@@BlaxeFrost-X yes but master Is dick champ and person and noxus touths its soldiers to not hate people they kill because they are just spreading thier empire and are very acepting to all people and races unlike demacia
@@alviandrapiero2464 "FUCKING SPIRITS RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" -Demacian Mageseeker first words after arriving in Iona during the spirit blossom.
Ive always loved these "old, wise,charming personality" characters who in a flick of a button could fuck up just about anybody except for another old wise man.
These giants could be the demigods who were supposed to shape Ionia, however, they Vastaya'Shairei killed them before they could, untaiming all the magic and making it wild
I appreciate how much effort Necrit actually puts into these videos. The images even change and match what he's referring to in his dialogue. He puts in so much work.
when you realize that Noxus vs Ionia in lore became a thing and has been pushed by Riot since was because of the origins of Ionia boots. (Noxus vs Ionia tournament in S1, Urgot too OP)
@[REDACTED] There is a slight explanation, though. That armor she has is a void creature. It is attached to her like a parasite in a sense. It protects Kai'Sa, while Kai'sa fights and feeds the creature. So basically they keep each other alive and though years of fighting and surviving she now has a fit figure.
One thing I just remembered... Yi has "chosen one" skin, one with a light saber. In Runeterra, he was trained by old man who's very wise, but acts weird... hmmm
what lore behind gragas do you really need? A man from local pub went really drunk so he decided to take on celestial creatures, gods, demons, teemo and such
i mean, it makes sense really. Both the MC of the music video and Yi were there to begin the path towards mastery, and gain insight they previously lacked
Wow first: Great Video, its nice to see that you are doing the work to create such a long Video at once. Second: I think Neeko is more powerfull than she herself and the other Vastayashei'rei even knew. I guess we will find out what she is capable of in the future. Also I am very excited to get to know more about Vastayashei'rei.
@@codebracker Yeah thats kind of a spaced up theory , also why should Shen do the Anakin move and murder bunch of innocent people with his vrooom sword? xD
@@codebracker no. I mean vastayashairei is a spirit and Yi need the power of spirit realm into his blade to cut the Giant blade. Shen spirit blade originated from the spirit Realm itself. Vastayashairei defeated the Titans of the Past as large as Mountains with the Power of spirit realm. But shen has a Full access to the realm to the point that he massacre every demons he encounter. But he still a human.
Well, this explains why AP Yi from the good ol days was ever a thing, and kinda makes it sad his AP capabilities were taken away, him being able to go ap makes all the sense in the world with the given explanation of what wuju style is
@@talesofflowerism7348 more importantly, is neeko's skin in league of legends actually is neeko? Or is it just an illusion and neeko is actually a middle aged bald man LOL
I would assume you would need a lot of training in magic to achieve such power and she never had a teacher. Ofc she isnt as powerful as the elders back then
the valley of swords remind me of the spirit blossom event with Riven. that one scene where she was searching across just to find her broken sword pieces.
If Yi is one of the strongest wuju masters and wuju is ancient vastyashaairay magic, I wonder if Wukong is Anime Protagonist levels of op having connections to both.
its the smith that gets to name the weapons isnt it? only if the weilder is so great the weapon gets called the name from the weilder. but like dorans blade is bought by everyone.
This is one of my most favorites lores when it comes to Ionia Champions. We learn a little bit of the First Lands, Ancient Vastaya, the Titans, and Doran along with Master Yi's past. When Master Yi's lore first updated with this, I couldn't stop reading. Like, I was reading up at night and was suppose to sleep, but I stayed up until I finished.
This can actually be a movie. Heck while he narrates, i feel like I'm watching a movie in my head, especially the war vissions about giants and vastayans. *goosebumps*
@@guyguy1403 Are the cults also count as Targonian? Like Lunari and Solari? If so my bad i meant the avatar of aspects like Pantheon, Leona and Zoe. I remembered when Aspects are in mortal's body they are limited on how much they can do.
@@Mctaonald02 yes, the lunari and solari are targonian tribes the praise the sun and moon respectively, and Diana and leona lead the two tribes as their aspects. And what you said about the aspects being mortal is true as well, pantheon (the champion) is only a human with the God in him, but when aatrox killed him he killed the God, not Atreus
17:11 "At the edge of the beach was a dark grey structure. The size of a mountain that didn't belong in Ionia. It somewhat resembled a monument. It was 3 monstruous towers sharing a single base. Far too large for a mortal construction." I don't know if they're saying that it was built by an undead (like Mordekaiser) or if it's just too far beyond their understanding...
this is just me venting my ideas: its easy to connect the vastaya'shiarei with neeko. The whole speech that the crimson eyed doran gives to yi about everithing just being form and having to understand escence, well that escence is wat neeko calls shoma and what she uses to change form. The story tells us how the vastayas in that battle changed their shapes, something that we havent seen another vastaya do apart of neeko, maybe she still doesnt have the power oor the training to manipulate the elements, but i can totally see her being a vastaya'shiarei
@@joueurhenjuneau6183 not rly.. the mobile market is rly strong (see summoners war) and doing revamp stuff got more worthy now cuz of wild rift.. but im sure this has been planned for years so it doesnt matter
Afaik there are at least 3 - 4 items with lore. Lost chapter might be related to Yuumi's Book. Bork for obvious reasons. Ionian boots of lucidity from the ionian/noxian war. Dead man's plate because of Gangplank I'm more curious about Rabadon and Zhonya. Youmuu and Drakthar as well.
How are the ancient Vastayashai'rei connected to Neeko? This story explained that being one with the spirit realm meant being Formless yet Boundless. Who wants to be everyone and anything? Yeah that's right, Neeko.
Neeko herself thinks that she is Vastayashai'rei. In reality she's probably the closest thing alive we have, but she isn't Vastayashai'rei. But a very very close relative, no doubt about that. She's closer to the Vastayashai'rei than other Vastaya like Rengar or Xayah/Rakan, since the Vastaya are the combination of humans and Vastayashai'rei. Neeko's race however (according to what we know so far) never combined with humans in whatever way. But still, she (or her race) isn't purely Vastayashai'rei either.
"Wuju style is against bloodshed and killing"
Enemy Yi : 20/1/3
at least you now know, no blod was shed in the process.
Well it's against using the sword to do it, that's why champions buy so many magic swords and never uses them
Yi was the man who kill entire army of noxus alone :V
@@leonshirogane5541 which is against bloodshed and killing because killing the noxus army stopped the blodshed and killing
@@BlaxeFrost-X yes but master Is dick champ and person and noxus touths its soldiers to not hate people they kill because they are just spreading thier empire and are very acepting to all people and races unlike demacia
"Doran why are you writing memes the spirits won't like it!" **proceeds to destroy artifact protected by the spirits**
I randomly burst into laughter after reading "Doran why are you writing memes?"
Nice one dude.
Taste yummy
Broken blades....
How about Riven's Blade? Is that the blade Yi destroyed?
@@jamelamilano6465 Riven's blade was wielded by the Black Rose if I'm not mistaken
@@jamelamilano6465 Riven's blade was destroyed by Yasuo's master and later, Yasuo himself.
"It's all just different forms; Wuju is magic."
"In its heart Wuju was magic"
Demacians: D:
Sylas: >:D
ionia alone is a land of magic, so i guess just saying ionia alone could trigger a lot of demacians.
@@alviandrapiero2464 "FUCKING SPIRITS RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" -Demacian Mageseeker first words after arriving in Iona during the spirit blossom.
@@adrienlovera
Yes lol
aaahh we've been playing Yi wrong all this time!! AP Yi it is from now on.
Challenger here I come :D
"No wars Today,
just a sip of wine to wash down duck eggs."
"Tastes yummy."
-Doran
So inspirational
well it does taste good
Ты з
Holy, he said none of the blade were for Yi, for none of them were worthy of him. That's pretty badass, no matter how you look at it.
i didn't understand what he meant by that
@@misxfitx it meant yi was special and a sword should be as special as its wielder
Also he made frickijg wukong staff
@@isaacmontag7013 big cope
@@misxfitx he means that the sword that was originally for him, is not longer suited for the master that Yi has become.
Why do i imagine doran like uncle iroh. Just chillin but actually a badass
Now THAT'S an ambitious crossover !
More like Bumi
I miss iroh
Ive always loved these "old, wise,charming personality" characters who in a flick of a button could fuck up just about anybody except for another old wise man.
@Benjamin Hausmann please don't . make me cry
He was like a my grandpa 😭😭
Imagine being a literal god on smithing just to forget it by being kicked on the head with a donkey
OP og lore
That’s some balancing the balance team need to learn from.
Imagine being a literal god on fighting, just be given a lamppost, by riot
@@alban4220 actually it is one of the strongest weapons..
@@NoOne-qi4tb It's just a lamp post! For Jax.
These giants could be the demigods who were supposed to shape Ionia, however, they Vastaya'Shairei killed them before they could, untaiming all the magic and making it wild
This is actually a good theory, it would certainly explain why Ionia is so wild and all the humans want the land to be left as it is.
Woww
I appreciate how much effort Necrit actually puts into these videos. The images even change and match what he's referring to in his dialogue. He puts in so much work.
This is normal editing, but holy shit he did it for 37 minutes
Why are you here I seen you form riot I seen you form 40k theory I saw you from goddam Nobel why are you every where
@@soliar5209 bot
@@soliar5209 i dont thnk so its one person its probably team of hackers fr dark web collecting data over the internet
Sylvanas Deatharcher i sweat he have the power of anime by his side
"it was a fitting load for a strong young man"
Ok Doran
Noice
*proceeds to get into it*
Help step master im stuck
Oh jeez
Thank god i’m not the only one who thought of this.
O no
I thought you were going to say the 1 item everyone knows the lore of is ionian boots considering it has lore in its description.
I thought he was talking about Dead Man's Plate being Gangplank's armor he got after the Burning Tides
I thought it would be about the tear
when you realize that Noxus vs Ionia in lore became a thing and has been pushed by Riot since was because of the origins of Ionia boots. (Noxus vs Ionia tournament in S1, Urgot too OP)
+1
@@Azrimohr You mean Locket Udyr
“NOOOO YOU CANT JUST WRITE MEMES INSTEAD OF SACRED POEMS”
“Haha memes go brrrrrrrrrr”
young yi desperately trying to stop himself from just hee-hee'ing away from the screen.
I kekd
Huh?
Lol it took me 10 minutes to understand it. Im quite dumb I guess.
@@galio7741 he looks like michael jackson
This proves that master yi should have AP abilities.
he did long ago but it was too OP riot nerfed his Q to be only AD and not possible to go AP anymore except for his W
he used to be broken with AP lol nerfed his ass
Wuju was too powerful for us mere human so they removed it from the game. Truely is a one man army
*AP YI PTSD INTENSIFIES*
NOOOOOOO
Try nashor’s and w max u can tank anything:D (actually don’t try it)
"It was all just different forms. In it's heart, wuju is magic."
AP Yi existed.
"A focused mind can pierce through stone."
"Form before strenght"
As an ADC main can confirm not true, I can't even cancel a full armor malphites recall without getting a crit
Its sharp brain time
"Anger, gives motivation without purpose"
"Good and Bad are like life,
They create each other"
"Yi became a bird"
....
Okay, who filled the valley with marijuana smoke
Mary Wu Janna? 🤪
So basically: Lore Vastaya'shairei: Badass druids army
ingame Vastaya'shairei: pretty doll cosplaying as lizard
@[REDACTED] they dont wanna risk champions being too ugly
yeah we know how taliyah worked out
Neeko is not a Vastaya'shairei. Her kind is a close branch, though.
@[REDACTED] There is a slight explanation, though. That armor she has is a void creature. It is attached to her like a parasite in a sense. It protects Kai'Sa, while Kai'sa fights and feeds the creature. So basically they keep each other alive and though years of fighting and surviving she now has a fit figure.
@@bigvidboi4909 taliyah looks alright
@@Lin2Waterfall and the makeup?
One thing I just remembered... Yi has "chosen one" skin, one with a light saber. In Runeterra, he was trained by old man who's very wise, but acts weird... hmmm
Hmmm..
Had to check the skin, it kind of looks like it was a reference to star wars
@@chill1453 If Lightsaber and "Chosen one" were not big enough of a giveaway lol
Well there’s goes my theory of Ornn actually being Doran
bruh
Still possible
Its not possible.
Ornn hates Magic
@@shaddow3851 no he doesnt, that crimson spirit might have been ornn
Search for the story with the howling abyss
Dude I swear that it feels like you've been gone for so long. UA-cam has been boring without you.
But I only skipped one upload :S
@@Necrit your just that good
i know right XD It felt like weeks
@@talesofflowerism7348 It was
@@jonathantenoso1452 nah i mean since the second last ( which was only one day)
When items have more lore than Gragas with Bard together.
lol
Bard is supposed to be mysterious
Bard got lore recentle
what lore behind gragas do you really need? A man from local pub went really drunk so he decided to take on celestial creatures, gods, demons, teemo and such
Bard needs no lore, he is perfection personified
Finally, they connected the stories of Ionia's mysteries.
Did you notice how the first place the main character in the new music video "Take Over" is teleported to looks exactly like Mistfall from this story
I wonder if the other places he fought in are also important
Xpeke was a titan confirmed
i mean, it makes sense really. Both the MC of the music video and Yi were there to begin the path towards mastery, and gain insight they previously lacked
20:42 "the entire volley was laid bare" you could say the volley was bare then? Well played sir, well played^^
Time for my daily dose of lore!
Weekly*
If only it was daily :(
I have just finished the latest episode ._.
For real
Necrit: People only really know about 1 lore item
Ionian boots: Am I a joke to you?
Wow first: Great Video, its nice to see that you are doing the work to create such a long Video at once.
Second: I think Neeko is more powerfull than she herself and the other Vastayashei'rei even knew. I guess we will find out what she is capable of in the future. Also I am very excited to get to know more about Vastayashei'rei.
Better question is what destroyed her island along with the rest of vastayashei'rei, maybe a titan?
@@codebracker bro they are spirits but shen is a balancer he can kill vartaya shairie
@@bonifacio6899 Are you saying Shen got on a boat, rowed all the way to a small island far east of Ionia and murdered all vastayashei'rei there?
@@codebracker Yeah thats kind of a spaced up theory , also why should Shen do the Anakin move and murder bunch of innocent people with his vrooom sword? xD
@@codebracker no. I mean vastayashairei is a spirit and Yi need the power of spirit realm into his blade to cut the Giant blade. Shen spirit blade originated from the spirit Realm itself. Vastayashairei defeated the Titans of the Past as large as Mountains with the Power of spirit realm. But shen has a Full access to the realm to the point that he massacre every demons he encounter. But he still a human.
Well, this explains why AP Yi from the good ol days was ever a thing, and kinda makes it sad his AP capabilities were taken away, him being able to go ap makes all the sense in the world with the given explanation of what wuju style is
A 14 year old yi who keeps practicing his sword every morning 🤭
That feel when an old man tells him its seems on his arm xD.
@@roberthuszar8134 he literally pinched his arm and he's like, "my boy, it seems that you practice your sword every morning, been there done that" 😂
@@TitoCarlo13 oh i get it😂
I am disapointed at myself for knowing what this comment means
@@jonathantenoso1452 hahaha
"Everyone fears neeko now! Hahaha!"
I can hear that xD
@@talesofflowerism7348 same, Neeko is in my mind, is Neeko is me? Hahahaha
@@zyrus3080 if Neeko becomes Neeko, how would she look like :o
@@talesofflowerism7348 more importantly, is neeko's skin in league of legends actually is neeko? Or is it just an illusion and neeko is actually a middle aged bald man LOL
@@zyrus3080 omg now that would be teriffying xD but i expect her to be a bit scarier than her kawaii art
Maybe Neeko just hasn’t explored that part of herself
I haven't read Neeko's lore yet, but that could be interesting.
Yes, she's still young and naiive
I would assume you would need a lot of training in magic to achieve such power and she never had a teacher. Ofc she isnt as powerful as the elders back then
@@dovahkiinthesardine2559 or because they attack as group. Just think how 5 Nekko can chain CC you to dead.
i hope she never has too. shes too precious
What a well put together story!! So many twists and turns of irony from beginning to end and even more on rereads, glad I found this!!
But what about Gragas? With everything we know about him, couldn't he be a Titan, a Vishinaynire, or a drunkard?
No, no and that's Yasuo.
He obviously is Celestial. I mean look on his body. Only a god can have that form.
Gragas a donkey, that's just what he is
@@zerlichr426 The ONLY reason ASol hasn't burned down Runeterra yet is because Gragas' stomach is in the way
@@markorezic3131 nah he just said "untill Gragas reach mount Targon i wont destroy this world. I would finally have someone to talk to on the level."
the valley of swords remind me of the spirit blossom event with Riven. that one scene where she was searching across just to find her broken sword pieces.
If Yi is one of the strongest wuju masters and wuju is ancient vastyashaairay magic, I wonder if Wukong is Anime Protagonist levels of op having connections to both.
“This is not what young Yi actually looked like, but I will use it anyway”
Nobody:
Yi: *CONFUSED*
when I imagined Doran I thought of a king worrier with great strength but then I saw this video and Im like bruh
its the smith that gets to name the weapons isnt it?
only if the weilder is so great the weapon gets called the name from the weilder.
but like dorans blade is bought by everyone.
Its even better tho
The ancient battle site is shown in the 2020 worlds cinematic?
I feel like we saw something like it in Rise
This is one of my most favorites lores when it comes to Ionia Champions. We learn a little bit of the First Lands, Ancient Vastaya, the Titans, and Doran along with Master Yi's past.
When Master Yi's lore first updated with this, I couldn't stop reading. Like, I was reading up at night and was suppose to sleep, but I stayed up until I finished.
"In his heart Wuju was magic"
AP MasterYi from season 3 approves
9:36 I think you meant to say "then Doran started munching on some jelly donuts" right?
gotta love dem jelly donuts XD
*how did game freak screw that up?*
Wrong channel bro.😂
But good one nonetheless.
@willump bot this is a jelly donut meme, not a jelly filled donet meme.
Am i the only one who thinks this Yi looks like Michael Jackson?
No lol.
YESS
EEE HEE
Shamona
Master Yi get his Sword from Dorans
Ingame: JGL Yi never seen such a item
@willump bot exactly
Because its not worthy
This can actually be a movie. Heck while he narrates, i feel like I'm watching a movie in my head, especially the war vissions about giants and vastayans. *goosebumps*
What it actually is: *Young Yi*
What I heard: _YaNg Yi_
I wonder what race is stronger, The Vastayashai'rei or Targonian.
Targonians are literal gods, that's a easy win
@@galio7741 if separate the targonians and the aspects, they are not gods
@@guyguy1403 Are the cults also count as Targonian? Like Lunari and Solari? If so my bad i meant the avatar of aspects like Pantheon, Leona and Zoe. I remembered when Aspects are in mortal's body they are limited on how much they can do.
@@Mctaonald02 yes, the lunari and solari are targonian tribes the praise the sun and moon respectively, and Diana and leona lead the two tribes as their aspects. And what you said about the aspects being mortal is true as well, pantheon (the champion) is only a human with the God in him, but when aatrox killed him he killed the God, not Atreus
Riot havent revealed how powerful the ancient and pure vastayans im curious about it
I dunno man. You ever been hit by 5 consecutive Neeko ults? Pretty much the definition of "one can't break a mountain, but many can."
11:30 Disappearing in the Blinding light...
OH I CAN'T SLEEP UNTIL I FEEL YOUR TOUCH!
They want to make him a new champ so they made a new lore about him
when you buy a doran item, its instantly upgraded to the better version from Nexus blitz
Still waiting for Ruined King
Nothing wrong with that. I would love to see Doran, the ruined king, and cythria as champs
@@mr.joesterr5359 Go ahead mr joster!
If we get Cythria, we had better get Tyari too, Trans rep!
This is the best story I've read by far.
Necrit: I will make a trundel video
reality: few weeks later no trundle
These titans seems similar to the Greek Mythology Titans
Asian with a side of greek myth...
I would fokin love a league MMO RPG
Good news they released a trailer of it, it's called the Ruined King
@@Lolololololololololo123 Unfortunately it wont be a MMO RPG :((. But I still like it very much.
@@SendGanudes Good news, there will be a MMO RPG
@@girouarddolivier2049 WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS I JUMPED OUT OF MY CHAIR IN JOY. xd
So now we know who won the biggest war runeterra has ever seen. Cool, it is so nice that they told us about the titans.
Haha the part with Neeko. To be fair, when you watch neeko’s ult it looks like she is drawing power from the earth around her and then unleashing it.
I guess that explains why riot decided Neeko needed a 150% ap scaling.
This story is one of my favourite right now i dont know how to explain it its like a weird kong fu movie traning scenes
So... Ezreal being the one true king, huh?
Nice intro xd
"it was no longer worthy of yi" damn dude, that was deep
17:11 "At the edge of the beach was a dark grey structure. The size of a mountain that didn't belong in Ionia. It somewhat resembled a monument. It was 3 monstruous towers sharing a single base. Far too large for a mortal construction." I don't know if they're saying that it was built by an undead (like Mordekaiser) or if it's just too far beyond their understanding...
I was wondering when you would cover this story. It's a pretty long and involved one.
I love the fact that necrit drew doran's legs😂
"practicing with the sword every sunrise" thus his biceps were strong... HAHAHHAHA I HATE MY MIND 😂
I'm in love with this Story
This is great, I’ve been hoping for item description lore!
I taught Doran everything he knows
Man Riot should tease Doran as a champ would be interesting to see another Artificer champ on the field.
This was so good man ngl havent heard a story so good.
This is my overall favorite League of Legends Story, hands down.
Damn near 40 minute video!? YEEESSSSSSS!!
This story was really beautiful, I'm in awe.
So thats the lore behind Yi's E
Dorians this is the lore behind his E.He uses spirit magic
looks like Doran likes his share of haikus lmao what a cool guy
No blood shedding
Cowsep: thats the power of teleeeporrrrt
Rumors once said that you can hear the sound of a man's combined rage and agony...
"I...WAS..IN ALPHAAAAaaaa-!!!"
If everyone that played league knew about this channel, they would all be subbed.
Just remember neeko when she came out, the Ap ratio she had was ridiculous... she was clear one of the ones who slay the gigants
this is just me venting my ideas:
its easy to connect the vastaya'shiarei with neeko. The whole speech that the crimson eyed doran gives to yi about everithing just being form and having to understand escence, well that escence is wat neeko calls shoma and what she uses to change form. The story tells us how the vastayas in that battle changed their shapes, something that we havent seen another vastaya do apart of neeko, maybe she still doesnt have the power oor the training to manipulate the elements, but i can totally see her being a vastaya'shiarei
I would love to see cinematics of different mini lore stories like this one
Doran: *is making something legendary
Donky: haha bonk
his accent just magnifies the fact that riot's lore is genuinely amazing
29:57 "They looked like gods, descended from the heavens." Ascended God-Warriors travelled to Ionia... Why did I never notice this :o?
This is MUCH easier to follow than with black silhouettes, although i guess its more work.
What if the ten titans are the first of ten that fiddlesticks refers to?
No? I'm way off? Aight I'll dip.
I like the fact that you made Doran's legs
edit: also, i don't think Necrit realized that at 17:20 the story was talking about the Imortal Bastion
Yeah that's what i thought when i saw the structure. And the banners
AT LAST SOMEONE MADE A VIDEO ABOUT DORAN
Ayyhh its your boy YOUNG YI out here dropping fire with the WUJO style
finaly vid from necrit
he might not have gotten his sword from doran but BORIS is just there to correct that
Riot remake items art for WildRift and change them in League PC too..
But not the skins Splash Arts~
you sure not splasharts? i dont think so..
@@joueurhenjuneau6183 not rly.. the mobile market is rly strong (see summoners war) and doing revamp stuff got more worthy now cuz of wild rift.. but im sure this has been planned for years so it doesnt matter
Afaik there are at least 3 - 4 items with lore.
Lost chapter might be related to Yuumi's Book.
Bork for obvious reasons.
Ionian boots of lucidity from the ionian/noxian war.
Dead man's plate because of Gangplank
I'm more curious about Rabadon and Zhonya. Youmuu and Drakthar as well.
Zhonya is probably from the chronomancers of Icathia
@@codebracker or maybe one of the lost relics of blessed isles
I thought Lucidity boots was the item Necrit was referring to the item with lore haha
GG WP for taking time into getting yi model from game to this vid really nice
'that's not what young yi looks like, this is the correct image' **proceeds to show correct image he could've used instead**
I WAS ABOUT TO SLEEP BUT THIS VIDEO SAYS NOPE
20:42 Too many Voli puns in this video, Necrit
37:07 the Most Mind blowing Part
Riot has finally heard my plea for more item lore
How are the ancient Vastayashai'rei connected to Neeko? This story explained that being one with the spirit realm meant being Formless yet Boundless. Who wants to be everyone and anything? Yeah that's right, Neeko.
Neeko herself thinks that she is Vastayashai'rei. In reality she's probably the closest thing alive we have, but she isn't Vastayashai'rei. But a very very close relative, no doubt about that. She's closer to the Vastayashai'rei than other Vastaya like Rengar or Xayah/Rakan, since the Vastaya are the combination of humans and Vastayashai'rei. Neeko's race however (according to what we know so far) never combined with humans in whatever way. But still, she (or her race) isn't purely Vastayashai'rei either.