League of Legends "THE CALL" Cinematic | Motion Designer Reacts! 

Thanks for the suggestion on this one! What should we watch next!

That little 1 second shot of the hand as Pantheon climbs is still blowing me away. It's funny how it's such a little thing but it really drives the quality home to me.

The red wookie is Ornn, God of the Forge. The few scenes where he is making a sword is significant because Ornn hasn’t forged a weapons in over a thousand years. The making of a weapon is a sign that war is coming. The ice place is Freljord. The lady on the boar (Bristle) is Sejuani. She is leading her small group of warriors (including Olaf, the dude who head butt the ice) against the Ursine (the polar bear dudes). Sejuani is part of a much larger group, but they are scattered into many smaller groups to make survival easier (less mouths to feed logic). The Ursine are followers of a god named Volibear (The bear in the clouds). The Ursine are men who can transform into bears and use lightning because they worship Volibear. They stole a cauldron from Ornn that allows any mortal to go a year without food if they drink from it. (Ornn and Volibear are brothers, but they don’t like eachother). The Ursine stole the cauldron because Volibear believes it makes men weak. (Man needs to be fighting constantly to stay strong logic). The desert area is a region of Shurima. Taliyah (the earthbending lady) and Kai’sa (purple girl) have teamed up recently to fight the Xer’sai (small(er) tunneling monsters from the Void). The Xer’sai are children of the big creature, Rek’sai. In the end, Kai’sa sacrifices herself (not in a dying way but like a freedom way) by leading Rek’sai back to the void while Taliyah seals the tunnel. Taliyah is all about protecting people and Kai’sa is all about fighting void monsters. Kai’sa’s suit is actually a living creature that created a symbiotic relationship with Kai’sa (think venom). Kai’sa was a normal human girl, but she got trapped in the void at a young age and had to fight for survival while miraculously keeping her hair, skin, and makeup beautiful. The spartan is Pantheon but also has the human name Atreus. (I’m a bit iffy on this side of the lore). Pantheon is a man that was possessed/gained the power of the aspect of war, but the aspect of war died and gave Pantheon his humanity back (or something like that). He is climbing Mount Targon which is like a magical mountain that the celestials and aspects (basically gods) reside. Few mortals are able to reach the top of Mount Targon. Those that do are granted great power. (Reason pantheon god the power of the aspect of war.) The men he encounters by the portal are the solari. They are men who worship the sun. Pantheon drives his spear into the ground because he does not have any quarrel with humans. Pantheon hates the celestials and aspects which is why he is ascending the mountain to fight them. He beats the shit out of the men, but he doesn’t kill them because his fight is with the aspects. The gold lady, Leona appears from the portal to fight Pantheon. (The look he gives her is him being glad he’s finally found the opponent he’s been looking for). Leona is the aspect of the sun and leader of the solari. During the fight, Pantheon is blasted by a giant laser, which is theorized to be a falling star from a being named Aurelion Sol. He is a giant space that created the universe and likely the final boss opponent for Pantheon. The final bit of Pantheon’s part of the video, he is using his god powers to jump back to the top of the mountain which is his ultimate in the game where he can jump halfway across the map and come crashing down on his enemies.

What I really love about this cinematic is that they show the characters' real abilities, as you use them in LoL. Sejuani can throw this thing to freeze her enemies, Pantheon can fly to distant locations with his spear, Volibear's lightnings, and so much more. And like everyone else, I would enjoy your thoughts on Warriors and Awaken :D

The scene post-fight with Pantheon (the 300 guy) where he closes his eyes and seems almost to cry as the light around him bathes his face is one of the best looking visuals I've seen in any medium.

Only now I realized that the explosion when the two shields impacted looks like a solar flare. Which is very nice considering that Leona (the female warrior in golden armour) is from an order of Solari who worship the Aspect of the Sun.

That sword going into the water was my fav scene too!!

I love seeing experts get to appreciate the greatness of Riot's work like this, and then giving such awesome feedback on the different scenes! And even though you don't know all these characters or the lore, you can still feel the vibe of the scenes and the power of their struggles through Riot's handywork - but visual and audio! Everyone is recommending Awaken and Warriors, and I couldn't agree more, but i also recommend Legends of Runeterra's "Breathe" cinematic. Legends of Runeterra is another game by Riot that uses League's universe and characters and the animation in that one is different from Awaken, Warriors, and The Call, but it's just as awesome!!

Everybody already said it in the comments, but I can't recommend "Warriors" and "Awaken" enough. These two and "The Call" are really the best Riot's cinematics in this more "realistic" style (although "The Call" is still the best in my opinion). They also have billion cinematics in more of an "Arcane style" (some of them were even done by the same studio), especially I would recommend "Tales of Runeterra" series, "Rise", "Get Jinxed" and "KDA POP/STARS". Just don't check this year's cinematic "Brink of Infinity", it was really bland in comparison to Riot's usual cinematics, that they release at the beginning of the year. Hopefully opening cinematic of 2024 will be as good as "The Call" 🤞 P.S Spartan looking guy's name is Atreus, but he also known as Pantheon.

Of all the awesome shots in the cinematic, I think that the one that blew me away the most since the first time I saw it is how the skin on the hand wrinkles around the wrist in that part where you talk about the grass moving under the guy's grip. It's such an insane detail that I caught it right away, even though it's something we see daily in real life.

first video I've seen from your channel and I find your analysis very interesting, thank you for this video.

I love your reaction sir! It's so nice to see someone passionate about the details of animation and vfx and whatnot. Thanks for uploading!

For the words first I ever heard from this man to be "Sweet bolo" is making me laugh uncontrollably.

One thing I noticed additionally to the secondary motion of the grass is how the hand and the skin is animated. It is amazing! I think they used a real hand or used really good references for that one!

This was a great breakdown, man! This (from what I have seen) is probably the most graphically amazing, but there are a lot of other League Cinematics that are definitely as epic, storytelling wise! I highly recommend 'Warriors' and 'Awaken'. :) Going on something you mentioned, I think you should check out Warriors next!

all the close ups looks real especially the hand shot i thought they snuck in a real hand in there.

2:01 Not only is the cinematic itself amazing, it becomes even better when you know each character's lore because it allows you to appreciate some of the more subtle decisions made by its writers. For example, Atreus (the Spartan, known in the game as Pantheon) is on a self-assigned quest to kill all the Aspects (basically gods who grant they powers to a host) because unlike the others who lent their powers to humans, the Aspect of War (called "the Pantheon") had completely taken over Atreus' body. It was eventually killed, freeing Atreus of its control but also leaving him with its godlike powers. That's why he planted his spear when facing the Solari soldiers and picked it up again when Leona showed up; she's the host of the Aspect of the Sun. Another example is when we see Ornn at the beginning and end of the video forging a sword. If you don't know the lore, it might seem like a weird thing to just show a blacksmith forging a single sword. The reason why it's important is because he vowed in the past to never forge a weapon again. The fact that he's making a weapon means that an event (in lore, not in the games) is coming. One important enough that justifies the Freljordian Demi-God of the Forge breaking his vow and making weapons again.

So, let's talk a bit of the characters here, at least those i know stuff about First we se Ornn, the goat-like demigod of the forge, on the Freljord, the snowy place. Then we see Sejuani, leading her tribe, looking for a magical artifact that could feed them, if i recall correctly. Then we see Taliyah and Kai'Sa, i don't know much about them, but for what i know, Taliyah is looking for a good olace for her people, and Kai'sa is just helping to fight the void. (Purple place from where the things they fight come from) Then we see Pantheon/Atreus, basically a man of absolute willpower that wields the power of gods, as he was a vessell of a god that took over his body, but during a fight against a Darkin (Big evil guy that doesn't appear here) the god inside him was slain, but the man survived, regaining control of his body and developing a hatred for gods. Sejuani and her group fight the Ursine, a group of chamans that worship the Volibear, Ornn's brother and biggest rival, basically god of the wild. Kai'sa and Taliyah fight against creatures of the void that are invading the world, in this case, the spawn or Rek'Sai, big thing that appears later. Pantheon fights Leona, a woman that also basically has a god inside her except this one doesn't just override her personality. The League universe is massive, and so expansive that what we get to see in Arcane is basic in comparison. (Not throwing hate, i loved the series)

you should check out League of Legends cinematics "Awaken" and "Warriors" too

loved this!

I think Studio Fortiche did such a great job with Arcane thanks to their success making these cinematics.

Another in the WH universe, "Victory" is incredible. The other recommendations I gave you've done already so here's hoping I don't realize this has been done as well. Wrath of the Lich King trailer is always a must.

Leonidas name is Pantheon. The flare effect from the shield clash is symbolism, as the female warrior that appears is named Leona, and is the Aspect of the Sun.

THAT is a reaction !

The spartan's name is Atreus but he is known as Pantheon its like a title thats passed down and Pantheon is the aspect of war essentially the god of war I suppose. He lost a battle to Aatrox another demi god in the universe and the god died but Atreus lived on through sheer determination to win and has small remenants of his god powers left. I guess what we saw in the cinematic was his climb to mount targon which is essentially Olympus. Any mortal that climbs it will be granted god like powers or turns into a celestial being. Atreus however doesnt really care about it he has his pride as a human and he wins battles through his sheer willpower and the gods fear him for that cause he is a man who will not bow to them and is willing to fight them if need be

The nice thing is league of legends doesn't do anything with half effort and they experiment and go all in. They have a plethora of great videos from their short story "annie" to their music video's such as kda(pop music), and even their spin offs such as the star guardians(think sailor moon inspired). Would love to see you react to various other league of legends videos.

you gotta react to more league stuff for sure!

You should definetly check out Necrit and his League lore vids. Especially the MMO related once, since they contain lots of lore that is related to all the backgrounds :D

I'll wait for the next league of legends reaction i suggest "Awaken"

The names of all the people! the guy in the forge is named Ornn, the woman on the boar is called Sejuani, the viking is Olaf, Leonidas is called Pantheon, the person he fights with the flaming sword is called Leona, Purple suit lady is named Kai'Sa, and her companion earth bender is called Taliyah, and finally the massive purple beast that erupts from the hole is called Rek'Sai.

Not enough coverage on the absolutely incredible soundtrack in breakdown… The rest was lovely ❤

I didn't see it mentioned, but I wanted to highlight how (like the abilities) we get a glimpse into the personalities of the characters portrayed. Atreus (the spartan guy) sets aside his spear when he is confronted by mortal men, but when the Celestial (a sort of demigod) Leona arrives, he essentially takes off the kid gloves. Sejuani (boar rider) also demonstrates her tendencies toward protective fury, which is a core component to both her character and her conflict with the other tribes in the region. Kai'Sa (alien chick with the purple suit) also shows her character here as she dives headlong into the tunnel made by Rek'Sai (the biggest sand worm thing) without Taliyah (the young girl accompanying her, who is actually canonically older) getting a chance to stop her. I recommend watching Necrit's video breaking down the lore implications of this, if you're interested in not just the animation and cinematography but also how they translated the story from written to video media.

if you ever feel like you want to react to another League of Legends project, you should watch Rise or Gods. I would recommend Rise. They were music videos for the anthem of their world championship tournament and they tell the story of past champions. They're really really well done as well and more anime style and less hyper realistic.

I think you found the best way to grow your channel~

For me when it shows pantheons eye that when I really questioned if it was real or not

if you want to see them flex with cinematic I recommend the music video to KD/A Villain but agree that is a great cinematic of riot there

Pantheon be like: "For humans, a shield is all I'll use"... An aspect descends to stop him "Fine, I'll bring my A game, spear and shield it is".

I know others have already given you lore dumps but I wanna give a basic rundown on every character featured in this cinematic that is currently in League of Legends, this will be in alphabetical order. Kai'Sa, otherwise known as the Daughter of the Void is the lady in the desert that has a purple suit, that purple suit is a symbiotic voidborn that attached itself to her shortly after the Void just ate her whole town when she was a child. That suit does give her several special powers such as teleportation and the use of void guns/missiles that shoot directly out of the suit. She has made it her mission in life to fight off the Void and to find her father. Her methods can be mildly questionable and pragmatic as she sees them in a "a few people can die for the greater good" kind of way. However, she seems to be perfectly willing to sacrifice herself to that cause as seen in the later parts of this cinematic. Leona, otherwise known as the Radiant Dawn and the Aspect Host of the Sun is the leader of the Solari (worshippers of the sun) faith and Host of the Aspect of the Sun (Aspects are basically gods that represent constants in mortal life, such as the sun, moon, war, etc. They are celestials that are too weak to enter the mortal realm on their own so they find a host from those that complete the climb of Mount Targon). Leona is seen here fighting off Atreus/Pantheon as he is trying to access Targon Prime through that gate, which is basically the gate to the celestial realm so he can murder the gods in a Kratos sort of style. Leona is seen about to lose when Aurelion Sol, a massive star dragon that originally made the stars shoots down a few comets that hit Atreus/Pantheon Olaf, simply known as the Berserker is a viking man who is a member of the Winter's Claw, a nomadic tribe in the Freljord which is split into several groups through "less mouths to feed" logic. The group he is in was sent to find the Cauldron of Ornn, which is prophesized to be able to leave someone full for one year if they drink out of it. The reason why Olaf agreed to go on this dangerous mission is because, according to a prophet that he spoke to, he would die a peaceful and calm death, which is a death that is looked down upon by many in the Freljord. So, if the prophet is correct, he is functionally impervious to damage until he gets too old to fight and has to lie down and rest, which is why he was seen taking several giant chunks of ice falling from the mountain onto his back without immediately dying. Ornn, otherwise known as the Fire Below the Mountain and The Freljordian Spirit God of the Forge is, well, the spirit god of the forge and the goat man making a sword in this cinematic. Ornn is a very quiet and reserved being who doesn't talk too much to others and is sibling with several other spirit gods such as the Volibear and Anivia, although Anivia isn't shown here and I'll talk about Valhir later. Ornn used to have many followers known as the Hearthblood but they were all brutally killed after Ornn had to battle it out with his brother. The reason him making weapons could be seen as signifigant to lore nerds such as myself is because he hasn't forged for thousands of years since the Hearthblood died. Pantheon, otherwise known as The Unbreakable Spear or simply Atreus (the spartan man in this cinematic) is a man whose body was taken over by the Aspect of War when he climbed Mount Targon but was deemed an unfitting host. He lost control of his body for years on end until The Aspect of War had to battle it out with the Darkin (basically demon weapon god being) Aatrox, otherwise known as the Darkin Blade. Aatrox was able to stab Pantheon directly in the chest and carve out the Aspect's power and dim his representing stars from the sky. Atreus, although incredibly hurt was able to survive and gain control of his body again, but through that experience of being an Aspect and needing to deal with Darkin and Ascended, realized that mortals should take back their lives and not let these godly beings dictate them. So he made it his mission to end all the Ascended, Aspects, Darkin, whatever stood in the way of mankind dictating themselves, he would end. Which is why he's seen fighting Leona at the top of Mount Targon, and how he reignited his godly power to launch himself upward to either take control of Aurelion or to go for round two against Leona. Rek'Sai, otherwise known as the Void Burrower and the broodmother of the Xer'Sai is a void-spawn that has her brood in the middle of the Shuriman deserts, she and her brood prey on basically every living being that comes within her hunting grounds. With a large portion of the uninhabited Shuriman desert being known as her hunting grounds. The Xer'Sai in this cinematic are the small voidborn that come out of the ground that Kai'Sai and Taliyah quickly dispose of with Rek'Sai being the largest one that Kai'Sa sacrifices herself to lead Rek'Sai back in to the Void through the void rift from which she came. Sejuani, otherwise known as the Fury of the North and the warmother (aka leader) of the Winter's Claw is the woman in armor riding the giant boar-ike animal known as Bristle. She, Olaf, and several other assigned men are going on a mission to find the cauldron of Ornn. Which is an incredibly dangerous mission because they have to enter the land of the Ursine, which is where the true worshippers of the Volibear reside, the Ursine are the man bears that can shoot lightning. The reason why Sejuani is able to freeze people is because she is an Iceborn, which means she can handle True Ice and use it to her advantage. True Ice is able to basically freeze anything that comes in contact with it. Taliyah, otherwise known as the Stoneweaver, and the Earth bender in this cinematic is a lady who was with Kai'Sa exploring the ruins of the abandoned city of Xolun, hoping to rebuild said city if they could subdue the Xer'Sai, which I have already covered along with Rek'Sai. Taliyah is very different from Kai'Sa because she has the view that no one should die and/or be sacrificed for the greater good, however she would need to take Kai'Sa's more pragmatic view when toppling that cliffside directly onto the void hole, even if it meant sacrificing one of her friends for the greater good. The Volibear, otherwise known as The Relentless Storm or Valhir is the Freljordian spirit god of the old ways of the wilds and survivalism, and the "storm" that comes with it. The Volibear's most loyal worhippers, known as the Ursine, were shown in this cinematic as the bear men that took on Sejuani and her group, along with his image being cast into the sky at several points in the cinematic as the giant bear over the mountain. The Volibear believes that society and other such "luxuries" make people weak which is why he took away the cauldron of Ornn and has it guarded by his worshippers. He is known for promoting the old ways of the wilds and survivalism, believing that that is how people should truly live their lives. And yeah I think that's it, I love League so even if this took forever to type, I had a fun time doing it!

The spartan guy name is “Pantheon”. He basically strifes to climb the mountain to ascend.

all budget went to pantheon closeups xd

WE GETTING OFF THE RIFT WITH THIS ONE BOIZ!!

plz do more react vids for league!

you should defnitly look up more cinamatics from league.

League is known for their cinematics even for people that don't play the game. You should really check out the rest of them and maybe try to go in order because it will be like a cinematic movie.

0:41 The irony is that Arcane is actually completely disconnected from the League world (at least for now). The world of Arcane and the world of League of Legends are currently 2 clearly distinct universes even though they look identical at a first glance.

Hey Man U should check out some of the god of war ragnarok trailers/ gameplay cinematic’s think u would like how they look

one of the best things about league of legends, is the lore, and all the characters back stories and environments, like going from bilgewater which is very pirate oriented, to freilord which is Vikings and the erzine, to more futuristic areas like piltover/zaun, all the way to ionia which is basically feudal japan. from memory most characters have sad or very interesting story's/lore, examples are amumu who is a mummy and a child who is cursed to be sad and alone for eternity. then there is kindred who was one beings but tore them self's apart into 2 beings lamb and a wolf, both if memory serves is basically the spirit realm grim reaper. from there we have as you call him lienitis, but his real name is pantheon, his dream was to be a baker but got thrown into war more or less and became way to powerful a warrior but with a kind heart who still wants to bake and not kill. the we have what is know as an anomaly known as shaco, he has 0 back story, and 0 lore, he is a killer jester that some how just exists for no reason and as i said he is an anomaly in this world. been playing the game since season 2 and i recommend anyone to look up all the lore even if you dont play, its personally the best lore and back story's I've seen in any game and there is so much, not just with the champs but even with the origins of there home lands

Wont be going over the 2023 cinematic! 🫣

Honestly, there's almost not a single one of these cinematics that aren't epic. One of my favorite ones, all around, is their video Phoenix. It resonates very strongly with me on a personal level. Either way, though, one of the big things they do very well is just create such an energy of... fighting through adversity and overcoming odds that it makes the audience feel like they can do it, too.

I don't think you need much understanding of the characters or the lore to get what's going on here. However, one significant thing the cinematic does not convey is this: Ornn hasn't forged a weapon in a thousand years. The fact that he is doing it now _really_ means shit's about to get real.

do the new league cinematic / ;like... all of them

Check out some of Blizzard's cinematics for Diablo 4, Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft

SImilar cinematics WARRIORS - 2020 league of legends , AWAKEN 2019 league of legends . I would HIGHLY recommend opening ceremony of 2019 league of legends world championship finals just so you understand what league is , its better then superbowl opening ceremonies 100%

watch all the lol cinematics!

now you should review their newest 2023 cinematic 🤣🤣

0:58 How're those faces or eyes "big" 🧐? They seem pretty nomal to me 🤔.

Their best Video is Awaken. Take a peek.

Nice reaction, but more importantly, are you planing to react on the best cinematic creator out there, Blizzard? :P Try some Diablo 4, Starcraft 2, Overwatch and WoW cinematics, you won't be disappointed.

Riot Games is very good with cinematics and music.

Is it... Video Game looking, Hyper Realistic, or Anime lol.

Arcane series isn't such a good introduction to the world of League of Legends For quite some time it wasn't even canon, they made it canonical now, but as "alternate reality canon" because it mismatches several eras of that world, for example Jinx and Vi should come from Zaun but in Arcane Zaun wasn't even formed yet, and portrays characters differently, for example Jayce in the main lore is kinda a giant douche Modern LoL cinematics are more about the base/main lore, previously they weren't so much, the older ones were more about portraying the game as cool experience The Call is one of the more lore-based cinematics, it even teases future events that are yet to come with that goat-demon character forging weapons because, as stated by somebody else, he hasn't forged in like a millenia and this is a call to war

JUST DONT PLAY THE GAME!!!!! completely different from what you see here you will break your keyboard.

These reaction vids seems forced and over the top for some reason