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Whenever Swain gets his lore update, please have him take some notes from Thrawn

darkdill·2/22/2017, 3:11:34 AM·19 votes·3,510 views
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Swain will definitely need to pull out some serious "five steps ahead of you" chops if he really wants us to see him as the "Master Tactician". And in terms of military minds, I can think of few others who impress me as much as Grand Admiral Thrawn from Star Wars.

"To defeat an enemy, you must know them. Not simply their battle tactics, but their history, philosophy. . .art." https://youtu.be/6OGix6gtObE "I will start my operations here and pull the Rebels apart piece by piece. They'll be the architects of their own destruction."

IMO, Swain's gonna have a REALLY hard time matching up to Thrawn's reputation. And considering how awesome Thrawn has been so far in Star Wars Rebels, he's probably someone Riot should take notes from.

Why do I bring this up? Because I feel like Swain's revamped lore is doomed to disappoint us unless he can compete with the Grand Admiral in terms of genius. Riot's going to have their work cut out for them if they can't match that.

What say you, Riot?

28 Comments

RiotRiotJaredan2/24/2017, 2:00:41 AM12 votes

Swain's five steps ahead of you in a game he hasn't taught you to play yet.

3TWarrior2/22/2017, 8:18:33 AM1 votes

Swain may be a master tactician, but he's always been an unknown. Those who meet him, only remember a brief encounter, those he meets...meet a swift end

personally, thrawn is a little unrealistic to me because no matter what he does, he wins, even if there is a minor loss for the empire.

Friendly Ram2/22/2017, 5:25:23 PM1 votes

love the idea but really wish you mentioned zahn's books rather than rebels.

6FlagsFunnelCake2/23/2017, 4:29:59 AM1 votes

Along with that, I would love to see an upgrade to Leblanc's lore, one which sees her more of an immortal witch that has many similarities to the evil queen of Snow White, such as their immortality and extremely young beautiful body despite being hundreds of years old.

With Swain, I want him to see LeBlanc as somewhat his adoptive mother in a sense, raised up by the Black Rose to rule over Noxus (similar to the idea of the Illuminati having very close relationships with powerful political figures, a theme which would fit the Black Rose perfectly).