Zaahen Quotes

Champion Select

Pick

• "Fight against the fall."

Ban

• "Wise to dread my return."

Movement

First Move

• "This body was given in blood; and to blood it returns."
• "I do not wake an ancient war merely to fight it, but to end it."
• "I will see beyond our madness. I will rise above all that has broken our minds."
• "Steel the mind. Temper the flesh. Hunt the fallen."

First Move › First Move with Ally Aatrox

• "Savour this battle, Aatrox. It is your last taste of freedom."

First Move › First Move with Ally Kayn

• "Rhaast! Caught in a clash of wills—but know this: a greater war awaits you."

First Move › First Move with Ally Naafiri

• "How noble to seek unity, Naafiri; if it amounts to more than brutality."

First Move › First Move with Ally Varus

• "Varus, you seem closer to humanity. Heed it or be hunted."

First Move › First Move with Ally Xin Zhao

• "Seneschal, resolute even in the fields of memory—we rise as one."

First Move › First Move with Ally Yunara Both sides

• "Yunara, this war took everything from you… How could I ask you to fight once more?"
• "You stood eternal guard, my friend. Let me match this devotion."

First Move › First Move with an Ally Darkin

• "My kin: show me you deserve to stand!"

Moving

• "I am only evil, deferred."
• "The lure of madness will not shake me from what must be done."
• "Even the divine carry wounds which cannot heal."
• "My brothers and sisters are adrift. I alone have awakened."
• "The glaive obeys me; not the will of war."
• "Those who look with darkened eyes see only shadows."
• "Even in silence, I waged war."
• "Neither death nor mercy are granted lightly."
• "Ascended, darkin—I am the blade between."
• "I spare them from what they've become."
• "The temple bound my darkness; it did not purge it."
• "Fallen gods mistake their ruin for glory."
• "My blood burns for slaughter. My mind urges grace."
• "Let them remember what it means to bleed."
• "Long is the path that leads us back to light."
• "I could fell thousands with one slash… but to what end?"
• "Farther still to fall; higher yet to rise."
• "Not vengeance; consequence."
• "The sands churn; the fallen beckon."
• "Broken gods, I bear the burden you could not."
• "I seek the Sunborn, whose veins run with rot."
• "They will suffer and the world will be safer for it."
• "Fight the corruption or die for it."

Long Move

• "Beneath my wings, the Sunborn joined me in immortality. Now, beneath my blade, they must die."
• "How easy it would be to destroy all of this. It would be… empty."
• "There was warmth in the flames of war. But I chose the cold… I chose the silence."
• "An age spent warring beneath the sun. It is no wonder some made peace with darkness."
• "Memories bleed together now; a kingdom I never knew and an empire long gone."
• "As I bound my kin, they were mortal again for a moment—but it is past, and they are lost."
• "Corruption tears at the edge of my mind. Taunting. Tempting."
• "It is strange to breathe once more, free from the pall of iron and ashes."
• "The Trial never ends: at every instant, every motion, keep the darkin at bay."
• "Few were offered the rites of Ascension. Even fewer were truly worthy."

First Encounter

• "I sealed myself away… do not give me reason to show you why."
• "Those who serve fallen gods forfeit their life."
• "You know not what you face."
• "An age-long war begins again; on which side do you fight?"

First Encounter with Aatrox

• "You make oblivion your master, Aatrox, and so stand for nothing."

First Encounter with Azir

• "Rise, Hawk-Emperor. I pledge no loyalty to an unfit leader."

First Encounter with Kayn

• "Mortal and monster, both too deadly to spare."

First Encounter with LeBlanc

• "Your plans will see you slain again and again, deceiver."

First Encounter with Naafiri

• "Embracing the ways of a beast, Naafiri! Then, die as one."

First Encounter with Nasus

• "We cannot bar ourselves from the world any longer, scholar."

First Encounter with Renekton

• "Such nobility, turned to butchery."

First Encounter with Sivir

• "My Queen's blade has fallen far, to the hands of a mercenary!"

First Encounter with Varus

• "You corrupt your duty, Varus. Vengeance serves no one."

First Encounter with Xin Zhao

• "Seneschal, I accept your sacrifice. Do you?"

First Encounter with Yunara Both sides

• "Yunara, I was never worthy of your faith."

First Encounter with Zoe

• "I understand, Twilight, the cruel necessity to keep us sealed."

First Encounter with an Ascended

• "Our allegiance must still be proven, God-Warrior."

First Encounter with a Darkin

• "There is no triumph here. You have surrendered to yourself."

First Encounter with a Demon

• "I am not yours to wield, demon. You are mine to kill."

First Encounter with a Demacian

• "I take no joy in facing you, Demacian. I will end this swiftly."

First Encounter with a Kinkou

• "Kinkou, our pact was sure to break—by my hand, or yours."

First Encounter with a Shuriman

• "Run, Shuriman: you face a god and monster of our history."

First Encounter with a Void Champion

• "To fight the Void once more; this, I will savor."

Taunt

• "Do not mistake my restraint for peace."

Joke

• "Burn! …Huh? BUUURN! Guh, uh! My eye did… Does this not…? Ahem, well I… hmm."

Joke Response

• "Hmph, my imprisonment was preferable to this."

Attack

Attacking

• "Pierce through the din!"
• "Spare no evil!"
• "You tempt death."
• "Control, not carnage."
• "Wrath meets ruin."
• "Overcome your nature!"
• "What do you sacrifice?"
• "Pray, for your sake."
• "I will not be shattered."
• "Fury weakens you."
• "This is atonement."
• "As god and monster."
• "Remember yourself."
• "Sever madness."
• "You wake my cruelty…"
• "No reprieve!"
• "More than bloodlust."
• "I am more than hatred's prey!"
• "Is bloodshed all you crave?"
• "You are past hope."

Ability Casting

Using Cultivation of War › Max Stacks

• "Eternity is mine to bear."
• "I alone endure."
• "All else falls away."
• "I will stand above the slain."
• "War without end!"
• "Battle-honed!"
• "Divine and profane."
• "The blood rushes."

Using Cultivation of War › Resurrection

• "I will not… forsake this life!"
• "I am undying… I am unsundered!"
• "No wrath, no revenge, only death!"
• "One final warning… Run!"
• "You… will not be saved from me!"
• "I have centuries… you have seconds!"

Using Cultivation of War › Resurrection near a Darkin

• "Such rage, my kin… such futility."

Using Cultivation of War › Resurrection near Xin Zhao

• "You cannot undo… what you set free!"

Using Cultivation of War › Resurrection near Yunara Both sides

• "Yunara… your faith in me falters…!"

Using Grim Deliverance

• "GODHOOD UNBOUND!"
• "WE ARE BEYOND MERCY!"
• "SALVATION IN BLOODSHED!"

Kills and Objectives

Killing a Champion

• "You have lost yourself."
• "Needless death… This age forgets the weight of war."
• "Irredeemable."
• "None should meddle with the power of gods."
• "This is grace… it must be!"
• "Blinded by your own wrath."
• "Rage no more."
• "We darkin take much from this world."

Killing a Champion while Ally team is Ahead

• "Remain in control, and the battle is won."
• "Mercy is not afforded to those so far gone."

Killing a Champion while Ally team is Behind

• "End their carnage; give them no quarter!"
• "Through noble purpose, we regain ourselves."

Killing Aatrox

• "God-killer, world-ender… my brother: enough!"

Killing Kayn

• "If man and scythe had worked as one, you might have prevailed."

Killing Naafiri

• "Howl—for the self you lost among the pack."

Killing Varus

• "Vengeance only takes, Varus. It cannot restore what has been lost."

Killing Xin Zhao

• "Be at peace, Seneschal. You have given all you can."

Killing Yunara Both sides

• "My friend, I warned you: I was never to return…"

Killing an Ascended

• "God-Warrior, rest beneath the sands."

Killing a Darkin

• "For who you were… for who you must be, again."

Scoring First Blood

• "Blood is spilled, and the war begins anew."

Scoring an Assist for Yunara Both sides

• "Your enemies are mine, Yunara."

Scoring a Pentakill

• "I RISE ABOVE RUIN, ABOVE REDEMPTION!"

Recall

• "A dreaded past returns—by my hand."
• "Where others have been undone, I must endure."
• "Let neither the flesh wither, nor the resolve waiver."
• "The motions of battle remain through the ages."
• "Blades will clash once more and the earth will shudder beneath us."

Death

• "The fall… inevitable."
• "I deserve the silence…"

Respawn

• "The mortal heart still beats within—steady, unyielding."
• "I will return to the light; bloodied, if I must."
• "They take pride in slaughter. They deserve all that comes next."
• "One of infinite lives to give."
• "To slay an immortal is a fleeting victory."