@Riot, Define the term "summoner" within the context of the new lore?

Impetual·Oct 27, 2015·3 votes·840 views

@Riot. What is a Summoner?

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ShénzhìOct 27, 20153 votes

They still use "Summoner" when ending blogs and other stuff.

If it has been erased, could 'Summoner' it be replaced?

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[ORIGINAL POST]

Yorick's rework could begin a new Role archetype that focuses on siege tactics sending waves of zombies with lane minions or even reanimate dead lane minions.

Juggernaut

Tank

Fighter

Assassin

Mage

Support

Marksman

Summoner

Who else would become Summoners?

Annie: (may be kept as a Mage)

Azir: Summons his ... immortal slaves.

Heimerdinger: Summons his stationary turrets. (does this already!)

Zyra: Summon enchanted wildlife, stationary or mobile.

Malhazar: Summon Voidborn to besiege the corporeal world.

Fiddlesticks: A repurposed demon Fiddlesticks may sweep lanes with terror.

Yorick: A repurposed Yorick could raise zombies and sweep lanes with the Harrowing.

Remind yourselves that you cannot win a match without reaching and destroying the Nexus. This new archetype boasts lane-pushing. Their completely new playstyle may actually be the one major thing missing from this game! Consequent item changes would include re-purposing lane-control items against enemy Summoners and AoE damage items for teams without strong lane-pushing.

#"playstyle missing from this game!"

YuppersOct 27, 20152 votes

Mm, some clarification would be pretty nice.

LaoBushidoOct 27, 20152 votes

like shonjl said summoners like us the people who play league don't exist on runeterra anymore (or never existed) , but riot uses the term to refer to us when they address us ( better than being called players) however a summoner as a person who creates beings or objects sill exist like Zyra Malzahar etc. also when some champ are played they are powerful enough to be self aware whale we are controling them like Nocturne Mordekaiser Sona to talk to us

ShínyOct 27, 20151 votes

Summoners are still a thing, although not quite what they were before but also not just "a person who summons things".

Here Jaredan talks about our favorite bunch of purple hooded dudes ( Malzahar sorry you're still my second favorite purple hooded dude)

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Summoners have not been taken out completely, but they are different to what they were (they're not tied to the IoW, they can't be the same). Saying that doesn't help, it's one of the things we haven't shown you yet, so the frustration is completely understandable.

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Summoners are a part of the story of Runeterra, they have not been removed as a part of the world, but they are different. I can't speak to their role due to work being done in that regard that will be seen in the future. Sorry to be so vague, it's just not ready for us to release yet.

ImpetualOct 28, 20151 votes

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Summoners are still a thing, although not quite what they were before but also not just "a person who summons things".

Here Jaredan talks about our favorite bunch of purple hooded dudes ( sorry you're still my second favorite purple hooded dude)

That's the problem. Riot says that Summoner's still exist within the world but won't tell us what they actually are in the new lore.

I just wanna know what a "Summoner" is in Runeterra.

Summoner's have always been a core part of that world and the fact that we don't have even officially have a vague description of what they are anymore.

If they are still a part of Runeterra, you would thing we weould at least have a descriptive explanation of what a Summoner is posted by a Rioter, since lore apparently doesn't belong on the in-game client anymore.

The retcon happened over a year ago. You should have your shit together by now Riot! - sorry for the disrespectful talk, but I feel it's justified at this point.

@Riot please, give us a clear description: What is a summoner?

ShonjlOct 27, 20151 votes

I thought the whole Summoner thing doesn't exist anymore. Probably the only reason we have the name summoner spells and summoners rift is because they can't be bothered to change the name of something thats been named that for years.