Development
- Main article: Lucian (Development)
- Lucian was originally voiced by Patrick Seitz. After release, TJ Storm voices most of his lines, along with and 1Lucian in Legends of Runeterra. Storm also voiced Lucian in Dark Passage, Shadow's Embrace, and Ruination (Video).
- Patrick Seitz.
- Lucian's Japanese voice actor is Rikiya Koyama.[1]
- Lucian's voice actor in Brazil is Marco Antônio Abreu, who also voiced , and .
and are also voiced by
- Patrick Seitz.
- Lucian's theme 'The Purifier's Resolve' was composed and performed by The Crystal Method (live at the Season 3 World Championship finals).
- theme was composed by the same group.
- Lucian's title during production was 'the Gun Templar' (was called such in Polish localization and his teaser 'Shadows and Reflections').[2]
Universe
- Main article: Lucian (Character)
- Lucian’s dual pistols were passed down through generations of the Sentinels of Light. One belonged to his father, Urias, and the other to his wife, [3] ; when imprisoned her, Lucian took up the weapon in her honor.
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Lucian (League of Legends)
- Lucian's is the first login screen to start with an animated sequence (his shows his wife Senna's soul being dragged into ).
- V5.22) and is the first that allows firing backwards while moving. used to be the first ability in the game to directly scale with attack speed (until
- Lucian's Equilibrium.
- A side by side comparison can be seen here.
- The sloped front of Lucian's guns is also very reminiscent of the weapons wielded by the Clerics in Equilibrium.
references - Lucian's dance references Revolver Ocelot's gun spinning from Metal Gear.
- A side by side comparison can be seen here.
- Lucian was the first champion to ever get a Chroma Pack for his Classic skin.
- Of Lucian's guns the less ornate one is his (an L is engraved on its side) and the more intricate one was Senna's (an S instead);[4] the letters were at first thought to mean Light and Shadow.
- People in Lucian's social circle possess light-theme names:
- Lucian derives from Latin praenomen Lucius, from lux (cognate with English light), sharing one same PIE root *leuk- as .
- Senna from Arabic سناء Sanāʼ "brightness, sublimity",[5] from root s-n-y (> Sin "moon" & seneh "burning bush").[6]
- Lucian's father's name Urias Ουριας is the Greek rendition of Hebrew אוריה Uriah "my light[7] is Yah".
- Lucian and 'Naruto run' when having very high movement speed. perform the
- If quest will trigger for Lucian as well. This in-game quest consists of a battle of himself vs Thresh to earn the opposing champion's stack of souls, Lucian's death will grant Senna's stacks to Thresh.[8] and are played on opposing teams, a
Quotes
- Main article: Lucian (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Death at the door? Hmph, no, I am the one who knocks" references Breaking Bad.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- ▶️ "Everybody deserves might be referencing the "double tap.
- ▶️ "There's a chill on the wind" is similar to ▶️ "There's a chill in the air."
- ▶️ "I'm a cowboy. On a steel horse I— uh... um..." references the song Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi.
- ▶️ "Reach for the sky" might reference Woody from Toy Story.
- ▶️ "Hang 'em high" references the movie of the same name.
Skins
- Main article: Lucian (Collection)
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- ...and others
- Prior to his release he was hinted to have 'four eyes' (sunglasses).
- His Morpheus while he himself references the Twins (both from The Matrix).
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
references - His critical strikes fire custom-animated 'exploding' bolts.
- This skin shares the Soccer Cup theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of the 2014 FIFA World Cup along with:
- He is a soccer player in the striker position.
- He resembles Edgar Davids.
- This skin shares the PROJECT theme with:
- ...and others
- He is firing at .
- He is from an alternate future in which he was cybernetically augmented as part of the PROJECT Initiative.
- describes him as:
- If one tells they fight for 'vengeance' she'll say the following:
- "Our enemies require corrective action."
- His gear includes:
- This skin shares the Heartbreakers theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of Valentine's Day 2017 along with:
- This skin shares the High Noon theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released along with:
- His appearance resembles that of Alexei Stukov from the Starcraft series.
- When he uses his ultimate or recalls, he transforms into his full demon form, which resembles .
- One of the possible directions Riot could have taken with , was having him ascend and become an angel rather then a demon.[10]
- This skin shares the Demacia Vice theme with:
- This is lucian's first Epic skin to have a unique taunt animation.
- His recall is a reference to the epic split done by Jean-Claude Van Damme.
- Alongside Demacia Rising. , their spawn music is a synthwave remix of
- Originally this skin was conceptualized during the 2017 Thunderdome event as one of three games made for PAX West that year.
- This skin was inspired by 80s themed media such as:
- This skin shares the Pulsefire theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Pulsefire theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Victorious theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Arcana theme with:
- This skin shares the Steel Valkyries theme with:
- can be seen in the background.
- This skin shares the Winterblessed theme with:
- ...and others
References
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/dinv9q/official_japanese_voice_actor_list_released_for/
- ↑ Ask Riot
- ↑ Lucian's pistols' origin
- ↑ Lucian & Senna's guns
- ↑ https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1/
- ↑ Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume 15, ed. Botterweck, Ringgren, & Fabry, p. 318
- ↑ Semitic root ʔ-w-r
- ↑ August on Senna Quest
- ↑ Introducing chroma packs!
- ↑ Jon Buran on Scrapped High Noon Lucian Direction