Champion Interactions Beyond the Taunt Button

Sharjo·1/22/2017, 5:58:51 PM·50 votes·7,256 views

So Riot's got a bunch of character interactions sprinkled through the VO of champions, but there's a little problem: they're locked behind the manual activation of taunting (or in rare cases joking) in close proximity to another champion.

These interactions are good to have, but because they're effectively hidden away, most folks won't ever experience them and only know they exist through videos or the League wiki. It's a damn shame really, but there is a solution, one that Riot's been slowly moving towards:

Interactions that trigger automatically and aren't tied to the taunt function.

We've seen this recently with Kled and Camille, where they diss folks they kill. Really mean, but really great for character interaction! Having more interactions like this would be great to see, and there are ways of doing this beyond just dissing someone's corpse. Overwatch is great for this, with such interactions being tied to the deaths of allies, in spawn conversations and ability - ability interactions. One such example is one between two characters: Ana and Pharah, where if Ana uses her sleep dart to interrupt Pharah's ult, Ana has a specific line of dialogue she'll play upon doing it. It's really cool and I'd love to see more things like this in League.

The kill interactions are good, but we can do more! So I figure I'll just paint a picture using a few examples I conjured up, though keep in mind these are just examples and not exemplary literary works:

Syndra kills an enemy champion while an allied Annie or Taliyah is nearby:

"Watch and learn girl, this is how you use magic."

MonkeyKing sees the death of an allied MasterYi

"Master no!"

Nasus dying to an enemy Renekton

"So this is how it ends...brother."

Irelia being healed at low health by Soraka

"You've saved yet again Soraka!"

TL;DR more champion interactions beyond just having special taunts would be great Riot. Kill interactions are great, but there could be more.

32 Comments

Takatsuki Yayoi1/22/2017, 6:17:05 PM31 votes

Vi kills Caitlyn "Oh jeez....Sorry, Cupcake! You'll walk it off!"

Zed sees an allied Akali Kennen Shen die "Weaklings...Ha!"

Zilean uses ult on Volibear "IF YOU SCREW THIS UP ILL PERSONALLY FUCK YOU UP MYSELF, BEAR

I Stealth I1/22/2017, 11:22:05 PM17 votes

Enemy Katarina sees Talon "You're adopted!"

Zonkman1/22/2017, 11:00:54 PM17 votes

Rammus see's Gangplank

"Oj."

Velzard of Koz1/22/2017, 10:58:07 PM14 votes

MonkeyKing sees the death of an allied MasterYi

"Master no!"

MasterYi when he sees enemy MonkeyKing

,,You were the chosen one! You were supposed to destroy the Sithju, not join them."

MasterYi to enemy MonkeyKing when ulting

,,I have the high ground!"

Ebonmaw Dragon1/22/2017, 6:12:00 PM12 votes

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So Riot's got a bunch of character interactions sprinkled through the VO of champions, but there's a little problem: they're locked behind the manual activation of taunting (or in rare cases joking) in close proximity to another champion.

Syndra kills an enemy champion while an allied Annie or Taliyah is nearby:

;Watch and learn girl, this is how you use magic

The funny part is that Annie and Taliyah are more skilled in controlling their magics than Syndra and Syndra refuses to learn from others.

Peng0d1/22/2017, 8:40:32 PM10 votes

Aatrox sees Tryndamere "Tryndamere, my greatest creation."

Master Lycan1/22/2017, 10:06:55 PM10 votes

Warwick spotting Enemy Singed:

  • "I've caught your scent..."
  • "What an obvious trail..."

Warwick attacking enemy Singed : -snarling "RUN FASTER!" and as far as i know this line isn't in Warwick's new VO

  • "This will only be fun WHEN YOU RUN!"
Fondling Gems1/23/2017, 3:54:38 AM7 votes

Taric When a nearby Ezreal gets a kill: "How dazzling!"

Raxistaicho1/22/2017, 8:43:33 PM6 votes

An idea I had a while back was Yasuo reacting to ulting an enemy champion that had been knocked up by Riven's Q3. Something like him saying, "This changes nothing, Riven."

FantasySniper1/23/2017, 6:50:11 AM5 votes

Sona could mimic the music made/used by other champions, such as Kled's ult or Tahm's tongue-pluck. She could even play the music from other maps or the lobby.

Kindred sees Sion "How long have we been stalking this one, wolf?" "Too long! The chase ends now!

Nocturne sees Warwick "Even monsters have nightmares."

Nocturne kills anyone using a candy-related skin. "Sweet dreams."

Nocturne sees Urgot "Are you my nightma- Ugh!"

Blue Moon Wolf1/23/2017, 5:21:00 AM5 votes

MonkeyKing reaction from allied MasterYi Taut- Stop Monkeying around "Wuju please stop with the bad puns?" "Oh a look a monkey pun, haven't heard THOSE before >_>"

MonkeyKing killing enemy MasterYi "Now I am the master" (Star wars reference)

Ahri Charms MonkeyKing's Decoy " HA, need to be quicker then that!"

MonkeyKing kills Ahri "No hard feelings, right?"

MonkeyKing kills Rammus " huh, I swear I've seen that guy before... " (homage to when Wukong and Rammus were both from the plague jungles)

MonkeyKing kills Camille "Machines and fancy tools are no substitute for proper skill"

LEEROY KLEDKINS1/23/2017, 7:14:27 PM1 votes

Kled sees https://museumofdurhamhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/modh-everyone-icon.jpg?NoRedirect in the game feed.

Kled on a triggered flaming rampage. "OH MAH. TSK NUFFLE FLARGIN- SHAZHUFLAGU. Oh mah gah... NNGGGRRRHHH NUFFLE FLARGIN-SCHZHUFLAGU TEAM!! I don't deserve this. ME! Lord Major Admiral of the Second Legion's Forward Artillery-CavalryMultiplicationHighMajorCommodoreoftheFirstLegionThirdMultiplicationDoubleAdmiralArtilleryVanguardCompanySergeantDoubleAdmiralSergeantGeneral ColonelLieutenantSergeantCommodoreSirAdmiralMajorForwardAdmiralMajorRear ForwardBrigadierAdmiralLordColonelMajor Centurionblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah.... (Aggressive venting) HUUUEEE!!! ARE THE REASON I WILL NEVER ESCAPE CARDBOARD 5!"

carrotbunny1/24/2017, 1:58:04 AM1 votes

This would give them more personality, like the interactions between TF2 characters, I like it.

Voidzilla1/22/2017, 8:39:43 PM1 votes

Agree. It's kind of a shame Riot invested into having these lines of dialogue between characters, yet the lines probably aren't used that often due to them being hidden. A suggestion I saw a long time ago that I like had proposed that Champion-specific taunt lines play automatically upon the two Champs first being within range of each other. Not sure if that'd be too noisy or anything, but it'd defiantly make investing into those lines have a bigger payoff.

Waffletimewarp1/22/2017, 10:34:07 PM1 votes

Dawngate had a system that did this exact thing. When related Shapers encountered each other for the first time in a match, they'd banter back and forth and whenever they got a kill on each other.

SupaDupaDog1/22/2017, 11:16:42 PM1 votes

At a certain point, the line writers and the programmers just wanna go home/ work on someone else.

UnHeardGh0st1/23/2017, 1:44:15 AM1 votes

Gnar sees Rengar ally or foe Gnar: DADDY :D Rengar: Leave me alone...( bonus effect Rengar is stunned)

rtbf2256182411/23/2017, 1:58:49 AM1 votes

I am pretty sure, given how high up the damage creep is amped and due to that, the fight speeds are...noone even hears this shit or has time to listen to 3 seconds of voice-over. Even with normal taunts, the advantage an enemy can get is very clear in lane for example.

Regardless, i love taunts and stuff but League is the equivalent of Counter Strike with lore at this point. The pacing is way too fast to survive. I mean imagine if someone came up to you in CS and started saying "Hello...old fri--Wait for the match to end until you can respawn.

Clementine1/23/2017, 7:51:37 AM1 votes

I think Yasuo/Riven and High Noon Jhin interactions are the best.

When an enemy Riven ults near Yas he says things like "Who taught you that?" and "Another windblade..."

When High Noon Jhin kills Fiddlesticks with Curtain Call he says "People scare better, when they're dying.", for Rek'Sai "It's better to be above ground doing this, when below ground, doing nothing." and Illaoi "The truth only comes at the moment of dying." Spooky stuff dude.

Also, Taliyah and Yorick react to enemy/teammate jokes/taints.

Monkey D Luffy1/23/2017, 1:38:48 PM1 votes

What are you talking about, these sorts of things already exist, only thing doesn't is the conversations at the start.

Ralanr1/23/2017, 2:20:24 PM1 votes

Sion kills Darius: Pray that you stay dead, boy.

Darius kills Sion: Noxus needs no weapons of the past.

TwitchInMyPants1/23/2017, 4:31:31 PM1 votes

DotA 2 has these interactions on every character over kills, items, all kinds of things and it feels like a lively game. Its lore isn't even half as complicated as League yet I feel like playing a match of DotA I know more about Tidehunter, a big hulking sea monster, than I do about Lee Sin.

Hunted90001/23/2017, 7:08:57 PM1 votes

There are some fun ones in already, like if ekko gets a Roa he says something referring to how he likes things that pay off over time