History VideoGame / VainGlory

* BonusBoss: In the jungle's central clearing, you'll find a large, powerful monster armed with a pick ax who mines for gold. This is the Gold Miner, and if a team kills him, those players receive up to 300 gold each, depending on how long he was allowed to work.
** After 15 minutes, the Gold Miner is killed and replaced by the Kraken. As players deal damage to it, its health bar will actually fill. If a team fills the bar completely, they will unleash the Kraken on the enemy team. Minions stop spawning as the Kraken lumbers its way down the lane, dealing massive damage to enemy structures it encounters. The Kraken can be a powerful tool to end a game, as its large health pool and considerable strength allows it to destroy turrets easily. If the Kraken dies, each member of the enemy team earns 500 gold, potentially enough to finish key items and launch a counterattack.

* {{Bishonen}}: Adagio, to the point where his alternate skins and cards emphasize this.
** In a previous update, Blackfeather is this, and his ability ''Heartthrob'' can apply to [[AmbiguouslyBi everyone]].
** Baron seems to be aware of this, as his in-game dialogue seems to suggest.
-->"I know I'm handsome but, hey, personal space!"

* BoobsOfSteel: Every female hero in the game have sizable busts, and all are badasses.

* AnAxeToGrind: Rona wields two of them.

* {{Cyborg}}: Ardan, who uses a mechsuit. This is taken UpToEleven with his skins, which culminates with Ardan being in a life support suit [[StarPower powered by Celeste's star.]]

* MoreDakka: Ranged attacks + Attack Speed = this. Can also be turned UpToEleven with many attack speed items, along with abilities that increase attack speed.

** FunnyAnimal: Flicker (some magical creature), Phinn (river monster), Petal ({{Planimal}}, Glaive (tiger), and Ozo ([[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]]).

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: In the 1.14 update, a Chinese-themed monkey named Ozo was added.

''Vainglory'' is a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena Multiplayer Online Battle Arena]] game exclusively developed by Super Evil Megacorp for the iOS and Android platforms. Vainglory was first released on the [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] in 2014, and was also released on UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}} a year later.

The game's objective is standard fare for a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]]: two teams fight to push waves of infinitely-spawning minions down a lane to destroy turrets, control map objectives, accumulate gold with which to buy items that boost their stats, and ultimately destroy the enemy [[MacGuffin Vain Crystal.]] Players issue orders to their heroes by tapping locations or buttons on the screen in place of the mouse and keyboard inputs used by similar PC games. To account for the unique characteristics of the mobile platform, there are only three players per team, and one lane on a map that runs alongside a jungle. Each hero has three abilities and one passive effect (a "heroic perk"), and the GUI is designed to account for limited screen space.

The game also shares features present in well-known [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] games, particularly ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''. Players can only use a limited roster of all the heroes present in the game, which is reset after a certain period of time, but they can unlock heroes permanently through an in-game currency called Glory, which is earned after playing a match, or through a premium currency called [[FunWithAcronyms ICE]] (Immensely Concentrated Evil), which can be bought with real-world money or may be earned in random item drops after matches or in daily gift boxes. Heroes can also be customized by purchasing [[AndYourRewardIsClothes skins]] with ICE, or by purchasing cards, which are the ingredients necessary to creating hero skins, with Glory or ICE. Recent updates also introduced Opals, a special form of in-game currency that players can use to purchase hero skins without the need to purchase cards.

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: With the 1.18 update that added Lance into the game, a gank on him could potentially play this trope straight, but his status as a tanky roamer could subvert this trope.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: {{Downplayed}}, since many healers are also the tank and thus hard to kill.

** One of Ardan's lines is "I have a very particular set of skills..." which was [[{{Film/Taken}} taken]] from a very famous Liam Neeson quote.
** Baron is the [[{{Film/TopGun}} Viper]] to Skye's [[{{Film/TopGun}} Maverick]].

-->Baron: [[{{Film/TopGun}} "You're writing checks your body can't cash."]]

** Rona plays similarly to the Barbarian from [[VideoGame/DiabloIII Diablo III]].

** FunnyAnimal: Flicker (some magical creature), Phinn (river monster), Petal ({{Planimal}}, Glaive (tiger), and Ozo ([[EveryThingIsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]]).

* {{Gradual Grinder}}: Quite a few heroes depend on this, whether it be their main premise or a passive, along with a few items:
** SAW's basic attacks increase his attack speed, thanks to his heroic perk, ''Spin Up''.
** Catherine gains one armor and shield for every hero stunned or silenced by her abilities through her heroic perk, ''Captain of the Guard''.
** Skaarf's basic attacks increase the DamageOverTime caused by his Spitfire and activated Goop through his heroic perk, ''Fan the Flames''.
** Krul gains a stack for his Spectral Smite for every basic attack on a large target. He requires eight stacks for maximum lifesteal and damage when he activates his Spectral Smite.
** Alpha gains stacks of Core Overload[[note]]It grants some lifesteal and increased damage for some time at the expense of some health[[/note]] whenever she uses Core Charge. The negative effects from Core Overload can be removed with Prime Directive.
** Catherine gains armor and shield with every stack of Captain of the Guard, obtained from dealing stuns and silences.

''Vainglory'' is a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena Multiplayer Online Battle Arena]] game exclusively developed by Super Evil Megacorp for the iOS and Android platforms. Vainglory was first released on the [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] in 2014, and was also released on [[AndroidGames Android]] a year later.

** Leo's reveal trailer comments that his sword is so huge that most people could even lift it.

''Vainglory'' is a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena Multiplayer Online Battle Arena]] game exclusively developed by Super Evil Megacorp for the iOS and Android platforms. Vainglory was first released on the [[IOSGames iOS]] in 2014, and was also released on [[AndroidGames Android]] a year later.

Vainglory is a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena Multiplayer Online Battle Arena]] game exclusively developed by Super Evil Megacorp for the iOS and Android platforms. Vainglory was first released in the iOS in 2014, and was also released in Android a year later.

* TotalPartyKill: Killing all enemy heroes at approximately the same time (i.e. scoring an "Ace") allows that team to gain a buff that greatly increases health and mana regeneration, as well as movement speed. The same buff is also applied to lane minions present when the "Ace" was scored, as well as the succeeding wave. When timed right, scoring an "Ace" allows a team to capture objectives, as well as to destroy an enemy turret or two.

* Standard: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Players get to chose their hero, the entire map is opened, passive income is less (five gold per second), and players start with one skill point and 350 gold. Victories in this mode are recorded, and the player is rewarded with more Glory for his first and third victory for each day, as well as winning for seven days in a row. Matches last twenty minutes on average.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: This being a MOBA inspired by ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' and ''Dota2'', some heroes are prone to doing this.

* {{Gradual Grinder}}: A few heroes depend on this, along with a few items:

Vainglory provides examples of the following:

The game also shares features present in well-known [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] games, particularly {{League of Legends}}. Players can only use a limited roster of all the heroes present in the game, which is reset after a certain period of time, but they can unlock heroes permanently through an in-game currency called Glory, which is earned after playing a match, or through a premium currency called [[FunWithAcronyms ICE]] (Immensely Concentrated Evil), which can be bought with real-world money or may be earned in random item drops after matches or in daily gift boxes. Heroes can also be customized by purchasing [[AndYourRewardIsClothes skins]] with ICE, or by purchasing cards, which are the ingredients necessary to creating hero skins, with Glory or ICE. Recent updates also introduced Opals, a special form of in-game currency that players can use to purchase hero skins without the need to purchase cards.

* BalanceBuff / {{Nerf}}: The developers are constantly changing heroes' and items' stats and effects to better balance the game with each new update. This is in line with their stated objective to make Vainglory [[http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5780124/vainglory-super-evil-megacorp-vainglory-tablet-moba a true E-Sports game]] in the vein of {{League of Legends}} and {{Dota 2}}.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: This being a MOBA inspired by {{League of Legends}} and {{Dota 2}}, some heroes are prone to doing this.
-->Adagio: "Are you commanding me?"
-->Baron: "Apex of modern engineering, and I can't play Vainglory on this visor."
-->Catherine: "Just tell me which way they fled!"
-->Kestrel: "Boots, Oakheart... Who cares, just pick something!"
-->Ringo: "Is there a point to all this?"

* Crystal Miners now spawn from each team's bases at the same as time the Jungle Shop, and will fight for their respective teams, aside from providing vision on a key area in the jungle.

* ''Poisoned Shiv'' allows a hero to deal a Mortal Strike [[note]]Mortal Strikes deal bonus daamge based on a percentage of a hero's weapon power.[[/note]] as an on-hit effect.

* AlternateContinuity: All alternate hero skins feature their own stories, mostly on the vein of "What If?" or

* PowerArmor: Skye and Baron fight their battles using this, and each of their suits are tailor-made for their fighting styles. Skye's power suit has plenty of [[MoreDakka autocannons]], and is very nimble thanks to several thrusters on its body, at the cost of [[FragileSpeedster armor and durability]]. Baron, on the other hand, uses a suit that is more bulky and heavily armored, trading mobility for increased firepower - although he can utilize his thrusters for long-distance movement.