I can tell by his smile in the splash art that its not genuine Or atleast what I interpret it by his personality.

@@Chrono_topher I think his smile is genuine,his love as overly obsessive as it is for Isolde is very genuine. As OP said,this skin shows how Viego never really changed as a person, the difference between human Viego and ruined king Viego is just looks. He always had the same motivation to resurrect Isolde and will push the extreme if that's what he needed to do to achieve his goal. His voice line highlights this the most,he still said the messed up things he said as Ruined King Viego except without the voice filter.its weird how removing a simple voice filter can add some substance to a character.

I also like to think it alludes to his more dramatic fall from grace later on as well

it really suffers from what a lot of lore skins struggle with. they get dressed believably and feel like npc characters

@@terrenceojeda7172 Did he? He take care of his wife and give her the most happy life she could get. Say what you will about him. He is still a good lover

So.....you saying Isolde married a walking Red Flag or-

@@Chrono_topher yes Isolde is the Padme of LoL

@@Chrono_topher That's exactly what she did though

@@Chrono_topher Yes, like thats literally it

@@bthsr7113 Yeah that too

Hi, hello, I am going to steal this headcanon and make it my own

Bro 😭

The Ruination did little good to Viego's bank account

He sold it to fund his attempts at reviving her

SAY IT WITH ME: RIOT SHOULD USE ISOLDE'S MODEL

@@Chrono_topher as a tft unit maybe in the next set perhaps?

Hm, I definetlly know "other people" that would use the model...

@@risky2166 oh god

Use it for what? I’ve honestly felt that Isolde has enough representation in the game with Gwen(who she made). Adding her to the game would take away from that empty hole left by her absence. It’s like how reviving a character in other forms of fiction cheapens their death, and in a sense reverses all the feelings felt for their death. (And the ruination is a physical manifestation of that grief/loss, corrupting the world of Runeterra)

The only issue I can see is the spears in her chest.

Hey im not familiar with the lore, but can you explain whats kalista gotta do with it? I'm genuinely interested

@@lookatyourself1927 She was human but got corrupted by the mist like Viego and other champs, getting a pre ruination skin for her (and maybe some of the others) could be interesting.

@@lookatyourself1927 Kalista is Viego's niece and was also his army's general

Kalista was Viego's general and his niece. She was the one who found the Blessed Isles and led Viego there to try and revive Isolde.

As far as I remember zweihänders were actually used on the battlefield by the german landsknechte to combat pike formations but I see your point about showing off, especially with Viego's personality

That's not right; Zweihanders were used on the battlefield. Specifically against pike formations around 1500 or so by German mercenaries. His piece is decorative because it has two guards, which would make it impossible to wield properly

They were used as fairly effective battlefield weapons by landsknecht infantry for a short period embedded into pike formations during the early 16th century, but quickly fell out of favor as firearms like the arquebus came into play and pike formations evolved into pike and shot formations. That's when they then lost most practical application and became a parade weapon mostly relevant for bodyguards, who also started falling out of favor as centralization of power made banditry less common. I'd hardly call it useless though, it had it's uses, but like most swords there's little point compared to just using a polearm in a battlefield situation. It does benefit from being the most polearm like of swords at least, so it's a sword version of history's best melee weapons.

If I remember correctly, the blade (called Sanctity) is actually passed down between the kings of Camavor, and was used when they went to battle, but I'm sure it being this grandiose show-off weapon was also a big part to show their king status.

@@Lajinn6 huh, I didn't know that, I was aware that the sword saw some use, but most of what I read painted it as a parade piece, a big, show off blade for body guards and elite swordsmen to carry around and look cool and impressive.

I did make a much more elaborate video about Viego and his design: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p52flsid0dKbnn0.html

@@TBSkyenShorts oh I meant about this skin specifically, since it's a lore skin ;p I haven't seen that one though, I'll def check it out! love your vids btw :]

Yep

@@TBSkyenShorts Oh god you replied! That’s never happened before. Hi big fan.✋😊

@@cristodemonte1690 Ner'zhul would fit Mordekaiser better tbh

I absolutely love that they went for a young king that just cant rule his kingdom and not the stereotypical old man.

@@Vitusdex Agreed

Isolde is literally in the splashart dawg.

@@astrea4020 So? Padme wasn't dead at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith either but she was by the end of it. Who gives af about the splash art anyway? Half the splash art for League's skins aren't accurate to the skin themselves at all, so I don't see how that is anywhere near a valid criticism.

Yeah i really don't like going with the toxic partner for viego i feel it takes away from he's character, and honestly grief is a very complicated feeling that eats you out entirely and never truly goes away,so I am not sure if it's correct to portray him as obsessed for wanting to get her back and trying to keep her alive it's he's actions and the length he would go to take it , and i think it should be acknowledged more that hecarim and thresh were manipulating him and taking advantage of him at he's lowest to their own twisted goals Bec i feel like lots of characters especially Gwen act like he already was a monster and that he was and is the biggest threat from the shadow Isles when i would say that thresh and hecarim are way worse and thresh is still a reoucring threat and honestly viego was trapped and in a slumber all the years before it he didn't even create the harrowing and yoricks story with illaoi confirmed that trapping him didn't undo the ruination so I would say he's as trapped as all the other souls in there) and unlike viego who only became more violent when he was losing isolde hecarim and thresh were already monsters and were already taking pleasure in hurting other inocent people . when the ruination killed them it only revealed the monsters inside of them while viego and kalista had all that was good in them erased and only left their worst treats. Tldr: viego work best as a tragic villain that became the way he is Bec of grief and he couldn't cope in effective ways bec bad people took advantage of him at he's worst rather than going with the " he was a bad husband all along and he destroyed isoldes life " and the walking red flag everyone insist he is it should be pointed out more that he only act like this Bec of the ruination

The amount of bugs he had 😭😭

@@Chrono_topher has*

yeah, im sad that none of the "lore" creators talked about ruination novel in depth, the novel really adds a lot to his background, even tho we dont know much details its clear that him being neglected as a child made him turn out like this, and no one talks about the fact that he didnt want kalista to leave to blessed isles, he was sending hecarim but kal offered herself and that was also a breaking point for him i mean she was his only emotional support and the person he always looked up and yet she leave him when he needed her the most making him easier to manipulate and decend into madness

and there's the emo guy that thinks he said something deep even tho he didn't

@@SamElZombie Is being needlessly antagonistic fun for you? It sounds taxing

@@zinfuldreams1709 is fun when I do it against people with weak arguments

@@SamElZombie what arguments

@@zinfuldreams1709 your first comment states that a beast apart from his appearance it's completely good, that "it only goes uphill", and then say that the beautiful prince is only good appearance and hides his flaws idk about you, but that to me looks like the clasic comment of "women rather be with good looking guys than with ugly guys, but uglys are better bc we are good on the inside"