Truly a Dark Day for the LoL Community

mrmeddyman·3/28/2019, 10:21:26 PM·24 votes·18,602 views
Ask Riot: Lissandra's Helmet?

Q: I am delighted by the lore of many of my favorite champions, among which is Ahri. Her history is deep and sad, but will we ever get to hear more about Ahri’s deceased boyfriend? And in the future, will there be more stories involving Wukong?

A: It’s great that you are enjoying the stories we’re telling. I hope you will continue to follow these champions as we really start to ramp it up for the rest of 2019, and beyond!

I don’t like to make too many specific promises (or give too many hints about our plans, in case I spoil anything) but suffice to say, just because something is not mentioned in a given story, doesn’t mean it’s not a huge and formative part of who a champion is, or that we won’t cover it in some way later.

Will we tell more stories involving Wukong? Certainly.

More stories about Ahri, involving Wukong? Why, what have you heard…? ;-)

Xano561 has won...

37 Comments

4 Step Cadence3/28/2019, 10:31:49 PM20 votes

They're probably just getting their hopes up so they'll shut up already and stop spamming Story, Art, & Sound with their shitposts.

Spideraxe3/28/2019, 10:46:12 PM9 votes

Oh no

Stars Shaper3/29/2019, 1:29:50 PM7 votes

That pair always worked to be honest, the guy just made it obsessive to the point it was unlikeable.

Blue Moon Wolf3/29/2019, 1:19:59 AM6 votes

Listen, them being related in their lore ** doesn't** mean they are a couple by any extent like he's been spamming for ages. That has never been a thing nor would Riot have the guts to try that as it WILL KILL Ahri sales and make people hate Wukong even more then they already did during his short time in LCS. He's only popular in china and while that is their largest market, they wouldn't risk sales globally.

But they ARE listed on each others related champs and had been since the days Riot had a more detailed explanation of what each character was in relation to another (Garen and Lux were listed as siblings, Singed and Yi were listed as Rivals, etc.). Back then they were listed as friends. Not a couple, not married like Ashe and Tryndamere. JUST friends, but never explained as to why they were, as they were likely holding onto that story for later (like how we found out the reason Ryze knew so many random champs was because they helped him on his quest to find the world runes). by extension, I can say with a 90% certainty that this will stay the case.

No sense in skipping that story to force another "Varus is now 2 gay guys and a darkin" fiasco by making them a couple out of nowhere. Especialy when we already HAVE a Vastayan couple with Xayah and Rakan. There's nothing wrong with them making more canon couples but for them both to be Vastaya couples? unlikely and will come off as a bit forced.

Lets face facts here, Ahri is just WAY too popular of a champ for Riot to put into a relationship with anyone as there are too many people who like her single (looking back at the uproar about her even HAVING a past relationship) and Wukong is nowhere NEAR popular enough to even get close to having that kind of relationship with her. THAT and lore wise Wukong is way too interested in fighting to have a real interest in romantic relationships. Friends? sure. Strong friends present new challenges in combat? DEFINITELY. Romance though? no indication of him caring about that at all.

Friendship wise though yea, with all the stuff Ahri's been through she really could use a good friend who looks on the bright side of things to lift her spirits up and Wukong could REALLY use better people skills in general... like... seriously. I like the champ and all but he REALLY needs to grow as a person, hopefully mature so he can finally do whatever he has to in order to become a Wuju Master. Time for Wukong to become Master Kong already (They did say he could use a title change anyway. Master Kong, the Wuju Legacy could have a nice ring to it after someone workshops that a bit >.>) But outside of that there is no reason to expect that they caved to make the one ship that would make any Ahri fans blood boil canon.

The Iceborn3/28/2019, 10:40:16 PM3 votes

I loved the Lissandra question! Curious answer from Scath aswell ;)

Shiny Gorochu3/29/2019, 12:25:20 PM1 votes

who is this Xano561? Im relatively new here and dont spend enough time on boards?

5StackUltOneShot3/29/2019, 1:26:16 PM1 votes

Whos Xano561??