Heavy Metal (Universe)

Heavy Metal
Basic Information
By	Jared Rosen
Related Champion(s)

Heavy Metal is a series of alternate future/universe skins in League of Legends. Set in a dystopian world where RiotCorp took over the world and people fight in company's corporate-sanctioned Rift Wars gladiatorial arenas to survive, each champion is a futuristic arena fighter.

Lore

Audiences gather from all over the world for a chance to witness the greatest robot fighters throw down in RiotCorp's gladiatorial arenas, eager for the chance to be crowned the Full Metal Robot Fighting League Champion or break down trying.

Full Metal Fighting League Contestants

• Full Metal Jayce
  Backed by RiotCorp as the Full Metal Fighting League's first corporately sanctioned champion, Jayce has dethroned Pantheon and won the hearts of audiences worldwide—especially those who realize they gain 15 Riot Points every time they cheer his cyclonic blasts.
• Full Metal Pantheon
  A former Full Metal Robot Fighting League champion (2x reign, 14 title defenses), Pantheon was forced to retire in disgrace after a scandal involving Targon Fabrications. Reemerging from retirement to face the chosen champion, Jayce, Pantheon may be damaged, but has found that revenge adequately charges his weapon systems.
• Full Metal Rammus
  Those who make it to the Full Metal Robot Fighting League—the premier institution for gear-crunching, robot-on-robot violence—must often face off against the fearsome Full Metal Rammus. It is an initial rite of passage, faced by every contender-bot, that leaves entire arenas in tremors...
• Full Machine Viktor
  Created from the same circuitry as the Full Metal champion, Jayce, Viktor was cast into the tunnels beneath the robot fighting arenas to serve as a janitoribot—while his twin was groomed for glory, simulcast en español. Upgrading himself with the cast-offs of the destroyed, he has sworn la venganza.

Other Contestants

• Boom Boom Blitzcrank
  Their fists are named “boom” and “boom,” proving that robots are a perfect facsimile of human life.
• Nunu & Willump Bot
  In the year 20XX, RiotCorp rules the world with a cruel, robotic fist. Building his own battling best friend using code from a forgotten video game (and piles and piles of scrap!) a young mechanic competes in the company's corporate-sanctioned Rift Wars—for fame, glory, and [ERROR] [...] [TOWERDIVING!]

Trivia

• General
• Skins

• Despite not being part of the skin universe, Sad Robot Amumu shares the same thematic.
• The Rift Wars Arena resembles the Sakaaran Arena from Thor: Ragnarok.
• Boom Boom Blitzcrank is part of the  Day Job universe, but his Wild Rift counterpart is part of the Heavy Metal Universe.

Boom Boom Blitzcrank

Full Metal Jayce

Nunu & Willump Bot

Full Metal Pantheon

Full Metal Rammus

Full Machine Viktor

Media

• Music
• Videos
• Gallery

Related Videos

The Legendary Nunu Bot

Full Metal Jayce Concept (by Riot Artist Anton 'Manton' Kolyukh)

Full Metal Jayce Model (by Riot Artist Sam 'cgsammu' Yang)

Nunu & Willump Bot Update Concept 1

Nunu & Willump Bot Splash Update Concept 1 (by Riot Artist X Train)

Nunu & Willump Bot Splash Update Concept 2 (by Riot Artist X Train)

Nunu & Willump Bot Splash Update Concept 3 (by Riot Artist X Train)

Nunu & Willump Bot Splash Update Concept 4 (by Riot Artist X Train)

Full Metal Pantheon Concept (by Riot Artist Mike Butcher)

Full Metal Pantheon Update Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Oussama Agazzoum)

Full Metal Pantheon Update Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Oussama Agazzoum)

Full Metal Pantheon Update Concept 3 (by Riot Artist Oussama Agazzoum)

Full Metal Pantheon Update Concept 4 (by Riot Artist Oussama Agazzoum)

Full Metal Pantheon Update Model

Full Metal Pantheon Update Splash Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Blake Byun)

Full Metal Pantheon Update Splash Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Blake Byun)

Full Machine Viktor Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

Full Machine Viktor Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

Full Machine Viktor Concept 3 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

Full Machine Viktor Model 1 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

Full Machine Viktor Model 2 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

Full Machine Viktor Splash Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

Full Machine Viktor Splash Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

Full Machine Viktor Splash Concept 3 (by Riot Artist Kirsten Zirngibl)

References

Multiverse