Legends of Runeterra really gave more depth to Darius's character

dontspinbutwin·2/14/2020, 7:02:53 AM·41 votes·17,878 views

The short stories and his comic surely did much to show hes more than a stoic grumpy general, but damn. Some of the interactions he has with other cards are really incredible. A few things I've loved when playing him in the game:

-Darius has shown to grieve when his brother (draven) dies in battle

-Darius has feared the day he and his brother would be on opposite sides (enemy draven vs darius)

-Darius flat out respects another general: the same general who adopted draven and darius into the noxian army ("If theres anyone who has earned their rank: it's you").

-Darius calls the legion marauders "a parasite to the empire". He hates everything they stand for, even though they're strong.

-Theres a specific card called the reckless trifarian. He quotes Darius when you play him, quotes such as "Nothing can stop me", and notably honors darius by saying "for the hand!". However, when you play them together their interaction is somewhat interesting. (RT: "Here to watch the bloodshed, sir?" D: "Here to win the war, soldier. Stand to."). Kinda shows how darius could care less about violence, he only wants whats best for noxus, and the best for noxus is victory.

Also: Darius straight up hates characters/champions who use mobility to win fights (such as zed). However, he has massive respect to characters who he views as strong (such as captain farron and tryndamere, whom which he has tried to recruit into noxus as he admired his strength).

No big reason for this post, just wanted to gush over how much detail they put into every champion's interactions in this game

25 Comments

Jamaree2/14/2020, 7:14:18 AM22 votes

He also doesn't hate poros as he didn't slaughter the one holding onto his leg, the one that has challenger.

EvilUnicornLord2/14/2020, 8:04:55 PM8 votes

I like the fact that Noxus in general is being portrayed better than "Noxus evil empire, demacia good kingdom".

Now we just need an undoubtedly good Noxian that fully believes in Noxian ideals of strength and unity because the cast of Noxus still only ranges from pure evil to morally grey with hints of good (Riven does not count because she's ex-Noxian).

NickColaTesla 2/14/2020, 7:23:11 AM7 votes

As a Darius main, his lore was really enhanced by the comic. A lot of the interactions can already be inferred.

He's always had a strong relationship with his brother. And his beliefs were really put to the test in the final closing statements of the comic. It's something I'd like to see more of moving forward with the game.

Whyte Lyon2/14/2020, 9:09:06 AM7 votes

Nah I'd proclaim the stories/comic are still the superior medium of the lot, but that's just me.

Although my favourite new quote of Darius is "When I say subtlety is overrated, that doesn't mean it isn't good. It's just overrated"

RyzeRework2/15/2020, 12:46:00 AM3 votes

honestly lor is literally just lor(e) and its so good. i love the interactions between everyone and it makes the game feel so whole i just cant wait untill it comes to android so i can play it at night i feel like its more of a mobile game (i dont like playing card games on my pc)

Saviour Nathan2/14/2020, 3:27:39 PM3 votes

As a Darius main, I approve.

Jechter2/14/2020, 10:30:59 PM1 votes

W

Kahl Drogo982/15/2020, 8:41:06 AM1 votes

The really cool thing is the fact that quite literally everything in LoR is canon. The art, the interactions, everything.

Peardix2/14/2020, 3:03:44 PM1 votes

This is pretty cool! Thanks for posting because I didn't know about this.

xHeimtechZX2/14/2020, 3:49:57 PM1 votes

You're damn right. I need to start using LoR quotes. This is why I'm very excited for this year when Riot GAMES are making all these other games. More lore, more quotes, more interactions. Can't wait to fight as Darius in the new fighter game (tho they messed up his scar and hair).

ChiefDovahkin2/14/2020, 9:42:25 PM1 votes

This is amazing. This may make me play the game mode just from reading this lore.