Can Riot please not ruin Viktor and Zaun?

EmperorFrostmare·11/29/2016, 10:33:11 PM·55 votes·2,671 views

Pls rito Q.Q I really like Zaun and all of it's characters, Please don't do something to draw away the fans of this particular region and it's characters. Some of us really don't want to see Viktor get turned into some kind of robot-demon that demands sacrifice :(

And also some of us don't appreciate the fact that you're changing the whole lore of a city, the one we knew and loved for what it was, just so you can fit it into a mold that suites only one newly added character and destroys the rest of them :(

PS: I'm sorry if my english is bad, and sorry if I couldn't get my point across I'm really bad at stating my opinions QwQ

EDIT: Also in my own opinion, Riot should focus on giving Viktor that kind of ''Nikola Tesla'' vibe cause it suites him. But that's just my opinion I guess sigh

35 Comments

ElectroScalar11/29/2016, 10:39:14 PM7 votes

I wish Riot would just listen to us who love this character the way he was. I also don't like the new Zaun lore.

midnight oil2411/30/2016, 12:40:01 AM6 votes

Since the cult exists within piltover, and not only does Viktor have to deal with people stealing his inventions, but Piltover has a history of using other cultures for their own ends cough ezreal cough, my theory is that some religious pilties saw the glorious evolution, saw it's religious possibilities, and ran with it. And then, what do you know, it turns out there's an immortal augmented woman with a hextech heart who flies around the city on grappling hooks attached to blade legs and punishes the corrupt, and that's your deity to pray to right there. Just my theory, though.

Hige11/30/2016, 1:48:27 AM4 votes

And also some of us don't appreciate the fact that you're changing the whole lore of a city, the one we knew and loved

Did we though? Zaun was hinted as something through a lot of champion lores and the JoJ but in reality the only ones who know what Zaun is and how it looks is Riot... now that they open the box for us to take a look at it, it suddenly isn't what we expected but that doesn't mean it isn't what it's always being for the foundations team

EbonyBladeJ8811/30/2016, 3:07:13 AM4 votes

Chalk up another set of brilliant characters ruined by the "geniuses" behind the new Lore at Riot.

Meep Man11/30/2016, 2:43:51 AM3 votes

I doubt Viktor is a robot demon that demands sacrifice. He probably just a cult following and some of them are really radical about it. Although, to be fair, Viktor hates flesh of all kinds, so I wouldn't be surprised if the process is extremely gruesome. I mean, did anyone else think about how gruesome it would be to replace your entire body with metal? I doubt Viktor is some preacher, more someone who demands an evolution of mankind, which can easily bring religion into the eyes of the people. Viktor may be worshiped as a god among his cult, whether he likes it or not, simply because his idea is THAT good to others.

Lintu Puck11/30/2016, 12:32:21 AM2 votes

Riot has been retooling the lore of Runeterra region by region. I say this new lore actually helps the story of Piltover and Zaun and gives an even deeper meaning to characters and connections. Take for instance Vi and Jinx. Both are Zaunites that have a habit for chaos and destruction, but have ended up in Piltover for different reasons. In the old lore when Piltover and Zaun were separate cities altogether it was kind of odd for them to both travel to piltover just to due petty crime (Vi) or hunt for an old acquaintance and make their life hell (Jinx). Now that one is literally on top of the other and there is really no distance between the 2 it makes things more believable, and helps gives Jinx an area to actually escape to when evading Caitlyn and Vi.

Sckullzz11/30/2016, 7:03:24 AM2 votes

Tesla Viktor would be fantastic!

Tesla Effect11/30/2016, 1:21:17 AM2 votes

Wait ye people, for Viktors lore has not been updated yet on the site, so things are still uncertain in terms of Viktors possition in Runeterra.

Victor Howlett1/13/2017, 4:56:38 PM1 votes

Viktor is my main mid laner. I enjoy him so much and love his lore because in essence what lead to his becoming a machine was a desire to rid himself of all the emotions he felt about being betrayed on the Blitzcrank project. It resonates so well. Humanizing a machine making. Making him a generic bad guy is a lame idea. His transformation is the bottom of his depression and in turn, is almost like a suicide, because after he emerges as the machine herald he is no longer the same man. Physically and mentally.

HowPlayGAEM11/30/2016, 12:49:15 AM1 votes

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Speedphoenix11/30/2016, 1:15:25 AM1 votes

Ekko

Wyrmblade11/30/2016, 2:38:21 AM1 votes

I can't wait to see them screw up Orianna and do literally nothing with Jayce.

Swarovsko11/30/2016, 4:56:06 PM1 votes

How was Viktor's character before? Can someone tell?

ChaosThief11/30/2016, 9:19:29 PM1 votes

I don't quite think that's what is happening here. Remember, so far, we only have Camille's side of the story. A piltovian (?) point of view, in other words, an outsider's point of view.

Zaun is an unusual, and evil place to those outside of it. It exists in poverty, thievery, and an endless struggle to be recognized, to survive. Piltover is like the "rich" Zaun, to make a comparison.

We have to wait for the perspectives of the other Zaun champions; Ekko has given us a bit of insight to what it is like recently, but we really need more perspectives.