riot failed in making god king garen an appealing choice in the vs. event.

Critmaster Garen·6/21/2018, 7:22:01 PM·10 votes·6,972 views

the skin is visually still better in my opinion, but you went overboard with the voice lines making him look like a tyrant and unappealing.

so many comments ive seen from people who think that garen is the "bad guy" and darius the "liberator" in this event, because they dont understand both characters fully.

garen is simply missing lines that make his motivation of peace and protection more obvious, next to his more self righteous ones. darius might be missing lines that make him look like the reckless warlord he really is, doesnt really care about other people than himself, and comes over too much as "the cool rebel".

darius is already the more popular champion to begin with (simply because hes the stronger champion), so the event is a bit rigged from the start. but making garen come over as too unsympathetic was too much imo.

you should have focused on making both of them appealing choics, with some voice lines on the side that put them into more of a grey area character wise. but i feel like with garens voice lines theyre entirely focused on making him look negative.

24 Comments

ModWulf Helhammer6/21/2018, 7:38:13 PM13 votes

The point is is that neither of them are good. The same was true for Order vs Chaos.

Pure Order is just as bad as Chaos.

On Garen's side is safety and protection. However, you lose your free will, forced to obey a demigod that can smite you into dust.

On Darius's is free will, choice, independence. But you will probably die from the wars caused by his rampage before you can truly enjoy those things.

MadSeer6/21/2018, 8:04:22 PM5 votes

They're both terrible choices. They should've added a third faction that represents every other champion that doesn't want to deal with their egos.

Wild Geese6/22/2018, 9:43:25 AM5 votes

I agree they missed the mark on God King Garen -- yes I get the character is a tyrant, but he should not be too unlike regular Garen who believes himself to be just, and words are meant to inspire his allies.

Instead he just comes off as a royal prick, whereas Darius being a bloodthirsty warlord isn't much different than base Darius, and you expect Darius to be a jerk.

There is little fantasy to God Kind Garen in presentation- at least not for Garen fans. Heroism should had come first, tyranny second.

So yeah, I get the point they are making with Garen but they took it too far and forgot the likable parts of his personality don't have to vanish just because he's an alternate universe version, you'd have more luck trying to sympathize with rework Aatrox..

GreenLore6/21/2018, 10:35:51 PM4 votes

Honestly I think I'll go with Garen for this event simply because I like the design of his icon more,even though I'm pretty sure that Garen will loose.

Quiet Dude6/21/2018, 7:25:08 PM3 votes

I’m regretfully siding with Darius on this one. The only reason I’m regretting it is because Garen looks better visually, and I’m a cat person, so it feels like betrayal going against the Lion God.

If only he didn’t sound like a priiiiick

Lord Cendir 6/21/2018, 11:27:05 PM3 votes

I get what you mean dude. I love Garen . And i will fight for DEMACIA. Also his icon is FAR superior if you win, but am pritty sure the edgelords will win yet again... Even though in reality they wudnt last 5 seconds in Dariuses world. Whiel Garen will have peace and justice, by his hand. Shame about the VO, you do need to be a bit full of yourself, beeing a God king Must be EXTREMELLY stressful , but he gives a chane to norml people ateast. They are both extremes, but saf that the Light will prob loose again...

Frostfel6/26/2018, 3:09:51 PM1 votes

Siding with God King Darius because I don't like pure order, may not like strong take from the weak but still better than lack of free will. I also actually like the Darius icon better (seem to be the only one).

Tesla Effect6/22/2018, 12:32:21 AM1 votes

I pick Garen cause he has the better icon. I really dont care anything leading towards that, the only thing that matters with this VS thing is what icon you get and I rather get Garens which looks more neutral for use than the Darius one that obviously looks like Darius.

Jeddy0176/22/2018, 2:46:26 AM1 votes

Regardless of how his character & ideals are portrayed, I'll still go with Garen simply because I like & play Garen more than Darius. Did the same thing last year (Riven ) & I will likely do the same thing next year & the year after. Unless It's between 2 champs I like a lot (Leona & Diana being the only logical rivalry that fits here). I know more people are probably going to be drawn towards Darius & Garen probably isn't going to win for various reasons. Blah blah blah edgy teens like being rebels against authority. Blah blah blah dumbasses who only use the special VO to judge a character & think Darius is the "Good guy" here when in reality they're both dicks. Blah blah blah Darius being more appealing in general to the wider community than Garen. But that doesn't really matter much to me. I only care about what I like. It doesn't matter anyway. All we get is bragging rights for, I don't know, week or 2 out of this shit.

My only hope is that after this, they give Garen a much more fun/lighthearted/joke skin next time around. You know, something like Unprepared, Pool Party, Arcade, etc.

Warlord Rhinark6/22/2018, 9:44:40 AM1 votes

I like God King Garen more than God King Darius.

I guess I'm one of the only ones.