Juggernauts for Targon and Piltover?
Looking at the current line-up of Juggernauts in League of Legends, I've realized that two regions are missing a Juggernaut in their champion pools.
These two regions are Targon and Piltover. One could also include the Void, but since the most recent Champion Roadmap says we're getting a new ADC from there, we probably shouldn't expect a new one from that region any time soon.
So this is basically just a brainstorming session for ideas that could be used for Juggernauts that might come from the two above named regions, which currently lack one in their existing champion pools.
Some ideas I had for Targon, were as follows:
Mount Targon is basically Mount Olympus, Runeterra style. So I was thinking that a Juggernaut from that region would probably have to take some cues from Greek mythology, legends and so on.
One thing they could do is take things like the Epic Odyssey, or the story of Theseus or any other number of Greek legends, stories or myths and spin their usual LOL style on it.
Riot could take inspirations from characters based around that idea, like for example Sophitia or Cassandra from the Soulcalibur series, who use short swords and small shields and are from Greece in that game series.
Ancient Greek Military often focused around combat between individuals, which lines up very well with the "Duelist" or "strong in 1V1 fights" theme that the Juggernauts often portray. They used spears and shields (Though
already takes the shield and spear part) as well as short swords. Javelins, bows and other similar weapons formed their ranged capabilities. But since Juggernauts are mainly melee (With the exception of
since his rework) let's try to keep this hypothetical Targon Juggernaut melee-ranged.
A sword, aside from the commonly seen Gladius or other similar short swords that Greeks used were known as Kopis. They were similar to the Roman-based Falcatas, or very akin to Kukris of modern-day. They looked something like the following two images.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Iron_machaira_%28sword%29_MET_SF2001346.jpg
(If these pictures aren't showing, let me know and I'll try to fix the link or find alternate images)
Since Pantheon has the spear-wielder spot occupied, perhaps our hypothetical Targonian Juggernaut could wield this style of sword, or perhaps the more commonly seen Gladius. Either one could work.
For Piltover, SatomiKun had the following basic idea for a Piltover Juggernaut in another thread of mine: "Piltover could have some form of battle machine.... Maybe a hextech vehicle with heavy armor and weaponry, or someone wearing a heavy battle suit." -SatomiKun
It would obviously have to involve some type of technological aspect, considering Piltover's pseudo-futuristic nature. Perhaps it could be Hex-Tech related, perhaps not. I'm really pulling a blank with Piltover, unfortunately. Rumble (Although he's not affiliated with Piltover, rather he's Bandle City) kind of already takes the "Battle-Suit" spot with his machine Tristy, at least in my opinion. So it would probably have to be something else. Jayce also takes the "Huge Weapon" idea with his Mercury Hammer/Cannon. Vi also kind of does with her huge gauntlets/fists. This is the one that really needs more help. Targon has countless forms of inspiration with the wide array of things to take from Greek mythology, legends and so on.
So I'd like to see what ideas my fellow community members can come up with, for both Targon and Piltover.
he plays exactly like a juggernaut. There are very few champions who can 1v1 him, he has durability and damage, he lacks mobility, and he wants to pound your face in with his passive.