League of Designs

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-- Come on, Fate. I could use a right-hand man, and you know you can do better than Graves.

Oh I know you didn't just backhandedly diss Rafen.

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Yeah, I think it’s possible to see her flirty and treasing lines as a way of exerting control and displaying power. It’s like a bluff in poker —maybe she has all the aces and maybe she doesnt— but she likes you wondering why she’s so confident.

I didn’t write or direct the test RW, so not sure the reasons here. Often new talent is often required because of schedualing problems, new colors in the acting, or unfortunately the actor’s voice age.
An actor’s voice ages as they do or from straining work— ussually slower than an actors appearance, but you can hear when a 40 year old woman is trying to sound 20. Again I don’t know in this instance but we always try to hear the original talent.

Yeah your argument is pretty well thought out (though a tad wordy in its presentation (an edit might get more readers fyi)).

But yah I think i agree “confidence” is a key trait to get across, but my question would be what does she “want” from other characters during a fight orwhat does she “want” from a fight (validation, adoration, attention, to lose the self etc...). I.e Aatrox want to be distracted from the horror of his fall, Rakan wants attention and excitement... etc...

My guess is MF wants... to hint that she has an ace up her sleeve. ....possibly to show she has control. But I havent given it much thought yet. (And never heard the new test VO)

the nerf to graves + dark harvest dropped him ~2.8% at high mmr. You have to factor base ad into every single auto attack over a game, every ability combo - it all adds up

Hmm, that's an interesting suggestion actually. I could see there potentially being some oddity for your opponent who now needs to keep track of whether or not you reduced the cd of some worked ground or not (but tbh I don't think many people track this well anyway). I do wonder if maybe just shrinking the radius of her worked ground slightly would also do the trick to give you more possible angles to shoot from, without needing to worry about variable cds. She rarely uses the same patch in the jungle as you said, so it also wouldn't really buff her jungle.

For a lengthy tournament like World's it's often best to wait until the end to asses what the overall balance state of the game was. As an example, last week we were being mocked because Kai'sa had a 65% winrate in playins. Now in groups she has a 37% winrate. By the end of the tournament she could totally climb again, but it remains to be seen. Even after this post she lost two straight, bringing that 83% winrate down to 63%. When we're dealing with small sample sizes, swings in champ performances can be really drastic after just one day of games, or as the meta in a tournament evolves.

Something I find interesting is that in some regions, a champion being described as "unique" in theme or appearance is highly valued, while in others it is actually considered a bit of a downside.

Many of the champs you've listed would come under the monster/unique descriptor for their appearances, imo.

You and Marshbouy both described Rek'Sai as unique - and from your tone, that was considered a positive. Some folks value other traits above 'uniqueness', which might factor in. (For example, they might value cuteness, or being relatable, or how sexy they find them, etc. more highly.)

(THAT WAS SARCASM!)

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I was thinking that too. I guess people don't like sarcasm?

Adding just some of the lines isn't feasible here unfortunately because they were using a different voice actress. Mixing them in with the existing ones is going to feel pretty jarring.

This is a very interesting theory. I felt like I never really understood Janna's place in the world, but a pre-empire Shuriman spirit would be an interesting angle...