PhillipCostigan
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wow, looks like Rak'Sai's on PBE
release skin is Eternum Rak'Sai
release skin is Eternum Rak'Sai
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League of Legends |OT8| Goodbye, Promos.
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I really dislike this train of thought, that unless a champion can give chase they're out of the loop. As it happens, Skarner is a terrifyingly good bodyguard for your carries. Yeah, he can't get to the enemy's back line carries, but he'll gladly return the favour. Just need to pair him with ranged champions. Like, don't pick him with Zed mid and Graves. Xerath, Ziggs, Ashe, Cait, Jinx, etc? Good luck to the other team.
if your adc isn't fed then you're not guarding anything valuable
Not really into the new champion. Really poor design work on it. I'm all for monstrous champions but nothing about it looks distinct or has personality. Maybe that will come out more with voice clips but I kind of doubt it.
I get that there's a focus on the whole burrow mechanic too but it doesn't really make up for the simplicity of her other abilities. In some ways the kit seems overly simplistic inside skirmishes.
I get that there's a focus on the whole burrow mechanic too but it doesn't really make up for the simplicity of her other abilities. In some ways the kit seems overly simplistic inside skirmishes.
PhillipCostigan
Member
I'm worried about what to do during teamfights. She deceptively has absolutely terrible initiation power. I'm not even convinced her follow-up initiation is any better. Her splitpush game should be strong, but I kinda worry it'll be like Shaco where if the game drags on too long that's about all she can do effectively.
PhillipCostigan
Member
gotta say i'm disappointed with her voice.
She doesn't actually say anything. That 7 minute clip is her voiceand her voice with the Eternum filter. She has like 3+ minutes of noises and that's it.
She doesn't actually say anything. That 7 minute clip is her voice
Jaladinozozo
Banned
AD Garen is a beast in the 4.20 rework. By full build I had about 850 health regen a tick and was deleting people in 1 QE-R combo. The health regen/movement speed also allowed me push all 3 lanes so hard the other team just broke by the end of the match and could never force me to B to let up the pressure.
http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1644168942/220837626?tab=overview
http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1644168942/220837626?tab=overview
PhillipCostigan
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Never mind, all 7 minutes are her voice in the normal skin. I guess the latter half is underground noises or something.
Here's the Eternum filtered voice
Oh well
AT LEAST WE GET PORO WARD SKINS
Here's the Eternum filtered voice
Oh well
AT LEAST WE GET PORO WARD SKINS
Dobkeratops
OT Hard Carry
works for me ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
PhillipCostigan
Member
yeah. any hype over her being a female void/monster champ is gone because of this. Like if Riot hadn't said Rak'Sai is a she you would never know
Stone Ocean
Member
So she's basically a mindless Xeno Queen type of character
SteveWinwood
Member
yeah even female insects have massive boobs
you guys are really weird with the whole, "what makes her a female" stuff.
do you want her to talk about dresses or something?
Stone Ocean
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No but why even bother assigning her a gender if it just feels like a token "it's a female monster!" statement? What is even the point, specially considering she's different from every single other void champion out there?
Give her a personality of some sort and not some random clicking noises and grunts if you're going to do that.
i don't understand if burrowed reksai goes through terrain
why is chogath or skarner allowed to have personalities while reksai has to be a growly feature-less thing
it's boring and a waste of an opportunity of exploring a character archetype
it has nothing to do with boobs
why would i want her to talk about dresses wtf
why is chogath or skarner allowed to have personalities while reksai has to be a growly feature-less thing
it's boring and a waste of an opportunity of exploring a character archetype
PhillipCostigan
Member
no. but a filtered female voice a la the male void champs (Vel'Koz, Cho'Gath, Kog'Maw) have would have been great.
Like if you're going to make a big deal of her being a female monster champion that we've been waiting for as a few Rioters have, there should be something to distinguish her apart from Riot referring to her as a she.
As it is she already has worse VO than probably any other champion because she has no voice lines, irrespective of whether she has a female voice or not. There's no personality to her. It's just clicks and screeches.
Stone Ocean
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Well, there's Rammus
Stone Ocean
Member
With her trying to eat his head instead.
rammus is a) super old and b) has a personality because of his shitty vo
no such luck for reksai
well gnar says demaciaaaa!! and stuff
he's also mega cute
Dobkeratops
OT Hard Carry
I think it's great that she doesn't have a voice. Makes her unique and gives a better sense of alien-ness to the character.
I'd have also prefferred Khazix to make cute clicking noises instead of having a silly voice tbh.
dats speciesist
I'd have also prefferred Khazix to make cute clicking noises instead of having a silly voice tbh.
dats speciesist
PhillipCostigan
Member
Like I get what they're going for with it, and the effect is probably better in game. Monstrous thing that burrows into the ground, stalking shit and is scary as fuck. Totally get it.
I just feel the hype about it being the first female monster champion is wasted on something with no real personality or voice lines or anything. This could have easily been a male champion or just an "it", a monster and that's it.
It probably sounds super weird to want the first female monster champion to be "special" or whatever, but it just feels like her gender assignment is to tick a box and that's it.
edit:
champion buffs!
I just feel the hype about it being the first female monster champion is wasted on something with no real personality or voice lines or anything. This could have easily been a male champion or just an "it", a monster and that's it.
It probably sounds super weird to want the first female monster champion to be "special" or whatever, but it just feels like her gender assignment is to tick a box and that's it.
edit:
champion buffs!
Mister Negative
Member
she had one line in that video that reminded me of the orc line in shadow of mordor that just has the orc like chattering his teeth
which i thought was super creepy and awesome
which i thought was super creepy and awesome
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Those sejuani buffs. Didn't they just nerf her before patch 4.20?
that's because his vo/script isn't good then, not because of him having lines
and despite that he still has his iconic "change is goooood" or whatever
in reksai case it's worse because she's a female and there's nothing to signify that and it's just a wasted opportunity to do something special with her character
it's nothing too serious, just disappointing
edit: also it's not like she should be "feminine". she should just have a personality and i'd like for all champion's gender (as much as sexual orientation, religious beliefs, country loyalties, all that crap) to mean something. like if not she's just female in name only and that's just not interesting imo
i don't think so, these are the buffs ricklessabandon was talking about
SteveWinwood
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i didnt know it was hyped up as a "female monster"
that seems really silly
who cares
female just means it produces the less mobile sex cells compared to the other sex of its species
just because you cant tell doesnt make it an it
who cares what her voice or looks are
edit and didnt you guys just get that other female monster lady? shes pretty monstery
my friend had her last night and i was lissandra and he threw me into people and i stunned them and we won
that seems really silly
who cares
female just means it produces the less mobile sex cells compared to the other sex of its species
just because you cant tell doesnt make it an it
who cares what her voice or looks are
edit and didnt you guys just get that other female monster lady? shes pretty monstery
my friend had her last night and i was lissandra and he threw me into people and i stunned them and we won
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
But why does the default on monsters have to be the male? Given Kalista and her, it does not seem like Riot is just doing this to tick boxes.
If they wanted that, then this one would have been a male and that is it. Not that gender means much in this case.
Edit: to Zkylon: whaaat... I mean...she should not have a gender if it is not just a stat? Characters gotta have a description of he/she/it.
I do not get it. If he would be a he, would it matter less? Why?
PhillipCostigan
Member
Kalista's a ghastly lady but she's still a typical humanoid.
Anyway, PBE's up but Rek'Sai seems to be unable to be purchased at the moment.
Anyway, PBE's up but Rek'Sai seems to be unable to be purchased at the moment.
Dobkeratops
OT Hard Carry
Maybe, you know, they made the first monster champion special by not trying to humanize the champion with corny lines and such, opting for a feral approach that was certainly lacking in the roster.
Besides, if you need spoken lines to give a character personality then you're a shitty designer. For instance, I play MonHun. Every single one of the boss monsters is a character in itself - they have their own looks, nuances, behaviours and noises. They have personalities, defined by their actions. None of them talks.
The complaints are dumb.
I was going to answer something along the lines of "why should a female of a completely different species need to have a sexual dimorphism characteristic that resonates with human standards".
Then I realized who I am quoting. You just want more waifus, mr zkylon ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Fallen_Hero
Member
Just got a PBE account! TIme to rock me some Rek'Sai!
PhillipCostigan
Member
well like kalista isn't really a monster champion.
and like "female monster" was something that was repeatedly asked for since ever since anivia all monster-y females have just been giant boobs ladies that can transform (elise, nidalee)
so like this is rito's answer to that, and reksai being a female seems like it'll be barely noticeable (not enough information so far but seems that way). at least anivia lays eggs and has a regal voice :I
it's something!
because there's already been male monsters so if they did a growly lineless male monster it would be covering new ground
doing voiceless growly monster is not bad, just not precisely very interesting to me because it seems to leave reksai without much of a personality
i'm hoping this is true. rito's been pretty good at this lately but they've released so many boring ass champions that you never know
well i mean why do you even say she's a female if you're not gonna do anything with it. like she could be a weird hermaphrodite or genderless self-reproducing or who knows what thing. there's tons of possibilities if you're going down the monster route. it's not a big deal but it's disappointing to me at least
also i resent your second point, she's not even a midlaner -__-
Stone Ocean
Member
Yasuo buffs
Get ready for the people looking for an excuse to play him again
Get ready for the people looking for an excuse to play him again
PhillipCostigan
Member
unlocked her
time to playyyyyy
time to playyyyyy
Fallen_Hero
Member
Stone Ocean
Member
Well this is made by the guy that made Quinn so she could really use some voices ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dobkeratops
OT Hard Carry
Yeah, obv. it's up to rito to pull it off. I'm just noting it can be done effectively.
There's no real need to "do" anything with the fact she's female*. She just is. They're just using the right pronoun.
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though I suppose internet artists will find something to do with it real soon
:^)
Was the bitching this bad when people realized they didn't give Valor a voice? Why even make him male then. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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