Lore Reworks: Who would you like to see revamped?

Traumlos·Mar 22, 2015·3 votes·1,501 views

Hello everyone. As someone deeply interested in League's lore, I've been thrilled to see Riot revisiting older champions and giving them a stronger sense of place within Runeterra (one of the most recent examples being Sion). I'd like more than anything to be involved in that, in some capacity- and to that end, I wanted to ask you who you're most interested in seeing reworked.

Whose stories need to be more compelling? Who just doesn't fit in to the world?

My focus is on lore, but I do have a partner who's interested in mechanical reworks, so feel free to mention those too. If for some reason you're more comfortable with an anonymous message, feel free to drop something in my Tumblr inbox.

19 Comments

AstropandaMar 22, 20156 votes

Riven, it's always bothered me that she really isn't an exile. She should have defied some orders to kill her own soldiers or innocent people. Swain and Leblanc need some love too. The whole Demacia vs. Noxus stuff need some reworking too since there isn't a Institute of War to keep them from going Total War on each other.

Jax need a revamp of some sort his whole story was tied to the old lore really heavily.

Crowe StalkerMar 22, 20155 votes

Been waiting years for that Singed Lore Rewrite... Singed is STILL Warwick's Apprentice even years after it was decided 'Warwick is not a Scientist'

NarasimhaMar 22, 20154 votes

Other than the champions with connections to the IoW that need changing? Evelynn

TraumlosMar 22, 20151 votes

Yeah, there's definitely still a lot of them floating around :s

KING OF MASKSMar 22, 20153 votes

Basically every single champion that has had their lore "updated" since the retcon.

If you want a less cynical answer, though... definitely Jax, definitely Fiddlesticks -- both of whom are basically in limbo.

TraumlosMar 22, 20151 votes

Oh man. I'd love to tackle Jax- I have a soft spot for him- but it's... Difficult. I think what made him so awesome before was the whole "unheard of win rate, doesn't use real weapons" thing which means he was 100% centered around the IoW. I'm not totally sure myself how to best transfer that spirit over to sync up with Runeterra more. Hmmmm.

SpecterVonBarenMar 24, 20152 votes

I'd like it if Jax got remade into a being similar to Bard, except instead of being a celestial being of preservation, he's an earthen being of @$$ kicking.

EvilRabbittMar 22, 20151 votes

Ahri. She's a wondering spirit (pre-retcon) I want her to have purpose. =)

TraumlosMar 22, 20152 votes

Ahri was actually the first character I tackled in my current project- feel free to take a look, if you like. I tried to give her roots in Ionia since that suits her the most, in my opinion.

GreenLoreMar 22, 20151 votes

Obviously all those champs who are tied to the IoW and have currently no lore.

But aside from those I think that Evelynn & Shaco could get a new lore,because currently they are just "mysterious assassins".

Also Singed s lore needs to be fixed(I know writing a full new lore is difficult,but why can't they just change that one line in his old lore until they can make a fully new one)

MeurtrierrMar 22, 20151 votes

Pantheon. He is boring with outaded playstyle for lol new standard. All you do is Q, W at the right time than E. R is fine tho because it's the only unique thing he has right now.\

His Q should become a skill shot that you must shoot in a volley and it should be like Soraka's Q, but only with the small circle that slows your opponent down. Where you target it is where the spear should land and it should stand there. If you pick it back up, you get a refound for the amount of mana you lost from your last spear.

That's all i have for now, but overall, i think he needs a rework because he is too cheesy.

Tesla EffectMar 22, 20151 votes

Ever heard of the Cold War, yeah thats basically the state of Demacia vs. Noxus now. Battle of Ideologies, never truly starting a war because of the mutually assured destruction thing.

ImpetualMar 23, 20151 votes

"I've been thrilled to see Riot revisiting older champions and giving them a stronger sense of place within Runeterra"

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on that point.

The Sion revamp was pretty cool, but it was pretty much the only lore rewite that was better after it was re-written, most of the other champion lore re-writes made those champions seem very one dimensional in comparison to their old lore.

Just look at Skarner, Amumu, or Xerath.

TraumlosMar 24, 20152 votes

Honestly, I haven't counted the rewrites that they've hand-waved. I had no idea that they even looked at Skarner at all, I should probably check that out. :p But by handwave... well. I haven't read anything they've written about Amumu, but the video they released was disappointing. While the song was nice and the animation was charming, it really didn't tell us anything about him that we already know, which is something they've been doing a lot of lately.

I enjoy the revamps that take characters who were in an odd stasis previously and ground them in Runeterra. Sion's one example of that, but Trundle is another example. His previous story was pretty cool, but he was offset from everyone else. I thought it was great that they were coming into it with the mindset of making everyone fit in.

So, TL;DR: I like the mentality behind some of the reworks, but their execution has been poor at times.

Tesla EffectMar 24, 20151 votes

I actually like Xeraths and Amumus new lore. Skarner? I dont have anything to say about Skarner because he still needs longer lore.

ImpetualMar 24, 20151 votes

Could be wrong, but I think Trundle's rework was pre-retcon. Although it's kinda a moot point regardless though.

TraumlosMar 24, 20151 votes

Yeah, I think it was. Even so, they made it under the same rules as the retcon. I think Lissandra was the first champion whose lore didn't read 'and then they joined the League of Legends' somewhere in it, and she came out well before that announcement.