2 years and a half after Kayn's release, still no new Darkin champions or actual darkin content

PaffWasTaken·12/30/2019, 3:30:09 PM·5 votes·4,461 views

It makes me extremely sad to see how disgustingly ignored Darkins are. Hell, even Vastayans got 2 new members ever since their "introduction" and, let's be fair, those are way more generic after all and have waaaaaaaay more members as a whole too.

Even if the lore of the Ascended/Darkins is amongst the deepest and largest aspects of the universe's lore, Darkins in terms of gameplay (read: representability in the game) are so tossed away from the game's development that it makes me wonder why Riot would even care making this huge lore bomb with this much potential if they are never ever going to use it again. Even f*cking VARUS, who got almost entirely retconned into the darkin lore a little over 2 years ago, STILL doesn't have A SINGLE link to his new darkin identity in the game; the same lines, the same appearance, the same behavior, nothing changed. 2. YEARS. It's as if League of Legends is now a fangame of its own universe instead of its official representation, cherry picking what they can afford to represent from it. Of course, a LOT of lore pieces has been poorly represented for years going now, but I still believe (IMO) that darkins are amongst the ones who suffer the most from it, if not being THE most aflicted, given how they are basically linked to pretty much every single aspects in the lore who are big enough to actually matter more than most(Shurima/Ascendeds, Icathia + Void, Targon aspects, etc).

Please Riot, you got to remember the darkin, you've forgot for long enough

10 Comments

Lewanor12/30/2019, 4:09:25 PM13 votes

Aatrox rework wasn't "actual" Darkin content? Twilight of the Gods? The Legend of the Darkin? Varus, you even mentioned it? Isn't this being a bit hypocritical?

HommeGoujon12/30/2019, 3:33:54 PM5 votes

Not even close to Yordles and Bandle City IMO

hhaavviikk12/30/2019, 4:19:32 PM3 votes

The void isn't doing much better, last champion was reksai released 11th of December 2014, and no I do not count kaisai who looks like she doesn't even have anything to do with the void and is just another generic attractive women in a skin tight suit, hell if you go here: https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Void

And look at the list of champions in the void she sticks out like a sore thumb, does not fit in at all

Jaspers12/30/2019, 3:47:50 PM3 votes

Had enough Darkin to last enough time really, some champs still have no story and only basic lore.

Chembaron Yamada12/30/2019, 10:04:05 PM3 votes

Darkin and getting ignored? 2 years is nothing, dude. Some regions (which are a much larger part of the lore than Darkin) have to wait up to 6 years for a new champion release.

Ashe mage AD12/30/2019, 4:47:43 PM2 votes

I got such an awful perception of time I swear, didn't feel like 2 years and a half to me.

Camille Ferrøs12/31/2019, 8:37:32 AM1 votes

I mean compared to other things that are tossed aside and the Darkin being a tiny portion of the lore idk what you expected.