In legends of runeterra, noxus is huge attack power, a keyword called overwhelm (units with a Overwhelm on attack still deal access damage to the enemy nexus when enemies block), and they have a lot of face damage spells. Swain actually got a quality of life update recently. He used to just have fearsome on level two, but they decided to give him overwhelm also. This makes nexus strike easier to pull off.
I know you reacted to swain league voice lines but i swear to you make a part 3 with the skin spotlight interactions now that you have explored more champions stories the interactions with other champion in league are SO GOOD, i understand if you don't want to hear them cause some do repeat with the original video you see but it really changes now that you know more of the lore and they are some new ones there which they weren't on the first video you reacted
Question answering and a bit of fun trivia We actually have very little information about Raum, so you wont get much if you try looking for it, its all very vague and minor info - befitting of a demon of secrets. Noxtoraa (mentioned in a voiceline, and in the story you read very briefly) is a monument that Noxus raises on main roads of nations it conquers, its meant to be a reminder of Noxuses power as well as respecting the dead soldiers who gave their lives for the victory. It is also important to note that Noxus develops and invests in the nations they conquer a LOT, in fact, Noxus is very known for building insane amounts of infrastructure in particular, hence why the saying "all roads lead to Noxus" Actual important bit that i want to add: it has been less than a decade since Swain took over Noxus, news doesnt spread very fast in a medieval setting, nor can reputation change drastically in such a short amount of time, this is why everyone hates Noxus and thinks they are still the same Noxus from Darkwills era, even tho it is drastically changed for the better. It also makes a lot of champion interactions sound plain ignorant tbh About the second story, i totally agree with you regarding him using his E (nevermove) to kill general Granth, as it makes the most sense and i always envisioned it like that considering its supposed to be a war room and they are probably on the opposite sides of a table (has to use a ranged skill). Also sidenote, general Granth was in LBs second story as well, he was the one who ends up being mindcontrolled by the end of it, and in Swains pt2 we see the culmination of LBs plans with Granth in the failed asassination attempt In Swains music theme, you correctly noticed the whispering which is supposed to represent Raum and secrets, but to answer your question about the language and what they are saying: its supposed to be the Noxian language (made up) but it sounds very slavic so its most likely heavily inspired/based on slavic languages, and the words that i can make out are "Slava tebi" which can be translated into "Glory to you" , so i think they are either singing in the classic style of praising Noxus (as seen in national anthems all around the world - seems most likely to me) or they are praising Swain himself (he is very selfless so i doubt its this one) Swain has done a lot of good for Noxus and its people, the common folk love him. He is far from evil, and his own quote in the gameplay trailer for league summs it up perfectly about how he views morality - it doesnt exist in his eyes, and only actions and ones will can be judged instead of their percieved fictional alignment. There isnt much information on the nature of Dariuses and Swains relationship, but reading between the lines heavily while still being rooted in lore here is my summary (most of this is not 100% confirmed be aware): Pre Raum: they probably knew about each other (as they both served on the western border briefly), and they both gained respect of each other During the Coup: Darius was one of the few allies that Swain gathered, and was instrumental to the coup (as all the soldiers in Noxus greatly respect Darius) , during this time Darius was very fed up with Darkwill, as well as being persuaded by his brother, Draven as well as Swain to join their coup. (i think Swain befriended Draven to get closer to Darius because he needed him for his coup) Post Raum and Coup: they both rule Noxus, some lore suggests they do it as equals while other lore contradicts this and says that Darius doesnt enjoy ruling much and he leaves a lot of it for Swain to take care of. Darius is mainly responsible for Noxuses armies and recruitment. On top of this it is clear that Darius agrees with *almost* everything that Swain stands for politically speaking, the only disagreement being about whether valuing ones family should be above valuing the Empire or not.
Great video as always, thanks for releasing the Pt2 of my favourite character :P As a swain OTP in LoL - around low diamond rating, i can say that he is generally fairly weak, the main issue is that you truly have to play the champion as if you were a giga brain grand general IRL, most other champs in the game allow you to make a ton of mechanical and mental mistakes and it wont end up mattering, but Swain punishes the slightest missplay you do heavily. If you dare autopilot on Swain its basically just over. With all of this said, its a ton of fun when it works out, because whenever you make a good play its always 100% earned and its fully due to you simply outplaying the enemy that you managed to find success, that is the main reason why i like him, well that and becoming an unkillable 1v5 monster during ult :P
Yeah characters like Swain, Irelia, Morde, Varus, etc, have their old lore separately on the wiki trivia and relations. You missed the Urgot relation :( but you probably remember it from Urgot reaction. That's what gives me hope of seeing Urgot in Arcane. You could do a special video on just the wiki demonology article if you want to know more about Raum and other demons. I don't remember if you reacted to his voicelines with subtitles for context (skin spotlights) or just the quotes (just another nobody) but you can see how he says the champion's secrets. Also recommend Noxus Will Rise from Shambits Gaming. And the Riot /dev diaries about Noxus
me encanta muchisimo Swain por ser mi main jaja tengo entendido que su tema si es el himno de Noxus y si no es así si queda perfecto como himno. no podría decirte que tan bueno es respecto al meta del juego ya que no estoy pendiente de ello, pero al escalar infinitamente obteniendo vida, llega un punto donde es imparable si alargan la partida lo suficiente
Cus riot is a joke of a company, this champ spotlight is outdated and some of his abilities are alot different now than there were on rework. His ravenous flock passive just gives him max health and heals every time swain gets a stack. His death's hand, visions of empire and nevermove are still somewhat the same. His ult now lasts indefinitely as long as an enemy champ is in range. Demon flare can be casted roughly 3 seconds after using demon ascension and does not deactivate the ult ability.
If you want to know more demons... It will be difficult, for the moment, we haven't not much informations about them. We have few infos in secondaries stories with Noxus like one where during Noxus war in Ionia, they found esoteric piece on demons at Fae'Lor in Syndra's Temple. Recently, we had more infos with Nilah's release and her demon Aishlesh. For the next react, why not Caitlyn ? She had voicelines and model update after Arcane Release so you have many sources to watch : - Her LoL Theme - Her LoR Theme (that's better than LoL theme imo) - Her LoR release (top 3 best level up animation, Sivir stills the best one with Nidalee) - Arcane Interaction/Comic on LoR (if I find a video, i will link in it as answer) - Short cinematic with Jayce, Target Practice for Wild Rift - Short cinematic for the new Yordle expansion on LoR : Beyond the Bandlewood - And a ton of sentences in her voicelines with Piltover and Zaun champs + funny ones with Yordles :) (Not the champion spotlight because your eyes will bleed also her kit hasn't changed so much from years) Or if you want more evil champs and who hates, you have Renata Glasc :)
I actually started playing him in wildrift, and in your best moments you feel like a dark souls boss. I do have a channel if you wanted to check out the clips… if it is insensitive for me to advertise here I will delete the rest of this comment. I am not very social media savvy.
I'll do another separate video for his interactions due to popular request.
I was just about to say that
Cant wait
In legends of runeterra, noxus is huge attack power, a keyword called overwhelm (units with a Overwhelm on attack still deal access damage to the enemy nexus when enemies block), and they have a lot of face damage spells.
Swain actually got a quality of life update recently. He used to just have fearsome on level two, but they decided to give him overwhelm also. This makes nexus strike easier to pull off.
I know you reacted to swain league voice lines but i swear to you make a part 3 with the skin spotlight interactions now that you have explored more champions stories the interactions with other champion in league are SO GOOD, i understand if you don't want to hear them cause some do repeat with the original video you see but it really changes now that you know more of the lore and they are some new ones there which they weren't on the first video you reacted
very true, would be cool to see but i doubt he will make a whole pt3 for it sadly
Question answering and a bit of fun trivia
We actually have very little information about Raum, so you wont get much if you try looking for it, its all very vague and minor info - befitting of a demon of secrets.
Noxtoraa (mentioned in a voiceline, and in the story you read very briefly) is a monument that Noxus raises on main roads of nations it conquers, its meant to be a reminder of Noxuses power as well as respecting the dead soldiers who gave their lives for the victory. It is also important to note that Noxus develops and invests in the nations they conquer a LOT, in fact, Noxus is very known for building insane amounts of infrastructure in particular, hence why the saying "all roads lead to Noxus"
Actual important bit that i want to add: it has been less than a decade since Swain took over Noxus, news doesnt spread very fast in a medieval setting, nor can reputation change drastically in such a short amount of time, this is why everyone hates Noxus and thinks they are still the same Noxus from Darkwills era, even tho it is drastically changed for the better. It also makes a lot of champion interactions sound plain ignorant tbh
About the second story, i totally agree with you regarding him using his E (nevermove) to kill general Granth, as it makes the most sense and i always envisioned it like that considering its supposed to be a war room and they are probably on the opposite sides of a table (has to use a ranged skill).
Also sidenote, general Granth was in LBs second story as well, he was the one who ends up being mindcontrolled by the end of it, and in Swains pt2 we see the culmination of LBs plans with Granth in the failed asassination attempt
In Swains music theme, you correctly noticed the whispering which is supposed to represent Raum and secrets, but to answer your question about the language and what they are saying: its supposed to be the Noxian language (made up) but it sounds very slavic so its most likely heavily inspired/based on slavic languages, and the words that i can make out are "Slava tebi" which can be translated into "Glory to you" , so i think they are either singing in the classic style of praising Noxus (as seen in national anthems all around the world - seems most likely to me) or they are praising Swain himself (he is very selfless so i doubt its this one)
Swain has done a lot of good for Noxus and its people, the common folk love him. He is far from evil, and his own quote in the gameplay trailer for league summs it up perfectly about how he views morality - it doesnt exist in his eyes, and only actions and ones will can be judged instead of their percieved fictional alignment.
There isnt much information on the nature of Dariuses and Swains relationship, but reading between the lines heavily while still being rooted in lore here is my summary (most of this is not 100% confirmed be aware):
Pre Raum: they probably knew about each other (as they both served on the western border briefly), and they both gained respect of each other
During the Coup: Darius was one of the few allies that Swain gathered, and was instrumental to the coup (as all the soldiers in Noxus greatly respect Darius) , during this time Darius was very fed up with Darkwill, as well as being persuaded by his brother, Draven as well as Swain to join their coup. (i think Swain befriended Draven to get closer to Darius because he needed him for his coup)
Post Raum and Coup: they both rule Noxus, some lore suggests they do it as equals while other lore contradicts this and says that Darius doesnt enjoy ruling much and he leaves a lot of it for Swain to take care of. Darius is mainly responsible for Noxuses armies and recruitment. On top of this it is clear that Darius agrees with *almost* everything that Swain stands for politically speaking, the only disagreement being about whether valuing ones family should be above valuing the Empire or not.
Great video as always, thanks for releasing the Pt2 of my favourite character :P
As a swain OTP in LoL - around low diamond rating, i can say that he is generally fairly weak, the main issue is that you truly have to play the champion as if you were a giga brain grand general IRL, most other champs in the game allow you to make a ton of mechanical and mental mistakes and it wont end up mattering, but Swain punishes the slightest missplay you do heavily. If you dare autopilot on Swain its basically just over.
With all of this said, its a ton of fun when it works out, because whenever you make a good play its always 100% earned and its fully due to you simply outplaying the enemy that you managed to find success, that is the main reason why i like him, well that and becoming an unkillable 1v5 monster during ult :P
Yeah characters like Swain, Irelia, Morde, Varus, etc, have their old lore separately on the wiki trivia and relations.
You missed the Urgot relation :( but you probably remember it from Urgot reaction. That's what gives me hope of seeing Urgot in Arcane.
You could do a special video on just the wiki demonology article if you want to know more about Raum and other demons.
I don't remember if you reacted to his voicelines with subtitles for context (skin spotlights) or just the quotes (just another nobody) but you can see how he says the champion's secrets.
Also recommend Noxus Will Rise from Shambits Gaming. And the Riot /dev diaries about Noxus
I played as him in wild rift he is really cool
me encanta muchisimo Swain por ser mi main jaja
tengo entendido que su tema si es el himno de Noxus y si no es así si queda perfecto como himno. no podría decirte que tan bueno es respecto al meta del juego ya que no estoy pendiente de ello, pero al escalar infinitamente obteniendo vida, llega un punto donde es imparable si alargan la partida lo suficiente
36:23 Marcus's dead corpse is shown to us in the ground after Swain kills him
Cus riot is a joke of a company, this champ spotlight is outdated and some of his abilities are alot different now than there were on rework.
His ravenous flock passive just gives him max health and heals every time swain gets a stack.
His death's hand, visions of empire and nevermove are still somewhat the same.
His ult now lasts indefinitely as long as an enemy champ is in range. Demon flare can be casted roughly 3 seconds after using demon ascension and does not deactivate the ult ability.
If you want to know more demons... It will be difficult, for the moment, we haven't not much informations about them.
We have few infos in secondaries stories with Noxus like one where during Noxus war in Ionia, they found esoteric piece on demons at Fae'Lor in Syndra's Temple.
Recently, we had more infos with Nilah's release and her demon Aishlesh.
For the next react, why not Caitlyn ? She had voicelines and model update after Arcane Release so you have many sources to watch :
- Her LoL Theme
- Her LoR Theme (that's better than LoL theme imo)
- Her LoR release (top 3 best level up animation, Sivir stills the best one with Nidalee)
- Arcane Interaction/Comic on LoR (if I find a video, i will link in it as answer)
- Short cinematic with Jayce, Target Practice for Wild Rift
- Short cinematic for the new Yordle expansion on LoR : Beyond the Bandlewood
- And a ton of sentences in her voicelines with Piltover and Zaun champs + funny ones with Yordles :)
(Not the champion spotlight because your eyes will bleed also her kit hasn't changed so much from years)
Or if you want more evil champs and who hates, you have Renata Glasc :)
Here for Cait's comics in LoR (special event after Arcane release) : ruclips.net/video/kK5uchh1-0Y/видео.html
Good suggestion thank you! I'll add Caitlyn to my list.
TIL That swain is voiced by the same guy as Snape from Harry Potter
Can you revisit the kindred? 🥺
I actually started playing him in wildrift, and in your best moments you feel like a dark souls boss.
I do have a channel if you wanted to check out the clips… if it is insensitive for me to advertise here I will delete the rest of this comment. I am not very social media savvy.