as long as the main focus on their visuals is not being hot, it should be fine. Monsters especially Void monsters are hard to give continual lore development to bc they struggle to be more than base monsters (I have hope for Kha'zix becoming a mirror MHU insert and more Vel stories tho!) Its simply easier to deal with the void if its thru the mind of something that isn't 100% void. But since Malz has given himself over to the Void, and Kass is not impacted by the void rn due to his tools, (and Kai'sa...has issues) We need a proper void-related thing that can be a proper character. If the management team LETS the writers pull off a monster who is an actual character that would be great tho.
A Void Event might come too, there are a lot of hints left by Riot. Bard’s latest story talks about the Void, the new Malzahar story, the Arcane event in League PC shows champs killing void creatures. And the new voic champ coming with Malzahar’s story too
@@niklas6545 Hex core after being affected by shimmer tho. Heard that the hex crystals and whatnot, are remnants of the scorpion-like creatures like Skarner...
I dont think they can even do another Kaisa. Making another corrupted human isnt an option and some shitty non-void void champion like kog'maw wont happen i think we will get some good monster.
10:41 Doesn't that sound like Malzahar's R, but on a much larger scale? A hole opening under the cultists' feet (the AoE part of his R) while some of them are suspended above (the Suppress part of his R).
I’m really glad we’re getting another void champ, but I am slightly worried that it’ll be too humanoid. Reksai is one of my favourite designs in the game
If Mordekaiser is actually just biding his time before returning to Runeterra i wonder if a potential assault on the Immortal Bastion would force his return as it would probably threaten his way of returning at all.
I dont think he is biding his time. I think LeBlanc is keeping him from coming back, but if the Void attacks Noxus he may be accidentally brought back or LeBlanc might be forced to bring him back to fight the void.
@@liamwilson5670 I don't think that's the case since Morde let her vanish him, I doubt he would risk going away without a back up plan in case they try to block his way back through the Immortal Bastion
@@tahaamhaini7438 They ,or more accurately that one Riot employee, updated Jax in visual effects, great, cool even. Is it better or on the same level than a new model and art? No. Thats what people want and mean when they say visual update, usually not referring to the ability effects
I wonder if Malzahar is actually dead, and his body is just a vessel the void is using since they use words as emaciated and rigor mortis to describe him.
I think he may be decaying, or at least is slowly being consumed by the void. Like when his mind was consumed by the void, his body started the consumption process that the void typically does, but because he is overflowing with void energy, as he is *THE* void prophet, his decay/void consumption might be slowed. Idk. just my thoughts on it.
So I went and read the story to get the facts for myself, and here's what I think. 1) In the Frejlord, the Frejlordians, like Necrit said are most likely going to band together to fight the void. This is because Meir had the vision of the Old watchers, who initially went through the portal that Lissandra made and froze them there along with the rest of the Yetis, breaking out and continuing with what they were originally going to do, which is consume the Frejlord. 2) I think the new void champ might've been the thing responsible for the complete destrutcion of Icathia, as in that story, Icathia was entirely consumed when they released the void initially. One reason why it may not have been noticed is because those who go near the hole that was icathia are consumed by the visions of the Watchers and become void cultists. And after consuming Icathia there was nothing left for it to consume so it had no ability to be born yet, until the moment when Malzahar became consumed by the visions from the Watchers. He then became their strongest Zealot and continued its feast from where it left off. 3) If the void is set up to have its own event, and I'm pretty sure it's already in the process since the first void champion, the very first place that it would be happening would be in Shurima, and then moving on to Frejlord, at almost the exact time. I think this because in Vel Koz's story and bio, the Watchers where first thinking of consuming Runeterra from the Frejlord. They only moved on to other entry points, after Lissandra betrayed them, and froze some of them under the Hollowing Abyss. And in the Destruction of Icathia story, the Icathians opened a portal into the Void unleashing many of its horrors into Runeterra, which led to its destruction and consumption by the void. And of course, from the ghost shopkeeper in the Hollowing Abyss map, he gives out many lore bits about how some of the void creatures and watchers were able to get into the Frejlord, but due to there being a small number of them, were pushed down into the Abyss, where they supposedly died. But the frozen bodies of the other Watchers are still there, they are simply frozen and waiting. And although most skins don't really offer a lot in lore, the Frozen watcher skin from Vel Koz, has the little lore bit, that the watchers will eventually break out of their ice prision, find Lissandra, and attack her for what she'd done, as in Lissandra's biok she initially made a deal with the Watchers, only to betray them. EDIT: I went back to read Bard's stropy and now its just confirmed something to me. The Chimes that Bard collects have purpose more than just summoning meeps to him. It allows him to grow his cosmic power, so that he can push back the Void. In both Bard's bio and his new story, it drops little hints and lore bits about why Bard, a cosmic caretaker, came down to Runeterra. -One; Many cosmic objects found their way onto the planet, and Bard is returning them to their rightful places among the stars, as was shown in Bard's cinematic video. -Two; Bard noticed that there was a "music" that played with the population of the planet, but there was a slight corrupted note among the "world chorus" as pointed out in the Bard story. And the ones that noticed this corrupted note were the meeps, who are living manifestations of energy and expresses this enbodiment, through their "song". -Third; In the story, Bard sends the meeps out to collect "chimes" which, as told by the story teller, are to be used to stich up the cracks created by the "song" of the void. AKA, chimes are being used by Bard to fight against the corruption of the void. -Fourth; In Bard's bio, the Void, and in turn the Watchers, will eventually be able to force its way into Runeterra. And Bard will have to make the decision to fight with Runeterra, or maybe leave it to be consumed. After all, the Void isn't only fixed on Runeterra, as one last time in Bard's bio, "He can see a great conflict approaching-one fought not in any single realm, but in all." *EDIT:* Now I'm wondering fi the Void event will be before Morde's event, or after it. After all, Mordekaiser himself is preparing to invade Runeterra from the Afterlife, with his undead army of spirits, who have been consumed by his power over the dead. TLDR; I'm really excited about where Riot is planning to go with their lore and world.
@@SubZyYT tbh i think it would be better if the next VU would get Cho Gath. Malzahar has an ok Model and even tho it would be awesome for him to get it. It will be better for Cho Gath.
In Swains Interactions with Aurelion Sol, he mentions siblings. Also in Aurelion Sols story where he closes the Void Rift (the one where he kills the former pantheon) he mentioned something laughing at him from the other side. Now with this story referencing a large female void entity. It makes me wonder if the "she" is Aurelion Sols sister, as in a Void Celestial Dragon. Doesn't seem too far fetched to me.
@@raymondshelhammer7610nah that thing is ionia spirit not void being. Also if that thing is void dragon that would mean the runeterra already doom lol.
Could you imagine that there’s a Freljord story, and at the very end is something like. The three Warmothers stopped their arguments. For they heard a sound coming from the howling abyss. It was a sound all Fredljordians should recognize. It was the sound of Gregor’s horn…
People were ripped limb from limb Corrupted and had their bodies warped just by being near the void gate And yet Kaisa still has an hourglass figure even though she is covered in void skin Yea that makes sense
Yeah it's a shame really, especially when you look at her previous designs,such a missed chance because riot really fucking needs yet another sexy anime girl
@@ziongamer6905 just think at the fact that in one of her previous designs she had an arm mutated into a cannon. Now that's already something to show that she has been in the void for too long, not a scar that is not even there...
Didn't you know? Hot anime women are immune to the void. Fuck it, Shurimans should have just sent some amazon women down there and they would have won.
The newest story on Universe, “The Faceless God”, also features the Void attacking so yeah there’s definitely Void things happening Also probably new Darkin champion named Xolaani.
i love malzahar as a character and really liked this short story overall. the idea that malz' entire skull beeing a fleshy, half-incorporeal beacon of voidlight might be a really cool aspect of a "prophet" like charakter. as in: he perceived the Void with his mind, and now his brain got so corrupted that it is a beacon of pure void. i hope they expand on that idea
The veiny glint of purple between their eyes reminds me of shimmer, and im still convinced that shimmer, viktor and the hexcore and the void are all connected. Especially with the hint of void attacking noxus, and how mels family and noxus is being drawn into arcane just as viktor might be about to accidentally discover the void or somwthing
Gee a new champ I really hope they’re not made simply for marketing- Edit: what I mean by “simply for marketing” is a sexualized character. I really liked when they released Kalista and Taliyah because they defied these typical standards.
...its always for marketing...specially with riot any champ ever is a marketing tool first , nothing wrong with it but remember than in the end its only bussiness wether is a sexualized character a monster , a seraphine or wathever
The Two most anticipated events for me will be 1st The "Demon" Race (with Fiddle, Swain, Nocturne, tham Kench, evelynn) and the second one is the Void. i am so excited about those two things. (vel koz was really interesting. ) And Fiddle As well: #Arcane → "Jinx, All Your Fault... All your Fault ! " - FiddleSticks, voiceline after Rework!
OK so it seems like this Void creature eats memories, and might be a fish-like creature given all the sea imagery. I also want to note that Meir described a vision of wings, which is interesting because while spider-like Voidlings are common… the only Void creature with wings that we know of is Kha’Zix. So… maybe this new Void champion has wings as well?
And what's interesting is that Kha'Zix only has them because of evolution based on his surroundings. So this creature would be the first Void creature to have wings naturally
Kinda reminds me of Cthulhu. Wings and related to the sea, also the whole void theme is pretty Lovecraftian... Female great old one looking new champion, copium?
OH WAIT IN THE STORY WHERE ICATHIA IS CONSUMED BY THE VOID AND THE SHURIMAN ARMY ATTACKS, THERE IS AN ASCENDED THAT HAS WINGS AND IS CORRUPTED BY THE VOID, WHAT IF THATS THE NEW CHAMP?
Im telling you. I can't wait for the big inevitable void event. Im a velkoz main, so Im a big fan of the void champs. Imagine kogmaw and chogath getting a VGU. Tbh, I want a more monstrous velkoz skin
@@jamiesadf5829 i mean he is set to get a rework there is 2 reworks set next year and one is uder and the next one that is definitely chogath because he was second in line after uder
@@snaggiz because they are contradictory content. Those that care will read the stories themselves and those that don't watch "who is the most xyz" type conten. Look up what are his most watched videos.
Tbh this is a hot take but I think Reksai, Cho Gath and Kah Zix all look too similar compared to Kassadin (still think Kaisa’s design is odd as much as I love her gameplay). I just want a new cool looking monster!
I want an actual voidborn mage. Not like vel koz, he plays like a mage but he isn't "a mage". It's his physiology etc. Something like Xerath but he's voidborn or similar would be cool.
I swear Riot could've saved Kai'Sa if they just marketed her differently, they sold her as a tragic child who uses the void to fight it and misses being normal and sees herself as a monster... But they made a really cool Metroid reference with superhero visuals, if they marketed her as being as cool as she looks then all would be better
I have an idea i think you can do instead of stopping doing league story's like you said in the podcast maybe on your twitch channel every time there are new stories you can read them with the chat and upload them on your second channel ,be that getting your twitch bigger and saving time and people like me who like hearing you read stories can still get that.
If they are connected I would say that the a 1000 pierced bear skin the Eldridge looking one will be cannon. Volleybayer gets corrupted & trys to free the watchers probably
I’m pretty sure it’s a tease for a Cho rework. You can even see at 15:08 that the silhouette of Chogath is really similar to the shadow behind Malazahar
Could be a creature similar to Cho gath but honestly I’d love to see Cho get at least a vgu. That 2011 model hurts my eyes. A lot of what’s talked about with consuming does line up with Cho but the memories thing doesn’t so we’ll see.
I have a head canon that the next big League event will be something like "Battle For Icathia" kinda like the Ruination Event where champions from all over come together to push back the Void and save Icathia. I based it on the ruined king games structure, Jax and Zilean work together, Zilean keeps the Void corruption at bay while Jax travels the world trying to find the strongest warriors. So it's like Jax is the main character and collects the strongest champions he can find and brings them back to Icathia. And along the way they encounter various Void champions and gain aid from Kassadin and Kai'sa as they try and stop Malzahar from strengthening the Void Rifts. My initial list of champs that Jax picks: Ekko (Zilean sees potential in Ekko) Tristana (The best Bandle Gunner) Tryndamere (He wants to go to Shurima to learn more about the Watchers and maybe find Aatrox) Leona (She wants to protect Targon since its next to Shurima, and look for Diana after Ruination) Taliyah (She wants to protect her home) Qiyana (Ixtal is super close to Icathia and figures this will grant her favor from her people) Sion (Swain sends Sion to protect Noxian colonizers in Shurima) Samira (Same reason as above) Shen (Senses the Void corruption and wants to cleanse it) Rumble (There because Tristana is there) Fiora (Only one that best Jax in a duel)
@@nickolausanker4571 I don't know specifically, this was more of just preliminary ideas. Maybe for a fun interaction they keep score of who won rounds of dueling.
Possible incoming Cho'gath rework?????? I just hope it's like the Fiddle rework and remains faithful to the original Cho, he doesn't really need to be redesigned from the ground up. Just give him some kind of gap-closer and some defensive utility so he can be a proper tank, and make him look less like the Violator from Spawn while still being a huge dinosaur monster and I'll be happy!
@@patrickcarter2829 Interesting. Cho'gath and Sona were the first champions I ever mained, and Cho is my highest mastery! I will have to check that out.
Possible and i hope him and this new void champion will come into the game as well. I hope for Malzahar to get an asu as well because his skins and his models suck assss literally so trash, and cho would look so good with his new rework like Corporate Mundo looks so good imagine Gentleman Cho omggggg
"Ice breaking, things tumbling upwards and out" that could easly connect the vision with Freijord, like that sounds like the howling abyss been craked open...
I really hope we also get a darkin event as well. They haven’t really gotten any new lore recently and it feels like riot has basically just forgotten about them.
please let this mean that Kassadin gets a vgu and a lore tie in. I mean he's one of the few champions left that haven't been updated in forever. Also he's literally linked to Malzahar, as Malzahar caused the event that killed his wife and daughter (who is Kai sa but he thinks she's dead). Dude literally stalks the void and the shuriman desert in search for Justice on Malzahar. Literally a mix of ancient relics and zaun technology. Why the fuck is he not updated yet Kassadin is such a badass
yeah i watched that a couple days ago and it's dope. really wished he looked like that. Hoping he would get a vgu but everyone is saying that the new champ is chogath like what? its obviously a new champ idk why everyone is saying its cho but i do hope he gets his rework soon.
i had an idea for an queen bee/wasp for a new voidchampion...could be a midlaner or even a support(we didnt get a real support from the void),she could launch bees/wasp that follow the enemy and attach to them(they could be attacked before it there is a bit of counterplay) and then they could suck the life,apply toxine or even control the movement of the enemy for a second, it could even be what malzahar is been controlled by.
But isn't this Cho'Gath's start of lore? I'm not completely up to date with the lore, but can't this hungry monster (Feast?) be just a call out to Cho'Gath?
@@gblitz4272 no exactly confirme dthat its a "she". remember, the protagonist immediatly gets confused afterwards, and re-thinks if it really is a "she"
Idk if it’s me but the flash art at min 9:08, you can notice more malzahar’s forehead and see what they meant that it looks like flesh within a flesh, but am sure I think I’ve see it somewhere else… in Arcane, the Hex core that Viktor was experimenting on, idk if only I see it that way but they look similar to me, maybe that’s a hint?
On the image you can actually see the shape referred to in the story multiple times and it kinda looks spider-y or like cho gath from the front , so maybe this is a tease of his VGU? Or maybe we get a void spider, which would make sense, as fart as we know, it will be a jungler, and multiple eyes have been mentioned in this story several times
Current Malzahar also has a Feud with Kassadin. He even Kidnapped his Daughter Kai-Sai and threw her into the Void and turned her into what she is in game.
what if it's a reworked cho'gath lore? just a thought since it was mentioned it got bigger and bigger and that could "she" could be related to hm maybe?
Maybe we'll see a malzahar rework with it. It's not that he's bad or anything, his kit just hasn't ever felt the same since htey reworked him. They said they wouldn't make him a minion mancer, and that's exactly what they did, more or less. There's a lot of cool mechanics he could have to bring him a little more in line with the modern play. The coolest thing I'd like to see on him is the ability to drag Q sort of like viktor, and literally treat each beam as its own damage instance, and if you land both on a target(s) maybe you get a slow or a stun, or the minions teleport to them or something. He used to be my main and I still love him as a champ, I just think he could be a little less binary.
After the Freljord war (that is happening right now (and finally the events of Warriors 2020, like Lux revealing her powers to her people, Sylas getting arrested again, etc will happen)) the most obvious thing to happen is the void war. Idk why they would release this Malz story NOW except to tease the next big chapter in LoL's lore.
Are we getting another sexy champ? That "she" in the story makes me believe that Rito will make something like, "The Queen of Void". I hope Rito will prove me wrong.
Knowing how the Void works, and seeing that Malzahar mainly yeeted humans to the hole and is a "she" I wouldn't have much hope about the Champion monstrosity.
I do prefer this kind of video. as in, reading the story word for word as opposed to peraphrasing and nerrareting it. but if it is to diffucult or time consuming its understandable
so the void originally wanted to return everything to the nothingness before it even knew it existed, but now it's addicted to the taste of life and wants to taste everyone's. If Malzahar is right, at least.
Well it cant be something like kaisa again.. Unless they make a female giant. Maybe they will justify it by saying, "the void took inspiration from humans who were the dominant species and created a creature similar to that". Pls dont let it be that.
Im so relieved to see this video after listening to your podcast where you mentioned you might not cover new stories as they do not gain massive viewership.
Hello Necrit, I have seen many many of your vids. Usually i watch them before going to slumberland. Thank you :) You work hard and make great content! So a second Thank You! Sorry for becoming egocentric now but it is something i must ask: Can you make a vid about What Makes A Good Story? Based on your experience, thoughts and what not. Would love it.
