I have no issue with the grim and gritty ones, mind you. But I do love the funny and wacky ones slightly more. And unlike the last one, who had a personality as beige as the rocks she throws, these two look like a stitch.
Can't wait to play them.
Flaherty14 votes"So Taliyah, what makes you special?"
"I THROW ROCKS"
"Oh... I see. Well that's ni.." "AND I RIDE THEM TOO"
Bottom Laner16 votes"AND I RIDE THEM TOO"
"O-Ok then."
morris14 votes#THROW ANOTHER ROCK!!1!!!1!
I swear this champion is the Caitlyn of the mid lane before Caitlyn got nerfs to her headshot voiceline spam.
A Superb Villain11 votesComedic, sure, but they're still maiming people. Putting the laughter in slaughter?
Embertine2 votesPutting the laughter in slaughter. . . .I like that.
kasfas3 votes
DeathBot6667 votes
kasfas1 votesTouché
Troll for Trump1 votes
Chase Me Daddy3 votesI know right? This guy reminds me so much of Buck from Ice Age 3 and Skaarl is just a goofy derpy bird fish lizard thing. Only thing that holds me back atm is not knowing their gameplay, but i'm 99% sure that will be a blast too. Hopefully this guy has some funny quotes and taunts too. Imagine him having a Rengar on his team and if Rengar stands next to him and he taunts he just says "Don't talk to me or my son ever again.". Or Skaarl can also make some derpy sounds kinda like Willump, but hopefully not quite as often.
Ýones2 votesNext champion is a yordle that rides a fish. With legs. Have fun.
PaladinNO8 votesNext champion is a yordle that rides a fish. With legs. Have fun.
"I wanted to be the only one!" ~ 
http://img07.deviantart.net/6bfc/i/2013/088/f/0/urfrider_corki__d_by_lanfan_chan-d5zpk6p.jpg
Jhin UItd JFK2 votesTaliyah and Poppy have the exact same personality though I swear
Ralanr8 votes...gonna disagree here.
DarkRitual3 votesThey both have lots of determination. That's about where the similarities end.
Fasmodey1 votesI'm the opposite. :((((((((((((((((((
Arakadia1 votesI was hoping it would be this, and I haven't every been anymore excited for a champion to be released.
Oleandervine1 votesI like it, but I kinda wish there were more lighthearted champs that aren't Yordles. Yordles seem to be the only excuse they have to do goofy champs these days.
Also, $10 that his starting skin is a Dragon Tamer skin.
Junkο2 votesI don't think it will be a Dragon Tamer skin just because it would look to similar IMO, unless they make an entirely different dragon from the one Tristana has.
dapositiveviking1 voteswhat about a bioforge skin, like darius
mecha biobot lizard mate
Arsenic Sulfur1 votesHopefully he won't have an annoying voice line he can trigger with a spe- SHUT THE FUCK UP TALIYAH I WILL NOT! THROW! ANOTHER! ROCK!!!!!
CupcakeTrap1 votesI agree. I think of League lore as fundamentally kind of lighthearted, or at least a bit on the cartoony side. Lately, Riot's been doing too much uber-serious grimdark stuff. And sure, serious stories can work just fine! But it's hard to escape the underlying reality that League's a pretty derpy setting, with a crazy mixture of fantasy/sci-fi cliches all thrown in together. That's not an insult. Far from it; I think it's a lot of fun.
Still, for example, I definitely preferred "YAR HAR HAR SHIVER ME TIMBERS!" Gangplank to the current version. When I saw Riot say something like, "We wanted him to be more like a REAL pirate than a silly stereotype", I was thinking, "wait, what? A real pirate? Are you sure that's what you want to go for here? In your video game with dragons and yordles and cupcake traps, you want to seriously address the issue of piracy?"
To their credit, I think they mostly made the new Gangplank work. But like OP, I'm happy to see that they're mixing in some un-selfconscious silliness. It's part of what makes League League.
Fasmodey1 votesI agree. I think of League lore as fundamentally kind of lighthearted, or at least a bit on the cartoony side. Lately, Riot's been doing too much uber-serious grimdark stuff. And sure, serious stories can work just fine! But it's hard to escape the underlying reality that League's a pretty derpy setting, with a crazy mixture of fantasy/sci-fi cliches all thrown in together. That's not an insult. Far from it; I think it's a lot of fun.
Still, for example, I definitely preferred "YAR HAR HAR SHIVER ME TIMBERS!" Gangplank to the current version. When I saw Riot say something like, "We wanted him to be more like a REAL pirate than a silly stereotype", I was thinking, "wait, what? A real pirate? Are you sure that's what you want to go for here? In your video game with dragons and yordles and cupcake traps, you want to seriously address the issue of piracy?"
To their credit, I think they mostly made the new Gangplank work. But like OP, I'm happy to see that they're mixing in some un-selfconscious silliness. It's part of what makes League League.
I think all fantasy universes should offer the balance between lighthearted and grim dark atmosphere. Like how it is in real life. You can have fun in your regular life with your friends for hours, you can laugh out your ass. But it doesn't change the fact some people around of world die in horrible ways, have some terrifying pains, have unhappy lifes you can't even imagine. While some people like Ezreal try to explore the World, others like Swain runs after power and brings a lot death for innocents. While some countries have mediocre peace compare to others, some of them is like Frejlord, has war.
So, I dont want League to become grim dark af as Warhammer 40k, or lighthearted like Middle-Earth (even though it has some tragedy, come on, Middle-Earth has some unreliable goodness). It should have Warcraft taste.
CupcakeTrap1 votesI would hesitate to describe Middle Earth as "lighthearted", but I agree it's a fairly "bright" setting. Really, though, I'd say it's the opposite of "lighthearted"; it's got a practically mythical tone.
And I mean, on Swain—sure, he's a scary tyrant or whatever, but he's also a dude who morphs into a giant bird. I consider that a bit of a cartoony touch. And I like it!
Fasmodey1 votesI would hesitate to describe Middle Earth as "lighthearted", but I agree it's a fairly "bright" setting. Really, though, I'd say it's the opposite of "lighthearted"; it's got a practically mythical tone.
And I mean, on Swain—sure, he's a scary tyrant or whatever, but he's also a dude who morphs into a giant bird. I consider that a bit of a cartoony touch. And I like it!
Turning to a '' carnivore giant bird that looks like it had mutation '' doesn't sound highly cartoony imo but whatever.
Middle-Earth was the only top level, pretty known, well-writed fantasy universe that I could think about in 15 seconds as the most lighthearted. As I said, even though it has some tragedy, it has some unreliable goodness and salvation.
CupcakeTrap1 votesI totally agree that it can be played off in different ways. You could write Swain as a terrifying monster of a villain, or as a somewhat "kooky" character who goes really over-the-top. I'm just saying that there's a touch of cartoonishness in his core concept. It's a bold concept, that paints in broad strokes. (But then again, at one point, I wrote him like this, which if anything is over-the-top in terms of being grimdark/scary/malevolent. But with touches of dark humor with Beatrice and his gruff sarcasm.)
Just to be sure I understand, what do you mean by "unreliable"? Do you mean like unrealistic? (I noticed you had an EUW tag, so I didn't want to assume.)
Fasmodey1 votesWhat do you mean by "unreliable"?
There are nearly no evil dwarf, elf and human. Even violent ones like Fingolfin are protector of their people. There are nearly no neutral characters but full of good and evil. Alignment of characters are highly marked to evil and good. Neutral nearly doesn't exist.
CupcakeTrap1 votesAh, I see. Yes, I would agree. Tolkien generally wrote a very black-and-white story. That might sound like an insult; it's definitely not. He was a great writer, and essentially the founding father of the fantasy genre. But he adopted what I like to call a "mythical" style, written in very grand terms, which differs greatly from, say, a realistic/psychological approach.
At the same time, he uses these "simple" or "black-and-white" characters to do some profound exploration of concepts like power and corruption.
It does bother me sometimes when people say Tolkien "didn't understand how the world really works", or "was too sheltered". The dude fought in World War I. He was very aware of how gritty and dark the real world can be. He simply chose to explore a fantasy/mythological world that addressed some of these themes in a different way.
Fasmodey1 votesAh, I see. Yes, I would agree. Tolkien generally wrote a very black-and-white story. That might sound like an insult; it's definitely not. He was a great writer, and essentially the founding father of the fantasy genre. But he adopted what I like to call a "mythical" style, written in very grand terms, which differs greatly from, say, a realistic/psychological approach.
At the same time, he uses these "simple" or "black-and-white" characters to do some profound exploration of concepts like power and corruption.
It does bother me sometimes when people say Tolkien "didn't understand how the world really works", or "was too sheltered". The dude fought in World War I. He was very aware of how gritty and dark the real world can be. He simply chose to explore a fantasy/mythological world that addressed some of these themes in a different way.
I agree. Middle-Earth is my one of the most favourite fantast universes ever but it doesn't change the fact it is more lighthearted compare to Warhammer 40k, Warcraft, Forgotten Realms etc. It is its style and it is not a con. It is just what it is.
CupcakeTrap1 votesThat's a very mature attitude. When I was a teenager, I was exclusively into ultra-dark, ultra-gritty fiction. Anything else felt "fake" or "dishonest". Later on, as I matured, I began to appreciate other styles. I suppose part of the thing was that, as a teenager, I was so keen on being "right", or so anxious about being vulnerable to criticism, that I only liked fiction that was so extremely dark that "nobody could make fun of it". It was like some kind of competition. In retrospect, it was quite silly.
I do also love Warhammer 40K. It's so excessively grimdark that I don't think it even knows if it's a parody anymore. Haha. In that sense, I actually would consider it almost "lighthearted". It's just so incredibly over-the-top. The phrase "testosterone poisoning" comes to mind. Like, a Space Marine is 8 feet tall or whatever, weighs many hundreds of pounds even out of his powered armor, and has a sidearm that's a fully automatic rocket launcher. It's so gratuitous. I love it. But it's also not usually self-mocking; it tends to play itself straight. (It gets sillier with the Orks.) I appreciate that. It's truly one of the most distinctive settings I've encountered.
Fasmodey1 votesThat's a very mature attitude. When I was a teenager, I was exclusively into ultra-dark, ultra-gritty fiction. Anything else felt "fake" or "dishonest". Later on, as I matured, I began to appreciate other styles. I suppose part of the thing was that, as a teenager, I was so keen on being "right", or so anxious about being vulnerable to criticism, that I only liked fiction that was so extremely dark that "nobody could make fun of it". It was like some kind of competition. In retrospect, it was quite silly.
I do also love Warhammer 40K. It's so excessively grimdark that I don't think it even knows if it's a parody anymore. Haha. In that sense, I actually would consider it almost "lighthearted". It's just so incredibly over-the-top. The phrase "testosterone poisoning" comes to mind. Like, a Space Marine is 8 feet tall or whatever, weighs many hundreds of pounds even out of his powered armor, and has a sidearm that's a fully automatic rocket launcher. It's so gratuitous. I love it. But it's also not usually self-mocking; it tends to play itself straight. (It gets sillier with the Orks.) I appreciate that. It's truly one of the most distinctive settings I've encountered.
If we don't count movies of fantasy universes like Harry Potter and Middle-Earth (because you know, before I got a PC, I had television and in my time, those movies were quitely popular) Warcraft was my first fantasy universe I ever went for deeper. Because Warcraft 3 was one of the first game I played seriously and tried to understand other than just going full retard. Warhammer 40k comes as second. Thanks to Dawn of War.
Even game itself is enough to see how dark this universe is. That brutal fatalities.
So, I'm highly interested in well writted fantasy universes and I know more than an average reader, I believe. But I don't remember a lighthearted top level fantasy universe as much as Middle-Earth.
(It is actually more than testosterone. They have 3 lungs and 2 hearts. It is genetic. But I got what you wanna say.)
