Master Arcanist Ziggs casts power word boom

Riot·May 6, 2015·2 votes·43,140 views

For centuries, the guild hall stood as a shining beacon of magical progress. Rune-inscribed spellbooks covered its towering walls, watching over generation after generation of neophytes as they memorized their daily incantation. It was a bastion of magical knowledge the world thought would last forever.

Then someone played wiffle ball with a smoldering orb of incineration...

Smash ancient relics with Master Arcanist Ziggs, available now in the League of Legends store for 1350 RP (on sale for 975 RP through 23:59 PDT on May 11).

161 Comments

Blood ReaperMay 7, 201560 votes

TwistedFate Hey Ziggs why are you a wizard now?

Ziggs Well I was inspired by a great wizard who taught me his secrets long ago.

Flash Back

Zilean Ziggs you have earned the rank of Master Arcanist and now can get the ladies.

Ziggs Finally for all the hard work I have put in I now have an excuse for my bombs to use magic damage and have some game now.

End of Flash Back

TwistedFate That never happened at all did it.

Ziggs No not all.

TwistedFate You just wanted an excuse to wear the wizard hat wasn't it.

Ziggs Yes, but I still can get the ladies right.

TwistedFate Of course you can cause no lady can resist the hats.

Ziggs later got Evelynn on a date. Twisted Fate was not happy.

The end

CasterGilgameshMay 7, 20156 votes

blasphemy we all know Graves X TwistedFate is a thing and Evelynn dumped

Urethra DanklinMay 8, 20154 votes

Wat about TwistedFate X Graves X Evelynn ?

Tin TarantinoMay 9, 20152 votes

What about Teemo X summoner 14 ?

Tin TarantinoMay 9, 20152 votes

What about Broke back midlane? TwistedFate x Yasuo , They both have High Noon skins, the evidence is there.

Ariel the CruelMay 7, 201545 votes

Then someone played wiffle ball with a smoldering orb of incineration...

So Thaaaaaaaat's what happened to the Institute of War.

Gotta say: I never thought they'd pin it on Ziggs.

QuortMay 8, 20152 votes

This is the lore we've been craving for so long!

OptimisticalMay 7, 201534 votes

This skin is the bomb.

Icathian CreedMay 7, 20159 votes

The ult is really cool

XavkulMay 7, 20155 votes

Pun intended?

Xayàh BotMay 7, 201524 votes

That's a pretty tiny Wizard.

InphernalMay 7, 2015124 votes

IS THAT A SHORT JOKE? Veigar

ValuedCustomerMay 7, 201510 votes

Yes.

A short response to a short joke.

IWuvNutellaMay 7, 20156 votes

IF LIGHT TRAVELS SO FAST, HOW COME ITS NEVER CALLED A NINJA? Shen

WhitemaneMay 7, 201515 votes

You mean caught?...

NoobLearninGameMay 7, 20155 votes

It's not the size of the Wizard, it's the magic in the hat trick.

sir slicerMay 7, 201514 votes

RIP in peace rune paper Q. You were weird and totally unique, unlike any other skin. But Riot just had to get rid you... oh well. The new Q still looks sick. :D

crack and weedMay 7, 20158 votes

... RIP in peace? So rest in peace in peace?

MadMarvelsMay 7, 20159 votes

It's a joke, an old one at that. Zilean

Seth the BumMay 7, 201512 votes

As you are walking down a hall, you see a door at the end. You get closer, about to open the door, when a parchment attached to it catches your eye. You begin reading the note to yourself.

"I prepared Explosive Runes today."

This was the last thing you ever read.

Icestar1186May 8, 20151 votes

Order of the Stick is awesome.

Seth the BumMay 9, 20151 votes

I've not played it. Do they make a similar reference in that?

MajorFailageMay 9, 20152 votes

Order of the Stick is a D&D webcomic, I am like, 90% sure the "I prepared explosive runes today" joke came from there to begin with.

Icestar1186May 10, 20152 votes

It's a webcomic that runs on D&D rules. One character will occasionally leave a note saying "I prepared explosive runes today," so that is what I thought you were referencing.

Seth the BumMay 10, 20152 votes

Oh, derp, now I know what you guys are talking about. For some reason when I read that I was thinking of the South Park game, The Stick of Truth. Man I feel like an idiot. Yeah, the joke probably did come from there originally. Thanks guys.

Icathian CreedMay 7, 201510 votes

This skin is actually really cool!

Icathian CreedMay 7, 201511 votes

Too bad i dont play ziggs :P

Icathian CreedMay 7, 201510 votes

Dammit im doing it again!

Icathian CreedMay 7, 201520 votes

Alright, no more replying to myself, im done now!

Ariel the CruelMay 7, 201511 votes

Who are you?

AuryielMay 7, 20157 votes

R.I.P. My snow Ziggs skin

You shall be used only once in a blue moon on ARAM when I feel like an asshole throwing out white bombs on a white background

Gold ChocoboMay 8, 20156 votes

Community: "Riot, get on it, we need a new Ziggs skin!"

Riot: "*I'm going, I'm goinggg... Ziggs *

Fist99May 7, 20155 votes

I feel like this is a reference to Pat Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles books.

Gr1evous WoundsMay 8, 20152 votes

yes! thank you. I am glad someone else was thinking it.

OptimisticalMay 8, 20153 votes

For centuries, the archives stood as a shining beacon of the University's pride. Tomes and scrolls covered its towering walls, watching over generations after generations of scrivs as they memorized the layout of stacks and the customs of tomes. It was a bastion of knowledge the world thought would last forever.

Then an arcanist brought a candle into stacks.

JFRANKSTAMay 8, 20155 votes

not wearing deathcap riot i am dissapoint

InphernalMay 7, 20154 votes

They changed his Bouncing Bomb :(

maxcastrateMay 7, 20155 votes

yeah because it looked really dumb

Game Over ZIMay 7, 201511 votes

I have to agree, having an orb looks much better than having a piece of paper floating towards someone with the physics of an orb. This feels much more natural.

ÊnoshimaMay 7, 20153 votes

i like that world of Warcraft reference

Seth the BumMay 7, 20158 votes

Personally, I took it as a D&D reference, but I suppose the idea to name the priest spells like that was borrowed from D&D.

RWBY SenpaiMay 8, 20156 votes

Yup, looking at the D&D Players Handbook right now and D&D Wiki. Power Word spells originated in D&D.

TigerslimMay 8, 20153 votes

how about some taric love already!!!

ieatchewnowMay 9, 20153 votes

taric shall forever have pizza feet

EpicDweebMay 8, 20153 votes

Let's hope the guild wasn't fairy tail, the guild hall has been destroyed enough times.

Straw Hat HeroMay 7, 20151 votes

Anyone getting a "Hearthstone" vibe from this skin? The book in the top left part of the picture looks like the opening screen in hearth, and the title of this article contains "Power Word Boom", and there are cards that begin with "Power Word: xxxxx"? Just food for thought, the skin looks sick!

Saint NunuMay 7, 20153 votes

The Hearthstone cards come from World of Warcraft, and their method of naming priest spells like, "Word of Death," or, "Word of Power," came from Dungeons & Dragons

Saint NunuMay 7, 20152 votes

Power Word xxxx is what I meant lol. Was thinking of another game. Everything else is right except for the Word of power garbage