Akshan, The Rogue Sentinel | Champion Theme - League of Legends

[@ericadraw98]

" Dear friends, Stop dying. Love, Akshan"

[@cye2310]

When I talk to my friends about my oral habits

[@gunlyte4661]

The way i see it,this renders Olaf's goal for a glorious death.

[@hunterstorm6981]

@@cye2310 lol

[@brendon1689]

? ? ? ? Akshan - Alive

[@ironkun7304]

" *please* stop dying"

[@HarisKhan-dz4hk]

the concept idea of him being a kid bandit would have been so interesting and the interactions when senna and lucian find out that the only other sentinel is a teenage boy would have been so cool

[@superxdish]

I was gonna say they don't wanna put a kid because you would see a kid die in game but Annie exists lol. No excuses. Would have been cool but prince of Persia isn't bad either

[@superxdish]

@@dan_mnght well nunu himself doesn't die does he? Willump does. And teenager I mean you "COULD" kinda pass it. But a kid kid, like looks like a 10 year old maybe not. But again. Annie is in game soooo..

[@cartoonishidealism582]

My guess is maybe they felt like having him be an inexperienced kid would overlap with the rookie sentinel’s role in the Sentinel of Light storyline

[@michaelc.r.6416]

@@cartoonishidealism582 It would be better if you get to play as him instead of "the rookie". I get that is a visual novel and they want the player to self insert but with this they can go wild with the story instead of making the player feel more like a filler character that take everyone else spotlight

[@surgrus4367]

@@cartoonishidealism582 good point

[@frufru4860]

Dude, when will one of riots strings songs ever fail? They are so great it's actually incredible, and it perfectly captures the fineness of shurima and akshan's power

[@i_dont_know_who_i_am69]

they're basically a music company that also makes games at this point.

[@aubreyholdinggun]

Qiyana's theme.

[@mihah9415]

Well i think the themes are composed alongside the champions ,and they combine ideas from different cultures of lots of people thats why the themes always match perfectly with their champs

[@stormdragon2529]

cant wait for udyr theme. it'll be glorious

[@frufru4860]

@@stormdragon2529 I agree, can't wait to see if it'll be like voli's

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Employee 1: "How do you want do design this champ?" Employee 2: "Abs"

[@artimex723]

Basically every male champ (except Gragas lmao)

[@ar.michael8306]

Inspired by bollywood

[@6bambolbi6]

@@artimex723 In the past 5 years, Jhin and Aphelios are the only male characters with shirts

[@hugodomingues3519]

@@6bambolbi6 Talon ?

[@hugodomingues3519]

@@6bambolbi6 oh nvm didn't se the "past 5 years" (reworks count ?)

[@The23rdGamer]

First rule of being a Sentinel Second rule of being a Sentinel ...Any questions?

[@Dude-eu6ik]

yea... third rule?

[@aliabdallah1926]

@The Predator I think she means theres no rules or if you ask for rules you're not part of the sentinels

[@leoarj7181]

Profesor ? If Akshan can revive death ppl and u are undead then.. Akshan can unlive u ?

[@aliabdallah1926]

@@leoarj7181 depends on the concept. An undead can be undeaded while a dead walker can be undertaking life

[@thedevourerofgods8192]

@The Predator if you didn't memorize them you either failed sentinel training or aren't one of them

[@mundane3809]

Rules on making a new male champion in LOL: 1. No shirts 2. Overly complicated kit 3. No shirts.

[@rimurutempest4945]

Which is doubly weird since a lot of his concept arts had shirts on

[@er267]

4. Aphelios

[@david_8916]

Sett?

[@niellblaze]

5. Pretty face

[@115DELDE]

At least they broke rule 4. Anime style.

[@sakurascarlet1239]

Early concepts: diversity in age, looks, and costumes Final concept: shirtless handsome dude

[@Emancy3]

Thats just how it goes 😂😂trust me I also draw my characters

[@myvoicebreaks3603]

Most of the early designs looked like Shuriman Aphelios.

[@MrKross-tc9yy]

Dude, seriously, i think that's some kind of strategy that Riot is using. They said that non-humanoid champions do not sell, but, what if the fact that they haven't released a non-humanoid champion in a long time is just to make us hyped for the next one?

[@AppleBaron]

@UCeN__WXDvg4b94gmaMJrHGw What China has to do with anything here, lol?

[@sweer7048]

non-humanoid champs are always the most unique, I wouldnt be surprised if they simply just dont have enough ideas for good ones

[@unfortunatepotato6481]

Dude the tabla really is doing it for me

[@The23rdGamer]

Same

[@RaviChandran-pi9wz]

Aama bro

[@ruinedking2893]

We Indians grown up with that 😂

[@hunterstorm6981]

What's tabla? An instrument?

[@yuptooyoungtoknowanything8654]

@@hunterstorm6981 yeh

[@01.xen_]

i can't wait to hear akshan sing "a whole new world" in-game.

[@largestbigman5267]

Well he’s supposed Southish Indian so that would be kinda wack

[@Hato1992]

@@largestbigman5267 What? Shurima is located in south part of world with many deserts and oasis. If you look at Shurima artworks, you can see it's pretty much arabic based country. And Akshan is a Shurimian...

[@terry_the_terrible]

@@Hato1992 No no, there is clearly tabla which is both Persian, Pakistani and Indian as well as a bunch of other South Asian countries. His creator was very adamant that he wanted to incorporate some South Indian vibes into his theme.

[@Hato1992]

@@ezrabridger2077 You have right.

[@mhmdfdhl8122]

@@ezrabridger2077 Akshan is also used to be arabic/islamic name bruh, not only indian

[@light5bolt217]

Love the Indian inspired design of Akshan, and as someone who's been learning and playing tabla for over 10 years it's cool that my favorite game would include it in a champion theme :)

[@nyari_jk3605]

Indian? I thought he's like a more arabic/eastern dude... ( just my thought)

[@light5bolt217]

@@nyari_jk3605 I can see that being a possibility but it's probably Indian just because of how the music theme is setup and also his accent. Plus I think riot mentioned he was Bollywood inspired

[@eddietuggles3679]

@@light5bolt217 yup, that’s where they drew his inspiration from.

[@crowv2276]

@@nyari_jk3605 he's indian. Devs confirmed that they wanted to do South Asian champ specifically India

[@zenderstuff5854]

@@nyari_jk3605 his background remind of aladin and i also think he from indian

[@noedimattia8733]

as an audio engineer and producer myself i gotta say, this song is incredible

[@turboplayz5577]

I like how they had these "slum kid" and "old sage" designs and went with arabic price setting. Honestly well done

[@Tcgspy12]

His visual design is great his kit however makes me crave unalive.

[@maltenuchter7134]

He is indian, not arabic.

[@classicpotato3352]

From the music alone, The primary instruments that could be identified are Indian drums, so if his in our world, his indian

[@TrymChan]

@@maltenuchter7134 didn't know india was in runeterra, cool

[@kyoto8241]

@@joexep Akshan means Eye in Sanskrit lol

[@gallanoir]

I love his early designs so much! Those clothing designs are beautiful! We should get a kid rogue from Shurima too!

[@awester4]

I have a character that I been working on but he's from zaun sort of a Rouge kid

[@gallanoir]

@@awester4 I would love to see it!

[@gallanoir]

@Alec Cotler True, though I think she fell into the Earth Weaver theme in early conception. She’s less rogueish, but I think the waving cloth is definitely an element that is similar. If they did a future kid rogue from Shurima, they could even have him/her/them from the same tribe!

[@randyluz2088]

Sorry, only shirtles dudes sell

[@gallanoir]

@Alec Cotler i just realized, im dumb

[@ora3874]

Oh god the tabla and sitar I'm actually gonna cry this is so good

[@Aa-hy3zx]

It’s actually sarangi I think

[@Sunando_Datta]

Yes sarangi

[@ruien2066]

1:44 how can this be so perfect when he lands along with the song's beat

[@BenBerkenboschMusic]

Incredible theme!! I think it fits the champion very well

[@Dianelangalen4393]

Parents: You guys should play Christian Games Me: Playing as Jesus

[@emanuelstornello8009]

He doesn't just die for your sins, *HE KILL FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S SINS*

[@goldenbamboo9725]

@@emanuelstornello8009 reverse jesus

[@rimoros.1020]

And on the third kill, you shall rise again

[@emanuelstornello8009]

@@goldenbamboo9725 "reverse Jesus doesn't exist, he can't absolve you" Reverse Jesus:

[@joshbuenaventura3297]

And just like Jesus, he can do anything

[@AgonizingDemise]

How does someone dislike it within one minute?? That isn't even enough to listen to the music! Also, I like Akshan already. He seems like a fun champion and a fun character

[@The23rdGamer]

Some people are just full of hate 🌵

[@hwaryun7042]

they are ricegum listening to ksi holiday

[@malphite8797]

I disliked. Go on. Fight me.

[@Ntwinzz]

@@malphite8797 too bad no rework for u

[@zild3690]

League of B*tthurts

[@Gaboesh]

his early concepts look so amazing

[@Zlavoski]

Agreed

[@johnpauljonesisabadass8134]

Pathfinder looked nice but Ixtal Hallowed Mist Vessel looked the most interesting

[@ooloongjohnson4015]

for some reason the early concepts that often look really interesting (hello seraphine) just don't make it to end

[@sakurascarlet1239]

@@ooloongjohnson4015 seraphine concept didn’t change much tbh, they literally pick one of best suit and change it to pink...😃 just because But still, she’ll eventually added in lor, and have a off-stage look, I’m looking forward to it.

[@salduendetomasdario9522]

@@sakurascarlet1239 the problem with seraphines concept was that the early concepts respected the piltouver's style, and the final design didn't (obviously is just my opinion)

[@w3ss3l88]

I love akshan but all the concepts shown off were such incredible idea's

[@generichuman2330]

There are so many theme put into this like: the desert, the jungle, sci-fi, action and etc, you find out. Akshan is the aladdin version in the game. This is really cool.

[@Solobuddy]

Too bad he's gae

[@siddycosmos607]

@@Solobuddy what

[@avalosp]

@@Solobuddy even if he was, what would be wrong with that?

[@Solobuddy]

You gae ? Why are you gae ?

[@Dautz]

Biiiiiiiiiiiiiig Art Spotlight vibes, brings me back to the early seasons, love to see the development process!

[@Literally_1984_owl]

I love the incorporation of thr Sentinels theme into his near 2:39, very nice detail!

[@Stammer6]

Lights! Camera! ... Akshan!

[@johnypanta6208]

Feels like Prince of Persia met with Assassin's Greed to find Mable's grappling hook in Aladdin's Agrabah 😂😂😂. I like it ❤️

[@-Ru5h-]

Male Indian representation that doesn't make us look lame or nerdy in something big. This sounds too good to be true

[@Perro_Verd3]

you can listen a part of the sentinels theme on 2:38, neat detail

[@baffjey]

"The Prince of Shurima" getting some sands of time vibes from that. awesome!

[@lyouc170]

"Gigachad Akshan isn't real, he can't hurt you!" Gigachad Akshan: 2:44

[@hiro-kun3432]

"This is how we do Akshan in Uganda"

[@sanjanaguha3554]

He's Indian

[@buzzsawenthusiast6006]

Akshan is coming

[@Deadmeme64]

AKSHAN MOVIE

[@sayonra8623]

@@sanjanaguha3554 ??????Bro Are you def? you hear the egyptian reference

[@sanjanaguha3554]

@@sayonra8623 bruh they using tabla in their music. It's only used and originated in India

[@RzSoLidZ]

oh this is that legends of runeterra champ.....

[@markjade3587]

U came from legends of Runeterra? That's awesome

[@jirafahapk1328]

I never understand LoR:(

[@sekira4516]

Akshan is being released in all 3 at once: League of Legends, Wild Rift, and Legends of Runeterra. first champ to ever do this btw.

[@shurlkr3594]

@@sekira4516 if you count tft as a seperate game, that will be 4

[@RzSoLidZ]

@@sekira4516 Ashkan's been on legend of runterra for the past month. Still is not on League of legends right now. It was a joke at the fact he was not released on League of legends first.

[@zisforzoo16]

Gosh I would play a open world game with Akshan as the main character in a heart beat

[@queendeborah14172]

Not everything about league has improved in recent years but the music has only gotten better B)

[@zagiproductions1630]

I agree B)

[@sekira4516]

Akshan is being released in all 3 games at once: League of Legends, Wild Rift, and Legends of Runeterra. he is the first champion to ever do this btw. I wonder if that will be a precedent for future releases?

[@samuelsouzaramos7558]

This theme and the champion for some reason. Reminds me of the "Prince of Persia".

[@dendi9883]

Because it's the same middle east theme

[@mufaya]

Absolute Masterpiece

[@AlejandroPerez-mg3fc]

I love the first concept sketch. Full of personality. I can only guessed they didn't go for it because they'd need a simpler character model

[@rinima8023]

The same excellent soundtrack as the Prince of Persia. The melody is even more evocative. Thank you very much for the arranger and composer of this music. As the author of film and television soundtracks, I have benefited a lot.

[@hemadrisekharbag3028]

THAT TABLA BEAT IS JUST AWESOME

[@michapiasta3072]

That bandit hero concept was coolest of all.

[@IlllIlIlIlIll]

2:31 here we can hear a part of 'Sentinels of Light'

[@sebastianost7028]

If he doesn't say "hello I'm unda the water" when he's walking through the river I'll go nuts...

[@ilikemusic4135]

I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER CHAMP TO PERMABAN IN RANKED!

[@justthatoneguy5012]

You mean ganked

[@7venteen]

@@justthatoneguy5012 no he meant banned

[@abysmalwilson6597]

Nice profile pic Brand New is easily my favourite band

[@ilikemusic4135]

@@abysmalwilson6597 Me too! Join us and get a Brand New Profile pic

[@R2debo_]

👑✨

[@justthatoneguy5012]

3 Hit Passive though. That’s the important thing here

[@ajay_hirve_04]

I want new subscriber

[@omelettewildrift2753]

You edit with sparkle. Perfection indeed

[@johnnymod8115]

Why does every new champ have to be somehow hot af, the music is a banger.

[@hwm_alex]

i like how they strung in the sentinels theme near the end too

[@saceurai6629]

Yooo, that old dude concept really rocks.

[@twylafox]

Im absolutely loving Akshan! Riot is SO talented at making incredible champions. And this music is epic

[@mikhaa4158]

Ngl this indian vibe of song, i dig it

[@snubnosedmonke]

holy shot all those unused concept sketches of him look so unique and cool

[@sourabhilaha1044]

The classical music ❤️❤️🎵

[@liker4045]

Riot: Ok his early concepts look pretty cool Also riot: aight lets make him look like jesus for no reason

[@alesiagaming1410]

omg so tru, wtf

[@raptor1368]

wel, he can resurrect people so it make sense... ngl that's pretty funny

[@helloworld9730]

Have you seen jesus before? no you don't and the illustrate you see about jesus is fake.

[@dzhk143]

Lol bro wht r u talking about.. Come to SA u will find lots of Jesus lol..

[@tenvoichatuoi2262]

@@helloworld9730 what if jesus is fake?!?!?!??!?

[@zombieRpoint34]

Sick tabla in this theme

[@tsumugi9880]

When League meet Assassin's Creed and frick, this is their gonna be their offspring

[@Shaleenss]

Indian theme in the background, nice touch..especially the tablas.

[@barnykirashi]

After quite a while, It's the first time I'm enjoying playing a marksman in Bot lane. I really enjoy playing Akshan, he's really fun.

[@sam1286]

What made them go with the final design? His early concept looks cool af

[@virusproofficial1086]

no

[@hunterstorm6981]

The Egyptian design looks way bethere lol

[@lightdrgn20]

I wish we got Pathfinder

[@oktopud606]

This one is cool doe

[@kenzaazz6061]

You mean the indian design

[@ethanalspencer7294]

Man Akshan is so cool design wise I just wish his kit didn't scream 'yeah put that in there too'

[@dodgeandroll]

every concept art at the beggining looks way more interesting than what we have now

[@johnpauljonesisabadass8134]

Riot tends to have interesting concepts then release it as a less-interesting version

[@zackrose6261]

@@johnpauljonesisabadass8134 Well, a lot of the interesting concepts tend to not fit the style and lore they decide to go with.

[@thegooddoctor413]

Music team never lost its way

[@umbralbushido8636]

That early animation footage is so cursed

[@natmuchthere]

although i'm going to permaban him, he's one of the coolest league characters ever

[@rolandfabik2475]

He isn’t that good other than his ult

[@Keurgui1]

@@rolandfabik2475 so your team doesn’t lock him in

[@natmuchthere]

@@Keurgui1 this guy knows

[@Eldex0]

@@rolandfabik2475 That Comment really didnt age well. Everything is good on his kit except his ult.

[@judomaster8629]

@Iori no comment

[@ahmadmehdi6268]

In the beginning this theme song gave me goosebumps idk why lol

[@mogomogo423]

THEM TABLAS THO!!!

[@iwatchstuffs7933]

Facts: Almost all champs Early concept is much better than what we have now

[@oktopud606]

If he was a teen boy, ppl would be like omggg rito makes anime bois agennnn! 1!1!1!1

[@shirakumi5113]

agrees in Hand Mundo

[@CrimsonHybrid]

The first design has some heavy Kingdom Hearts/TWEWY vibe, I love it!

[@jadoniccryon5898]

Its glad to see that this champion theme is very similar to our cultural indian music . Thanks RITO Although we have no indian server but hey there is Akshan

[@CosmicSoul609]

Atlast Riot games to India be like : We are there for you serverless guys By adding sitar and tabla music

[@Carrybagman]

This hurt me more than late game nasus.

[@zeddii7126]

akshan is more of middle eastern i would say like the prince of persia. But yeah india is close enough

[@Carrybagman]

@@zeddii7126 sitar and tabla is exclusively Indian.

[@rahulmaurya3842]

@@zeddii7126 wtf is he talking about. This video screams India

[@zeddii7126]

@@rahulmaurya3842 yes i agree the music is more indian, but everything else could have been from middle east too x)

[@bright2734]

Out of all the designs this is what we got, he could've been so cool

[@hellomint4028]

Its not just about cool design, they have to take the backstory and gameplay into account when creating it. If hes supposed to be swining around, a big weapon and baggy clothes wouldnt make much sense would it?

[@TheCaptainhowdy11]

Yeah. He looks boring, especially his kit 😑

[@mihah9415]

Well the final design fits his character perfectly ,hes supposed to look agile with ragged clothes because of his lore

[@cye2310]

@@TheCaptainhowdy11 Ah yes, a boring kit. Nice joke buddy

[@froirissting66]

@@hellomint4028 ye living in the sands shirtless seems a good idea, yes The old akshan could have been so great, as it will be a unique design for an fast and agile man,also make it look like he's a monk which explains how he can revive alies.. But shirtless=Good

[@mitkyto]

Akshan - The new Prince of Persia.

[@saitarunteja2735]

All it needs is an elephant.

[@marshallbroczek3023]

I would love to see them release High Noon Akshan

[@phillipcoleman6267]

Anyone notice the sentinel of light motif in there?? Killer theme well done!

[@genrubica5350]

That bollywood-ish music rythm part...

[@PhelixRain]

I love how riot shows their sketch and development on the character.. ♥️

[@Axeloy]

all that concept art is amazing

[@toomanysandwiches8665]

really cool that league of legends finally has a character influenced from Indian culture.

[@ShauryaRaikkonen]

There was always Karma.

[@leontoeides]

And Karma...? 😐

[@AodaFyr]

SO many awesome designs and they made Taric's best friend...

[@danmarius1311]

even tho at first I hated this champion, like pre release, I caught a glimpse of his theme in the client and I fell in love with the music, and the champion is not that bad after all

[@justanapplejuice5370]

akshan has no business to be looking this good omg TT

[@ToxicFruit]

This gives off similar vibes to the music Riot creates for Valorant if you know what I mean. Same kind of exotic action type sound, I love it!

[@saucy0_0]

Must be feel proud to be an animator/designer

[@kurousagioktavia4374]

Open world games : *Reaches desert area* The soundtrack :

[@barkos2507]

2:43 "let me just turn gigachad into a champion and call it a day"

[@mastergamer132e4]

Absolutely love the middle-eastern vibes I'm getting from this, especially with the tabla. Once again, riot's music team is set a high marker, and proceeded to bypass it ten times over.

[@mastergamer132e4]

@@amoghprabhakar6691 Tabla has also been essential for middle eastern music for centuries.

[@helojoeywala6622]

its so sick that they used traditional indian musical instruments to make this its actually sick ngl thats hard respect

[@zagiproductions1630]

Honestly, Akshan had the best champion theme of the year.

[@shandelchan1032]

we still need login screens! never forget!

[@rayraysss]

0:25 this old man design would be so awesome too.

[@muichiro7818]

akshan

[@SensesEU]

Man its crazy how much League doesn't miss with their character themes most of the time

[@mehdildj6199]

This is the perfect song to listen too when u r standing under the Sahara night desert under the stars drinking tea

[@captainMony]

Imagine bearly winning a Teamfight and have 4 kills and u hear this getting louder

[@usz1444]

allah will ressurect all of your friends. god is good

[@sibshankarpatra7429]

The Indian theme hits heart

[@ukaszflis828]

From 1:11 to 1:45 is a masterpiece.

[@cntom8233]

Bruh, those concepts were so good and he comes out as ... that.

[@blockbusterandy]

Riot makes a champion based on indian ethnicity/culture Also riot doesn't have servers for league in India ...

[@_D.I.G_]

you probably already know this, but you really have great designers and artists on your team.

[@matthewchi5292]

0:07-0:13 These are the designs I expected from Akshan when he was first teased. He was described as being a scrappy street rat/new recruit so I expected him to be a kid or a teenager but instead he's a man

[@gustofing]

Taliyah already looks like that, they're trying to make each champ unique in terms of lore and design, not make clones.

[@matthewchi5292]

@@gustofing so youre saying being a handsome shirtless male adult champion is a unique character design in League?

[@rocas7342]

They really nailed the Bollywood main character vibe