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Akali: Art Kai'sa:Speed Evelynn:Lambos Ahri: teehee washer go vrooom

"I know you, that's Ahri" Yeah we all know Ahri for one reason or another...

There's a lot to break down with the Rise video, considering lore points. The entire video is referenced to players and teams that have challenged for the Worlds title and each player has been assigned their (mostly) iconic champion, such as Perkz playing Yasuo (first fight you see in the field) The other player, Ambition at the start picks up the weapons of the champions he plays, Kha'zix, Jarvan and Sejuani, he uses Kha'zix weapons against Perkz (these two did face off against each other in the tournament). You were right about the banners being teams that have been at Worlds. These were all teams that have fought and tried to win the title but never made it, hence their banner is destroyed slightly. Ambition then goes up against Uzi in the fiery cave, Uzi plays the champion Vayne, a favourite pick from him as he was considered one of the best Vayne players in the game, also considered the best player in his role, ADC (Attack Damage Carry) Ambition uses his champ Sejuani, another Jungler champion who he plays to take down Uzi. The video is to symbolise the climb (and the RISE) to the top to be champion, and the last fight you see is the player Faker, who people consider the greatest League player of all time and was also considered to be the final boss, in order to win Worlds, it was a requirement you take down Faker to be the best team in the world. Faker plays his champion Ryze, one of his pocket picks at the time and fights Ambition for the Worlds title at the very top. At the top, there's statues holding a team's logo, all of these teams have won the Worlds tournament, so this is the peak to become champion, to put your spot onto the statue for your team, which Ambition does. There's so much to the lore for this video based on the previous Worlds events that I won't put all here., even the statues in the background have symbolism to champions who have won titles for players. EDIT: added more stuff to this.

For KDA, you already know Ahri, the 9-tailed fox. The others are: Akali (the girl with the face mask/scarf). She's a Kunoichi (female ninja) Evelynn (the girl with the round glasses and long "claws"). She's a demon/succubus. Kai'sa (the girl with the shoulder cannons/wings). Human who fell in the void, but survived by sheer force of will and gained powers from it. Also, Ahri is doing laundry because a long time ago, Riot gave her a Pop Star outfit (which you can see in her laundry basket). But now she's in a "new group" so it's likely to show the transition to the new outfit. and small detail I like that not many people picked up on: During Akali's rap part, as she moves her hands around, you see bits of wet paint fly off from her hands, because it's all still fresh paint :P

Rise is an e-sport story. All these fights are real fights from one of the world's championship matches, I think. And all heroes are real pro-players, mostly from Korea, ofc. =)

9:30 *Camera zooms out between Ahri's thighs* "OOOOHHH, That was thicc"

the champion's character design are of what they actually are, but the face is swapped with E-sports players who main these certain champions. For instance the end is ryze, but the character is changed into Faker, one of the most iconic korean LoL players.

A certain music producer focused on the musical aspects and this guy focuses on the animation thingie while both are fanboying out... I want them as a duo now as a duo review XD

Ahri Fun Fact: The dirty laundry you see her with is a reference to her Popstar skin. It's meant to symbolise her growing up from being a teen star into her more mature K/DA identity.

What i like about Chris : 1-The way he moves his hands sometimes 2-The way youtube keeps reminding him of upgrading his internet 😂

The Elder Scrolls Online and Assassin'S Creed have exelent cinematics you should watch

About giant Evelynn(girl with circle pink glasses) in the end of KDA- Popstars, in one of dev post Riot said that they were inspired by her gameplay style. She is a jungler (her job is to gank lines) and has permanent invisibility after 6 lvl and when she is out of combat, so when you play against her it feels like she can be anywhere. " A giant threat that everyone see." P.S. KDA has more views because they're famous outside of LoL community. In 2018 Pop/Stars had 1st place in World Digital Songs chart.

Hey does Nathan look a lot like Chris to anyone else? Maybe they’re twins.

Highly recommend reacting to tales of runterra series it describes league universe as well as many champs and other characters Btw love ur work keep it up

"Ahri, best girl" YES

If you get a chance, you should react to the Legends of Runeterra trailer called "Breathe"! The song, the composition, the artwork is all incredible!

I recommend you to see tales of runeterra series. You will discover so many things around the game, caracters and nations and the animation/drawing is soooo sick :) Thanks for your work. I love your analyses so much.

If you liked the artistic style of Rise; you will LOVE the “Breathe” music video for Riot’s other game - “Legends of Runeterra”

whats really cool about Rise is that the "players" wield the weapons of their iconic champions ingame. Loved your analysis, top content as always

First person that i watch that actually gets what RISE was about.

Watch Star Guardian: Burning Bright Star Guardian: New Horizon Star Guardian: Light and Shadow!!! Xayah and Rakan: Wild Magic

They actually used the professional players themselves as the character models in this music video bro. They are equipped with the weapons of their signature Champions. Like in the first battle, the main character is using Kha'zix' Claws vs the other guy using Yasuo's (aka Yone's Brother) Sword. Just in case you wanted to know more, the other Champions showcased in this video were Sejuani (MC with Flail) vs Vayne (Guy with Crossbows) + Jarvan IV (Spear & Banner) vs Ryze (Book & magic)

Ahri: *exists* Weebs: "Why get only SOME tail when you could get NINE tails?"

He's like a little kid reacting to this hahahah it's cute

24:23 actually the final guy named Lee Sang-hyeok known as Faker but they call them "The Unkillable Demon King" as the matter of fact he is really humble and straight forward guy that is why im one of his million fans around the world.

You need see more Leagues of Legends and Legends of Runaterra hahaha you're awesome 😄

K/DA being very surreal is not only an art choice, but surprisingly in line with the characters used for the group: We have one returned from the Void (basically shadow/demon realm), a ninja specializing in ambushing from smoke cover and two seductresses/charmers (one more sinister than the other). They all mess with your perception of reality. Ahri's kiss she blows at the viewer after unfolding her tails is one example of that. She just charmed the viewer and they lose all grip on reality, causing the room to fall apart into a surreal landscape. Same for Evelynn who plays with your perception between her regular look, the smokey dark form or as a giantess in the background; and Akali who is only really active if she's shrouded in darkness (and black light), but timid when in light - to the reveal that the "real" train car has been shredded by ninja tools. Kai'Sa on the other hand seems to be able to navigate all that, due to her experience in the Void.

nobody: chris connor: whaaaat whaoaaoaooaouuuuu

Low-key binge watching and looking for this then a notification popped up an I 😍

"Oh C'mon youtube, you had one job!" This made me laugh way harder than I likely should've lol

one of the thing i love about this cinematic is 5:03 the attacks you see in the sky are the moves of two champions.. showing you, you're not the only one fighting.. ''Welcome to the climb up, reach for the summit''

He points out all the cool parts that wowed me, but also points out the subtle stuff that makes me love these videos even more. I don't even know how many times I've watched POP/STAR and never noticed the camera is constantly zooming out!

I love how the retreating camera in the K/DA video is basically what the song is about. "You will never reach us. We are so awesome. You can never keep up with us." It's also cool how Evelynn is only in the middle of the screen for more than a split second when she's in the shadow. Really great at showing her personality. And her scarf thing is surrounding the others. During Akali's rap and the ending. Evelynn is there. Evelynn is in control. She is the leader of the group from the shadows.

Other AWESOME cinematic you're missing are "The Climb" and "Senna: Shadows embrace"... these two are connected. "The Light Within" is a good one too.

The real life story of the main character in RISE, known as Ambition, is a cool story as well. He's always been ranked as one of the best players (a jungler) but he never won the series in Korea until that year. It was basically the curse of his team, so finally winning it and qualifying for the World Cup was the road/climb to the championship and the backbone of the story of RISE. Its a shame his team didn't win the World Cup, it would have been that perfect story if you know what I mean.

I doscovered you a week ago, and i intend to watch all your content. It's so freaking amazing! And also congrats on 200K, you deserve a lot more! 🙏

This is one of the best mornings i had, i woke up right to this, amazing.

Your excitement in these videos is contagious. :)

Oh my God! You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this video 👍👍👍👍

for your info, both mv are premièred in world league of legends tournament. but K/DA is also served as promotion video for new skins of these 4 characters.

GIANTS might be another you'll like. Similar in the fact that it is a music video but it has a great animation style for a League video. Same for the one called As We Fall. The Cataclysm cinematic for World of Warcraft is another goodie you can give a watch. It stars Neltharian, or rather, his now corrupted being called Death Wing. The game Destiny has some fun ones, that might be a whole video for you in of itself because there's a few that all kinda happen one after the other. FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn - End of an Era is an amazing one too. And it's like 5+ minutes long. A super short one that may not be long enough for a video, but a great watch, would be Senua's Saga: Hellblade II's trailer. There's a lot out there, can't wait to see what else you react to. :)

Oh my god, he actually understood Rise.... that’s the first for me, all of the other people I watched they didn’t say anything about it or didn’t know what it was about. Thank you for knowing what Rise was about!!!!!!

FINALLY I WAS WAITING FOR THISSSS 🥺

Explanation: He's climbing to the top by winning. those characters he's fighting are League of Legends greatest gamers in e-sports, which he needs to defeat before climbing to the top and become the champion.

Nice to get here early ^^ Awesome analysis as always, you should try to do a short film based on League, the lore is really rich and i think you will be able to explore it in a brilliant way (the lore is avaiable in the League of Legends Universe web site, there is a map and many stories about the characters and places)

was waiting for this day! finally a rise reaction

Love how you talk about story telling in all over the trailers. You've showed me a lot of tricks that i will remember. Спасибо, друг!

You singing along to kda was also kinda cute.

Lol I love how he apparently has no idea what e-sports are, but honestly he could recruit me into a cult, he´s so hot...

As always amazing commentary💖

The most awaited LoL video (kda). Thanks!!!

League of Legends - A New Dawn You wont be dissapointed

So in the Rise cinematic all of the characters represent mvp players from previous championship (i do believe this was made for 2018 tourney, so the cinematic itself shows people from 2017). Notice how every player uses a pretty specific kind of "weapon", it represents the legend they used in the tournament. Main character has three, as he played three different legends in 3 matches. His first opponent is supposed to represent Yasuo (legend from one of the cinematics you already saw before), next one is Vayne and last one is Ryze. They also each, of course, represent their team. Also in the end you can see emblems on statues, those are supposed to represent previous tournament winners. I really liked how Riot really immortalized a tournament with this cinematic, shame they didn't keep this kind of style for later tournaments.

Yo Chris, thanks for the amazing content and gratz on the Raid sponsorship man, you deserve it! Much love! ♥

The music part you where referring to is the last bit of a song where the chorus is the part that repeats and the bridge usually slows it down before the pre chorus brings the energy back for the final chorus

Dude, check this "Destiny 2: Forsaken - Last Stand of the Gunslinger". Animation for Destiny 2. I think you'll like it

You should react to "true damage - giants" Also by leauge of legend's.

DUDE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ANOTHER LEAGUE VIDEO

Chris man you're an inspiration, please keep it up, as i look forward to what you have in store for us next.

React to Pentakill: Mortal Reminder - League of Leguends and As We Fall | Varus - League of Legends

A Total War: Warhammer cinematic could be a fun to break down.

Dude I love seeing the passion that you have for filmmaking. :D

For some reason it entertaining to watch someone doing something they are good at... you're amazing keep the energy

You will love " Fiddlesticks : Terror in Demacia " :)

I refuse to believe a man like this exists in real laifu, he's too uhh *insert positive trait* for me @//w//@

Wow I never noticed that in Pop Stars the camera only moves backwards. This is so interesting and I love the effect it creates. Like even though they are beautiful girls and you'd want to move towards them, it creates a sense of distance and respect - they are so powerful that you always have to make space for them.

It is so cool you understood the rise video right away, it is a lot deeper then that but you got the general idea right away kudos

You still have to react to: last stand of the gunslinger

I Think u should react to the fiddlestick cinematic Fiddlestick: Terror in Demacia

I was waiting for this ngl

I love how you get really into it

I really think you should do this shirtless. Just a thought. 🤷‍♂️

So, for the RISE: Opening scene as like a cemetery from previous World Championships, surrounded by parts of weapons of League champions with logos of defeated teams. Main character is a player called Ambition, who is trying to win this with his Samsung Galasxy team. He picks up three weapons of three champions he plays: the claws of Kha'Zix, the spear of Jarvan IV and the mace of Sejuani. He then travels through the "championship", if you look into the background you can see huge profiles of various league champions in every region. So the frist "boss" if team called G2 and their most famous (at that time) player Perkz portrayed as Yasuo. Ambition uses ability and weapon of Kha'Zix to go stealth and defeat G2. Then he proceed to play-offs in championship where he fight the second very famous across the world player Uzi (portrayed as his most famous champion Vayne) and team Royal Never Give Up. He uses Sejuani's skills and weapon to defeat him (fun fact, in post-credits scene we see him not finally defeated. That's because in 2018 he and his team were the favourites of the world championship). Then he proceeds to the final arena. There are 6 statues with logos of previous champions - Fnatic, Taipei Assassins, SK Telecom T1 (3 times) and Samsung Galaxy White. There he meets the final boss. Most famous LoL player of all-time, the GOAT, the myth, the man, the legend - Faker. And his team SK Telecom T1. You see team logo on his chest with 3 stars on it - his 3 World Championship wins. Faker portrayed as Ryze, Ambition uses his last weapon - Jarvan's spear to defeat Faker and become 2017 LoL World Champion. Logo of his team appears on the statue in the arena of last battle. And you can see new players and logo og their teams-participants of 2018 Worlds, climbing up to the cup. There are tons of different details and easters eggs across the video, even starting ambient is actually a commentators of 2017 finals.

I dont know more cinematics than the ones you already but others will, cant wait to see more thank you brother for a good watch, take care

i love your reaction on rise !!

I like how when Connor Snaps ad plays...love the content,btw...

I cant believe youve done this (snapped me into an ad directly after kda lmao)

To this day Rise still gives me chills. Such good story and visual integration.

Was waiting for this🙏

Perfect video react Chris, keep doing what you're doing because you're doing well.

I get goosebumps watching league of legends cinematics every single time

About the Laundry thing, I thought it was really weird too, but actually was just to show those clothes beside her. It was a previous Kpop skin in the game, in which she was in a "solo carreer". Guess it was more of an easter egg.

So glad you reviewed these 2 videos. (I had suggestion KDA in one of your first LoL reacts) Also, Thanks for the idea of tattoo Alpha mapping. I hadn't thought of that for doing cool effects on skin.

Chris was all excited watching the Rise video and im just staring at his shirt ✨😳

League of Legends' new World's championship song/music video just came out and I think you might like it! Rise was the World's 2018 song. This 2020 one is called Take Over. Some background before you watch it: It's been a decade since League came out. This music video is going to feature several of previous Worlds' key winners.

I like you. You know what KZfaqrs who place their professions in the titles of their reaction videos should really do. No half-as*ing it, going all in on what they do and why they have the right to do these videos. This is what you do for a living. Of course you have to flex your knowledge. I appreciate you, man. I know these probably take a long time to make, so thank you for doing these. I hope you don't get tired.

The coolest thing about rise is the literal hundreds of references in the animation. Here's just a few: 1) the main guy (jungler for SSG) has 3 weapons, Sejuani's flail, Jarvan's spear and Khazix's claws. His 3 signature characters 2)the guy with the crossbow is UZI, one of the best players in China as his signature character, Vayne 3) the guy with the large scroll on his back is Faker, one of the best pro players, as one of his famous characters, Ryze 4) the guy with the sword is Perkz, an amazing European midlaner as his signature character, Yasuo

True. One of the reason i love LOL songs is because their lyrics and second, their videos that actually tell the story.

YES MY 2 favorites , lets gooo

10:54 right when you snapped i got an ad

Loved to see you react to the Apex Legends Cinematic trailers, and story of the outlands

”オオオオ　すげ” - Chris in almost every reaction haha "we are trust me" haha

Its so cute how Connor is singing to Pop Stars 🤣💙

This man is my animal spirit. The definition of hype itself.

So the easteregg in Ahri doing laundry is that it’s a meme that Ahri is favored when it comes to getting skins. So her laundry are her skins. You can see her base red and white clothes , her Star Guardian uniform and her original 2013 Popstar outfit in the basket.

This might've been explained already, but my reason why Ahri is in the laundry room is because she used to have a different skin called "Popstar Ahri", it's kind of a symbol of her "washing" off her previous image, to become more of a "mature" artist with this new group. You can see her previous outfit in the laundry basket. Hence why I have that reasoning behind my theory.

nice breakdown man

my baby is backk with another league of legends💕💕

When you snapped at 10:53 an ad started playing