Funny / Legends of Runeterra

Cards and Flavor Text

• The Shark Chariot. Of all the ways to die on the Shadow Isles, getting chased down by an undead legionnaire riding a chariot drawn by flying ghost sharks has to be one of the most hilariously sad ways to go.
  Lucian: You've gotta be kidding me.
  • Even Hecarim is rather miffed upon the Shark Chariot's arrival.
    Hecarim: That... I... don't remember that at all.
• The Laurent Chevalier is... flashy, to put it lightly. Fiora (and even other Laurent duelists) thinks he's a bit much.
• Amateur Aeronaut is depicted as riding around on a prototype Hover Board. In almost every interaction, the poor guy sounds like he's struggling really hard at keeping balance.
  "Personal flying machines? A pipe dream! I just had my apprentice throw the latest prototype out, in fact. Now, where is he?" - Piltovan Engineer
• The Piltover/Zaun "Shady Character". Pay no attention to them, it's obviously not a pair of yordles in a junky suit.
• The "Hextech Transmogulator" presents a funny scenario in the flavor text, practically begging for more stories of the shenanigans such a device has resulted in.
  "You kept saying you wanted to lose weight."
  "So you turned me into a yordle?!"
  "You lost weight!"
  "...I'M ALSO A YORDLE!"
• We finally get the full backstory behind Teemo's explosive mushrooms: they appear to be foraged by raccoon-like "Clumps of Whumps" in Zaun, in turn collected by not just Teemo, but a shady human "Puffcap Peddler". It looks like those shrooms really are in fact a lot more "magic" than we thought.
  "These any good?"
  "Of course! They're all top notch! Spoke to them myself!"
  "Okay hand em—wait what?"
  "Mmhmm! Getting married, this one!"
  "How many have you had...?"
  "—to a barnacle!"
• The "Oblivious Islander" card. Depicting an old man who seems to have just not noticed the Shadow Isles turning into a specter-infested hellhole. Even if he gets killed, he sounds incredibly blasé and as if he simply fell overboard, not even recognizing the likely supernatural thing that just killed him.
  Oblivious Islander: Sure is dark, eh?
  Lucian: You should... really pay more attention.
• The yordle Arena Bookie operating around the Noxian Reckoning Pits — named Karl — refers to each of his clients as his "favorite client" and appears to have a long history of weaseling out of payments.
  Kato the Arm: Mr. Moneybags! Where's my, um...
  Karl: Guh— focus on the fight, Kato!
• One unit is "Draven's Biggest Fan", a fanboy dressed up in a cheap facsimile of Draven's outfit (complete with a homemade sling in place of his spinning axes) who often tries to imitate his dialogue. Introduce the real Draven into the game, and things get even more hilarious.
  Draven's Biggest Fan: (sobbing) Draveeen I love you!
  Draven: Me too, kiddo. Meee too.
• If the fact the two share artwork together didn't already suggest it, the flavor texts of Kato the Arm and Shiraza the Blade indicate that they they're a couple and are terrible at keeping that fact a secret.
  Kato: Shiraza is a great girlfriend—I mean friend—and we are in no way dating. But if we were, I would like her to know that I wish her a happy anniversary. Thank you, no more questions.
  Shiraza: He said what?! That man has bricks for brains. Can't fault those shoulders, though...
• The flavor text for the Affectionate Poro. Darius is not a fan.
  Darius: "Noxus has no room for... for weakn—Will someone get this DAMNED THING OFF ME?!"
• The saga of one Professor von Yipp has been a hilarious and increasingly bizarre one:
  • Von Yipp was introduced in his namesake card on the game's launch, but while the game focuses on a human scientist in the artwork, it turns out that he's actually just a translator and assistant. The real von Yipp —renowned genius of the PNZ— is the cat. It was later revealed in a color story that Von Yipp had created a body-swapping machine out of a desire to up his Piltovan colleagues, but while the test on himself and and his pet cat worked, the machine broke, leaving him stuck in cat form. Incredibly, he managed to teach his cat (still stuck in his human body) to reliably impersonate him, successfully securing his tenure.
  • Also on launch introduced the "Purrsuit of Perfection", a long-con spell card that eventually summons the strongest unit in the game at a whopping 30 Health and 30 Power: a giant hextech mech piloted by von Yipp called Catastrophe. The conclusion of the aforementioned color story revealed that this is the project that he wanted to secure funding for.
    "Your end is MEOW."
  • In the Rising Tides expansion, we also got Subpurrsible, featuring von Yipp piloting a submarine. What's weirder is that while his previous card had him only able to speak in cat-like meows, his dialogue with this card is clearly a human voice enunciating "Meow! Meow!"
  • The Call of the Mountain expansion reintroduced him as the Nyandroid, now an augmented cyborg cat who seemingly teamed up with Viktor offscreen. Said augmentations finally gave him the ability to speak, and he's just as dastardly and adorable as you would expect.
    Viktor: (confused) You still cling to flesh and... fur?
    Nyandroid: Behold me-ow, hairless apes!
  • He shows up again in the Rise of the Underworlds expansion as the Fallen Feline, depicting him sometime before he became a full-fledged Nyandroid and trying to grab a "hexite crystal" (while also inexplicably falling from a great height). The flavor text and several voice interactions also suggest that said crystal is what allows him to speak normally — once he's out of range, he reverts to panicked meows, and thus everyone he comes across treats him like he's just a normal stray cat.
• The flavor text for the Sinister Poro.
  "I mean, there are worse ways to die."
• Deny's flavor text is hilarious in its brevity.
  "No."
• The Zaunite Urchin at first glance like a poor beggar girl, but the full artwork◊ shows that it's all an act. She has several interactions with other Zaunite children helping out her performance.
  "You'd think the sumprats would look after their own."
  "Too busy basking in their self-pity, brother."
  "Shame. Ah... have you seen my purse?"
• "Blinding Assault" reveals Legion Marauder has had a run-in with Valor.
  "He's in my hair! HE'S IN MY HAIR!"
• The Mystifying Magician performs parlor tricks with genuine magic attached, but based on the flavor text, the looks of revulsion from onlookers in his full artwork◊, and the unpredictability of his transforming mechanic, he apparently leaves a lot to be desired. His unflatteringly goofy Italian-ish accent also probably isn't winning him any favors.
  "Marvolio? Where... Where are my hands?"
  "I will-a now make-a them appear! Tadaa! Ahem. Ta... daa...!"
  "...WHERE ARE MY HANDS?!"
  "OKAY, TIME-A TO GO! THANK-A YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!"
• The Dreg Dredgers are a group of funky-looking creatures (who may or may not be yordles) who appear to specialize in digging up trash from the waters, but often end up pulling up more than they bargained for. With their odd, diminutive appearances and hilarious speech patterns, some have compared them to feral Minions.
  (singing) "Trash from da sea, all of dem for... I!"
• The very existence of the Swole Squirrel.
• The Flavor Text for Aurelion Sol's different cards directly referred to him as a consultant, which he responded to in his own way:
  "I don't care what you write about me, you middling creature! Just make sure I'm described as handsome. And magnificent. And also very, very intelligent. Can you spell that?"
  (when levelled-up) "Aurelion Sol is handsome. And magnificent. And also very, very inteligent."
  • He also gets a similar stab at first-person sass in a loading-screen tip:
    "No, I don't want to be in a loading screen tip! What is a 'loading screen', anyway?" - Aurelion Sol
• The Crimson Aristocrat is just hilariously blunt in one of her attack/block quotes:
  "I'd ask your name but I don't care."
• The Young Witch (named Bri) is accompanied by a talking frog companion named Rib. It turns out he used to be an adventurer named Sir Ribery Montague who stumbled into a bandlewood and was transformed into a frog by the girl, and now she drags him along for her adventures. As if that wasn't sad enough, the full artwork shows her dragging the poor guy by his tongue, and his voice acting reflects this.
  Bri: Is it adventure time, you guys?
  Rib: pleath, no...
• Tasty Faefolk are a group of goofy-looking creatures vaguely reminiscent of eggplants who don't seem to mind the idea of getting munched on by passersby, with their Flavor Text being the nutritional information of a raw eggplant◊. Several interactions with Lulu imply that these are the things she tastes purple from.
  "I taste purple. Yaaaaay..."
  • Introduced later on is the Furious Faefolk, showing one especially daring (if still lethargic) instance of these becoming an action hero. Unfortunately, this awareness means he now realizes that Lulu is a danger.
    Lulu: Yep! That tasted purple!
    Furious Faefolk: I NEED AN ADULT!
• Augmented Experimenter is a Zaunite Mad Scientist who sacrificed his hands to presently work with cyborg replacements. Not very funny on its own, but in a dark twist of quasi-gameplay/story integration, playing him requires you, the player, to discard your hand (of cards). The card description shows that Riot knew what they were doing:
  "His dreams cost him his hands, yet he persisted. Nothing would stand in his way."
• Yasuo's main card has him about to be ambushed by Ionian brigands. He is drawing his sword with an annoyed expression that speaks less of instant battle readiness and more of "Not this shit again..."
• The game lets you view the related cards of Champions or cards that generate or interact with other specific cards. While most are pretty standard, the related cards of Overgrown Snapvine (which kills any follower you summon, aside from another Snapvine, to spawn another copy of itself) are listed as nine more Overgrown Snapvines.
• The Call of the Mountain expansion introduced a very peculiar set of accented Bilgewater followers: ​"Boxtopus", a Boxing Battler who is also an octopus with a Scottish accent, "Wise Fry", a weird little New Yorker-ish fish boss with aspirations, "Lounging Lizard", an anthropomorphic chameleon with a smooth Australian accent, and "Fortune Croaker", a froglike Fortune Teller who speaks in goodness-knows-what.
• Practical Perfectionist is a friend of Ekko's who seems to tinker with cloning hextech and can duplicate other allied cards. She has several interactions for running into clones of herself, mostly consisting of both versions of her getting justifiably freaked out — one interaction consists of nothing but increasingly high-pitched screaming.

  Ally Practical Perfectionist: Oh noooo, I made an evil me!
  Enemy Practical Perfectionist: What if you're the evil me?!

  • Thanks to the Worldbreaker expansion, we finally do have an Evil Imperfectionist! Compared to above, having multiple instances of them causes them to share in the same hammy evil laughter, and upon realizing there's another clone of her on the opposing team:
    Ally Evil Imperfectionist: (screams) I made a good me!
    Enemy Evil Imperfectionist: What if you're the good me?!
• Darkbulb Acolyte is one of Veigar's loyal servants, bundled up in a large coat meant for summoning electricity. Consequently, all of his lines are muffled to the point of near-incomprehensibility, not that it stops him from Chewing the Scenery anyway. The entire dynamic with him and Veigar is almost like a Kenny and Cartman scenario.
  Darkbulb Acolyte: BRNG MH LGHTNGH, BRNG MH DHKNSS!
  Veigar: Reach for the lightning, my incomprehensible lackey!
• Spinning off from the Swole Squirrel from earlier, the Bandle City expansion provides the Swole Scout, a very jacked and shirtless Army Scout yordle who oddly enough speaks like a Surfer Dude.
  Swole Scout: Nine-ninety nine, one-thousand, let's go!
  Ava Achiever: Don't you normally start the count from one?
• The Aloof Travelers, a pair of yordles going on what appears to be a Horrible Camping Trip, consisting of an unnamed male who's a neurotic mess, and Elle, a female yordle Emo Teen who makes Daria Morgendorffer sound lively and enthusiastic, complaining about everything. Their flavour text is Elle saying it's the "Worst. Trip. Ever." and when they're destroyed they react more like they've just gotten fed up and left rather than dying.
• Poppy's flavor text poking fun at her humble obliviousness.
  Humility is a mark of heroism, but many historians would agree that Poppy is kind of pushing it.
• The card "Pokey Stick". Which is exactly what it sounds like.
  The first rule of experimentation: poke it, and see what happens.
• The Spotted Toad continues the trend of yordle experimentation:
  The yordles of Nakotak Valley had tried for several generations to understand their gromp neighbors. First, Chief Hegabo had tried poking them with a stick. Next, Chief Babobu tried poking them with a stick. Chief Nakotak had a brand new plan: he was going to poke them with a stick.
  • And its transformed version, Giga Gromp, indicates that the creature, unsurprisingly, did not appreciate being poked with a stick.
    So, it turns out that poking Nakotak Valley gromps with a stick causes them to react very... expansively! If only those yordles had known this through extensive, generational testing. If. Only.

Interactions

• Jinx is back, and she continues being the manic Mad Bomber we all know and love:
  Jinx: (when an enemy Heimerdinger arrives) Yay! Target practice!
  Heimerdinger: I forbid it! You cannot ruin yet another batch of experiments!
  • This game reveals the existence of a "Funsmith" that seems to be at least partially involved with how Jinx gets her firepower. The fact the two share a very similar wavelength is both disconcerting and wonderful.
    Funsmith: It's not exactly legal, but it is exactly awesome!
    Jinx: (delightedly) You... you get me!
  • She clearly gets a kick out of mocking Garen's Patriotic Fervor.
    Garen: My heart and sword for Demacia!
    Jinx: My blargh and bloof for Bu-blah-cia!
  • Regardless of whether she's an enemy or an ally, Jinx also gets a lot of mileage out of annoying Vi.
    Jinx: Vi? Stands for stupid.
    Vi: How long do I have to pretend to tolerate you?
  • She's also fun when teamed up with Lux.
    Lux: We can do this!
    Jinx: Yeah! ...Wait, do what?
  • It really says a lot about Jinx that this is her response to the player idling for too long:
    Jinx: Are you pooping?
• Draven is once again Noxus' resident comedic goldmine:
  • His simple reaction to an enemy Teemo.
    Teemo: Reporting in!
    Draven: What the *BLEEP* is that!?
  • Draven spares no opportunity to make fun of Fiora's ego and accent.
    Fiora: By my honor, you must die!
    Draven: Oh no, a soo-waurd!
  • Heimerdinger is a very easy target for him:
    Heimerdinger: Ah, the sweet smell of science!
    Draven: Nerrrd!
  • For once, Jinx manages to turn Draven into the Straight Man.
    Jinx: Rules are made to be broken, like buildings! Or people!
    Draven: You should try blinking some time.
  • When Draven has become the voice of sanity in a two-person conversation, something has gone very wrong.
    Vladimir: Do you enjoy making them bleed?
    Draven: Why do you always gotta be so creepy, man?
• As one might expect, the interactions between Darius and Draven are priceless:
  • One interaction should they be on opposite sides prompts this classic exchange, made even funnier by how legitimately whiny Darius sounds.
    Draven: Oh, brother.
    Darius: I was going to say that!
  • While Darius sounds legitimately concerned when an allied Draven dies next to him, the same cannot be said for the other way around.
    Draven: He'll be back, he's too stupid to die.
• The understandably awkward situation of Garen and Darius being allies.
  Darius: I, uhh... like your pauldrons.
  Garen: Yours are... also acceptable.
• Katarina and Garen aren't fooling anyone.
  Katarina: I will slay you where you stand! (softly) Dinner, tonight?
  Garen: You shall fall on your folly! (whispers) Meet me at the south docks after dark!
  • One interaction between Kat and Tianna Crownguard implies that the latter is aware of the former's relationship with her nephew. Kat responds succinctly.
    Tianna: I do not approve.
    Katarina: I do not care.
  • Later when Jarvan IV was added to the game, his reaction to Katarina pretty much confirms that the cat's out of the bag.
    Jarvan IV: (genuinely confused) What does he see in you?
• Even Thresh isn't wild about being allied with Teemo.
  Teemo: Hut, two, three, four!
  Thresh: And I thought I was evil.
  • Conversely, another interaction has Thresh responding in an... oddly warm and almost paternal way.
    Teemo: So... what does happen when we die?
    Thresh: I'll tell you when you're taller.
• Thresh being somewhat peeved when the Sinister Poro is played.
  Thresh: They'll allow anyone these days.
  • At the same time, it doesn't sound like he's too opposed to the Sinister Poro fighting for the Isles.
    Thresh: A for effort, my little friend.
• Garen responding to Garen through the best way he knows how:
  Garen 1: For Demacia!
  Garen 2: No, for Demacia!
• Lux getting paired up with Demacian Mageseekers is obviously a very tense and awkward situation.
  Mageseeker Investigator: This place reeks of foul magics.
  Lux: (sniffs) Rude.
• Lucian and Fiora compare their fighting styles:
  Fiora: I best my enemies in a flurry of steel.
  Lucian: I just shoot mine.
• Even after all these years, Tryndamere hasn't learned any new jokes:
  Tryndamere: My right arm is a lot stronger than my left arm.
  Ashe: (sigh)
• Nearly all of Ashe's lines while commanding her Freljordian troops are straightforward, but one with the Avarosan Outriders (soldiers riding giant, goat-like elnuks) briefly cuts through her professional veneer:
  Avarosan Outrider: United, nothing can stop us!
  Ashe: (disgusted) That elnuk could use a bath...
• Yasuo isn't exactly stoked at the prospect of fighting alongside Zed.
  Zed: The enemy of my enemy—
  Yasuo: —barely tolerates you.
• The Arena Battlecaster does a great job hyping up various Noxian fighters as they enter the battlefield, but the entrance of the Arena Bookie completely throws him off.
  Arena Battlecaster: It's a small... furry... man?
  Arena Bookie: Heh, hi, yeah, name's Karl, nice to uhh... okay.
• Both interactions with Kato the Arm and Shiraza the Blade on opposing sides are equally hilarious:
  Shiraza: It's killing time!
  Kato: Shiraza? What are you doing over there?
  
  Kato: It is me!
  Shiraza: Wrong side, jackass!
• As befitting someone known as the Tidal Trickster, a great number of champ cards find Fizz unbearably annoying.
  • From Lee Sin:
    Fizz: HEY, LEE SIN!
    Lee Sin: I'm not deaf, you fool.
  • To Nautilus:
    Fizz: Hey, Rusty. Gonna try to kill me again?
    Nautilus: I hate you...
  • Even the odd Dreg Dredger gets a good dig in at Fizz's expense.
    Fizz: Let me at 'em!
    Dreg Dredger: Nobody like soggy Teemo!
• The very grim Nautilus gets some hilarious interactions.
  • Continuing the trend, even he finds Teemo annoying.
    Teemo: Reporting in!
    Nautilus: Monster!
  • This little gem when he meets himself.
    Nautilus: My voice is deeper than yours.
    Nautilus: (In a deeper tone) I disagree.
• Gangplank, Bilgewater's most infamous pirate and scourge of the seas, has a bit of a soft spot for the Plunder Poro.
  Gangplank: You! You're... quite adorable...
• By the same token Sejuani, the most brutal and ruthless Warmother of the Freljord, is attracted to the furry little buggers as well, especially the poor Lonely Poro, although she can resist them with a massive force of will.

  Sejuani: You are cute, and I want to kiss your tiny face. But I will not.

  • Her "happy" response to seeing an allied Fluft of Poros being played is hilariously flat, as if she's not used to being happy.
• Quinn gets into not one, but two different and uncharacteristically mundane interactions with hard leader champions over their preferred animals.
  • With an allied Swain, he tries to offer a form of respect over a common preference. It doesn't take.
    Swain: Always a pleasure to meet a fellow bird-lover.
    Quinn: Don't lump me in with you. That's... bleugh!
  • With an ally Sejuani, the two each take the opportunity for a quick, petty jab at the other.
    Quinn: My bird could beat up your boar.
    Sejuani: Enough squabbling! But Bristle is the strongest and would win.
• The Slotbot is one of the only robotic Followers with a voice (incidentally by Joe Zieja, who also voiced EXO, the flirty AI in Gun Goddess Miss Fortune's skin from League). Half of its dialogue towards its silent contemporaries is amusing snark, while the other half is... eyebrow-raising.
  (to Catastrophe) "God is a robot!"
  (to Flame Chompers!) "Flames that burn twice as hot are... twice as hot."
  (to Plaza Guardian) "Looks like I've hit the jackpot!"
  (also to Plaza Guardian) "Look at that rugged, outdoorsy hardware!"
  (to Scrap Scuttler) "Can I take you home?"
  (to Golden Crushbot) "You could 'crush' me anytime!"
• This hilarious little Mythology Gag when Twisted Fate is played on the same side as Miss Fortune:
  Miss Fortune: Hey TF, how's the partner?
  Twisted Fate: Pretty good. Quit smokin'.
• Garen has unique dialogue for if an enemy Katarina is killed. One quote has him solemnly bemoan that there's no room for affection on the battlefield. The other one, on the other hand, is hilarious simply because of the absolutely whiny delivery of the line.
  "No!" (sob)
• A lot of Nocturne's interactions with other champions see him tormenting them with cruel taunts about their worst fears coming true, like telling Lulu that the other Yordles hate her, or taunting Taric about letting his old comrades die. On the other hand, sometimes he gets a bit petty... and makes a joke that wouldn't pass as nightmarish to others, showing that he DOES have some sense of humor.
  Nocturne: Ezreal will marry Lux and live Happily Ever After.
  Zoe: Nooohohohooo!!!
  • By the same token, his interactions with Trundle usually feature the troll stubbornly refusing to believe Nocturne's words. However, what does elicits a reaction is being told his worst fear - which is that Boneshiver will melt, even though it's made of True Ice and as such literally can't. Nocturne himself is outright confused by it.
  Nocturne: Your club will... melt?
  Trundle: NOOOOOOOOO!!!
• Aurelion Sol comes into the game with his trademark snark at everything and everyone.

  Taric: Dragon.
  Aurelion Sol: Fashion disaster.

  • A few interactions acknowledge the fact both he and Vladimir happen to share similar egos and approaches to style and culture, which actually seems to really annoy Aurelion Sol.
    Vladimir: I'd never keep my guests waiting.
    Aurelion Sol: I'd never attend.
    
    Vladimir: Hello, my darlings!
    Aurelion Sol: Oh go away, you insufferable bore.
• Sejuani has an array of threatening taunts for her enemies, but sometimes she could do with putting a bit more thought into them...
  Braum: Is it the moustache? Who knows!
  Sejuani: I'll rip that moustache off and wear it!
• Cosmic Expansion brings Zoe into the game. Being who she is, certain other champions are not thrilled about it.
  • The dynamic she shares with Aurelion Sol is weird yet hilarious, with Zoe unabashedly treating him like a precious "space puppy" and Aurelion Sol alternating his reactions to her between resentful humiliation, grumpy kinship, and abject fear.
    Zoe: My name is Z-O-E no one can SPACE PUPPY!
    Aurelion Sol: NOOOO!
  • Viktor's emotionally-suppressed seriousness vs. Zoe's emotionally-outspoken silliness is a hoot:
    Zoe: Viktor? He's so boring! He doesn't even like pink or cake!
    Viktor: You will have no cake! You are...fart face!

    Zoe: Whoa! Is that what I think it is? An optically-focused, high-intensity sparkle beam?!
    Viktor: Ugh, it is a Death Ray!

    Viktor: I am the herald of the glorious evolution.
    Zoe: Omigosh, I'm a herald too! What's your favorite thing you ever heralded?
  • More often than not, she somehow manages to get even on Nocturne's nerves.
    Zoe: Nightmares? Oh, I had this dream where I was onstage in front of all the Aspects and-
    Nocturne: (exasperated sighing)
    
    Nocturne: This world will fall, you will be alone...
    Zoe: I've got friends in other dimensions, silly goose!
  • In an odd, yet also weirdly sensible turn of events, Diana acts as like a mother figure of sorts to Zoe.
    Zoe: Are you "part person, part moon", or the actual moon... moon?
    Diana: I am mortal and divine, and "moon moon."
    
    Diana: The moon is no stranger to changing phases.
    Zoe: Uuuugh, it's not a phase! This is who I really aaaaam!
• Lulu has interactions utterly Squee!-ing over several Poro cards, but her interaction with the Poro Herder is where it sounds like she's finally about to lose it.
  Poro Herder: Follow along, little ones.
  Lulu: SHOW me the POROS!
• Azir. Mighty Ascended warrior, beloved Emperor of Shurima...and awkward great-great etc. ancestor/grandpa around Sivir.
  Azir: Sivir. I thought we might spend time and...'catch up'.
  Sivir: Mm. That could be as fun as the time I almost died.

  Azir: Sivir! I thought I might get to know my greatest great-granddaughter!
  Sivir: Don't ever call me that again.

  Azir: Power beyond measure! Am I 'cool' now?
  Sivir: You'll never be cool.
• Kindred retain their usual dynamic of detached stoicism of Lamb to primal aggression of Wolf, which ends up creating some strange and amusing interactions with other characters, mortals or otherwise.
  • The Fading Icon is implied to be some kind of Psychopomp in his own respect, but had been forgotten over time and subsequently languishing in his power^note Word of God says he's the resident deity to the Baccai of Shurima, and that thanks to their functional immortality, they've slowly forgotten death. For whatever reason, Kindred do not offer him any sympathy.
    Fading Icon: I was feared once, just as you are now!
    Wolf: What was that, Lamb?
    Lamb: Something soon forgotten, dear Wolf.
  • With an allied Nasus, they share a sense of wistful nostalgia over Shurima's fate... or at least, Lamb does.
    Nasus: Betrayal buried Shurima, hope revived it.
    Lamb: A vast land.
    Wolf: Too much sand!
  • Meanwhile, against an enemy Nasus, the two take the opportunity to make fun of how Ascended he may be, he only knows so much.
    Nasus: The cycle begins anew.
    Lamb: (mildly amused) He thinks he understands.
    Wolf: Fool!
  • The two have slightly conflicted takes on Renekton.
    Renekton: As I live, all will die!
    Lamb: One does not avert the other.
    Wolf: I like him!
  • If the main player is idling for too long on their turn, they might make this remark:
    Wolf: What is "waiting"?
    Lamb: Death on a smaller scale.
• Just when you thought Renekton couldn't get any angrier, Sivir manages to bring it out:
  Sivir: Aren't you Nasus's brother? Uh... "Ruin-Toad?" "Rat-Tongue?"
  Renekton: (furious roaring)
  
  Sivir: Let's go. I wanna see some alligator tears.
  Renekton: Crocodile! Ugh, savages...
• Soraka has virtually no lines of dialogue that can be seen as sarcastic or antagonistic, even to monsters and demons, but the closest she gets is if the enemy idles for too long, showing that even she can get annoyed.
  Soraka: I have consulted the stars, and they are... bored.
• Nasus similarly breaks his usually refined, stoic nature once the enemy takes too long to do anything. It's the bizarrely casual delivery of the line that makes it.
  Nasus: I had the patience to wander for centuries, but come on!
• Similarly, Kennen's idle quote when you take too long is a hilarious Failed Attempt at Drama. He just sounds so deflated.
  Kennen: The tempest gathers! ...it's still gathering...
• Perhaps unexpectedly, Azir has a few interactions expressing curiosity at Ekko's time-warping Z-Drive. He ends up sounding like an old codger asking a kid to teach him about a newfangled gadget in over his head.
  Ekko: Ready for your next lesson, Dusty?
  Azir: Shurima's emperor is not dusty. But yes.
  
  Ekko: Okay, so this is called a Z-Drive....
  Azir: And how many "hextechs" does this one cost?
  • One other interaction has Azir calmly relay to Ekko "Your emperor has learned of poros." Ekko is more bewildered that apparently, poros didn't exist in Azir's time.
• For the first time, Riot explores just how much of a mismatch Lissandra and Trundle are as partners in war.
  Trundle: Ice to meet you, ha!
  Lissandra: Ugh...
  
  Trundle: This is gonna be fuuun!
  Lissandra: Do not embarrass me, troll...
• Akshan has some choice words when encountering a few forces of the Shadow Isles:
  (encountering Invasive Hydravine) "Well, it's been fun."
  (encountering Thrumming Swarm) "A plague of scarabs? Yep, I'm cursed."
  (also against the Thrumming Swarm) "Death by giant insect? Eh, there are worse ways to go."
  (encountering Camavoran Dragon) "Who brings a dragon to a gunfight?!"
• The Bilgewater expansions introduced "Riptide Rex", a Dumb Muscle shark man accompanied by the "Petty Officer". However, the Shurima expansions added in a separate card "Ruined Rex" showing him overtaken by the Ruination, which also includes several interactions if his fully living counterpart is played simultaneously with him.
  Petty Officer: Ready, Rex?
  Riptide Rex: Not yet!
  Petty Officer: Good to go!
  Ruined Rex: Hey! That's me! Heeheheh!
• From one capable Time Master to another, Ekko and Zilean have crossed each other's paths and have a friendly, hilarious rapport with one another:
  Zilean: ...let's not go back to that timeline... oh! Hello, Ekko!
  Ekko: 'sup, Zil?

  Ekko: ouS nyA waH nyeH — (laughs) Nah, I'm just messing with ya!
  Zilean: Ekko! That's happened before, you know!

  Ekko: Ooh, you didn't get my note, Zil?
  Zilean: (winces) Not that I recall, no. Oh dear.

  Zilean: Ekko? You were supposed to be here tomorrow!
  Ekko: You said that yesterday! Good one, Zil... (deflating) high five, yeah...

  Zilean: Can you guess my favorite herb?
  Ekko: Thyme! Sage? Hmm... this is a joke, right?

  Zilean: What do you call two time-traveling birds, Ekko?
  Ekko: A paraducks! Also, wow, Zil. Wow.
• Nautilus accidentally stumbles into an almost-inevitable joke surrounding Ekko's name.
  Nautilus: Echoes from the deep...
  Ekko: Actually, he's from Zaun, but it's cool.
• Pyke still has the professional yet threatening demeanor we've come to expect from him, and he manages to get some golden moments of grim snark alongside it.
  • Renekton attempts a death threat. Given what Pyke is, it doesn't take.
    Renekton: You will die this day, Pyke!
    Pyke: Wouldn't be my first time.
  • Pyke has a few interactions with Fizz, and amusingly, when they're on the same side, he actually treats him as a perfectly viable ally, at worst just treating him as a personal nuisance.
    Fizz: Shaaaaark!
    Pyke: That wasn't funny the first time, Fizz.
  • It appears that in addition to the jaull-fish constantly adding new targets onto his kill list, Pyke isn't above adding names on his own volition, and for very petty reasons.
    Taliyah: This little fish won't last long in the desert!
    Pyke: New name for the list. How'd you spell "Taliyah"?
  • It does makes a weird amount of sense given his rapport with the ravenous aquatic beasts of the Swimming City, but it's still a little strange that he has several lines appreciating the sand-dwelling Rek'Sai. Even funnier is when they're on opposing sides, he actually sounds a bit disappointed.
    Pyke: And here I thought we'd be friends.
• The Golden Ambassador naturally has responses to seeing all the Ascended Champion's summoned, given that her ability is built for drawing them from the deck. For Nasus and especially Azir, those responses are fairly reverent. For Renekton, on the other hand, she sounds a bit more hesitant:
  "He's... with us! Right?"
• For a bloodthirsty, undead war machine, Sion comes with a few chuckle worthy interactions.
  (Encountering Ally Draven): The party has a-rrived!
  Sion: Ugh. I hate parties.

  (Encountering Ally Jinx): Jinx? Stands for Jinx. Der.
  Sion: Sion stands for 'Get out of my way'. Der.
  
  Sion: (enthusiastically) Follow me, little fur man. To glory!
  Rumble: (much less enthusiastically) Sure thing, big gross dead dude. To glory.
• Veigar enters the game just as delusionally oblivious as ever:
  • He's immediately willing to test his luck with Xerath, who doesn't share the feeling.
    Veigar: Finally, someone to rival my power!
    Xerath: You...you are joking, right?
    • Then Veigar levels up and..
      Grand Overseer Veigar: Greetings, miniature mortals!
      Xerath: Well that's clearly cheating..
  • Caitlyn is already fully aware of Veigar's Berserk Button and despite her professional demeanor, decides to press it.
    Caitlyn: Veigar! I wasn't sure you'd make it on such... short... notice...
    Veigar: Dear diary: KILL CAITLYN.
  • Upon seeing Grand Overseer Veigar, Caitlyn gives a reaction that's less horror and more just... bewilderment.
    Veigar: Well, look what the miniature cat brought in!
    Caitlyn: Good lord.
  • Veigar ends up with a surprising amount of interactions with Senna, largely due to their synergy of Darkness manipulation, but allowing for a very funny dynamic of Senna entertaining Veigar's Evil Overlord complex for the sake of the good fight.
    Veigar: Together, Senna, we could rule the world!
    Senna: Yeah, I'm gonna leave that to you, little guy.
  • Teemo accidentally tramples in on Veigar's size-related Berserk Button:
    Veigar: Call me short, will they?!
    Teemo: Aw, only for a yordle!
  • Surprisingly, Galio ends up being the only champion who gets away with pressing said Berserk Button, due to to being, well, the Colossus.
    Galio: Hello there little one!
    Veigar: I am not- Oh, I suppose you're allowed...
  • The game reveals he has a Stilted Robemaker, whose purpose is just to make Veigar look good and scary.
    Grand Overseer Veigar: Who's tiny now?!
    Stilted Robemaker: Strut, Veigar! And work those hips!
• Ziggs and his twitchy Mad Bomber tendencies and deranged sense of humor have also returned.
  • One of his interactions with Jinx merely consists of the two sharing maniacal laughter.
  • While confronting Tristana:
    Tristana: You throw a bomb at one Bandle Gunner, you throw it as us all!
    Ziggs: Yeah? That's why they're called explosives!
• Tristana's exchange with an enemy Fizz escalates very quickly:
  Fizz: Wanna see a trick?
  Tristana: Wanna see a gun?
• Galio enters the game ever the Boisterous Bruiser he ever was. And has some cracking interactions with Veigar.
  Galio: Veigar! There you are, my little matey.
  Veigar: What...did you just call me?
  • Even in his Grand Overseer Veigar form, he's still wary.
  Galio: Veigar! Now this'll be a big fight, eh?
  Veigar: I am not l-oh. Yes, hello.
• Who knew that of all champions to impress and amuse Jhin, it would be Annie relaying the story of how she killed her stepparents?
  Annie: And then I went wush! Wush! And they died-ed.
  Jhin: Both your parents with the toy they made you? Ha.
• Orrn arrives, the same grumpy, anti-social forgemaster he always is.
  Anivia: The spirit of winter awakens.
  Ornn (to an ally Anivia): Pretty words won't unburn my house, Anivia.
  Ornn (to an enemy Anivia): Nope! Get out of here! Shoo! Shoo!
  • He's rather flummoxed and slightly annoyed that Braum has turned his vault door into a weapon.
    Ornn (to an ally Braum): Is that..? *(sigh)* Is that my vault door?
    Ornn (to enemy Braum): Braaaauuum. give me back my door!
• Vayne isn't one for jokes, but she's also not above petty jabs:
  Ezreal: Time for a true display of skill!
  Vayne: You're wearing goggles as a hat, you imbecile.
• Varus's flavor text and voice lines confirm that not only are Kai and Valmar still going strong, they still speak to him inside his mind. Amusingly he also has interactions with, of all people, Seraphine (about the only other person that can actually hear them), grumbling about the two voices in his head that won't shut up.
  Seraphine: You should let the voices inside you sing.
  Varus: Sing? I can barely stand it when they talk.
• The Zaun Diva is Serpahine's biggest musical competition, and makes sure to bar her from her performances and discredits her at every turn. And even she can't help hum one of her songs absentmindedly.

Cinematics and Other Content

• In the Rise of the Underworlds teaser trailer, two Black Rose members are discussing a shipment of devices in a Zaun bar, with one of them assuring the other that the transport of the crystals and devices are taken care of. We cut the shipment of crystals in Shurima, where the man transporting the crystals is attacked by Rek’Sai and the pirate crew hired for the devices is wiped out by Pyke. The punchline, Ekko shows up in the bar, slows down time, and drops a chandelier on them and their guards. And to rub salt in the wound he mocks them with a line they said earlier in their conversation.

Ekko: Pity. Such power wasted on such ignorant minds.

• The official Korean Legends of Runeterra YouTube account periodically releases patch rundown videos, and as a fun twist are each narrated by a different champion, providing an in-character explanation of the upcoming changes^note The videos are obviously in Korean, but do have English closed-captioning. However, someone made the decision for the patch 2.13 rundown to be narrated by Rek'Sai, which naturally poses... complications.
  English Subtitles: That's it for this patch notesss. I read your comments wanting meee to do the patch highlights. So here I ammmrrrgh
• You can practically make your own cinematic in the game by playing a Shuriman Sun-disk deck and chaining level-up animations. It's known as the 'Shuriman movie/Shuriman cut' to the community, and if you get the champions to trigger in the right order, they seem to be in on it.
  Azir: Tell the people what you have seen today!
  Nasus: The expanse of eternity, stretched out before me.