Kled main here, I'm a little confused by one part of the video. Are you suggesting there's something to this game other than killing every trespasser on my land?
"Aside from Fizz everyone of them exudes psychological pressure" I don't know about you Vars but when a Fizz runs at me with R I get Vietnam Flashbacks
Anytime I start a Fizz game I open with an all chat "I'm the floppy fish who's coming to steal yo bish." It has about the effect you would think it does, but people should really learn not to dive a Fizz.
@Sprite Pine corki can be annoying because unlike many of the other marksmen, he does both magic and physical, and his abilities can sometimes result in you thinking your winning the fight but you then loose, or the package comes in and he just kills you without you expecting it, because he is harder to itemise against. of course corki is not one of the best champions at the moment because...well he is such an old champ. he kind of needs an update or partial rework to make him up to par with some of the other champs around him. like maybe adjusting some of his abilities and giving a few some added abilities, like maybe the flare is not just just an illuminator but also applies a mark on the target which when he fires his machinegun locks him and his oppoent into a 'dogfight' for a few seconds, basically making him always swing around onto their rear or front(depending on their current facing). there are plenty of options to adjust it with who knows maybe a orbiting where corki switches to a second machinegun turret on the marked target on the plane(or maybe a little yordle ally or poro pet mans that turret).
@františek tichy yeah, but Abathur was originally in StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm, as the genetic expert for the Zerg, pretty much all of their evolutions were made by him. Makes sense he'd be that kind of a support hero since he wasn't a fighter at all.
cant wait to see your take on the void. probably the most unique out of all the region in its own weird way. because while all the other have better fleshed out characters and cultures the void is only seen through its interaction with these other regions, plus that interaction is always as an invasive force. and i do mean force. its not an empire come to take you land like noxus, just a presence with no identifiable motives other than to consume and destroy until nothing is left but it. that in addition to how endlessly varied, adaptable and persistent it is makes it the most effective horror on runeterra for me
Short answer: Riot tends to design yordles for roles in which they are supposed to be annoying rather consistently, which has made it easy to hate yordles collectively
@6 3 Hi I'm from 7 months in the future and this aged like milk! He's beyond annoying and is currently in a state of "Leona, but he actually can do damage"
I personally love the part yordles play in league, their design, gameplay and aesthetics really add a creative twist to the traditional 'whimsical fairy tale creatures' seen in other games
I also like that they are just like most creatures from Runeterra, they can be damaged, twisted and used (like Veigar), they seem adorable and docile, but Teemo is basically a scout assassin, Tristana a gunner and Lulu has done some shit. They can think by themselves, instead of following the flow of their nature too, as we've seen with Vex.
Yordles were meant to represent general goblins but they were meant to be nicer than them bc off that it ended up being more hated than goblins themselves bc even tho goblins are annoying generally you expect from them bc most off them carry that greedy and evil personality, yordles however aren't like goblins at all they are nice and kind yet kept that annoying part off that i think personally that is the reason yordles are hated more
With Tristana being the first character I learned to love the game on, I decided I'd learn all the Yordles. I love these guys, and have so far only had issue learning to like Corki.
Word of advice, build sorcs, rockets go pew pew. In more technical terms he's really good at playing the quote on quote neutral game because you can chill back and go pew pew with rockets. Its a lot like playing a poke mage like Xerath and the likes. When it comes to his package. Idk, I usually have it time out on me because my soloq team doesn't understand that its basically rumble's ultimate with a displacement effect. But I find the most effective way to use it is either in conjunction with another diver and you dogpile the back line charge up the minigun and just try to do as much damage as possible; if you get in danger you can just use your regular W to get out. Another way to use it is to just pick people with it, and lastly you can use it to deny the enemy team but cutting off certain areas, like river entrances. I also don't understand how his minigun works, I think it shreds armor or mr, I usually just point it at the minion wave. But remember, rocket go pew pew. Build AD, get sorcs, go pew pew.
It’s not a region but I’d love to see you talk about darkin. They have always been some of my favorite champs in the game, since there are so few of them they might need to be paired with other champions, so maybe ascended? If I remember correctly, darkin are corrupted ascended but I also don’t know if their kits would be close enough to make sense in the same video
@UtelveScaRo Aatrox works like Rhaast as they are trapped in a weapon. For Aatrox, he is trapped in the god-killng blade. But unlike Rhaast who found a vessel that can withstand and even resist his power in Kayn, Aatrox's vessels are always weaker than Aatrox himself (because he's just THAT powerful) so he always ends up corrupting the vessel and when the vessel dies he can't do anything but wait until the next fool who picks up hus blade.
I guess the only real theme behind all of the Darkin is that they are bound to a certain weapon type. Maybe he would talk about how their weapons affect their gameplay? Like Aatrox is a sort of blood god who revels in up close battle, and Varus is something of an assassin who slaughters the enemy with a single arrow. No idea what Rhaast's deal is tho, he seems to just kinda... exist. Now that I'm thinking about it, why is it that Rhaast is attached to Kayn, Varus is restrained by the two lovers whose bodies he took, but Aatrox is just Aatrox? I assume it's because he was the first one to come out and Riot's improved their storyline since then but from a lore perspective it doesn't make much sense.
You may want to do Noxus next. Basically everywhere else is fighting them, so you’d have to refer back to Noxian champions a lot in little lore explanations.
The most annoying voices when you're an assassin diving in: "Transmogulate!" "Hugify!" *Evil baby girl laugh* Also, I wonder where Vars will put Yuumi...
@MsClokie Who dies playing Lulu? I mean, unless you're being focused by 3 or more enemy champs, which usually happens in late game when I've managed to infuriate their entire team lol
It's not everytime I see a full team comp of Yordles in a game but when it happens, it's always loads of fun whether you are in their team or against them.
I reaaaally love this format and the region analysis on how it represents a playstyle. I think you might have mentioned how Sylas is a mage, but fights head on all demacianlike. And I'm really interested on how the subversion of a regional archetype or a subversion of a rol archetype because of the region is handeled. Keep going :)
@xavier williams i don't think that is a thing... True, most of Freljord champions have CC/slow, but that is true for Shuriman and Shadow Isles champions as well. And even Demacia has Fiora, Galio, Jarvan, Lux, Morgana... I think this whole series is a mistake, and just an exercise in confirmation bias and cherrypicking examples
@ziglaus true but some lore is incorporated in kits like Garen having a high base mr because Demacia has an anti mage rule or freljordians having some sort of slow, cc within their kits... things like that
Regions don't represent a play style. You know who else is aDamacia champion? Lux. And Morgana. And Kayle. And Lucian. You see any similarities between them and Garen or Sylas?
Since Vex's tale outed the Yordles as sort of specs of magic given form, I wonder if they take after the places and culture they've been inhabiting or if instead they were already born showing that aspect and just feel a natural attraction to the zones that gave them form. (Vex seems to imply the second one)
Maybe I'm just biased, but I don't get the impression that yordles are, by and large, hated by the community. There are plenty of champions like Yasuo, Yone, Viego, Irelia, Akali, Draven, and (pre-nerf) Zoe that receive way more hate on a consistent basis. (Yes, Teemo is by far one of the most hated champions in the game and rightfully so.) If anything, I'd say Ionian champions are the most despised, in no small part due to their insane amount of dashes and mobility. Then again, it probably differs from region to region.
I’m fairly new to league and your videos have been so entertaining to watch and I just wanna say thanks for making such enjoyable and digestible content even for new players like myself.
I honestly just have a soft-spot for goofballs like them, i can't bring myself to hate them. My all-time favorite character from Runeterra is Veigar, and i adore every single one of them Yordles
Most yordles are situational with their kits or abilities. Like, Veigar stopping dashes, but being useless vs blinks (flash, e.g.) or vs fast moving targets (as cage has a delay). Or, Teemo being a problem for champions reliant on autoattacks, but pretty useless vs casters, or Vex and Poppy punishing mobility in their own way, but losing damage and utility if no dashes are used against them. That is why yordles are annoying, because in particular situation yordles are pretty much acting as anticarries, as Vars said. But, if circumstances are not perfect, yordles are never too strong. Unless Lulu starts spamming laughter. That is hellforged annihilation nuclear device on steroids. Also, I was the person to place 666-th like, so it all adds up.
@ziglaus I didn't talk about being situational as a defining feature, but the reason why yordles are somewhat hated by some, yet others are fine with fluffy goofballs: yordle annoyance is situational
Depends. Before Quinn Journal reworked lore, Amumu was from his bio, a Shuriman prince who passed away and was forgotten. Due to his size and stature, it was heavily hinted that he was in life, a Yordle, and majorly disliked/forgotten because of such. Not to mention their strong sense of comraderie. Trist refers to Teemo in her bio as a solid friend to have, but someone you wouldn't want as an enemy. Vex's interaction with Mumu is "You're sad AND dead? We should hang out". Wherein she admires certain qualities, such as Viego controlling the Black Mist, she seems more genuinely intrigued by Amumu. Further, I would argue Gnar is a mystery, as he was introduced as breaking out of ice like Avatar Aang, but since he can chameleon actions (like yelling "Demaglio!" When facing a Garen), it seems harder to pinpoint his true or primal origin, before Runeterra became Runeterra.
its seems that each year, a few champions are made by Following the LORE of the game ( like Yone last year, Viego, and a bit of Vex this year ), so having these kinds of videos can make it easier for people to know what to expect when a new champion is announced. I personally love seeing a bit of LORE here and there as League develops it and turns RUneterra in a really interesting place, with its own history, cultures and challenges
The only reason why yone is in this game is because the writers were force to fuck with yasuos lore and forcefully bring yone back, the dude was meant to be dead and that's it
I genuinely love Yordles they are some of favorites in the entire game I love when ever a new Yordle is added and desperately want Corki to get an update so he can be more inline with the rest of the Yordles
Something I feel you calf have touched on more is that yordels a lot of the time serve as a parody of their region or role. Kled, the brutish militant that goes around claiming things and telling people to stay of his lawn for instance, is Noxus taken to a comedic extreme. Their gameplay reflects this extreme parody by emphasizing the annoying aspects of gameplay mechanics or faction play styles. Akali and irelia can be annoying because they constantly move around, and kennen is built to run around like a little rodent. Demacian hero’s often have simple abilities that make the feel skilless at times, like with garens r that’s just a big bunch a damage and not much else, so poppy forces opponents to “play by the rules” if you go near a wall for shenanigans she’ll tackle you, if you dash she’ll ground you, if you break the rules she’ll knock you back to your base
I think Lulu is the most "problematic" of them all, if I'm remembering correctly. Machine Gun/Top/ADC Lulu was kinda a problem for a while, Next to Rumble and Heimerdinger, while most of the "nerfed" yordles have been only been adjusted once or twice.
nice, i love seeing more lore explanations and insights! its cool to see how they have a place in the game as well, this is a great addition to the other channels you mentioned! cant wait to see how the lore gets a spotlight in the arcane series :D
I really love this video. And I want to see more things like this. I love the lore of runaterra ans I think that mixing it with gameplay design is an amazing idea!!! Keep going
Good vid. The lore of League and its characters is a big part of what drew me to the game. I'm also a big fan of Skyen and Necrit, so more content like this is very much of interest to me!
This was definitely a welcome change in pace, also hands down the funniest video you've made about league recently. So please continue this absolute masterpiece!
I want to see more videos like this. You forgot to mention, yordles also represent the regions in which they are located. Poppy parodies demacia and Kled noxus and so on.
Ionia is the most hated for me personally. You get so many of the unbalancable nightmares and frustrating to fight to fight champs in one region (irelia, Akali, yasuo, yone, and zed)
I used to watch Necrit videos when I went to bed, back when I was in school. It was like an audiobook for my favourite game and learning about all the champions was so awesome, especially when I could flex my knowledge to my friends in an age where maybe 1 in every 20 games knew the lore as well. Maybe it's the fact the game kind of fell off in terms of just casual fun, but I find the lore much more boring now. Like it used to have that magic nicheness to it and now it's too thought out, like there is too much effort to make it a thing rather than just having the lore people enjoy it. I don't know if that makes sense, but it's like it's manufactured at an automated facility rather than homemade with love put into it.
I think lulu was the most "balance nightmare" back in season 5 where she's too strong mid, too weak as support but I have to agree they're fixed without people raging over too many balance changes
I just realized, despite the annoyance I get when I see certain yordles on the opposing team, I play a healthy amount of them. Heimerdinger, Teemo, Ziggs, Tristana, Rumble, Corki, Kennen, and Veigar are Yordles I commonly play. Fascinating how I never realized this till I saw this video.
i fucking love yordles! yes please can we get more of them? id like one thats a dedicated jungler. i know some of the yordles have been adapted to/ used in the jungle . like poppy os fine but it feels like she was more designed as a top laner due to her %health q and things. also theres no yordles in ixtal, mount targon, or shurima.
Poppy main here, tbh I think she excels far more as a jungler than a toplaner. Her ability to gank and tower dive is top tier, super underplayed champ for how powerful she can be.
do you ever feel like continuing this series? and could you do frejord (SP?) soon? would love to know more about it and i dont know where to start reading lore
Just after watching this, i had a match with 3 yordles, Tristana (me), Kled (ally) and Vex (enemy). It was kinda fun but i wish our jg got at least one dragon, I mean we were literally winning botlane so what's his excuse.
I get it. I once played Teemo with the express purpose of screwing with the enemy. Every time Garen ulted me to kill me, I considered it a psychological victory. I was living in his head rent free and it was glorious.
I love every Yordle and I enjoy playing every one of them. Hence, I shall put a hex on every Yordle hater. "May you never enjoy a game of League whenever you face a Yordle."
What's interesting with yordles is that their concept is actually surprisingly popular, because for example, Warcraft has gnomes, goblins and dwarves that are pretty similar to yordles (goblins and gnomes are mechanics/inventors like Heimerdinger and Rumble, while dwarves are small but tough fighters like Kled and Poppy). And of course, DotA has a set of heroes that mimic this theme of "small, mischievous, crazy, but also surprisingly powerful little humanoid creatures", though not all of these heroes belong into the same race (for example, Meepo and Dark Willow are two heroes that kinda have this yordle fantasy, despite not being in the same race as Tinker or Techies). But most of what you've said to yordles applies to these heroes too, as they're mostly anti carries with very unique kits, but also chaotic and inconsistent gameplay patterns. And they're also the most annoying pieces of sh*ts that you will ever face, which anyone who had to play a 60 minute game due to Techies' insane stalling will understand. I really like the fact that these types of characters are present in League too, even though I don't exactly main any of them (I have Veigar, Ziggs and Yuumi at mastery 5, but that's about it), but they definitely have a place in the game, as it's pretty cool to explore each and every different class and region with their weird niche. But there are still a few regions and roles that don't have a yordle representing them. The regions are Shurmina, Ixtal, Targon and the Void. And the roles are Catcher, Diver, Juggernaut and Vanguard (if Amumu doesn't count as a yordle). It's kinda funny how there are four regions and four roles left. If you'll ever need yet another idea for a series, you could maybe try to create some yordle champions that occupy these roles and regions yourself. I'd really like to see what you could come up with, especially for a Void or a Juggernaut yorlde. Something that I hope you'll touch on is champions that represent multiple regions. Of course a lot of yordles belong to that category (Poppy, Kled, Heimerdinger, Gnar, etc), but there are also plenty of non yordle champions like Samira who is a champion of Shurima and Noxus, Taric who is a champion of Demacia and Targon, Riven who is a champion of Ionia and Noxus, and so on and so on. Having champions be of multiple regions is a pretty cool idea, and I feel like it's been explored pretty well. As for the series, I kinda like. The only problem with it is that most of the things you'll mention will be somewhat obvious, but there are definitely a ton of perspectives and opinions on each of the regions, and I'm pretty interested to hear yours.
Love this ideia of series, is really clever, just look at the freljord champions, all share a simillar aestethics and all of them have a slow (except Udyr...), and that's really clever.
when I read the title I thought it was a kind of video along the lines "Why are Yordles hated and why was Vex a non-hated sucessfull Yordle" where you would go into the fact that many people in LoL can resonate with her mood and are nearly as equally or even more depressed than her lol
So I have to ask, despite them not actually being a part of any particular region, will this new series also be including the Demon Champions (Evelynn, Fiddlesticks, Tahm Kench)?
I feel like it's not really a "Yordle," problem, it's just that there are a lot of annoying characters who happen to be Yordles (Fizz, Veigar, Teemo, I don't think I need to go on.) There are also a lot of Yordles that I haven't heard many people complaining about, if at all. Kled, Gnar (didn't even know he was a Yordle,) Kennen, Corki, Rumble, etc. Honestly, Kled is one of my favorite champions, even though I don't play Top lane and never get to use him. It's also a fairly small sample size as well, and sadly most of them suck to play against so Yordles as a whole get a bad reputation. Also, I don't really agree with your assessment that it's more annoying getting killed by a tiny non-threatening character than a chonker like Malphite. Maybe it's just me, but if I get CC chained by a Cho'Gath, Malphite, Maokai, whatever, I don't think to myself, "well, that's fair, they're pretty big boys," I say, "this game is dogshit and I'm uninstalling." Good video, I'm excited to see what could come next, those are just my opinions.
Fizz wasnt a yordle till the TFT lore re-write. He was some fish troglodyte, but now he has some yordle DNA. So as much as I hate him, I have to love him nowZ
Not gonna lie, this was your best video. It was refreshing with not that much lore, covering up all of the yordles. As a sugestion, you can add some interesting skill interactions of one or two of them, just for some flavour, sometime, maybe. Good job!
At Yordle appearance, once apon a time and before a lore reset or two. There was a bit more consistency in how they're supposed to look if we ignore Fizz who shouldn't be a yordle but is some how now, or was he always, (magically half fish or whatever)? The males were furry but the females were more humanoid in not being covered in fur and had human like hair. Although Legends of Runeterra now also has female yordles that are furry too, maybe it was never intentional or it was abandoned.
12:26 Fizz probably has the top spot for champions I'm afraid of and that of which have scarred me from playing a role. Right above Shaco in second place.
Nice video like always, but i think you should wait a long time to make a video about void champs riot teased a potential void jungler on the roadmap so it'll be better to wait for his release since the last one was rek'sai and for kai'sa gotta wait if riot stick with the adaption gimmick
I am a Yordle main, and what i have to say, i don't really care about their gameplay, i just like how fucking cute they are. And i really like people get mad at me when i play Teemo xD
GJ getting the sponsor, also I want to see more of these, but pretty rarely. Something like once every 6 weeks. I don't want to burn out from lore and that tends to happen to me, especially with the Sentinels event let-down
