Absolution | Sentinels of Light 2021 Cinematic - League of Legends

Two souls entwined by fate. One life for the other’s freedom.
Journey to the end in Rise of the Sentinels, a narrative adventure available in-client until August 10.
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Written by Riot Games and Beau DeMayo
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[@frankjoseph8830]

Yorick was busy digging a grave for the lore that was just murdered

[@uhmactually6175]

LMAO true

[@robmar650]

soo true

[@goldenheart3160]

Underated comment

[@dm.nmesis5435]

XD BEST COMMENT

[@macross3745]

Best comment of all hahahaha

[@slake346]

Plot twist: The whole event was Yorricks nightmare about Riot forgetting him

[@Zobokolobozo]

Lmao good guys get the credit while Yorick keeps trying to dig his way out of the forever alone status.

[@bfeldz1023]

Who? You mean that sucker who gave away the one thing keeping him alive just cuz?

[@Daiceto]

Again!

[@Can-bc3jg]

At least he was mentioned in the visual novel. Unlike Maokai :(

[@Jack-lp3gc]

they forgot hecarim as well

[@Nooderu]

“Don’t nobody here own a shirt” -League of legends 2021 summarised

[@MAVP5]

That was the worst part for me in the cinematic, they are fighting a ruined king and his abominations and a God like ruined guy appears but Graves just makes a joke about shirtless guys... It totally ruined the mood for me. This Hollywood comedy relief thing is in everything now.

[@jusa297]

@@MAVP5 If you know about comedy relief, you know what it's used for. And in this example it was well executed. Humor is subjective, but it did made me chuckle.

[@MAVP5]

@@jusa297 I know that some people like comedy relief. For me it is totally wrong. It's forced. It doesn't belong there. Good old days of lord of the rings and other alike where the story was serious, and it made you believe that that place existed.

[@jusa297]

@@MAVP5 Dude... legolas was literally counting in the middle of battle the number of kills to grimli and he was retorting wich ones counted to keep a fair score. If that's not comic relief I don't know what is lmao.

[@neilbertmillar9960]

@@jusa297 Depends on how the comic relief was used. Some comic relief feels forced

[@tylerwong7796]

I like how Gwenn gets straight up murdered in front of everyone and they don't seem to care much when she makes it back thru the portal lmaooooo

[@GamerGypps]

She's a doll. Not sure she can die.

[@xhgamertwo6218]

@@GamerGypps nah nah just wait for the respawn timer

[@strider8662]

@@GamerGypps what happened to the "shes human now" lore? Its literally written that shes no longer a doll

[@BaresBoi]

Bro that Akshan passive is so strong

[@CakefoxDots]

@@BaresBoi this is so funny its killing me

[@Greatot]

So literally the entire finale is just about Akshan walking in through a portal that Viego for some reason left open and shooting the ghost. Sick. How much effort did you put into this one? 5 minutes of writing? Everyone just gets knocked down for 1 minute, then just get up later and capture Viego like they did the first time. And then you try and milk that with an "emotional" reunion after they were separated for literally 30 seconds. Jesus christ, hire some better writers.

[@rssasorirssasori9387]

You are correct - it felt so .... UNSUTISFYING.....

[@user-zm2br8mr4z]

This is just like nzoth ending from warcraft

[@rexkreamer]

And how did Gwen come back to life? Viego killed her, but Akshan didn’t kill Viego…

[@chimpanz690]

@@rexkreamer no its ok he stabbed her first then took her with senna, then he killed both of them by taking their souls

[@huskar2021]

Well riot's story writing was always mediocre at best but people seem to over rate the lore for some reason all good

[@slyngn7847]

Meanwhile Diana, Irelia, Olaf, Pyke, Rengar, and Riven AFK during the fight.

[@TerraLuna2001]

Everyone forget about maiden who was important to that

[@andreagrimaldi8709]

enemy team: Vayne, Graves, Senna, Lucian, Gwen, Akshan my team afk: Olaf, Irelia, Diana etc.

[@eyasfar4680]

rookie afk too

[@uncoolbeanie5711]

just like the video game

[@theannuel]

That moment when Riot realises how good their matchmaking is :

[@G_Kchrst]

I loved Yorick, Kalista, Hecarim, Maokai, Karthus, Lendros and Illaoi on this event. Thank god we got sentinel Olaf, Riven and Rengar, Irelia etc they were natural parts of the story.

[@imfunkingivincible886]

Are u ok bro

[@G_Kchrst]

@@imfunkingivincible886 Not at all.

[@imfunkingivincible886]

@@G_Kchrst i hope this was just a dream xdddd

[@G_Kchrst]

@@imfunkingivincible886 It was obviously sarcasm combined with sadness and despair.

[@Betroid]

He’s right uk characters entire lore are built around veigo r pushed aside

[@erbferdinand8905]

I love how only a few ghouls showed up to support viego when he can literally make an unlimited number of them 🤣

[@demonslayereren3970]

once again, gotta get the cowarder MCs side to seem to more likely able to win regardless how not possible if "villain" side fights with more strategy, full power streching

[@thememelord6510]

My man literally stabs Gwen and then stabs his sword in the ground, that is the only fight he puts up in the whole cinematic

[@ijustwanttowatchtheworldbu4664]

@@demonslayereren3970 honestly Viego fighting without any strategy does make sense since they never specify him being a warrior or have experience in war, but the mf is still stupidly overpower, why isn't he using them ?

[@dedosdeceniza]

@@ijustwanttowatchtheworldbu4664 hes a "powerful mage king" and lets be honest he literally sent an aspect to fight against them what more could he possibly need if he knew he was "winning"

[@FHSlipKnot4Ever]

@@dedosdeceniza I'm still confused on how tf he did that.

[@Craizey1]

I liked how Pyke was permanently using his W and Rengar being in his R troughout the entire cinematic.

[@lcdc_azuralie]

only budget for the two legendaries lmfao

[@mundanest]

Fits their character to be frank

[@noracon3517]

and olaf used the duskblade passive

[@faraononanhutep7750]

When Graves cigar has more screen time than Yorick LMAO

[@justafish4020]

Lmaooooo

[@Omega-ui1ju]

You now that Yorick wasnt there?

[@faraononanhutep7750]

@@Omega-ui1ju just watch the video and you will see lol

[@Omega-ui1ju]

@@faraononanhutep7750 just read the lore and you will understand maybe lol

[@Omega-ui1ju]

@@faraononanhutep7750 they hated jesus cuz he said the truth😔

[@justsomeguythatwantssometh9986]

Instead of Ruination, Can Mordekaiser just reclaim his Immortal bastion already? I think that arc would be much better.

[@willdyer9688]

That's why rell exists so hopefully

[@ButteredMushroom]

Seeing what riot did to Shadow Isles I'd be happier with them forgetting about Mordekaiser and Aatrox instead of changing them into anime boys and ruining even more lore.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

As of the latest cinematic, Thresh is already in Noxus abducting souls left and right, and was last sighted on his way to the immortal bastion itself…. Odds might just be Thresh ends up letting The Iron Revenant loose, by purpose, accident or by sheer coincidence/consequence.

[@TheBlackfall234]

@@willdyer9688 this story was also why Yorick exists, from what ive been getting. Seems like youre better off with NOT getting your hopes up.

[@Real_Genji]

No cuz they made Rell so Mord will just get one shotted by her. Super dumb

[@user-ck5is2pg9y]

My disappointment is unmeasurable and my life is RUINED.

[@mr.hanssheenseen5613]

same

[@MasterJohnShepard]

The only sacrifice made in the whole cinematic was, When Graves finally got back his cigar but sacrificed it to defeat Viego.

[@5GusEdu5]

ooohhh So the Cigar got all the budget !

[@UncrownedTrickster]

A true warrior he was.

[@vang-toulee8351]

how? he can still smoke it after using it as a lighter.

[@Fishbro]

yeah, viego running it down

[@AndrewVaillant]

He quit smoking.

[@anubis63000jd]

"I loved you until my final breath. Wasn't that enough?" Every support.

[@imakorean234]

Report support diff

[@itsariff940]

Underatted comment 😂

[@LoreGoshi]

And then there is your average soloque Janna support that misses q, uses w on a minion, shields herself and has the courage to flame the adc because he died even when she "used everything to keep him alive".

[@anubis63000jd]

@@LoreGoshi Someone hurt this Janna, and they need your love now.

[@hir7038]

Lucian: we can't fight them, we need more light sentinels Also Lucian: You know what? we're going already, just bring 4 and ignore the rest Senna: looks like a good idea to me :)

[@KiritoGL]

Eso fue hilarante😂😂😆 Yo tenía tantas ganas de ver a Olaf centinela...

[@uchihad.sasuke6822]

But they won

[@teeman7137]

I mean bot gap

[@baonkang5990]

I like to think Diana and the rest are fighting pantheon, in a sorta we'll hold him off moment.

[@714KH]

Viego: Happy he finally gets to see Isolde again Isolde: Baby, this was all a bit dramatic of you

[@pixiedust.1211]

to be honest... this couldve been settled. by the two legit talking it out...first time he brought her back, she literally killed him... second time some shmucks wanted to play walmart guardians of the galaxy

[@Quagmire69696]

He literally did all of this to revive Isolde just to hear “bruh let me rest” from her lmao.

[@yvantheimpactreviewer3158]

For real

[@gazblackheart4596]

That's because he was only thinking of what he wanted and not what she wanted as well as the things he was willing to do to bring her back made her feel differently about the person he had become, it makes complete sense.

[@StarLuminosity]

@@gazblackheart4596 Such a cop answer. Just trash writing on Riot's part. GoT par writing

[@gazblackheart4596]

@@StarLuminosity "cop answer"...wtf does that even mean?

[@thesx1131]

​ @Brooklyn Turner why? Would you be happy to return to marry a genocidal maniac?

[@Ultimagicol]

Was expecting at least Thresh at the end...

[@adrianneescio7100]

Same...

[@zakariaboukernafa2435]

im glad he didnt show up, anything but unbound thresh

[@anthonyegypt]

And maybe a little Hecarim haha...

[@neilbertmillar9960]

They are playing it safe, if they showed unbound thresh there people will get mad

[@altair3041]

pretty sure this isn't the end there's lot of thing's missing

[@Fimbulvetr]

The most lacking cinematic from Riot in regards to the content it's based on. Somehow, the Spirit Blossom event felt a lot fuller and more significant and that was a dating sim lmao

[@theguy3847]

If only Viego and Isolde had a lengthy emotional conversation, it would hit anyone in the feels. The cinematic just went short.

[@okah7372]

This honestly felt like a disappointment It was a missed opportunity, I was expecting to see all the other sentinels gather up for a big fight with olaf dying and being angry after akshan revives him, and irelia reuniting with karma after she gets uncorrupted. It would be also amazing to see thresh absorbing the mist and turned into unbound thresh as the new king of the shadow isles, but this just ends up with one shot of isolde to save the day and live a happy ending. This was a missed opportunity and kind of a waste because everyone was really anticipated about how this event is gonna move the lore forward

[@mrpezeg3184]

That olaf idea would be amazing

[@Settisfaction]

I love what you say!

[@miikatenkula6356]

And yeah, there's an "Unbound Thresh" with no information of why he was released or what his place is in the event. This cinematic is literally the worst cinematic in league history.

[@hikariemuji9144]

@@mrpezeg3184 yeah ahahhahaha olaf has a death wish

[@Golikol369258]

what lore? KEKW

[@defiant2470]

For a lore rich arc you've setup for months, with great thematic music, interesting characters, and a pretty compelling villain, this is the worst possible ending you could've delivered. Rushed, anti-climactic, incoherent, and just plain disappointing.

[@Kurumi_Kazuha]

Latom

[@martinchromec9277]

I couldnt say it better ...

[@yandhi5016]

And corny dialogues

[@prophet_2274]

True.

[@meris8486]

OOF but also true

[@ghostdrop2103]

I see that Lucian can once again have his near dead wife back, yet amumu still can't have a friend

[@TheBlackfall234]

maybe amumu is lacking colour, but i dont know man. just kidding, well... halfway kidding.

[@fredartchannel7508]

Alas, I have good news for you

[@stan3540]

This didn't age well

[@xerotsu9055]

He has ves

[@raptorzpackgaming8860]

We have great news

[@spacedead9965]

This could have been an amazing story beat to bring all of the characters in the lore together in a significant way. Working together to stop the Ruination as friends and foes fought each other. The corrupted vs the non-corrupted. Sejuani and Ash having to put their differences aside for the preservation of the Freljord. A conflict of Demacian loyalists having to either stand alone in their principles or work with mages and sorcerers to stop the ruination. Bilgewater being a staging area for transportation to the Shadow Isles to assault Viego's kingdom and source of power. But no. An anticlimactic event that's treated like another Tuesday

[@riusekbensel7019]

Your Idea is so stupid honestly. That's why the event sucked. Every random people out of their environment working together to stop a simp in a forced way.

[@spacedead9965]

@@riusekbensel7019 how is it forced? Its the Ruination

[@ivandelacruz5762]

Viego vs Veigar is a better storyline

[@mrenigma1564]

@@ivandelacruz5762 go play the ruined king game they redeem it you will understand a lot all make sense how it begins

[@oscarsandoval9011]

When/if arcane gets it's later season I hope this happens

[@cabbagegoat5637]

Next patch gonna look like -Viego has been removed from the game -Senna now starts each match with 1 stack

[@lupin5512]

Before senna got released thresh used to start the game with one stack if he was in a game with lucian on the opposite team

[@PedroHenrique-hc8sz]

Lol

[@TileBitan]

now thats a patch i would like for sure

[@ianvera5515]

Oh man this hurts bad, the memories of the good events

[@kyeharrison6441]

I mean, they did remove Gankplank from the game for a while when he was thought to have been killed by Miss Fortune

[@giacomomasini9686]

Meanwhile Mordekaiser is chilling in his own realm, sipping soul tea and watching this telenovela in his spare time

[@froirissting66]

Aatrox and the void doing the same thing, except they are angrily siping they're tea

[@jasonferdelrosario5435]

i guess hes playing with viegar

[@ZchinoZ94]

@@froirissting66 Then there's Fiddlesticks and all the demons that even the celestials fear stabbing the tea.

[@Plasmapause]

Meanwhile Aatrox slept soundly through the entire harrowing, if only someone had told him Pantheon had been revived...

[@nicolasarroyo1746]

@@ZchinoZ94 Then there is Teemo who left mushrooms all across the universe

[@phatkittylips]

This was so underwhelming and disappointing. Like they spent all this time making this big event and hyping up all the lore, only for it to end like this? This was just beyond anticlimactic and unfulfilling, and it's only made worse by the fact that it had the potential to be so great. Just sad.

[@marvelloustequila1793]

Viego's soul, in a mysterious way, escaped from the sentinel's seal and was summoned by a terror spaceship. He was "renovated" to become an endless terror to both Runeterra and other Spacelings. With his ruined dark saber , a new cyborg body, a new mind consumed by vengeance, and a rooted obsession with reincarnating his centuries-dead wife, DarthVader Viego will doom us all.

[@daivied6312]

I would love this

[@mr.hanssheenseen5613]

i wanna see this 🤣

[@marvelloustequila1793]

@@mr.hanssheenseen5613 Same here bro

[@santiagoarro1198]

"You took her away from me!"

[@commentlurker3874]

You know its bad when this sounds good

[@belucarmona9180]

I loved how Rengar, Diana, Irelia, Riven, Olaf and Pyke looked in the cinematic

[@TerraLuna2001]

Maiden too she helps with the fragment

[@3IRDDY]

Lmfao I wanted them in there so bad. LMFAOO. Like wtf. Even if they had just simply one part of killing the darkness I would’ve been more happy.

[@belucarmona9180]

@@3IRDDY right. They joined our team to do absolutely nothing because all it took to defeat viego was Senna, Gwen and Akshan.

[@sogakeena2132]

budget i guess :/

[@bensarmchuqui7164]

What rushing a project does to a mf

[@deathlylotus6584]

So you're telling Me that Rengar and Pyke's camouflage lasted for 5 Minutes and 12 Seconds? Absolute garbo!

[@gillesnotard69]

Not as long as Yorick's one

[@adnanrafiqui8730]

@ELLUSIONIST _ACE yea they all took duskblade and just went invisible

[@jaffarameralq8706]

Vex and thresh: nice

[@ugalikenshin1427]

@ELLUSIONIST _ACE no they just DC'd

[@yanvardiversant4427]

They're farming somewhere

[@gician93]

Rengar and Pyke's stealth buffs this patch is a bit too long.

[@tacky4237]

Remember, you didn't want old league, you wanted this. You wanted this, not AP YI.

[@H3Vtux]

Very unrealistic to think viego could lose a 1v6.

[@Torannn]

If he beat a god slayer man himself, then he wouldn’t lose a 1v6. Riot should’ve included all the sentinels in the fight to bring him down.

[@shnouth5391]

@@Torannn At least Diana right? Diana is the most godly out of any of the sentinels they recruited she if anyone would have to be one of the mains to bring Virgo down.

[@alessandroseverino8222]

@@shnouth5391 it's also funny Diana put down a targonian weapon for embrace a man weapon. Irelia can use blades she's not attuned with, rengar is capable of cut the head of a wraith (wich disappear after death, even more as the shots of sentinel weapon vaporize em) and make a thropy out of it The whole in game plot, comic and cinematic plot is a mess (unironically)

[@richmondibanez9073]

This scene will make a part 2. karma and the others will release Viego in a short period of time. And so rengar and the other sentinels will appear 😎

[@vonvon4890]

Cuz he was emotionally unstable..his weakest peak

[@iiiazzy]

this had so much potential, just imaging different ways it could have ended hurts...

[@diegodiego9593]

for those who played for 6 plus years and couldn't wait to see the return of the king and shadow isle's story ending.... I feel u

[@timpark02]

I loved seeing Pyke in his W! and Rengar ult really lasted a while there eh?

[@Geortiz113]

Incoming buffs

[@ibrahim5463]

Don't forget riven daina ireallai new stealth mechanics

[@alv4ro750]

Obviously went too hard on the olaf nerfs too. Nerfed so hard he dropped out of existence.

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

@@ibrahim5463 They were splitpushing

[@drowndies]

@@TheMightyBattleSquid LMFAOOO

[@mikeyjames4291]

I really liked that part where Yorick and Maokai showed up to fulfill their life missions

[@lotfiadj5896]

sadge

[@ggennaios2255]

lol

[@towinandsave1520]

Lamao

[@aymanbhr4436]

In the game "SPOILERS" Yorick does, he gives the sentinels the vial of the water of life that he has so they can be protected from the black mist.

[@kaynesr5563]

what?, can you tell me what part is it. i think i missed it

[@thememelord6510]

This guy loves his wife so much that he dedicates himself to bring her back and when he finally does she literally lectures him. At least give him some kind of closure or anything really

[@JustAChinesePleb]

Aight I feel bad for him but let's not make him the victim here lol. She didn't want to be brought back, he did it against her will. What kind of closure could you give to a literal madman Also, this was a closure lol. You meant as in a *kind* closure??

[@plasticlance9418]

@@JustAChinesePleb well, in his defense, he got amnesia after trying to save her before, at least her ghost spoke to him this time instead of immediately shanking him in the chest

[@spacepandaa5947]

imo, I really wouldnt mind if Riot redos the whole event just to make it better and correct

[@yolando1774]

Gotta love that Yorick, Yknow, the character who's entire lore revolves around getting revenge on Viego, wasn't part of this event! Brilliant!

[@yolando1774]

Another champion added to the list of useless lore.

[@runtergerutscht4401]

After this, does Yorick even need to exist?

[@TheDisquietingNight]

@@runtergerutscht4401 maybe he'll chase after Unbound Tresh?

[@flyingcucumber9325]

Yorick? Who? WE HAVE AKSHAN 🤩😍🤮

[@TheDisquietingNight]

@Rengar i know that. I just thought Yorrick's mission is to get rid of the Black Mist, and now that the mist is under Thresh's command, he'll just see it as "the mist is under new management" and leave Shadow Isles to get rid of the mist for good

[@TheNemesis432]

Can't wait for the next event where Seraphine and KDA defeat Zaun's Chem Barons and unite Piltover and Zaun while Camille, Singed, Jayce, Victor, Heimer and Urgot go on vacation.

[@Settisfaction]

Hahahahhaha so good!!!

[@flufwukutarazard1675]

It would be the best thing ever

[@ugursrvermez7527]

This ia so good

[@gerardoalvarado8425]

It would probably be better than this mess and give Seraphine some actual lore

[@vasalankoci9162]

DONT SPOILER!!!!

[@giorgoslor_5399]

Ahh Graves' dedication to Tf so big that he didn't want to see shirtless guys

[@Hattsenberg]

"We can't fight him alone." Except for when we go to his seat of power on our own and just 6v1 him and his supposedly limitless army of ghosts that shrouded the entirety of Runeterra.

[@Vixtoast]

Man I loved the part where Yorick, Maokai, and all the other sentinels showed up, and also when Vex was the one who created the portal to Camavor.

[@leafygreen8524]

Yes also when a part of isolde's soul was taken from the maiden of the mist that was great!

[@hugomartinez2387]

I didnt see you complain when Vayne got recruited differently in the cinematic than in the client

[@luccaloguancio8725]

Wait where have you seen that

[@DragunnitumGaming]

it was a ll a dream my man :v

[@santahann1716]

@@luccaloguancio8725 now think carefully

[@yukikaze6380]

And in the end it only took Senna and Gwen to seal Viego, what was all the recruiting for when they litterally 2v1'd him in the end.

[@awdsgrgde6979]

Akshan had to be here to revive them. At least that's what happened in the client-embedded visual novel. Here, Senna is somehow still alive with Isolde's fragment being outside, but who knows.

[@awdsgrgde6979]

@@fich5814 Probably for the same reason that Irelia, Riven, Diana, Rengar, Olaf and Pyke are participating in this fight. Oh, wait...

[@vanivan25]

At least the first fight was coordinate though. But yeah this event was rushed / many plot holes

[@yukikaze6380]

@@fich5814 probably was on cooldown XD

[@cidraalaraj871]

Undo it. Undo it now. Delete the whole cinematic, apologize about it, and save the event.

[@randomzedotp9579]

Ruination event : Where all the budget went? Arcane : I can explain-

[@gamble_x33]

I never thought League would let me down on a cinematic but here it is

[@FluffyUnicornMan]

yup...first time ever not feeling amazed or wanting to rewatch a cinematic...that was just boring. Even the teamfight tactics cinematic had more substance than this

[@terra-oni3366]

Ngl, the first riots cinematic that i don't like

[@mr.hanssheenseen5613]

@@FluffyUnicornMan agreed

[@fulanodetal4208]

@@terra-oni3366 Agreed

[@lukewarmape603]

what is it you don’t like? Is it the story? Visuals?

[@OniiMeow]

Gwen Rework: W - new feature: now roots enemy within circle for a thousand years

[@randomuser8627]

The w takes 5 seconds to form though

[@pnjdumal]

Almost stronger than morgana Q, almost...

[@serpent145]

But it only effects viego

[@Dann69420]

@@pnjdumal Not even close actually.

[@umut6449]

I love the part when viego come and say "its vieging time"

[@RecoveringLoLAddict]

_Viego ruins the entire world for everyone to bring his wife back_ Isolde : I want a divorce Viego : *Bruh*

[@holovark291]

Gwen laying there watching everything: _Lmao, should have told Rookie to bring some popcorn_

[@chodibarakuda4840]

So this is how it ends? I was so hyped up to see Yorick and Maokai make any appearance in this event, but looks like they aren't hot enough for the League cinematics

[@ManicxAnimations]

They are not hot six-pack anime characters, so yeah, sorry.

[@gray3589]

@@ManicxAnimations Where's my truck-kun?

[@rashoodinhoorashood1641]

racist

[@clggost4446]

China no like any champ that isnt a hot anime character, so yeah, get used to it my friend

[@ManicxAnimations]

@@rashoodinhoorashood1641 what

[@lionheart4282]

hecarim and kalista entire lore connected to the ruined king riot: never heard of em....

[@Plasmapause]

You hear that? It's Karthus crying in the corner

[@212madfool]

Karthus and Mordkaiser also sitting sideways... XD

[@detheccus1132]

@@212madfool Morde ain't even connected to the Shadow Isles, he's his own thing

[@aidenbuck1574]

@@Plasmapause or Yorick?

[@matiaspizarro7960]

For a split second I thought that Hecarim would appear to stop the sentinels instead of Pantheon... yup, then I remembered that there is no Lore Team in Riot.

[@marwaii8499]

I miss when we had these amazing cinematics such as the azir and xayah & rakan cinematics with these incredible models.

[@zoey3254]

same man, same

[@dangerleader]

I love when Riot remembers to include all the actually important characters in this event, really fulfilling stuff!

[@sindel545]

"Don't anyone here own a shirt?!" - Graves, commenting on the past 2 years of male champion releases 😂

[@sentinelinori1626]

Now I think of it, oh my god

[@shreyadas2595]

it was prefect tho lmaoo

[@matheus090401]

Kayn, Rakan, Sylas, Sett, Viego, Yone, Akshan…

[@midon140]

@@matheus090401 Kayn too

[@justaguywholikeshentai9019]

Noo!!! Yone has something wrapped around his waist!!

[@theodorluminshield4367]

As a big lore enjoyer, I am incredibly disappointed.

[@chybaignacy5368]

same...

[@uyo8445]

Why?

[@valentin4761]

Hey remember when it was hecarim who conquered demacia with his army and not just viego showing up with some dark fog ?

[@josephemmanuellee735]

Lol is i think this is not the lore

[@NOBODY-jy6hv]

Dude same

[@Czzor]

I know alot of the lore doesn't make as much sense, and not that great, but the emotions potrayed from the loss of isolde hit me. As someone who has suffered losses before can't help but feeling a lil bit of empathy for Viego especially when he dropped the music box. My heart sank.

[@quocduytran9450]

Viego is a prime example of true love but blind, even somewhat cruel and crazy. I think this character's love story at the same time teaches us that in love, anyone can become uncontrollable, cruel, and even dehumanized. All because of the person they love the most. Their love story is so sad and tragic, a part of me, I feel all Viego's anger, despair, and grief when he loses the person he loves the most.

[@thatkeyboardgirlsha3442]

you should read the book! i felt the same

[@dempstick7]

Man I loved the part where Yorick, Maokai, and Kalista finish their lifelong missions. Oh man and that Hecarim part rattled me to the core.

[@Swampert919]

Well none of them would have though… Kalista wants revenge on the person who killed her, aka hecarim (and as no champions can ever die she’ll never get that resolution), maokai wants to save the blessed isles and undo the ruination which killing the ruined king did not accomplish, and yorick like maokai wants to save the isles… the ruined king was only the beginning (and he did at least play a part in the client cinematic). Also don’t forget that the ruined king game was meant to be before this event, good chance we’ll see these champions in that game instead.

[@TheJamieellis]

That's a lie that no champ can die. The lore and the game aren't the same thing. Or are you seriously telling me that Viego would team up with a Yordle in a Mech Suit, an unkillable, blood-crazed Dharkin, The Emperor of Shurima and a Plant Witch against a bunch of other champs and that's canon? lmao Also, you're just ignoring SO many voice lines from those champs about Viego and striking him down, notably Yorick and Maokai.

[@raulsauceda7392]

@@Swampert919 I never understood the whole idea that they dont want to kill champions because of the game. Summoners Rift is not canon. In fact the whole idea of "league of legends" just isnt canon at all. You can kill characters without it affecting the game cuz the game itself has nothing to do with the stories.

[@Swampert919]

@@raulsauceda7392 it’s something riot backed themselves into a corner with when they removed gangplank from the game when he was ‘killed’ claiming that if a champion dies in the lore they’d be removed from the game. It was just a stunt but they’ve effectively made them not be able to kill anyone in he lore… hence why nobody ever died during this event, even when pyke literally stabbed miss fortune repeatedly underwater she survived because they can’t kill their champions.

[@raulsauceda7392]

@@Swampert919 Then god forbid if they EVER do another big event like this with someone like Mordekaiser. There is NO chance they can take someone like him down without any casualties whatsoever.

[@kyokokirigiri9010]

I like the part where Riot just flings all the characters left and right in each story and casts away multiple characters who had potential like Yorick, Pyke, Rengar, Diana, and Maokai

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

Wait for the game and Vex.

[@bibzsyy3429]

Exactly bruh. I was waiting for Rengar to arrive and rip Viego's head off

[@bluemio7349]

Still salty about Diana not getting a proper story in this like Leone being Ruined and her going after Viego to save her love and confess her feelings.

[@Szene-vu5cs]

Qiyana!!! Such a cool princess with no place in to lore whatsoever :( so sad

[@ngannguyen-un1ef]

Elise : ok fine !

[@carloseduardomarquesdealme5112]

perhaps i treated you too harshly

[@bernkastelfrederica5952]

Mordekaiser: Fine. I'll do it myself. *Hexakill* Thresh: *Shrugs* You know, I'm something of a Mordekaiser loyalist myself

[@Killgravios]

Viego is so powerful that he ruined the end of the event itself.

[@fatterguy8443]

@vliduu zeeb They had the story set for Yorick training for years keeping his Urges to succumb to the mist in order to find Viego and end his tyranny. And they make a Guy from shurima who wanted to do a Side Quest.

[@Xemnes135869]

Is this really the end of the event guys? Like...srsly? Whats with the game of the Ruined King...isnt Viego supposed to be the endboss against mf, illaoi, braum, ahri, yasou and Pyke?

[@brgrafs4127]

@@Xemnes135869 I guess so, riot games is a joke

[@B-l-a-z-z-e-R]

@@Xemnes135869 Nothing makes sense anymore. What will the point of that game even be after this cinematic? Riot is so trash, my god...

[@Xemnes135869]

@@B-l-a-z-z-e-R idk bro...maybe we expected too much. I mean I'm kinda expected an epic battle where the forces of dead crashed against the living. Like an "End Game" battle. But this...yea what will be the point of the game...like wtf?

[@yukikaze6380]

Imagine finally meeting youre wife again after 1000+years then she dies 30secs after because you left a portal open and let someone that shouldnt be there in conveniently.

[@tecnoconsumes2170]

Someone who doesnt even own a shirt

[@Coco-th3fv]

@@tecnoconsumes2170 Do you know how hot it is in shurima :(

[@gavriloradosavljevic8508]

@@Coco-th3fv and do you know what people wear to survive in the desert?

[@zainshah1453]

Imagine fighting 1000+ years against everyone standing up against you and ruining the whole world - just to get rejected by the girl you were trying to get

[@user-ey4ut9uc8w]

Facts, the ending seemed so rush. The way Gwen died, senna got took and the way Viego left the portal open even though he’s closed it this whole time was so weird.

[@xendurr8180]

Isolde: Stop simping for me already! Viego: Love is not easily dissuaded.

[@thegamingcephalos9412]

I thought Viego would stop the resurrection and accepts his wife's death after hearing her, give back the souls and just leaves somewhere, also freeing the ruined heroes. Then Yorick felt his presence close (maybe an island made by Viego?) and began to head there. It could've been nice to see Viego realizing that doing what he want would end innocent people's lives and hearing his wife that she loves him alot and she wanted to rest, makes him change his mind and just try to stay alive as he knows some of the people in the shadow isles has a grudge on him (maybe the sentinels too). Maybe this end happened but Thresh frees him and tries to tell him that senna and gwen are close but Viego, hearing his wife's words, just said to let them be and rest for a while but he felt something powerful is coming, and it just reveals some snippets of Yorick. I want to see them fight tbh

[@TeoristciNirvana]

Don't worry Viego will find a way , Viego and Isolde meets again

[@Wesley_Julio_B3]

@@TeoristciNirvana your comment made me cry hahahaha its so good, if this happens T.T

[@TeoristciNirvana]

@@Wesley_Julio_B3

[@dempstick7]

Amazing, once again Riot forgets about Yorick. HIS ENTIRE LORE IS ABOUT FIGHTING THE RUINED KING, but NOOOOO when they actually fight him he' just.... not there???? He's literally the only person other than Viego that can control the mist, so he would be an AMAZING ally. But in Riots eyes I guess he decided to take a day off from trying to save the planet. Yorick says "Remember my name. For one day, I will not.", I guess Riot didn't listen.

[@ginguu2490]

Did you even play the event

[@nawafal-zahed301]

Senna also controls the mist soooo…….. stop being a salty yorick main and accept that hes just a boring character…..

[@owo4470]

u forgot senna and gwen can too.

[@owo4470]

@@nawafal-zahed301 honestly hes pretty interesting, and i agree 100% that he shouldve been part of this. he quite literally speaks to the dead.

[@serdec6101]

Yorick's character isn't boring, it's his playrate, and that of most of the other fitting shadowisles characters that keep them away from story events

[@drgonphart5415]

This whole event just overall felt unsatisfying and anticlimactic. As a huge fan of the lore, I was so excited to see more of the characters but it felt like everything was written by people who didn’t even read the characters’ bios.

[@user-pg1tl9vq3p]

There is 155 character and every one have a story It is too hard

[@Truffalot]

I think it's just because Viego's addition to the lore is just absolutely stupid. Old lore was badass rune magic destroying the entire continent and then mysteriously receding with heaps of awesome factors. New lore is just "whoops my wife dead I guess it's apocalypse time but only when I feel like it"

[@marclouiselim3753]

@@Truffalot You do know that rune magic still exist that's why we have Ryze right? Viego's addition was long ago before all this things happened that's why we had the weapon called Blade of the Ruined King. He was a mere hindrance compared to the Void, Darkins, and of course Rune Magic that Ryze is trying to protect.

[@notspoopy8512]

Ntm vayne smiling. iirc vayne doesnt smile cuz she got the batman origin story treatment

[@Truffalot]

@@marclouiselim3753 Except summoners no longer exist, the original ruination and fracturing are gone, the old ones are gone, etc etc

[@halpshan509]

It's Graves noticing shirtless peeps for me lol

[@suraulevemec9140]

We were on a verge of greatness Riot. We were this close...

[@tiajones6485]

I like how the actual characters and story matter so little that we don't even get a good reaction from Viego finally seeing his wife again and being told she absolutely hates what he's done. Akshan has more of a reaction to Isolde's words than Viego.

[@phuchoang2023]

Shame's on riot

[@fizzyfluff]

Not really sure if it was because he “wasn’t reacting” as much as it was that her words did not matter to him, his only goal was a selfish one… get her back. It didn’t matter what she thought or how she felt so long as Isolde was with him again. That’s why he only reacted when she was gone, not while she was “speaking” but I’m pretty sure that was internal narration/narration from her POV for the cinematic. I don’t think she ever actually spoke. Either way I’m pretty dissatisfied with how rushed this felt

[@drexmz5226]

Legit!Viego was even happy, you can see that by hes face. Even Akshan felt bad for killing her

[@zzaori]

Did you hear Viego's "No" when Akshan shoots her? even I felt it.

[@joenardelacruz2097]

He's excited to have his wife back it's "no!" not enough i feel pitty for him when he said "noo!"

[@thomasdjrasta]

Now I understand why for once, KZbin didn't recommend me a new League of Legends cinematic.

[@pierredupont1000]

Lmao I thought the same. YT always gives me a notification every time a new League of Legends cinematic comes out, but it didn't with this one. I found it casually, and I wish I had not 😂😂😂

[@nudgeone7927]

Lol just realised that

[@DieGoetterdaemmerung]

Cant wait for mordekaiser to return and clap the entire lore into another dimension so we can all forget this

[@rhust3522]

Guys if the event ended like this... I'm afraid of the Netflix adaptation

[@GigaLigma]

It's being outsourced to an external company who seem intent on being faithful to the lore and writing the characters well, so we don't have to worry about Riot's garbage marketing team rubbing their greasy hands all over it and ruining it.

[@fury3417]

My favourite moment in this cinematic was before I watched it

[@ianirfan7712]

Up this comment HAHA

[@The_Royal_Lobster]

same :(

[@LinktheDragonslayer]

Er so good

[@SammyLinnohj]

Lucian in Lore: going around Runeterra recruiting potential Sentinels because they don't have enough firepower to stop Viego Lucian in Cinematic: literally challenges the final boss without half of his Recruits

[@matheusdasilva1984]

it was senna, she is the leader of sentinels...

[@andro293]

"lore", I mean, we have so little information it's not even possible to tell which one is THE canon one, according to Reav3 they're "all canon"

[@generalbronchitis5311]

@@majom4078 I thought panth no longer had the aspect of war since you know aatrox killed the aspect of war

[@Nunu-kx3nc]

@@generalbronchitis5311 Pantheon is the Aspect of War, Atreus is the man, the vessel

[@musikista022]

@@majom4078 Didn't even bring Taric or Ryze whose sole purpose is to protect Runeterra

[@totamaurice6585]

do not let the son of the CEO writting the story plz

[@shiroyasha9623]

1:51 That's a very good question actually Graves.

[@KingHamCake]

all bad stuff aside I liked how graves mentioned how everybody doesn't wear clothing

[@vajas6656]

yeah that was the best bit of the video xd

[@SaraSong-mw3zm]

and poor Akshan just wanted a hug from vayne but hit in the stomach at the end lol

[@fdthqwerty]

Acknowledging the stupid outfits doesn't make them not stupid. If a guy's pissing in the middle of the road but he yells "I'M PISSING IN THE ROAD" I'm not gonna think "Well, at least he's aware of it".

[@Random-bi9bg]

Yeah Riot themselves know how silly it is so they just go with it

[@Nightfang321]

@@fdthqwerty only one that makes sense is Akshan as he even has a line that mentions his lack of shirt is because how hot it gets in shurima

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

My favorite part was when Yorick came out of the portals with all his minons and began zerg rushing Viego's lair

[@EremitaUrbano]

That would've been so cool

[@frostomega3572]

If only

[@-HolySpiritDove-]

Templar Storm them 🙏😉😇⚡️⚡️✨✨

[@drewdressing612]

while avengers theme is playing

[@meatshackles]

They did yorick dirty 😭

[@metin2faithful70]

Lmao that graves quote killed me 🤣

[@charisgauvin8916]

I’m suprised it took that long that perfect setting Gwen coming back to life so many characters and just his drive for love to stop veigo

[@hfweuiofnweuio500]

they didnt killed viego, they killed the league of legends lore.

[@hellguard2629]

yeah the summoners

[@FenrisRM]

in the end, they revived viego with the absolver. so i hope this is some very veeery vague forshadowing that they will revive the league lore in the future :^)

[@hellguard2629]

the true lore that every cinematic there is ryze ahhaha

[@w.d.gaster5341]

''Our strong and kind-hearted heroes have saved Disney World once again."

[@thelastsepheramain6867]

Seraphine's original lore is god-like compared to this

[@E.94772]

Sephera huh?

[@Bon-bn5lc]

Tbh I wanted viego to win, the poor guy just wanted some head

[@panagiotispapageorgiou2590]

I am impressed how riot managed to destroy a 10 year old lore within a month

[@Gradeient]

its called incompetence

[@laylaminrir]

destroying something is always easier than building it.

[@razorresonate1164]

Game of Thrones of games more or less.

[@dimitriostzortzidis7940]

Έχεις δίκιο δυστυχώς

[@ozymandias8523]

billion dollar company cant do decent plot smh

[@ThePBThief]

They had a perfect opportunity to have a Endgame-style show-off between all of the ruined and sentinel champions and picked only a few of them. Disappointing.

[@temboi7454]

Exactly! Thats what I thought! And of course their excuse is ,,too many models" but they fooking re-used 4 of em! They could at least made a comic...

[@raniemaharanie53]

I feel like they rushed this animation. Compared to the previous animation for e.g. Ruination, this animation lacks detail and climatic ending. Everyone face is different.

[@zellevalenzuela9614]

They definitely could do that. Reason they cant: Budget and time constraint.

[@kizikucalegon8673]

@@zellevalenzuela9614 Riot's worth 25 billion dollars. Budget and time constraints are cheap excuses for deflecting any real blame.

[@winsenken]

@@kizikucalegon8673 Riot is owned by the Chinese company Tencent. And Chinese love money, no matter how much it worth it will never be enough

[@5thsin438]

Claps all around to the animation and music team. They did what they could with all that was given to them in the short time they got

[@visage1449]

Yorick and Maokai finnaly fullfilled their lifetime goals.Their scenes were stunning to say the least.

[@imfunkingivincible886]

Are u ok?

[@wankawanka3053]

@@imfunkingivincible886 he is joking 😑

[@cxie8276]

when the teacher says "you have 5 min left to finish the exam" RIOT:

[@wizzroz4362]

haha true

[@dirt4333]

I bet this was the same person who wrote/approved seraphine lore

[@catzor4795]

Marketing team is in charge of most things now. No more passion, only greed for Chinese money.

[@SomeCrumbs]

@@catzor4795It's Tencent.. what do we expect?

[@uglybassman]

After 15 years pantheon finally. Thank you 🙏

[@sena9665]

animation, perfect as always. lore? let's leave it alone

[@floppywere7022]

I like how more than half of the team we assembled just wasn't here. Yorick too since he was kind of helpful, what a disappointment XD

[@Rymdpandan]

Love how Yorick's entire story revolves around how he's using his curse to fight the Ruined King and end the Ruination for good, and all he did here was sprinkle some water on the sentinels.

[@nikolaivladski9905]

Yorick was split pushing top you guys. I would know cuz I ganked him and got 2/10 XD

[@SpruceZT]

@@nikolaivladski9905 split pushing against AD Thresh top since Thresh also didn't show up at the end. Probably for the better.

[@Tetrathegod]

This cinematic was bad asf tbh..

[@GamingWO-]

The in game story, cinematic, and comics are all different. It wouldn’t be fun to jam over 12 characters in a 5 minute long short, so they picked the most important sentinels in the lore.

[@Ahmer46]

I can't believe I'd ever say this to a League of Legends cinematic but: Well that sucked.

[@vyhung7077]

Trully agreed

[@YasmineLuck]

You're 8 cinematics late

[@heartstormgames986]

It was not that bad I would say the varus one was the worst

[@caitlynsult2685]

@@heartstormgames986 why do you think Varus what bad?

[@moonless5603]

Agreed

[@BeRium2111]

Thanks for letting us know that Panthoen could 1v4 alone with some minions!

[@findlayrutherford]

Love the eerie music and isolde's dialogue but the budget really cucked this one not letting everyone show up. Animating Maiden prolly seemed like too much work

[@DanCicierega]

I love how you manage to ignore that Yorick has one part of Isolde's soul too Edit: Yorick, the main weapon against Viego, ignored from this, this Cinematic looks cool only if you totally ignore the lore

[@simplyalexei]

If yorick would play a part to defeat viego im sure this event would be better

[@sanitysanitation]

Not sure why the maiden wasn't in the animation but she was in the event

[@simplyalexei]

@@sanitysanitation because the maiden isn't hot enought

[@sanitysanitation]

@@simplyalexei if that were the case I think they would have given Vayne more screentime. I think they probably didn't give the studio enough time when they pushed out the event to take extra details from the storyboard. Yorick, the two piltovan sentinels, the maiden, even vex didn't make it in. It's just rushed is all.

[@simplyalexei]

@@sanitysanitation btw srry bad english