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Pantheon Rework Idea, The Aspect of War/The Eclipse

6FlagsFunnelCake·11/10/2017, 11:38:27 PM·7 votes·871 views

So with the reveal of Zoe, I'm extremely curious and excited to see what exactly is in store for her lore-wise, as she's the most surprising and mysterious of all the Targon champions. But with her reveal, I had a small idea. So Zoe's the Aspect of Twilight, which is meant to represent change, imagination and the strange, whimsical concepts of the cosmos. She does, however, mention that she can also represent "Dusk and Dawn at the same time, so there's technically two of [her]!" This was an interesting idea, as that sounds a bit like the idea of day and light (Sun and Moon) living in harmony with one another, which is why she's a goofy little kid.

With this however, I began thinking, if Zoe is Twilight, which can be interpreted as the idea of Sun and Moon changing in harmony, what can represent an Eclipse, which sounds like the total opposite? So I thought on, and I've come to notice that Pantheon, despite being our first Targonian, is viciously outdated (obviously) and actually doesn't fit into the overarching theme of the Targonian Champions right now.

Leona - The Aspect of the Sun Diana - The Aspect of the Silver Moon (Runeterra has several moons, most likely three, so the SIlver Moon is specifically Diana's) Taric - The Aspect of the Protector/Beauty (The Protector seems like the good-guy-god-of-life in Targon, and sort of represents the sheer beauty in the cosmos. Taric even has several motifs that represent constellations) Zoe - The Aspect of Twilight

Now Pantheon is just...War. He's just a weird collection of Targonian Spartans that fly around space, and he still just looks like a generic warrior from the 300 movie. But I had a small idea, the Eclipse is still a very interesting yet unexplored concept for Targon, why not apply it to the Aspect of War? If you think about it, the Eclipse is a perfect representation of 'war,' it shows a dark and violent conflict between the moon and the sun. Along with that, I would love to see Pantheon as the sheer opposite to Zoe.

4 Comments

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO11/10/2017, 11:51:45 PM5 votes

I like this idea a lot! I'm hoping regardless that he becomes an actual aspect of war, not some glorified spearchucker.

Warlord Dienekes11/11/2017, 1:05:59 AM5 votes

Eh. I’m opposed to anything that ties Panth more to all that space god magic nonsense rather than good old fashion skill at arms.

But if Riot wants to do this sort of thing that’s on them I suppose.

DeadUnborn11/11/2017, 7:57:57 PM1 votes

I want his ult to have him start running towards his target location and after 1.2 seconds just jump into the target direction like the current ult. But the damage of the area were he lands is much smaller. Instead of dealing tons of damage he knocks back enemies in front of him, if they collide with other enemies or terrain they take a bunch of damage.

As for your suggestion I find it fitting

XIII Vanitas11/12/2017, 5:24:25 PM1 votes

It could fit with the character, considering that in-game he briefly eclipses the sun before landing with his ult.