All this talk about the immense corrupting power of the Void just makes Kai'sa more annoying.

@TBSkyen

6 жыл бұрын

IT SURELY DOES god what a badly executed character

@Na-rp4ql

6 жыл бұрын

Buts every female human LoL character HAS to be porn-worthy! /s

@darklordstan6154

6 жыл бұрын

The anomalous young woman Kai'sa seems to have a will stronger than that of a Sunborn and even a star dragon.

@Theoceanismoist

6 жыл бұрын

Kai'sa? You mean Vayne?

@giovanigiacomeli7460

6 жыл бұрын

Kai'Sa never went to the actual void that was opened during the Shurima Void Event. The rift was mostly closed by the Ascended. Currently in Shurima there are small void tears that void creatures come out of and inhabit a bunch of underground caverns and caves near Icathia and other parts of Shurima. The current Shurimans refer to that as the Void as they don't actually know of the true horrors of the void from the past war. Kai'Sa was only ever in those caverns/caves so she was never really exposed to the same void that the Ascended were exposed to - Rioter Reav3 in the boards. I dont agree with it (my opinion), but this is the explain of Riot.

The VA really sells the tragedy in his delivery of "how far I have fallen" as if aatrox is choking back tears.

@justahugenerd1278

3 жыл бұрын

he needs a hug :(

@abdullahirfan9991

Жыл бұрын

*I am the abyss........... Or did I gaze into it* That's the one that hit me the most

I really like new Aatrox, but the only problem I have with him is the almost complete lack of interaction with Shuriman characters. You would think he'd be astonished to see Azir revived, or shocked at what happened to Renekton, or pissed off because Xerath indirectly caused his downfall. But he only has two lines with Nasus and nothing more.

@jerrikko3379

5 жыл бұрын

Zenith Tempest the thing is he doesn’t really care; he has blind rage as a mask for terror and he couldn’t care less if azir was revived: he wants to kill him

@dragonknightmordekaiserthe7830

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe he doesnt care, and he Just wants to kill them, im supposed he doesnt have a voice line on Mordekaiser

@joshuafarrington3649

5 жыл бұрын

He has a voice line with renekton relating his inprisonment to renektons insanity and offers to release him from his curse as he cannot release himself

@flameofmage1099

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldve liked Azir to have one towards Aatrox. Something like "You fell Shurima, but it lives on. Through me!" Or something along those lines. Just something where Azir acknowledges him.

@miticaBEP07

Жыл бұрын

@@flameofmage1099cue Aatrox grabbing him by the neck because Shurima fell thanks to SOMEONE

On the point of the Darkin not looking Shuriman, I think that's kinda the point. Instead of beastial demi-gods clad in golden armour, they're mutated humans coloured red by their blood magic with dull, grey metal growing from them in a sort of twisted reflection of their past armour. It shows how far they have fallen, and how unsuccessful their attempts to regain their past glory really are. They only have human bodies to work with, and that's simply not enough.

@worstn33t61

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Fancyman Exactly this. And in addition to that the five remaining dark and have all lost their original bodies. Plus you can still see some sort of beast thing going on with Rhaast and Aatroxs horns.

@ierosfersa1454

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Fancyman That makes sense ( and answered a question I had so thank you

@Nhoebi

6 жыл бұрын

According to a Rioter on the forum, "Carnival Knights (NA) Regional Ambassador - about 3 hours ago Justicar has been rolled into the Arclight universe, so sadly no. I'm actually not super sure what an ascended looks like. Hopefully it's covered in wings and eyeballs."

@Ashari2609

6 жыл бұрын

KevinNguyen he Is the archlight general or something like that

@shangalangshalala

6 жыл бұрын

On the Riot universe page, they have artwork depicting what the Darkin form is. They did use to be anthropomorphic, animal/human hybrids, but after Shurima's fall, they learnt the magic to reform their bodies into weapons, wings, hardened scales etc.

THERE WAS A MEME VARUS! THERE WAS A MEME!

@dino0075

5 жыл бұрын

Varus : oooooh, 2 a's I thought you said 2 gays

@208jdog

4 жыл бұрын

I believe you meant to say memo

@cilcae

3 жыл бұрын

@@dino0075 GOOD JOB COMING UP WITH THAT YOURSELF HM? FEELS GOOD TO MAKE YOUR OWN JOKES HUH?

@thighs4days923

3 жыл бұрын

I litteraly read this with aatrox voice in my head

@manolgeorgiev9664

3 жыл бұрын

AA-trox

I understand that aatrox should be more serious and shit, but man, funny man aatrox has a charm to him.

I think the jokey taunts work as being part of his bluster. He's just making observations and just goading them into attacking... But after he kills them it should be probably a little more relieved than victorious. Also you are right, he should have more meaningful taunts for Varus and Rhaast.

aatrox laughs to stop from crying

I really think that all that Taunt/Jokes are because of the character being depressed... As someone who is constantly being depressed and getting out of it a little and then falling again, I can totally understand the jokes feel off... Because depressed people use jokes to hide that they are like that, so no one can really see that all the jokes are just to hide how You feel I think that works with Aatrox because he was once a mighty leader and now he is kinda the same but in the "Destroy everything" way, so He cannot let people see how bad He feels I do not know, maybe not and is just out of place, but that is what I used to do

@scorza578

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Even when he says "How far i've fallen! A God... reduced to a prisoner!" in that sentence he feels depressed and you can feel it so it makes sense with what you have said.

@philosoraptor4651

6 жыл бұрын

The voice line writers don’t give a shit about the characters depression, the reason they made jokes is bc they thought they were funny, not only are they not but the delivery is shit. For some reason everyone seems to think that this is some real person, making convoluted connections to his voice lines and his lore, two separately created things. The reason they’re so drastically different is bc the people who did it have different intentions in mind, not because some fictional character has depression and the writers are trying to show that in a subtle way.

@darkjoggernaut

6 жыл бұрын

Gabe ELSAWI Maybe. But if we think that way then no character would be decent, let's just hope that it is something good until dev says otherwise

@dragonknightmordekaiserthe7830

5 жыл бұрын

I kinda agree with you, but this torment of Saddness is worse than real life depresion, most People do the jokes to say, hey im fine, dont be sad, laugh, enjoy your life, do not become a part of me, so making Aatrox, a Destroyer, a world ender, and then making him do a bunch of jokes is kinda rediculous, like most of them arent even that funny, the one with Taric is probably my favorite, but the rest are very lame, and by taunting the rest of the Darkin isnt very the Best uprouch, look at God King Garen, he has a bunch of voice lines were he says, WARSHIP ME MORTALS, IM YOUR GOD, and then they make a very good joke with Katarina and its like, Lol What? XD, but Aatrox is full of jokes that would work on other champs such as Morde, like Morde being this Metalhead version of sauron really fits the theme of jokes because he is like, im all Powerfull,i Mortal, destructive, so im gonna make fun of all the other weaklings Who walk on the same soil as i do, with Aatrox though he sould have atleast 5 or 4 jokes to make it work, by giving him 500 jokes you basicly convinced People that he is a meme and not a SERIOUS and deep character.

@firefox3399

3 жыл бұрын

Common now you can't be serious ? Like are you for real ? Aatrox is not an edgy teenager that's making stupid jokes cuz he thinks he's cool, he's jokes really out of place from his character. Besides if they wants him to makes a joke, they could do like sion and urgot jokes and taunts, not that "buuhhuu I'm depressed and now i must makes edgy jokes to hide that I'm sad buuhhuu" types.

With a dramatic reading like that you'll give Necrit a run for his money.

@aptikurt5645

6 жыл бұрын

Yup

@tunamayo586

6 жыл бұрын

fireflyer97 but he doesn’t have the accent xd

If Aatrox does succeed in killing everything and it doesn't destroying him, then he's trapped inside the sword forever at that point isn't he?

@firelordeliteast6750

Жыл бұрын

He's not really spoiled for choices.

@u-thix2436

Жыл бұрын

It's more like, when he kills absolutely everything, destroys absolutely everything such as the Targonians and ASol the universe league is set in will be broken and erased.

@dheiyomain6775

9 ай бұрын

thats what i was thinking. im guessing aatrox to some extent knows this possibillity too, but he shields his mind from that possibility just because the immense despair that scenario will bring him.

Is it wrong of me to love aatrox's jokes. I think it adds to his character. he is not just whining about his past 24/7 we already have yasuo and riven. he tries to get the thrill of battle with the come quotes and with the jokes he shows how confident he is even tho he is suicidal, not wanting to show his enemies that he is afraid.

@CompanionPrism

6 жыл бұрын

Jasin Barbata I read it as him trying to psyche himself up. Particularly the lines where he talks to himself by name lead me to believe he is trying to convince himself and the outside world that he has it all together when he totally does not.

@thomasway0320

3 жыл бұрын

Before he was a prisoner who wishes nothing more but death/freedom he was a warrior who fears nothing, so yeah I guess it makes sense.

@JinhoIzanagawa

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasway0320 And now that he's basically Unkillable Aatrox Really doesn't fear anyone no matter how impossible the fight may be. He just wants to die in a battle to the death with Honor.

@thomasway0320

3 жыл бұрын

@@JinhoIzanagawa There’s nothing more terrifying than a person who doesn’t fear death.

@firefox3399

3 жыл бұрын

Are you serious ? Like seriously there is much and i mean much better ways to execute a joke and taunt. Like sion and urgot as example. When Aatrox making jokes and some if hus taunt, his sounds like an edgy teenager that trying to sound cool

I personally like the idea that Aatrox uses comedy and the Skeletor-esque persona to hide from just how much he hates himself. And the other Darkin know about this. But don't really know what to do. To play along with his act would be to simply avoid the issue itself. and to refuse the act or outright call out the fact he's just doing it to avoid the problem, only pisses him off something fierce. Causing him to become more distant and evasive of those who might understand and help him. He's given up and become resigned to his destructive self-loathing and no longer cares for any alternative, simply wanting it all to end. Aatrox doesn't want hope, he wants confirmation and resignation. Aatrox: [funny taunt] other Darkin: your sense of comedy does little to conceal your misery. Aatrox: ...

The old darkin, in lore, were a bit different in that they came from a world that had battled with the void for even longer and as they were soon to be destroyed, noticed runeterra and sent some darkin to go there, prepare them against the void and maybe the Darkin would recover there. Aatrox was the leader of them and they taught bloodmagic to e.g. what is now Noxus. However they were perceived as too chaotic in their attempts to prepare them against the void, they always incited war, saying those that remained would be stronger for it and subsequently were locked into their weapons. More darkin never came due to this. Aatrox was either never really bound or really early was freed again. He continued to prepare runeterrans against the void now trying to keep a better balance so they would not be bound again and find his brethrens' bloodwells and free them. Sincerely, An Aatrox enthusiast since his release and lore maniac since beta.

All his good voicelines have a lot of emotion because he sounds like he is on the verge of crying

Doesn't this mean that when/if Kayn purges Rhaast from the Scythe that he is finally dead and is 'released' from his suffering? I'm fascinated by the new lore.

@VladDascaliuc

5 жыл бұрын

Not really. Nothing can kill them, so Kayn brobaly can't do anything about it either. He most likely simply pushes Rhaast's mind deep into the scythe making him unable to answer back. He is basically trapping him even more.

@StellaStarfall

4 жыл бұрын

The Choob It’s actually not that simple. The other Darkin aren’t suffering. They are imprisoned, yes, but it’s more like they’re sleeping when they’re not trying to lure or take over a host. Aatrox was the first, and his spell...it failed, partly. His prison was faulty. It was meant to be stasis. Instead, it was infinite suffering. That’s what drove him to suicidal, all-annihilating madness.

@thomasway0320

3 жыл бұрын

He would still be trapped in the scythe I think, it’s just that Kayn gains full control of the weapon instead of being consumed by it.

@abdullahirfan9991

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it's just, kayn gets full control while rhaast just has to sit and watch

Okay I know Aatrox has a pretty depressing story but, I find it hilarious that he's ready to destroy the world because of the chance it could kill him too.

@klemmetje1

6 жыл бұрын

The good ol' pre-emptive reteliatory world destruction

@Ashari2609

6 жыл бұрын

He is desperate thats the idea of a man who's been locked away for a lot of time where he just wants to end it all

@danberhe6949

6 жыл бұрын

Like the old said goes “desperate times call for desperate measures “

@jerrikko3379

5 жыл бұрын

It’s all he can think of; he tried everything else. I mean the magic that trapped him came from the trickster. Maybe if he kills the aspect of twilight the curse is broken

@thomasway0320

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t imagine what years, maybe decades of not being able to feel anything or move, even to die would do to a man.

I'm unsure how to feel about the new Aatrox. I will miss the inspiring quotes of the old one, but I absolutely love the new HEMA guard based animations.

@VladDascaliuc

6 жыл бұрын

I never actually minded the old one, so I don't mind this one either. I like to play him now, so I'm fine, but I do feel that he is kind of "weird". He would have been better as a standalone champion, instead of Aatrox.

@VladDascaliuc

6 жыл бұрын

Although after watching the video, I think he is actually kinda cool like he is (lore wise).

@Valdyr_Hrafn

6 жыл бұрын

for the record those are not the only two things... now on to watch the video!

@Valdyr_Hrafn

6 жыл бұрын

You improved the view of the new aatrox. 1 thing though. Shuriman ascended have these animalistic traits, and I could see that in Rhaast with his shark-ish apearance. So Aatrox could've had really small hints to his animalistic appearance. and maybe he has? was he a bat? horns could've been the ears, wings like a bat?

@nooneatall5612

6 жыл бұрын

I think the animations are pretty shit. Yeah they look impressive but thats an acrobat not a fighter, tossing your sword letting it do a 360 spin and then catching it and smashing it to the ground seems really stupid to me.

Him sounding Russian probably means he took over some Freljordian big boi.

@HikikomoriZone

6 жыл бұрын

CrashBandicootFan100 Darkin voice doesn't change based on host. Just look at Rhaast.

@CrashBandicootFan100

6 жыл бұрын

Lance Leon uhh, both got the same-ish English accent though- And Rhaast is already halfway attached to his host. Either way each Darkin seems to work differently. Aatrox with decaying hosts, Varus with his gay couple, Rhaast sucking souls instead of blood...

@misterdeer5261

6 жыл бұрын

wut, scythe Rhaast sound completely different from fully form Rhaast

To mention your critique about them not looking shuriman- They're flesh demon weapons that take hosts, they're not in their original bodies or in the vicinity of ancient Shuriman clothing. My biggest gripe about them making Darkin into Ascended is the lack of a connection to the Egyptian god animal-head aesthetic (Justicar Aatrox aint no animal-head, and why is there suddenly a lot of Ascended peeps?). They could have based him around Set (Egyptian god of disorder, violence) and Apep (serpent of chaos, THEY COULD A KEPT THE BOUNCY SWORD AS A SNEK BLADE). Set, beyond his long ass snout, could fit his old horn design and the usual headdress shape of Egyptian dieties. Maybe a sand theme too, since Egypt, also Set was also god of storms. Like him forming out of the sword like sand out of an hourglass, and the sand absorbs the blood and dries it quickly. Buthatsjustmythoughts-

@jonasvage1550

6 жыл бұрын

Riot has already explained on the boards that Justicar Aatrox is NOT what he looked like as an ascended. Justicar has been brought in line with the arclight skinline

@CrashBandicootFan100

6 жыл бұрын

Oh- Good so my gripes were mistaken, Thanks for the info xD

Any chance we could get a "What's the deal with Gnar?", considering I don't know if his lore works with the current incarnation of what Yordles are.

@ApexGale

6 жыл бұрын

It could work just fine. If Yordles embody a certain aspect of their habitat, then Gnar represents the ingeniousness, but also the ferocity of the wilderness.

@Jedran275

6 жыл бұрын

I definitely wanna see what is up with Gnar sometime soon-ish. However, I think Gnar needs a small revamp in the context of his lore. He isnt so much tied to Yordle lore as much as the Iceborn/Watcher lore currently. I wanna say his magic as a Yordle was tampered with by the Watchers, or he was frozen in true ice, and somehow got out recently-ish...but I haven't read his story in a while, and Rengo's story is already out of date. Unfortunately, to that end, we still have no clue who the Watchers were, nor if/why they were different from the Ascended, the naturally born Gods of Runeterra, or Void creatures. How did they make true ice? Did they even do that or were they tampering with existing materials? Why is Lissandra serving them when she already has her effective immortality? IS she even serving them? Ornn's story suggested the enchantment on the Howling Abyss' bridge was placed in secret, but we never learn the purpose. I have to consider Lissandra's story you can hear at the end of ARAM games to be out of date at this point unless its confirmed to still be in context of whatever comes next. Either way heck yes lets hear new Gnar stories!

@Phhase

6 жыл бұрын

The Watchers have been confirmed to be the Gods of the Void. It is they who create the lesser races like Rek'Sai to serve as their army.

Rhaast=Hammerhead shark ascended Aatrox=Goat Ascended Varus=.....Spiked Pants? Elf?

@whydidyoutubeaddedthisfeature

4 жыл бұрын

I believe: Aatrox = Ram Ascended Varus = Elf Ascended Rhaast = Goat / Deer Ascended

@gloomylobster111

3 жыл бұрын

@@LesserLordKusanali Most are. There are 2 known exceptions: Xerath and Aatrox. Xerath is described as arcane energy manifest with his "body" being a sarcophagus meant to seal him and Aatrox who was said to be clad in golden armor and resembled more of an angel

@bergkatze3186

3 жыл бұрын

Those are feather pants right cuz her sister is bird like or some say cuz there were bird like darkin siblings

@lucasAA927

3 жыл бұрын

Aatrox is an Angel guys, in the story it says he was beautiful, his wings like gold (he as a bird/angel)

Your video made me change my mind a bit about how I see this Aatrox. I like him more now. Thanks!

"I like war! War is great! Let's just kill...things and have war!" That line cracked me up so hard. Should be one of the official quotes, really.

I kinda disagree when you were talking about how Darkin should look more like twisted Shuriman, From what I can tell in the lore there seems to be enough time for the darkin to sort of come unto their own as an aesthetic and as people. I don't know, I suppose that sounds like sort of a copout for exploring that aesthetic but I don't think the design of the darkin need to reflect perfectly onto the aesthetic of the ascended. Definitely agree about the voice lines and I do agree that something could be done to either remove the cheesy joke lines or move them onto the joke instead of the taunt. All in all I feel it's a much needed improvement from the old Aatrox, much more nuanced in terms of character.

Something I wanted to point out about his voice lines that someone pointed out to me, is that when he says "I am Darkin, I can not die!", "I can not be destroyed!", and "I do not die!". He is not trying to taunt or intimidate his opponent, he is lashing out in anger. He was hoping he would not respawn. Now I personally would be liked it if he became a bit choked when he says he can't die, but that's just me.

Yesss.... I agree. Some of his voice lines are good. With this video I understand the change in personality. But I disagree with his old version not being interesting. I personally saw him as calm and taunting with a sense of mystery. He seemed wise in the art of war and was cunning with a side of secrecy. His new lines make him sound desperate like how you said. He sounds more out of control giving you the feeling to take him less serious. He does have a few good roasting lines. He is pretty funny. I do also enjoy the lines when he is pretty serious. his new personality in game definately goes from 0-10. I think thats why there are people complaining about this lol

the music while you are reading "the cage"... perfectly timed !

So I love the new Aatrox and he's one of my mains now. I love a lot of his lines, and the character that they set up. Stuff like "fear the silence of annihilation!" Does a lot for his chatacterization in-game and out. And I totally agree, the jokes take away from the character. But I gotta be honest, they're kind of my guilty pleasure xD

@dj_koen1265

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldnt it be more fitting for his character if he implored his opponents to not fear death Since he doesnt fear death himself and he wants them to fight

@firefox3399

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but they really could improves the jokes and taunt, making it like urgot and sion types of jokes, not a stupid jokes. Like seroiusly how did you enjoy his jokes ?

You know what's the most tragic part about Aatrox? I don't think he's even capable of ending the world. I mean, Aatrox is no doubt very strong, but strong enough to end an entire world? I don't think so

@user-yi2tt2ke4k

6 жыл бұрын

he is just a madman. but i think he is really strong enough to slay runterras gods one by one

@VladDascaliuc

6 жыл бұрын

He doesn't care anymore. He just wants a purpose.

@yanderenejoyer

6 жыл бұрын

Charm Maybe if he gets a truly powerful vessel and collects powerful items

@josephcole8102

6 жыл бұрын

I'd imagine if he could harvest an aspect, he could do much with that power

@nathankaseng9542

6 жыл бұрын

Galimatías Oximoroniano reading his lore suggests he can drain his victims to grow stronger, which makes some sense

I saw his in game animations and found where the part of ever rotting flesh is. In game supposedly he keeps a more humanoid form to have the body burn up slower. But when he used his ultimate form he grows a pair of ( almost angelic designed) wings , grows larger in size , pulsates red and small pieces fly off of him as ash. When he dies in this form his body literally starts burning up, big chunks of burned flesh fly off as dust and he does a classic horror movie terrified run (he looks like he is about to trip over and his hands try to grasp something invisible). To me the last animation really makes me believe the terrified of losing the body and returning to the sword part.

I love the new voice. The actor gives one of the most impressive performances since Kled, and even if it's not to your taste, you have to at least give him props for that. I like it, however. It is angry and self-assured and powerful, the true voice of a world ender.

@TheMrKiko2000

6 жыл бұрын

the voice actor isnt bad, hes actually pretty good. the acent is just not fitting

@MegaBendex

6 жыл бұрын

I don't see any reason to harp on an accent, I don't think Riot use accents the way that they are traditionally thought of. They don't tend to use them for regions, rather the character of the champion. They said that they made Fiora french because they were trying to hit the elegant duellist theme as hard as possible and the accent just fit the territory. The accent that Aatrox has does a similar thing, it adds a little extra punch to some of the voice lines and sounds like quite an aggressive way of speaking, perfect for him to be honest.

@EdoDave

6 жыл бұрын

Hold up... the actor also voiced Kled. Ma gawd. He's truly a capable individual. Mad respect.

@MegaBendex

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's the same person, I was just saying that the performance was just as amazing as the guy who did the voice for Kled.

You single-handedly will save aatrox’s image, making him the epic character he always was... thanks man

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s video

great job man, great respect for your work. i will become a patreon as soon as i will find a job

The way you read that short story reminded me of the Darkest Dungeon narrator :O

I love the way you read his short story :)

He reminds me of people (or even myself) with depression. Escaping his reality and/or mind in one single thing. Wich is war and fighting for him. in the moments (and voicelines) in wich he realises this he sounds paniced? and full of despair. Remenissing his past. I also agree verry much with your theory for his taunts. Was atleast my gut reaction to hearing them.

40 minutes!? WOOOO~

Good vid bro :D

I actually prefer the old aatrox's kit, because I'd fits with the new role, by the way you were describing it. If he is rotting every minute, his ripped wings gave it away and his weird ass blended colour. He looked anorexian, if that is a word, but also his w, blood thirst, helped him survive through his mission and there is a price to it, blood fucking price. FEELS BAD

So, there's one thing that is coming to my mind. With this expansion, we stray away even farther from the notion that, some time in the past of runeterra, there were the "Rune Wars" Even more power been put on Shurima and stuff. With that, WHAT THE HELL WILL HAPPEN TO RYZE!? Seriously, the poor guy is a mess of patchworks of remakes, reworks, rewrites!

Hearing you talk about the level of reworking done makes me wonder how you feel about Galio. I'm gonna see if you've already got a video on him and his rework - of not, I'd love to see one.

The lore is so good. i love it. i just wish his voice lines where less joking and more resentful and darker and chaotic.

@icecube815

6 жыл бұрын

MrWhatcanido They sound like jokes to us. He is insulting his oppoents to feed on their rage and bloodlust.

I admire your analises, how you take the various sources to show us the layers that were thought into the characters. You open our eyes for the new member of the host. Ah. The other ascended probably served as troop leaders and as Shurima was an empire it makes sense that the other ascended were scattered protecting the borders of the impere. Nasus and renekton were geographically close to azyr and this was why the other ascended tried to stop azir

Personally, I believe this Aatrox should have been a completely new character. They could have had a lot more freedom with him, and they could also have kept old Aatrox and simply updated him, keeping him as the sort of spirit of war that he was. Failing that, I wish they'd have kept some aspects of the old voice. That was a very powerful voice, that worked well for the character.

On time as always(oh wow I'm early)(btw I prefer new aatrox)

“People DIED, and things HAPPENED”

27:01 Escape from this Darkness I've become *WAKE ME UP* ( Wake me up inside) *I WON'T WAKE UP* (WAKE ME UP INSIDE) *SAAAVE MEEE* (SAVE ME FROM THE DARK-IN I'VE BECOME)😥🤙🎙️🎶

COME!!

I just have to say, I love the Pyke login theme. Reminds me of Pirates​ of the Caribbean

I really like the video conclusion, about new Aatrox being hold back by the old one and just making a skin like the old one and giving it to real mains.

KZreadrs need to ask for comments/like/share/subscribe, sure, but you are one of the few people who I like to hear what you'll say.

I still love new Aatrox, I liked the old one too. He was the first champ I bought with IP. I basically only played bot games with Aatrox for like 20 levels. I will always love monster boyfriend.

I agree about his excessively loud jokes. However, I actually love the emotion on his serious lines.

At least they acknowledged the Vaarus thing. Not the way I hoped, but I'm satisfied.

Also keep in mind the Darkin stopped looking like the traditional Egyptian inspired Ascended a while ago when they started practicing dark arts on their bodies such as gaining biological armor

I need a shurima comic about the golden age of the ascended, for me it sounds like the wars on the second age of middle earth

I was talking about this with my friends, and Aatrox's new lore makes me wonder about the other Darkin - insofar as, are the others strange twisted aspects/gods of Something, too. For instance, I'd like to see a retelling of Varus (the Darkin) being an aspect/god of Love, as a tragic mirror of how the two humans he inhabits were in love.

The short story reminds me of the end of "I have no mouth and I must scream". The loss of control and the futility in not being able to end oneself.

Man, I love your Aatrox impressions.

You won a like just for the initial rant.

38:00 I recommend checking the riot universe page, where there is some artwork on the Darkin race. Apparently they used to be the anthropomorphised human-animal hybrid creatures, but because they needed to survive for so long without Shurima and its magic to sustain them, they needed to embrace different magicks, like warping their flesh into new forms that suited their needs better, like the 'parasites' in the anime, Parasyte : The Maxim. (This explains why Renekton and Nasus didn't change into this, Nasus too smart, Renekton & Xerath trapped in the prison) Loved the video though, good analysis of the v/o and of the character in reference to the lore

@shangalangshalala

6 жыл бұрын

P.S. He has one voice line that kinda connects his suffering to another character, Renekton. He says something like "In your imprisonment, you know my suffering. As thanks, I will end you"....something something

Great work! Sub. 👍 I start to like new Aatrox story now... so tragic and sad. 😞 But i still like the old Aatrox also. Change is necessary I guess.

i am not sure if you read this already but in one of the new lore stories on the universe website, it is stated that after the fall of shurima the then known "darkin" started learning i think illegal sorceries and they started to trandsform themselves and their armor so that is why they look different. They arent supposed to look shuriman anymore, they left that behind after they became darkin.

Hope you do lissandra, shes pretty interesting as well

I really love the rework, though I'll admit I didnt play too much of old aatrox, the only thing I wished they did was pull back on the loud, angry, "I'm going to destroy everything" lines, and maybe put more focus into the lines that reflect his new lore, a few great examples are his questioning void corruption, him speaking about his new twisted form, or even the line about his mastery being evident, more lines like those I think would suit him quite well.

I like the jokes for aatrox the jokes seem like a coaping mechanism and part of his expression for liking having a body and war He sorta reminds me of the Disney Hades btw with the voice lines and dissonance there from depressing to sad

Would you or apple cork be willing to make a video, showcasing Aatrox redesigns that more effectively communicate his character a little more effectively?

Brilliant voice line concept. How representative of today's case of hurt masculinity and spiritual weakness. It is truly very real and relatable I think all that cloaking of character or the loss of hope and the expression of it through addiction or silliness.

I would prefer if darkin were fallen aspects It made them seem way more powerful and interesting

Anyone else notice he has a very similar voice and personality of the ghost villain in PotC Dead Men Tell No Tales?

@Shamanized

6 жыл бұрын

Also What’s The Deal With Ziggs? Eh? Eh?? :D

Maybe they messed up and put the jokes in the taunt command accidentally? Don't know how they could've made that mistake, but still

What's the deal with Shen?

I've never hear of this, but it reminds me of Runescape for some reason haha

@thepaperknight5908

6 жыл бұрын

Heard of what? League of Legends?

I really think the whole idea of the Darkin (at least what we have now) and to make that parallel that we dont have now, about the link with Shurima. Show Aatrox, Rhaast and Varus in the old days, in their godlike form. Maybe with, I dont know, the darkin sister Varus is looking for, with a cool cinematic. Showing the before, the corruption and the present forms. Rhaast could be, in the old day, a snake naja god and the horns ARENT SUPOSE TO BE HORNS, but the decay make be like that (maybe Rhaast even dont like that, is something that causes pain to him to see). Varus being an insect like ascendent and Aatrox something like Seker, with glorious wings and a falcon helmet and a actually human face. And then show how their forms (that arent actual Shurima dark parody) ARE SHURIMA DARK PARODY, but we cant see because we didnt know the form appereance of the darkin boys

I love it

25:26 Guys, I think Reinhardt got lost and ended up in the recording studio

Thanks for the in depth commentary on the whole deal of the new aatrox, I really thought the new aatrox was bad just because he was really loud and bcuz of those awful taunts, but learning from u his whole backstory what really changed my opinion alot about the new aatrox, if they could just mellow down the jokes and taunts in a more serious side, aatrox could be better for me and maybe 4 some. Anyways great vid!!!

@zaklarc6441

6 жыл бұрын

i think that showing Aatrox to most of the league of legends population as a cocky god demon for the lazy player not looking for lore and make him secretly desperate and insecure is really interesting , kinda like the character is hiding the truth

old aatrox is one of the few champions that i've never even look at it. Thats how much i liked old aatrox on a side note: i really like his line with renekton

I really like his new voice lines so rich

War war never changes men do god I wish he had that quote

IMO, I think it would have been best if the Darkin (fallen Ascended) turned insane/corrupted DURING the war with Icathia, and that they had to be put down and imprisoned immediately after its conclusion by the Targonians (Zoe and Pantheon), as these "Darkin" returned to Shurima and rebelled against their emperor, diving lands among themselves. Perhaps Aatrox, in his nobility, thought that he alone could defend the world from the Void's resurgence, and that he as a proud god-warrior should be the new emperor. If that was the case, then it would have made sense for Nasus and Renekton to have been the only remaining Ascended by the time Xerath did his little betrayal thing, thus no plot holes would have formed from this update. Otherwise, I kinda like Aatrox's rework (not too fond of his jokes, but his moody serious lines are pure gold). EDIT: I just realized that the way the Darkin take and twist living flesh to make new forms fitting their own image is exactly the same as what the Watchers do by taking organic matter and then twisting it in order to create the Voidborn. That would actually give more credence to the theory that the Darkin had been straight up corrupted by the Void, and that's kinda cool.

Damn I actually relate to aatrox quite a lot now, before I absolutely detested the rework and now I'm all for it, lived with severe depression for around 8 years, was suicidal for many of them, it's just like living in a cage, and when you're in your worst state it's just like without a body, you feel nothing but emptyness and darkness, I too used to hate everything about myself and only wanted it all to end, but just like aatrox I could never bring myself to do it, just saught ways for others to do it to me/end it for me. I feel a lot of empathy for his character now, makes him much more dynamic, thankfully I'm just about out of the woods and doing much better now but for a while before I kept relentlessly chasing something that I probably couldn't have, glad they decided to go this way.

Oh my God I know this is old but what if that lend into the decaying body idea and the lower his hp the more his body looks fraying and weak will the closer to full he looks like his current model almost normal given him more of a drain tank feel will giving that call back to his lote

I think the way necrit guess sounded a lot better than what riot did.

Damn that "The Cage" story is a real I have no mouth and I must Scream thing uh?

We need a timeline. I'm pretty sure this lore piece happens around the same time morde's do.

Skyen great video! I have a few points I would like to make personally about this change from suicidal to taunting everyone. I have a perspective on this you might want to hear! If you're interested reply to me!

Now you have to talk about the Darkin for me lol

Fantastic video as always, TB! Also, what's the deal with Rumble?

What I liked about old Aatrox is he had an alien perspective spoken and conveyed with elegant words. He was creepy. He was like Jhin, but somehow not insane, unlike Jhin, which exemplified his alien nature. He spoke of things that were factual, but his moral perspective had no basis in contemporary mortality. This is what made him scary. It's certainly a good point however that he was extremely underexplored and his voice lines were so incredibly limited that it didn't paint the most interesting image. I'm fine with the character that is new Aatrox. He is an interesting character. But I would have preferred that he was a separate character from old Aatrox.

Honestly, while I'll miss some of Aatrox's old quotes, I feel like the new voice fits him more, as it was weird for an incarnation or embodiment of war to never raise his voice. Ever.

My read was that his jokey jokes were a coping mechanism for his eternal torment, that he gets with Long Moves, kinda like your read if I'm hearing you right. I agree that his jokey jokes (I started saying that in RL, thanks Skyen) should be in the joke command, and not in the taunt command. When the Sion rework came out, iirc they mentioned that his voice lines when he's away from combat were him remembering his past, but when he's near the fight he is the war machine again.

I feel like the whole thing about the Varus taunt is a inside joke. When they where reworking him someone must have said "If he's going to be a Darkin we need to add another A there" and someone asked why and the answer was "Well, there was memo back in the day saying that the Darkin should have two A"

The whole deteriorating stuck in the sword thing screams Raziel to me. They should've focused more on the decaying part and maybe incorporated it somehow into his kit. Maybe at low HP you see parts of him fall off? Or he is decayed and when using his ult he gets the big buff version we see.

The Cage actually almost made me cry, fucking hell

When it is stated that the void war changed the ascended into darkin i don't think it meant mentally, I think it means physically. Aatrox has a line about how he doesn't know if he is a void creature or not so the form you see with Rhast and Aatrox is a mix between ascended and void. There is also the fact that all ascended have animal forms (excluding Xerath) you can see it in Rhast with his hammer head shark head. Also the thing with sending Renekton and Nasus away is simply they where the only ascended in the capitol. Shurima was a massive nation and had to have their military widespread. Last note, his quote on the varus about 2 a's is riot taking notice of fan theories about darking all having 2 a's.

I know this is old but, I see the taunts as what brothers say to Brothers. Or even close friends. You know how to get underneath their skin, but it's still relatively harmless.

could you bump up the what's the deal with jax and or zilean because last I checked there both Icathian