@@elpunoenojao4842no, that's a wolfman, which is the middle point between a human and a werewolf. So, yeah, maybe she can also be a wolfman but when she uses her W she is a full werewolf and when she ults she throws a bone or a stick because FUNNY
I think someone said this in Nicky's casual review of Briar. They mentioned that Briar's legs being big makes sense since she spends most of her time with her hands chained up, so outside of her frenzy mode, she primarily uses her legs for basically everything. That actually makes sense and kinda fixed the awkwardness of her proportions in my eyes.
It would for me as well if Riot ever did things like this for a design reason instead of being just for sexy. Like Sylas being jacked as f*ck even though he was literally starving while in prison.
I wouldn't call having thick legs and a small torso/arms "awkward proportions" since people like that *do* exist. The issue was Riot trying to make up bs reasons why they designed her that way instead of just owning up to wanting to make her attractive, which is fine.
I had the impression that her dagger was part flesh or something. It wasn't just a metal blade; it had some meaty center that could be 'bitten into' and torn apart
@@strawberrybird Aatrox's sword has a beating heart and and Rhaast's scythe also has an eye. We've just gotta assume these seemingly organic parts are just made of some magic, malleable metal.
@@dafroakie9984 seeing how kayn's scythe changes it's desing when transforming into rhaast and aatrox sword resized itself to fit his new form, it's quite possible that they're changing their form with hemomancy, so both weapons and prob all darkin weapons are part meat and blood.
I always saw it as figuratively speaking. Like how packs are seen as one being by always being synchronized. The dagger never “broke”, it just shows how a one of the packs (could be the leader) consumes the dagger fusing with the dagger bringing a long the pack together forming one being.
I'm really not one to talk about different champions because I'm a support main, so to no big suprise Milio was my favorite this year. He's adorable and I have a lot of fun playing him! And he's also very similiar to a brazillian mascot, so we call him Baianinho. Great video as always!!
Yes please you should include the ASUs in the rewinds, especially to tell us what you think of their model, if it fulfills and sells the fantasy and is consistent with the already established lore of the champion and what aspects you like and what aspects you don't like about the approach that Riot gave to the champion at the ASU
So, I found you through your collab with Necrit, and I'm happy to say I've found another League tuber to watch. Thank you for the fun video =) I think 2023 was a great season for League., and so far 2024 season is feeling great.
I agree about the older champion updates. Updating older champions means they can be used more in story and other events instead of being left go rot and getting one patch update a year
What the actual F?! Thank you so much for featuring me!!! LOL. I have a whole playlist of the League of Legends champions walking animation if you want to see the rest. It's in alphabetical order and we're currently at J. I'm planning on doing them all.
Time to put this out in the aether, ever since Briar came out, me and my friend group have taken to calling her Jack the Gripper, thank you, happy cursed new year!
10:25 I was just talking to my friend about this the other day. I did some digging and determined that champion quality became consistent right about Gnar’s release. At that point, Riot should of had a dedicated team solely focused on updating the older roster as they released new champions. So as champions like Jhin and Neeko were being released, you go visual updates for the other champions like Alistar and Vayne releasing the same patch as them. Then you could worry about CGU’s later. Alternate timeline though.
Every single year these recaps become funnier and funnier. You do such an amazing job and i love seeing your effort in these videos as always! Have a fun 2024 and stay awesome!
31:07 like they did the exact oppisite thing with spyro in it, where while trying to make him cool in the monster direction they forgot he already had the charm in his facial structure.
tbh as much as I hate Ionia and I wish we finally got a damn Bilgewater champion (please riot I do not count Nilah, it has been over half a decade since we got a pirate) the last champion that came from there came out 3 years ago, and in the meantime we got - 3 champions from shurima (akshan, naafiri and you can shoehorn K'Sante being from Nazumah which is in Shurima) - 3 shadow isles champions (void event) - 3 noxians (samira is included in noxus here but she could be counted into shurima just as much). - 2 Zaunites (in a row may I add) - 1 from ixtal + Skarner being announced before that - 1 void champion - 1 piltoverian champion - 1 from camavor if you include nilah into that (Kathkan is close enough) I do realise ionia is the biggest and most overloaded champion region but tbh we have seen a lot of inclusion from other regions, and so far from what we know no future champions are scheduled to be from that region. The reason why everyone is still sighning from Ionian champion release is back from the [dark] times of 2020 where they would be released in literal waves + because many people like me fucking despise most champions from that region. But honestly seeing one Ionian release in that time schedule is more than reasonable. Especially if its like Hwei who somehow isn't ionian and doesn't make me want to off myself when I'm playing against hmi.
Naafari is my favorite because her voicelines are incredible, the design is sleek and sharp, her music slaps and you can pet the Doggo! Every game I play, it’s just so fun barking at champs and then they go poof.
I am both a massive fan of Asol's current kit being thematic, AND also someone who kinda stopped playing after losing the old kit. Yeah its better, but I will miss the unique kit that was never banned.
I enjoy how the rework added new lore for asol but deep inside I’m still a sad old asol main. I dunno the game just isn’t as fun anymore but I’m happy more people are enjoying him.
Same but not a fan of the current kit. Sacrificing identity for accessibility is generally a bad move, specially when the problem is people's skill issue more than the kit itself. Not every champion is for everyone. RIP true Asol.
a thing i like to do with briar is taking her to aram and go tank. her e heals her so much i can just get in, stun someone important, and displace everyone in the enemy team, and then spread bleeding to the carries. i generally don't like being THE carry, i like to have fun, and that playstyle is very fun to me.
19:00 he cropped the bottom of the splash art lmao Also it really sucks that Jax’s reputation is ruined by the community. He’s a cool character in lore
Naafiri and Briar are my favourites. I really want to see a Briar and Rell team up roaming Noxus, righting wrongs until one day they realise...fuck those guys...and go live somewhere better.
I really like Briar everything about her The design The gameplay The voicelines But holy shit is it clear that she's some artists poorly disguised fetish
Ah yes, the classic Good Cop x Cannibal Cop relationship. They'd leave no trace, since Rell could clean up the leftover armor and weapons, while Briar cleanse up... everything else...
Hwei actually seems like a SIMPLIFIED version of Invoker, whose spells are less "differently shaped damage box with maybe a debuff" or "support" and more "invis or summon armor-stripping minions or giant manastealing burst or attack speed buff or global skillshot or weird-ass stun or tornado that makes enemies indestructable or-" and every one of those abilities functions differently depending on how much you've invested in each color ._. God damn does he earn the title Arsenal Mage
@@Yoshyguy21 As someone who played just about every MOBA, dota is the one I spent the most time with and kept coming back to. Its slower pace, deeper systems and strategic gameplay are certainly an adjustment, especially for someone coming from league, but I found it to be far more rewarding and I like their balance and design teams a LOT more than LoL's. With LoL it seemed like there some new obvious fuckup or terrible cashgrab decision every couple weeks. Dota's not as flashy, but it disn't feel like an abusive relationship. Then again, no game is for everyone. I'm sure there are plenty of people for whom League is the more enjoyable experience. There are still parts of it I miss.
@@Yoshyguy21 It's a different ecosystem of MOBAs. The example I use is Starcraft compared to Age of Empires. Starcraft is the 1000 APM game where you go hyperspeed on the micro, while AoE is a much slower game where long term decisions, careful planning, and efficiency wins in the long run, making it more macro oriented. League is a game where you spam skillshots at light speed, nuke people in 1.2 seconds, and teamfights look like a supernova condensed into 6 second window, where every small advantage leads to a snowball in the right hands, and where speed and intensity are king. Dota is a game where there is room for mistakes because of it's ample versatility/variety due to items and MANY, MANY mechanics, which makes it so that an advantageous early game can quickly be flipped back by playing the map the right way and itemizing around your given situation. The two games service the two different ends of the MOBA community, League for people that want to go fast and hit hard, Dota for people that want to have slower but far more calculated and measured engagements. Hwei is the perfect example. As a person that has more time in Dota than League, Hwei is incredibly simple compared to his Dota counterpart - but that's fine! Great even, as Invo's complexity would not work in League, while Hwei's much simpler and more directly intense kit would not fit in Dota.
@@dekhain3284 Yeah, I'm definitely more into designs that are more direct and self-contained, DotA's just too crazy and has too many elements for me (and yeah, I can't deny the fact that I'm not into the many long cooldowns it has)
@@Yoshyguy21 And that's a-okay! I hate the garbage rivalry that MOBAs have, since the only common point between 'em is the genre and their origins. The two games are so vastly different that it's bound to attract different crowds, and it's great that there is a home for both groups. I personally love both, although I sometimes get exhausted by the (to me) stupid level of nuking that League has. Whoops, the Kha'Zix jumped me, guess my 3 tank items mean nothing when a Q eats half my HP. But hey, Dota has it's own bullshit. Looking at you, Meepo mains.
I absolutely love these videos from you and I agree with just about everything you said here! I also play a lot of simpler champs with Pantheon, ASol, and Kayn being my mains but I absolutely adore playing Hwei!
I have mastery 7 with Hwei playing him as Support, gotta say, he is amazing and super fun once you get in the right mindset. Is soo good when you pull out the right spells for the right situations but expect a lot of salt from your team if you make the smallest of mistakes.
20:57 thats I reccomend this change: Blood frenzy: Briar self taunts herself, priotizing champions nearby. held: Briar slowly gains back control overherself, slowning herself while getting control to move, she will attack any enemy who's still nearby while doing this. after 1.5 seconds of holding she'll return back to normal. while I like how thematically cool it is, the praticallatiy is way too thrown out the window, This ability change could still stay as thematicall as briar is trying to become more than just a mindless weapon so unlike human's turned creatures like Sion she can gain and control helfself even if it is difficult, slowly returning back giving you the ability to control her even if its just for movement and not relying on her E as the only way to do it. 21:15 my issue with her is her passive, What's the point of it? honestly it could be a passive just added into her W and nothing would change as thats the only time its useful. I want it to actuall matter how many stacks you add on a target so your abilities can have something to be used on: Passive: Crimson curse: brair can't regerate instead gains increase health gain depending on her missing health. Brair's attacks(abilites or autos) apply a curse on a target dealing physical damage overtime and healing her for a portion of the damage dealt. each stack of Curse will grant extra effects. at Max Curse a target will be slown down every hit from Briar, Briar gains 20% lifsteal against them. Head Rush: briar leaps into a unit dealing physical damage and slowing them for 30% for 2 seconds. changes the target of blood Frenzy to the one hit. 3 stacks of Crimson Curse will cripple the target 5 stacks will Shatter armor 7 stacks will stun the opponent for 1.5 seconds Blood Frenzy/Snack Attack: Active: Brair Breaks her Pillory becoming frenzyed, where she self taunts to the nearest enemy(priotizing champions)m gaining increased MS and AS, her attacks damaging in an area around the target. 6 Curse stacks: enemies hit gain griovenus wounds. 9 Curse Stacks: Frenzy attacks increase the damage of Curse. Reactivate: Snack Attack: Briar will Enhance her next Auto to CHOMP her target, dealing physical damage based on missing health and healing her based on damage output. 4 Curse stacks: deals additional Magic damage based on curse amount. 7 Curse Stacks: increases healing gain. 9 Curse Stacks: 20% of the damage converts into true damage. Chilling(CHASER) Scream: Briar refocuses, removing Blood Frenzy State and charnging scream taking reduced damage, healing some missing health and increasing its range. realesed it deals physical damage and slows targets hit, at Maximum it will Knock enemies back and deal increased Magical damage to targets colliding with a wall. 7 Curse stacks: will knock the enemy back at any charge, deals extra magic damage onhit. 9 Curse Stacks: will Fear the Target after the knockback. A Finnally Planned death: Briar picks up a random sharp object from the ground kicking it in a direction, Marking a enemy champion hit. after the hit briar becomes heldback state, where she slows down while controlling herself she can choose to let go after reactivating the ability to beeline straight to the enemy crippling and slowing any targets nearby before going into Blood Addiction: gains the benefits from Blood Frenzy with additional protections, Attacks twice after 2, 25% tenacity and increased MS. She will not stop until either canceled by you, death of the victim or Her own. 3 Stacks of curse: Target is heavily slown by the intial hit of the sharp object, stays that way until either it or Briar have died.
28:26 oh come on man, you can't say Zoe is like the other 200 years champions who even when they miss everything, they still do a lot of damage... Unlike some broken ass champions, she actually has to hit the spells to do shit, her passive really isn't a excuse because it's meant to add damage to close up combats. But she still is a 200 years champion, mostly bacause who decided to give a incredible (and circumstancial) mobility to an artillery mage is kinda dumb, but I thank God they did it because it's just too much fun
She also has adult proportioned hips and visibly developed breasts (oh how I hate having to phrase it that way, but it feels less skeevy.) Frankly, anyone who thinks she looks like a child in her splash is fooling themselves.
man i liked the old jax mostly because he was just this menace with a hood and glowing dots inside of it with the new mask all of that mystery menancing vibe is gone
So funny thing about Pangolier from DOTA 2: he came out way after Rammus and had a very similar kit to Rammus (his ult was literally Rammus Q)... but then Riot stole Pango's W and made it Rammus' new ult.
I've always seen you through others videos, but saw this pop up on my feed and decided to give this a go, just subbed. Why ? monster hunter music. Good taste :) and some wrestling references. gj gj
I was a bit suprised that Nicky doesnt like Enchanter Gameplay as he talks about Milio. Because his most played Champion ist Ivern and he is an Enchanter. But then i remembered he plays him AP Mid😂
i actually loved naafiri to be honest,even if her lore is batshit insane on mistakes,her concept is really fun,her design is a huge W for me,and her kit is decent i just wanna know wat da dog doin
I still miss my old aurelion playstyle, in my opinion Riot did basically the same misstake again as they did with the Aatrox rework. Also they said, they will never remove a champion or change his playstyle completally, which is exactly, what they did there. The new Aurelion has a fine ability concept, but it misses the core of the old Aurelion, the early roam potencial, the movement, everything. I just don't get, why they haven't released the new Aurelion as a seperate Champion, maybe, whith a similar artstyle, we know, that Aurelion is not the only celestial beeing, so it would've been possible, to just make another one and leave the old one, how he was back then. IMO this would've been the best way to handle the situation
Yes. Thank you. That's exactly what I thought when I saw Smolder. Even the name sounds like a Skylanders name and the body/head fit the proportion of most Skylanders dragons perfectly.
ALSO, riot completely took Nicky's observation about Asol and just doubled down on what he said..... LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE SPACE PUPPER NOW!!! T.T
you are correct nicky, i clicked on the video because i saw ahri in the thumbnail i was going to watch it anyways later this week but seeing my otp gave me an extra sense of urgency
Hwei is like the super simplified version of invoker except invokers abilities have to be made and are dramatically different like summoning meteors or tornados causing emps or calling the literatal sun to attack you
Now you know. And we both have to live with one of the most likable and Based Champions lore-wise and character-wise being treated as lower than dirt, because of his „player-base”
Man, I have the exact opposite feeling about the CGU. His old appearance was "weird noodle", he looks naked without his stars, and I absolutely hate his new braindead kit. It's literally easier to play than Yuumi, and that's coming from someone who has M7 on both.
16:02 well at least they addressed it rather quickly, explaining that the mutilation of the dagger was only metaphorical, what was shattered was her conscious between the whole pack The only other Darkin capable of doing that is Varus (in a very different way) Talking about Darkins, what I really want to know is what happened with Aatrox after Atreus defeated him His sword arm was severed, this should mean he backed to his sword prison state I wonder if they'll ever explain that or we're just supposed to fill in the blanks
I will miss the actual baron model, wanted an icon as commemorate item for the actual model (season 13 yet) cause only the old santa baron has his own icon Edit: 29:20 ye... A copy of invoker... Only same thing is they got a lot of skills, that's where it ends, he can't summon things, have an absurd utility for his team, control the map whenever he pleases or be a complete menade in all lines... At the same time... Twice at the same time, while he is pushing lines like yorik
I need a fright night Briar skin where she becomes a werewolf when she frenzies
That’s genius
Problem is... There is already a werewolf in the fright night universe...
@@elpunoenojao4842make her a werecat
@@elpunoenojao4842no, that's a wolfman, which is the middle point between a human and a werewolf. So, yeah, maybe she can also be a wolfman but when she uses her W she is a full werewolf and when she ults she throws a bone or a stick because FUNNY
it won't happen, riot doesn't make cool stuff like that anymore
I think someone said this in Nicky's casual review of Briar. They mentioned that Briar's legs being big makes sense since she spends most of her time with her hands chained up, so outside of her frenzy mode, she primarily uses her legs for basically everything. That actually makes sense and kinda fixed the awkwardness of her proportions in my eyes.
It would for me as well if Riot ever did things like this for a design reason instead of being just for sexy. Like Sylas being jacked as f*ck even though he was literally starving while in prison.
@@felipecouto1102 the power of revenge (and plot armor) keeps him healthy.
bro just uses his ult to steal other people's food
I wouldn't call having thick legs and a small torso/arms "awkward proportions" since people like that *do* exist. The issue was Riot trying to make up bs reasons why they designed her that way instead of just owning up to wanting to make her attractive, which is fine.
@@felipecouto1102he’s like uncle Iroh 🔥💪🏼😎
You walk passed void grubs in the river while playing as elise all you hear is
“Get me pictures of spider-woman!”
Mine are not for kids sadly
@@khadajhin send them, J.J Jameson can make a story of the menace spider-woman being in the adult industry
The transition from Briar to Jax 💀
right through, the counter strike
jax of all characters didnt deserve to get this meme, its a funny meme, but why the wholesome jax
@@janbertguerrero6988 REDDIIIIIT
@@janbertguerrero6988 I hope it goes away next year like holy fuck jax does not deserve this
lmao
i can't believe nicky forgot to talk about neeko's CGU. she must've been super well hidden.
Neeko is not a sad tomato…she is a strong tomato!
3:38
Nah Nicky just doesn't know how to count minion waves
How bout i give you 5 bucks, and you upload an hour earlier, eh? Man's gotta sleep at that hour
(This is a joke, but I would do it)
Same
20 dollars and he will do it
Yeah
I like this idea
"what a way to end the season." - no
"what a Hwei to end the season." - yes
With Naafiri I just assumed she got split because she tried to fuse with multiple creatures that touched it at the same time.
I had the impression that her dagger was part flesh or something. It wasn't just a metal blade; it had some meaty center that could be 'bitten into' and torn apart
@@strawberrybird Aatrox's sword has a beating heart and and Rhaast's scythe also has an eye. We've just gotta assume these seemingly organic parts are just made of some magic, malleable metal.
I'd have assumed that it only corrupted the alpha of the wolves and he was strong enough to grow the dogma of Naafiri into them.
@@dafroakie9984 seeing how kayn's scythe changes it's desing when transforming into rhaast and aatrox sword resized itself to fit his new form, it's quite possible that they're changing their form with hemomancy, so both weapons and prob all darkin weapons are part meat and blood.
I always saw it as figuratively speaking. Like how packs are seen as one being by always being synchronized. The dagger never “broke”, it just shows how a one of the packs (could be the leader) consumes the dagger fusing with the dagger bringing a long the pack together forming one being.
The entire Malphite bit at 0:55 felt like a direct attack at me
I genuinely believe Nicky not getting LPP at this point is an inside joke at Riot hq at this point
Me: *Saw Ahri, clicks the thumbnail.*
Nickyboi: 11:33
I'm really not one to talk about different champions because I'm a support main, so to no big suprise Milio was my favorite this year. He's adorable and I have a lot of fun playing him! And he's also very similiar to a brazillian mascot, so we call him Baianinho. Great video as always!!
Yes please you should include the ASUs in the rewinds, especially to tell us what you think of their model, if it fulfills and sells the fantasy and is consistent with the already established lore of the champion and what aspects you like and what aspects you don't like about the approach that Riot gave to the champion at the ASU
So, I found you through your collab with Necrit, and I'm happy to say I've found another League tuber to watch. Thank you for the fun video =) I think 2023 was a great season for League., and so far 2024 season is feeling great.
I agree about the older champion updates. Updating older champions means they can be used more in story and other events instead of being left go rot and getting one patch update a year
What the actual F?! Thank you so much for featuring me!!! LOL. I have a whole playlist of the League of Legends champions walking animation if you want to see the rest. It's in alphabetical order and we're currently at J. I'm planning on doing them all.
Time to put this out in the aether, ever since Briar came out, me and my friend group have taken to calling her Jack the Gripper, thank you, happy cursed new year!
Oh my
10:25 I was just talking to my friend about this the other day. I did some digging and determined that champion quality became consistent right about Gnar’s release. At that point, Riot should of had a dedicated team solely focused on updating the older roster as they released new champions.
So as champions like Jhin and Neeko were being released, you go visual updates for the other champions like Alistar and Vayne releasing the same patch as them. Then you could worry about CGU’s later.
Alternate timeline though.
Every single year these recaps become funnier and funnier. You do such an amazing job and i love seeing your effort in these videos as always! Have a fun 2024 and stay awesome!
The maniacly edited Jhin laughter gets me in every video
31:07 like they did the exact oppisite thing with spyro in it, where while trying to make him cool in the monster direction they forgot he already had the charm in his facial structure.
And the Riot fired 70% of their staff lol
The editing in this video is top notch.
“Briar is a bit of a mixed iv bag for me”
You thought we wouldn’t notice that huh nick
tbh as much as I hate Ionia and I wish we finally got a damn Bilgewater champion (please riot I do not count Nilah, it has been over half a decade since we got a pirate) the last champion that came from there came out 3 years ago, and in the meantime we got
- 3 champions from shurima (akshan, naafiri and you can shoehorn K'Sante being from Nazumah which is in Shurima)
- 3 shadow isles champions (void event)
- 3 noxians (samira is included in noxus here but she could be counted into shurima just as much).
- 2 Zaunites (in a row may I add)
- 1 from ixtal + Skarner being announced before that
- 1 void champion
- 1 piltoverian champion
- 1 from camavor if you include nilah into that (Kathkan is close enough)
I do realise ionia is the biggest and most overloaded champion region but tbh we have seen a lot of inclusion from other regions, and so far from what we know no future champions are scheduled to be from that region. The reason why everyone is still sighning from Ionian champion release is back from the [dark] times of 2020 where they would be released in literal waves + because many people like me fucking despise most champions from that region.
But honestly seeing one Ionian release in that time schedule is more than reasonable. Especially if its like Hwei who somehow isn't ionian and doesn't make me want to off myself when I'm playing against hmi.
Naafari is my favorite because her voicelines are incredible, the design is sleek and sharp, her music slaps and you can pet the Doggo! Every game I play, it’s just so fun barking at champs and then they go poof.
I am both a massive fan of Asol's current kit being thematic, AND also someone who kinda stopped playing after losing the old kit. Yeah its better, but I will miss the unique kit that was never banned.
asol new kit feels more like he's pissed and will destroy everyone for imprisoning him... which feels extremely apt for his lore haha
I enjoy how the rework added new lore for asol but deep inside I’m still a sad old asol main. I dunno the game just isn’t as fun anymore but I’m happy more people are enjoying him.
Same but not a fan of the current kit. Sacrificing identity for accessibility is generally a bad move, specially when the problem is people's skill issue more than the kit itself. Not every champion is for everyone. RIP true Asol.
a thing i like to do with briar is taking her to aram and go tank. her e heals her so much i can just get in, stun someone important, and displace everyone in the enemy team, and then spread bleeding to the carries. i generally don't like being THE carry, i like to have fun, and that playstyle is very fun to me.
19:00 he cropped the bottom of the splash art lmao
Also it really sucks that Jax’s reputation is ruined by the community. He’s a cool character in lore
Naafiri and Briar are my favourites. I really want to see a Briar and Rell team up roaming Noxus, righting wrongs until one day they realise...fuck those guys...and go live somewhere better.
YEAH 😭 i wish briar and rell had voicelines
I really like Briar everything about her
The design
The gameplay
The voicelines
But holy shit is it clear that she's some artists poorly disguised fetish
Ah yes, the classic Good Cop x Cannibal Cop relationship. They'd leave no trace, since Rell could clean up the leftover armor and weapons, while Briar cleanse up... everything else...
amazing music choices nicky
Good one, love when you take your time to make this quality videos possible :D
30:40 ok to be fair that gragas did move that trist out of range of your charm
Hwei actually seems like a SIMPLIFIED version of Invoker, whose spells are less "differently shaped damage box with maybe a debuff" or "support" and more "invis or summon armor-stripping minions or giant manastealing burst or attack speed buff or global skillshot or weird-ass stun or tornado that makes enemies indestructable or-" and every one of those abilities functions differently depending on how much you've invested in each color ._.
God damn does he earn the title Arsenal Mage
Dota is so weird (and not in a good way IMO, I can't say it's objectively bad because it isn't but it's such an awkward game)
@@Yoshyguy21 As someone who played just about every MOBA, dota is the one I spent the most time with and kept coming back to. Its slower pace, deeper systems and strategic gameplay are certainly an adjustment, especially for someone coming from league, but I found it to be far more rewarding and I like their balance and design teams a LOT more than LoL's. With LoL it seemed like there some new obvious fuckup or terrible cashgrab decision every couple weeks. Dota's not as flashy, but it disn't feel like an abusive relationship.
Then again, no game is for everyone. I'm sure there are plenty of people for whom League is the more enjoyable experience. There are still parts of it I miss.
@@Yoshyguy21 It's a different ecosystem of MOBAs. The example I use is Starcraft compared to Age of Empires. Starcraft is the 1000 APM game where you go hyperspeed on the micro, while AoE is a much slower game where long term decisions, careful planning, and efficiency wins in the long run, making it more macro oriented.
League is a game where you spam skillshots at light speed, nuke people in 1.2 seconds, and teamfights look like a supernova condensed into 6 second window, where every small advantage leads to a snowball in the right hands, and where speed and intensity are king. Dota is a game where there is room for mistakes because of it's ample versatility/variety due to items and MANY, MANY mechanics, which makes it so that an advantageous early game can quickly be flipped back by playing the map the right way and itemizing around your given situation.
The two games service the two different ends of the MOBA community, League for people that want to go fast and hit hard, Dota for people that want to have slower but far more calculated and measured engagements. Hwei is the perfect example. As a person that has more time in Dota than League, Hwei is incredibly simple compared to his Dota counterpart - but that's fine! Great even, as Invo's complexity would not work in League, while Hwei's much simpler and more directly intense kit would not fit in Dota.
@@dekhain3284 Yeah, I'm definitely more into designs that are more direct and self-contained, DotA's just too crazy and has too many elements for me (and yeah, I can't deny the fact that I'm not into the many long cooldowns it has)
@@Yoshyguy21 And that's a-okay! I hate the garbage rivalry that MOBAs have, since the only common point between 'em is the genre and their origins. The two games are so vastly different that it's bound to attract different crowds, and it's great that there is a home for both groups. I personally love both, although I sometimes get exhausted by the (to me) stupid level of nuking that League has. Whoops, the Kha'Zix jumped me, guess my 3 tank items mean nothing when a Q eats half my HP. But hey, Dota has it's own bullshit.
Looking at you, Meepo mains.
Honestly I think banger releases for those of us that play the game casually, this year was the definition of verity
I absolutely love these videos from you and I agree with just about everything you said here! I also play a lot of simpler champs with Pantheon, ASol, and Kayn being my mains but I absolutely adore playing Hwei!
I didn’t realize Hwei’s music is in 3/4 until today. Based.
2:13
That's how I imagined that scene when I first saw it
YOOOO DUDE amazing work once again!!! Your champion rewinds are always the best! ❤❤
22:35 wow i didn't know jax muscle can breathe
Uuuugggh Aurelion's theme will never not give me goosebumps with how good that build is
I have mastery 7 with Hwei playing him as Support, gotta say, he is amazing and super fun once you get in the right mindset. Is soo good when you pull out the right spells for the right situations but expect a lot of salt from your team if you make the smallest of mistakes.
19:38
"she had childlike proportions"
*less than 15 seconds later*
"her thighs are illogically enormous"
this is missing wayy too much context
The fact new asol doesnt use stars in his new abilities is criminal
Coming back after the recent faker announcment to say, I think we know why they made the time to rush Ahri's ASU in 2023 lolol
20:57 thats I reccomend this change:
Blood frenzy:
Briar self taunts herself, priotizing champions nearby.
held: Briar slowly gains back control overherself, slowning herself while getting control to move, she will attack any enemy who's still nearby while doing this. after 1.5 seconds of holding she'll return back to normal.
while I like how thematically cool it is, the praticallatiy is way too thrown out the window, This ability change could still stay as thematicall as briar is trying to become more than just a mindless weapon so unlike human's turned creatures like Sion she can gain and control helfself even if it is difficult, slowly returning back giving you the ability to control her even if its just for movement and not relying on her E as the only way to do it.
21:15 my issue with her is her passive, What's the point of it? honestly it could be a passive just added into her W and nothing would change as thats the only time its useful.
I want it to actuall matter how many stacks you add on a target so your abilities can have something to be used on:
Passive: Crimson curse:
brair can't regerate instead gains increase health gain depending on her missing health.
Brair's attacks(abilites or autos) apply a curse on a target dealing physical damage overtime and healing her for a portion of the damage dealt.
each stack of Curse will grant extra effects.
at Max Curse a target will be slown down every hit from Briar, Briar gains 20% lifsteal against them.
Head Rush: briar leaps into a unit dealing physical damage and slowing them for 30% for 2 seconds.
changes the target of blood Frenzy to the one hit.
3 stacks of Crimson Curse will cripple the target
5 stacks will Shatter armor
7 stacks will stun the opponent for 1.5 seconds
Blood Frenzy/Snack Attack:
Active: Brair Breaks her Pillory becoming frenzyed, where she self taunts to the nearest enemy(priotizing champions)m gaining increased MS and AS, her attacks damaging in an area around the target.
6 Curse stacks: enemies hit gain griovenus wounds.
9 Curse Stacks: Frenzy attacks increase the damage of Curse.
Reactivate: Snack Attack: Briar will Enhance her next Auto to CHOMP her target, dealing physical damage based on missing health and healing her based on damage output.
4 Curse stacks: deals additional Magic damage based on curse amount.
7 Curse Stacks: increases healing gain.
9 Curse Stacks: 20% of the damage converts into true damage.
Chilling(CHASER) Scream: Briar refocuses, removing Blood Frenzy State and charnging scream taking reduced damage, healing some missing health and increasing its range. realesed it deals physical damage and slows targets hit, at Maximum it will Knock enemies back and deal increased Magical damage to targets colliding with a wall.
7 Curse stacks: will knock the enemy back at any charge, deals extra magic damage onhit.
9 Curse Stacks: will Fear the Target after the knockback.
A Finnally Planned death:
Briar picks up a random sharp object from the ground kicking it in a direction, Marking a enemy champion hit.
after the hit briar becomes heldback state, where she slows down while controlling herself she can choose to let go after reactivating the ability to beeline straight to the enemy crippling and slowing any targets nearby before going into Blood Addiction: gains the benefits from Blood Frenzy with additional protections, Attacks twice after 2, 25% tenacity and increased MS. She will not stop until either canceled by you, death of the victim or Her own.
3 Stacks of curse: Target is heavily slown by the intial hit of the sharp object, stays that way until either it or Briar have died.
aurelion sol rework still haunts my nightmares god i just want to wake up and realize the whole thing was just a foul dream. just wretched
Starting 2024 with a new ending song btw, amazing choice. Really like it!
what's the song name? it's incorrect in the description
I thought Hwei was going to be released in season 2024 since Rell was left out from season 2020
there was no preseason this time because of the ranked splits
@@lvl5goon598oh ok that explains it! Thank you for clarifying 😊
Watching this after the layoffs at riot 💀
I've been waiting for this. I always enjoy these rewinds.
28:26 oh come on man, you can't say Zoe is like the other 200 years champions who even when they miss everything, they still do a lot of damage... Unlike some broken ass champions, she actually has to hit the spells to do shit, her passive really isn't a excuse because it's meant to add damage to close up combats. But she still is a 200 years champion, mostly bacause who decided to give a incredible (and circumstancial) mobility to an artillery mage is kinda dumb, but I thank God they did it because it's just too much fun
"The splash art shows Briar with child-like proportions"
I mean, her thighs are wider than her torso in the splash art too
She also has adult proportioned hips and visibly developed breasts (oh how I hate having to phrase it that way, but it feels less skeevy.) Frankly, anyone who thinks she looks like a child in her splash is fooling themselves.
Damn naafiri and briar theme slaps
man i liked the old jax mostly because he was just this menace with a hood and glowing dots inside of it with the new mask all of that mystery menancing vibe is gone
looking back almost a year later this is my favorite year for new champs
The Milio ult description that essentially boils downs to “nUhHuH” had me dying 💀
So funny thing about Pangolier from DOTA 2: he came out way after Rammus and had a very similar kit to Rammus (his ult was literally Rammus Q)... but then Riot stole Pango's W and made it Rammus' new ult.
Why do I still crack up at 4 jokes whenever Jhin makes a sudden cameo
To be honest, I like all the champions that got out this year, it was the first time in a bit since I had fun with all the releases in a year.
I've always seen you through others videos, but saw this pop up on my feed and decided to give this a go, just subbed. Why ? monster hunter music. Good taste :) and some wrestling references. gj gj
5:37 Perhaps the goofiest edit I’ve ever seen
Really well made video, enjoyed it!!!
As always, what an incredible work !
I was a bit suprised that Nicky doesnt like Enchanter Gameplay as he talks about Milio. Because his most played Champion ist Ivern and he is an Enchanter. But then i remembered he plays him AP Mid😂
i actually loved naafiri to be honest,even if her lore is batshit insane on mistakes,her concept is really fun,her design is a huge W for me,and her kit is decent
i just wanna know wat da dog doin
itsrewindtime
naafiri is my first time on an assassin and i love her so much. shes such a cool character and i love her lines.
I'm literally just in the Ambessa Medarda & Shyvana VGU waiting room right now, everything else that comes out is just icing.
Hate how I have to wait a year for these. Wanna binge these NOW.
I still miss my old aurelion playstyle, in my opinion Riot did basically the same misstake again as they did with the Aatrox rework. Also they said, they will never remove a champion or change his playstyle completally, which is exactly, what they did there. The new Aurelion has a fine ability concept, but it misses the core of the old Aurelion, the early roam potencial, the movement, everything. I just don't get, why they haven't released the new Aurelion as a seperate Champion, maybe, whith a similar artstyle, we know, that Aurelion is not the only celestial beeing, so it would've been possible, to just make another one and leave the old one, how he was back then. IMO this would've been the best way to handle the situation
29:41 Showmaker's clip will always be hilarious lmao
18:44 WHERE ARE THEY NICKY
I really miss old asol, since the rework I don’t play with him anymore
Hey Nicky, thank you so much for making me laugh today, needed that
21:41 Please someone tell be where the "MEN GO IN" sound comes from
28:40 yes but those crucial abilities can be fired from the safe distance of half a screen away...
Yes. Thank you. That's exactly what I thought when I saw Smolder. Even the name sounds like a Skylanders name and the body/head fit the proportion of most Skylanders dragons perfectly.
Loving the Fulgore music in the background of the Briar section lol
I main Hwei and for me, Hwei is a fun champion. The thrill on which right skill you need to use in teamfights, I just love him ✨
(I play Hwei Support)
ALSO, riot completely took Nicky's observation about Asol and just doubled down on what he said..... LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE SPACE PUPPER NOW!!! T.T
the MHW music at the end took me back omg, the joy and relief of hearing that music after a 49 minute hunt
As someone who only gets to play periodically every few years, videos like this are really helpful!!!!!!
Asol was one of the first champions I ever mained in Lol. I think his update is an atrocity lmao
you are correct nicky, i clicked on the video because i saw ahri in the thumbnail
i was going to watch it anyways later this week but seeing my otp gave me an extra sense of urgency
Hwei is like the super simplified version of invoker except invokers abilities have to be made and are dramatically different like summoning meteors or tornados causing emps or calling the literatal sun to attack you
Didn't knew about this Jax situation 💀
Now you know.
And we both have to live with one of the most likable and Based Champions lore-wise and character-wise being treated as lower than dirt, because of his „player-base”
25:25 Where is the heavy saying "end" from?
I can’t get over the sky landers memes in every video it’s amazing
Man, I have the exact opposite feeling about the CGU. His old appearance was "weird noodle", he looks naked without his stars, and I absolutely hate his new braindead kit. It's literally easier to play than Yuumi, and that's coming from someone who has M7 on both.
Great stuff Nicky.
⚠️ SKARNER ACTIVITY ⚠️
Dude I had to rewatch at least twice about Briar when the Max edit showed up. And Killer instinct music?! Noice.
7:11 “He’s not overpowered, he’s lore accurate.”
You know it's a good video when it makes you laugh in the first second.
Nah wait they named dropped you and they aint letting you in the partner program. Thats wild
16:02 well at least they addressed it rather quickly, explaining that the mutilation of the dagger was only metaphorical, what was shattered was her conscious between the whole pack
The only other Darkin capable of doing that is Varus (in a very different way)
Talking about Darkins, what I really want to know is what happened with Aatrox after Atreus defeated him
His sword arm was severed, this should mean he backed to his sword prison state
I wonder if they'll ever explain that or we're just supposed to fill in the blanks
I will miss the actual baron model, wanted an icon as commemorate item for the actual model (season 13 yet) cause only the old santa baron has his own icon
Edit: 29:20 ye... A copy of invoker... Only same thing is they got a lot of skills, that's where it ends, he can't summon things, have an absurd utility for his team, control the map whenever he pleases or be a complete menade in all lines... At the same time... Twice at the same time, while he is pushing lines like yorik
Im sorry, i just dont for a second believe the "ASU´s take more work than new champions". Absolute bullshit.
True. If anything, the only difference in work is that a new champion requires finding a voice actor and designing an entire kit.
Hey! I would love Hwei being an older man, to really show he has empirical knowledge in his art.