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midnight oil245 votes

Yeah, I think this is how they'll explain humanoid animal champs now. It's better than "rengar is a cat. Deal with it. Also he hates kha'zix."

Ralanr1 votes

My only grip that it just makes the Ionia cast all the larger.

midnight oil241 votes

I like it. It splits Ionia into more than "peace government" and "ninja conflict." Makes it more than discount asia stereotype the country.

BLACK REALM GOD1 votes

yeah. now it's bargin bin australia and gender fluid africa as well. gotta love the things that go on in those rain forests outback.

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midnight oil243 votes

What does gender fluidity have to do with this?

BLACK REALM GOD2 votes

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** look at the cat in the tree holy shit it looks like a female Rengar** for those who don't now , with the new teaser of the new champion a new lore released and a new race discovered they are said to be animal looking humanoids which is what rengar is .

midnight oil243 votes

You... you know there's more than one of a species and occupation, right?

BLACK REALM GOD1 votes

you.... you know that everything in this game is imaginary right?

midnight oil241 votes

Certainly. But when someone says that seeing a female of a species that we've seen one member of and that member is male is a gender fluidity thing, I step in to attempt to correct the mistake.

BLACK REALM GOD1 votes

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midnight oil241 votes

Well at first it was a legit question.

I'm more thinking about how gender fluidity is something that people actually have and struggle with in the real world, and it's not really a joking matter. It's kind of rude to use an aspect of another person's identity as a joke.

BLACK REALM GOD1 votes

no, not what i was joking about you misunderstood everything, but that's fine. carry on. it's not worth explaining.

Gapybo2 votes

They don't have to be Ionian. The new lore states they can be found all over Runeterra. They just originated from there.

Solideus1 votes

According to the story Vastaya migrated to all over the world, so not necessarily. Seems the new champ(s) will be Ionian, though.

Tesla Effect1 votes

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Yeah, I think this is how they'll explain humanoid animal champs now. It's better than "rengar is a cat. Deal with it. Also he hates kha'zix."

Probably has deeper connections to Vastaya origins, which are closely related to the event known as Great Void War.

midnight oil241 votes

Yeah, but I'm just saying it's a better backstory than "rengar is a cat." It's impossible to make a story worse than that.

Ralanr1 votes

So...when is the year of the tiger?

Dabrick011 votes

We really don't have a explanation on him in the first place. He was always just a hunter. Nothing more.

That is probably how they will explain them.

Yi Bencheikh1 votes

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Dabrick011 votes

Geez, what did I say to deserve this?

All I said was that all we knew about him was that he was a master hunter and that we had no knowledge of his life beforehand. He is obviously an "animal looking humanoid". I was not trying to argue.

I did not downvote you at the time of my last post. And I will not now.

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50000000000000001 votes

Based on the lore, Nidalee also might be a Vastaya, one with very diluted Vastaya blood. Ahri is confirmed to be one also. I'd guess that Wukong is also one, and the shopkeepers are Vastayas as well.

I'm a bit curious about Swain, although my best guess would be that he's not a Vastaya.

Oleandervine1 votes

Nidalee could also now be varstaya too.

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