Smolder is too uncanny to be cute || Casual Champion Review

[@GhostyBoi7737]

I love how Nicky says "I wonder if they're gonna give Shyvana a stacking mechanic like Smolder and Asol" when her passive already has infinite stacking

[@afiqmustafayev]

No one knows what shyvana is and what she does in game

[@Wadaheeel]

​@@afiqmustafayev well i know what she does

[@JMaverick67]

Her dragon kill stacking doesn’t stack very high though

[@alysion-]

I mean, theoreticaly you're right. But if you manage to hit as little as 6 stack of her "Infinite" scaling, there something wrong, or very weird, with your game...

[@TakeruTaiki]

Wait Hes an ADC?

[@theoarnaud2835]

I like how Milo is so forgettable that you didn’t remember him for the Disney comparaison.

[@Darkprosper]

Also Neeko, Lillia... it's hard to believe that he was speaking in good faith there.

[@Ziggaton]

Dont forget Gwen, the criticism isnt as unfounded as he's making it out to be.@@Darkprosper

[@BacchusGames]

@@Darkprosper neeko and lillia are NOT trying to be disney characters, nor do they start to lean into that aesthetic. They are cute but not at all disney, which was his whole point.

[@Darkprosper]

@@BacchusGames I suppose that's subjective, but Lillia is very much the cute, quirky girl with protagonist energy that Disney has been in love with since Rapunzel (see also Anna from Frozen and Asha from Wish). Her design and especially animations are also very cartoony. Neeko maybe less, but her tone and design do lean into Disney designs in my opinion. Maybe they aren't trying to be, but they very much fit, I would say. I could very easily imagine Lillia in a Fantasia short, or a Pixar fairy-based movie. And Neeko would work perfectly as a funny sidekick in a main Disney movie.

[@LesbianJumpscare]

@@Darkprosper Neeko could never be a disney character because she is outwardly gay. Disney would never, the cowards

[@tcgjanitor9111]

I think the problem is more so they made him too cat-like instead of reptile. His release skin is even a lion with wings essentially.

[@papertowels9162]

Manticore?

[@Darkprosper]

That seems... perfectly fine to me ? I enjoy cat-like dragons, they usually are animated with sleek movement and predatory attitudes, it's awesome.

[@De_La_Evo]

I have nicknamed him Yuumi dragon

[@michaelwallace2098]

This is exactly what me and my friend were talking about. He’s just a fire cat/bat. Even cat-based dragons in media (like toothless) still look like dragons. Smolder just does not read “dragon” to me at all. Like, even his concept art screams “weird magical cat”

[@rrteppo]

In game he's alright. Just the original release trailer was really painful.

[@merikksoleil5648]

Milio is someone I'd consider in the 'cute Disney character' kind of archetype. A lot of the champions you mentioned in that aesthetic have a trope of "finding yourself", and Milio has that in spades. Not to mention he has Nu-Disney kind of logically fantastical background in how his fuemigos are. They're the cute mascot character you always have alongside the main character. Not in a Disney way in particular, but very Studio Ghibli.

[@butterlove1605]

I always hated that the term "Disney" is basically a buzzword in the League community for any champ that is mildly positive or cute. Disney didn't invent cute and happy and bubbly things but that term got thrown around with Zoe's reveal and it's unfortunately just stuck and is always so reductive and frustrating to see because it makes no sense outside of being a stupid buzzword. BUT Milio is the one time it makes sense and has actual grounds, because they openly admitted to being heavily inspired by Encanto, which you can really see.

[@f3rbus]

To me it really just comes down to the eyes. I think if they changed his sclera to yellow or green or something it could convey the dragon vibe a bit stronger. Hell, maybe even just give him glossy dark eyes to make it more puppy-like since they already are using a dog noise in his recall

[@CptApplestrudl]

Nah, I tried that in Photoshop. It doesn't do anything. His mouth needs to be way wider and he needs to have an actual snout. Making his head a bit flatter also helps.

[@FrogVoid1]

They literally made him more dragonlike already lol

[@CptApplestrudl]

@@FrogVoid1 And he needs way more.

[@jiado6893]

The other reason he looks uncanny is because his eyes are sunken into his face, and they’re both completely front-facing in parallel. Even the baby dinosaurs in Land Before Time don’t look so anthropomorphic.

[@jiado6893]

The other reason he looks uncanny is because his eyes are sunken into his face, and they’re both completely front-facing in parallel. Even the baby dinosaurs in Land Before Time don’t look so anthropomorphic.

[@wiirkirbys6981]

The thing is that in almost all the concept art they showed in the insights, the humanish face actually kind of works… because he’s not smiling. He’s either looks imperious or like he’s about to pounce, both of which work because A.) he doesn’t obviously have or use cheek muscles in those expressions, making the face seem less puffy, and B.) his eyes are narrowed. It looks much more snakelike than the weird monkey-ish face and expressions they ended up using, especially the round inset eyes. He definitely still needs a longer snout though.

[@Left4Sharkbait]

If he carried himself (and held his face) like he does in the concepts he would look much better. I love that pompous and obnoxious look he has, where he looks like he owns the place. That would be a really appealing champion while still allowing him to be cute.

[@loudwhispre9406]

Smolder is a real word, that rhymes with boulder. It's not meant to be a play on "smol". Smolder is a verb which means to burn slowly without flame. So shining sunlight through a magnifying glass would cause something to smolder (because it burns despite there being no open flame).

[@Darkprosper]

While all you said is true, it doesn't mean that it's not also a play on "smol".

[@Delta350]

i think he was just making a pun, not trying to figure out the name etymology

[@loudwhispre9406]

@@Darkprosper True, but my comment is more to do with the fact that Nicky was pronouncing it "Small-der" and not "Smolder". I find it irritating when people mispronounce words, and I figured he was saying it wrong because he's a league player (ignorant) so I explained the word.

[@TheMossEnthusiast]

Could also be Nickyboi making a dig at then using the US spelling of Smoulder

[@Skonces]

He said it right the first time, it’s definitely a pun

[@stripedhyenuh]

It's so funny that Kog'maw, a void monstrosity released in 2010 that pukes acid on people before violently exploding, still manages to be a cuter and more endearing version of what Smolder is trying to be

[@dtstar331]

14:29 To add to that, I think ASol's crown should shatter more and more the more stacks he has

[@krok2112]

Even though the whole face thing, I’m glad we got another non-human adc and the first reptile momma’s boy since Lewis

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

I’m just glad there’s a new ADC to begin with. There are so few actual bot lane champs compared to every other role

[@NOBODY-jy6hv]

Who is lewis

[@krok2112]

@@NOBODY-jy6hv the gator

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

@@krok2112 Renekton?

[@NOBODY-jy6hv]

@@krok2112 Renekton ?

[@ChincerDante]

cant wait for a legendary skin where he just say "mother, if you may?" when he ults

[@ladyilex]

Also Camavor is/was pretty much medieval Spain in Runeterra, if Viego's name and Smolder's real name weren't obvious enough.

[@Trashley112]

plus the way anyone from there says camavor with a clear spanish pronunciation

[@Morfe02]

Camavor isnt India ? because Nilah is from there and she literally has an Elephant vastaya like Ganesha

[@ladyilex]

@@Morfe02 Nilah is from Kathkan

[@Reptidin0]

Hello! I’m the person who did the Skylanders fanart! I’m honored to have a little mention about it! :)

[@yuku6921]

its kinda cool and funny how smolder, like Asol, has a stacking mechanic I love that they're leaning on the Fury keyword in Legends of Runeterra for the dragon champs hopefully, Shyvanna and possible future dragon champs also have stacking mechanic (I only remember Shyvana having a stacking mechanic in Wild rift, never played her on normal league)

[@Lolamy]

Shyvana has a stacking passive.. it's just not worth it and at most you'll get like 4-5 stacks in a game.

[@jellopuffy2974]

Important Note: As stated by the rioter that did the face fix, the changes are still not in the pbe and will most likely by applied until next patch... still looks quite terribly human tho but the problem lies in modeling and rigging and that's just so time consuming.

[@ricardoteixeira7947]

Bro just casually mentions a skylander collection to rival the gods of olympus

[@InfernoTune727]

The fact nicky has a skylanders collection makes me so happy that i am not the only one.

[@nuxborns]

12:57 holy shit, the rare voiceline

[@raiomijoseph3732]

"points made up and scores don't matter" *whistle* I caught that reference Dood

[@octaviopartida2001]

this video was so fun to watch, in particular because of all the jump scares and Nicky noises associated with those moments 😂😂😂 This is the ADC experience in league lol

[@Yummymarshy]

Mona Lisa’s smoulder, some people find him ugly others find Him cute. Also I can’t look at him without hearing “the design is very human”.

[@diogo5805]

the texture changes are nice for sure especially considering how fast they did it. i think changing the color of his skin to be not as human like could pretty much fix it for me. not doing any suggestions tho i'm not good at color theory

[@x-nimator9997]

Honestly after the quick fix with the face, smolder isn't as uncanny as it was on reveal. I mean the snout is still too small but it's a baby dragon. I guess what they could do is change the color of the belly and face so it's not like human skin? cuz other than that he looks good

[@dutssz]

following the dragon fauna as seen in Legends of Runeterra some things can be taken - Demacia has the highest range of dragons, with normal 6-limbed dragons, 4-limbed wyverns and a mix of both, as wings that protrude from the arms (mountain drake and broodmother for example). They also have the most variety of elemental dragons, with mountain, cloud and infernal drakes all coming from the region. - Ionia has aquatic dragons, with both the Empyrean and the Ocean drake being from there, and being the only physical dragons of the region atm, both have fins and gills. Reinforcing this concept the dragoling token created by some of the cards of Ionia is made out of water. -Targon is entirely inhabited by wingless, 4-limbed drakes, with the exeption of the fused firebrand, the seraphic wyvern and the gentle gem dragon, of which I don't think any of them are naturally generated. - Noxus and Freljord have less dragons and those dragons are most likely overflowing from Demacia, their neighbouring country - Shurima and the Blessed Isles don't have any dragons native to it - The only dragon in bilgewater might aswell just be another of the rare sea beasts the live in the ocean and most relevant: - Camavor dragons are all snake-like, and most likely all of them have more than one tail. Smoulder is a demacian dragon

[@seife2022]

already loved you so much before but the skylanders collection just made you my absolute favorite youtuber. Also i think it's the main reason i love smolder so much.. just the nostalgia of playing spyro in skylanders back in the day is making him so cool to me

[@Shabowdiadlo]

As someone from the funny neck extension franchise said regarding the score at the end of every video in this series "Those don't matter, what does matter is what you think about it"

[@Shadowhunter22222]

As a Nasus player, I keep dying inside while NickyBoi refuses to last-hit minions with q

[@trihexa7096]

Btw the Ruined Camavoran dragons are still based of of western dragons, just the actual medieval depictions of such where they are a bit more serpentine.

[@davidfernandez3965]

Knowing Nicky's got that skylander collection more than being "sad" is just confirming he's living my dream life

[@lightrevan2469]

If I had a nickel for every time a child dragon’s design has caused uproar for being too chibified and pug-like I would have two nickels blah blah. Kind of insane how much he resembles Skylanders Spyro, makes him more appealing to me. I definitely think changing his eyes would be a great fix, but with the tweaks they made im honestly pretty satisfied. I see the bat aspects but he almost gives me a hammerhead shark vibe that I kind of enjoy. (Also I am in the process of finishing up my skylanders collection I love you so much more now)

[@alexcat6685]

17:05 personally I would've loved they lean in him being a baby dragon that developed overtime, like grew up the more stacks he gained, evutually changing his abilities to more lean into that AD caster as his strength grew. making you feel like a litte dragon growing and maturing into a an dragon leader. making him a unique champion with a likeness to kayle but actually cool this time.

[@AnggrekBiru]

so.. In wild rift, shyvana have stacking passive(her old/PC version passive was so unreliable) , she get 8 draconic stacks whenever she kill jungle monsters, 10 if she kill champion or epic monsters, every 100 stacks she upgrade her Q, W, E, And R in the same order , so yeah, if smolder come to wildrift, every dragon have stacking passive

[@hamdepaf6686]

Ah yes, Riot was very creative with the lore again, something bad happened = "Noxus did it"

[@Nordicscholar]

Nicky, there is nothing sad about having a collection of things you like, regardless of their source. Do not be ashamed for liking things.

[@galopus2707]

Hated him at the teaser but with every day I love this goober more and more

[@itzafrogg]

same lol i thought he was so gross looking and now i’m getting really excited for him he’s cuter now

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

The face was weird at first but with the retexturing from Riot and seeing him in action, I love the little guy Also, Nicky my boi I know his face is weird but I think it’s a bit of an overreaction to it

[@truv_]

everyone has their own opinion right?

[@lesterantenor1026]

​@@truv_ yeah but not are all entitled to their opinion

[@Ziggaton]

It's a questionable design decision in a very long line of champs with some questionable design decisions, theres a reason most people cite 2014-2016 as the golden age of champion design because after that, it stared to become slowly apparent that many of the characters were made as focus tested products first and intersting designs second.

[@truv_]

@@lesterantenor1026 who are you to say that💀

[@lesterantenor1026]

@@truv_ oh sorry did i offend you?🥴

[@randomtaglmao]

I'm at the minute 6:41 and it just came this idea out of nowhere: Camavor = Camelot Yeah, Camelot is a fortress, but with something about Smolder being a breed of Royal dragons and how the visuals for Viego and Isolde on cinematics and stuff look like designs from fairytales or classic fantasy, that are really distinct compared to Demacia's clothes and general fashion, maybe all we see from "New Camavor" or whatever kingdom or nation that took place after all those years are going to be inspired on more of our irl medieval times, or at least being more grounded when compared to Demacia

[@00Clank]

The face has been worth it to hear Skyen’s fight or flight panic-rants whenever he looked at it.

[@De_La_Evo]

I'm sorry I need that uncanny mandela catalog smolder please post that image somewhere. With the signature in tact of couse.

[@fraggnum__9660]

I never had an issue with smoulder. It’s different, but I can see a number of reasons he’s sculpted that way (mainly expression / animation familiarity) and I mainly think the rest of his design overshadows that for me. He looks fun, I might learn him someday. Also 10:05 holy based, I still have the entire first game’s line barring dark Spyro and we have boxes and boxes of skylanders from when me and my little brother were kids. I wanna go back and play the first game sometime, that game was the goat honestly

[@Mimic21778]

He may be cursed but i love playing him

[@tylercunanan8255]

my god you learning so late gow to stack him properly is funny xD lot like asol, but with q insted of e exacuting minions

[@towinandsave1520]

I love smolder. Personally I love how cute it is and cape wings are SUCH GENIUS IDEA

[@mohammadalinejad728]

11:23 Bard taking his monster babies on a magical tower taking journey.

[@Mortal-Knite]

Still can't unsee and hear Nickyboi calling Smolder a Skylander 🤣🤣🤣

[@zlidavid]

This is the best series to watch drunk when trying to fall asleep prove me wrong

[@asuddenredfox3626]

So what I’m hearing is…he’s just very solid as far as being a champion is concerned. Neat. I don’t play adcs but I might pick this little guy up because that stacking mechanic on his q seems fun

[@imjustelm]

if I were that Cho’Gath, I’d hate myself, Nicky dodged pretty much all of those Qs 😭

[@otterfire4712]

I wish the face wasn't so flat. It should have been more angular/draconic. Then fill out the form with softer features. DT Tristana's dragon has a better dragon design. Another benefit to the angular dragon face, it better conveys the direction of fire from him (it's awkward how his whole body rotates to auto attack, Aurelion Sol isn't this stiff).

[@Orionuki]

I do wish smolder looked like a wurm. I think it’d be pretty cool to have more dragon body types.

[@jiado6893]

The other reason he looks uncanny is because his eyes are sunken into his face, and they’re both completely front-facing in parallel. Even the baby dinosaurs in Land Before Time don’t look so anthropomorphic.

[@angelortiz7231]

That weird statue in the base that lee sin had is an effect of the item Hubris.

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Tristana’s dragon should be the staple imo

[@mos177]

shyvana does have a stacking mechanic though she stack armor and mr whenever she kill a dragon

[@dragonegg8092]

Tbh smolder looks like they took a cartoon teletubbies face and flattened it with a frying pan and mixed with some draconic features

[@drguthrie7621]

What if as A Sol gains stacks he gets stars rotating around him, they are just visual and probably not as distinct as his old hoola-hoop but it is like he is collecting the stardust to make lil stars and gives you an idea how stacked he is

[@Alrift]

we have seen NickyBoi's Skylander collection. I feel complete. I needed this and didn't know

[@alexcat6685]

15:09 Nasus: canon: he'd have his Bag of books start to glow as his knowlegde grows higher. League Nasus his staff gets more violet. Veigar his Metal glove gains a purple hew Thresh his latern gets slitghly bigger and glows further Sion's stomach furance gains increase feums Senna's cape starts to have arms growing out of it with her eyes glowing in return Arelioun soul's Crown Leash glows with celestial energy

[@endruler8625]

Glad to see you’re also a Skylanders enjoyer, Nicky. I’ve loved the franchise since it debuted. I honestly really only play the first two games on my Wii tho, since I don’t like the art style change they did with Swap Force onward

[@windcrow5751]

Agreed. I still have mine. Its not even the visuals what got me was that swap force had a clear drop in quality that was just unplayable for me when the first two games were a big part of my childhood.

[@exentric616]

3:44 ok but that cut is too funny chogat: 😱😱💀💀

[@deadhelix]

RepiDino making smolder a skylander in their art was exactly what I imagined when i first saw him in game.

[@IamReyver]

Asol has a nemesis quest with smolder where you bank stacks with asol and if you kill either (as smolder or asol) you get the stacks

[@Malinzo]

It took me soo long to realise his (no stacks) q isnt out of mana all the time and its just the q icon

[@skyemerald4833]

It physically hurts to see nicky not using q on minions to stack

[@gofrisuto]

He realized this at 16:20

[@skyemerald4833]

@@gofrisuto still painful, it was like Briar W all over again

[@reden666]

Seeing Nicki NOT farm stacks with Q infuriated me waaaay more than Smolder's head look

[@monarkev]

YES. Seeing him Q a minion to get it low so he can auto attack it for the kill was… special

[@gofrisuto]

It was sooo satisfying seeing him realizing how he should've done that all game. I know someone will ask for the timecode, it's at 16:20

[@MarshallCubed]

The fact that nicky likes smolder's gameplay is the only reason he needs to achieve level 999 masttery

[@AquaticRiot]

nicky never apologies for being a skylander enjoying gigachad

[@leboi1477]

13:22 Shyvana has already has stacking power she gain more armor and magic res the more dragons your team kills, but yeah i get what you mean like stacking power when you kill minions

[@TheComicsKid]

I think Smolder should get a model rework even though he hasn't been out to long, I know that's kinda what the face redo was, but the snout still being to short doesn't help convince me that he is a dragon. Them redoing the eyes form human circle pupils to dragon slits was a huge step for me, but know they need to extend the snout out a little. Also the Skylander collection at 10:05 is not sad it's really good and cool(is also a Skylander fan with a big collection)

[@valentine_irl]

your skylanders collection is so important to me

[@deathray6693]

you are now my favorite youtuber, league player and has a massive skylanders collection... Please do a play through

[@armaanabdulrahim1792]

Idk if this counts but in wild rift shyvana has stacks. She gets stacks when she kills enemy champs and epic monsters. Every hundred stacks upgrade her Q,W,E,R exactly in that order

[@oswaldogonzalez9821]

1. There is this baby dragon in Vainglory, a game that came out in the mid 10's, and it was a baby dragon that actually looked like a dragon 2. Isnt Shyvana a stacking champ too??? She stackes resistences when killing the drakes.

[@CalpolMeister]

3:55 I think it works because dragons are meant to be really intelligent (at least according to dnd lore)

[@tylerdashart]

16:25 me: * waiting for nicky to press q for stacks from the beginning of the game- 😭 * nicky: * after almost 20 mins to the game* ".....wait" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 i love you man

[@alexcat6685]

17:28 I mean I would've also loved that his personality would change atleast having his growth teach him grand lessons of humility and bravery, leading him to grow from annoyingly egotistical nobody to a Real dragon. were his own ultmate goes from his Mom, to well him doing it himself: LOVE TO MOMMA: Passive: Every third Attack Smolder Fires a flame laser dealing additional Physical damage and slowing the target. Smolder flies into the air, before dashing forward blasting flames in a Line(can be redirected mid flight) Dealing physical damage, Converts the damage into Magical damage in the enemy is hit by the middle. Depeding on enemy Champions hit by the middle he will gain a shield equal to 40% of the damage he dealt. 300 stacks of Dragon pratitce: Momma will join you in the flame Spitting for 8 seconds, dealing physical damage and healing you based on each enemy champion hit 30 second cooldown, the ability now becomes a toggle that costs your mana.

[@CadoxD]

Okay. Something I don't think it's not talked about enough. In the runeterra universe people's thoughts and people's beliefs are a powerful thing. You know that's how various deaths exist that's how some spirits work. And that's how THE PORO KING came to be? (Idk that's how I think it happened in LoR) So the fact that a naive kid believed so much he could teach a new born dragon English that Farfetch? I personally don't believe so. I think it's cute that smolder got "corrupted" by a kid's innocence that he learned English... And his face became messed up (sorry I had to squeeze that joke at the end)

[@Okita78]

Smolder talking make sense to me. Parrots in the wild dont copy human language til you have them as pets.

[@RalLane]

FYI Shyvana sorta does have a stacking passive with just giving more mr and armor with killing dragons

[@CristichiEX]

Since season 4 I've been wondering "why doesn't league have a normal dragon character? Shyvana barely checks for that!". When ASol was released I liked it so much but it is more of an eastern dragon visually (which makes sense, that was the first draft for ASol as Ao Shin). And since then, I've been waiting for this exact champion. The only thing I could ask for is for it to had been designed as a support, but I'm not complaining. And by the way, with my profile picture that should not be a shock.

[@topdog_5456]

i think what they will do with dragons is having max health execute(with aurelion E and 225 stack smolder q, and mayybe shyv E on vgu) similar how almost all void champions have true damage.

[@arthurrus2329]

Technically shyv stack too . For me the face is fine cause we have cat eye and I remember in my head the fixed close up shot with the snout and scales ( funny I made corrupted nasus fan skin for ruination and hadded a mist stone that gain different dark mist stages based on how many stack he have )

[@alexcat6685]

16:43 well you get it from both, though it doesn't show it for some reason anyway it should reward you for succesuffully killing a champion with it, with 5 stacks. additionally Smolder should have something to help him last in lane like: Smolder: Lick wounds, heal after killing an enemy with your abilities or Damging an enemy champion, 40 second cooldown.(can only activate if you lack health)

[@Lapshark]

In ARAM shyv gives the team stacking MR and armor per champ kill and towers

[@louiskostasredojevic]

Lmao ''I live these'' famous words before dusaster

[@joshweber6021]

I cant lie.. i love him and find him really cute

[@Liquified-liquid]

Didn’t Shyvanna get found by some wizard and thats why she looks human? I think thats what they tried to do again with smolder they just made his face to human

[@fdyer]

oh my god the Spyro Skylanders fan art is perfect petition for Smoulder to get a spyro skin asap

[@alexcat6685]

13:44 I now realise how stupid it was to have his passive be just applied to his Q without giving him an actual passive, an actual passive is something that affects the entire playstyle or kit, singular passive are reserved to singular abilities, so Why couldn't they give him a real passive and apply that stacking passive to his Q like nasus has. nasus has the same issue where his lifesteal only matters for 1 ability so it could just be added to be a passive there instead and have his stacking mechanic be the front instead, ontop of making his W not bullshit. Like: passive Tatictian's Knowlegde, Upon killing an enemy, monster or damaging and enemy with unique attacks 3 times gain a stack of knowledge(1 minions, 1 for the combo, 2 monsters, 5 legendary monsters and champions) increasing the effectiveness of his abilities. additionally Gain Mana,(or health if full on mana)Upon taking 10% of the enemy's health. Q: Weight of guilt: Nasus enhances his staff with his knowledge, increasing his next auto attack's Range, deals increased Physical damage based on knowledge amount amd heals nasus. while active nasus can choose to launch a magical projectile that deals 70% of the damage and healing, increased damaged to low healthed Minions Killing targets will grant additional Knowledge stacks(3 minions, 5 large minions, 7 Monsters, 12 enemy champions, 30 legendary Monsters). Upon reaching 300 stacks of Knowledge the weight will increase and deal 50% of the damage around the target and shake the screen. Reaching 500 stacks weight of guilt will deal additional physical missing health damage. W: Wraiths of Time: Passive: Nasus marks enemy with wither upon damaging them 3 times, Slowing them by 20%, reducing their armor for 4 seconds. Active: Nasus sends out his wraiths in a split spiral infront, going oppisite directions into the center where they will stay realsing a Magical damaging tremor on the ground, if they have hit a target with a mark the target takes additional Magic damage(scales based on stacks),Nasus gains increased movement speed(40%) and the wraith will continue to to damage the target increasing the duration of the by mark by a second every Auto. Pulses will reduce enemy protections and increase the slow to 40% if the opponent has been marked 100 Stacks It will now cripple for 1 second. 300 Stacks sends out a third wraith in a straight line.

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

On the "hes supposed to be cute" argument about his face Another counter point to that. *gestures to reignited Spyro* we LITERALLY have a blueprint for how you can do a cute baby dragon face and they just...didnt. Theres no excuse for this uncanny creepy human baby face

[@zird_]

OH MY THAT COLLECTION IS SO NICE

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

Dragons talking is definitely an inconsistent thing. Some we've already seen can talk and are intelligent, like Aurelion Sol or Inviolus Vox. Most others just roar and growl, seemingly beasts driven by instinct.

[@Baupow]

Thresh infinitely stacks! What are some ideas to visually represent his stacks? Even if his aren’t as impactful as other stacking champs I love him and wanna know what cool ideas there are to show his stacks

[@Buuji]

"score's made up and the points don't matter" Max, is that you?

[@Oh_Gee]

i think a lot of the “outrage” over smolders face is so extremely overdone and exaggerated. he looked slightly off, but people were acting like he’s terrifying or something. i think he’s cute asf, especially with the redo

[@publiusnaso9473]

I will say it's funny that evidently every dragon in Runeterra is entirely capable of speaking in Human, but they're too arrogant to bother

[@3MAR443]

Riot still didn't released Smolder Champion spotlight, it say how Riot is confident about him

[@nellieturner5390]

"I wonder if they'll give shyv a stacking ability" She does with her passive in killing dragons, though its not very useful in comparision to Asol and Smolder

[@nonmagicalwitch]

The smolder on the portal of power is great

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My theory for the uncanny face is that Jarvan IV had an affair with another dragon.