The new dawn brings us to the newest addition to our League of Legends section on our website. The ranking of Lores in League of Legends from worst to best.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I have been playing League of Legends since its release and I have always found the lores in the game itself fascinating. They allow you to immerse deep down within the stories around which the game was built. Sure the first couple of champions were simply created and the follow up stories have been released like some addition to them, to give them some depth, but as the game progressed and continue to rise in popularity around the world, League of Legends creators have seen the opportunity to tell a story for each champion so they have created the universe that is called Runterra. These back stories help you connect with your favorite champions on a deeper level and may even influence your choice for your favorite champion as well. I know that it has influenced me for sure.
There are a lot of amazing stories in the League of Legend’s universe that really explain the universe to a reader and make a player much more immersed in the game since, the one keeps imagining the world of Runterra while playing the champion in the Summoner’s Rift. But nothing can be perfect, since there are many champions that really have awful lores that need drastic improvement, and I am here to point those champions out and hopefully these articles will find their way into Riot Games’ HQ so that they can finally fix these monstrosities.
Disclaimer: When these lists are made there are 159 champions in the game, by the time it is finished there probably will be some new additions to the universe so I will fit them in the current roster at the time of their release.
So let’s begin!
159: Heimerdinger
I really am disgusted to even write about Heimer’s lore as it is pretty much non existent. It is just one paragraph describing that he is a Scientist. I mean the lore could have easily been taken from someone’s biography and the name just changed into Heimerdinger. And even for the short paragraph it really is simply stupid and appalling. I am aware that Heimer is not the most relevant champion in the game, but there are enough Yordles in the game right now that their stories can be reworked and made into something interesting to read. No, even better, just give us something to read at all.
The best part of the lore
Nothing really. It’s short and terrible.
The worst part of the lore
A brilliant yet eccentric yordle scientist, Professor Cecil B. Heimerdinger is lauded as one of the most innovative minds and esteemed inventors Piltover has ever seen. Relentless in his work to the point of neurotic obsession, he is fascinated by mysteries that have confounded his contemporaries for decades, and thrives on answering the universe’s most impenetrable questions. Though his theories often appear opaque and esoteric, Heimerdinger believes knowledge should be shared, and is devoted to teaching all who desire it.
Yup as you guessed it, that’s his whole lore. Like complete, from start for finish, that’s it. Pretty sad, am I right?
158: Gragas
I mean why, Riot? Just why? This one would be a tie with the Heimerdinger’s lore but the only reason why I am giving it the penultimum place is because it is longer the Heimers. Apart from that it is also terrible. They have made a lore about the compulsive alchoholic. Yup, you read that right. Gragas’ lore talks about the fact that he likes to drink. A lot. He likes to drink so much that he has gone to the ends of the world, and by that I mean the Freljord just to collect the perfect ingredients for his beer, or as the fancy drunks from Riot call it, ale. I’m pretty sure that someone was really pissed (drunk) at Riot when they have wrote this madness and decided to publish it on the official Riot’s website as an official Gragas lore. I know that all lores can’t be perfect but come on. Just send him to AA (alchoholics anonymous), and don’t publish this garbage on the website. No wonder that no one plays him anymore.
The best part of the lore
‘’When the fallen from that great melee finally awoke, Ashe proposed a friendly drink as an alternative to fighting. With their tempers doused in suds, the two tribes, formerly on the brink of war, bonded over a common love of Gragas’ brew. Although strife was averted and Gragas hailed a hero, he still had not achieved his dream of drunken blissfulness. So once more, he set off to wander the tundra in search of ingredients for Runeterra’s perfect pint.’’
At least it’s a story about friendship.
The worst part of the lore
The only thing more important to Gragas than fighting is drinking. His unquenchable thirst for stronger ale has led him in search of the most potent and unconventional ingredients to toss in his still. Impulsive and unpredictable, this rowdy carouser loves cracking kegs as much as cracking heads. Thanks to his strange brews and temperamental nature, drinking with Gragas is always a risky proposition.
I mean, come on! Just come on. No further comments, thank you.
157: Rumble
I think you can see the pattern now. The Yordle lores are among the worst ones in the game. Rumble’s lore is no exception. It’s supposed to be a heart warming story about the bullied little Yordle that gets back at his bullies. But from what I can see it’s just a story about the person that was abused and bullied as a youngster, and later in life he developed a psychological disorder and just went on a rampage killing everyone in his path with some device that he has made from scraps. It really can be connected to mass shootings, since the back story to those poor souls are really similar to this one. But I will stop there since I don’t want Riot to sue me. Just fix it, I’m on your side. Love ya, don’t sue me.
The best part of the lore
The next morning, Rumble left Bandle City without a word, and wasn’t seen again for months. When he returned, he was at the helm of a clanking, mechanized monstrosity. He marched it to the center of town amidst dumbfounded onlookers and there announced that he would show the world what yordle-tech was really capable of achieving.
See, I even found the best part! Again, don’t sue, he he. *nervous laughter*
The worst part of the lore
Even amongst yordles, Rumble was always the runt of the litter. As such, he was used to being bullied. In order to survive, he had to be scrappier and more resourceful than his peers. He developed a quick temper and a reputation for getting even, no matter who crossed him. This made him something of a loner, but he didn’t mind. He liked to tinker, preferring the company of gadgets, and he could usually be found rummaging through the junkyard.
Really speaks about a bully, that somehow is portrayed as a protagonist in this story, rather than the antagonist.
156: Teemo
So another Yordle, I know. But there is something weird that I have uncovered in here. Teemo is portrayed as a calm Yordle until he is in battle that he becomes totally different person only focused on killing. And you can see from the reviews of the Yordles further down the line that that it sounds like Heimer has Autism, hence the improved cognitive abilities and craftsmenship, Rumble has an obvious PTSD, hence the threats to the people that bullied him, and from my point of view it’s clear that Teemo has Split personality disorder. Anyways, I see the opportunity to write about this subject so I will make the article independent from lores about this. Let’s get back to Teemo. Like I said, story says that he has like two kinds of personalities and that since he can’t be alone he has seduced Tristana to fulfil his needs. Yikes.
The best part of the lore
While most yordles do not handle solo scouting missions with a great deal of finesse, Teemo is remarkably efficient at them. His record of success in defending Bandle City from infiltrators easily makes him one of the most dangerous yordles alive, though you’d never know it by having a cup of honey mead with him at his favorite inn. His signature weapon – a blowgun – uses a rare ajunta poison he personally gathers from the jungles of Kumungu.
He is an elite mercenary, we get it. Step aside Rambo, Teemo is here. So far, so good, buuuuut….
The worst part of the lore
Despite his genuinely warm personality, something switches off inside Teemo’s mind during combat so that the lives he must end while on patrol do not burden him. Even as a young recruit, the drill instructors and other trainees found it a little disconcerting that, while Teemo was normally charming and kind, he turned deadly serious and highly efficient the minute combat exercises began. Teemo’s superiors quickly steered him toward the Scouts of the Mothership, which is one of Bandle City’s most distinguished Special Forces unit alongside the Megling Commandos.
Aaaand there it is. I won’t comment any further.
Next edition:
Conclusion
There it is guys! The first article about Rankings of the League of Legends lores! This is only the beginning and there is so much ground to cover in here, so stay tuned!