Vastaya Champions and Their Tribes!

ZER0 2·Apr 25, 2017·6 votes·3,013 views

For those of you who don't read the lore but are still interested in which champions are considered vastaya, the tribes they fit into, and where those tribes fit on the tree image. I quickly did up a little image for you! I hope it makes things easy to understand at a glance! Enjoy!

4 Comments

ArbiterOfTruthApr 25, 20171 votes

~~I really want to think of Fizz as Makara.~~

Edit: Nevermind that idea was crushed.

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The Makara are (as far as I remember) mostly crustacean vastaya, so no.

And just to clear the waters; Fizz isn't a vastaya. If a champion wasn't updated here, they aren't vastaya.

DWT12345Apr 26, 20172 votes

Wow, so that leaves a lot of champions who I assumed were Vastayan out. I was almost certain Nidalee was one, since it felt like they added shapeshifters to the Vastaya just for her.

Volibear not being Vastayan is also surprising. Rengar's story confirms that there are Vastayans outside of Ionia, so It's odd the ursine aren't.

Also totally thought Swain was one, given Xayah's voice interaction with him. I guess he somehow stole the power from a true Vastayan, or it was given to him.

6FlagsFunnelCakeApr 26, 20173 votes

Nidalee and Swain most definetly are at least RELATED to the Vastaya. The Shapeshifters aren't seen as 'true Vastayan' and are kind of the misc. category for them, just a few individuals who just so happen to have enough Vastayan heritage to tap into their more chimeric forms. Nidalee may be a more natural Vastayan shapeshifter, whereas Swain is most likely 'artifical' in a sense since Rakan mentions he's a 'poser' and was "given Vastayan blood."

As for the Ursine, I belive that they have established themselves as very distinct and separate species yet have some form of Vastayan origin deep within them, as seen by beings like Alistar and Volibear . If not, they could be something completely different, as the key characteristic to a Vastaya is how they resemble humans more (take a look at Nami's fish-boobies, or how much Xayah, Rakan and Ahri look human).

SharjoApr 26, 20172 votes

Nidalee's probably got vastayan heritage for her shapeshifting, but shapeshifters in that manner aren't true vastaya.

Swain's a weird one and until he comes out I'd recommend not taking those interactions without a heavy amount of skepticism. Things are still a bit up in the air for him.

Volibear and the Ursine are far too bloody scary to be vastaya.