Can we get confirmation that either he's being worked on, at least lore wise even if he never becomes a champion or that he is back logged to some distant future. I mean for him to be the one responseable for the shadow islands is interesting. Is he in mind or will he be like Illoais Ntgabanana, idk how to spell his name so that's his new name, and just meantioned in lore faintly.
Erractic Eick3 votesI believe the word you were looking for is Nagakabouros. But this is a fun idea. I would like to see another Shadow Isles champion, after a Void champion, of course.
Malicious Metal2 votesWhat's with people wanting the Ruined King to be a champion?
He's just another faceless soul in the malestorm that is the Black mist.
He's not important, at all.
RakanButTHICCer1 votesHe's the entire reason yorick and kalista, lore-wise, exist. he should be a crit ghoul (a yorick ghoul with a higher stats with a chance of spawn that scales w/ crit or cdr or something. )
Bultz3 votes[{quoted}](name=Malicious Metal,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9uuprPoi,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2017-05-24T20:24:02.381+0000)
What's with people wanting the Ruined King to be a champion?
He is credited with much of the creation of the shadow islands and the champions from there. I don't know the lore around him, but if he can do that, that is epic and a death themed king sounds cool.
He's just another faceless soul in the malestorm that is the Black mist.
Well this the lore side of the league where that black mist is talked about, idk what you expected here..
He's not important, at all.
He created the shadow islands, or is responsible for them somehow, seems important.
Malicious Metal4 votesDid you even read the current lore of the Shadow Isles?
The Ruined King is nowhere near as powerful as say Mordekaiser
Bultz1 votes[{quoted}](name=Malicious Metal,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9uuprPoi,comment-id=000100010000,timestamp=2017-05-24T22:31:58.542+0000)
Did you even read the current lore of the Shadow Isles?
The Ruined King is nowhere near as powerful as say Mordekaiser
Mord is getting reworks, so I don't count him for anything as i expect a change in lore.
Wrathof3002 votesHis lore is an updated version, it won't be changed again, only built upon.
Malevolent Metal1 votes[{quoted}](name=Malicious Metal,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9uuprPoi,comment-id=000100010000,timestamp=2017-05-24T22:31:58.542+0000)
Did you even read the current lore of the Shadow Isles?
The Ruined King is nowhere near as powerful as say Mordekaiser
He is a king (or was) so that automatically puts him on many peoples "I want" list (mine included). He is a specter (another point to the "I want" list). He is responsible for the Shadow Isles (He is my god).
To be honest , considering his role in the creation of the Isles I am surprised that he is not being looked up to by its inhabitants.
Wrathof3003 votesActually, if anything the inhabitants would hate him.
An Undead brat2 votesExcept 
Bultz1 votes[{quoted}](name=Malevolent Metal,realm=EUNE,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9uuprPoi,comment-id=0001000100000001,timestamp=2017-05-24T22:38:57.105+0000)
He is a king (or was) so that automatically puts him on many peoples "I want" list (mine included).
Mine too as from original lore he seems powerful.
He is a specter (another point to the "I want" list).
I don't remember him being a specter before, but I will look into it.
He is responsible for the Shadow Isles (He is my god).
A good reason to give us more details.
To be honest , considering his role in the creation of the Isles I am surprised that he is not being looked up to by its inhabitants.
That is why I wanted more lore because no one looks up to him. You would think someone who was responsible for the shadow islands would be a bigger deal. Considering he even has his own item in game he must have something more to offer to us either in lore or as a new champion. I would prefer a champion as it would be cooler.
GenoXx1 votesYorick asked some souls about what happened amd they mentioned the king, then he reanimated a body to go look for info
GenoXx1 votesUr so bias to morde your comments on the ruined king should be ignored. Even if morde can control some lesser souls doesnt make all the isles his.
PermabannedGaren1 votes[{quoted}](name=Malicious Metal,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9uuprPoi,comment-id=000100010000,timestamp=2017-05-24T22:31:58.542+0000)
Did you even read the current lore of the Shadow Isles?
The Ruined King is nowhere near as powerful as say Mordekaiser
Have you?
Yorick's lore and voice lines make it very clear that the Ruined King isn't just some faceless soul in the Black Mist.
Also, even assuming that the Ruined King is nowhere near as powerful as Mordekaiser, so what? The gulf in power between Mordekaiser and Aurelion Sol is many billions of times larger than any theoretical gulf between the Ruined King and Mordekaiser, should Mordekaiser not be a champion? And does this mean that Hecarim and Thresh shouldn't be champions?
Wrathof3001 votesSalty much? Being the cause of the Shadow Isles doesn't give him a free ticket to be a champion. Especially when he accidentally created it. Any lore involving him would be him dominating his opponent or them killing him and saving the Isles, which is Yorick's and Moakai's end game.
Edit: All the other Shadow Isles champions go out and do stuff, spreading the mist. More than likely the King is trapped at the centre of the mist acting as its' core. He tried to merge his soul with his wife's and that caused the Ruination, who knows who else he ended up mixing with, Kalista fused with a ton of people.
PermabannedGaren1 votesSalty much?
No, I'm okay, I'm not the one who appears to be weirdly emotionally invested in someone not becoming a champion lol.
Being the cause of the Shadow Isles doesn't give him a free ticket to be a champion. Especially when he accidentally created it.
Irrelevant.
Any lore involving him would be him dominating his opponent or them killing him and saving the Isles, which is Yorick's and Moakai's end game.
Fights can end in different ways actually.
Edit: All the other Shadow Isles champions go out and do stuff, spreading the mist. More than likely the King is trapped at the centre of the mist acting as its' core. He tried to merge his soul with his wife's and that caused the Ruination, who knows who else he ended up mixing with, Kalista fused with a ton of people.
He hasn't left yet, that doesn't imply that he can't.
In fact, apparently he can.
Maiden: "The king will return for it (bork)." Yorick: "Then I will strike him down."
Your arguments against the Ruined King becoming a champion (why the fuck do you or Malicious Metal care by the way?) aren't.
Wrathof3001 votesThere is literally no other way to go about it, either they kill him or they don't. I could see him becoming more active after an attempt at his existence, but in the end, that would be as a result of them not being able to kill him...
Quoting in game lines almost have zero relevance to the lore, in this case, this is what the maiden would say to Yorick if he found BotRK. Now I wonder where would you find BotRK in the actual lore... The Shadow Isles... Not to mention Yorick wouldn't leave the Shadow Isles.
And my point of him being the cause of Ruination is in fact relevant, name one champion that sits around doing nothing... I am not saying that he isn't important enough, rather he is too important. I want him to be a champion too, but I want him to make sense, and not just to be 'the other undead king character' the same with the king of the Void and other cosmic entities, I want them to make sense, since they technically are the final bosses in certain aspects of the lore.
PermabannedGaren1 votesThere is literally no other way to go about it, either they kill him or they don't. I could see him becoming more active after an attempt at his existence, but in the end, that would be as a result of them not being able to kill him...
Them not killing him is a rather large category with a myriad of possibilities for how they didn't kill him my dude.
So what exactly is your point?
Quoting in game lines almost have zero relevance to the lore in this case, this is what the maiden would say to Yorick if he found BotRK. Now I wonder where would you find BotRK in the actual lore... The Shadow Isles... Not to mention Yorick wouldn't leave the Shadow Isles.
No, you're wrong. It is a direct reference to the Ruined King, you're just mad that it disproves your point which has literally no factual basis.
Show me your evidence that the Ruined King can't leave. Nah just kidding, I already know you don't have any lol. And you have the audacity to trash my evidence? Kek.
Also, if Yorick wouldn't leave the Shadow Isles, why can't the Ruined King, who you assume can't leave, be a champion again? You trapped yourself my son.
And my point of him being the cause of Ruination is in fact relevant, name one champion that sits around doing nothing... I am not saying that he isn't important enough, rather he is too important. I want him to be a champion too, but I want him to make sense, and not just to be 'the other undead king character' the same with the king of the Void and other cosmic entities, I want them to make sense, since they technically are the final bosses in certain aspects of the lore.
Hahah, I jest.
More to the point, your challenge has no validity. The Ruined King hasn't done much because... well, he's not a champion yet. He's actually done considerably more than, say, Ivern did before Ivern was released.
And the idea that he is too important is just frankly bullshit tbh. He's not "too important" when we have star dragons who created much of the physical universe like Aurelion Sol on the Rift. The Ruined King at least is a completely terrestrial character, and while powerful, there's nothing against him becoming a champion.
Wrathof3001 votesYou are pointing out that Galio, Ivern and Aurelion Sol but all of these are characters with a purpose/ objective. I never said he couldn't be a champion because he was trapped. I said if he has no purpose then it makes no sense for him to be a champion.
I can't prove anything and neither can you, because he isn't even an actual champion, and has very little lore surrounding him as a character after the ruination. Whenever he becomes a champion his lore will speak for itself.
GreenLore1 votesMorde might be more powerful,but that doesn't mean that the ruined king can't be an interesting champ or that he isn't important.
An Undead brat1 votesSo you are still here... I thought Metal Malicious was you renamed - so is it your another account or is that a different person?
Malicious Metal2 votesHe's a friend of mine.
Yes, I told him that name is terrible.
GenoXx1 votesHes very important. In fact he still has some pull over people seeing how the maiden has some quotes referencing him. That indicates that hes more crucial them some lost soul wandering the islands.
GreenLore2 votesIn general the big question would be how they could make the ruined king unique among the champion roster.
I mean pretty much every shadow isles champ represents a different kind of undead or has something else that makes them unique among the champion roster
is a lich
is a haunted armor/death knight
is a vengeful spirit
is a gravedigger/necromancer
is kind of a reaper(has a sickle and collects souls) and he is also a jailer
is a centaur
And we know that human skeletons are taboo,so that won't work either.
since the ruined king has a sword,he would likely be some sort of undead knight,but the whole death knight-theme is kinda taken by Mordekaiser already. A dullahan could still fit the knight theme and be different,but I dunno why the ruined king should have lost his head.
Wrathof3001 votesFor me, the only hype around the Ruined King is the fact that he 'supposedly' has an undead army, Morde has and undead army, and they may clash. I don't think he has any goals as a character, all he wanted was to save his waifu, this is where Riot comes in an actually makes him interesting as a character and fleshes out his current purpose. Though I did have an idea, what if Thresh gave Sena to the Ruined King because the king thought she looked like his wife and now he's just chilling with Lucian's wife in the middle of the Isles this would make for, some nice development for Lucian as a character.
GenoXx1 votesIdk about him being a champion. But all we know is, he has some form of magic. But he should be among the most important of the Isles story.
Digielf1 votesIf they didn't mention him in the Shadow Isles event lore then don't expect anything soon
Ralanr1 votesThe ruined king could work, but potentially more as a prisoner of his own doing. Trapped within the dark depths of the shadow isles and driven mad with despair at the thought of never seeing his beloved.
Mordekaiser is the Tyrant. Make the Ruined king a ruined king.
Big Lincoln1 votes
is actually the ruined king
Davids Journey1 votesriot should make him into a knight mage who can corrupt enemy's his powers would come from his sword his ulti should be more like stacking killing minions jungle champs or champions then ulti would release a blast that does damage in a strait line i guess they should name it the soul cannon [zombie-nunu-hearts]