Ranking all the Legends of Runeterra LEVEL UP ANIMATIONS (ft.  

I swear, it has to be some sort of inside joke at Riot to change Irelia’s face in every piece of media

This was insanely fun to do, thank you Mr Nicholas for the invite

fun fact about neeko in LOR in the Spanish version of the game she has an extra voice line saying “neeko will keep your shoma alive old voice” because her previous voice actress sadly passed away and is a very sweet moment 🥺

I like it when cutscene ends with pose matching level up splash.

35:03 "I think it's really solid! I'll put him up there with his boyfriend." Snnuy, instantly: HEHE.

My favorite has to be pyke with his voice line, "THE LIST, JUST KEEPS, GETTING, LONGGGERRRRRRRR!!"

Lucian: SENNAAAA! We are gonna need more coffins. *Sound of hammering nails* Senna: I am working as fast as i can, ok ?!!

54:13 If Elder Drag truly can not be stopped he should be at the very top of the best in the game

37:26 i remember some popular show setting up the whole "you cant hear the bullet that kills you" thing

Swain has been my favorite champ since the game was released. His level-up gives me more dopamine than is probably healthy.

The "problem" of the old minimalism cards is that the entire design philosophy behind level ups and what the cards represent changed over the time. In the original idea, the cards ARE the champions. The literal cards walk around and get additions, like in Teemo, GP or Viktor. They specifically couldn't show MF for instance because MF cannot walk around inside herself. After realizing that thinking up 200 ways to just stick stuff to the card is actually pretty hard since you are working with suuper limited space, the hand phase became more prominent where parts of the champion could be seen like in Diana or TF but still not the whole champ. It turned to a situation where the champion itself elevates its own card by infusing it with power. Lastly they just turned to the cards being actual snap shots of the champions. They are just pictures. So now you can add full character animations in and go to the next, cooler freeze frame. They went from cards being actual, living things to card just being your average card.

Tahm’s level up having Jack’s signature is a really cool lore detail

Timestamps: (part 1) 0:32 Bandle City 0:35 Poppy 1:25 Tristana 2:10 Veigar 2:40 Ziggs 3:13 Kennen 3:56 Rumble 4:32 Gnar 5:33 Yuumi 6:04 Norra Bilgewater 6:59 Fizz 7:38 Miss Fortune 8:33 Gangplank 9:22 Twisted Fate 9:54 Nautilus 10:29 Tahm Kench 11:17 Pyke 11:33 Nami 12:02 Illaoi 12:39 Jack 13:06 Nilah Damacia 13:38 Jarvan 14:08 Shyvana 14:36 Fiora 15:01 Quinn 15:19 Lucian 15:54 Garen 16:23 Lux 16:31 Gallio 17:07 Vayne 17:37 Freljord 17:42 Ashe (hate fighting her in POC, her level up and spells take forever) 18:02 Braum 18:25 Tryndamere 19:02 Sejuani (I personally adore her level one card art) 19:33 Anivia 20:04 Trundle 20:20 Lissandra (yo, thats badass) 20:50 Udyr (the reason he's different, if I recall right, is hes Udyr just returning to the Freljord, and rework Udyr is current Udyr. if you mean why they did that as a company/team, I dunno.) 21:10 Ornn 21:50 Volibear (nickyboi unbiased as always) Ionia 22:13 Lulu 22:37 Shen 22:51 Zed 23:02 Karma (also hate her in POC her turns take ten years) 23:27 Yasuo 23:48 Lee Sin 24:10 Irelia (UUUUUUGGGHHH) 24:33 Ahri 24:57 Master Yi 25:22 Sett Noxus 25:42 Vladimir 26:18 Swain 26:45 Draven 27:30 Darius 28:00 Katarina 28:26 Riven 28:49 LeBlanc 29:36 Sion 30:15 Annie 30:54 Samira

FWIW I asked the dev on twitter when Ziggs dropped why he was Shurima and the dev (whose name I forgot) said that they liked that Ziggs works with landmarks and countdowns and so mechanically, Ziggs fit Shurima really well, and then the aesthetic of mine fields was fun (IIRC). I actually really prefer Ziggs using deserts as minefields aggravating xer'sai than him being yet another contraption-based zaunite yordle.

16:01 I appreciate the editor for this one. The SPIN is just GREAT!

I'm a sucker for level ups where the end pose matches the actual card art. Pyke and Udyr's specially, they just feel so clean. Makes me wish they were all like that. It also makes me kinda hate Jack's because while it's similar to the card art IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE SAME POSE. It's so close to being perfect but it messes it up just enough for me to notice. It's like uncanny valley for level ups.

I disagree on Jhin. I think the choice to imply the 4th shot instead of playing a sound was a very smart intentional choice. It fits Jhin perfectly to maintain the dramatic tension as long as possible.

For the Jinx, the base lvlup is just "half of the story" as you say. Super Mega Death Rocket animation is the other half, and together, imo, it's a great lvlup, for the base game at least.

I didn't think it was possible for me to disagree with someone this much on 3-4 second animations.

1 view he fell off fr.

I think Illaoi should be A tier for the voicelines alone. « STRUGGLE ! FIGHT ! LIIIIIIIVE » hits hard, the rest too.

Nicky actually got Sunnyv2 to rate with him what a legend

Kayle level is peak if they just stop it once her wings unfold and cut out the charge after that.

This video alone made me get back into Runeterra, and possibly play a LeBlanc deck which i never have till now.

Snnuy and Nicky didnt really have compromises on a lot of these. Like Snnuy would say something like “ehh it was kind of disappointing” and Nicky puts it in A

Let’s be honest this was just NickyBoi’s tier-list

The editing was so perfect for this. Rlly good job 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Your editor is honestly one of the best on yt

Snnuy - I hate katarina, worst level up… Nicky - A tier Snnuy - good point…

Nicky and Snnuy? Hell yeah!

37:16 not being able to hear the 4th shot actually made my chest hurt.

It's funny when you realize, the video they used to check those animations had every champion titled, but some of those were just memes.

24:54 Wakfu Noximilien mention :0

Small detail you missed. In Veigar's level up, when he is standing in front of his mech at the end, look to the right. You can see his little minion tower slowly toppling away as well. Just a nice little detail.

The editor(s) are top notch with their gags and timing, not too little but not too much. Very effective and engaging

LoR did Veigar so well I also love how he’s meant to be paired with Senna, so to me he canonically stole Lucian’s wife What did they do to Galio :(

4:15 “It’s like a high A or low B”

Steel Ball Run reference, instant like

Just hope u can collab w Snnuy, yall make of great energy

Nicky just puts the character in the tier he thinks is ok without listening to Sunny. Must be kinda annoying for Sunny.

Good job, editor. 42:44 You got me laughing with the music to Maokai's sapling 😂

SBR reference omg

I’m with Snnuy that I don’t feel the cinematic level ups with full-body models are automatically better. Some like pyke really make it work, but the pinnacle has always been Swain for me as well. It’s far more important to capture the style and spirit of the character than it is to show the character doing something cool. Swain’s level up makes You feel like you are the conqueror.

Ohohoohoooo you have no idea how much I waited for this , before watching pantheon is the best level up in the game 11/10 and I won't accept any counter arguments

"it's a little wierd that neeko and nidalee reuse the same background" Ahh yes the like only jungle area where the 2 characters are fighting together against the same enemy, such a strange thing and definitely not thematic or cool.

plot correlation: both of yuumi and norra level up animations of them both looking for each other.

16:00 made me laugh, thank you, and now I have the SBR theme stuck in my head

I really like viego's, it may be really fast, but it just feels so satisfying

I was doing the tier list along side you guys and its incredibly surprising how much and how extreme my opinions can differ. It's a subjective topic, of course, but even then most times in these lists the disagreements are few of not very far apart. But I have a good chunk of yours F, D and C all the way up in the S, A and B, and the same the other way around

Hey I don't think the music list in the description matches up at al or there are at least several songs missing. for example the undertale hotel theme at 28:57 isn't in the description and the persona 1 psp school theme at 35:16 aren't included for example Good video but that bugs me

Heimerdinger level-up: "Who are you?" Viktor level-up: "I am you but better."

16:02, IS THAT A MOTHERF*CKING JOJO REFERENCE

D for demacians, F for french, B for braum

The collab I've been having wet dreams about is finally here 😅

My problem with J4's (why I would personally knock him down to high B tier) is he would absolutely not survive jumping off a 20-foot cliff like that, so I like to interpret him holding the crouch at the end as "well, I have just shattered my legs and spine and can no longer stand." Mostly agree with the tier list though! My personal favorite is actually Lucian's. It's so stylish and cool despite the limitations at the time, and transitions to the level 2 art perfectly.

48:06 Unlimited power mine to control thats the best❤

I can’t believe Nicky would have this elusive abusing, ASol rejecting, Ionia hating card gamer on. /s

LOR video lets go!

Ive always saw our dear Nicholas show up on Snnuy's chat from time to time but I love to see them together on a video.

It was really nice to see the evolution and the work they put in those more recent animations. It would be amazing if LoR kept it up.

37:16 Well, the 4th shot is such a *MARVELOUS* event that none of us deserve to observe its full beauty... And if we do, you know what happens

Everyone's probably said it by now, but LOR Udyr is between his original and his rework from when he was traveling through ionia if I remember

I still think Lucian has one of the best ones. It's so simple yet so fucking cool looking.

The deck that got me to masters is lurk. I too belive I Pyke supremacy

I don't know who edited this, but they kinda deserve a Raise.

I think if rengar had one, it should just transition to a still bush and wait a few seconds before he jump scares you.

Nickyboi despising jojo and nickyboi’s editor ADORING jojo and making memes with the edits

14:59 Say the thing, Nicky.

YES THE SWAIN LOVEEEE!!! MY BOY!!! Forever gonna be a Swain fan, I love his character so much. Amazing video!!!

“What terrorizes you, take me to it” is a badass line from Nilah.

I love Tahm Kench, but S tier is pretty cope. They were going for his reveal trailer, but its way goofier. They should've shown his face in the water.

Swain being Best In The Game is enough to make me subscribe

Nickyboi ignores snuuys opinions/rankings for 54 minutes and 44 seconds

The biases were crazy in this video. lol

The Printer arrived

A great detail in A Sol lvl up, the constellation that appears is Dragon, so he build his card with the stars of the dragon constellation. I particularly think it's brilliant.

"We'll try not to be biased," Extremely bias

My favorite voli voice line is "i will paint the tundra... REEEEEEeeeEED

This is an interesting video idea!

Zilina is literally one of the best in the entire game💀

Janna's lvl up animation is too fast and Riot doesn't share her 3D model... I mean, they hate her

Snnuy made so many accidental puns in this video

Not the collab i was expecting but im happy it happened

SHADOW 🌑 WIZARD 🎩 MONEY 💵 GANG 🤝

it's really sad that they made this bad of a teemo lvl up, especially if you think about the potential. In lore, teemo is one of the most cold blooded killers in runeterra, with tristana literally saying that he is a good friend, but she is afraid of him once he is on a mission. Just think about it, if they actually made that into the lvl up. like imagine a cinematic with a group of poachers or whatever, going through the forest, and all of a sudden one shroom after the other pops up and explodes, and the last one backs into the bushes and you see the shilouette of teemo pop up behind him. that could actually be really cool.

"For beta, the thresh animation is really good" BECAUSE IT WASNT A BETA ANIMATION? THEY REWORKED IT

Its B for Bilgewater F for French and then there is D **FOR DEMACIA**

The one thing I will give Ashe is that the arrow shooting _into_ your deck where it is placed is kinda neat.

Something that I think it is the level up doesn't see like an evolution of the character, just some Random scene. Thats why shurima's or aatrox level is so satisfing.

leblanc should have been in every tier

Ever since i’ve played the all persona games last month i’ve been hearing the music in every RU-vid video the meme is real lmao

19:35 They could have animated the eggshells coming back together and forming the card. Now THAT would have been an interesting animation.

Well deserved Swain W

I feel like I just watch an hour of two people getting their PTSD triggered...

Regarding Zoe's level up 49:39 that is 100% two dragonites from pokemon doing a mating dance LOL

Fun fact, sejuani's level 1 art is one of Tbskyen's favorites

THE COLLAB I BEEN WAITING FOR like my 2 favorite channels

I honestly really like the ones where the card itself is more involved rather than just haaving a random cinematic

You should make a video about where the items in League Of Legends are from in Runeterra

NickyBoi: *has opinion" Sunny: "I agree"