Nothing about Varus makes sense anymore... [detailed] Based on the PBE Updates

iLBGAMing·11/26/2017, 4:05:50 PM·7 votes·836 views

##So first refering to his new lore that was updated on the PBE servers.

##New Lore:


One of the ancient race of darkin, Varus was a deadly killer who loved to torment his foes, driving them almost to insanity before delivering the killing arrow. He was imprisoned at the end of the Darkin War, but escaped centuries later in the remade flesh of two Ionian hunters—they had unwittingly released him, cursed to bear the bow containing his bound essence. Varus now seeks out those who trapped him in order to enact his brutal vengeance, but the mortals' souls within him still resist every step of the way.

##If Riot decides to go with this lore, a lot of things won't make sense such as...

##His current voice lines.

Varus - "Bloodshed carries a price." [Referring to the events in the previous lore] Varus - "I'm on borrowed time." [Not anymore, looking at the updated lore.]

##His Kit:

In lore he is described as a "deadly killer who loved to torment his foes, driving them almost to insanity before delivering the killing arrow".

  • None of his abilities considered to be an ability that can "torment his foes", he doesn't represent the "deadly killer" theme good enough either, in terms of gameplay wise and visually in looks of the actual character.

  • "driving them almost to insanity" This also doesn't seem quite fitting.

  • "before delivering the killing arrow" This is the only thing that actually refers so something he does, his Q - Piercing Arrow, how it delivers a killing blow.

##Other:

It was described that there are two "Ionian hunters" who released him "unwittingly" during the Darkin War are now "within him". That just simply doesn't make any sense, who are these two ionian hunters? I thought Darkin's are only able to control/maintain only one host but now he is able to keep the two ionian hunters within him.

14 Comments

Bunnymap11/26/2017, 4:42:00 PM7 votes

The lore is incomplete and wasn’t meant to be released. There will be a full bio that explains the whole story.

GreenLore11/26/2017, 8:41:26 PM6 votes

-"bloodshed carries a price" makes still sense,since the people who imprisoned the darkin were likely the ones who killed the other darkin as well.

Boulderox11/26/2017, 4:21:02 PM2 votes

I knew people said it was bad... But geez, that bad. They could have just kept varus lore and pull a kayn, except the darkin has only taken over his pants... Hasn't consumed and the reason is because of varus's vengeance won't let it take over.

ModAcademy Kayn11/26/2017, 4:50:19 PM2 votes

Lore =/= Gameplay, would be the simple, assholish way of explaining it. Just look at Orianna when it comes to new Lore vs Current Model and VO.

Dreamspitter11/26/2017, 4:40:35 PM2 votes

Do I smell some kind of gameplay update too? And VU?

[sg-jinx]

OurLestrade11/26/2017, 5:52:55 PM1 votes

It feels pretty cheap how the new lore forces everything to mush together and connect even at the expense of story. New Varus'll probably just be Kayn without the eye rolling self awareness going on in his complete lore.

I know there's this group of fans who're obsessed with the whole Five Darkin thing, but some things are best left unanswered and secret and there's no need to explain them all. Fan theories can stay fan theories.

ChompyWulf11/28/2017, 12:46:51 AM1 votes

So Riot is hiring fanfic writers straight from Wattpad? Its getting downright awful.