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Why is Sylas so BLAND

Vargrjalmer·1/30/2019, 1:17:02 PM·17 votes·11,725 views

So, going to ignore everything gameplay wise about Sylas (some people say he's broken, others say he's kinda weak, haven't played him, don't know) Lets just talk about his character design... He wears no real identifying armor, gear or clothing, he's just a beefy shirtless guy with chains on him.... I just don't understand him, he feels so bland, uninspired, generic, and he has no real significance to any of the lore, so why did riot make him? He's supposed to be a rebel, unchained, a champion of the people, a kingkiller.

He doesn't look like any of these things.... he looks like yasuo with shorter hair, Vi's gauntlets, and some pointless chains that randomly extend to be way longer than they actually are. IN FACT, they're supposedly made of petricite or something, shouldn't he be more effective as an anti mage or something? He just sin't good enough to be the chain champion, THRESH is the chain champion and does it 1000 times better than the Pyke/Akali/Vi ripoff He looks like a bad OC.

He simply doesn't belong in the world of rune terra and I fail to see how, from an aesthetic and lore standpoint, this guy makes ANY sense.... There are much better things in the lore to use that would make for really cool champion concepts. The Raptor Knights of Demacia The Rope Riding Raider guys of shurima, don't remember what they're called (imagine a champion that has to like, set up all these ropes and stuff which he can then freely ride around the map and use for ganks/area denial) Theres also the fact that Sivir has the capability to ascend the sun disc, she could be reworked into something REALLY cool and her kit feels pretty dated anyways (basically hasn't changed since release) Sivir rework when?

I could list more, but you get the idea, there are so many cool bits of lore and cool locations, organizations, experiments and things like that to make champions out of, but instead we get a bland uninspired edgelord who looks like rejected concept art from a god of war game.

Also where is star guardian urgot.

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Oleandervine1/30/2019, 2:10:27 PM27 votes

His chain cuffs are pretty gigantic "identifying armor, gear, or clothing," so the fact that you simply disregard the largest aesthetic elements of his design as just chains only shows you're trying to pitch a lopsided argument here. And he makes a LOT of sense in the scope of the game, because he adds an anti-hero diversity to Demacia that gives us the scope of the nation's ideals and how degrading they can be to spur someone like Sylas to rebellion. It adds a breaking point to Demacia's extremism that we haven't seen in the other nations - such as Noxus, where we've yet to see a loyal Noxian who's not some hot-topic edgelord burning to murder or topple empires. I think your assessment of Sylas is extremely jaded, and you've minimalized him to a joking degree that can be done with anyone in the game. See, watch me do it: Garen - he's Graves with a military cut and a shave, wearing Darius' armor, and a pointless scarf that has no business being on armor. Yasuo - He's Master Yi without the mask, wearing a pointless shoulder pad that escaped from the 80s, and screaming nonsense Japanese at you as he does his best Janna impression. See? I can devolve any champion to claim they're just ripoffs of other champions like you did if I ignore what makes them visually unique or special.

On other notes, the rope raiders - you just described Rek'Sai's entire kit function. Sivir had a VU and kit update. She's been in pro play for many years now since her update, and she's seen lots of success in lower play as well. She's in no need of a rework AT ALL. Most especially, not a rework that Ascends her, when she doesn't give a rat's ass about being noble or protective. She just wants her money.

GreenKnight1/30/2019, 1:27:31 PM10 votes

Yeah, his design is really underwhelming. Which seems to be a theme with characters that have human facial expressions, that were released after Jhin (Pyke and Zoe being an exception). Kai'Sa has the same problem, sameface syndrome and nonsensical "living suit" that exposes more than it covers.

Shiwah1/30/2019, 1:55:59 PM9 votes

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