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More trolls please...

MaskedHeroman·12/19/2016, 8:36:20 PM·3 votes·1,480 views

So Trundle is troll king, KING! So why dont any of his subjects fight with him. We have so many yordels, infinite human characters, and speckle a few oddities here and there. Hell, even the void has multiple representative on the rift. But the Trolls are just seemingly nowhere to be seen, which I find odd since Trundle seemingly wants to expand his influence. When do you guys think we will get some more Troll race champions? Do you even want to see more trolls from his tribe/kingdom?

Here is an excerpt from his back ground showing he is looking to be a conqueror the rest of the troll tribes, and bring the trolls into a more prominent position within the world. I think it is safe to say he would have garnered a few champions for his kingdom by now.

When Trundle returned to the warband, his fellow trolls bowed to his conquest. Calling his weapon ''Boneshiver,'' he took a moment to enjoy the look of numb shock on his chieftain's face before he caved it in. Seizing command, Trundle announced that there would no longer be chieftains - only a Troll King before whom all of his kind would kneel. The trolls rallied behind their brash, new leader and prepared for the coming war. With Trundle leading the charge, the time of the trolls had finally come.

Edit: Am I getting down votes because the Title?

13 Comments

GreenLore12/19/2016, 10:15:32 PM3 votes

In general the reason why we have so many humans and yordles is that none of them are simply designed around being a human or a yordle,they are designed around filling certain classes or character types. For example Xin Zhao is a chinese spearfighter,Corki is a pilot,Diana is the chosen of the moon,etc. Sometimes they even have multiple aspects(Azir is a sand mage,an emporer and a Ra-expy) and sometimes champs have overlapping themes(jhin and caitlyn ar both snipers,Yi and Yasuo are both more or less samurai),but every one has at least one unique theme(Yi is a regular Samurai and swordmaster in general,wheras Yasuo is a ronin and Jhin is a crazy artist,wheras Caitlyn is a sheriff).

Now the problem with certain champs is that their unique theme is part of their species. Volibear is likely the worst example as he has nothing unique about him except for being an armored,talking bear(Kennen has lightning powers as well and Malzahar is a seer just like voli).

Trundle has a similar problem,as he is merely defined by being a troll.Sure he is also a king,but so is Tryndamere.(who even comes from the same nation and also wields a giant weapon). Though I would not say that other trolls are impossible. After all the trolls are more or less LoLs equivalent to orcs and orcs usually have warriors and shamans,so one could argue that while Trundle gives us the warrior aspect of them,we don't have one that gives us the magical equivalent.

Another possibility would be to give us a troll who doesn't look like a troll at all,thus he wouldn't really fit the troll theme anymore. Like a troll who is so small that he is more like a goblin,than an actual troll.

Wolfess12/19/2016, 11:27:04 PM2 votes

the only thing that makes trundle special is his club, Boneshiver. Otherwise he would not be even remotely as strong as he is, nor would he be troll king because he tricked the other trolls into believing that he was troll king by getting the club, and in return for the club he promised Lissandra a troll army.

So unless there's a troll out there that has some incredibly special property or tool that they managed to get in some random way, they will just be troll bystander A. Also supposedly trundle is just a bit smarter than the average troll, which is how he managed to trick the rest of them.

Oglaf12/20/2016, 4:01:45 PM2 votes

.... wouldn't it be funny if Trundle wasn't made the Troll King by his merit or anything, but rather he is simply the last Troll on Runeterra so the position just defaulted to him? LOL.

ProtestantCaesar12/20/2016, 4:12:41 PM1 votes

Well, a Rioter once said that all of the minions on the Rift are trolls. (I think the Rioter was trolling.)

Ebonmaw Dragon12/20/2016, 4:21:54 PM1 votes

But League of Legends has tons of trolls... i saw at least 6 of them in my last game.