Just sometimes I'd like to say

Vuvo··27 votes·1,565 views

Well, I was wondering how to get in touch with some Rioters, because I really needed to say that:

AURELION SOL IS THE GREATEST CHAMPION YOU HAVE EVER DESIGNED. I AM FASCINATED EVERY TIME I SEE HIS TEASERS. IT IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE ENTIRE GAME. ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING.

Hope you guys see it, keep the good work.

26 Comments

Dokkaebi7 votes

Too bad his kit design was a flop

WinTheWarOnPants6 votes

I think Kindred will always be the biggest disappointment for me.

Verarticus4 votes

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I think Kindred will always be the biggest disappointment for me.

Kindred is a disappointment (gameplay is just so detached from her thematic... shame really), but I do think Aurelion sol is a bigger one since he was our first "almighty dragon that's an actual dragon and not a half one sometimes" and then his gameplay is even less interesting than singed with the only redeeming point being "Boop." Not his passive itself, just the fact that he says Boop rarely when it hits.

WinTheWarOnPants1 votes

I never had any expectations on him since i hated him from the very start lol. I know this is a very unpoplar opinion, but i despised his character. His personality is just so unbelievable... He's a cosmic space dragon that MAKES stars... yet he has the personality of a snobby, punny, petty, space douche. He should be unbelievably wise and majestic. He is possibly millions of years old(i have no clue if it says anywhere), but he acts like a 40 something year old highscool art teacher, that's still waiting on his "big break", and thinks he's "cultured" and better than everyone else or some shit. sorry for the rant lol

I also really don't like riot going down the rout of cheap puns, and sol was the first real time that they stooped to that lvl(not including SUPER old champs). Smite used puns so much that it was pathetic. Riots VO's and their quality when it came to expressing a character is the reason i play league(and smite inability is why i don't play it anymore).

Vuvo1 votes

Puns have gotten really cheap lately but Sol is not that bad tbh. And his character is on point most of the time.

PhoenixOfHeaven1 votes

They are probably up there as one of my favorite Champs in LoL, so I guess i'm in the other portion. Yes, they could have done their duality better, but it isn't bad to a point it's terrible. Their teasers and that little reading thing were more then appealing. Along with that, their Login Theme is fits the character, so so well.

As for gameplay, Lamb's got a bow, Wolf mauls people. What else do you need? While it questionably isn't 'lore fitting' to who they are...What else can?

WinTheWarOnPants2 votes

Kindred has the best VO and overall chacter design in league IMO, and the teaser still gives me goosebumps. Riot "wrekz" has only made 2 champs, but they are both 10 out of 10 when i comes to character design. However, unlike Braum who's kit almost perfectly meshes with his fantasy and character, Kindreds kit fails in every way IMO. Her kit is not only a balance nightmare (trying to force the ranged jg gimmick), but it fails spectacularly at both capturing the "embodiment of death" and well as a "two characters in one" dynamic.

PhoenixOfHeaven1 votes

I think Assassins would definitely embody death. What else would? A tank wont do it, and a mage Is....Well. It could, but when we'd have Karthus 2.0. The 'two characters' I think was done well with her Passive, along with the sync of her E. The rest? Yeah Lamb is majorily dominant, not wrong. Also, it's written into Lamb's lore that she used a bow, and to be honest? What weapons would fit otherwise? It's probably the most elegent weapon she could possess, that also works well with her height. Option #2 to match her elegance is a katana, and...Do you wanna see Lamb with a Katana?

The only problem here is the 2 character thing, and...they nailed it, only partially though. I cant say how they could get them any better myself, share auto attacks or something?

WinTheWarOnPants1 votes

They could have done 2 characters in 1 a few ways off the top of my head

  1. a dual champ like Nidalee or Elise (ranged for lamb, melee for wolf)
  2. They could have done 2 separate champs like Rakan and Xayah, but instead of being picked and banned separately they were picked and banned together(least optimal option IMO)
  3. Wolf acts as their ult. aka lamb fights, but if they run you ult to switch places with wolf and chase them down(not the same as a dual champ, more like Shyvana ult)

Evelynn Hecarim Camille Karthus Mordekaiser Nocturne Olaf Skarner Sion Warwick Zed Vayne ALL have kits that better fit "embodiment of death" gameplay wise than kindred.

Chromatic Eagle1 votes

They're hunters. How is that not the embodiment of death? Being able to hunt anyone at anytime, constantly seeking new prey. As far as two in one, I think people expect an Elise/Nidalee type of kit but with two champions, and will always be disappointed when that doesn't happen.

WinTheWarOnPants1 votes

They aren't really hunters though. Like in their story. They don't "kill" people in a literal sense, they kind of "collect" people when their time comes. They are omnipresent, "a force of nature".

Being able to hunt anyone at anytime

Yet she has the lowest MS in the game? and as far as hunting people down they are one of the worst champs in the game at it. She is slow AF, with nothing but a slow for cc, and ult that goes against not only her character, but any semblance of her being a hunter. all the champs listed except mord "hunt" a hundred times better than kindred. I mean, if you are hunting people down, you are chasing them, but her entire kit revolves around staying in once place.

As far as two in one, I think people expect an Elise/Nidalee type of kit but with two champions, and will always be disappointed when that doesn't happen.

I don't think it gets more disapointing than saying that you are gonna make "a true duo champ", "2 characters in one" and then make essecially Lulu with 2 voice actors lol

Vuvo1 votes

Absolutely agree 👍👍

PhoenixOfHeaven1 votes

The thing, is Rakan and Xayah, and Rakan and Xayah. Kindred isn't Wolf and Lamb, it's Kindred. They are insepperable. The idea of focusing the lead COULD work, but then we have severe balance problems. How difficult is balanceing people like Nidalee And Jayce ? Along with that, over half of those chamsp don't qualify for death themes, at all. Several of them are bursty Assassins, which fits kindred well.

The Passive to gain Percent Health on Champion Kills, The ability to deny death entirely,Generation of a 'death zone' ? Nah, their kit works. Even their E easily depicts a almost hunting-based atmosphere. A slow, painful death.

Edit - Kindred could use some fixed to TRUELY call them a duo, but they don't have to be far from who they are now.

Fairyfleur1 votes

how so?

TzQGRUST391 votes

He's pretty cool besides a lack luster ult. I agree that Kindred was definitely the most disappointing kit for me, shame since they have some of the best art design that the game has to offer.

Vuvo1 votes

Actually, I was talking mainly about the artwork of Sol. And his kit is actually pretty unique and I like that. You just need a team that knows how to play around it. Otherwise, Kindred, yes, it was a huge disappointment to see life-saving ult in a champion that is supposed to represent death.

Stars Shaper1 votes

That's debatable.

His weaknesses and strenghts are obvious but he can work around those pretty well once you get a grip on him. Even in LCS you see him instantly banned the moment some1 picks him (and for good reasons since he usually is a dominating factor for the team).

Fairyfleur1 votes

How so?

Oelyk6 votes

I really REALLY want him to fit better into his theme, unique gameplay, without feeling really really weak on gap closers without his ult...

I mean, I get the starts just destroying everything around him, massive star bursts, ect colossal star dragon destroys indiscriminately, I wish they could have hit the mark a bit more with better in game balance...

morris11 votes

AurelionSol should be an actual battle mage and not a squishy mage with DPS that has to kite people so he doesn't die instantly (imo).

PhoenixOfHeaven1 votes

The goal is to build him AP bruiser, that's how I do it and I think it fits his character well. I'll admit burst would fit him, but I kinda like how he is now. Yes, it's crazy unique and at times more pain then gain, but I enjoy it. Plus. I think the 'expanding the stars' thing makes him come off as large as he should be.

Stars Shaper3 votes

Time to time I go back to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAAnY_L4Pp4

And get the awesome feelings.

Wrathof3001 votes

Inb4 Pantheon tears AurelionSol a new one when he gets a VGU.

Warlord Dienekes1 votes

I mean Pantheon's already a pretty strong counter to him in game.

Wrathof3001 votes

Lol.

PhoenixOfHeaven1 votes

This is an epic one...But come on.. Jhin goosebumps, every time. And the login theme too...

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