Can We Just Have a Normal Fantasy Dragon Added to the Game?

Meep Man··7 votes·822 views

I'm not talking about some half-dragon, demigod star dragon, or anything close to that. I'm talking normal, extremely powerful, and gigantic dragon. Something that breaths some form of element, flies overhead, and brings general dread (or maybe inspiration, who knows) to those who fall under it's shadow. I feel like we have dodged around making a standard issue Dragon enough. I feel like this is one thing Riot does that they need to stop doing. They can't just put out a concept everyone loves and leave it as is, but with it's own cool personality, powers, and such. They have to completely transform them into something that isn't your standard issue type of that character. While I understand League has to bring it's own kinds of characters to the table that are generally unique to it, Riot should realize that there are some of us who enjoy the classics so to speak. Some of us love a standard issue werewolf, vampire, dragon, etc.. Can we get a standard Dragon sometime in the future? I hope the presence of Aurelion Sol and Shyvana won't prevent this since both aren't really the kind of dragon I'm talking about, both being more of a hybrid between a dragon and something else entirely.

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Milla Jovovich9 votes

We have one of those normal ones,and people keep beating it up.

Arcade Andrew1 votes

not anymore, it became 5 different ones, but yes we keep beating them up, for trying to take the place of our old dragon

Milla Jovovich2 votes

It's him alright,he just started changing skins and decided to pay his bullies in powerful buffs,'s all.

Meep Man2 votes

At 35 minutes in, he calls his Dad.

Warlord Dienekes8 votes

Probably not. Riot's starting to do this thing where all their champions are unique and marketable. You can't just have a werewolf, you have to have a werewolf with a mecha arm and green chemical ooze. You can't have a dragon, you have to have a star dragon. And so on. I can't really remember when the last "normal" anything was released.

Probably Ahri, who is just a normal kitsune. But there might have been someone after her.

Ebonmaw Dragon5 votes

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Probably not. Riot's starting to do this thing where all their champions are unique and marketable. You can't just have a werewolf, you have to have a werewolf with a mecha arm and green chemical ooze. You can't have a dragon, you have to have a star dragon. And so on. I can't really remember when the last "normal" anything was released.

I would be happy with a Dragon with a mecha arm and green chemical ooze.

Warlord Dienekes1 votes

Eh, always thought things like that were pretty silly really. Like it's trying too hard to rev up what an 8 year old with a sugar high would find "totally awesome."

Or maybe, I'm just boring. Either way, I prefer good old fashion monsters, and dragons, and all that jazz.

The Soulforged1 votes

Hmm, it's not like there's an older dragon that might have previously inhabited the twisted treeline that could fit that bill. It might stretch it if Riot tries to include something like that at random. I would be ok with this if there was somehow a dragon that might've previously been part of league but I don't remember any such thing!

Stalinium1 votes

lul same here

could be biased as my favorite tank in WoT was my Type 62 with the Chinese Dragon skin, my name was DoragonSenshi, and my favorite knife is a black and green tanto with a dragon going down the handle

Placentas4 votes

We have the dragon in the pit, and its elemental brethren. It would be too redundant to then create a regular dragon champion. Riot does not want to stick to regular things anyway. They want weird shit like Kindred and Tahm, and I agree with them.

Meep Man3 votes

Not everything has to be normal. The issue is when there is no normal. We can have a star dragon, a half-dragon, a half-cat half-dragon, a sea serpent dragon, and all that stuff. But it's nice to have the basics you know? Just your standard issue dragon.

FearlessCreator2 votes

basics are boring as fuck and end up as champs like garen.

Warlord Dienekes2 votes

Right, 'cuz when I think of a totally generic normal soldier/warrior guy, I think of a guy who spins around like a top and summons a bolt of heavenly judgment out of the air to smite his opponents. While original concepts like a mystical star creating dragon or a gravedigging necormancer are always 100% the most dynamic champions in the game.

Garen's a boring champion because he's a boring champion. Honestly, if they were trying to fit a more "generic" view of a knight archetype with his abilities he may be more complex. There is a whole lot of stuff that got shoved into the soldier/knight archetype that would be very fun to play. Even just trying to see how a greatsword works and how that could brought into the game. But, Garen was one of the earlier champions, and instead of cool ideas on how to make a mechanically complex warrior, he's just a spinning top.

Meep Man1 votes

Garen started an entire meme/move called "spin to win".

69944531DEL14 votes

Riot will never do this. They don't want standard things. Their ice mages, for example, do NOT look like normal ones. One is an ancient witch and the other is a cyrophoenix. Their fire mages - a little girl and an ancient spirit. Then we have Ivern.

Riot's whole theme is to NOT be standard. I understand it would be cool though. I personally want a champion that's just a regular ole' doggo. Cause doggos are adorable.

winteriscoming971 votes

You do have Dog'maw now

LunSeiSleidee3 votes

If only they changed Shyvana's kit so that she would feel like a dragon.....

Immaculate Rhea1 votes

They probably won't until they're done with most of these champion updates. Shyvana has been around for awhile and is in major need of a kit change

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