Rakan's Ultimate name
So, lets all be honest here:
"The Quickness" is pretty lame for an Ultimate name.
Not only does it sound unappealing, but its also awkward to say (one does not say "the quickness of that..."; they say "that is very quick"), and poorly describes only half of what the ability does.
However, I can see why Riot would have trouble naming this ability. Anything synonymous with "quickness" either sounds even worse, or, even more poorly describes the ability. Simply put, Ralan's ultimate is not easy to name, especially if you have to appeal to a world wide audience.
That said, I do believe that there is at least 1 avenue that Riot may never thought of when trying to name his abilities: other languages.
For example. I am a huge fan of the Latin language. Not only did it spawn at least 5 other languages on its own, but there is something about it that makes everything sound serious.
When translated, "The Quickness" becomes "Vivacitate", at least according to Google Translate (admittedly, I don't speak Latin, nust admire it). Already, you can tell that using other languages can become an artform in of itself, especially if you use extinct languages such as Latin (the one language that possibly closest compares to Latin is Italian). Hell, lets even take Rakan's title of " Battle Dancer". This translates to "Saltator Proelium".......instantly a thousand times more badass, isn't it?
Now, granted, I agree that Latin may not be the best choice of language in this situation. For Rakan, it's simply too serious and complex of a language to fit his character (Pantheon, however........well, I guess he'd use Greek, wouldn't he?). Instead, we would need a language that isn't too complex, fairly easy to pronounce, but also quite elegant at the same time.
Amazingly, Riot actually made this very language themselves: the Vastayan language.
If you play either Xayah or Rakan enough, you'll notice that both of them splurt out random lines of gibberish every now and then. Thing is, those lines aren't gibberish at all, but instead, a work in progress language (I assume) made by Riot themselves. At the moment, we have less than a dozen words of the Vastayan language, and I don't ecpect we'll see any more of it in the near future (creating a language takes A TON of time and effort). What we do have, though, does give us a good picture of what Riot is trying to go for.
First off, the syllables and words tend to flow with each other. Once you start, you wouldn't really stop until the sentence is complete. Also, from what we have, it seems that the Vastayan language is very softly spoken.
What I mean is that something like Chinese is very direct, and "hard" spoken. Every syllable is very easy to hear, and pauses between words are common. Other "hard" spoken languages would be most Native American languages (Navajo is probably the best example), Russian, and some African languages.
Soft spoken languages, on the other hand, tend to have very obscure syllables, while also lacking strong sounds (like "tuh" or "kuh"), and also tend to lack any pauses in speech. Languages like this would include French, Swahili, and Arabic.
If you're wondering where English stands, I'd say we're a good representation of the middle ground. We have a good mix of both hard and soft spoken elements, but don't tend to lean in either direction too heavily. Of course, every language is either hard or soft spoken to varying degrees, but, I hope this was enough to get my point across.
Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that the Vastayan language would be a perfect fit to rename, or, better yet, just directly translate Rakan's ultimate. Not only does the language itself fit his character, its also the language he speaks! The same argument could be made for Xayah's ultimate, though, I'd say "Feather Storm" is good enough.
So, what do you guys think? Should Riot take advantage of the opportunity they've laid down in front of them, or would it be better to just think of something else without having to put more effort into developing a language? I'm curious to see what you have to say.
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TL;DR
Riot should use the Vastayan language that they've somewhat developed in order to rename, or just translate Rakan's ultimate, since "The Quickness" is a pretty lame excuse for an ultimate name.
