The League of Legends Season 2023 Champion Rewind

can't even believe it guys there's already been 2023 seasons of League of [Music] Legends and what a roller coaster of a year it's been from one of the weakest starts imaginable to one of the strongest finishes I'd say as a riot games fan this year's been pretty good valerant along with several new agents cemented itself as an absolute Juggernaut in the competitive shooter industry this year's World Championships reached its highest peak viewership ever TFT saw several new set releases one of them being one of the best release sets today project L continues to develop at a snail's pace announcing Yasuo earlier this year Riot Ford saw the release of several fantastic single player experiences that expanded the world of routa in meaningful lore accurate ways and also convergence was there Legends of routa saw some shakeups introducing us to more exclusive Champions and massive redesigns than ever before wild drifted its toes into the arena updating some its own Champions along the way and Mal fight finally got his long awaited visual update in every single game game in every single capacity besides his actual League of Legends model but that's all side content how was season 2023 or season 13 in League of Legends compared to the years prior it was well you saw the introduction of rank splits much to the dismay of casual players everywhere communication and ping spam was fixed much to the dismay of competitive players everywhere Nexus Blitz finally returned and Arena launches our first new game mode since ultimate Spellbook and spoiler alert it's probably the best game mode they've ever made starter Pokémon were added into the jungle and quickly forgotten about moral ethics were tossed out the window with the arrival of $200 chromas and of course the lore officially died color story ceased development after the first Champion release of the year and right themselves confirmed they would never ever return except yeah make sure to put out a color story for the painter Champion hilarious as for Champions miraculously there were even less released this year than the last dropping from five to four four with Milo nefi Brier and H for Asus we got one with Ari for the newly dubb cgu we got one with a reliant soul and for vgu we got uh nothing I mean unless you count sup fellas ja but hey you know we did get nearly 150 new skins this year biggest budget of all time for 2023 l ladies and gentlemen okay in all fairness I don't know why rght even said that publicly anybody with the smallest semblance of Common Sense would understand that because projects for leak take so long I mean just look at s we won't see the effects of this so-called biggest budget ever until a couple years down the line and while that stings it doesn't as much as last time cuz just like season 4 the drought of content was to make way for massive changes at the end of the year Mythic items being removed new items put in their place Monumental terrain changes and void monsters void Monsters Everywhere updated Baron Harold void ified red blue and and brand new void grubs canonically named Jay Jonah and Jameson don't look it up believe me it's real the choth vgu is finally happening Koga will finally exist in the lore and that kaisa Splash out they will actually mean something the void event the void event is [Applause] real it really is impressive that it could be Nam dropped in a preseason Dev blog yet still not be in the league partner program it should be noted that there were also few mids Scopes released this year but for the sake of redundancy I'm probably not going to talk about them two of them already had dedicated segments in previous rewinds and as for the others we'll go over them once we get around to the season 9 retrospective with that in mind let's Dive Right In These Are the Champions of season 2023 a ran Soul reworked February 7th 2023 damage type AP roll midlaner control Mage Celestial jackass what killed the dinosaurs a giant goddamn rock baby yeah that that's that's not the right music you put on the wrong music I did mention earlier how I wouldn't be giving any of the mid Scopes their own dedicated segment seeing as they already do or will have one in a separate rewind however I couldn't just skip over Lauren Solio despite my adoration for the full vgu aelian Soul's rework had me hyped more than most visually he would be the exact same Champion but would play completely differently ironically almost exactly the opposite the cgu took what was once one of the most mechanically challenging difficult to master champions in the entire game and devolved his entire play pattern down [Music] to [Music] [Music] [Music] I for one have never been an advocate of these style of reworks while the end result is always better than what came before the identity of the old champion is lost forever we'll probably never see a gameplay pattern like all the ReliOn Orting Stars exist in League ever again but here's the thing while I mourn the loss of the skill expressive Dragon of the past and feel the pain of the OG aelion Soul players for losing it good grief he's naked I'm sorry he's too much fun you got to understand I'm bad like really bad at League of Legends I find infinitely more enjoyment out of running around the rift like a jackass playing blitzcrank than pressing 3,000 buttons per minute on a c I do not enjoy playing mechanically complex Champions but I do like dragons so much so I willingly put myself through the ringer got Mastery 7 on aelion well before his cgu because I found the character so goddamn cool but oh the misery getting that Mastery 7 was one of the most depressing grueling experiences I've ever had the displeasure of playing in League of Legends out of all the champions in League he easily ranked at number one for the champion I loved everything about but could not stand playing them so Along Comes the cgu and fixes everything I mean you know how his fly move used to get stopped by anything and everything yeah hope he got anti-aircraft missiles now that Dragon ain't slowing down for nobody they fly now he's just so simple now so easy to understand and enjoy this isn't to say simple characters are always a slam dunk Yumi and trundle are textbook examples of that but you know what a soul does that they don't look absolutely awesome flying around spinning Hot Fire rep placing black holes growing more and more powerful as the game goes on throwing literal meteors at the map so powerful it makes the entire screen Shake simple yet satisfying it's exactly what I would have wanted he's finally the cosmic space Dragon he was always supposed to be I know that's kind of an unpopular opinion at this point both from the OG aelion Soul players missing their old play style and for the non aelion Soul players salty about dying to my renowned mechanical prowess regardless I love the ASO rework and I'm very excited to see the next cgu R has in store which is yeah a year later we still don't know ideally elaoi or yorck would be the next in line but when does r ever remember those characters even exist you know what Champion rot could never forget about though the one launched right alongside ofi and Soul on the exact same [Music] day Ari remastered February 7th 2023 damage type AP roll mid laner Mage fakers X World skin Choice what are you some kind of furry Ryan originally planned a continuous stream of new content at the start of the Year specifically Ari would release during the first patch of the new year with a Rel and soul following 2 weeks later the thing about plans though they change there's no setbacks everything's fine here just fine I'm willing to delay aelion as well Riot launched both long awaited releases on the exact same day and let me just say never in a million years would I think Ari of all Champions would get overshadowed by anyone never mind a champion who previously held the record for one of the lowest pick rates in the game I suppose that's cuz Riot didn't want to delay her any longer just like asol she was supposed to release last year but Ari does have a lot of skins so it wasn't exactly a task that designers could quickly do in between other projects yeah we'll get to that later but also because there was a considerable gap between ASU releases Caitlyn all the way back in Fall of 2021 Ari releasing a bit over a year later and still no concrete release date for Teo or Le in that's not good enough by the time each ASU releases five more Champions have become outdated in their place even Staples like yasua where Jinx are beginning to show their age the problem is I don't think this pace is going to improve R has said on record that not only do Asus take considerably more time to make than just building a new champion from scratch but that when they do them it will only be for the most popular Champions that already have a ton of skins it's probably why the one after Teemo is going to be Lux it's not to say Caitlyn Ari Teemo or Lon weren't in need of a glow up they certainly were but rght also stated a reason they don't do these Asus very often is because they don't substantially increase the Champions play rate there's a simple reason to that I don't think Riot's seeing Ari players St with a lot of popular Champion Mains are a lot like Pokemon fans it doesn't matter what kind of clunky janky schlock is crapped out because they're going to buy it any anyway Ari's model looked like garbage but in spite of that KDA was going to sell Gang Busters no matter what because it was a skin for Ari of course these Champions were in desperate need of a glow up but hyper focusing on only the most popular Champions that already sells skins without an ASU not only hurts the development time but hurts the Champions who could become popular if they got one you think song of noooo would have ever been made using the old design I know these projects are a hassle and I'm not asking for some massive team to crank out an ASU every week but instead I think rat should return to their old ways many smaller teams each working on long-term projects that way they all have ample time to work on them but there was always a continuous stream of champion updates ideally we get one once every two months or so it would still take ages for the entirety of the league roster to be up to date in this way but it's a far better Prospect than Rumble Corky or choat still looking the way they do by 2030 hey so um question what's your question Soldier well this part of the video was supposed to be about Ari yet the whole segment was you winging and complaining about Riot's time management skills how come you didn't do the Spiel for kin a couple years back I mean for a section about Ari you barely mentioned her at all what's the big deal do you not like the ASU or something do you just not like Ari in general was the gamepl so stale you couldn't think of anything to say about her what is it oh it's nothing like that I would have rathered it was the ruin King design but the ASU is just fine originally I wasn't even going to give her a segment in this video just like I did with Caitlyn back in 2021 but then I got to thinking man this video will probably do a lot better if AR's in the [Music] [Music] thumbnail Meo released March 22nd 2023 damage type AP roll support enchanter slime Rancher not counting any of the Casual reviews milia was the only Champion released this year I made a dedicated video on granted that video was my base initial thoughts on the champion as I managed to squeeze it out only a couple days after his reveal so now that he's been out for a decent length of time his kit released the lore updated how do I feel about our first ever male enchanter it's all right it's okay uh second male enchanter you fellas already know I despise this role besides a few key outliers I'd sooner brush my teeth with a porcupine than play this loome class of Champions League of Legends is an action game I want a piece of that action and if I'm forced to play a support then you can guarantee I'm playing something hyper aggressive Meo by all definition is the opposite of aggressive he has a single damaging slow ability mainly used to keep opponents away two almost entirely defensive utility spells and an Al that essentially boils down to at the very least I can say for Milio's gameplay the football move is pretty fun it even does some pretty chunky damage when going full AP but honestly a single fun move on a champion for a class I Vally hate playing is not enough to get me invested his lore though it is glorious I think we forget just how long ishal has been left to rot after Kiana's release and several other Champions being shoehorned into it R just decided that's good enough which sucks because Riot had plenty of opportunities where they could have expanded upon it including the B Meo finally explored this long forgotten region and not just because he has connections to pretty much all the isali Champions but the elemental axioms were explored and expanded having him discover the new sight of fire the soothing fire used to heal instead of burn a neat idea considering we definitely needed a way to differentiate him from the other fire themed child Champion overall Meo is safe no really insane mechanics no major significance to The Wider world of rra not even any real big promotion besides the fact that once again a champion in League of Legends and an agent and valerant with two very similar themes launched at the exact same time with no underlying reason behind it I mean at least gag is pretty goddamn cool if this were in a video game I'd be on my way to prison it's hard to be disappointed with Meo cuz besides being our first ishall champion in 3 and a half years there weren't really any kind of expectations for what he could be something the next Champion release was the polar opposite of na Fury released July 20th 2023 damage type ad roll what the dog great don't you dare finish that sentence don't do it I'm sick of it who's your good girl oh yeah who's your good girl who killed that ADC in two n seconds you did yes you did you're such a good girl yes you are yes you are the fury was a pretty significant event the first Monster Champion since or the first creature Champion since Yumi the first darken since Ross and our fourth dog Champion alongside Nazis Warick and Yas I bet you I'm better than 99% of you the fun fact Rost and Kane released before the dark in rcon when they were still aliens as such nefi is the first real dark in post update not counting the 50,000 ones we got from Legend of Ruta there was so much hype for this Champion release all this buildup promotional events promotional materials concl with a massive cinematic reveal trailer finally revealing her in full and she's I don't know the big reason I didn't finish the nefy video is because I was waiting for her color story to fill in the gaps her bio was essentially just a retelling of her cinematic and left way too many open questions but alas nefy was the first Champion release since Camille to launch without a color story so all the lore we had for her was her bio which was riddled with lore inconsistencies as before was Rewritten later on to fix them it explained the reason why her mind was split between a pack of dun hounds is because they ripped the dark and Dagger to Pieces huh how how how I don't know the whole point of the darkened weapons is that they're supposed to be indestructible even the celestials can't destroy them but you're telling me a pack of random dogs can that coupled with her motivation to unify the dark in Via assimilation and take over the entire world is the exact same motivation as zalani so what gives all these lore inconsistencies weird design choices it's almost like Riot didn't even want to make a darken in the first place and you would be correct sir look at all that concept art it's clear as day that the dog idea is what came first and I'm not upset that she's a dog creature in fact there's a lot of things I really like about her design it's just upsetting that our first darken in nearly 8 years is just some random dog dog thing Meandering about the desert with no direction and a motivation yoed from a far more interesting character her gameplay though is pretty fun and at least here it feels like she had a Clear Vision for what she wanted to be the Assassin for babies no not the other one no no the other one I I said babies not serial murderers easy to land abilities point and click Gap closer dogs grabbing CSN body blocking for you I got you homie nefy was intentionally designed to be an assassin playable for anyone and everyone because of that easy tolearn play style the fury released strong way too strong even excelling in the Top Lane for a good while there before Riot swiftly made that obsolete a familiar pattern of this year's Champions where any kind of experimentation like way support or a rant Soul jungle was quickly shot down or nerfed into the ground Mis potential is a good way to describe nefy I think she wasn't initially supposed to be a darken our first Monster champion in seven years was just another basic animal and she was placed in a role that doesn't really fit her thema ially but there is still a lot to like about her and let us not forget the greatest contribution she ever made to Riot games as a whole knife PFF mother mother we're going to die I don't want to die mother our Master is hardstuck Emerald mother mother she wasn't what I was hoping she would be but she did have some pretty hefty expectations that realistically I as well as the monster Enthusiast crowd probably set too high though I wouldn't say being disappointed like this acits to any kind of actual controversy a lot of worse things have happened to newer Champions that caused significantly more outrage wait which Champion release [Music] next R Brier released September 3rd 2023 damage type ad roll jungler Bruiser vampire hi just taking a little blood we had known for a long time Riot August expressed interest in making a vampire Lolly champion and while making a champion child age isn't inherently a bad thing I'm just saying the last time Riot made a champion with the appearance of an underage girl it didn't go very well I mean it will make money sure but it's not weird no wayn you sick F but eventually Riot August OC do not steal would finally hit the rift a bit early cuz unfortunately yeah she was leaked and controversy Galore the spash art shows her with childlike proportions and a child's face yet she's supposed to be College age what the for some reason the only part of the splasher that's illuminated is her feet giving fuel to the foot freaks fire feet are the best part and her thighs are illogically enormous because it made her look like an IV bag what right next time just have the balls to say you gave your OC thick thighs just because you wanted to I've done it it's not that hard we hadn't even seen her gameplay or in-game model and she'd already lit the internet on fire a textbook example of why leaks are a bad thing because upon her actual official reveal many of those issues were remedied in games she clearly did not look like a child nor did she act or sound like one she actually sounds eerily similar to a friend of mine you are becoming Brier she already is and her gam playay a champion who self- taunts themselves thematically I think that's one of the coolest abilities in the game going from her normal humany form to a blood hungry frenzy unable to resist the spell of blood or regain control until she's gotten the kill thematically that's incredibly cool practicality wise though n I'm going to do my own thing no frier come on you stupid champion and this play style can get very repetitive I know I said earlier how much I love the rant soul for his Simplicity but I did say simple doesn't always mean better after a while piloting a champion that essentially plays itself becomes very tedious press W CU your target let Brier play herself press W again for healing and maybe throw an e in there at the end congratulations you have just discovered how Brier approaches every single situation there is no variance there is no combos she just kind of does what she wants which again very thematically appropriate but after a while man this Champion becomes so stale to play thankfully that's where her alt comes in men go in men meex alt on steroids it's flashy exhilarating and most importantly fun especially if you build full lethality what what what what what I wasn't even aiming for him cuz if there's a leth vality Brier on the enemy team throwing out that Al you're not paying attention and get hit by it you're probably dead even that though has fallen off in favor once people learned the audio and visual cu's Landing this blasted abilities become much more challenging despite the generous Bock Brier is a bit of a mixed IV bag for me there's lots of things I like about her and lots of things I don't but certainly leagues above what I was expecting her to be mainly I'm just happy at the end of the day she is a grown woman after all and didn't wind up being pedophile yeah I said the word you know exactly what Champion we're talking about [Music] next Jack remastered October 11th 2023 damage type roll top laner Bruiser weapon Master hey sweetie if you'll be my bride I'll groom you that is good always good it's not fair man out of all the champions in League why did it have to be jackon hello hey wait I don't really feel comfortable with this Champion being next to Jack right now doesn't seem like a good idea don't let your kids what it he's such a chill Guy having drinks with gragas honorable duels with Fiora fighting off evil monsters winning fishing championships being a positive role model to all those around him he is a true hero but then the meme started and not for lack of reasoning like any Champion me it was primarily built upon the foundation of its player base for some reason it just kept happening highlevel Jack Mains kept getting ousted as pedophiles to the point where now if you play jacks at all you are called one and that's that's no fun being called a demon though yeah that's completely Justified on the actual rework though he looks amazing I think we often forget he is one of the original 40 Champions and his old model definitely reflected that so Along Comes the vgu to bring him up to Modern standards and base it off his excellent Legend of ter Incarnation or so we thought you ever think it was weird that rat insisted this was a visual update at not ASU that his fishing miname had no animation that even though it takes months for mids Scopes to release after their announcement Jax is launched only a couple weeks later it's because the long-thought Lost mystery EGU announced 2 years ago that I thought was choth was actually Jack the complications in the workforce undoubtedly as a result of a certain bis stifled his production process causing the L version to release first and his gameplay and visual updates to be released separately and I wouldn't normally have a problem with that if R had tried to lie about it Scar's gameplay delay has left the art and narrative folks with a little extra time on their hands so they decided to look to a familiar top ler who's in need of a glow up a real believable guys even though it's said repeatedly that the reason why Asus and vus take so long is because of skins but sure yeah you had a little extra time to work on the champion tide for fifth place of having the most skins in the game so it actually was the legend room Terra version that was inspired by the league one the opposite of what we initially assumed can you blame us though all the L redesigns in the past couple years have been fantastic and personally speaking I actually think the league version is equally as cool just like L uder is him at the middle point of his journey I like to imagine L Jax is him at the end the league version presents him in much baggier nomadic clothes a man who has lost everything to time including his Heritage and identity wandering the world to find motivation for his cause and in search of himself whereas ELO's version presents him once he's fully regained his sense of self with a crew at his side helping him armor up and his path lit forward filled with determination he now embodies the spirit of the last accathon ready to face down the void One Last Time some understandably like the L version more for these reasons but I think they're both valid in their own right they're certainly better than the we got stuck with witnessing for the entirety of world disgusting regardless of the complications the update was still arousing success in my eyes one wild drift certainly won't see for some time hell they don't even have arri yet and asol still has his balls there ja gives me hope we'll see more similarly L inspired updates for Champions like NY zillian or Master ye in the future but with the current state of how frequently Asus are releasing we probably won't see these guys for a long time but you know what is much more frequent brand new iode champ ions in League of Legends a lot like the final release of the [Music] Season Quay released December 7th 2023 damage type AP roll midlaner ink mage G's biggest fan mechanically complex I find it quite simple I don't believe it for a second as far as Mages go the most mechanically intensive task they have is remember to put Zas on the right hotkey qu can't possibly be that difficult what do his abilities do anyway qu's q w and E spell books each have three abilities that are accessed by pressing two keys QQ casts devastating fire Q out in this is a lot to digest and we haven't even gotten to the rest of his kit if a felios has 200 years of collective game design experience and oxan is 10,000 then what does that make our brand new twink Mage honestly I wouldn't even put him in that caliber is he weird sure a bit overwhelming absolutely completely broken debatable here's the thing about the 200-year Champions I think the big reason people despise them so much is isn't because they have so many tools at their disposal it's because they can waste all those tools and still find success it's no coincidence nearly all the 200-year Champions are ad cuz even if they mess up and Miss every single ability they have not only are their cooldowns low enough to counteract their mistakes but they also have Auto attacks to make up for them and the AP 200-year Champions like Salis and Zoe look at that same thing free damage even if they miss everything Quay is not like these Champions you have 10 abilities yes but you have to pick and Cho CH which one to use depending on the situation whichever one you choose you are locked out of the rest of them for a considerable amount of time and if you miss those crucial abilities well oh no you missed your crucial abilities and suffer as a result basically what I'm trying to get at here is it doesn't really matter how many crazy tools or abilities they gave him because at the end of the day he is still a slow immobile Mage wait I can bait her okay she wants the kill okay I come on you want a piece of this that's what I thought I really like that he feels like an actually complex Champion that requires split-second decision- making and can be royally punished for making the wrong decision for our first artillery Mage in almost a decade yes it has been that long since Fela came out I think gameplay Wise Way is an absolute Triumph even if apparently he's just a straight rip off of a Dota 2 character shocking by the way Riot has never done that before time will tell whether or not that opinion changes I originally loved kante until I had to start fighting people who knew how to actually play him but despite being yet another ionian champion region with way too many characters already mind you and a kit completely in contrast to the skill level I usually enjoy playing at let's just say there's a reason one of the already existing best champions in the game is so fond of him I think qu is a fantastic addition to League of Legends and what a way to close out the season well there you you have it seven total Champions this year and man I'm liking this trend Riot seems to have finally gotten themselves out of the rut they were stuck in for so long finally giving us more unique body types creatures forgotten regions and play Styles than ever before so let's take one last look back shall we and pay our respects to the season 2023 roster the cosmic douchebag the KDA advertisement the campfire connoisseur the darken dagger dog the neona cosplayer the lethal lamp bear and the average Tumblr artist but as always those are just my silly stupid opinions be sure to let me know yours down in the comments which Champions do you love from this year which Champions do you hate and maybe what you're looking forward to next year Lisa and teemo's Asus are well underway scarner bgu is right on the horizon our first frodan champion in seven years and Bessa Marda with all her noxian might is coming to the rift at the end of the year and of course our newest Champion was revealed while I was editing this video uh is that is that a Skylander regardless thank you fellas so much for watching this video and hey if you liked it consider becoming a patron on my patreon page not only does it Grant you sneak peeks at videos and access to a thriving academic institution but your support directly goes towards funding these videos being commissioning artists for amazing artwork or hiring additional editing help but with all the Shilling out of the way thank you fellas so much for a wonderful year and hopefully I'll see you in the next video [Music] [Applause] n [Music] n

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Length: 32min 21sec (1941 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 08 2024