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@RiotJaredan can we talk about Yordles??

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d65·8/13/2017, 12:46:56 PM·1 votes·788 views

A lot if our Yordle friends have very big characters.

Teemo's very heroic and stalwart

Tristana is quite gung-ho

Rumble is a hothead with an ego the size of his mech

Heimerdinger oozes knowledge and confidence in what he can offer

Corki's a daredevil with a mouth

Ziggs is a free spirit that knows what he wants

Lulu is out-there-crazy

Veigar is the epitome of evil (I wonder how the lore will handle him without making him out to be the caricature that he is)

Kled is the Yosemite Sam of League

Poppy is just all attitude and an overplay of the dense theme

Gnar is a walking powder keg, he seems quite flat aside from that facet of himself

Kennen is the most reserved of these characters but he still exudes a sense of danger

Amumu, I am not even sure if he is a Yordle

What I want to say is: Yordles as they are now, all have very strong characters. It would be nice to see Yordles that would bwhave predictably around creatures bigger than them.

What I would really like to see is a Yordle who knows his stnding in his world: Small, Weak, Scared. These traits shouldn't define this character though, but he/she must always show a level pf meekness not shown by other Yordles.

One big thing that puts me off about Yordles is how they all immediately come off as being equally impressive as their League peers. A lot of people I think can roll their eyes after seeing Rumble for example.

We need a Yordle that tugs on the current "Fun but grim" tone that the entire League lore gives off. Gone arw the days when Veigar's schemes are thwarted by Teemo (Those just don't fit with the current lore trend now). If you still choose to do that, it can leave Bandle City at too much of a diaconnect from the rest of Runeterra. Hope we get a Yordle who can bridge the gap between the fun little people and the big scary world.

Cheers

2 Comments

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO8/13/2017, 3:16:51 PM5 votes

But Yordles aren't weak, they're some of the most powerful creatures the lore has shown us. Yordles are like spirits, some are fascinated with human culture some aren't. Yordles are generally less serious because why would they be serious?

YordleInATavern8/13/2017, 7:52:45 PM4 votes

Yordle are not weak. They are pretty mysterious to the outside word, and even if they are, they have a blissful ignorance, (People of Bandle City, likely because they are always protected.) When I started reading this, I instantly looked to Veigar, Poppy, Gnar, Kled, they are the most powerful or the oldest.(And it should be important to note that it's been speculated that Poppy and Kled were fabled characters, as well as even Rengar taking by surprise from Gnar being so intelligent and powerful.) While I agree that it would be interesting to see a cowardly Yordle, despite evolving to appear weak, judging from these 4 power houses, Yordles were, and still are given their intelligence and and magical properties, are some scary critters, it would make sense that the Yordles that explore the outside world, have no fear for humans, I mean, just read Poppy's lore, completely consumed by Demacian culture, she becomes one.