Kled and Skaarl are the pinnacle of perfectly realized thematic potential || Casual Champion Review

[@NickyBoi]

I might have lost several brain cells

[@Shabowdiadlo]

Part of the course

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Just like Kled probably.

[@Shadowenigma00]

You think you have it bad? My Kled brainrot has transcended to watching and saying. Go in. Go in. Every second of every frame. Watching and craving for murder. Hehe he. Anyways what were we talkin about?

[@MarshallCubed]

Normal kled experience

[@foolbrightw6589]

As it should bee.

[@insertuncreativenamehere]

The existence of casual champion review implies the existence of ranked competitive champion review.

[@azurabbit12]

Tbskyen

[@pedrodewaal7040]

That's called bronze to diamond one trick guide

[@mcrarburger]

@@azurabbit12 LMAO REAL

[@umomo1947]

I dont think nicky would risk lp trying to play kai'sa in ranked

[@josuke3698]

​@@azurabbit12 *vomit*

[@SkkitleDude]

Kled is the whole reason I became a top lane main, because I 1. Alone with my thoughts 2. Scream into nothingness 3. I go in

[@israelmateo2050]

Top lane kled? Nahhh, that's not what the invisible badgers command me. THE BADGERS COMMAND KLED SUPPORT!!!

[@VP-tn1ip]

men go in

[@muttwithabutt]

Exact same with me. I started in late season 4 playing mostly mid lane assassins. But favouring very "fantasy and feel" kind of champions, when Kled was released I mained him for a while and always loved going back to him after I moved on to other top lane champs (whose gameplay, imo, is better designed to "feel" like their "fantasy" p.e. Sion, Sett, K'Sante, Volibear)

[@JestersOrders]

Gonna be saying "3. I go in" for the rest of my life now, thank you for this.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

​@@VP-tn1ipMEEEEEEEN

[@thiagotaubman7505]

Another thing that's really cool is that back in the day champions had their 'allies" and "enemies" on their bio. Kled had Skaarl as his only ally and EVERY. SINGLE. CHAMPION (including himself) as his enemies

[@bastard-took-the-name-I-had]

Trust no one(except trusty steed) not even yourself

[@DSMister]

Trust no one... not even yourself.

[@k084lt3]

The enemy of your enemy is still your enemy

[@KingOfMalevolence]

Kled was made in a time where champions had this thing called "counterplay", he has so many things in his kit that work against him that it balances out his strengths. His Q deals a lot of damage, but the tether gets shorter when you land it so it's easy to run away from His W is strong but you can't control it and enemies know when it's up His E makes it very easy to stick to his enemies but it only works on the first target hit, making him weak to tanky frontlines. His R has very high damage and is a very good teamfight starter, but since you can't control it and it alerts everyone that you have used it, it's hard to land vs a specific target. And finally, his dismounted form that gets extra movement speed towards targets, extra attack range and ability to remount is balanced by the fact that he is missing half of his abilities, gets lower movement speed if not facing the opponent and only deals 80% of his normal autoattack damage. And fun fact, the guy that designed Kled only designed Kled and no other champion, and I'm not sure if this is true, but apparently a lot of Kled bugs wouldn't be fixed because that guy left Riot and Kled's code was so weird.

[@thesolarhunter]

Kled isn't a yordle, Kled is a man. Because MEN GO IN!

[@luisjauregui2197]

MEEEEEEEEN!!!

[@TAWMUD]

“Goblin noises intensify”

[@rainestorm7777]

Bro can someone please send the link to that clip 😭I’ve been referencing this quote nonstop and my friends think I’m insane

[@janjems_1210]

​@@rainestorm7777You'd find it as a Tobias Fate clip

[@_MIXUP_]

One head cannon that I like is Kled has a line where he say's "Shut yer damn hole, them badgers are listening" Then in LoR there's a card called blocking badgerbear fighting off noxians underground in its splash art Kled was telling the truth on that one

[@theamazingmaymay123]

I actually love how all the Yordles are the extreme version of each of their regions. Kled- extreme hateful, property! Poppy- SO humble, SO SELFLESS. Heim-inventor! Wild gagats Zigs- BOOM BBBBOOOM! Etc. I love them all

[@thiagotaubman7505]

Jesus chirst you're right

[@telightpryramid767]

Even vex and kennen for shadow isles and ionia

[@theamazingmaymay123]

@@telightpryramid767 yep even Gnar for Freijord,- old traditions, hard to kill Rumble - is also zaun, scrappy, self built Fizz- bligewater, tricky, “playing dirty.” Other then Teemo, Trist n Lulu who rep their own cities every Yordles is an extreme of a region, both in personality and gameplay

[@patrickcarter2829]

​@@theamazingmaymay123 Hmm. The only regions without a confirmed yordle are Targon and Shurima. [Riot, please, confirm whether Amumu is a yordle or not.]

[@DSMister]

Vex - UGH I'M SO EDGY AND I LOVE DEATH Fizz - Let's play some dirty tricks! Rumble - HE WAS ABLE TO BUILD IT IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS! Kennen - I WILL AVENGE MY STUDENTS! (also Ionia)

[@CrabKFP]

I still remember a game of ARAM where I went Kled. A teammate said "stop playing aggresive" I replied "I'm playing Kled, that ship has sailed dude". Easily one of my fav champs, specially in latin american dub because he is voiced by the same VA as Bender and Yosemite Sam

[@stefanofois2814]

Kled is League's equivalent of Soldier from TF2. Another reason to love him.

[@RealElliottRichardson]

He's like Soldier TF2 fused with Yosemite Sam who rides on top of a Roadrunner Lizard

[@thosebloodybadgers8499]

"There's no such thing as Ay-ownia, you're just a Noxian in a dress!"

[@ethanstyant9704]

​@@thosebloodybadgers8499demacian in a dress probably

[@NordicDragon1337]

My main reason to main Kled, well now its 2. 1. The starting move "Holy S#%€ Where are we? 2. The dog skin has chroma that turns Skaarl into a Dachshund and I used to have one for 15 years so I instantly got it

[@tbhriko]

Damn 15 years, that dog lived a very good life

[@zephaniahofgod1673]

RIP

[@miguelfreitas5343]

5:48 Not to forget, in his bio on the website, they'd list the champion's allies and enemies. Kled has one ally, which is Skaarl, and literally every single other champion in the game as an enemy, himself included xD

[@krok2112]

I love when champions just name random real food in their voice lines. Kled’s tacos, Ornn’s chocolate cake and Lewis’ cheeseburgers are some of my favorite canon runeterra dishes

[@NeaDann]

who the hell is lewis

[@krok2112]

@@NeaDannLewis the gator

[@bagredecartola1289]

​@@krok2112fym lewis the gator

[@wisienon9156]

Nidalee's kebab

[@krok2112]

@@bagredecartola1289fym fym lewis the gator

[@AwakeNonVal]

"Held as a war hero- I HATE BEARS"

[@jiado6893]

All the comments here need to have "I hate bears!" randomly inserted part-way.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

Yo it's Zilean

[@Hylofear]

Love how Kled actually swears in his voicelines.

[@thundergaming155]

Made up ones though, he learned that he can get passed the invsable badgers censoring him by doing it.

[@RakanMain]

This might be my favorite Casual Champion Review ever. The genuine chaotic fun in Nickys voice as he played Kled was fun

[@trollman_2345]

Glad to see someone else experiences the Kled spirit (maniacal laughing, temporary madness, suicidal bravery, genuine enjoyment of league) when playing the noxian yordle.

[@camtoons1329]

Damn, gotta love the fact that as the game goes on Nicky falls further into Kled's mindset sheerly by the funny rat man's own angry influence

[@00Clank]

Glad I'm not the only one clamoring for a Reverse Kled skin. If I had my way though, how this skin would be done is as a role reversal. Kled is now the 'mount', with his arms sticking Straight Up he holds aloft Skaarl (Who gets to wear his hat), replacing the ax attacks with tongue strikes and bites. Beartrap is Skaarl's tongue sticking to the enemy. When dismounted it's now Skaarl alone, using an acid spray in place of the pocket pistol. There's plenty of good reason to not do it this way, but I can dream. Kled is my 2nd favorite champion and I consider Kled the champion with the most perfect marriage of flavor and gameplay. Kled's gameplay fantasy is to be a hyper-aggressive, crazed maniac and that's exactly what his kit encourages you to be. Every move and his passive is geared toward this goal.

[@pok2mon421]

As a kled main, having to ACT like kled is the best part about him. Is it the best? No Is it an amazing expérience to go straight towards the enemy team because that’s what kled is about, even if you are gonna die? YES peak thematic-gameplay connexion here.

[@_wierd_2463]

In the german, Kled is voiced with a very heavy berlin accent. which is THE city known for abrasive and crazy people in germany, making his lines even funnier if you ask me

[@miguelfreitas5343]

You actually managed to say all of Kled's titles without choking... As a Kled main, I couldn't be more proud 🥺

[@myrb2622]

Ah yes the pinnacle of "MEN GO IN!!"

[@ethanstyant9704]

Last time urf rolled around he was one of my favs as I just kept pressing R once I hit lvl6

[@zorandire3946]

Nicky just having a delightful time with Kled and Skaarl while losing braincells is exactly how i feel playing the duo, I love them and one of the champions that got me into this hellhole call d League alongside Aurelion.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Best kled moment was getting a triple kill while super low health but thanks to his passive to get Skaarl back I survived long enough to win the fight

[@eray4275]

Its fun seeing how much more fun you have when you are playing a character you enjoy

[@elipatrick1352]

I'm convinced NickyBoi doesn't know you can hold Ctrl to level up abilities instead of clicking on them.

[@krok2112]

He knows, he just refuses to change his ways (I asked him on stream)

[@SkkitleDude]

Darnst've Jeoparder Is the same

[@albinotadpole6640]

I love the fact Kled has several voicelines about him feeding Skaarl with the trespassers he kills despite the fact Skaarl is an herbivore.

[@jsho574]

I don't know if it exist anymore. But on the champ bio page, they showed that Kled's only friend was Skarral and he was enemies with EVERY champion in the game, including HIMSELF.

[@TeppyTV.]

didnt expect you to have the champion review on a champion i main on the day of my birthday! ❤

[@hecatia666]

Kled is such a fun character to play and to hear even as an enemy, always brings a smile to my face! Even more since his Latin American voice actor is the same person that voices Bender from Futurama, one of my idols in voice acting And yes, playing Kled really sells you the idea of being him it's great, you even start seeing mushrooms in every corner...

[@israelmateo2050]

When I was first playing kled I heard his voice and I got an uncontrollable desire to bite his shiny metal ass

[@pessoa.nadanormal]

As a fellow ace, it makes me happy seeing the flags on the rift :]

[@Just-v-Lucy]

Another thing I love abt kled is that when dismounted you run faster towards enemies, even faster than when mounted lmao

[@tinycandleman]

"Goodbye, sweet prince" as malzahar blasts draven into the dirt had me laughing

[@MechanicMikan]

11:35 MEN GO IN moment

[@i_am_poob]

memorizing his intro was so impressive lmao

[@alexalex-gs9sp]

i am pretty sure on his friend and enemies list on some riot thing, he had every champ and himself as enemies and skarl as his only friend

[@jamesjohanek8124]

I started playing kled recently and this shows up, it was truly destined.

[@ahahjj1776]

gotta give a shoutout to how nice that gragas was in chat

[@App.ollo_]

I'm a simple man, I see Kled mentioned I go- SKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARL

[@danicosm]

I have been waiting for this video since u began this series

[@shayanazarpaikan9817]

This was one of the best casual champion reviews i loved it

[@schaedli177]

kled just does things to people... every time i play him i can not help myself to not scream "SKAAAAARL" every time i get dismounted and my friends hate me for it

[@rKhael53]

Top 5 most Badass characters in the entire lore. This MF singlehandedly saved Noxian Empire BEFORE it existed ! Also his splashart, theme and trailer are amazing !

[@Divock]

When you mentioned (I think in the season rewind) that he's voiced by Spike Spencer, I did a double take and re-listened to his lines and realized this character is in fact fantastic and probably something Riot wished their design process ended up with the majority of the time rather than on rare occasions

[@werst9]

Would be fun if they did a parody god king event with poppy and kled. Or each regions main yordle gets an over the top godly skin for some event

[@rubiconprime1429]

KLEEEEEEEEEEEEEED Nah. It’s just Kled.

[@thundergaming155]

I can respect crazy, but what kind of fool reloads in the middle of a fight?

[@MagicalBirb]

As a kled main, I pray for riot to give him a loony toons style show, i dont care if its like 6 min only, **i need it**

[@Pauli-dg2yv]

Briar has footsteps when she got that homeguard boost tho

[@pitviper6652]

My brain tried to autopilot and level up the damn abilities at the beginning of the video!! I'm should sleep.

[@oriweiss8043]

There is a line on the dialogs of yone when he askes: kled, who hurt you? It makes me think that there is more to kled then he show and that he is hiding something big. There are couple of reasons to think so: 1. Why dose noxus is the only place on runterra that have 2 yordels exept for bandel city? (Viegar and kled) 2. Why is the coldest man that hate everyone (including himself) love his steed? 3. How did he lost his eye? Someone please chack it out.

[@frozenburrito2.087]

This video is just Nickyboi’s slow transformation into Kled

[@drhives9052]

Im still reminded of Trinimmortals Kled video.... got my first pentakill with him years ago... DADDY NEEDS A NEW TRUCK

[@rKhael53]

Best part : It's really difficult to tilt with this dude. He's just so fucking funny ! And because Kled is not picked often, everyone underestimate him !

[@thundergaming155]

Except fiora’s those players just know how to stomp kleds and it scares me.

[@bored_flop]

Funny, Warwick has walking sounds as well! Ge even has different sounds when he is in the river

[@OldUsk]

Kled my secondary main other then nautilus. Ive been waiting for this, forever.

[@gexianhen]

Close to Kled release u can find Skarl footprints near bushes an the bushes will shake an Skarl scream will be ear. There where other teaser in this way, i can remember Bard logo apearing in the walls of the jungle, and tham kench laugh audio in the rivers

[@Vickiraytive]

I think Skarl being immortal and yet afraid makes sense. what could be more terrifying than being able to endure endless war, witness untold destruction and insanity, and be unable to find reprieve?

[@StratGame126]

So there is a real reason why Kled wouldn’t wear and medals or military awards: those wouldn’t be on combat uniforms. Because they make you a target for snipers, some don’t even wear rank in combat zones. And with Kled, everywhere is a combat zone.

[@00naruhina]

I used to play a lot of Kled when I was deep into my League playing days. I forget about him until I don't and then play him 10 games in a row

[@alexcat6685]

16:45 Where kled's personality is on the Girl Skaarl and vise versa, So Skaarl becomes the angerly Fueled maniac who mounted does most of the Murdering, While Kled is this lowely Scared lad being carried, When dismounted Skraal is so done of Kled being a "coward" that she flees to Sail like a Sailor, leaving Kled to fend for himself Blindly revously Screaming in courge to use his abilities. Skaarl has the hat instead of him, with the badges that she Technically earned, while Skarl is just there loving his Wonderfully insane friend, Skaarl loves alot of folk as he has no reason to hate em, Skaarl will drown your children on eyesight. She would commit a warcrime over a snack.

[@Master-GX0]

Kled is fun in latin Spanish I really value and love the organization behind the voices, even tho Kled sounds fairly similar to Blender from Futurama (given they are the same actor in latino) Yet that didn't bothered me in the slightest, what I love is one of Kled lines, the curse "Holy Sh*t where are we!?" The actor in Spanish ended up saying "Miercocholis" (miss pronounce for "recorcholis" mixed with the bad word "m*erda") "Recorcholis" could be translated as "crumbs" but in the context of the phase it was the equivalent of saying "Holy Cow where are we!?" They initially left it as "recorcholis" cuz they taught it was more fitting for a old man to say that instead of a full blown curse out of the blue. Eventually the team would have to change it to "Ay que m*erda ¿Donde estamos?" More fitting to the original source with the BEEEP censorship in it, something that was missing from the original audio since "Recorcholis" is not a curse. Thankfully they also added a new voice line for Spanish after the change, it always puts a smile in my face hearing Kled saying "recorcholis" when he gets unlived 🤣🥰 Consider your video lucky for me commenting cuz I barely never do but this is mainly because I love Kled since his release, and you also make funny content too tho ❤

[@rcbinchicken]

Nicky can you just make a second channel where you one-trick Kled and roleplay as him the whole time, instant sub I swear

[@Akuyosen]

Kled also is canonically enemies with the ENTIRE league roster, including himself, as listed in his old "relations" page on the league site

[@intercom8309]

I'm surprised there wasn't a single "MEN GO IN, MEEEEEEEEEN!!!"

[@SuperDonetra]

I just love that Kled realizes the mechanic of "2 entities in one" probably in the best way out of all champions. And him screaming all the time is funny as hell

[@mystic_jello]

Poor gragas just wanted a conversation with you lmao

[@steamerclaw]

When you know the French VA for Kled is the same as French Rammus , I think this make Kled even funnier

[@TitomaticoVlogsOficial]

Fun Fact: In the latin american version, Kled's voice actor is the same as Bender's from Futurama. This is what made Kled so popular here, and what made me start playing him before he, well, started to suck

[@tadihotado3518]

Kled is still fascinating to me, he's the perfect example of "wtf is this lore im reading" and "wtf is this gameplay"

[@kaffeene]

Shinji’s on shrooms

[@yeetmaster4877]

I have waited long for this and I can say as a kled main you are kledding

[@r_d_x2262]

i agree wit this man

[@Kalrook]

Kled and Poppy are the embodiment of "Feral, Loud husband" and "Humble, Quiet wife"

[@rKhael53]

Two of my favorite champions Ever. And for opposite reasons (except the "little yordle go dunk your face")

[@matthewwojcik576]

13:03 Cassiopeia has footstep sounds too, but you have to buy boots to get them to play.

[@Captain_Garchomp]

This is starting to slowly convince me to try out Kled

[@Suddencrown43]

Finding out that Skaarl (Or well, Kled on shrooms) essentially tells Kled to kill the enemy team, his own team, AND himself was the selling point for me.

[@sirnonsense5033]

Ty finaly someone gets it.

[@kurjao]

Kled was the last champion I genuinely got hyped for and I don't even play him, He's just that awesome.

[@cheese___cat]

the dio kled art was glorious

[@TheBreadbear]

Warwick has running sounds during bloodhunt.

[@slimer2135]

If I remember correctly, xayahs "crap" she uses when she died was originally "shit" but riot thought it didn't feel right and thought it was best to leave the cursing for the comedy character

[@phstevenswift2805]

Kled is my first toplane main and the reason I've climbed all the way up to almost Emerald. My normal playstyle in competitive games is very agro keeping people on their toes and catching them out on their mistakes, and Kled is just that personified - with the mistake being stepping 30 feet near him. I have nearly 750k mastery points on him, and I am proud to say I main him, even when I go 0/12 because Teemo exists

[@fcu2636]

i would love a high noon skin for kled that would made skarl into an ostrich

[@Vaquita_Vibes]

fun fact for the zoomers. Back in the early years when kled first came out, the LOL website had a lore page of allthe characters and would talk a bit about their lore. When you selected a champ, on the left side of the page, you would see all the connections the champion had with other champs, both good and bad. The funny thing was, Kled was enemies with every single champion that was in the game at that time, even himself. His only friend was noted to be Skarl.

[@Gashren]

Ah, yes, the Yosemite Sam of Yordles race. The most Noxiest of Noxians. General, admiral, and bully. Get out of his land... KLEEEED!

[@somerandomgamer8504]

MY BOIIIII

[@huwawej]

in polish dubbing kled and bill cipher share a VA

[@alexcat6685]

8:53 I'd say Kled is fully a sciopath, Man is fueled on emotional function 24/7, he doesn't really matucalazy think about how to really obtain his goals he's only focused on letting his ego and anger be his driving fuel in life.

[@GoldLight73]

The only part of Kled’s lore that I don’t like is drakalops being “immortal and unkillable.” Everything else is great.

[@snoovian7951]

this is beautiful

[@Duriel_]

Kled is so underrated

[@kiwwat4139]

I see you are flying the Ace banner proudly. Wonderful. So shall I today. I made 223 mini muffins and 228 mini pride flags and I shall bring them to pride today. THE ACE AGENDA WILL PREVAIL!

[@khadrathunderborn5180]

13:41 don’t know if it counts, but Rakan says “crap”

[@Mordekaiser0305]

So. Skaarl. She has two A's on her name. She's an immortal. And she's the only known member of her species. So she's unique. She's the Darkin Steed, Skaarl

[@luckypeanut9943]

Kled is easily one of riot's greatest champs, if the MMO ever happens he will be an immaculate fan favorite You're just crossing a noxian field and you hear his theme playing as they just CHARGE in and one shot you

[@alexcat6685]

15:36 I don't know if I'd called it bravery he's never shown to be scared of anything, which is a Shame because his pick line of "Courge, Total insanity you can rely on" would hit closer if he showed even he was scared. As bravery is overcoming fear not removing it, removing it is what a Sciopath or a crazy person does, Kled is a crazy person in a less intersting way without it. Back to the Violent Tendecies, It's the briar thing of "It's TOO impritical for the purpose of storytelling" where you can keep that while letting the champion be playable, Though you can get closer than like with Aeriloun soul, they straight up should've just made him be the god he is and act out like he's a Master of pieces and he's using one of his arms to make this actually fair. Anyway Kled should have a Passive in it to give you something when it off cooldown instead of Consistenly being inconsistent, while being less effective than if you had more control over the ability. Like: When Damaging champions, legendary and large monsters or Killing minions Reduce the cooldown by 1 second or every 4 Attack enhances kled's next Auto Attack, Cutting the enemy down and dealing 125 Physical damage, reduces the cooldown of Violent tendencies by 5%. Can be combined with Violent Tendencies before the final hit, that is overwritten.(as in the fourth hit turns into Max health damage, isn't enhanced by it)

[@Shadowenigma00]

One more note. Kled is also a parody of Renekton. The most dominant top laner for his entire existence up to kleds release. Kled will instead. Ride Renekton and has very similar abilities. Jump on them. They die. He never dies

[@FauxR]

Kled Is the only champ I love but it's so punishing to play from the start so It took me a while to understand and eventually get good at it.

[@laszlokaszas1003]

Kled would be the perfect champion in my eyes if Riot would add 1 thing to his kit: Kled needs a taunt his enemies in some way (preferebly in unmounted form). It would be the most Kled thing in the word, being low health and saying "c'mon hit me you big bastard"

[@kuriwashere]

FINALLY, KLEDABOI!