ionia - now they’re headed to the Rift and your local skins bazaar. Select from four vastaya on the free champion rotation and grab these limited-time bundles now through 5/02/17 at 23:59 PT.

The Nine-Tailed Fox Bundle - 35% off at 3750 RP (4322 RP if you need the champion)

Skins included:

Dynasty
Midnight
Foxfire
Popstar
Academy
Arcade

Champions included:

Ahri

The Wuju Disciple Bundle - 30% off at 3779 RP (4395 RP if you need the champion)

Skins included:

Volcanic
General
Jade Dragon
Underworld
Radiant

Champions included:

Wukong

The Tidecaller Bundle - 25% off at 3036 RP (3767 RP if you need the champion)

Skins included:

Koi
River Spirit
Urf the Nami-tee
Deep Sea

Champions included:

Nami

The Pridestalker Bundle - 15% off at 1656 RP (2484 RP if you need the champions)

Skins included:

Headhunter
Night Hunter

Champions included:

Rengar

180 Comments

Rowan PrimeApr 25, 201732 votes

Why talk about Vastayans when we can talk about Draven

KhaoticolApr 25, 20174 votes

Needs more Draven Draven Draven

RetraukApr 25, 201727 votes

So this confirms Nami as a Vastaya? I... Actually really like that idea.

MiilkApr 25, 201722 votes

Ok riot now is the perfect time to release a new rengo skin ;)

SkaarI MarxApr 25, 20177 votes

Or you know... Zac too... too long...

Crowe StalkerApr 25, 201727 votes

Swain Cassiopeia would both like a word with you.

ginginuityApr 25, 201728 votes

Yorick Tell me about it

TRULLGUNApr 25, 201710 votes

Rammus You guys have NO idea. Riot forgot about me 3 seasons ago. Might as well be Urgot

Crowe StalkerMay 10, 20171 votes

Guardian of the Sands Rammus?

Also experimental changes next patch.

Dapper DabberApr 25, 20179 votes

I just want a new skin for Illaoi

KshawayApr 25, 20179 votes

On the subject, where's this guy's glorious evolution Viktor

KitsuneChaos18Apr 26, 20174 votes

I read that in a russian accent and laughed for a full minute.

what is wrong with me...

SingedExperimentApr 25, 201715 votes

I hope we get more backstory about Rengar's story and parents! Rengar

EstrynundApr 25, 201712 votes

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I hope we get more backstory about Rengar's story and parents!

I hope we get a playable change to his kit!

awesomer111Apr 25, 20174 votes

I hope lethality gets nerfed to the ground again!

Joker SwansonApr 25, 201710 votes

I hope his pounce gets changed to do 200 true damage with a 150% AD scaling :^)

Doctor JarvisApr 26, 20176 votes

"Woah woah woah, lets not get too far ahead of ourselves here. 150% BONUS AD scaling. That'll be balanced." -Riot, probably.

Joker SwansonApr 26, 20174 votes

You're goddamn right Jarvis! That's too balanced! 400% AD Scaling!

ForgottenWoodElfApr 25, 20178 votes

So Alistar and Volibear are not considered vastayan?

KizabelleApr 25, 201743 votes

Volibear is a part of a species called the Ursine I believe and Im pretty sure Alistar is just a minotaur.

Tessel8Apr 26, 20174 votes

Yeah, Volibear is a part of a tribe in Frejlord and Alistar was a minotaur from the barrier that was captured by Noxus. Both are no were near Ionia. My concern is why Rengar is there since I thought he was from the Kumungu Jungle

Ballistic DingusApr 26, 20172 votes

he is but he was raised by a human and he never knew his real parents I guess riot is saying that they were vastayan.

BustroduxApr 25, 20176 votes

like squeeglepaps said Volibear is Ursine which is from Freljord. I don't know squat about Alistar and Vastaya are from Ionia. if i'm not mistaken, cause i basically skimmed it, all Vastaya have some human-like physical trait to them

EROTIC RAID BOSSApr 25, 20173 votes

they come from ionia originally but vastayah can live all over. nami's fish people live near mt targon

shggfhdhApr 25, 20173 votes

And what is twitch??? A massive deformed rat or a vastaya that was corrupted by zaun maybe?

Captaín InsanoApr 25, 201720 votes

Twitch is actually an zaunian lab experiment that escaped. His lore in the game kinda explains it vaugly

speedspawnerApr 25, 20171 votes

In some of the readings and voice lines from our two new champions, I can almost assuredly assure u that Alistar and Volibear as well as other champs like Kindred and any yordles are a part of a different vastayan tribe or race, but maybe not the same as Rakan and Xayah are.

Olive OctetApr 25, 201733 votes

Kindred is absolutely not a Vastayan under any circumstance; they are the concept of death. Not a race of any kind. Yordles are extremely unlikely to be retconned into Vastayans. Alistar comes from a minotaur tribe in the great barrier (between shurima and demacia), but he and others may be retconned into Vastaya.

Loyalty38Apr 26, 20172 votes

I don't actually agree with that definition of kindred... I think kindred is really complicated. To me, her lore is in need of rewriting. So, how can she be an essence of death, and also had been a human...that turned into a lamb and a wolf? If she was not at some point alive...and died with her kindred spirit so to speak...which is why I think someone needs to clarify in riot...what exactly is going on with kindred. Is she actually the essence of life or death on the battlefield? Or is that what she became...as a legend. The actuality of what she is has yet to be explained in my opinion. I think, she was a restless spirit that died too soon, and somehow became a vengeful spirit...that hunts for revenge purposes. With, the husband or boyfriend who killed her prematurely in a crime of passion...like a murder suicide. Whichh does seem to be explained somewhat in the lore of magga...I don't know though? which is why I think riot should clarify what the hell kindred and wolf are...and if there's anything out there like them or not.

TranscendVirtualApr 26, 201723 votes

They werent ever a man, Riot themselves said the story they tell about the man who split him self in two, isn't their origin story, riot confirmed this was literally just a story, that Runeterra's inhabitants tell to explain kindreds origin, althought it is not their origin, like we humans used to make storys that became the greek mythos and the norse mythos, the storys were created to give an explanation to something that couldn't be explained at the time with logic. That's all that thing is, a story. As far as we know, Kindred is Death and is and always have been kindred since the dawn of existant

Lucarium ZApr 25, 20176 votes

where my Cosmic Blade Master Yi? [zombie-nunu-tears]

VocturnalApr 25, 201720 votes

Yi isn't Vastayan...

Blake KenshinApr 25, 201746 votes

But he's VastaYIan

ah hah im not sorry

KshawayApr 25, 20173 votes

What about Nidalee ? And if your stretching it, Ivern and maybe Fizz

UpooOnMeApr 25, 201713 votes

Ivern merged with the God Willow by attempting to kill it.

HypeLock99Apr 26, 20172 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwzmjx0pZqM

It seems Ivern possibly fought the Vastaya in an attempt to get to Willow?

IngaleApr 26, 20176 votes

He fought animals, not vastaya.

LightningShadoApr 25, 20172 votes

Udyr? Elise? Fizz? Kennen? Nidalee? Soraka? Swain? Trundle? Twitch?

LanksieApr 25, 20171 votes

twitch is a rat experiment from zaun, trundle is from the freljord, swain is noxas, soraka is a diety, kennen is from bandle city, fizz is from the ocean, Elise is from the shadow isles and udyr is human. idk about nidalee

GhostCodesApr 25, 20171 votes

Nidalee is also human she was brought to the jungle by her parents who died early and was raised by cougars (which seems unlikely since cougars prefer mountains vs rain forests but hey whatever) anyways she is a shapeshifter thanks to "absorbing raw magical power"

sKz Aaron DApr 25, 20172 votes

Cougars live in jungles in South America and Africa, where they are known as panthers and jaguars.

By the way, there really isn't any point in calling pumas, panthers, cougars, jaguars, and mountain lions different names. It would be like calling humans with brown hair a totally different species from humans with blond hair.

USD Conbrown444Apr 25, 20173 votes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar

Source for cougar common names there is reportedly about 49 different names for the same cat

Hungry CancerApr 26, 20173 votes

Mountain lions/cougars/pumas are not the same thing as jaguars/Panthers, it is nothing like hair color in humans, they are very different physiologically speaking. The mountain lion's genus and species are Puma Concolour, while the jaguar of south America is Panthera Onca, they can't even interbreed with one another they're so different. Some people do refer to mountain lion's as panthers in certain parts of the U.S. but it is generally considered improper as the name panther refers specifically to members of the Panthera genus.

SilvexApr 25, 20171 votes

Shapeshifters are a type of vastayan.

TheCrystalKnightApr 25, 20179 votes

Not necessarily, vastayans are a type of shapeshifter. After all, Shyvanna can shapeshift, but she's explicitly a half-dragon, and has nothing to do with vastayans.

RunerinApr 26, 20172 votes

Shapeshifting is a common trait for Vastayans. I wouldn't be surprised if Nidalee 's lore was changed in the near future. As is stands, however, Nidalee isn't Vastayan (sadly).

prpldinoApr 25, 201730 votes

Udyr is Freljordian, Elise is Noxian, Fizz is from around Bilgewater, Kennen was born in Bandle City, Nidalee is from Kumungu Jungle, Soraka used to be a celestial being (might change cause of the Warwick lore change), Swain is Noxian, Trundle is Freljordian, and Twitch is from a scientifically advanced area like Zaun or Piltover. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

840DoubleBlazeItApr 25, 20174 votes

Elise is from the shadow isles i thought?

prpldinoApr 25, 20177 votes

no, look at her story, she used to be a wealthy and prestigious individual in Noxus. I can see where you thought she was from the Isles though, but on that note she does have interactions with Vilemaw on Twisted Treeline, so maybe thats where your confusion is?

AwwwtisticApr 25, 20177 votes

Udyr and Swain both stole Vastayan blood to get the powers they have according to the new lore, Fizz and Kennan are yordels, Soraka was previously a celestial, but like stated will probs get changed with the Warwick lore. Twitch was a Zuan experiment, but may be getting lumped in with yordels with new lore. Trundle is a troll =D. Elise traded her soul to some spider god to be eternally youthful (hint hint Vilemaw interactions)