“Choice is false, but I chose to become this.” He might be saying that his glorious evolution was inevitable and “choosing not to” was simply delaying it.
I think it's made this way because Viktor himself doesn't know what is between him and Jayce, so the writers leave it out fpr interpretation.... still a hella wholesome detail tho icl
@@syckray You can accept that things may have still happened off-screen, right? The fact he has the dialogue specifically for Blitzcrank suggests the lore is anything but 'eradicated'.
@@syckray They intentionally put the work in to give a custom interaction in game post new canon rework. That's about as strong a MAY as I can think of.
@@vedpatil2353 No, it was very much a big departure from LoL viktor. They basically made him Malzahar, but instead of the 'kill everyone and everything' form of obliteration he was 'remove all aspects of self' form of obliteration.
@Slender while I did really enjoy his Arcane version it was def a large departure from what was expected. Personally I just wish Arcane was allowed to be its own continuity from the game and all its immense lore baggage.
I don't share the same emotions Viktor mains are feeling right now but as someone who loves Warwick and is disappointed with what they did to him in act 3, I understand their pain and give them my condolences.
While I personally like Arcane Viktor god did they massacre my boy Warwick in Act 3 bro. My boy got to be his glorious self for a single act before then becoming a furry robot before fucking dying.
@@katelawyer3689 He survived an explosion by three hex-gems at point blank range with severals spears in him. That single-gem explosion didn't kill him. And while I agree the design looks awkward, the visual story telling on the Act 3 design does a good job conveying he isnt a fully converted, hollow robot like all the other Evolved. He has no visable holes that show his insides are empty likt the other Evolved, still retain pre-Evolved features such as his face, and he was the only one that moved of it own will when Viktor left. In all likely hood, he is still alive, got injured enough that the metal outer shell is gone, and with a more bestial mind, will regenerate into a more wolf-like appearance.
Pay attention at the detail at the fountain Every champion stone relic has a symbol of the Rune Viktor gave Jayce The game use it to teleport champions to the fountain at the star of the game
@@Macaulyn_97 asu was not a thing and morgana didnt really need any gameplay changes at the time as she was actually useful back then. She could use some change now as shes the most worthless champion in the game
@@querish2813 Morgana has needed changes long before that update. The only difference is back then she didn't need them as desperately as she does today.
@@grenada9347 do you know how much money they used for arcane? and voicelines arent even a matter of budget anyway as they dont have to pay the actors that much. If youre gonna make a complaint go speak to the dialogue writer.
@@ink8894 yes I know how much Arcane costed. I am not some dumb dumb you find at the corner of your street. "They dont need to pay voice actors that much", hard disagree, voice actors bring the characters to life, so they deserve to get a good chunk of money. And maybe, fire that writer and with everyone that retcons stuff that didn't need to be retconned. Believe me if I could, I would do it in a nanosecond. But what can you do when a company fires all of their talents that gave actual good content, just because they are more expensive to keep. Riot only now realised capable people need to be paid more than those average twitter dwelers that write Sonic fan-fic, so they went the cheap route and it shows.
@@ink8894 This defence comes from my passion about the lore and I want whats best for it, like many others. Do not think of it as me being hateful towards you, it's just my passion for the craft. Riot seems to like making everything worse for those that support them and like their work.
@@dark_demon2522 Man it hurts when people name drops obscure lore character but doesn't know jackshyt. The Etherfiend is only for the forgotten death symbols.
@@Starryeyeddreamer2001 I know that he is for forgotten death spirits but and this is just my speculation i thought he can kill other stuff too (for example if something gets too powerful) so thanks for explaining that he can only kill forgotten spirits (i love lore so please tell me wehere you got that information from, i only know the Etherfiend from LoR (Interactions ans Descriptions)
The philosophy that basically makes the original Viktor likeable is practically gone in this rendition. Arcane Herald Viktor should be it's own character, not a replacement to Machine Herald Viktor.
@@Tae-Ho-w8l Entrusting his future to the league, man clings to a dim hope. Yet, the Arcane is the means by which all is revealed... Beyond the ranked you have taken lies the absolute end. It matters not who you are... One thing is always certain: DEFEAT awaits all.
It's kind of weird how Viktor in Arcane s02 is so different from thr original Viktor in the game they could've made a whole new character and it still fits. Guess at the start of the show they intended for Viktor to encase himself inside a mechanical armor but changed their mind when it comes to season 2 production.
They hotfixed some of the skins, but they still need to enhance his base model and give him more substantial changes to the FXV of his evolved skills, aligning them more closely with his arcane self And, of course, just give him a traditional skin
I think a traditional skin would silence a lot of the complaints I've been seeing on r/viktormains. Honestly, I'm confused why he doesn't have one, since most champions in the past, that have had major visual changes, kept a traditional skin. That way they can flatten his hair for this model.. cuz it's not right and it's only there because of the traditional look.
i agree with all of that. his arcane design is cool, my only problem with it is that he just lacks detail in all of his skins. i also wish that they made him more imposing. he's supposed to be huge in the show, but his in-game model is too small. i also don't like the new VO tbh. doesn't sound like either league or arcane VA.
@@Scribbled2Death I wouldn't say "most" have gotten them. They've only done it three times if I'm not mistaken and it's been going on a decade since the last time they said they'd never do it again.
I loved Viktor's strong Russian accent and the way he slowly but loudly spoke his quotes. Now I can't understand him without the subtitles and it's not even an accent problem.
It wasn't a "strong russian" accent. It was a twirling mustache "russian baddie by an American" accent. Offensive and tacky. As russian I'm glad they toned it down.
ekko has one where he says something like “i’ll never be like you” but it’s pretty generic and he also says it to jayce so it’s kind of a throwaway line. i think he also says “you’re everything wrong with zaun” but that might be to urgot. anyway, yeah it would be great if they added more interactions especially because they can’t really add retroactive voicelines from ekko’s perspective.
It’s funny how riot somehow reached negative levels of laziness. If they didn’t do this vgu (did literally nothing to viktor) the community would be happy, but they did the VGU so low effort that they ruined a character
I like how being skinny makes y’all immediately call Viktor a twink despite him being a 7 feet tall biomechanical Demi god now. Bro is skinny because he was sickly pre evolution lol.
@@katelawyer3689 In this comment I did not say he is a twink. Projecting much? Also, this change was unnecesary. Not only Viktor was a low pick, only played by his mains, but now not even his mains are gonna play him.
Can we...ease it with the voice effect? If not for the subtitles I'd have a really hard time deciphering what he's saying with that heavy filter. The accent gets a bit lost too which is a shame since I found it really charming ;w;
Honestly, I’m disappointed. Most champions have interactions with champions in their lore, lane opponents, and some wild cards. Viktor just has the lore interactions. For an update that’s SUPPOSED to be a way to incorporate Arcane more into league there is more of a jarring gap shoved between the two then ever.
He's now like an alien looking messiah, so him having some kinda soul manipulation abilities is a logical idea here, but his skills are still physical Hextech attacks. Therefore it's a kinda mismatched theme for the ASU since seeing a skinny Jesus walking toward the enemy just to throw stuff is very comical
It's a Geigeresque aesthetic/design, same vein as the Alien franchise or that one horror game Scorn. Meant to be biomechanical, the hex core evolved from machine to flesh and did the same inversely. Turned flesh to metal/machine. It's supposed to be uncanny and weird because the two are married up without separation now. As for abilities.. honestly, I think the only thing that feels out of place is the W. Maybe they could've flashed the hexcore and had gravity intensify beneath it. Doubt they'll change it at this point 🤷♀
@@MrTwistables Problem there is his 'metal flesh' just comes across as chitin to me, which even further deviates Viktor from his original design as a cyborg.
@@Tobias-Lupin aatrox was a ridiculously successful vgu what are you talking about? he went from being a sub 1% pick rate champion to one of the most popular evergreen top laners of all time and consistently gets picked everywhere from iron to pro play. they even kept his lore and character largely the same. how was that an unsuccessful rework? just because his old gameplay is gone doesn’t mean it’s a bad rework. by objective metrics, aatrox is one of the most successful reworks league of legends has ever had.
I don't know how much stronger he is but we see in the ending the only one left in the world/universe seem to be Viktor...if Ryze can stop him that wouldn't happened. Viktor has countless bodies technically and just one touch from one of them you're part of the hive mind, magical or not, as we saw with Mel
Maybe in the series looks like a menace but ingame looks like a disney villain. It's not the model at all, maybe the animations could be smoother and colder like an actual robot and not like Millio's lore villain.
I think Viktor is much more inconsistent now than he was before. He is the herald of the Arcane, but he speaks of machines. He has a robotic arm and his body is bio-metallic. He needs to connect with magic to transmute people into mechanical organisms while his gameplay does not reflect any of that. Yes. It is, without a doubt, the worst rework ever done. Don't get me wrong. The effects are very good, but his model looks ugly and the problems the champion had have not been corrected and his gameplay has little or nothing to do with his lore, beyond the E and the R (maybe).
100% agreed, they just made an even less coherent character from a form of Viktor that was little more than a plot device in the show. What happened to the Viktor that said "there is always a choice?". This one can't even decide (thanks to SkinSpotlights for putting the contradictory voice lines back to back lmao). These voice lines are an incoherent mess.
"I chose to become this" he kinda didn't though, Ironically all times he evolved was caused by other characters actions and Jayce. Jayce carried him to the hexcore and fused him with it, Jayce blew him up the second and he evolved in his cocoon.
This should have been a skin. If they wanted a Viktor rework then they should have kept him as an actual cyborg. Idk what Viktor is now but that is something Eldritch, because there is no machine components, its all some weird organic metal
Viktor is the only midlaner i play... His old animations showed a cold, calculated strong man. These new animations are so erratic and random. His aura is all gone....
He was never Russian, and that accent was a twirling mustache villain Americans do in their movies for Russians lol. It was tacky and offensive, good thing they got rid of that.
Just gonna mention that the “friendship and love” line was censored on RU bc of the anti LGBT laws there (“love” was removed from the sentence), and in Spanish/Chinese the word for romantic love was used instead :) Do what you want with that information~
In the official artbook it is stated that they are brothers, you want to make it incest? I think in my country (russia) they don't often use such expressions towards brothers.
@@manstopmaldinglol6028yeah but you are free to interpret whatever you want… It’s nothing problematic. Besides Vikjay/Jayvik has existed BEFORE Arcane.. why make it a problem now?(Assuming you didn’t know about it, that’s fine.) On a note, Christian Linke is blatantly homophobic and cannot shut his mouth to save his life. Same guy who described zaun with harmful rhetorics. Not a far stretch to ship them. People ship things regardless of confirmation.
He might be referring to Sky here. It could also be described as a Platonic love, one with no romance in mind. Look at the Marine Corps for a good example.
Victor: "I warn you, I have evolved beyond these transactions."
Shop keeper: "Great buddy, now hand over the gold."
I dont tip I dont believe in it
Tfw your creep stat is poor
''Choice is false''
-Viktor.
''I chose to become this''
-Also Viktor
“Choice is false, but I chose to become this.”
He might be saying that his glorious evolution was inevitable and “choosing not to” was simply delaying it.
@@karlpontanal4703 or that it was his choice to become this, but he's not giving everyone else one
Bro, casually dropped the greatest argument against the concept of Providence.
"Neither love nor friendship will stop what's necessary, Jayce" Interesting to point these out as two different things towards him 🤨
I think it's made this way because Viktor himself doesn't know what is between him and Jayce, so the writers leave it out fpr interpretation.... still a hella wholesome detail tho icl
Love has different levels, it is not only used as a romantic expression. The fact that your first thought was a gay insinuation says a lot 😂
@@rupertkhan2 the fact you started needlessly arguing about it without being asked says a lot😂
@@rupertkhan2 if he separates love from friendship, then it's not the platonic type at the very least.
@@_BlackwhiteWings_ he wasn't needlessly arguing, he pointed it out. If this is arguing to you I'm legit shocked.
Blitzcrank first encounter victor: Viktor🤖, Viktor🤖, Viktor🤖,Viktor🤖
viktooooor viktoooor viktoooooor
Like how Viktor is kind to Blitzcrank and Orianna at his first encounter. Makes me happy that they’re mentioned.
He still loves robots
Yeah, ignore the fact blitz lore was erradicated 🤡🤡
@@syckray You can accept that things may have still happened off-screen, right? The fact he has the dialogue specifically for Blitzcrank suggests the lore is anything but 'eradicated'.
@@onymus_bis also MAY have and MAY not. That's a falacy
@@syckray They intentionally put the work in to give a custom interaction in game post new canon rework. That's about as strong a MAY as I can think of.
'Viktor Nation, how you doin?'
Jayce hm, Jaybe or jaybe not?
Bad, very.
Jonderful after love was mentioned in a Jayvic interaction
I quit the game when they turned Swain into Lucius Malfoy.
Now they came after my guy Viktor.
I will never come back now. I bet they'll ruin Azir too.
@@DeepestDankest i feel you arcnane season two jumped the shark and ruinied our glorious viktor
i kinda miss his strong Russian accent
language of terrorists and fascist? strange preferences
@@Dreamisover bro just liked an accent, and you just had to make it political.
@@Dreamisoverlmao touch some grass delete your Twitter account and cry
I do agree, and i also wish that he had the same polish accent he had in the show
Edit: Czech sorry, I miss remembered
Same here. Miss his original theme and design so much
This Viktor is just a middle ground between lol Viktor and Arcane Viktor. And it feels wrong.
completely agree i think they needed to fully commit to arcane viktor for this to be a successful rework
bad rework in history
it's not even like Arcane Viktor was that big a departure from LoL Viktor, just more magical/divine
@@vedpatil2353 No, it was very much a big departure from LoL viktor. They basically made him Malzahar, but instead of the 'kill everyone and everything' form of obliteration he was 'remove all aspects of self' form of obliteration.
@Slender while I did really enjoy his Arcane version it was def a large departure from what was expected. Personally I just wish Arcane was allowed to be its own continuity from the game and all its immense lore baggage.
Would've been funny if Viktor's kill quote for Jinx was a comeback for her "fortune cookie" comment in Arcane lol
I don't share the same emotions Viktor mains are feeling right now but as someone who loves Warwick and is disappointed with what they did to him in act 3, I understand their pain and give them my condolences.
While I personally like Arcane Viktor god did they massacre my boy Warwick in Act 3 bro. My boy got to be his glorious self for a single act before then becoming a furry robot before fucking dying.
I tell you furries ruin everything I hold dear.
@@katelawyer3689 He survived an explosion by three hex-gems at point blank range with severals spears in him. That single-gem explosion didn't kill him. And while I agree the design looks awkward, the visual story telling on the Act 3 design does a good job conveying he isnt a fully converted, hollow robot like all the other Evolved. He has no visable holes that show his insides are empty likt the other Evolved, still retain pre-Evolved features such as his face, and he was the only one that moved of it own will when Viktor left.
In all likely hood, he is still alive, got injured enough that the metal outer shell is gone, and with a more bestial mind, will regenerate into a more wolf-like appearance.
@@katelawyer3689I don’t think furries are the problem, they don’t do anything to your game. This guy was always a wolf guy before
@@katelawyer3689bro wasn’t even a furry at any point in the show its literally a central reason why warwick mains hated his design lol
Pay attention at the detail at the fountain
Every champion stone relic has a symbol of the Rune Viktor gave Jayce
The game use it to teleport champions to the fountain at the star of the game
It's not the exact same, but it is similar.
GO TOUCH GRASS SUKER
oh so the 600 people they fired involved all the people who could actually write voicelines?
After the Ultimate that is a legendary, now we have the VGU that is an ASU 😅 Riot doing Riot things.
At least it's not the first time, remember Morgana? She also just got a buff on her Ult and they called it a "VGU".
@@Macaulyn_97 asu was not a thing and morgana didnt really need any gameplay changes at the time as she was actually useful back then. She could use some change now as shes the most worthless champion in the game
@@Macaulyn_97wouldn’t this be a midscope? Not a ASU
@@querish2813 Morgana has needed changes long before that update. The only difference is back then she didn't need them as desperately as she does today.
It was a VGU but those Viktor mains asses hated the "GU" themselves so now this is what you got.
It's sad how gone are the days of 30 mins interactions, now can't even reach 10.
"Biggest budget ever" my ass
@@grenada9347 do you know how much money they used for arcane? and voicelines arent even a matter of budget anyway as they dont have to pay the actors that much. If youre gonna make a complaint go speak to the dialogue writer.
@@ink8894 yes I know how much Arcane costed. I am not some dumb dumb you find at the corner of your street.
"They dont need to pay voice actors that much", hard disagree, voice actors bring the characters to life, so they deserve to get a good chunk of money. And maybe, fire that writer and with everyone that retcons stuff that didn't need to be retconned. Believe me if I could, I would do it in a nanosecond. But what can you do when a company fires all of their talents that gave actual good content, just because they are more expensive to keep. Riot only now realised capable people need to be paid more than those average twitter dwelers that write Sonic fan-fic, so they went the cheap route and it shows.
@@grenada9347 so defensive
@@ink8894 This defence comes from my passion about the lore and I want whats best for it, like many others. Do not think of it as me being hateful towards you, it's just my passion for the craft. Riot seems to like making everything worse for those that support them and like their work.
"You challenge the inevitable"
Kindred: *Buenos dias, fuckboy.*
You do realize Arcane basically showed that he can't die, right? Final episode, reveal in the ending? Kindred can't do jack shit.
@@Macaulyn_97 But the Void, the Darkin, higher Demons, higher Celestials or just the Etherfiend can
@@dark_demon2522 Man it hurts when people name drops obscure lore character but doesn't know jackshyt. The Etherfiend is only for the forgotten death symbols.
@@Starryeyeddreamer2001 I know that he is for forgotten death spirits but and this is just my speculation i thought he can kill other stuff too (for example if something gets too powerful) so thanks for explaining that he can only kill forgotten spirits (i love lore so please tell me wehere you got that information from, i only know the Etherfiend from LoR (Interactions ans Descriptions)
@@Macaulyn_97 You realize if you can see Kindred your close to death.
This is not The Machine Herald
The first Jayvik encounter line having love mentioned gives me life
Soy
Then women wonder why men aren't so open in showing love to other men as women are to eachother 😮💨.
@@Ilive_420just let us have representation man, it's not even in your face
Lmao then the new Jayce and Mel voicelines come out showing he still loves her.
The philosophy that basically makes the original Viktor likeable is practically gone in this rendition. Arcane Herald Viktor should be it's own character, not a replacement to Machine Herald Viktor.
The man of the hour, gloriously evolved
Kinda surprised and glad that blitzcrank is still viktor's creation
3:45 For a second there i thought he gonna say: the ARCANE is the means by which all is revealed
The moment piltover devoured the fruit of magic, it's fate was sealed
@@Tae-Ho-w8l Entrusting his future to the league, man clings to a dim hope.
Yet, the Arcane is the means by which all is revealed...
Beyond the ranked you have taken lies the absolute end.
It matters not who you are... One thing is always certain: DEFEAT awaits all.
It's kind of weird how Viktor in Arcane s02 is so different from thr original Viktor in the game they could've made a whole new character and it still fits.
Guess at the start of the show they intended for Viktor to encase himself inside a mechanical armor but changed their mind when it comes to season 2 production.
Interaction with Janna? Of course not
Renata : where have you fucking been whole time Janna
0:28 Buddy what do you mean by that??? 🤨🤨🤨
That neither friendship or love (Like Skye) couldn't *stop* him
@@Ilive_420Skye was never Viktor’s love interest in canon.
They hotfixed some of the skins, but they still need to enhance his base model and give him more substantial changes to the FXV of his evolved skills, aligning them more closely with his arcane self
And, of course, just give him a traditional skin
I think a traditional skin would silence a lot of the complaints I've been seeing on r/viktormains. Honestly, I'm confused why he doesn't have one, since most champions in the past, that have had major visual changes, kept a traditional skin.
That way they can flatten his hair for this model.. cuz it's not right and it's only there because of the traditional look.
The prototype viktor should be the viktor when he was just an assistant of heimerdinger
a traditional viktor skin would actually make me really happy
i agree with all of that. his arcane design is cool, my only problem with it is that he just lacks detail in all of his skins. i also wish that they made him more imposing. he's supposed to be huge in the show, but his in-game model is too small. i also don't like the new VO tbh. doesn't sound like either league or arcane VA.
@@Scribbled2Death I wouldn't say "most" have gotten them. They've only done it three times if I'm not mistaken and it's been going on a decade since the last time they said they'd never do it again.
I loved Viktor's strong Russian accent and the way he slowly but loudly spoke his quotes. Now I can't understand him without the subtitles and it's not even an accent problem.
It wasn't a "strong russian" accent. It was a twirling mustache "russian baddie by an American" accent. Offensive and tacky. As russian I'm glad they toned it down.
I kinda wish he had an interaction with ekko.
Considering he's the one to ultimately defeat him, it is weird there isn't one...
ekko has one where he says something like “i’ll never be like you” but it’s pretty generic and he also says it to jayce so it’s kind of a throwaway line. i think he also says “you’re everything wrong with zaun” but that might be to urgot. anyway, yeah it would be great if they added more interactions especially because they can’t really add retroactive voicelines from ekko’s perspective.
BRING BACK THE OG HERALD MACHINE VIKTOR
I would love to see this as an Arcane Skin. The Iconic "real" Viktor is now lost what a shame
It’s funny how riot somehow reached negative levels of laziness. If they didn’t do this vgu (did literally nothing to viktor) the community would be happy, but they did the VGU so low effort that they ruined a character
This is not Viktor, this is Vincent, Hweis lil brother
Vivo, brother of Huawei.
Peak
I like how being skinny makes y’all immediately call Viktor a twink despite him being a 7 feet tall biomechanical Demi god now. Bro is skinny because he was sickly pre evolution lol.
@@katelawyer3689 In this comment I did not say he is a twink. Projecting much?
Also, this change was unnecesary. Not only Viktor was a low pick, only played by his mains, but now not even his mains are gonna play him.
@@katelawyer3689 no one wants viktor to be a "biomechanical demi god"
Viktor
Viktor
Rotkiv
Viktor
Why not Victor?
Viktor
Can we...ease it with the voice effect? If not for the subtitles I'd have a really hard time deciphering what he's saying with that heavy filter.
The accent gets a bit lost too which is a shame since I found it really charming ;w;
Thats a you problem
@@jordancallahan5893 oh I'll make it Ritos problem too, you just watch! ò^ó
@@Hexaphobia I feel violated by your weirdahh behaviour lol
@Ilive_420 understandable, have a nice day ~
I am honestly gonna miss the old viktor.
hope this is early aprils fools joke
Honestly, I’m disappointed. Most champions have interactions with champions in their lore, lane opponents, and some wild cards. Viktor just has the lore interactions. For an update that’s SUPPOSED to be a way to incorporate Arcane more into league there is more of a jarring gap shoved between the two then ever.
REVERT IT
I can barely hear him over the echo
yeah the voicelines are pretty unclear with the reverb. he also speaks way too quickly compared to how viktor sounded in arcane
He's now like an alien looking messiah, so him having some kinda soul manipulation abilities is a logical idea here, but his skills are still physical Hextech attacks. Therefore it's a kinda mismatched theme for the ASU since seeing a skinny Jesus walking toward the enemy just to throw stuff is very comical
It's a Geigeresque aesthetic/design, same vein as the Alien franchise or that one horror game Scorn. Meant to be biomechanical, the hex core evolved from machine to flesh and did the same inversely. Turned flesh to metal/machine. It's supposed to be uncanny and weird because the two are married up without separation now. As for abilities.. honestly, I think the only thing that feels out of place is the W. Maybe they could've flashed the hexcore and had gravity intensify beneath it. Doubt they'll change it at this point 🤷♀
He kept the same abilities because Viktor mains didn't want them to change at all.
@@MrTwistables Problem there is his 'metal flesh' just comes across as chitin to me, which even further deviates Viktor from his original design as a cyborg.
From Cyborg to Twink Cunty Robot
look how they massacred my boy
So this can't be a skin rather huh-
Yeahhhhh.. Can we maybe just keep old Viktor please Riot? And maybe actually change his W.
not my viktor
First failed VGU, wouldn't be surprised if the layoffs heavily affected it
Failed? Massive cope.
Don't know if it's the first, I feel like Aatrox earned that title. Atleast Viktor got to keep his abilities and playstyle with his update.
@@Tobias-Lupin aatrox was a ridiculously successful vgu what are you talking about? he went from being a sub 1% pick rate champion to one of the most popular evergreen top laners of all time and consistently gets picked everywhere from iron to pro play. they even kept his lore and character largely the same. how was that an unsuccessful rework? just because his old gameplay is gone doesn’t mean it’s a bad rework. by objective metrics, aatrox is one of the most successful reworks league of legends has ever had.
Viktor giving big Iron Hands Space Marines vibes with his just wanting to be an emotionless machine
So 0 interaction with Ryze. Who tries to do the opposite of Viktor and keeps power away from people and is also a much more powerful mage.
I don't know how much stronger he is but we see in the ending the only one left in the world/universe seem to be Viktor...if Ryze can stop him that wouldn't happened. Viktor has countless bodies technically and just one touch from one of them you're part of the hive mind, magical or not, as we saw with Mel
I already miss Machine Herald
Machine Herald >> Herald of the Arcane
Well too bad nerd
yall did not give a damn about old viktor not all of a sudden you act like he's ur child
@@aguy4887 for real like where are all of these people coming from bro had like a 3% pick rate 😭
Both versions are valid in my opinion they’re just different is all. I just wish they were allowed to coexist.
"Love and legacy are the sacrifices we make for progress." - SInged
"Emotion and logic cannot coexist. One must be shed to gain the other." - Viktor
New viktor looks like he went on a diet, he looks so thin
Watch arcane Hes basicly a corpse (people WHO are dying are Not thicc btw )
Maybe in the series looks like a menace but ingame looks like a disney villain.
It's not the model at all, maybe the animations could be smoother and colder like an actual robot and not like Millio's lore villain.
Damn, maybe letting Riot cook wasn't the right call here.
The glorious desnutrition
Emotion
Corrodes the soul
As does money 🗣️🔥
The canonization of Arcane destroyed any potential this character once had.
I feel like Homer at that Lesbian Bar, so many people don't like this and I'm all here for it.
Do not get all the ngativity, he needed a visual update so bad and this looks 🔥
Viktor..... Viktooooooor....... Viktoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor
Another killing of champion identity
Where is his long hair
I dont like use the old pre ASU hair on this Arcane model
Agreed. If they're going arcane model, they need to commit. Then make a traditional skin for anyone that prefers the old look
Only you can show me this 🌚
Man, felt bad for Viktor mains
:'c
why? his gameplay is the same
@@maurofrias8087 thats why
@@maurofrias8087 exactly.
*Does the Long Move Interaction*
Me: Wow they cranked his yapping to 100
The only way to fix this mess is to make his base skin model an actual skin and release a new base skin model that looks more metalic.
Rip viktor
My precious boy deserved so much better! ;w;
Why Riot! Give the mans his proper glow up!
I think Viktor is much more inconsistent now than he was before. He is the herald of the Arcane, but he speaks of machines. He has a robotic arm and his body is bio-metallic. He needs to connect with magic to transmute people into mechanical organisms while his gameplay does not reflect any of that. Yes. It is, without a doubt, the worst rework ever done. Don't get me wrong. The effects are very good, but his model looks ugly and the problems the champion had have not been corrected and his gameplay has little or nothing to do with his lore, beyond the E and the R (maybe).
100% agreed, they just made an even less coherent character from a form of Viktor that was little more than a plot device in the show. What happened to the Viktor that said "there is always a choice?". This one can't even decide (thanks to SkinSpotlights for putting the contradictory voice lines back to back lmao). These voice lines are an incoherent mess.
From Robot to Protoss
"I chose to become this" he kinda didn't though, Ironically all times he evolved was caused by other characters actions and Jayce.
Jayce carried him to the hexcore and fused him with it, Jayce blew him up the second and he evolved in his cocoon.
when jayce "killed" him and killed his robot with mel, viktor accepted that people sucked and gave up his humanity
He's been more modernized than he already had been and i love it
His design is something interesting, HE IS MADE OF METAL, TISSUE AND SOUL
Did they retcon Renata's and victor's relationship? she basically sponsored his growth.
bro they retconned renata 😭
gotta say, i used to hate the old model, but its starting to grow on me
0:48 thats a creative way to spoil arcane season 2
I've been gone so long.....they aren't even towers anymore?
Should've just been a super deluxe mega skin or whatever instead of co- opting the whole character
A shame he never got an Illaoi interaction
This should have been a skin. If they wanted a Viktor rework then they should have kept him as an actual cyborg. Idk what Viktor is now but that is something Eldritch, because there is no machine components, its all some weird organic metal
Couldnt they give him his voice from arcane its 20000%better
this should've been a legendary skin. there are a lot of people (including me) liked the LoL Viktor as he is
It's a crime that they didn't give him the "from the moment i understood my flesh it disgusted me" line
I kinda wish his hair was down and a more threatening poise to his color pallete.
They should have made arcane viktor a separate champion this is not the machine herald we want
Who the fuck is we?
Who's we
You mean a separate skin. Otherwise we wouldn't have Viktor in Arcane period.
If they did that I bet people would come out and say that riot is making a new champion to be greedy and denying him his rightful rework
@@nehegoth fans of LoL/LoR/the lore in general
Viktor is the only midlaner i play... His old animations showed a cold, calculated strong man. These new animations are so erratic and random. His aura is all gone....
His voice is kinda hard to listen carefully ...
Hmmm, maybe the new year cinematic shows Viktor building blitzcrank
I prefer theme of old Viktor much more
I know that Victor's visual update was controversial, but I still think this is a solid upgrade.
He speaks far too fast and not Russian?????
Arcane IS Not based in russia big surprise ?
He was never Russian, and that accent was a twirling mustache villain Americans do in their movies for Russians lol.
It was tacky and offensive, good thing they got rid of that.
This was diabolical
This is so fucking bad. Riot really shit the bed with this. Just revert the changes...
Am i the only one because i really want to see viktor interaction with targonian character especially aurelion sol to viktor
I wish his voice actor was Harry Lloyd.
why it feels like he is speaking on 1.5x? could have been a bit slower
VIKTOOOOR 🤖
A shame there are 0 lines with ekko, i feel like them not talking even in the show was a let down
The arcane viktor is fine but you should include this as an legendary skin than being a literal twink plus some of his coolest skin went down thin
Just gonna mention that the “friendship and love” line was censored on RU bc of the anti LGBT laws there (“love” was removed from the sentence), and in Spanish/Chinese the word for romantic love was used instead :)
Do what you want with that information~
Arcane co author confirmed that they're just friends, it's a platonic relationship. Fujoshis need to be studied.
ok
Holy based
In the official artbook it is stated that they are brothers, you want to make it incest? I think in my country (russia) they don't often use such expressions towards brothers.
@@manstopmaldinglol6028yeah but you are free to interpret whatever you want… It’s nothing problematic. Besides Vikjay/Jayvik has existed BEFORE Arcane.. why make it a problem now?(Assuming you didn’t know about it, that’s fine.)
On a note, Christian Linke is blatantly homophobic and cannot shut his mouth to save his life. Same guy who described zaun with harmful rhetorics.
Not a far stretch to ship them. People ship things regardless of confirmation.
BIG THOR 🗣️
Nice Mecha Ivern skin!
Wait, WHERE'S DAISY?! 😰
nO FRIENDSHIP OR LOVE?! Him and Jayce confirmed?
He might be referring to Sky here. It could also be described as a Platonic love, one with no romance in mind. Look at the Marine Corps for a good example.
yes
トランスジェンダーの黒人にスキンを作らせるな。