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skyen: pantheon's lack of armor shows his humanity and internal identity crisis me: pantheon abs hot

Uneducated swine: Pantheon? Me, a man of culture: Pan The On?

Great, now I can feed and respawn T H E M A T I C A L L Y

26:12 An additional detail would be that when pantheon crits he uses his foot. It's kinda easy to miss the detail because obviously that is a spartan kick. But let's dive deeper. Crits are an empowered attack. They are the creme de la creme of autoattacks. Notice how he uses the spear and shield for basic aa's which are weaker than the crit. But when he crits, he uses his own foot. He's not using the god powers of the weapons, he is using himself, a man, a mortal, to accomplish more than what god weapons could do. He's implying that a man is stronger than gods with the crit.

Maybe two years late, but something I do enjoy about Pantheon is that the aspect of WAR uses a Spear, the primary melee weapon of war throughout almost all of human history, rather than a Sword

I was wondering what "Pan the On" meant for 5 seconds longer than I should've

I think the death animation is a little reference to a Greek sculpture “fallen warrior, temple of aphaia”.

A small correction here. What they fought at Shurima was an acended not an aspect and it's description fits xerath pretty well.

9:19: That's maltheism, the belief that the gods are bad. In this case, the belief that the gods are uncaring and/or incapable of doing what they claim to do for mortals. And yeah, a maltheistic semi-dead god is a neat character concept-one who holds the gods to a standard that his injuries prevent him from fully fulfilling, but he's going to try anyways because he _knows_ it's the right thing to do. I love it.

15:30 - "Your Pantheon costume is pretty good, but your scar is on the wrong side" - "The scar is not on the wrong side!"

16:40 Actually, I would judge from his voicelines that it's almost the opposite. He says in game "I wear a helm so that I am only a soldier." He doesnt want to be remembered as a hero or as an aspect, he wants people to know he is a soldier like them, and that they can reach the same heights if they fight.

This is Pan, The On-going legend since his his rework

Gods, I hope "Pan The On?" becomes a meme, TBSubscriben community

I wouldn't say that his motivation solely stems from him being angry per se, cause then Tryndamere would stand to be a clear connection with respect to his personality. I believe Atreus to simply be driven by defiance and justice rather than pure hatred. And his in-game quotes strengthen this approach imo.

In Atreus' declaration that his pantheon are the warriors that have fallen in battle, and they are represented in the Constellation of War, it reminds me very strongly of the scene in 300 when King Leonidas calls out to his men "Spartans! What is your profession?!" and they echo back their war grunt. And his use of Asose as the rallying cry cements that role of the leader quite literally leading the charge of his men, even unto death. He is wholly devoted to them, and in that moment they see it, and devote wholly to him in return.

I like male eye candy and it does make Pantheon more of an interesting champion for me. Since I want to be more versatile, I've been learning top so I can do top and bottom :D

Pan the on? *insert old lady trying to read meme*

absolutely nobody: tbskyen: it really sells the motion

Pantheon too manly for model viewer makes it crash over the weight of all thirsty guys and gals after him

Im 100% convinced Pantheon falls off late game because hes just a man

Needed to go through his quotes. I listen to them for motivation daily and he’s a very STOIC person. He does what needs done and knows ones power comes from themself. I love this pantheon and literally only play him in ranked after rework. Such an amazing character . By far the most relatable. “Life was always a war.” Just existing in this life is a war. As someone that planned on offing myself at one point hearing someone as powerful as Atreus say it (even though it’s a character in a game) really gives a feeling of pride for pushing through that tough time and coming out the other side. Remember that each and every one of you can make you do whatever you want. You have the power in you to make the best decisions in your situation. It won’t always work out, but you get back up dust yourself off, and you climb your personal Targon. “The best climbers know how to fall” “Because we fall, the climb must be the destination.” Don’t fear failure friends. It’s what we mortals do to grow.

If we have someone "too angry to die" then it has to be Tryndamere

I think that what makes Atreus so particularly appealing is that he claims War for humanity. The Aspects of Targon don't fight because they have to. They are not obligated to become bound with a mortal. War seldom occurs for fun. People have reasons why they fight. They can't afford not to. So the Aspect of War being effectively replaced by a human is very poetic. The Aspect of War was a surface level understanding of fighting and violence. Atreus is the human understanding of war. It's bloody, and messy. People will die and never return. But you keep fighting because you don't have any other choice.

One thing to also point about his rework/update is that they seem to have gone the direction his identity in the fandom pointed at. He's often referred to as "Mantheon" because you need to have courage to play him, because he's a bruiser/assassin who has very specific conditions to hold his own as a bruiser (ie, timing his blocks) and has no way out as an assassin (so he goes in... and he has to fight to the bitter end instead of skulking out like coward). And also because of the "he-man" skin. So now the word "mantheon" has a meaning to the lore, as the man survived and took Pantheon's things

Kratos would be proud.

"too angry to die." Tryndamere: Am I joke to you?

Just realized it is Aatrox’s Head on the back in Pantheon’s Splash Art

Male eye candy's nice, and I don't even find men attractive. 1. It's aesthetically pleasing. 2. Sometimes in games I want to BE the eye candy(it actually turns out I'm techniaclly not a man, though). It's kind of weird that female characters are so often the ones stuck with the role.

So, doom guy, but instead of fighting hell, he fights any and every godly being? And instead of a shotgun, he has a spear and a shield that react to his sheer level of A N G E R Y?

Atreus is the embodiment of "Man too disappointed with every shit that has happened to him and everyone, refuses to die" as he's not only disappointed in the gods, but also with those the gods fight against lmao

Why do I feel like Skyen might have went on about this half-drunk and half-pissed off we've been bugging him about this for a good while

When I started playing league (2013) I always wondered why they just had Leonidas as a champion

19:57 "Draw me like one of your Targonian girls."

I love how grounded Atreus is.

Dudes too angry to die in League: Tryndamere Olaf Pantheon Sion The Darkin

awesome video. too bad u skipped the “Atreus realized he’d spent his life looking to the stars never considering what lay beneath” part where he starts to value humanity over gods

19:44 favorite part of this pto ahn ne video

Watching this after watching the new 2022 season of LoL cinematic "The Call" which got me curious about Pantheon's lore Not disappointed, as always, great video

One of my favorite lines for Pantheon is “I am no more than a soldier!…and no less.”

The scar on his chest and shield are really what stands out to me. Pantheon's design reflects his ideology, he fought against something so overwhelmingly strong that it ended up killing him. But because of unwavering persistance, he was transformed and reborn making him stronger through that experience. To me, the scar on his chest says "No matter what kind of trauma you went through you can still live on, but only if you're willing to do so despite the odds that you come across."

I think you should also consider the spear and shield, aswell as the helmet. His helmet, shield and spear are divine, and he uses them to fight for mortality, and shows his unreliance on the gods by only using the bare minimum to protect himself, not wearing any other armor. The shield is really his only defence, and it relies on HIS skill to block the blow, unlike a full divine set of armor would. Also it polarises his character, his shield is only for defending mortals (himself included) and his spear only for striking gods which give him this vibe of being committed and determined. Also during his death animation, all three of these divine items fail him and he dies not touching a single one. He looks up to the heavens during the animations, I dont think its one final struggle to get up, Its him spitting in the face of the gods one more time by facing them as enemies one last time, showing that he would rather die a mortal than take up his divine weapons. You notice he uses his forearm to pull himself towards the helmet as it falls off, thinking about putting it on and possibly submitting to the aspect of war again to prolong his life, but instead defiantly dies a man, with accusatory eyes on the gods.

Aspect of Humanity? :deepthink:

The word you are looking for to describe pantheon's belief is "Misotheism". which Wikipedia describes as "hatred of the gods".

for a second i thought that a new champ would come out before this video

Greek Daddy is here!

It wasn’t an Aspect, it was an Ascended.

22:22 This left thumb is raised to show the quality of the bread. (A little animation detail :)

Dude that lore run through was the most hilarious thing ever...i for some reasons just kept playing in my head how it might look like if pantheon or atreus spoke in that exact manner during these events and i almost cried of laughter...absolutely brilliant 😂😂

Pantheon: Man to angry to die, to the point he kills the god killer.

"Screw all of the gods, and all- fuck'em! Fuck all the stars and shit! That's bullshit, I'm fighting for humans now!" Best way to sum it up lmao

I really enjoy the animation showcase that you've taken to doing. It's something I don't typically take a look at when playing these champions, and frankly I didn't even know the tool existed anymore. As usual it's nice and analytic but not cold and clinical.

Was literally about to hop on twitter asking where the Pantheon whats the deal with episode was. Didnt get the notification warning you were going to premiere this

Two years ago I reminded you that you need to do the video on the politics of all the regions of Runeterra xD Another reminder lmao

Imagine if his lore actually indicated that he met kindred when he tracked death's door with sheer will. Would make a better cohesion for the whole kindred lore I think.

"Giant slab of beef!" XD love it!

Time for a follow up of this! His new story is pretty nice!

Looking forward to this. Im curious by the way, what are your favorite champions? And have you ever heard of the Darksiders series? It's one of my favorite gaming franchises and I wonder what you could pick up from the art... and maybe the lore if you are familiar with the series.

I'll never see Pantheon neck the same way again

Now hear me out. What if the “aspect” he fights is in fact Xerath? I mean that enemy seems very similar too him and it never confirmed whether or not they died.

Another great in depth video, thanks for doing this! Mostly off topic, but I think you'd really enjoy Ken Liu's Grace of Kings book and its sequel (they're pretty long but great reads), Pantheon's new lore reminds me of parts of it (the folk legends of that series' god of war are REALLY fantastic and interesting)

The ascended in the short story was xearath btw

Pan the on? It’s more likely than you think

this is my first time seeing the dying animation slowed. My GAWD that was a chuckle.

love the way you synced the beat with his dance animation 🥹

Without the helmet he looks a lot like the dude from Arcane, that one guard from Mel's mom

"He was a soldier. A Spartan." "A great warrior?" "All Spartans are great warriors, we train from birth. Our lives were discipline, duty, battle and death. Life was grim, and we greeted it grimly. But Atreus of Sparta was unlike the rest of us: he wore a smile even in the worst of times. He was... happy. He inspired us to hope that though we were machines of war yet there was humanity in us - goodness. When the day came for him to lay down his life in battle, his sacrifice saved countless others and turned the tide in our favour. I carried him home on his schield and buried him with all the honours of Spartan custom. Hi memory was a comfort in dark times." "Wow! You actually told a good story! Mimir missed it!"

i mean, with that animation for the crit i will always build a collector on panth from now onwards

Me: This sounds so familiar... In the distance: AREEEEES! Also me: Oh...

Mass Effect 2 Zaeed Massani: "A stubborn enough person can survive just about anything"

Is this thirst what straight men feel when they play every single woman in video games?

A neat detail would have been that if he revives, via zilean, guardian angel, others, he kept the helmet off untill backing to base.

we love you skyen

"he's too angry to die" 😂 Remembers me of my boy Kratos

I'll never forget about a Pantheon that woop my and my friends asses in 2014. Dude was brutal.

I wish there is a skin that tone down the spear, basically make it a bit more practical, like the spear head can be a bit more realistic and the tail of the spear can be like an arrow quill, and remove the 2 horn on the side of his helmet.

NO. FREAKING. WAY. I AM JUST NOW NOTICING A GIANT AATROX IN THE BACK OF PANTHEONS SPLASH ART!!!! Thx MJ🌱 💚

TB Skyen actually released his What's the deal with Pantheon video finally? This is blasphemy. This is madness!

27:25 he stomps like that because usually when you wanna throw something you stomp forward with one leg and throw while launching yourself forward a bit. hes stomping because hes preparing to throw but isn't sure when so he stomps while the entire time if u get what im trying to say

Pantheon is a man of manliness because he is a man of his word.

The cruel indifference of the universe vs. The indomitable human spirit

TBSkyen sounds drunk reading the lore and it is cracking me up

I'm just happy that skyen likes one of the sexy characters

Why is panteon story kinda making me tear up?

Ascended goes really hard with his lore

(8:49) ANDREW RYAN SHOUT OUT!!!

Pantheon: * exists* me: * screams in bisexual*

Anybody else notice aatrox in the background of pantheon's splashart?

Here is a comment for the algorithm gods (Pantheon would be very displeased)

More than 2 years later and for what we've seen of the season 12 'Call" video they're finally getting around to him....

Mantheon is so daddy 10/10 cant wait for him to spear me

Hey guys, first of all, thank you TB Skyen for your hard work, i did an Aatrox vs Pantheon cinematic, i would love it if you guys would check it out. Would be awesome. Thanks

His lore remind me of a Greek tragedy, but where instead of having the hero die because mischief of the god, well the hero said < eat shit, I’m gonna beat your ass>. And go on an anger rampage to bet up the god that anoide him. And I quite like that

This can only mean that we're gonna get a new lore teaser, a new champ release, a new game mode, a new pantheon rework, and Riot Games releasing their own movie before this goes up so that Skyen has to postpone it again

Pantheon sounds like he is the reincarnation of Younger Kratos and Darth Scion!!!!! YOU MAKE HIM SOUND SO METAL!!!!

fun fact! Atreus means Fearless in Greek

Just letting u know that I started playing Pantheon in the toplane after this video, great analysis. I love the Pantheon Spartan like trope. Sometimes playing league one can forget about lore of all +150 champs but I love what riot started doing with all the game's lore

That's some powerful writing.

I think pantheon's story is about absurdism. It shares so many things i'd say pantheon is a absurdist hero like sissyphus. Revolt against, the struggle it's self enough to fill a mans heart

God Pantheon is so fucking awesome.