How can he use his ult since his mom was fired ?

@jamesbond2002

3 ай бұрын

That’s a good one

@Fuegopaintrain

3 ай бұрын

LMAO thats terrible and funny

@gerarduswesley1383

3 ай бұрын

explain yourself riot

@branaguilar1178

3 ай бұрын

Sad

@MrPistartochampsus

3 ай бұрын

O M G

I like that ADC is stereotyped as the role with the most crybabies, and now we have an ADC that literally screams for his mum as an ult.

Can't believe i'm listening to these bad puns for over 12 years now

@EpicBunty

3 ай бұрын

hey lets be real here. For once in league history the spotlight was actually punny.

@MIDO44444

3 ай бұрын

I am here for those puns xD

@mleleuterio

3 ай бұрын

let's be honest, we are here for the puns

@Leetshifter

3 ай бұрын

Phreak's the only real reason most of us watch these.

@Chrisinfamy

3 ай бұрын

real OG's remember nikasaur

Funny how the creator of this champ got fired.

@xylos2559

3 ай бұрын

he didnt ''make'' the champ. he was just the lead in a team.

@houssineurekmazino8665

3 ай бұрын

😬

@shai310

3 ай бұрын

Lol really? That's kinda funny and sad at the same time.

@MultiZapor

3 ай бұрын

Deserved

@xayahfoffs686

3 ай бұрын

Imagine working with your bros on a champ for almost a year to release a champ and as soon as it gets to live servers, you're fired and your champ keeps getting released anyway

Imagine being the lead champ designer of Smolder, eagerly waiting for your product to be revealed to the public. Riot: Nah m8 you're fired, thanks for the champ though👍

@80AM.

3 ай бұрын

imagine ignoring the massive severance package the employees got.

@palabert

3 ай бұрын

Imagine making this cringe champion and releasing it

@KnicKnac

3 ай бұрын

"Imagine all the people" 🎶

@Palladium1010

3 ай бұрын

Well I guess deserved for that champion

@Paul20661

3 ай бұрын

oof

So wait Sylas calls Smolder’s mom too?🤣

@NotAnAmerican

3 ай бұрын

calling her is not the only thing he can do ;)

@falinestixiaolong9691

3 ай бұрын

OUR mom.

@ELYESSS

3 ай бұрын

I hope he has a funny line when doing so.

@MrDaimeon

3 ай бұрын

​@@NotAnAmericanSylas is a man of culture

@198link

3 ай бұрын

Sylas got a little side relationship going with a milf.

Seeing all the smolder ability names..... Can we change back Twitch ult to Rat-atatat now?

@Sweetrad

3 ай бұрын

It was Spray and Pray before it was Ratatatatat

@diboxide

3 ай бұрын

Riot gave up on this one.

@ibooooooooo

3 ай бұрын

Rito wanted some fun but some serious players didnt want it so rito took a poll and reverted the name from ratatata to spray and pray :( It was a good meme tho

@saadtv9353

3 ай бұрын

its so cringe and lazy to name an abilities MOM!!! just like that tbh, its not disney

@Zenoxic

3 ай бұрын

His E used to be called expunge

My favorite part is 3:52 where Janna's Q missing the Tahm Kench right in front of her and just goes over him instead :)

@Mempler

3 ай бұрын

skill issue

@DracosVaddern

3 ай бұрын

I think it does hit, as Tahm seems to be stunned but isn't visually knocked up. Still classy to feature bugs in a spotlight.

@E_D___

2 ай бұрын

​@@DracosVaddern well, they "filmed" this in a testing environment, probably couple of weeks/months before the release. There are probably much more bugs like this in the other spotlights

"The enemies will be fiered, and the employees will be fired" smolder line of dialogue

Spyro: The suffering

@Paul20661

3 ай бұрын

Just bought it and played first match,won,not best K/D/A 18/12/13 BUT I LOVE THIS LIL GUY OMG HE OP

@Zed-ch9fg

3 ай бұрын

@@Paul20661 or ur just low elo.

I'm shocked you had the employees to make a vid like this in the first place

@mikevos4460

3 ай бұрын

League of legends wasn't affected

@sleakseal2133

3 ай бұрын

​@@mikevos4460the guy who made this champion was fired bro wdym league wasn't affected

@victorfonseca7258

3 ай бұрын

​​@@mikevos4460It was. The guy who created Smolder was fired. There was a pic of him proudly showing the little dragon to his kids. Also some future reworks who're not almost ready (like Skarner) will probably be delayed.

@CubicCircles

3 ай бұрын

@@victorfonseca7258 its already been confirmed that skarner wont be affected but they are making a new roadmap for future updates

@tensai9678

3 ай бұрын

@@mikevos4460 League of Legends was affected, I'm pretty sure a lot of designers got fired and even some employees in other areas

i find a bit of a thematic disconnect in his ult being best for starting fights. it feels like summoning mom to help him with bullies but if hes picking the fight....hes the bully :O

@lubue5795

3 ай бұрын

I don't think it is actually good for starting fights. The ult is not that fast, and you hear it from a mile away so dodging it shouldn't be hard if it's used as an engage. Also, you completely waste the heal that way.

@saphcal

3 ай бұрын

@@lubue5795 yeah i was just going by whats said in the video.

@xSwiftx4

3 ай бұрын

the heal??? what heal@@lubue5795

@dragasdata6799

3 ай бұрын

Thats a good point... whos really the villian?

@michellechelle5903

3 ай бұрын

, 1:02 ,

Every champion getting executes now I guess.

@Fuegopaintrain

3 ай бұрын

whats the point of collector and elder anymore tbh

@Langharig_Tuig

3 ай бұрын

Executes are the new %maxhp dmg.

@makari4376

3 ай бұрын

What new champs have them other than smolder and asol rework?

@pasta5818

3 ай бұрын

can you name those new champs getting executes?

@ELYESSS

3 ай бұрын

we need more healing and more damage to keep up with the more healing.

"What do you get when a dragon sneezes?... out of the way" Shyvana 2011

For those who are confused: They pre-recorded this footage here before they changed his face Ingame he has the improved face

@robinstheles

3 ай бұрын

Good to know, I was confused if the person who changed his face got fired too at first lmao

@UncleRimo

3 ай бұрын

No. I tested him ingame. Still the same horrible mess.

@Dexuz

3 ай бұрын

​@@UncleRimo So they lied about his face?

@UncleRimo

3 ай бұрын

Check in practice tool or customs, he is ugly af, I can't tell if the change was too subtle or there was no change@@Dexuz

@Tanzkaterl

3 ай бұрын

Its still not good, but they somewhat improved it They cant completely remake his face, its too late for that now

"We want a beast dragon champ!" "Here, have a literal child that asks its mommy for help" "..."

@archerkuro4158

3 ай бұрын

Love how riot told everyone from the start he would be a cut e dragon monster not an edgy one and months later they still can’t cope

@KaiReel23

3 ай бұрын

I won't play this, even if it is op

@sirard92

3 ай бұрын

Terrible champion design; clearly shoulda been a mage. Also the league of legends devs are literally creating childrens drawings. First void grubs/void mites; now this garbage.

@Persona6Blue

3 ай бұрын

@@sirard92 YOU LEAVE MY SQUIBBLES AND SQUOOBLES OUT OF THIS

@mastrheartsxiii

3 ай бұрын

@@sirard92 are you going to copy paste your response on every comment bud? we heard you the first time

As a Smolder main since season 4, it's good to finally see his gameplay.

@Puppeteer1453

3 ай бұрын

is this a reference I'm not getting?

@Ivoireee

3 ай бұрын

​@@Puppeteer1453I'm guessing Gnar? Closest thing I can think of

When they wait for you to finish your work so they can use it before firing you 😂

2:25 Smolder doing barely anything with his whole combo and then Orianna nearly oneshotting sylas and thresh is just another lvl funny

@PlatinumHntr

3 ай бұрын

lmao

@ELYESSS

3 ай бұрын

You know when you give your little brother an unplugged controller, so he stops bothering you thinking he's doing things? well rito kinda did that to adcs and they didn't notice yet.

@SuperZeve

3 ай бұрын

​@@ELYESSSIt's why I don't play ADC supports can do more damage and carry the game, and don't even have to have a good ADC to do it.

@Zed-ch9fg

3 ай бұрын

@@ELYESSS bro imagine complaining about adcs when mf has one of the highest pick rates and winrates.

@ELYESSS

3 ай бұрын

@@Zed-ch9fg yeah because she can build the same items as zed, lethality is broken not her.

Oh dang! Wait these formats of the spotlights are amazing, I haven’t watched in a minute but showing the comparable champions and discussing the type of player it might be viable for is new to these (for me) and a great addition for a game like this. Thanks for adapting to the times! I noticed it :)

Sylas : Our mom

Wait, no mention on ult healing Smolder if it hits him?? Was that removed?

@Mossymushroomfrog18

3 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure you can see it even, guess it was just unmentioned

@daraghhayes3592

3 ай бұрын

just played him on practice tool, it's still there

@Kywu

3 ай бұрын

it's so low healing anyway

Wow, imagine having the task to make a cute baby dragon champ and your brain comes up with this.

4:49 "And bring the heat with Smolder, the fiery fleshlight" Nice

Smolders execute is so strong it executed his champion designers position at riot

@Zed-ch9fg

3 ай бұрын

deserved. even this abominated hated his creator for creating him.

@sirard92

3 ай бұрын

Deserved, terrible champion design; clearly shoulda been a mage. Also the league of legends devs are literally creating childrens drawings. First void grubs/void mites; now this garbage.

@tostupidforname

3 ай бұрын

gotta defend by boys. Voidgrubs/mites could be cooler i agree but atleast they are different visually and not just cute/kpop@@sirard92

@noztk

3 ай бұрын

@@sirard92 him designing the champ doest mean he wanted to do a baby dragon..

i liked the champ recommendations at the end hope u do that in the future

I like the concept, bring the story into her skills

I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Janna tornado at 3:52

@aptus716

3 ай бұрын

Leave it to Riot to have bugs in their own videos.

Bro said let him cook

@lovernatz

3 ай бұрын

so hip and cool!! zoomers unite!

@insipid_lipid

3 ай бұрын

crazy

@jellophant9716

Ай бұрын

Bro is yapping nocap

1:50 “And you thought your holidays are bad.” Imagine saying that after the layoffs. They were given a permanent one. Too soon, Phreak. LMAO.

Can't wait for my teammates to instantly lock him in in ranked!

@phoenixflamegames1

3 ай бұрын

The one thing I really appreciate from Overwatch is that you cant use the new champ in ranked for the first few weeks.

@victorfonseca7258

3 ай бұрын

Don't even talk about that because I'm a main support.

@shai310

3 ай бұрын

Tbf he is fairly easy to play so I don't think you can mess up this badly with him.

@peterd4047

3 ай бұрын

​@@phoenixflamegames1 fr fr just wish they would implement a ban system so I can perma ban Sombra from every single game I play forever 😤

@xSwiftx4

3 ай бұрын

WAIT OVERWATCH DOES THAT???@@phoenixflamegames1

Im glad i played S3 when champions looked more mature

@henrry889

3 ай бұрын

THIIIISSSS

@AlexandriaLandsing

3 ай бұрын

It's not like they disappeared, you can still play those champions lol

when i said i wanted more monster champions i meant something brutal and scary, not a 10 year old with a salamander with wings body

@abdiellopez7148

3 ай бұрын

Naafiri

@B4D3ST

3 ай бұрын

@@abdiellopez7148 ah yes, doggo slim and sharp = champ scary

@toffee781

3 ай бұрын

​@@B4D3ST the slim reaper lul

@henrry889

3 ай бұрын

@@B4D3ST More of a trash design than scary.

@B4D3ST

3 ай бұрын

@@henrry889 that's literally what i said

Thank God, this actor's voice is still here XD it was different when K'sante champion spotlight released lol

0:50 did they really use falling metal pipe sound effect for his E?!?!

@NotAnAmerican

3 ай бұрын

just for the jump animation, it seems so

@Andmau2552

3 ай бұрын

Lol it really is

@MIDO44444

3 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA DUDE YOU MADE MY DAY

@DerpyExpress

3 ай бұрын

LMAO yes

This champ's kit looks like it belongs to a control mage, not an adc. I don't see any synergy with basic attack.

@brosam_

3 ай бұрын

He's meant to be a caster ADC kinda like Ezreal

@Lucho-gk4sp

3 ай бұрын

lucian and ezreal coff cofff

@Zed-ch9fg

3 ай бұрын

@@Lucho-gk4sp you comparing lucian to ezreal just tells me all I need to know about your rank.

@sirard92

3 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more, terrible champion design; clearly shoulda been a mage. Also the league of legends devs are literally creating childrens drawings. First void grubs/void mites; now this garbage.

@houndofculann1793

3 ай бұрын

@@brosam_ but Ezreal's Q and passive has great synergy with his basic attack, this not at all

Funny how again a bug in 3:54 managed to get its way to a champion spotlight

@allyh4336

3 ай бұрын

What bug?

@lubue5795

3 ай бұрын

No, no. No bugs here. Tahm just very skillfully dodged that tornado. He's been practicing.

@TheProPlayZ69

3 ай бұрын

​@@lubue5795 item anti Cc. Probably

@DeviousVids

3 ай бұрын

I think whoever recorded this had their framerate set to uncapped and he actually did get CC'd it just doesn't show visually. It was an insta-nado after all that's like a 0.3s knockup.

the 80c pun took me a sec - nicely done

Just bought it and played first match,won,not best K/D/A 18/12/13 BUT I LOVE THIS LIL GUY OMG HE OP

Sylas : your mom spent the night with me

Never thought I'd see an actual My Little Pony character in LoL.

@thutanyi2903

3 ай бұрын

Really?Spike looks better than him.

Excited to try him out!

Was thinking going back to Leauge after 4 months for the new season ,but i changed my mind after this. Thank you ,Riot!

I think i would be cooler if an actual adult mom dragon was passing though the rift that just a shadow that you can barely see

@endefisto123

3 ай бұрын

She does when you ult.

can we see the face from the Speaker that explains all the abilities ? We hear him for so long and have never seen him.

@WinnieBlue

Ай бұрын

Are you talking about Phreak? You just be new here😂

I forgot I had my video set up to 2x speed and I got jumpscared by nightcore phreak

Smolder is one of those champs...has the voice of a little boy hits like a Sunspire Dragon...his biggest weakness is projectile blocking abilities and champions with excessive mobility to avoid his moves....if you don't avoid his moves your toast his second biggest weakness is ban rate good luck picking him in the first place. So far I've been a fan of playing him...even if sometimes playing him feels cheap

Omg the face is this a joke 😂

@Zed-ch9fg

3 ай бұрын

apparently they changed it, but yeah this was cgi sonic level bad.

3:52 nice Q Janna

@brokenboy351

3 ай бұрын

horrible game hitboxes more like

I dont play league anymore but I love these videos. they are so fun.

I actually like how NON complex his kit is. After getting champion after champion where you must read a novel to understand each ability, I love how simple his kit is.

I love how his R is him literally crying to his mom.

@vashthestampede4090

3 ай бұрын

Like Phreak WHEN HE LOSE playing ADC XD

@iceicejay9569

3 ай бұрын

Didnt he get lost from his mom in lore? It doesnt make sense

@da_shadowwarrior8613

3 ай бұрын

@@iceicejay9569they got reunited later

@GuardianGrarl

3 ай бұрын

His ult is what Ornn's R wishes it was.

@iceicejay9569

3 ай бұрын

@@GuardianGrarl ornn ult applies brittle passive and knocks up enemies. Its wayy better

I really hope Riot will move away from the anime and Disney esthetic. Give us champions like Urgot, Thresh, Pyke, Riven, Pantheon. That's great character design. Not these cringy characters

"let him cook" man... that is just to new school for me

as always wit da puns phreak TYVM

I call him, Mr. Disney

Love phreak’s enthusiasm and the way he anunciates

Idk why i literally laughed when it zoomed in on Ivern dying

Bro came straight outta dragon city

And after this, the bunny yordle.

@stealthmechanics

3 ай бұрын

Vex

@Palladium1010

3 ай бұрын

Bunny teemo is already in the game.

@ooshoowo

3 ай бұрын

vastaya, not yordle

So basically, he's just a Kog Maw + Aurelion Sol combination??

@lubue5795

3 ай бұрын

With a pinch of Kayn and Rumble in there.

@Relhio

3 ай бұрын

What parts of his kit are any of those? His design is of a caster ADC, like Ezreal...

@tostupidforname

3 ай бұрын

ppl need to stop with these delulu takes. There is plenty valid criticism here why go for the really stupid one.

dang j4 really hit that shyvana dragon form with his extendable spear

@grimm3134

3 ай бұрын

underratedd comment for people who read lore xD

As soon as I heard "scorched earth" I just imagined Butcher doing this spotlight and died

omg an actual simple kit on a new champ. shocking that every ability isn't a paragraph long and does 3 different effects.

@MultiZapor

3 ай бұрын

Q

@toffee781

3 ай бұрын

​@@MultiZapor W

@EVERYTYME

3 ай бұрын

He has elder dragon on his Q. Do you want more?

@t17ab

3 ай бұрын

Long != bad, it means well explained. Jhins passive is longer than veigars and nasus entire kits combined, btu it is simple in essence, jsut you need to explain it well. Also Out of last 5 champions i would only consider k'sante and hwei complex, rest are extremely straightforward. Esp milio.

I'm so curious about how so many people know employment statuses at Riot. I've been playing League for a decade now and never once I did know when someone got terminated - what news outlet is everyone following that I'm not?

@forextroll

3 ай бұрын

Twitter is a huge one as well as reddit. Specifically the personal Twitter accounts of the employee at Riot Games.

@katwilliams9763

3 ай бұрын

discord lol

@mrhulloxog834

3 ай бұрын

Not living under a rock

@bbcoachlara

3 ай бұрын

@@mrhulloxog834 I guess I do live under a rock, I don't have twitter, I don't visit reddit, or even discord. Too busy making mills and living life outside I guess.

What's Riots obsession to making things 'cute' and childlike? Why is the dragon a child?

I said his animations and model were great, but I just noticed all the smoke and searing marks on his abilities, gat dayum.

Do you remember when League champions were terrifying badass monsters? Pepperidge farm remembers

@lubue5795

3 ай бұрын

Were they? I mean, sure, the initial champ roster upon release all looked horrifiying but that was mainly due to their aweful models and graphics rather than their design. But TwistedFate, Tristana, Teemo, Ryze, Nunu, Soraka, Sivir, Kayle, Yi, Jax, Ashe and Annie never were terrifiying badass monsters, were they? I mean, sure there were some like Fiddle, Warwick and Sion, but they always were the minority.

@Wald123

3 ай бұрын

Yeah good point! At the end of the day I think its just a question of preference. Some would like more badass creatures in the game, while others would like to play with cute little things as well. @@lubue5795

@henrry889

3 ай бұрын

@@lubue5795 They weren't cringe like this and had more simplicity to them. There wasn't 160 champions either. This is just getting stupid now.

I got some Skaarf vibes from this champion. I'll check them out.

@mastercheif999

3 ай бұрын

I totally forgot about Vainglory. That was a fun game

@MungiTownBoy69

3 ай бұрын

A man of culture

@MaynesWorld

3 ай бұрын

@@MungiTownBoy69 *Nods in respect*

@MaynesWorld

3 ай бұрын

@@mastercheif999 Vainglory was so much fun. I miss it.

@vastayanvixen685

3 ай бұрын

@@mastercheif999I wish and have always said from release that wild rift should have vainglory’s tap to move system.

beautifully described

Alright, cute little champ. Not sure if i see spyro but time will tell if its a hero just like

i think this is one to actually try out. kit isn't over tuned or stacked with too much math

He still looks weird.

@ze_glitchy_gamer7629

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm not a fan either...

@Nachos4587

3 ай бұрын

Gimmick for the yuppies

@edsha4291

3 ай бұрын

that's still his old texture technically, there was supposed to be an update, but idk whatever happened to that

@ladyilex

3 ай бұрын

Cry about it

@SpectraFantom-li7yu

3 ай бұрын

Yeah he's face like a human

So bluntly. I really like him. My only qualm is his Q... I seriously wish it was a skill shot instead of a point and click. Outside of that I play him full AP support just for the he'll of it and it's stupid fun.

@tostupidforname

3 ай бұрын

skillshots are too hard for playerbase apparently.

Did they remove the self-heal from his R?

@Shuyin128MK4

3 ай бұрын

No it's still there, it just isn't a big part of the kit.

"let him cook"

@ADIMIS

3 ай бұрын

cringed so hard I threw out my back '

This champ actually makes me want to return to LoL and give ADC a go. He looks like fun!

@Malucoto

3 ай бұрын

famous last words

@henrry889

3 ай бұрын

This champ makes me want to uninstall league

Nice and funny spotlight well done team!

The talking bout positioning is literally my 0/8 adc getting everything used on em like why are they all pressing r Also lets Gooo sylas' mom is finally in game

May the person behind smolder now no longer at Riot be not broke. And have an amazing day.

THE FIERY FLESHLIGHT???!! WHAT😂 4:24

@saphcal

3 ай бұрын

"try the fiery fledgling" idk how you misheard that.

@brendilladederp

3 ай бұрын

@@saphcal maybe because English isn’t my first language? Recognize your privilege

@saphcal

3 ай бұрын

@@brendilladederp recognizing the word fleshlight over fledgling regardless of it being your first or not still speaks volumes. lol

@saphcal

3 ай бұрын

@@brendilladederp im good, thanks ☺

"learn how to train your dragon" nice touch

riot really has a weird thing about having semi super long range ultis in the past 2 champions, wonder if the next champion will also have a semi global ulti

time to first time him in ranked

@tostupidforname

3 ай бұрын

ur the reason i ban it every game. Should be lowkey bannable to first time in ranked

@RamattraLvr

3 ай бұрын

@@tostupidforname deadass i was not even the problem while playing him, it was the mid who went 5/12 and supp who went 2/14 meanwhile i went 5/6 as first time smolder.

Fire Phreak

@henrry889

3 ай бұрын

Yes please

@KaienShirayuki

3 ай бұрын

Phreak and Smolder have the most annoying voices

So we literally just dumped a bucket of paint on Spyro and threw him into the game huh? Pair with Yuumi so he can pretend they aren't holding Sparxs at gunpoint to keep him here.

LET HIM COOK!!

Why does Corki even exist when this exist now?

@kuzeytekinoglu8214

3 ай бұрын

this is what people are missing. A lot of these new champions are simply better alternatives to some older ones. Riot stopped being creative a long time ago.

@tostupidforname

3 ай бұрын

what are you yapping bro. Corki is a completely different champ and honestly has a better kit than spyro@@kuzeytekinoglu8214

@unwweyrich4661

3 ай бұрын

What? They are very different, not even the same lane or dmg type lmao

@houndofculann1793

3 ай бұрын

@@unwweyrich4661 the game itself advertises both as bot-lane ADC's

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

@RakipCan

3 ай бұрын

shut up bro

@Sir-Bane

3 ай бұрын

@@RakipCan Are you okay? Or just trying to bait attention? :)

@RakipCan

3 ай бұрын

@@Sir-Bane I am very good and u?

@henrry889

3 ай бұрын

@@Sir-Bane I agree with him. This is terribad.

'' Get's stronger and stronger as the game goes on, so... Let him cook😎''

lovely new champ...thx riot his E is strong but its so hard to guess where his R goes its way

0:53 "let him cook" yall 💀💀😭😭

i think smolders ears and face are very un-dragonlike IMO.

Smolder: You hurt me, Imma call my mom Sylas: OUR mom

Feel like he will be better as support, can just hit opponents to get stacks and then can take all the bot lane kills and carry the game, since the "Attack-Damage-CARRY" can't really carry games

his dance soud've been thootless Dx

flap,flap,flap no way you didn't knew what you were doing 💀

@amirzaidi

3 ай бұрын

GET GREY SCREEN

Does anyone know which champion will be released after Smolder? And what that release date of this new champion that will be released in the next 6 months?

@ytchannel-howtooutgrowstutteri

3 ай бұрын

When will "Ambessa Medarda" (new champion) come out somewhere in 2024?

The attempts at humor in these champ spotlights are so brutal man...

ah yes, another disney champion