One request for the Swain VGU

Swainey Todd·7/13/2017, 3:36:42 PM·1 votes·456 views

People are throwing around ideas about what they hope for Swain's kit, as well as his personality, but no one has really mentioned an integral part to his identity: Beatrice, his raven.

She doesn't do much right now, besides act as Swain's Q and have a small animation when he dies, but she deserves much more.

Ravens are amazingly intelligent birds, capable of playing, bluffing, tricking other birds, pissing other birds off to get what they want, holding grudges, and coordinating funerals... just to name a few. They're also adept at mimicry.

What if there was a way for Riot to show that, maybe by her repeating or replying to certain things Swain says to her, making sounds when Swain taunts a Demacian, or even mimicking and mocking certain champions herself? I'm just throwing ideas, of course, but I think that would add a new dimension to a champion that has an intelligent and very mysterious pet always at his side.

5 Comments

Sahn Uzal7/13/2017, 3:37:45 PM1 votes

yea, Swain has a lot of Potential, and Beatrice is a part of it :P

lolipopevelynn7/13/2017, 3:55:15 PM1 votes

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People are throwing around ideas about what they hope for Swain's kit, as well as his personality, but no one has really mentioned an integral part to his identity: Beatrice, his raven.

She doesn't do much right now, besides act as Swain's Q and have a small animation when he dies, but she deserves much more.

Ravens are amazingly intelligent birds, capable of playing, bluffing, tricking other birds, pissing other birds off to get what they want, holding grudges, and coordinating funerals... just to name a few. They're also adept at mimicry.

What if there was a way for Riot to show that, maybe by her repeating or replying to certain things Swain says to her, making sounds when Swain taunts a Demacian, or even mimicking and mocking certain champions herself? I'm just throwing ideas, of course, but I think that would add a new dimension to a champion that has an intelligent and very mysterious pet always at his side.

i REALLY dont like the idea of another pet based champion. swain needs to be more unique than just "send x pet to do x dmg to x person", especially considering swain is the ruler of an empire so its just not fitting for him to let his pet do all the work. having the bird be a silent and ominous sign to swains true form is just more fitting. sure he can talk to it or even have the bird taunt people in jokes/taunts, but when it comes to abilities it shouldn't really do anything except disable like his current Q does.

a Raven has always been seen as a bad omen, especially in poe books which swains abilities are based on. so beatrice should be a silent but deadly pet, unlike the comical ones we have now. basically just a normal raven