When are we going to get a relevant Noxian? Was Kled so lore breakingly important and plot driving?

Lewanor·1/12/2020, 10:25:59 AM·37 votes·16,592 views

Note: I know we'll have Champions dev video in 3 days, but inspiration came now and so it shall be.

It's been 7 and half years since Draven and Darius' release. The only champion we got from Noxus since then is Kled. KLED. Like, I won't disagree he's one of the best designed champions of league... as a meme. This champion was made as a meme literally. Go ahead, take a look here. But why is this a bad thing? It isn't! It's very creative and it adds something rich into the world of League of Legends, Runeterra! Only problem is...

Why is this champion is given to Noxus who was waiting for a champion for around 4 years after Darius/Draven? WHY ISN'T THERE ANY NEW CHAMPIONS AFTER KLED? A meme... fulfilled Noxus' champion chance? Demacia waited for Sylas around 6 years after Quinn and was rewarded with all the content they got this year. Like this post is only talking about new champion, no need to talk about reworks even. What does Kled add to Noxus exactly? How is he relevant to ANYTHING?

Of course this post is written by the zeal I got from the recent Universe Dev video. We're going back to Ionia again my dudes, and Sett is being used as a reason to start it. Yeah Ionia is popular but look at this:

#Ionian Champions made since Draven:
Syndra Zed Yasuo Jhin Ivern Rakan Xayah Kayn Sett #Noxian Champions made since Draven: Kled

I know "since Draven" looks weird and feels like my attempt to manipulate information but you can add "start of 2012" there and what happens is Darius and Draven gets added to Noxus, and Varus to Ionia. A win for Noxus finally. Ionia is the most popular region yeah. But this much? Did you guys give any chance to anyone else even? Did you give a chance to Noxus? You can pretty much do the same discussion for any region against Ionia, right? Like Aurelion Sol for Targon, at least since Aphelios. Taliyah for Shurima, Lissandra/Ornn for Freljord, Sylas for Demacia, Illaoi/Pyke for Bilgewater... Nothing for Bandle and Void per usual. I would do the same discussion for them. But again, it comes to one thing. These champions were such big leaps for their stories.

  • Aurelion Sol has shown us the beyond, he told us about it. How he got enslaved by Targon and did their bidding for who knows how long.

  • Taliyah have given an eye to Shurima today, what Azir and Xerath were doing over all. What she feared they would do. What Nasus is up to after the fall of Shurima.

  • Lissandra literally started the Freljord narrative and with Ornn we have learned of our "Spirit Gods" of Freljord.

  • Sylas... the biggest narrative we've seen since Burning Tides.

  • With Illaoi came the Buhru and we learned of it's importance in not just for Bilgewater, but the Runeterra itself. And Pyke has set the seeds of the "Swimming City" which again, something to be explored in the future.

##What did Kled add to Noxus? The region that "accepts ANYONE strong enough" and is "most culturally diverse".

Anyone can rise to a position of power and respect within Noxus if they display the necessary aptitude, regardless of social standing, background, homeland, or wealth.

So we have 5 nobles and 5 orphans, nothing about ethnicity.Nothing about social standing. No creatures other than boring humans. And some may argue why we don't have any Noxian with other skin colors, sorry if that sentence came out wrong I'm not good at these racism talks. Holy shit I can't believe the champions I'm shitting on, Kled, is the most different champion we have in Noxus. He is a yordle at least. You may say of course, "These are all the things that were brought by Swain! They didn't have time to make another champion!". I'd agree. One year is normal, two years is acceptable. But this year will have an Ionian narrative with the excuse of Sett? Soon Ionia will have twice the champions of Noxus. A champion makes us see the region from a different perspective. It richens it. Noxus didn't get that chance since Darius and Draven. INSTEAD WE GOT KLED. This master piece of a champion, too bad it adds NOTHING.

But what am I saying, there are champions who still don't exist despite in Noxus and Runeterra. Despite everyone connected to them being updated, without speaking a word of them... Eh, don't mind me. Had to get all this shit out. My apologies. Thank you for staying until the end.

67 Comments

Chembaron Yamada1/12/2020, 11:39:14 AM25 votes

Unfortunately, Riot really seems to overdevelop Ionia here. The amount of champion releases this region got compared to any other region of the game is actually ridiculous.

Which other region can claim to get 3 champion releases in a row, just a couple of weeks between them? Xayah Rakan Kayn


I actually feel the same for Piltover. This region is so heavily underdeveloped when it comes to champions that it breaks my heart. I hope that after Sett we are taking a really long break from Ionian releases for a change and other regions can get a chance to get something.

HonestJohnTheCon1/12/2020, 5:38:43 PM11 votes

Kled is a masterpiece of a champion.

However, I agree with you completely. Noxus needs a shakeup. If not a new character, a Talon lore rewrite would be really nice...

Chromatic Eagle1/12/2020, 4:09:42 PM7 votes

Why are you only including new champions but not reworks?

Ebonmaw Dragon1/12/2020, 7:47:21 PM6 votes

Well... Sett has Noxian blood in his veins... Same goes for Kayn... and they are relevant.

Sure, they are not fighting for Noxus, but its something.

L9 Sion1/13/2020, 12:49:50 AM4 votes

Riot seems to despise Noxus and will do everything to paint Noxians as pure evil warmongers. I doubt we will get any Noxian champion with depth and originality

P0IS0N IVY1/12/2020, 9:58:21 PM4 votes

Elise Elise is Noxian too.

Wrathof3001/12/2020, 11:33:13 PM3 votes

People like to complain about the over-saturation of Ionia but the reality is that Ionia supports more subfactions than any other individual region in the game, mainly because it is an entire continent. Kinkou: Shen Kennen Akali Order of the Shadows: Zed Kayn Vastaya: Xayah Rakan Sett Ahri MonkeyKing Rest of Ionia: Irelia Karma Yasuo Jhin MasterYi LeeSin Syndra Ivern Varus Most of the remainder of Ionian which also have separate or individual stories from one another.

Karfuss1/13/2020, 10:52:58 AM3 votes

Swain's rework was the perfect opportunity to elaborate on Noxus as a region, and it was an opportunity wasted.

All we know is that they're a nation focused on expansion, and value power, presumably (as in the case of Sion and inclusion of Kled) through any means. What's their purpose, their end game? Not a freaking clue. Some ominous impending doom lightly touched on in Swain's new demon lore. Woo.

And it seems that the only way they differ with Demacia is that Demacia values power-by-birth, and not power-by-merit. Nobility, institutions that work to supress power in lowborns, including but not limited to, imprisoning anyone that shows some arcane gift but not Lux because reasons. So it seems Demacia is ideologically opposed to practically everyone not in the witch hunting clique, while Noxus proves more diverse but wants to dominate everyone they might find common ground with for some reason, and Ionia/Freljord/Piltover/Targon occupy this weird middle ground of don't screw with us and we won't screw with you. Everyone else is caught in the middle. And Bandle City is down some rabbit hole somewhere.

All their lores seem to be lacking, because there's absolutely zero progression happening since Noxus got booted out of Ionia.

Zyniya1/12/2020, 10:52:49 AM2 votes

Yummi and Kaisa was Bandle and Void tho. Maybe Noxus isn't that interesting?

Shandrake1/13/2020, 5:38:18 AM2 votes

We technically lost a Noxian during that time too.

Urgot went to Zaun.

Give us more Noxians Riot.

ModAcademy Kayn1/12/2020, 8:48:04 PM1 votes

Wasn't Karthus from Noxus too?