Can we have more champion specific dialogue?
I was just looking at Yasuos specifics taunts towards riven and even though they're just one little line of dialogue they make the game feel so much more alive. The taunts give a "ok I'm playing a champion with a story" instead of a "this is just a new character with four different abilities".
Riot seems to be heading in this direction. Kindred, jihn, and tahm kench have all had around 20 MINUTES of dialogue. However, in my opinion, it's not used as smartly as it could. Its great that Yasuo and Riven have a taunt but it's almost rarely used. Why? Because taunts are used during the laning phase and riven and Yasuo rarely face each other in lane. It's a lot easier to taunt when you don't have an entire enemy team trying to kill you during late game.
So here are some of the proposals I would personally like to see happen ---Champion specific dialogue needs to get paired with champions which also inhabit that lane. This way they are much more likely to actually be used. An example would be Jinx and Caitlin. ---Champion specific dialogue should NOT be a taunt. Most people are focused on laning not saying "oh I actually have a chance to hear my special interaction with this champ". Similar to how Yasuo comments on Rivens Q, champ specific dialogue needs to be done without the input of the player. This could be solved by switching out some of the attack/move dialogue if conditions are met such as the correct champion being around and visible. ---Champion dialogue needs to reference the actual champion. Going back to Yasuo, he had several taunts referring to ninjas. The problem is this is as bland as its vague. It's not really directed at the champions but just the idea of ninjas, which isn't a whole lot better than champions normal dialogue as far as making them feel like they have a story.
These are just some of my ideas on how to make champion specific dialogue more enjoyable as its something I like in league.
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and lives
badly needs some new lines. Give him some interactions with Noxian-based champions and other Ionians. His lines are literally so emo I cringe when I hear them, and he's my favorite go-to champ. I mean even yesterday I learned that
of all champs has unique dialogue for him.