Hwei's Reveal Got a Lot More Interesting

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[@HeisenbergFam]

What a cool character, cant wait to see family friendly art from internet artists

[@mirius4665]

step family friendly

[@plasticelephant1969]

its a gae champ so i expect a lot of sett aphelios ezreal hwei porkchop to be cooked by fellow artists

[@Merilirem]

@@plasticelephant1969 I expect just as much girlcook.

[@TylPhumin]

this sounds like a challenge to 420 artists x:

[@draw_tist0593]

internetartist here im working on a hwei x jhin fanfiction as we speak

[@brof1sh953]

His abilities are so freaking beautiful. I know he’ll be a nightmare to balance and make skins for but I’m really excited to see this one in action!

[@mathi2894]

I mean the 10 abilities does make it easier to tweak directly the problematic area : if one of the spells is too strong they can nerf it without making the two other possibilities weaker

[@chaozowl]

Wait, not girl?

[@El_chara]

@@chaozowl Duh, how can you not see it ?

[@chaozowl]

​@@El_chara bruh

[@kroneexe]

@@chaozowlit’s a guy

[@luce9]

Fun fact : blue and red does purple Hope and dispair are his eternal torment Its pretty poetic if you think about it

[@just_a_yokai1103]

yeah, if you are 14 y old

[@knightsblight]

Just say your unimaginative and move on@@just_a_yokai1103

[@FalcnPWNCH]

For the uninitiated - Hwei is clearly League's own take on *_the Invoker,_* an advanced high skill caster from Dota 2 with multiple different spells like this, who combines elements to create a plethora of spells with their own combos and synergies - I'm very interested to see what this champion is capable of !

[@muntedspedtato7451]

Yeah instead of combining 3 elements to invoke a spell you have 3 subjects, I've always loved invoker in dota seei g him in league now might just rekindle myove for the game. Now if they had a meepo like champ too I'd be all over it

[@raphaelmerino100]

Yeah, the issue is.... Invoker bullshit is dealt with BKB. Which we don't have anything alike in League. I hope Riot start releasing items to deal with crap like that.

[@biffii5568]

​@@raphaelmerino100invoker exists in a very different context. 2 very different games.

[@GustavoThimoteo]

I woud say is similar to the gimic of Merlin in smite. I'm also wondering to see how riot will pull this up.

[@Monkcare]

the movement speed boost w+Q is a spell right out of lost ark - artist, exactly the same animation and "weapon of choice"

[@kaekaeno]

9:41 speaking about symbolism, here we can see that Hwei paints with 4 candles being his source of light. So I think that his story might be that he couldn't find any inspiration and his masters were harsh critiques of his work, but then Jhin killed them and in that event and his philosophy behind art Hwei finally found inspiration/some kind of new power. Or maybe Jhin was the first person who finally saw potential in Hwei. It's just a theory tho, because I'm still not sure how he himself feels about his "dark" side (if he wants to get rid of it or goes along with it)

[@mroku6630]

Most of what you said was more or less confirmed in the champion insight page, Jhin and Hwei studied together, their masters were restraining Hwei because his art was dangerous to other students, Jhin killed their masters

[@kaekaeno]

@@mroku6630 Oh thanks, I only found article with his abilities, but without the story. Also if they studied together how old can Hwei be, I thought Jhin is like 40 💀

[@mroku6630]

@@kaekaeno Jhin even joined some time after Hwei did, but from the wording on the site he didnt study there for long before he did his thing, so probably the monastery houses artists of many age groups

[@FlutterSwag]

Ionia , 4 , maybe the 'golden demon' became a real azakhana after all the death and fear jhin left in his wake

[@JackBlack-qn7us]

I just hope theyre on positive or neutral terms instead of yet another rivalry. Jhin just can't make friends :D

[@i.hate.everything.]

Thanks youtube notifications.

[@Cino-Cin]

Your face looks like a notification

[@Marko_52]

​@@Cino-Cinyour notification looks like a face

[@PinkWardlol]

We got a little bit of his background in our meeting, but not much I could do with it so I'll drop my notes here: Brooding painter, creates brilliant art to confront Ionia's criminals and to comfort their victims. Haunted by his overflowing imagination, and loss of his island temple. Hwei shares these visions to ease his troubled self, while treading a path toward the one who both devastated and unlocked his artistic mind-Jhin. Comes back to him in form of intense emotional visions. Highly involved with Jhin. Rule of 3. “Art, life, death - all I’ve seen, all made clear.” edit: Posted at beginning of me watching, Necrit hits on all of the points 👌

[@milquetoastbutterscotch4015]

Theory: Hwei might not be directly connected to any of the demons but may have obtained dark knowledge regarding The Ten (Ancient Demons) and other lesser demons. His skills are closely based off of some of them already... QQ: Devastating Fire = Tybaulk WE: Fleeting Current = Ashlesh EQ: Grim Visage = Fiddlesticks EW: Gaze of the Abyss = Raum

[@UmbralScythe]

God damn this does make sense ngl, cant wait to read the bio and play him

[@Ulvorskets]

as someone who played invoker years ago, i see this as an absolute win

[@dizzyheads]

It does feel similar to Invoker but you press less keys for 1 spell Still makes me laugh that Aphelios was being compared to him though.

[@Amaruk17]

I just thought of this lol

[@markanjelloagrabio7515]

Aphelios could be cool to play if his gameplay mechanics is not weird, straight forward but not simple. Example... P snipe rifle: every skill attack mark enemy(s), extra long range reset attack. Q sickle: dash forward, splash short attacks. W cannon: minus movement speed, splash damage on hit. E boomerang: add attack speed, stack chacrum per hit, minus chacrum with every other weapons attacks. R gravitum: shoot gravity ball in target location, upon hitting enemy unit or reaching maximum range explode damaging enemy units and rooting. ... This will be more fun playing than executing 16 skillsets that can't be all done efficiently in a game and just at least 5 to 7 efficiency.

[@Frank_Art]

yeah, i understand what you mean, maybe aphelios would be better if every skill was just a Jinx Q, changes his weapon to another and so@@markanjelloagrabio7515

[@MrCoolAttitude]

Finally we're getting an invoker style champ in league.

[@Fritz_Foyer]

More like Invoker at home lmao

[@muntedspedtato7451]

invoker (simplified)

[@felipecouto1102]

Even though it is simplified compared to Invoker, its good to see Riot not making EVERYTHING that easy to play. Its a difficult game to get onboard, but the skill-ceiling on micro is not that high compared to the highceiling on macroplay

[@muntedspedtato7451]

@@felipecouto1102 oh no absolutely, even if it's simplified as a fan of both games and an invoker main I see this as an absolute win

[@nosleep268]

What pisses me off tho is them saying they don't want to make complicated champions which lead to honestly, very bad designs and then they give us Hwei xD Which I am grateful and really hyped to play him.. Just would be nice if they stick to their words for maybe.. more than a year after they say something? 😅@@felipecouto1102

[@cannelledvl1854]

One thing I like with Hwei is his connection with Jhin story wich is pretty unknown

[@HedgehogOfTheMilk]

They just told in a deep dive both of them were studying arts at the same school, there's no demon

[@mroku6630]

The relation with Jhin was explained in the champion insight post, Jhin studied together with him and killed their masters ( and probably some students too), Hwei hates Jhin for what he has done but also this event elevated him as an artist as noone was restraining him from his own way of art

[@Fae_law]

Hwei being about the number 3 connected to Jhin is possible, but I feel like it's more pointing towards the Artist "Rule of thirds", which makes a bit more sense to me, cause you know he's an artist.

[@commandoxbox3604]

There are FOUR masters in the teaser and if we count from the moment we can see hwei its the 4th second of the video. I guess this pretty much confirms it

[@georgedigby6277]

Ooh, you're saying Jhin was the fourth master and killed the other three?

[@aaabbb-zc7sx]

​​@@georgedigby6277nope.jhin was a student at the temple.maybe this hints to the fact that jhin's massacre at the temple was so close to perfection that he ended up associating 4 with perfection

[@fre4k214]

I'm surprised that Hwei wasn't released when street demon skin line dropped, that looked like a perfect theme for him

[@fadeddragon123]

Been wanting a champ like this for YEARS now.

[@Elyika]

400years of game development lets gooo

[@joaquincaceresguibovich3182]

Still, I'd say this looks more fun and cool than the average mage

[@RetroCube]

@@joaquincaceresguibovich3182Also unlike Aphelios, when he uses an ability from one of his subjects, you know they’re all on cooldown. So the counter play is a lot more obvious when you’re against him. “Oh he used a red ability, okay all his damage spells won’t be available”

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Ofc it does, it's Dota 2 lite design. @@joaquincaceresguibovich3182

[@dmsviola1]

So if you read the description, Hwei's ultimate essentially gives enemies crippling, contagious depression. What a lad.

[@DamianCRWDctrl]

Vex is gonna love him

[@justanothersadkid9434]

That mustve been a normal thing for me.

[@baronfuath5872]

i hope Hwei's ult gets colloquially termed "Vibeslayer" because it won't matter what your vibe is. he ain't just gonna check it. he gonna kill it.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

That sounds redundant when speaking of LoL players.

[@lukemarchant5263]

hope they continue making characters around this premise, super fun and dopamine champs. although some people might hate them cause of how hart it might be to play against it I'm all up for hard champs and simple ones, it would be nice to see a fighting style champ around combos, and maybe update champs like sona into this style even champs like elise jayce or nidalee could fit

[@tobbcittobbcit8899]

Im against him because he is wayy too overtuned

[@sifibruh7055]

Oh geez we gonna get a tekken champ

[@micemu3232]

Super excited about this champion, such a creative approach to a mage, beautiful design and probably so much fun to play!

[@LucretziaOfficial]

You're the only youtuber I've ever enabled notifications for. I love your videos and respect you as a person and content creator. Thanks for all the hard work you put into everything.

[@a_shadykridara4396]

Interestingly, the ruin at about 7:02 is vaguely reminiscent of a lotus in terms of shape. The lotus blossom being a recurring theme in Jhin's imagery such as his traps and the explosion that shows up in the earlier section of the reveal. Could just be a nice transition frame, but could also hold meaning, particularly considering Jhin is definately relevant to this character.

[@LP-3691]

I never really leave comments, but I have watched your lore coverage for years and have to say your level of work going into this has definitely gone noticed. Keep up the great work so that I can learn about lore from one spot, and don’t worry if you pronounce the names of places wrong, if we all do that it becomes the correction ;)

[@GeneralGrizzy]

The crushing maw ability reminds me of a hero’s of the storm ability. Orphelia i think

[@JPdrrraws]

An endless cycle of hope and despair. Like a true artist...

[@dogglesnake]

Very cool design, can't wait to see what new stuff comes from this

[@cakehunt3r442]

I hope they don't make the balance the way that only a few combinations are viable, so the whole choice is actually worth considering.

[@vo1ce147]

wellthat the way they going with. trust me i know seen this because hwei is the 4th instalment of invoker-like and usually they will balance around few viable combination

[@Steel_]

Im surprised necrit didnt draw connections with how each art might reflect another champ/region: Disaster- Q is a bit generic To pin down, but W looks like voli's lightning strike, and E, a river of flame, sounds like something ornns ram might make Serenity: Q is a river of water, W is a protective "bubble", and E is literally Nami's E. Torment: THIS is where i can definitely see hwei plagued by demons, Q might be referencing fiddle, W perhaps the demon swain dominated, and E either nocturne or eve, both deal with "claws and shadows"

[@lukashowald811]

Never been so hyped for a new champions lore but this is awesome. From a Jhin lore enjoyer

[@JohnSmith17048]

If you look at the demon as something to do with art, you could make the jump to just emotion or turmoil as what it is a demon of, keeping him in a constant cycle because he gains power from the cycle of high to low. Might fit thematically well with the artist or more specifically the tortured artist archetype of character

[@KitsuneIshis]

He reminds me a lot of Huan from Legend of Korra, emo metal-bending artistic kid :D The place he's from is also very Zen and reminds me of Ionia (Also he has the same color scheme!)

[@legoshirocha]

Also he reminds me to Davey Havok from AFI

[@ghostsuru8429]

I'm also of the opinion that serenity is the thing keeping his artistic pursuits together, not just the demon. Cause as most artists will tell you, usually the process of making art is very tormenting/frustrating, and sometimes even destructive. I love the symbolism in this champion.

[@joaovictordioud7242]

remember how nilahs skins on Lor and Lol are connected? how she was part of the coven but then switched sides to the eclipse warriors? I think Hwei is likely one of the victims on Jhins Finale on his travels to collect the weapons in the Lor histoy line we see in his cards. So no demon but just trauma born out of what he saw and had to do with his magic to protec people during the event and maybe his battle against Jhin.

[@WolfQueenLydia]

His spell VFX are so gorgeous, I think some of the most beautiful in the game. And that splash art! The fact he's also connected to Jhin in some ways I'm super excited to know more of him.

[@dirtygaming3470]

"Maybe a little hope is what makes the despair much better" - Necrit, November 2023

[@user-pe1ec9gj9m]

when i was younger i wanted to work at riot as a designer. I had an idea for udir rework that was that same mechanic (the idea being 4 animals each with some abilities each (not just a different flavor of auto attack))

[@Ttangko_]

holy some of your videos i question but most of them turn out to be so good good job

[@Scottishcyclops228]

When i saw that darkin'ish flashback, i immediately thought of praa the breachwalker, the ionian darkin from LoR. It's awakening could have been a catastrophic event, though it is unlikely

[@nebojsavelickovic5388]

I already love this, i thought he was gonna work something like this, looks cool

[@user-vr8lo3cb2h]

Necrit, man, I've been following your channel for a long time. I really like your content. But after you recently increased the amount of uploads, I've started to worry. Don't forget to rest, please. Don't exhaust yourself with such amount of work. I've watched your streams and I know how much time this is taking from you, that sometimes you're basically living in your studio. Please take care and thanks for your efforts!

[@HexxKnight]

artist vs artist im intrigued this is a way to push jhin forward more

[@Sylvie00]

I wasn’t expecting danganronpa lore thank you necrit

[@soggycookiecrumbs6065]

OWH ITS LIKE INVOKER!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@tainadeoliveira]

I found it a really nice touch that his passive is kinda like Jhin passive both in the way it works and in how it looks. The spiral that blows enemies into art

[@mr_obst3077]

10:55 I'm a Malzahar main. Ever since the patch at the beginning of Worlds, i've been getting random bel-veth voice lines during matches on summoners rift. At the beginning when spawning in, but also at random moments during the match. Every game, no matter if there was a bel-veth on either of the teams or not.

[@adrianatienza3483]

With ne Void teaser on the map, I deduce that a new dragon may be introduced in game. The Void Drake, and it's map effect is to just fuck up the creatures in the jungle camp, possibly changing the buffs they give. Scuttle could, in addition to what it does, also slow enemies in it's radius. Blue buff and red buff could change to give a void buff, whatever it'll be. And all the camps will be tougher to farm but provide more gold. That's just a theory though

[@angelofajardo7036]

not gonna lie Necrit , this video of you brings a tear in my eye lowkey , seeing you in your element without the stress / disappointement for riot and confusion , just like the old days on how you happilly revel and feed on that league Lore like it was always meant to be and articulating it and explaining alongside us , Faker's redemption and gaining his champion throne held all the timeline's in place safe from deviation and being twisted any further , now everything is in place , phreak showing up in the rift again explaining new league 2024 content , necrit eventually dissecting the void themed lore because of it , T1 skins coming right up in a bit too , and eventually jatt would arrive again to explain the crucial teamfight strategie or mechanics on how T1 beat WBG , all is well , Ty necrit keep being you , ggs.

[@raistlinmajere1000]

The splashart is stunning.

[@mikewallace9292]

Well after 2 or 3 years. Necrit you finally got your void event and now the void has taken over the rift

[@blackstyxx]

I hope everybody is having a nice day/night.

[@CM_Kha]

thanks

[@aninem.mathiesen7658]

necrits obsession about the void event is a bitt crazy but im here for it xD

[@skylofter6840]

i came for the void video stayed for the champ vid and will continue staying for the void vid lol

[@cryochick9044]

Ngl I love the 9 abilities thing. I was designing a champ with a similar idea, cept 16 abilities. Q was infernal W was Ocean E was Mountain R was Cloud. You would do the same little gimmick he has and press 2 buttons to cast 1 spell. I, don't remember all of the spells off my head and they're on a bricked phone though. I was designing it as an ixtali mage though mastering the elements

[@insertgenerichannelname]

His ultimate icon gives me Hastur (the King in yellow) vibes

[@ARat7777]

Cant wait to play him in Support, Hes really cool

[@rickyhernane2582]

Blood Moon Jhin has a paintbrush in his recall, a skin that was released 6 years ago. It reminds me of Hwei's brush as well, maybe it's related? Will Hwei ever have a Blood Moon skin?

[@runeserpent1449]

the starting of the trailer just to pause 2 seconds it killed me lmfao

[@MrListaTelefonica]

I really got hyped with the teaser for the lore

[@hapythots]

heres 1 thing i noticed, with 1 totally far out there conspiracy that would be fun. Its interesting that Hwei only shows 1 eye just like Jhin. And that eye is the opposite eye. The totally out there conspiracy theory is wouldnt it be cool if Hwei and Jhin were the same person. But split personalities. they have similar body types, both about art, and one seems to fight against it while the other has totally given in. maybe brothers, but the split personalities is cooler. And what if Jhin is the 4th "force" inside Hwei. Thats why hes all about 3. Once he gets to 4, he manifests into Jhin. Maybe they dont know they are each other and only "see" them. Or maybe they do interact without the awareness that they are in the same body. Its just an idea i thought would be cool since Jhins real identity is such a mystery.

[@johnreymonceda6258]

The kendred story about the Gray man cut to half? I don't know .... Heheeehehe

[@Warbrea_King]

Honestly it's the first thing I thought of. Seems improbable but could be really cool. I've been thinking about the concept of 2 league champions being the same character for a while now.

[@the_last_ballad]

The only issue is Hwei is in his 20s, and Jhin is in his 40/50s(he was rampaging across the countryside during Shen and Zeds past)

[@hapythots]

@@the_last_ballad its kind of a copout, but it could be that the personalities manifested have different ages. Hwei percieves himself as that old, even though his body isnt. its definitely not a very complex explanation, but it works if you wanted this theory to be real.

[@serezelveydawn]

My favorite character in Warcraft is Kael. I never got into DOTA because it felt too difficult for me (and dark, my blind ass couldn't keep up) but the only characters I would use if ever is Invoker, who used Kael as the placeholder. (I also used the dwarf sometimes but that's unrelated) so I'm really happy that league has finally made their version of Invoker. Through 2 layers of mental gymnastics, I get to play my favorite Warcraft character!

[@serezelveydawn]

Kinda disappointed he doesn't have 27 spells like the original Invoker but like understandable lmao.

[@ijudgeyou9598]

Hwei basically like popping an enhancement for ur ability which is within your control unlike a aphelios that automatically change when there are no more bullets

[@dariomarangoni5141]

Unfortunately doesn't seem there is a void event planned for next year, at least not at the moment.

[@hondragaming593]

the destroyed landscape also looks like a LOTUS TRAP

[@goldlight1322]

There’s definitely a theme going with the Ur-Demons having three arms...

[@duvanator873]

It hasnt even been 12 hours and bro straight up grinding

[@abzeromusic]

This reminds me of the LeBlanc rework. I never did like that mechanic, but we'll see if it works better in this champion.

[@donjoel6754]

Hwei seems to be an interesting Champion. His love really peeks my interest. Especially the Jhinn reference.

[@itanchiro5524]

11 minutes of Necrit throwing lore theories wilder and harder than a one piece fan. I love that.

[@parsisious6349]

I saw his ability, I saw him and immediately thought "they finally released midphelios" and I couldn't be happier

[@willi2kn]

3:20 "W+Q gives you a line of speed" -- EXCUSE ME WHAT

[@huggelion]

they did a good job making sure that qq ww ee is going to best generic option for people who panic a lot that is so kind of them

[@JohnPaul_kun]

years ago before league map got updated I use to play Invoker a hero in Dota that mess me up cause my fingers can't really master that damn hero so I quit then start trying out other games with got me to league and when aphelios shows up he was not bad cause his just changing guns but hwei's abililty Is really reminding me of the those days of messing up the ability that I was trying to cast

[@coreym.9125]

Red, yellow, blue are the 3 primary colors. It’s nice reference to traditional color theory that his abilities are in threes.

[@LliterallyTheMoon]

Also there are exactly FOUR mentors in the back at the beginning, definetly implying that jhin killed them all

[@DX2ification]

Rito is going to drop the ball for the void event like what they did to Bel'veth

[@BlackHawk21ification]

0:17 "One Hwei bigger than the other" I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE..

[@StatusClick]

This guy reminds me of Painter from the book Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson. I don't think it was intentional, seeing as the book was a part of Sanderson's Secret Project (4 books he wrote in secret during covid), and was released Q3 this year (It was Book 3).

[@hundredsg]

Thanks Necrit for simple explanation of Hwei's skills! Please now go back and explain some of these other champions...

[@jacobsonpacheco8899]

the disaster is in the shape of jhins trap with the sun too.... jesus

[@Verdant_Weru]

Invoker trial version has arrived.

[@nimadibo8553]

As I heared "10 Abilities" i crumbled under my hysteric laughter and then realized that I actually have aphelios PTSD after you mentioned it.

[@henryt9731]

Riot: a thousand dashes and blinks or a million abilities

[@kallistikaleid]

6:00 It looks like a tiger on the left and a raptor orln the right in the blue....Peter Pan food.

[@ignisvis8867]

Holy shit that's the idea I had for a possible sona remake XD You would have to combine the abilities so her kit felt more like playing an instrument

[@willi2kn]

Hwei, The Twink Mage

[@looneymar9153]

so nice of tencent to mention their little brother huawei in their game

[@Nyghtking]

If a demon of despair is involved, I imagine it's the second most aggressive one, behind Fiddlesticks. The other demons at least have to pretend to be something positive in order to perform their actions, except perhaps Nocturn, but despair is all about hopelessness, which involves the removal of connections, isolation, and the feeling of being unable to do anything.

[@tukynii]

Kinda looks like he will be very good at gluing the team comp together. Adds more damage to help to carries, more cc to help the tanks, and more enchantments to help the supports.

[@400bas1]

WQ gives you a line of speed? I love this champ

[@orkastan]

It's funny that noone swe connection of that ball on his chest to the Ahri ball on the chest. Maybe it's like speculated old lover of Ahri and maybe się knew that in this ball id demon to keep hwei alive. It's not really possibile but sone sort of connection can have.

[@fronkyj]

I feel like the sea urchin from Surf’s Up “…Broken, Broken, Broken!…”

[@QbajBe]

Riot confirmed in 2024 gameplay preview that in 2024 there is not gonna be void event.

[@anodos_]

It'd be awesome if they released a cinematic.

[@GuillerMak37]

Well, seems like League is finally getting their own Invoker.

[@quinnviandsej]

I wonder if the demon is the paint Hwei works with. That could be neat.

[@GakiWho]

Now we have Invoker in league let's gooo

[@Spacehums]

The trailer itself has a few Darkin champions highlighted. The barren area by the Ghetu Sea is also home to the Temple of Pallas, origin of our current form of Mr. Demonpants himself, Varus. So more connection to Darkin! I doubt Hwei's demon is Darkin itself, but it has some possible and cool implications. Combine that with the possibility of Void corruption too... ... I just think he's neat. :]

[@JonborgVA]

god you need a manual if you're going to fight against him

[@Rodrigosougenteboa]

Yusuke finally got hes cameo on a game

[@KhangTran-df1qx]

i didnt see the leak and when i saw the video while world is very hype

[@Gredoxx]

Cant believe V from devil may cry TM is in league this is crazy