Willump: *starts laughing at 21st century humor memes*

Reject modernity, Return to Barbearity.

i actually snorted reading this

Huff~

TB Skyen knows exactly what he's doing.

Oh my Oh my gosh is tha- is that a bear IN A POLICE SUIT!?!?!!?

Roberto Urbas Just remember this cuts both ways, if a large group of people want to read deeper into those “inevitable political themes” in the games they play. Then that doesn’t mean they are dumb either, the argument is nuanced after all.

*"[insert games as a whole] aren't political" has the same energy as "There is no war in Ba Sing Se".

Every real Gamer knows video games don't have politics

@@getschwifty5537 Whaaaat?! Are you trying to tell me that Deus Ex is political?! That's insane! What's next? Metal Gear Solid series is political too? Fallout too??? C o m p l e t e l y a p o l i t i c a l t o m e !

Need that on skyen merch, the line is too good

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

Volibear…progressive???

@@supermutantsam1160 He’s so regressive he caused an integer overflow and looped all the way back to progressive

Honestly reminds me of the Orks from Warhammer. War isn’t just a cultural thing it’s a physical requirement. An Ork that doesn’t fight gets weaker and basically kills over, when they fight they grow and they get a little smarter so which creates the idea “big Ork knows best” when they die they release spores (because they’re also part mushroom) which will create more Orks. In order for their race to grow and thrive they must fight and kill and die and they think other races are dumb because other people a bunch of pansies that don’t like to constantly fight and kill. Only one man ever earned an Orks respect and it’s because that commander “fought like an Ork” even their gods are nothing but brutality incarnate. Gork and Mork, one is Brutal but Cunning and the other is Cunning but Brutal or to put it another way “one is the god of clobbering and smashing and the other is the god of Clobbering and Smashing but when the enemies back is turned”

​@@fist-of-doom487I wish someone clobbered and smashed me with my back turned

i mean if Volibear is the spirit of blindly adhering to tradition then surely that could represent the point where people no longer remember why things are done they way they are, only that they have been for as long as anyone can remember, like that science experiment with the monkeys that beat the shit out of each other

Volibear has a great characterization. I'm really liking this rework lore wise.

Never one without the other

I really love this line and his lines when he kills anivia as well he shows guilt , doubt , and remorse it's a great way to humanize him

I've always taken that to men that he has a bit of the maddness, a bit of the maddness that is the thousand pirce bear

You obviously don't frequent the furry fandom

Imagine a literal fortress-sized bear running at you at top speed. Fucking horrifying.

Oh shit

Just a tidal wave of fur

Breaks you, the ground underneath you, and buries you into the earth all at the same time xD

Bruh, imagine how much more terrifying Aurelion Sol is

Yeah I see old Volibear and think Golden Compass.

Yeah I was puzzled when he said armored bears were "inherently funny" xD no they're not, said 13-year-old me, they're *badass*

In his old Thunderlord Skin he even had gold armor

WHY DO I SEE YOU AT THE COMMENT SECTION OF EVERY VIDEO I WATCH????? W H Y

We need a Dunkmaster Volibear skin.

Gold Wade i agree while Volibear the thousand pierced Bear is interesting it kind of clashes with the other freljord gods, though it could make sense if given the context of void Corruption. Also anyone Else notice that the eldritch god version is called the volibear while the form mentioned in his short story is called Valhir?

It's mostly cause in addition to being a storm god, Volibear is a war god. It reminds me similar to Odin, who is a god of war and death (and sorcery). A god can have multiple forms and aspects.

Jesse Byrd while it is true that gods have Different forms and aspects most war gods don’t tend to be eldritch and alien beings (look at Aries for an example) but it also depends on the kind of warfare They are a god of.

@@jessebyrd5621 Thing is, Volibear is a god that tends be worshiped by warriors, rather than being an ACTUAL god of war. The deity that embodies war in Runeterra is meant to be Pantheon, aka Atreus. It's sort of like how Ornn is worshiped as a forge god, even though he doesn't have any real dominion over the forge. Like, praying to him won't make you a better blacksmith, or guarantee that any metal work you do is top-notch quality. Ornn is a god who happens to be extremely GOOD at smithing, like how Volibear is a fierce warrior, but the only dominion they really have is over their respective elements.

It literally has a trailer where it shows it coming from the void.

Imo he looks a little too chunky in that skin

I would have gladly taken a hybrid. If default volibear had been thousand pierced instead of having... lightning crystals? Or whatever? As his back ornamentation, I would have been really happy, personally. Some of the splash concepts were really good, even outside the Eldritch Horror angle. A contrast between Ornn, who makes armor and weapons with his breath and body, and Volibear, who breaks them using the same, is way more interesting to me. The lightning crystals don't really work, in my view. They sort of call out to the designs of the Wyrding Stones from LoR? But not enough. I am one of the derps who adored release Volibear and he instantly became my very favorite champion, regardless of whether or not he was goofy, and I am one of the people generally happy with his new aesthetics. I kind of miss the nobility of the old one, but the voice lines have some very neat nods to Volibear's ideas and concerns about his own metaphysics. I *do* think the Eldritch Horror version of Volibear is too confusing in among with the Watchers and the various "It That Stares" and "They Who Endure" type creatures in the Freljord. Plus, I wasn't and would never have been excited to play "horrible cthulhoid monster thing (with lightning?)" versus what Volibear actually became. I don't think there's any overlap in the aesthetics and preferences of people who signed up for (and bought) "Volibear, the Thunder's Roar " and Eldritch version of Voli.

@@SeanBoyce-gp this isn't close to your point but traditional skins (traditional Karma, traditional trundle, traditional Sejuani) were all given to players who loved the old character. So I wonder why they didn't go with the thousand pierced bear and give people his now base skin as a traditional skin. It would be interesting to say that was his old incarnation in both our lore and in universe lore, as gods are as much legends and stories as anything else.

​@@SoulDevoured Well, they have sort of ditched the notion of the "Traditoinal [x]" over time. I think it's because it was a.) a time and money sink and b.) didn't actually get them anywhere from a monetary perspective. The interesting thing about Thousand Pierced Voli as a skin from a business perspective is specificaly that it doesn't appeal to "core Volibear" audience, so it *might* get some folks on board who would otherwise not be interested in the character. To me, the true test of how they handle this kind of thing is coming some time next year, when they launch the Udyr rework that won the poll. They have a $35 USD skin in there that most people agree should just be Udyr's base skin they have to try to figure out how to be fair about.

There actually is a relatively indepth explanation.... It's actually a common concept for the spirits, and started out from Kindred's release. The Ursine are a savage, warlike and untamed group of people who idealize the Volibear... as such, when they visualize him, it reflects the qualities that they embody and think would suit their god. It's all about perception. Kindred varies region by region, and across continents there are extreme changes: Valoran sees them as a Lamb and Wolf (tho for each region, it's a different species of each). Shurima sees them as a Gazelle and Hyena, Bilgewater sees them as a Minnow and Jaull Fish, Ionia sees them as a Sparrow and Snake (and seemingly a child and a beast... ), there are other depictions of them as well such as a Bee and a Flower/Rose. This theme about spirits heavily being based around Perception is also referenced with Yordles (their glamour) and Demons (whose form differ based on the individual: Tahm is not always a catfish... just the people of billge have idolized him as such. He can manifest as a slot machine. Eve is not always a busty seductress, sometimes she'll be a male, other times maybe not even an animate creature. With Voli, as previously said, the Ursine dramatically shape how he manifests because they were the ones summoning him in bulk, thus inflluenced by the environment as he did also physically create a manifestation body from the corpses around... it's also likely that that mightve just been Udyr's perspective, as he views Voli to be a monstrous god, Sej mightve seen his more "regal" form. The variant that we see in game is his common depiction across the Freljord, by those who are less overtaken by the chaotic wild.

@@tyleredwards9799 yeah, i understand the idea of spirits, demons, and such having different cultural and individual perceptions/forms, and that seems to be the explanation they are currently going with for the 2 different versions of Volibear. i just personally like the idea i proposed, where thousand pierced volibear is more along the lines of a shaman shapeshifting into a physical body for volibear, more. though even with that idea, i'd honestly still say a part of the reason it is so different visually is the very wild ursine culture seeing volibear differently, on top of the twisted shapeshifter aspects. though i do like what you said about a physically manifested body made from corpses and being influenced by the environment around it. my idea i proposed is based off this bit from silence of the damned: "Udyr fought against the silence, trying to speak, to remember the stories of his childhood. Some said even the Volibear had been a man once. A great shaman and spirit walker who’d surrendered himself to the bear spirit so completely that it was able to truly manifest through him. But looking at the scale of this monster, he doubted this thing could ever have been a man." saying the ursine, who are ALL spirit walkers, specifically make him manifest by doing this would explain why udyr, a spirit walker himself though not specifically an ursine, would know stories about this sort of thing, even if he doesn't see them as true. also its just a kinda cool and creepy idea.

While with akali I agree, I'm not so sure if old Taric really can be considered canon, could you perhaps elaborate as to why you think he is canon?

@@maacys3132 Yes, when the Taric rework was released, Riot also featured a comic about Taric climbing mount Targon. In one of the first panels, you can see Taric's pre rework armor on the snow. So, technically, his old gem armor is his demacian armor, even if this makes no sense at all.

Interesting, I didn't remember about that, good to know

inb4 they release Samira next week just to fuck with me

@@TBSkyen Yikes! Well, at least you don't have the pressure of making any "Boss Designs" videos for a while, so you've got that going for you

@@TBSkyen Samira?? Was there a champion teaser??

@@gizemcelik6240 Just leaks i believe

@@gizemcelik6240 They teased the champion with the Devil May Cry style meter, and the name itself got leaked by a Brazilian streamer.

it's the funniest thing ever

Eyy, first person to catch the reference :D

It was only a few complaining that it was the horror design?

@@czairkolmoslink5952 Yeah

@@SisyphusianSaturnite That really sucks :(

I think the way they handled it was almost perfect It makes sense to preserve the visual style in his base skin while also giving the new skin for free to those who were around at The time

U're weird

Yeah, the trouble for me is voicelines aren't actually canon, they're "hypothetical" canon at best. So I don't include those in this series.

@@TBSkyen No yeah I get it. I usually think of them as canon with an asterisk. Just thought it was something neat to note. The potential for a great redemption arc could be in the cards for our old grumpy manbear. Though I have mixed feelings about the idea

OBS Studio

@@TBSkyen Omg he responded to me, "keep it together man", sup huge fan. I came for your "whats the deal with" vids back in the day but I stayed for your winning personality.