What champions have no real lore that you believe have a lot of potential?

ChunLii··12 votes·1,736 views

My votes goes for Shaco, LeBlanc, Jax. What about you?

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Epicurus13 votes

My vote goes to Sona. There is so much mystery surrounding Sona and her etwahl, and this could be used to create all sorts of good stories. Is the etwahl evil? Is Sona evil? Which one is really in control? Maybe they are not even two entities, but rather Sona's soul lives in the etwahl, like Irelia's does in her blades.

Sona's may speak telepathically in-game, but as far as we know she can't do that in-lore. In-game she's happy, because she finally gets to communicate with someone (the summoner), but we really have no idea what Sona's personality is like outside of this interaction. Most of the fanbase seems to consider Sona to be one of "the good guys", but why? No one knows what Sona's motivations are.

Overall, I find Sona to be a very eerie character, and I'd love to see more of her in the lore. [sona-playing]

Elipo4 votes

Not to mention the recent changes in Demacia's lore. They hate magic in there now. How does that affect Sona?

Epicurus1 votes

Just so. Sona can no longer speak to people telepathically, because the summoners are gone, and she can no longer express herself in music to her full potential, because she would be persecuted. Sona in lore must be a very lonely, introspective person.

If she's still an Ionian orphan living in Demacia (which admittedly could change) then it is also worth considering that Sona might not even be literate in the Demacian language, leaving her with only the most rudimentary ability to communicate with others.

Elipo1 votes

Omg they gonna retcon her and make her a Noxian.

Epicurus1 votes

I was thinking more a long the lines of making her either an Ionian in Ionia or a Demacian in Demacia. It would simplify her story and remove the logistic difficulties of a such a long distance migration. Personally I hope they don't though.

Sharjo11 votes

Chogath His lore is "The Void exists. I am from the Void." And that's it. So much room for awesome.

Ralanr2 votes

HOW BUSY ARE YOU?!

Sharjo1 votes

Not to busy at the moment; been keeping a bit back from League lore since I'm not working with Riot anymore, so wanted to gain a bit of distance and time before diving back in.

Fasmodey2 votes

What happened, may I ask?

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

I love how his lore, to me at least, seems to hint that he's actually some kind of leader for a Void invasion. Kha seems to be completely self interested while Vel also seems to be in Runeterra for his own reasons but potentially also so he can bring back what he learns to the Void, but Cho and Kog sound like they're actually involved in some kind of organized invasion which I find very interesting.

EkyonKun9 votes

Call me biased if you want, but Annie

Hear me out. Her lore is mostly not even about her. It's 3 paragraphs long, and 2/3 of it is about her parents without even a passing mention of Annie. Her whole lore is a few sentences long if you exclude the 2/3 I just mentioned. The thing is, with Riot's artwork, it makes me think there's more to the story than the lore team has let on. There's probably some conflict/miscommunication between the story writers and art directors, but I'm siding with the artwork on this one. It depicts Annie standing in the center of what looks like a burning village/forest while blankly staring at a kneeling man in front of her. That's just OOZING with creative potential.

TLDR: The few drawings of Annie by Riot are 100x more inspiring/interesting than the lore they gave her.

EkyonKun3 votes

Honestly I think if they sat down for exactly 1 hour while looking at these 3 pictures, they could come up with better lore for her. There's no way they could make it more boring unless they made a conscious effort to do so.

It's pretty telling that by playing her in-game, you get her entire backstory without even glancing at her lore page.

EkyonKun1 votes

Wait a minute. Something just dawned on me.

In none of those three pictures do we see Annie with her signature cat ears or backpack.

This might just be an inconsistency, but could she have gotten those after her seemingly tragic backstory?

Chembaron Yamada6 votes

I think it's more a hint that they want to reimagine Annie at some point. Remember when they said that they would like to give Caitlyn new visuals, since her sexy outfit doesn't fit her serious personality?

Annie has kinda a similar problem: her base skin doesn't fit into the world. Her cat ears and especially the backpack are features mostly associated with modern school kids. But Annie is not coming from such a modern society. These accessories don't fit, she should just be a young girl in a dress and with a teddy, looking like a child from a medieval town.

These pictures show a version of Annie which is suited for Lols current state. Some day they will probably make that change.

EkyonKun4 votes

I think the difference is Annie's outfit DOES match her personality. I also find that it isn't...TOO weird that she dresses that way despite coming from Runeterra...

But what does bother me is that she's supposed to be the daughter of a runaway family that fled from Noxus to the Voodoo Lands. If Annie came from maybe...I don't know, Zaun, then her outfit might be acceptable. Odd, but acceptable. Coming from a place called the Voodoo Lands, though..? I don't think anyone quite knows what the Voodoo Lands are like, but it doesn't seem like the kind of place to have such clothing readily available. She was also born there, so it's not like she just brought them over.

I wouldn't object to Annie's clothing getting an overhaul, but they'd need to stay "cutesy" to keep up her innocent yet devilish appearance. Coming from a runaway camp, though, I just don't see it happening. Either they need to continue her bio to explain what the Voodoo Lands actually ARE as to explain how Annie can dress that way (Maybe it's surprisingly prosperous and modernized?) Or else just scrap it and start anew. If choosing the latter, they REALLY aren't losing that much time and hard work put into her lore. I could honestly probably come up with that and write it all down in an evening.

TLDR: Clothes are fine, but they can be changed. Her lore either needs to be changed or added on to.

Darius Strada1 votes

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I think it's more a hint that they want to reimagine Annie at some point. Remember when they said that they would like to give Caitlyn new visuals, since her sexy outfit doesn't fit her serious personality?

Annie has kinda a similar problem: her base skin doesn't fit into the world. Her cat ears and especially the backpack are features mostly associated with modern school kids. But Annie is not coming from such a modern society. These accessories don't fit, she should just be a young girl in a dress and with a teddy, looking like a child from a medieval town.

These pictures show a version of Annie which is suited for Lols current state. Some day they will probably make that change.

LoL has quite modern places like Zaun and Piltover. She could have gotten her clothes from there

EkyonKun1 votes

The issue with that is location. If you look at a map of Valoran... http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/c/cd/MapofValoran.jpg You can see how far away both Piltover and Zaun are from where Annie was born and raised. (Voodoo Lands) She's practically on the other side of the continent. Her parents also fled from Noxus. Meaning that to get children's clothing from there, they'd have to first flee northwest, and THEN retreat back south. No matter how you look at it, the facts just don't add up. Hence why I suggest either explaining that the Voodoo Lands COULD have such clothing, or else scrapping her backstory completely.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Or rework her model....

I mean come on. She isn't even a school girl. She basically lived her life fleeing and being a powerful fire mage.

EkyonKun1 votes

Any and/or all of the above. I kind of like how she's pretty much the only normal dressed champion (Which ironically makes her unique) but so long as she keeps her cute appearance, it could stand to be more fantastical. I just don't want her to turn into some generic mage or another edgelord.

EkyonKun1 votes

While I'm sure that's accurate, the only word I can read is "Piltover" and zooming in only makes everything blurry xD rip resolution.

RosaElia1 votes

Lol I know, I tried to find a better resolution picture, but that's the best I could find.

Whyte Lyon2 votes

Assuming you're somehow incapable of visiting the Universe site to find the larger image of the map, here's the link

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/piltover/medarda-heirloom

EkyonKun1 votes

holy thank you.

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

And thus Annie XAmumu makes sense again.

Brotha7 votes

Soraka Had her lore completely invalidated with Warwick lore update. From a lore point of view, she's in dire need of an update.

TyrekGoldenspear1 votes

^^^^^

SEKAI4 votes

Fiddlesticks Nocturne Both of their lores are completely busted atm since they're both heavily related to the no-longer-existing Institute of War. There are so many rooms for their lore potential given their themes, even though they seem to overlap a bit but I'm sure writers can get around it nicely as long as they're explored separately and developed to their merits.

Jax Is also probably THE most mysterious figure on the entire roster. It would also be very cool indeed to have some development on this guy. Because the only thing we know about him, barring his other old and now not-applying lores and speculations, atm is that he's very good at weapons, he is from a city that had fallen ages ago to the void, he seems to have been mutated by the void, and he really loves eating eggs especially the ones made in a corner store in a Shuriman city (not sure if the place still exists), which aren't exactly saying that much.

..............

Those are just the surface, there are many champions whose lore is either straight up non-existent or sorely needing developments. I hope Riot can give them more screentime and development.

Whyte Lyon3 votes

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What champions have no real lore that you believe have a lot of potential?

#Boram Darkwill !!! ##"In Noxus we have our own brand of diplomacy, shake with your right hand but hold a rock in your left." ######Ah shit, he's not a champion.

Naalith3 votes

Zilean , there is SO MUCH damn potential in this character. They'll probably have to give him a VGU one day and I'm ready for his new lore. His lore is already horrifying, eerie, and pretty mysterious but given the cosmic nature of the universe we now know about as well as the Void wars, Rune Wars, etc., there's so much that can be done with Zilean.

Runner up is Velkoz , I love how instead of being hungry for food like all the other Voidlings he is hungry for knowledge, especially about Zilean .

Darius Strada1 votes

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Zilean , there is SO MUCH damn potential in this character. They'll probably have to give him a VGU one day and I'm ready for his new lore. His lore is already horrifying, eerie, and pretty mysterious but given the cosmic nature of the universe we now know about as well as the Void wars, Rune Wars, etc., there's so much that can be done with Zilean.

Runner up is Velkoz , I love how instead of being hungry for food like all the other Voidlings he is hungry for knowledge, especially about Zilean .

Khazix is not really hungry for food, he's hungry for power.

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

Honestly, only Kog'Maw is really hungry for food. Cho eats because it also destroys and Rek'Sai eats because she's basically just an animal. Only Kog'Maw eats compulsively.

Chembaron Yamada3 votes

Rammus He is slated for a VGU, but that may take some time. And since Ornn's release, I want them to tell us about the earthquake Shuriman demigod of OKness.

Twitch All we got is a report from people who encountered him a single time. Unfortunately he got left out in the Zaun lore update. I want to read more about his mischievous plans.

Singed Same situation like Twitch, he got left out. We got the story related to Warwick, but I want to read more about his actual goal. How he is trying to achieve immortality.

Trundle All we know is that he is Lissandra's servant. We could get stories about troll society. Or how he is leading a warband. Just something.

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

I dunno, I actually like Trundle's current backstory. The fact that he isn't really complicated is refreshing for a villain but at the same time, he's not without interesting traits, they say he's different from most trolls in that he's actually pretty smart (He's just book dumb) and that in comparison to OTHER trolls, he's considered to be more of a runt.

For Singed, I think they're waiting for a full VGU before they put real work into his base lore.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

I don't want them to rebuild his lore. He shall stay the same, but I would like to read stories about him.

Like I said, it could simple be him with his troll warband attacking a Freljordian tribe or something.

Singed getting a VGU will take ages.. as far as I know, he isn't even in tier 1 for one.

Daunt3 votes

Katarina

Elipo1 votes

What happened wih her dad?

Tbh Noxus as a whole is so outdated

Daunt3 votes

I really hope they update Noxus lore when Swain gets reworked.

Urgot spilled some tea regarding her father. Apparently he was betrayed and killed by Swain.

Zyranium3 votes

Zyra needs a real lore update, as well as Kumungu Jungles as a new region

Support Boyyy3 votes

I would think Soraka. Her lore is still old retconned lore, but now with the addition of Aurelion Sol, they could really make her have a bigger presence in the League universe.

[sg-soraka]

TyrekGoldenspear1 votes

So much this

Furor Nexis2 votes

Varus As of the League retcon, Varus has been idly sitting by forever locked in tandem against Noxus.

Rockman2 votes

Aatrox Akali Alistar Chogath Fizz Kennen Lulu Malphite Maokai Nautilus Nocturne Shen Skarner Syndra Talon

Most of these are either not explained after the Institute got demolished or they just aren't doing anything right now

Hexs Fortune2 votes

Braum

XIII Vanitas1 votes

Leblanc and Jax have lore though.

Fisher No Chains5 votes

Not sure if “The Black Rose exists, it’s dark and mysterious, LeBlanc is the matron of the Black Rose” can be considered “lore”.

I mean, I hope they won’t miss the opportunity with Swain rework. Noxus and The Black Rose have so much potential lore-wise...

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

Rammus. I want to see the goofy stories that led to people hosting a festival in his honor with people rolling themselves through the streets like Goron's.

DariusDemiurge1 votes

My loves, Morgana and Kayle.

FireToa1 votes

Fiddlesticks Nocturne Shaco Im interested to see if they will be connected to each other in anyway since they are all mysterious and use the terror mechanic.

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