That's why a series about the power struggle between the Black Rose and Swain would be so good. It really would be like Game of Thrones. As a side note, while I don't particulary like playing her in LoR, the "I am everywhere, I am everyone" line goes super hard.
i really hope third season of arcane will be about the end of Darkwills reign, there is so much intrigue, betrayal, epic moments and character progression during that time period for so many characters, imho it would be better than arcane S1 (consider how they barely had any lore to work with when making that)
Honestly this is my favorite character lore wise, she has such a big influence in the cast's lore, at least half of all champions are somehow influenced by her existence
Just catching up with all the other champion reactions you've done as I joined the party late. I will say this theme song is very similar to Vivaldi's Winter from the four seasons but Vivaldi actually does that "Drop" that you kept expecting in the form of a intense violin solo. I imagine this theme was probably directly inspired by Vivaldi's Winter.
loving these videos, even tho i've been into league lore for many years now, i learn something new every video. and it's fun seeing someone's reaction to this world. keep it up!
No, now we actually do have the full story of how King Jarvan III died. In fact there is a whole comic about it (it's not the main plotline, but it is fully shown) simply called "Katarina" and... It was Katarina who killed King Jarvan III (sooo cool that after years of speculations we now actually know), that's about all I'm gonna say, I highly advise you to read the whole comic whenever you react to Katarina, it just explains a lot about Kata and her relationships, about Demacia, about Noxus, about LeBlanc and besides all that, it's just a really good comic!
5 min - i think empowering in this context means supporting Darkwill politically/influencially/magically and making sure he can do everything that he wants (or rather that she tells him he wants) 13 min - General Granth is actually in another story - The Blackpowder Plot, its one of Swains stories. Also it is implied that the real Granth dies there so LB can take on his form (as it appears that you need to be dead so that LB can take on your form) - which adds a lot of interesting plot to the second story. Oh ill also add that the main way that LB gets to mindcontrol you is by playing off of some of your desires (not too dissimilar to demons), so it takes a very strong will and a good moral character to be able to resist her, which plays a big role in Swains policy and politics - especially the more extreme views, imo they are out of necessity and not out of malice (Empire above all - if this is instilled in Noxians, LeBlanc will find it much harder to manipulate them) 20 mins - that card art represents LB so well, in fact its one of my favourite card arts in the game and also card texts. Before LB getting upgraded you see a bunch of black rose members arguing, and after LB upgrades the card art shifts to reveal the reflection on the table, all the black rose members are just LB clones. Also if you ever stream LoR or make videos for it ill definitely tune in :D (as long as its at an EU friendly time) Also just to add, there is a massive fan theory that is vaguely supported by circumstancial evidence but not directly in any lore, the crown that LeBlanc wears is LeBlanc (most likely some sort of cursed artifact), as her copies dont actually have the crown. Presumably if she ever gets old, injuired or weakened she can just put the crown onto someone else and they become LeBlanc. Again this is just a theory - but i love it and it makes her so much more interesting, thats why i decided to add it here 28 mins - They havent reworked her in league yet, and log in screens are only a thing briefly when champions get added or reworked etc. I bet they will do her justice soon enough, she is one of the most important characters in the lore in general 42:40 - no she is not okay with Swain, she likes weak willed or selfish individuals that she can easily control and manipulate to do her bidding, Swain is the exact opposite, on top of this he knows about her thanks to Raum and is doing everything in his power as Grand General to curtail her influences in Noxus as he deems them anti-noxus 49 mins - SPOILERS for sisterhood of war - it semi-failed, LBs agent and her followers died, which left only Noxian loyalists to finish the job, which meant that Riven and her blade are now in possesion of Jericho Swain/Noxus 50 mins - READ THE KATARINA COMIC, some if not all of your questions will be answered if you do :D 1hr 1 min - yes they are all a part of Vladimirs cult, but this doesnt mean they all serve the black rose, let alone Vladimir. The Crimson Aristocrat for example actually seems to have used the knowledge she gained in hemomancy from the cult, to teach her mother - which has now created the Grey Legion in an attempt to keep her noble status, which serves Swain (this might be wrong as its only LoR lore, but i am 90% sure this is what is happening) edit: i keep adding stuff cos i was still in the process of watching the vid, and i keep wanting to respond to more stuff xD
In LoR she is rarely played in the meta sadly, altho rn there is a very strong Ashe LB aggro reputation deck, so she is played in 1 good deck as of right now
I really want you to react to the Katarina comic, i hope you decide to do it even if you dont read comics (i dont and i still really enjoyed that one), it is the newest lore addition and its super good. Good video as always, i really enjoy your speculation and discussion
just to reiterate what i said on other videos, you wouldnt need to do a full Katarina lore vid, as he lore is very old, somewhat obselete, her league voicelines are not good (im pretty sure they are summoner stuff), and ALL of her story and backstory is contained in the comic itself, requiring no extra knowledge to follow along with the comic (tho knowing about her family more would add a lot of flavour)
Regarding your question about the login screens: In the past (starting around 2014, I think), the most current login screen would be playing while you download new patches and type in your account data to hype you up for the new champion. You couldn't choose them. But nowadays Riot put all of their games into one launcher and added the option to stay signed in. Since it isn't LoL specific anymore and you don't need to open the launcher every time you want to play, they don't have login screens anymore. Newer champions still get a theme, tho. But the video will feature a showcase of concept art and how the design progress developed. "Whispers of a rose blooming in the desert" -> Yes, you are right, it's refering to Samira. Her title is "The Desert Rose" "Of two golden heads, one bears tarnish" -> Not 100% certain, but I think it refers to Lux and Garen. Lux is a mage, which is considered a sin/evil in Demacia. So this info can be a very powerful tool to destabilize Demacia as Garen is the head of the military and her family wishes to marry her to the king. Imagine the outrage if the demacian people find out the queen is secretly a mage and the nobility covered it up all those years. The royal family would instantly loose their credibility and support of the people. (Thank you for doing the series and giving older characters a chance! You're doing a great job! :D )
yes on the first 2 things, but the third one, the quote is actually "Of two golden crowns, one bears a tarnish" - now this could still be a metaphor for lux and garen due to them being the CROWNguards family, but it could be something compeltely different, i always thought it was referring to J3 and J4 hinting at LBs involvement in that. Also Lux isnt getting married to J4, it was a brief suggestion that never came to fruition, also J4 is already taken, he is in love with Shyvanna (but i doubt he will marry her as she is considered a monster by many in demacia, but given the recent lore changes with the mageseeker that may be a possibility now)
Many times, when two champions that don't seem to have a connection in the lore, they do interact with each other in the card game because they were designed to have synergy when played together in the same deck.
yes, also this doesnt mean they actually know about each other, or that this is how they would behave if they did. it is almost entirely "what if" lore, as in its not cannon.
@@FallenGranny Yep, it can get quite confusing sometimes whether something actually happened and how battles ended. They always show both sides of the story.
@@deshelo4343 you mean for card art and interactions, not just champion voice lines? yeah definitely, the whole of the Darkin Saga is basically up in the air as to what actually happened
If Swain is in Arcane Season 2 (which is hinted at with the Noxus plot in Season 1), there is almost a 100% chance we will see LeBlanc in Season 2 pulling the strings politically in regards to Noxus. Swain is a figurehead, he rules Noxus but LeBlanc is his political puppetmaster. If we do not see LeBlanc in Season 2, we'll definitely see her in Season 3.
1:03:45 no more like her Clones are developing empathy and Humanity that one of her clones started a Family in Ionia beacsue she doesn't want do hurt people anymore.
There's a interesting thing about LeBlanc in LoR art. You should check out both normal and leveled up version. Hint: pay attention to the composition on both
@@Nebiros24 well, it's been a long time, so i guess it's no harm in spoiling. In her level 1 art, we see her in a room full of people debating, almost fighting. Politicains, nobles and the like. But, on her level 2 art, we see that none of those important people are real, they're all LeBlanc in disguise. She's so far entranched, that her puppets will appear to be on different sides, but all of them are working for Leblanc
are you playing LoR in streams? Are you planning to upload the videos of that? I would love to watch you discovering that game. I would love to see the strategic duel of LeBlanc and Swain in Arcane or another series, her LoR theme could fit for the intro of the show in a Game of Thrones style intro. 50:20 with the release of Sylas's game, a comic of katarina was released, revealing that she killed Jarvan III before Sylas arrived to the throne room. It is hinted that she was instructed by Leblanc in the form of her father. Tybaulk, one of Morde's hound demons is the one trapped inside tibbers, Annie's stuffed bear. Raum and the shadows demon were also servants of Mordekaiser.
The Wiki Forgot to mention that Vladimir is So powerful Leblanc considers him as an Equal in power there Magical Power is on par if they clash. So to avoid making Vladimir hier enemy they had a deal, from then on Vladimir's cult followers the Hemonancers became the income source of the Black Rose, for there hemonancy magic aka Blood Magic the very same blood magic that reshaped the Darkin, that is why Vladimir is such a powerful mage, he learned the very magic of the Darkin.
LeBlanc's has been reworked since then. -Her Clone was moved from her ulti to her passive and she goes invisible for 1 second under 30% HP and thats when the clone spawns (has a 60s CD). -Sigil of Malice was moved from passive to Q and still enhances her next attack -W and E is still the same (W being the dash and E being the chains) -her Ultimate now legitimately copies the last spell she used (for example you can press W and then R for 2 dashes)
Her ult had nothing to do with its revert. While her mimicry was cluncy and decent in certain situations, problem was her malice passive allowing her to build 2 dmg items than going full tank and still oneshotting backline carries. Even though burst had delay the amount of damage she gained from it was too much since her e had just enough delay to both activate and proc malice with one cast.
That's why a series about the power struggle between the Black Rose and Swain would be so good. It really would be like Game of Thrones. As a side note, while I don't particulary like playing her in LoR, the "I am everywhere, I am everyone" line goes super hard.
i really hope third season of arcane will be about the end of Darkwills reign, there is so much intrigue, betrayal, epic moments and character progression during that time period for so many characters, imho it would be better than arcane S1 (consider how they barely had any lore to work with when making that)
Honestly this is my favorite character lore wise, she has such a big influence in the cast's lore, at least half of all champions are somehow influenced by her existence
totally agree. Leblanc is one of my faves!
Little do you know that everyone in this comment section is just one of my… I mean Leblanc’s clones.
Don't threaten me with a good time
They un-reworked her in LoL. All characters have laughs, in LoL you dance, taunt, laugh, and joke
Just catching up with all the other champion reactions you've done as I joined the party late. I will say this theme song is very similar to Vivaldi's Winter from the four seasons but Vivaldi actually does that "Drop" that you kept expecting in the form of a intense violin solo. I imagine this theme was probably directly inspired by Vivaldi's Winter.
loving these videos, even tho i've been into league lore for many years now, i learn something new every video. and it's fun seeing someone's reaction to this world. keep it up!
No, now we actually do have the full story of how King Jarvan III died. In fact there is a whole comic about it (it's not the main plotline, but it is fully shown) simply called "Katarina" and... It was Katarina who killed King Jarvan III (sooo cool that after years of speculations we now actually know), that's about all I'm gonna say, I highly advise you to read the whole comic whenever you react to Katarina, it just explains a lot about Kata and her relationships, about Demacia, about Noxus, about LeBlanc and besides all that, it's just a really good comic!
Tybaulk is the demon that protects Annie now
5 min - i think empowering in this context means supporting Darkwill politically/influencially/magically and making sure he can do everything that he wants (or rather that she tells him he wants)
13 min - General Granth is actually in another story - The Blackpowder Plot, its one of Swains stories. Also it is implied that the real Granth dies there so LB can take on his form (as it appears that you need to be dead so that LB can take on your form) - which adds a lot of interesting plot to the second story.
Oh ill also add that the main way that LB gets to mindcontrol you is by playing off of some of your desires (not too dissimilar to demons), so it takes a very strong will and a good moral character to be able to resist her, which plays a big role in Swains policy and politics - especially the more extreme views, imo they are out of necessity and not out of malice (Empire above all - if this is instilled in Noxians, LeBlanc will find it much harder to manipulate them)
20 mins - that card art represents LB so well, in fact its one of my favourite card arts in the game and also card texts. Before LB getting upgraded you see a bunch of black rose members arguing, and after LB upgrades the card art shifts to reveal the reflection on the table, all the black rose members are just LB clones. Also if you ever stream LoR or make videos for it ill definitely tune in :D (as long as its at an EU friendly time)
Also just to add, there is a massive fan theory that is vaguely supported by circumstancial evidence but not directly in any lore, the crown that LeBlanc wears is LeBlanc (most likely some sort of cursed artifact), as her copies dont actually have the crown. Presumably if she ever gets old, injuired or weakened she can just put the crown onto someone else and they become LeBlanc. Again this is just a theory - but i love it and it makes her so much more interesting, thats why i decided to add it here
28 mins - They havent reworked her in league yet, and log in screens are only a thing briefly when champions get added or reworked etc. I bet they will do her justice soon enough, she is one of the most important characters in the lore in general
42:40 - no she is not okay with Swain, she likes weak willed or selfish individuals that she can easily control and manipulate to do her bidding, Swain is the exact opposite, on top of this he knows about her thanks to Raum and is doing everything in his power as Grand General to curtail her influences in Noxus as he deems them anti-noxus
49 mins - SPOILERS for sisterhood of war - it semi-failed, LBs agent and her followers died, which left only Noxian loyalists to finish the job, which meant that Riven and her blade are now in possesion of Jericho Swain/Noxus
50 mins - READ THE KATARINA COMIC, some if not all of your questions will be answered if you do :D
1hr 1 min - yes they are all a part of Vladimirs cult, but this doesnt mean they all serve the black rose, let alone Vladimir. The Crimson Aristocrat for example actually seems to have used the knowledge she gained in hemomancy from the cult, to teach her mother - which has now created the Grey Legion in an attempt to keep her noble status, which serves Swain (this might be wrong as its only LoR lore, but i am 90% sure this is what is happening)
edit: i keep adding stuff cos i was still in the process of watching the vid, and i keep wanting to respond to more stuff xD
In LoR she is rarely played in the meta sadly, altho rn there is a very strong Ashe LB aggro reputation deck, so she is played in 1 good deck as of right now
“Whispers of a Rose Blooming in the Desert” yes its Samira
I really want you to react to the Katarina comic, i hope you decide to do it even if you dont read comics (i dont and i still really enjoyed that one), it is the newest lore addition and its super good. Good video as always, i really enjoy your speculation and discussion
seconded! it will answer a ton of questions you have in this video
just to reiterate what i said on other videos, you wouldnt need to do a full Katarina lore vid, as he lore is very old, somewhat obselete, her league voicelines are not good (im pretty sure they are summoner stuff), and ALL of her story and backstory is contained in the comic itself, requiring no extra knowledge to follow along with the comic (tho knowing about her family more would add a lot of flavour)
Regarding your question about the login screens: In the past (starting around 2014, I think), the most current login screen would be playing while you download new patches and type in your account data to hype you up for the new champion. You couldn't choose them. But nowadays Riot put all of their games into one launcher and added the option to stay signed in. Since it isn't LoL specific anymore and you don't need to open the launcher every time you want to play, they don't have login screens anymore. Newer champions still get a theme, tho. But the video will feature a showcase of concept art and how the design progress developed.
"Whispers of a rose blooming in the desert" -> Yes, you are right, it's refering to Samira. Her title is "The Desert Rose"
"Of two golden heads, one bears tarnish" -> Not 100% certain, but I think it refers to Lux and Garen. Lux is a mage, which is considered a sin/evil in Demacia. So this info can be a very powerful tool to destabilize Demacia as Garen is the head of the military and her family wishes to marry her to the king. Imagine the outrage if the demacian people find out the queen is secretly a mage and the nobility covered it up all those years. The royal family would instantly loose their credibility and support of the people.
(Thank you for doing the series and giving older characters a chance! You're doing a great job! :D )
yes on the first 2 things, but the third one, the quote is actually "Of two golden crowns, one bears a tarnish" - now this could still be a metaphor for lux and garen due to them being the CROWNguards family, but it could be something compeltely different, i always thought it was referring to J3 and J4 hinting at LBs involvement in that. Also Lux isnt getting married to J4, it was a brief suggestion that never came to fruition, also J4 is already taken, he is in love with Shyvanna (but i doubt he will marry her as she is considered a monster by many in demacia, but given the recent lore changes with the mageseeker that may be a possibility now)
Many times, when two champions that don't seem to have a connection in the lore, they do interact with each other in the card game because they were designed to have synergy when played together in the same deck.
yes, also this doesnt mean they actually know about each other, or that this is how they would behave if they did. it is almost entirely "what if" lore, as in its not cannon.
@@FallenGranny Yep, it can get quite confusing sometimes whether something actually happened and how battles ended. They always show both sides of the story.
@@deshelo4343 you mean for card art and interactions, not just champion voice lines? yeah definitely, the whole of the Darkin Saga is basically up in the air as to what actually happened
If Swain is in Arcane Season 2 (which is hinted at with the Noxus plot in Season 1), there is almost a 100% chance we will see LeBlanc in Season 2 pulling the strings politically in regards to Noxus. Swain is a figurehead, he rules Noxus but LeBlanc is his political puppetmaster. If we do not see LeBlanc in Season 2, we'll definitely see her in Season 3.
Really reminds me of Doctor Doom with his Doombots who are indistuingishable from the real deal.
1:03:45 no more like her Clones are developing empathy and Humanity that one of her clones started a Family in Ionia beacsue she doesn't want do hurt people anymore.
There's a interesting thing about LeBlanc in LoR art. You should check out both normal and leveled up version. Hint: pay attention to the composition on both
What do you mean?
@@Nebiros24 well, it's been a long time, so i guess it's no harm in spoiling.
In her level 1 art, we see her in a room full of people debating, almost fighting. Politicains, nobles and the like. But, on her level 2 art, we see that none of those important people are real, they're all LeBlanc in disguise.
She's so far entranched, that her puppets will appear to be on different sides, but all of them are working for Leblanc
@@bloodwire7152 ah thats what you mean
are you playing LoR in streams? Are you planning to upload the videos of that? I would love to watch you discovering that game.
I would love to see the strategic duel of LeBlanc and Swain in Arcane or another series, her LoR theme could fit for the intro of the show in a Game of Thrones style intro.
50:20 with the release of Sylas's game, a comic of katarina was released, revealing that she killed Jarvan III before Sylas arrived to the throne room. It is hinted that she was instructed by Leblanc in the form of her father.
Tybaulk, one of Morde's hound demons is the one trapped inside tibbers, Annie's stuffed bear. Raum and the shadows demon were also servants of Mordekaiser.
58:51 No, because LeBlanc is the one who moves the strings, anyone else who think they do, are clueless. And LeBlanc likes to keep it that way.
The Wiki Forgot to mention that Vladimir is So powerful Leblanc considers him as an Equal in power there Magical Power is on par if they clash. So to avoid making Vladimir hier enemy they had a deal, from then on Vladimir's cult followers the Hemonancers became the income source of the Black Rose, for there hemonancy magic aka Blood Magic the very same blood magic that reshaped the Darkin, that is why Vladimir is such a powerful mage, he learned the very magic of the Darkin.
katarina next please
I higly recommend Unlocking Jax Deck it is so much Fun
LeBlanc's has been reworked since then.
-Her Clone was moved from her ulti to her passive and she goes invisible for 1 second under 30% HP and thats when the clone spawns (has a 60s CD).
-Sigil of Malice was moved from passive to Q and still enhances her next attack
-W and E is still the same (W being the dash and E being the chains)
-her Ultimate now legitimately copies the last spell she used (for example you can press W and then R for 2 dashes)
This was not rework, this was revert. This was her kit prior to her season 7 update.
still waiting for Zoe Reaction T_T
She's my main. People says shes the hardest champion to play
Yeah her old ult was so strong and oppressive they had to remove it.
Her ult had nothing to do with its revert.
While her mimicry was cluncy and decent in certain situations, problem was her malice passive allowing her to build 2 dmg items than going full tank and still oneshotting backline carries. Even though burst had delay the amount of damage she gained from it was too much since her e had just enough delay to both activate and proc malice with one cast.