Since Skarner is No Longer from the Crystal Scar...

RyuPhalian·12/15/2014, 6:51:27 PM·2 votes·974 views

Why is the Dominion map still "Kalamanda" aka the Crystal Scar? He was the only champion tying it to his lore (other than the added lore from season 1 between Demacia and Noxus). It's confusing as this has happened to another champion already, Maokai, who had his lore changes multiple times to make him from a side effect of magic in the Twisted Treeline to the embodiment of the last bit of untainted life force of nature from the Shadow Isles. Though Skarner was given one of the most rushed lores I have ever seen when he was turned into a Shurima champion (which confuses me as to why he still talks about the Crystal Scar in his audio if he no longer has any connections to that location), he guards a cave....that's it. But getting back on track, I am just curious since Riot did make a Shurima version for "Ascension" but didn't seem to use that as a jumping off point. Riot seems to love flushing out the large factions of Runtara, giving some of the more exotic factions their own maps (Shadow Isles - Twisted Treeline and Freljord - Howling Abyss), both where released when the respective faction went through an overhaul, new lore for older champs and some champs having lore changed to add them to the faction. Yet Shurima was given the short end of the stick as they only received an event game mode.

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Lumus Avatar12/15/2014, 6:56:39 PM2 votes

the lore changes will not affect the game. they get to keep their original VOs until Riot decides to do ground-up reworks on them. Skarner is and will always be from Kalamanda. He is the vanguard of his ancient, slumbering race and someday Runeterra will be ready for their return. Fuck Shurima.

Minarde12/16/2014, 9:07:31 AM1 votes

Skarner still mentions the Crystal Scar in his VO because Riot hasn't done an audio update on him. If they redo his VO, they'll probably change that line. Riot could have removed that line when they updated his lore, but removing content often has few positives.

Come to think of it, did they remove VO lines when they retconned the Institute of War? I know Cho, Morde, and Sona mentioned summoners.