Candidates for: Warden/Marauder

Forhonor321·11/27/2017, 6:19:57 AM·2 votes·437 views

Right then after going through finals, one of which I feel like I did complete shit on and the other two were presentations which I fucking hate cause I'm introverted and hate attention, getting back home for the rest of the week and currently had one of the worst DnD nights where we spent 2 hours fixing a friends computer and the other 1.5 just spiraling into insanity and never actually progressing through our game, I've decided that it's time to catch up on my series (which many probably don't even give a damn about and or forgot was a thing).

Nevertheless, I'm back and to kick right off again I've decided to bring two skin lines to discuss about, but also share something with each other. What better series to do it with than the pair that are usually released side by side as rivals: Wardens & Marauders.

So just to get them out of the way (because I'm honestly sick of the good guy look and side all the time) let's start with the Wardens. Currently the line up has Nautilus Sivir Jax Karma. Now one thing that's bothered me a bit is why Sivir and Nautilus were the ones that started the series. Karma and Jax are fine, but Sivir isn't really that champion that cares about keeping order and Nautilus (still going off old lore) wants to drag those that betrayed him down to the depths. It's a bit odd. Also looking at the line up certain roles are fill: ADC as a main and then somewhat of swaps of Jg/top with Jax, Top/Supp with Naut, and Support/Mid with Karma. However to keep things simple we'll keep Jax jg, Naut top and Karma supp, leaving mid position open, but that also doesn't mean we have to be restricted to only mid type champs, hell we could just find another support option. Now certain characters that immediately pop into my head when it comes to candidates are Braum Orianna JarvanIV Kassadin IreliaShen as more of my top choices. Other mentions would be Garen Poppy Lux but are not main choices because they either have a skin that's too similar or it's too redundant to place them in the theme.

Anyways, moving on to the next theme (and the one I love) is Marauder. Current line up is Ashe Alistar Olaf Warwick. Again, some choices like Olaf and Warwick make sense in the theme, I guess also Alistar since he's unaligned with any nation (don't know if his lore got updated so could be wrong about that) but Ashe is just that weird one since she's suppose to be this queen that's all about promoting peace and whatnot. Again it's just a bit odd. Same again roles are filled in a sense: Ali supp, Olaf jg/top, WW jg, Ashe ADC and like before we'll just say Olaf is top leaving mid open again, but again we don't have to limit options to only thinking about mid. Candidates could include Kled Shyvana Rengar Mordekaiser Ornn &Talon Katarina but maybe with a lighter outfit look since they are typically viewed as mobile assassins in a series that so far is mostly heavily clad armored warriors. Other mentions are Pantheon Kalista Aatrox but again it may clash with a similar skin or it'd be too redundant.

Anyways, that's just my view and list of options to consider but what are your thoughts and candidate options for these series?

2 Comments

Gapybo11/27/2017, 3:14:47 PM1 votes

Both teams need a mid laner. Best candidates imo are Karthus Swain and Vladimir for either side. I don't think skins have to reflect the lore and champions actual motivations since that is limiting and boring.

ChompyWulf11/27/2017, 10:34:03 PM1 votes

If looking for mid champs to create a somewhat viable comp, I think you need an AD mid for Wardens. Between Karma, the mixed damage from Jax, and Naut capable of putting out some respectable magic damage, it makes for a good place to put an assassin or mid lane adc on the squad. I would suggest Zed, Lucian, or even Corki.

On the flip side the Marauder comp needs AP badly. They also already have three burly champs, so a tanky mage like the three the other guy suggested are poor ideas. AP assassin options like Alkali or Katarina would fit well, and for mages I would suggest Azir, LeBlanc, or Ziggs.