Universe:Arcane (TV Series)/Season 2

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Season 2 is the second and last season of the animated series Arcane (TV Series). It has 9 episodes divided into 3 acts, and takes place in Piltover and Zaun after the consequence between Silco's death and the destruction of the Council.

The season premiered on Netflix on the 9th of November 2024, with one act (3 episodes) releasing in each week. The second act was released on the 16th of November, and the third on the 23rd.

Official Description

A world obsessed with power stands on the brink as scientific advancements and rampant inequality threaten to inspire a violent revolution.

Episodes

No. In Series	No. In Season	Title Card	Title	Airdate	Prod. code

10	1		"Heavy Is the Crown"	November 9, 2024	2x01
Vi and Caitlyn wrestle with how best to respond in the wake of a terrible tragery that claims lives — and escalates tensions between the twin cities.

11	2		"Watch It All Burn"	November 9, 2024	2x02
With Piltover ready for war, the Undercity weighs its options. Jinx lies low and plots her next move. A pivotal conversation takes place.

12	3		"Finally Got the Name Right"	November 9, 2024	2x03
Caitlyn doubles down on her hunt for Jinx. Ambessa accepts a fateful meeting. Changes in Zaun lead to a shocking discovery.

13	4		"Paint the Town Blue"	November 16, 2024	2x04
As rumors of Jinx's return swirl, Ambessa pursues her target with renewed enthusiasm. Jinx and Sevika go undercover and into the belly of the beast.

14	5		"Blisters and Bedrock"	November 16, 2024	2x05
Vi awakens to surprising news. An unsettling reunion isn't what it seems. Caitlyn uncovers the origins of Shimmer.

15	6		"The Message Hidden Within the Pattern"	November 16, 2024	2x06
Healing comes from a familiar face — in an unfamiliar place. A stunning betrayal threatens to change countless lives.

16	7		"Pretend Like It's the First Time"	November 23, 2024	2x07
A moment of darkness, a moment of light — and a vision of What Could Have Been.

17	8		"Killing Is a Cycle"	November 23, 2024	2x08
A brewing storm fuels a series of startling transformations. Elsewhere, the spark of rebellion still burns.

18	9		"The Dirt Under Your Nails"	November 23, 2024	2x09
Magic. Science. Power. Revenge. Destinies clash in an epic final chapter, igniting an all-out war.

Summary

Act 1

Episode 10

Moments after Jinx's rocket hits the Council chamber, Jayce and Mel embrace amidst the wreckage. Enforcers are streaming into the ruins. Councilor Shoola is alive but her face is scarred. Councilor Salo's legs are pinned beneath a fallen pillar. Councilors Bolbok, Kiramman, and Hoskel are dead. Ambessa arrives with her soldiers to secure the area and checks in on her daughter. As Jayce examines the scene, he finds Viktor severely wounded and collapsed on the floor. Jayce rushes his friend to his lab and frantically looks through Viktor's notes for anything that can save him. He sees Viktor's body reacting to the hexcore and brings the device closer to him. The hexcore latches onto Viktor and seems to fuse with him.

Later, Councilor Kiramman is laid to rest while Caitlyn mourns. Mel comforts Caitlyn as she stares at the broken remains of her mother's now-empty chair. The remaining Councilors, with the exception of Jayce, convene for a meeting. A newly wheelchair-bound Salo arrives, being pushed by Ambessa. He explains that since they are at war, he has enlisted Ambessa's expertise. He suggests launching an invasion with an army of enforcers armed with hextech. Mel fears that Salo's plan risks unifying Zaun against Piltover, and suggests pinning the blame solely on Jinx and offering a reward for her capture. Shoola sides with Salo, leaving Mel outnumbered two to one. Reluctantly, Mel agrees to endorse the invasion on the condition that no hextech is used. Shoola sides with Mel, outnumbering Salo two to one.

Back at the Kiramman manor, Caitlyn sifts through the recent mail, including numerous letters of condolence. Her father Tobias arrives, appearing utterly miserable. She confides in him that she had a clean shot on Jinx, but didn't take it. Seeing that his daughter is still mourning as well, Tobias presents Caitlyn with an heirloom from her mother: the Kiramman key. Caitlyn doesn't believe she is ready for it, but Tobias reassures her that it is her legacy. Vi watches from the hallway, causing Tobias to question her presence. Vi leaves, but Caitlyn goes after her. She meets Vi in a windowed hall, embracing her in tears. Vi resigns that Powder is gone and tells Caitlyn that if Jayce repairs the gauntlets, she'll stop Jinx herself. However, Caitlyn rejects the "reckless" plan and informs Vi of the upcoming invasion. She asks Vi to join them, presenting her with an Enforcers badge. Vi is taken aback and refuses to become an enforcer after having watched them kill her parents.

Later, as Vi wanders Piltover alone, she takes shelter from the rain beneath a bridge. In her anger, she throws a bottle that hits a drunk named Loris. He takes a seat next to her and offers her a drink.

Mel arrives at Jayce's lab to check in on him and Viktor. Viktor is unconscious and appears to be suspended in a tomb of otherworldly magical fluid with only his face visible. Jayce reveals that while Viktor is stable, he doesn't know what the hexcore is doing to him, aside from keeping him alive. He feels guilty for surviving the blast unharmed, while his partner is left in a catatonic state. Mel comforts him. When he asks about the Council meeting, Mel informs him that her mother is already manipulating Salo, however, she refuses to let them corrupt Jayce's hextech dream into more offensive weaponry. She recommends that Jayce pay Caitlyn a visit, as the girl is in terrible pain.

Caitlyn, in an upscale park surrounded by fallen petals, is entranced in a waking daydream/nightmare in which she has Jinx in her rifle sights. She is brought out of her reverie by Jayce, who is worried about whether Viktor will survive. Caitlyn is sad about her mom, homicidally angry at Jinx, and pessimistic about Vi and Vi's desire to go solo with hextech gauntlets instead of joining the Enforcers, feeling that there is more at stake than just survival. She admits that, following her mother's death, she fantasizes about taking her revenge against Jinx and finally understands "how easy it is to hate them."

Vi and Loris drink in the streets until the next morning. They're interrupted by a pair of enforcers, Junior Officer Maddie Nolen and Steb. Maddie is starstruck meeting Vi, saying that Vi is "something of a legend amongst the enforcers." Apparently, Caitlyn spread the word of Vi's bravery after she and Jayce attacked Silco's facilities against the Council's wishes. Vi is surprised that Caitlyn would still be so supportive of her. Maddie is under the impression that Vi will be joining the enforcers and is thrilled by the idea, especially following Marcus' betrayal. Vi merely nods and doesn't correct her.

Vi attends a memorial for the fallen Councilors Bolbok, Hoskel, and Kiramman. Among the other attendees are Jayce, Caitlyn, and Loris. Maddie and Steb are there as guards. As Mel gives a speech to the crowd, Vi notices an enforcer with a familiar tattoo on his neck, pegging him as an impostor. She tries to follow him onto the podium, but is halted by other enforcers. Finally, the impostor arrives at the lectern, brandishes a flare gun and swings it at Mel's face, knocking her to the ground and cutting short her speech. Simultaneously, a veiled figure in the crowd reveals herself as Renni and takes a swing at Jayce with a massive weapon featuring multiple chainsaw blades. Rather than shoot Mel, the imposter fires the flare gun into the air, loudly informing the crowd that they are not safe. The crowd begins to flee in a panic. Renni goes after Jayce, cutting through a pair of enforcers in the process.

An airship pulls into view and drops a squad of chemtanks into the ceremony, including one far larger than any previously seen. Caitlyn and Vi do battle with the chemtanks, which are otherwise tearing their way through enforcers. Jayce, armed only with furniture and his fists, squares off with Renni, managing to break one of the tubes on her face and temporarily stunning her. Maddie and Steb help the other councilors into a carriage to ensure their escape, but a chemtank crashes into the vehicle and sends it careening to the side. After saving each other's lives, Vi informs Caitlyn that she has an idea and leaves Caitlyn behind to protect the Councilors.

Jayce hides from Renni backstage but is discovered. His attack on Renni's face with a hammer does little good, and as he attempts to flee, Renni slices at his back, leaving an enormous gash. Vi runs through the capitol building, searching for something. The largest chemtank attacks the Councilors' fallen carriage, ripping Maddie from within and dangling her aloft. Steb rushes to help Maddie but is tossed aside by the chemtank. Loris arrives just in time with a huge metal shield, barely able to hold off the monstrosity, assisted by a few well-placed rifle shots from Caitlyn. Meanwhile, a wounded Jayce crawls away from his attacker, but is quickly set upon by Renni, who declares vengeance for her son. Before she delivers the killing blow, however, she is caught in a blast from the Mercury Cannon, shot by Vi. Caitlyn, her fellow enforcers Maddie and Steb, and drunkard-turned-hero Loris are surrounded by chemtanks, prompting Vi to aim the Mercury Cannon in their direction. Vi is unable to figure out the cannon's controls, but Jayce reaches up to assist. As they fire, however, a rogue battleax connects with the largest chemtank's bullet-weakened faceplate. The ax comes from Rictus, Ambessa's guard. A volley of javelins disable the remaining chemtanks as Ambessa's soldiers flood the scene. Ambessa herself slices Renni's throat.

In the aftermath of the battle, Vi meets with Caitlyn as they both grapple with the ramifications of the attack. Caitlyn is furious that they would attack a memorial, but Vi urges her to call off the invasion and take control of the conflict. Caitlyn lashes out, intimidated by the need to fill her mother's shoes, but Vi comforts her and they share a tender moment. Caitlyn reasons that she can't go after Jinx alone and laments that "it's all coming apart." Vi reassures her that they "won't let it."

Back at home, Caitlyn uses the Kiramman key to access her family's secret archives.

Salo, Shoola, and Mel hold a Council meeting within the dungeons beneath the capitol building. Salo doubles down on his belief that their enemy is greater than Jinx alone. Mel reasons that, in order to launch the attack against the memorial, Renni must've had help from someone in Piltover. Once again, Salo urges his peers to weaponize hextech against Zaun. Caitlyn, wearing a new uniform, enters the meeting uninvited alongside Vi, Loris, Maddie, and Steb. Though Salo questions her presence, she rebuffs him. She informs the Council that she intends to lead a strike team into Zaun with three objectives: locate Jinx, dismantle shimmer, and neutralize any agents still loyal to Silco. She reveals that everyone in her strike team has equipped a hextech weapon, newly crafted by Jayce. Vi wields the Atlas gauntlets, Caitlyn wields a sniper rifle, Loris wields a shield, Maddie wields a pistol, and Steb wields a baton. Vi, notably, is wearing an enforcer badge and uniform with her Atlas gauntlets.

Back in his lab, Viktor's face twitches.

Somewhere in a snowy wilderness, Singed confronts a two-headed murk wolf in a cave. He brandishes a poison bomb against the creature.

Episode 11

Jinx mourns Silco's death and wonders what to do next. Meanwhile, the remaining chem-barons— Chross, Margot, and Smeech—squabble to fill the vacuum of power left behind by Silco.

Some of Chross's thugs chase a child named Isha through the streets, but Isha happens to collide with Jinx. Jinx rescues the child with a trio of bullets into the pursuing gangsters. Afterwards, Jinx simply continues on her way, but Isha chases after her.

Smeech rides in a carriage with some of his employees, including Heenot, an accountant. Smeech plans on seizing a stash of resources from Margot, but Heenot calls the plan "hasty." When the arrive, they discover that the location is overrun with an anomalous cloud of what Zaunites call "the Gray," a massive deposit of toxic factory smog trapped underground. One of Margot's gangsters is already collapsed on the ground, choking on the gas, and so Smeech sends Heenot ahead to investigate. He is shocked at what he finds.

Later, Sevika reprimands the chem-barons for their "petty squabbles" and urges them to unite against Piltover. Smeech suggests handing over Jinx. Sevika rejects the idea of handing over their own people, but Smeech offers Sevika a new prosthetic arm if she assists.

Sevika returns to Silco's office, angrily telling his empty chair that she can't believe she's still cleaning up his messes. Jinx reveals herself, lying in the rafters as usual. While Sevika prepares for a fight, Jinx shows no hostility. Instead, the pair reminisce over their time spent with Silco. Sevika wonders what to do next, to which Jinx suggests: "Watch it all burn."

Shrouded in a cloak, Jinx takes to the streets. She is followed by Smeech and his goons. Isha watches.

Hearing the voice of Sky, Viktor jolts awake. After struggling through the membrane that holds him in place, he emerges from the arcane fluid. His entire body, save for his face, has now been transmuted into a purple metal with golden highlights. As he takes hold of his crutch, it too becomes warped and twisted by the arcane's influence. Jayce, who had fallen asleep in his chair, wakes up and is ecstatic to find Viktor alive, albeit shocked at the changes to his body. He wraps Viktor's nude form in a blanket. Far from grateful, Viktor admonishes Jayce for breaking his promise to destroy the hexcore. While Jayce insists that the device saved Viktor's life, Viktor informs him that the core killed Sky. Jayce says that he intends to renounce his councilorship and rejoin Viktor as a full-time scientist, but Viktor says that their paths have already diverged. Jayce pleads with him to stay, but Viktor says goodbye.

Zaunite refugees stream into the Firelights' alcove, blindfolded until they reach their destination. Scar laments that they'll have capacity issues soon, but Ekko refuses to turn people away. Heimerdinger is entertaining children with a massive bubble machine. Ekko catches a leaf as it falls from the central tree, seeing that it's been stained with a peculiar purple pattern.

Later, Heimerdinger examines the leaf. He recognizes that the pattern is arcane in nature.

Heimerdinger and Ekko break into the capitol building via underground maintenance tunnels. Eventually, they find their way to Jayce's lab. Jayce greets the intruders with the Mercury Cannon at the ready, but lowers the weapon after recognizing Heimerdinger. Heimerdinger introduces Ekko and Jayce to one another, and the trio sit down to discuss the tree. Jayce too recognizes that the arcane pattern on the leaf matches the corruption on the plants tested with the hexcore. Heimerdinger sees the remains of Viktor's incubation chamber and is horrified.

Viktor walks the streets of Zaun, finding that the arcane guides his footsteps, leading him in a particular direction.

Jinx revisits her childhood arcade and assembles a new arm for Sevika with parts she finds there. Suddenly, the area is flooded with the Gray. Caitlyn and her strike team enter the building alongside the smoke clouds while Jinx hides to examine them from afar. She is shocked and enraged to see Vi dressed as an enforcer. She aims her pistol at Vi and nearly pulls the trigger, but falters. Vi finds Claggor's goggles on the ground. Jinx stealthily escapes, and when Caitlyn finds no sign of her, she shoots a random target in frustration.

After fleeing the scene, Jinx suffers a mental breakdown and weeps. As she rounds a corner, she is attacked by one of Smeech's goons. All of his goons, followed by Smeech himself, apprehend Jinx, but Sevika appears with Jinx's pistol in hand. Sevika tosses Jinx the pistol as Jinx tosses Sevika the new arm, which Sevika hastily attaches to the hinge in her shoulder. In the ensuing battle, it becomes apparent that Jinx has built a number of new quirks into Sevika's arm, including a slot machine system that seems to unlock features at random. The arm ends in a claw trap rather than a proper hand, and the trap is attached to a wire, allowing it to be shot out and retracted. The arm also plays music and shoots fireworks. Together, Jinx and Sevika dispatch Smeech and his gangsters, with Isha watching all the while. Jinx tells Sevika that she's hatching a plan to "finish what's left of her family". Lastly, they find Heenot struggling under the body of a much larger man and seem to be planning what do with him.

Viktor is led to the encampment where Huck and his fellow vagrants live. The vagrants surround Viktor, intending to mug him, but Viktor shows no fear, instead pitying the wretched creatures. As Huck hesitates, Viktor reaches out to him, flooding Huck's body with magic in a spectacular show of light. When the dust settles, Huck's tumors have completely vanished. He looks newly healthy and refreshed, though his body is marked with arcane patterns. Viktor tells the group that they needn't suffer any longer. The other vagrants drop to their knees in awe.

Meanwhile, Singed is experimenting on the dissected remains of the murk wolf, including its dual heart, which is kept pumping artificially.

Episode 12

Flashing back to Caitlyn sorting through her family's archives, it becomes apparent that she is using the Kirammans' knowledge in order to manipulate the Gray. By rerouting underground ventilation paths, Caitlyn and her team use the Gray clear the streets of Zaun and cover their tracks while remaining immune to the Gray's effects via gas masks. They battle their way through the undercity, eventually stumbling upon Heenot, bound to an idle ventilation fan. As they move to free him, five gruesome dolls drop from the ceiling above, each crafted in the image of one of the strike team's members, but horribly gored. Caitlyn questions Heenot, and he reveals that Jinx is planning something related to the ventilation systems as well. Caitlyn has the team arrest Heenot.

Amara attends an audience with Ambessa, claiming to represent the merchants' guild. However, she reveals herself as an agent of the Black Rose, the cabal who apparently killed Ambessa's son Kino. Magical tendrils disable Ambessa and Rictus. Amara tells Ambessa that the Black Rose will not allow her to find what she's searching for, but Ambessa retorts that this visit only confirms her suspicions. Rictus manages to slam his ax on the ground, igniting mystical runes that repel his bindings. After a short battle, Ambessa plunges her blade into Amara's stomach, killing her. Amara commands Rictus to move forward with their plans, but Rictus claims that " Salo isn't ready." He suggests involving Mel, but Ambessa believes that Mel is safer as an enemy.

Vi speaks to Caitlyn in private. She suggests dismissing the other three members of the strike team. If they have any weaknesses, Vi reasons, Jinx will find and exploit them. Caitlyn questions whether Vi is ready to face Jinx, but Vi assures her that she believes her sister is gone. Vi apologizes for the death of Caitlyn's mother and asks Caitlyn to promise not to change. Caitlyn promises, and they share a kiss.

Maddie, Steb, and Loris leave with Heenot in tow.

A woman named Lest is applying a shimmer serum to Salo's body. It leaves decorative marks on his skin. Ambessa arrives, commanding Lest to leave, and Lest does so. Ambessa reprimands Salo for being so easy to find, but he doesn't seem to care. She commands him to rally every house and family "with even a modicum of influence," to which he eagerly agrees.

Mel meets Lest backstage at an auditorium. Lest overheard Ambessa's conversation with Salo, but is reluctant to reveal the information due to fear of Ambessa. With some convincing, she informs Mel of her mother's plans. She also gives Mel the vial of shimmer serum.

Vi and Caitlyn discover one of Jinx's signature monkey emblems over a pierced pipe leaking Gray.

Jayce educates Ekko and Heimerdinger on Viktor's hypothesis of "wild runes." He compares runes to language, and likens wild runes to something like a sigh, not a word, but something more primal. Ekko understands that wild runes are akin to the arcane's "fingerprints," places where the border between the physical world and the arcane is thin. Ekko reasons that the arcane has marked his tree due to overuse of magic via hextech. Heimerdinger posits that mages have converted "miracles" into "horrors" not due to faults of their own, but as a property of the arcane itself. Jayce wonders why these patterns might appear underground, but then seems to have an idea.

Vi and Caitlyn follow the Gray, trailing Jinx to what seems to be an abandoned stone temple dedicated to Janna.

Elora reports to Mel, informing her that Salo is meeting with numerous houses in preparation for a large meeting. She also finds that there is a "rat's nest" of misinformation regarding Kino's passing. Whoever killed him covered their tracks well, and managed to strip Ambessa of most of her holdings.

Jayce, Heimerdinger, and Ekko take an elevator deep underground.

Vi and Caitlyn enter a massive religious chamber where Jinx has defaced the enormous pillars with crude, brightly colored drawings of herself and her family. Vi tells Caitlyn to "take the shot" if she sees an opening.

Jayce uses the Mercury Hammer as the key to an enormous dome-shaped chamber containing a large mechanism that serves as a failsafe at the base of the hexgates. If something ever went wrong, Jayce explains, the explosion would occur here. Ekko reasons that the underground structure must be the reason why the arcane is affecting the tree. Heimerdinger spots arcane distortion on the ground. Suddenly, their surroundings change, and the trio stands in an empty white void.

Vi calls out Jinx's name. Jinx's voice rings out throughout the chamber, disgusted that Vi has turned enforcer. Vi refuses to consider Jinx her sister and is determined to stop her. Isha and Sevika watch from a high perch as Vi and Jinx argue. Jinx seems to finally appear at the end of the hall, but when Caitlyn takes the shot, the bullet only pierces a mirror.

Jayce, Ekko, and Heimerdinger find themselves awestruck in the presence of an arcane anomaly: a colossal, indescribable globe of chaotic energy.

Jinx appears atop a broken pillar and attacks Vi. Caitlyn aims to shoot Jinx, but is attacked by Sevika. As Jayce marvels at the astonishing sight, Caitlyn and Vi's hextech weapons begin to warp and distort unnaturally. Jayce, Ekko, and Heimerdinger watch as reality bends and twists surreally around them.

After a long battle, Vi destroys Pow-Pow and Caitlyn finally subdues Sevika. Caitlyn stumbles to her feet and takes a shot at Jinx, destroying the middle finger of Jinx's left hand. Vi pins Jinx atop an altar, and while Jinx accepts her death, Vi hesitates. Isha runs out from her hiding place, grabbing Jinx's pistol, jumping between the two sisters, and pointing the gun at Vi's face. Caitlyn shoots the pistol out of Isha's hand, and Isha simply clings to Jinx. Caitlyn tells Vi to get out of the way so that she take the shot, But Vi stands in the way, saying that she can't shoot Jinx with a child in the crossfire. Caitlyn attempts to take the shot anyway, but Vi forces the gun barrel down towards the ground.

Sevika struggles to her feet and pulls a latch, detonating an explosive. The enormous carving of Janna at the back of the temple crumbles, revealing a tunnel that releases a powerful gust of wind. Vi and Caitlyn are caught in the gust and are violently blown out of the chamber. As it continues through the vents, the wind catches a number of paint traps set by Jinx and flows into Piltover, releasing a series of colorful paint bombs throughout the city.

Caitlyn is furious that Vi stopped her, but Vi can hardly believe that Caitlyn would risk endangering a child. Caitlyn slams the butt of her rifle into Vi's gut and leaves her behind. Vi clutchs her stomach in pain and weeps.

Mel takes the vial of shimmer and begins to exit her office, but Elora is suddenly seized by a mysterious force. The magic of the Black Rose envelops the room and then disappears, taking Mel and Elora with it. The vial clatters to the floor.

Ambessa holds a meeting in the ruins of the Council chamber, surrounded by all of Piltover's notable houses. She gives a speech, falsely claiming that it was a Zaunite assassin who killed Amara. She urges the Piltovans to declare martial law, initiate a full-scale war with Zaun, and appoint a general to lead the charge. While Salo expects to receive this title, Ambessa names Caitlyn. Caitlyn is taken aback. Ambessa begins pounding her fist against her chest in a rhythmic motion, prompting her soldiers to do the same, followed by the enforcers. In a series of flashbacks, we see that it was Ambessa who orchestrated Renni's attack on the memorial. Caitlyn steps forward. Loris leaves in disappointment. Ambessa drapes a mantle across Caitlyn's shoulders, and while Caitlyn is hesitant at first, she finally balls her fist in salute.

Singed fondles his locket as a series of tubes drain his own blood into his new creation: hanging from the ceiling is a wolf-like humanoid to be known as Warwick.

Act 2

Episode 13

Several months after the events of the previous episode, under Caitlyn's command, Piltover launches an armed occupation of Zaun with heavily militarized checkpoints around the undercity. The Council remains in hiding. As the Enforcers and Noxian soldiers alike continue the hunt for Jinx, some Zaunites form a rebellious movement called Jinxers, known for dying their hair blue in Jinx's color and wearing clothes similar to hers. Though countless Jinxers are arrested and questioned, Jinx herself remains elusive. Ambessa becomes a sort of mentor to Caitlyn, advising her to push ever further in her pursuits as the conflict rages on.

One night, Caitlyn sits in bed awake alongside her new lover, Maddie. Maddie encourages Caitlyn to withdraw from Zaun and reestablish the Council, but Caitlyn refuses to do so until she's found Jinx.

Jinx, meanwhile, has simply been lounging the days away in her lair alongside Isha, now wearing clothes similar to Jinx's; the pair have become inseparable. After Isha beats Jinx in a beetle-fighting competition, Jinx agrees to dye Isha's hair blue. It's clear that Isha wants Jinx to come out of hiding, but Jinx has no interest in doing so.

Ambessa and Rictus watch from a safe distance as a Piltovan scientist attempts to replicate hextech. He fails, and is disintegrated. Ambessa bemoans her inability to secure any scientist capable of working with hextech, as Jayce and Heimerdinger have both disappeared, for which Ambessa blames the Black Rose. Ambessa also knows that the Black Rose have taken Mel.

Later, Rictus walks through a Zaun checkpoint. As one of the Zaunites in line gives him a suspicious glance, he attacks them, removing their hat to reveal blue hair. He scolds the Zaunites for refusing to give up Jinx. Suddenly, the nearby speakers begin playing loud music, and the scene is engulfed by fireworks and paint bombs. The Zaunites use the opportunity to break through the checkpoint. Isha stands on a rooftop, having orchestrated the event as a mimicry of Jinx's style.

After examining the devices used at the crime scene, Caitlyn is certain that they were designed by Jinx. However, Maddie suggests that it may be a copycat, as the people of Zaun have become "desperate for something to believe in." Ambessa enters the room and asks to speak with Caitlyn in private. After a nod from Caitlyn, Maddie leaves. Ambessa states her belief that the supposed reappearance from Jinx will ignite Zaunite resistance, but will make Jinx easier to track. Caitlyn, however, rebukes Ambessa for Rictus's instigation of violence. Ambessa doubles down, urging Caitlyn to make more arrests in order to find someone who knows where Jinx is. Caitlyn questions the ethics of this approach. Ambessa tells Caitlyn that she will never be able to rest until Jinx is found, but leaves the decision to her.

Lest continues decorating Salo's skin with shimmer at another one of their appointments. He wishes to make their meetings more frequent, as the effects have been diminishing. Lest gives Salo a tip about an undercity healer who can supposedly work miracles.

Sevika pays Jinx a visit, questioning her about the "stunt" at the checkpoint. Jinx informs her that she wasn't involved. Still, Sevika implores Jinx to come out of hiding. She believes that Jinx has become a powerful symbol, one that actually stands a chance of uniting the undercity. She plans on holding a rally at Vander's statue and asks Jinx to attend. Jinx is totally apathetic to Sevika's lectures, causing Sevika to storm off in frustration.

Jinx once again visits Silco's empty office chair seeking guidance, but finds only silence in response. She grieves.

Caitlyn places a lantern at the memorial statue of her mother. Scar places a lantern at the memorial mural in the Firelights' alcove. Ekko's face has been added to the painting. Meanwhile, Rictus mercilessly beats the Jinxer he attacked at the checkpoint until they reveal that a rally is taking place at Vander's statue.

Firelights, Jinxers, and chem-baron gangsters show up to the rally. Singed appears as well. Sevika presses them to put aside their differences and unite, but the crowd wants to see Jinx. Isha stands atop the statue and lights a blue flare, prompting many in the crowd to raise their fists in solidarity. Sevika raises her prosthetic arm, but Rictus's ax flies through the air, pinning her arm to the statue. As enforcers and soldiers swarm the crowd, Rictus announces that they're all under arrest. The crowd and the enforcers clash, with Isha even attempting to attack Rictus himself. Singed is cornered, with enforcers ordering him to drop the scalpel in his hand. He complies, but only after slicing his own palm, dripping blood onto the ground. Back at Singed's lab, Warwick stirs.

Jinx returns home, expecting to see Isha there, but can't find her. Moments later, Sevika slumps into the lair, her shoulder dripping synthetic fluid. She informs Jinx that Piltover raided the rally, taking everyone, including Isha. This causes Jinx's long-absent hallucinations to return as she screams at the voices to be silent.

Singed, Isha, and others are taken aboard a high-speed aerial cable car leading to Stillwater Hold. Singed's hand continues to bleed on the floor, and Singed assures Isha that they "won't be staying long."

In a blood frenzy, Warwick sprints through the tunnels of Zaun until he finds the pool of Singed's blood at Vander's statue. He stares at the statue for a moment before continuing to follow the scent towards Singed.

Jinx and Sevika scope out the prison cable cars. Jinx presents herself to a lone enforcer, hoping to be arrested, but the guard doesn't believe it's really Jinx. Sevika sneaks behind the enforcer and knocks them unconscious with an elbow to the head. Jinx dons the enforcer's uniform while Sevika poses as an arrestee, and they both board a cable car unnoticed. At the prison, the Warden is none the wiser and refers Jinx and Sevika to cell block C. Ambessa passes by and sees Jinx's blue hair poking out from underneath her helmet.

Warwick continues his approach.

Alone in an elevator, Sevika removes her restraints while Jinx prepares her pistol, newly modified into a hextech weapon that shoots electric bolts. Arriving at the cell block, they easily knock out two guards who are distracted by a tabletop game. Then, they start pulling levers, opening every cell one by one.

Ambessa and her guards wait for a cable car to take them from Stillwater. She thinks back on Jinx's blue hair and seems to grow suspicious.

After freeing a crowd of mostly Jinxers, Jinx announces herself as their "big fat hero." The Jinxers are awestruck, with one tentatively placing a hand on Jinx's shoulder in reverence. The others follow suit, gently touching Jinx's shoulder as they walk toward their freedom. Scar is there, and nods in respect. Babette, in addition, warmly pats Jinx's hand.

As Ambessa stews on her thoughts, she turns to make her way back to the prison. However, she sees that a cable car is approaching in poor condition, sparking against the cable on its way. As it gets closer, she sees that the metal doors have been torn and mangled. She dons her mask and draws her blade, finally seeing Warwick within the car. Warwick lunges at her.

After most of the cells have been emptied, Sevika and Jinx search for Isha. They finally find her unable to move the heavy door of her cell. Jinx slides the door open, and the child hugs Jinx in a tearful embrace. As they reunite, Singed sees the lights flicker. He closes his own cell door, leaving a bloody handprint. A squad of enforcers emerge from the elevators, armed with riot shields and batons. However, a deafening banging noise turns their attention back towards the lift. Everyone braces for impact until finally, Warwick shatters through the elevator doors, his eyes and machinery glowing red. He begins to tear through the enforcers in a horrible display of savage bloodlust. Jinx tells Sevika to take Isha and leave while she stays behind and deals with the creature. Isha protests, but Sevika takes her anyway.

Sevika and Isha arrive back at the prison entrance to see the gruesome trail of bloodshed left in Warwick's wake. Sevika doesn't stop, and makes her escape with the child. While Jinx is able to temporarily hold Warwick at bay using her shock pistol, the beast eventually overpowers her, pinning her to the wall. However, as Warwick stares at Jinx, he softens, seeming to recognize her. His red eyes turn blue and green, and speaks a name: " Powder."

Episode 14

In the aftermath of her fallout with Caitlyn, Vi returns to Zaun and becomes a pit fighter with the help of Loris. Her anger and pain lead her to adopt a destructive lifestyle featuring plenty of alcohol. Loris attempts to look out for her, and the two share many drinks together. However, they eventually get into an argument that causes Loris to leave. Throughout her time as a fighter, Vi still thinks of Caitlyn, and unbeknownst to her, Jinx watches her from the sidelines. One night, Jinx sneaks into her apartment, causing Vi to attack her. Jinx pleads for her to listen and reveals that Vander is still alive. Though Vi is skeptical, she agrees to let Jinx show her what she found.

Caitlyn arrives at Stillwater Hold to survey the damage caused by the beast. She finds a single splatter of blood that leads to the only prisoner still left in their cell, Singed. She deduces that he was behind the attack and takes him away for interrogation. Despite Ambessa and Caitlyn's best efforts, Singed refuses to answer their questions.

After being abducted by the Black Rose and witnessing Elora's death within the magic force that kidnapped them both, Mel awakens in a mysterious oubliette prison, where the only other occupant is a disheveled man. The walls are decorated in strange chalk markings in a variety of colors. Her cellmate reveals that their prison is an "Oculorum," a specialized chamber built by the ancients to seal away false prophets. The man makes a remark about an old family joke, causing Mel to ask him to step into the light. She recognizes him as her supposedly deceased brother, Kino, and the siblings embrace.

Jinx and Isha take Vi to an abandoned mineshaft where they lost track of Vander. As they search for him, the sisters bicker, eventually escalating into a fist fight. Isha intervenes to help Jinx, but Vi knocks her aside, giving her a bloody nose. Jinx checks on Isha and they resume their search. Vi questions why Jinx came to her in the first place, and Jinx admits that the last time Vander needed them, they went alone, and nothing was ever the same again. She hopes that this time they can have a second chance, since he is her father as well.

Singed anticipates Ambessa's visit to his cell, knowing she seeks his weapon. She demands he work for her, and in exchange, she offers to treat him as an esteemed advisor and provide for all his needs. However, she requires absolute loyalty and warns that if he betrays her, she will deliver a fate worse than Caitlyn's dungeons. Singed reveals more about the beast, explaining that he was once a well-respected man until a great tragedy struck. His ferocious will to live and high pain tolerance enabled the doctor to make significant strides in his research, although he couldn't save the man's mind, believing him to be nothing more than a beast driven by the scent of blood. After the incident at the prison, however, Singed concludes that he only lacked the proper catalyst: the man's daughters.

Mel and Kino catch up. Mel draws a pattern in the dust and presses a brick in the wall, causing another brick to pop out. She begins to see the workings of a puzzle. She asks her brother how he ended up here, and he reveals that while he was in Basilich, he heard a rumor about their mother. Allegedly, she passed through the town many years ago and fell in love with someone, eventually having a child. Now, the child's inheritance is of interest to their captors.

Singed begins work on a device for Ambessa to track down Warwick when Caitlyn arrives. She reveals that her family's archives have uncovered many of the city's mysteries, but one in particular caught her attention: the dismissal of a revered academy alchemist. He was incredibly brilliant, but there were no records of his crime, which led her to another mystery—who created shimmer? She draws her weapon on Singed, knowing his true identity: Dr. Reveck. She questions why he did all this, and he simply replies, "For love." He opens a secret door in his lab and leads Caitlyn and Ambessa into a decorated room, where a young girl's perfectly preserved corpse lies in a pod full of fluid. He reveals that everything he's done was with the intention of resurrecting his daughter and banishing death itself. Though initially though impossible, he now believes the beast holds the final key.

Mel sees the patterns on the walls and begins to press various bricks to solve the puzzle. She senses something isn't right and slams her brother's head against the wall, knowing he is a fake. The illusion begins to break and Mel is once again restrained by black magical chains. A voice reveals that they believed that Kino was the child, until Ambessa led them to her. As the chains begin to constrict Mel, her eyes light and destroys them in a burst of golden light.

As Warwick wanders through the mines, he follows the scent of Isha's blood trail. Meanwhile, Vi, Jinx, and Isha find themselves in an abandoned room within the mine. As they search the area, they discover jackets that once belonged to Vander and Silco, along with a letter from Vander. In the letter, Vander apologizes to Silco for what he did after Felicia's death, admitting that he was equally at fault. As they continue their search, Warwick catches up to them and attacks in a frenzy. Vi tries to hold him off, but Jinx pleads with her to believe that the beast is Vander. As it prepares to leap at her, Vi deactivates her gauntlets and calls out to him.

In a flashback, Felicia has a drink with Silco and Vander at the Last Drop. She reveals that she is pregnant with a girl but admits she has no idea how to raise a child and hasn't even chosen a name yet. Felicia realized she couldn't learn how to be a parent and protect her daughter from the dangers of Zaun at the same time, so she decides to involve the two "bozos" for help. She tells them they need to figure out how to fix Zaun—even if they have to "carve it out of the bedrock, covered in blisters"—for her sake and her daughter's. Vander and Silco agree and they toast to "blisters and bedrock." Vander then suggests the name Violet.

Jinx opens her lighter, hoping to see if Vander or her sister survived the clash. As the dust settles, she finds them in a deep embrace, and Vi welcomes her, telling her that he is her father too. The family reunites, with Isha joining in as well.

Salo, his legs now healed, retrieves some canisters from the hex gate failsafe chamber when a burst of magic erupts. Jayce reappears, rugged and disheveled with significant facial hair growth. The Mercury Hammer has been warped by the arcane. Jayce questions how Salo is walking again, and Salo explains that Viktor healed him. Salo allows Viktor to occupy his mind, seeing through his eyes, and Viktor's voice comes through Salo's mouth. While Viktor is eager to share everything he has learned with his partner, Jayce now believes hextech must be destroyed. Viktor tells Jayce that he has accomplished their dream of spreading hextech to the masses and invites him to visit. However, Jayce responds that hextech is a curse and insists they have to end it. He senses that Jayce touched the arcane as well, but his mind suffered, and Viktor abruptly ends their conversation. Salo prepares to bring the canisters back to Viktor, but Jayce refuses to let him leave and swiftly kills Salo with a swing of his hammer.

Episode 15

Viktor and Sky's consciousnesses inhabit an abstract arcane space. They peer through Salo's dying eyes as Jayce kills him. Viktor reasons that there is "another will at work" within Jayce. Viktor and Sky contemplate the arcane anomaly. Viktor calls it "a sophisticated conjuration, a singularity simultaneously self-replicating and self-annihilating... flawless, exquisite chaos."

Ambessa trains Caitlyn in melee combat on her warship. She explains that Noxus prizes strength above all else, defining strength in three principles: Vision, Might, and Guile. Furthermore, Ambessa claims to have discovered a fourth: Sacrifice. She calls herself "kin" with Caitlyn, reasoning that the two of them can understand sacrifice "as others cannot." Singed arrives, announcing that he's tracked Warwick to Zaun.

Vi, Jinx, Isha, and Warwick approach Viktor's commune, the former site of the vagrant encampment and Vi and Jinx's childhood home. The commune is now a flourishing hamlet of tents and gardens, with many sick and wounded streaming into the gates. Viktor's followers, all of whom bear arcane markings on their skin, offer food and water to all who enter. Huck greets Vi, but Vi calls him a "filthy traitor." Huck owns up to his misdeeds, but says that "the Herald has freed [him] of [his] past self." He insists that no weapons are allowed inside the commune, as it is a place of peace. Jinx points her pistol at Huck's face, but he shows no fear. After a moment, the group decides to abandon their weapons, but Jinx removes the hextech gemstone from her gun before handing it over. As Vi discards her gauntlets, Isha pockets the gemstones from them as well.

Huck leads the group to Viktor's home, a spherical arcane building. Viktor attempts to heal Warwick, but the strain brings him to his knees. A projection of Sky posits that Warwick may be beyond Viktor's limits, but Viktor states that "he is worth the risk." Viktor is awestruck by Vander's vision of Zaun. He explains that Vander's psyche is deeply entangled with the beast's, but agrees to help him on the condition that he is restrained at night.

Viktor spends days searching for Vander within the depths of Warwick's mind. He gradually unearths more of Vander's memories from when he was in the mines with Silco, as well as several memories of Felicia, Connol, and the young Violet and Powder when they were living as a family.

Vi and Jinx find that the broken, overgrown stone pillar where their parents tracked their height growth as children is the only remnant of their childhood home. Vi begins to believe in Viktor's commune, and wonders if the sisters should stay there.

Ambessa, Caitlyn, Rictus, and Singed arrive outside the commune with a battalion of Noxian soldiers and a fortified cage meant for Warwick. Huck insists that no weapons are allowed inside. Ambessa nearly orders Rictus to attack, but Singed intervenes, inferring that the Herald is Viktor, his "former pupil." He asks to speak with Viktor himself before any direct action is taken. Ambessa agrees to these terms, but leaves behind a battle standard in the dirt with the promise that she will strike that night.

Singed finds Viktor still at work on Warwick's sleeping form. Singed knows that Viktor is declining, as his powers are finite and diminished with every use. As Singed grabs Viktor's hand, Viktor sees a memory of the daughter Singed is trying to bring back. Singed suggests combining Warwick, the apex form of shimmer, with Viktor, the apex form of hextech, in order to save him, arguing that Viktor "must survive" to save everyone from themselves. Viktor then talks about fate and asserts that evolution is not "forever in flux" as Singed believes, but is destined toward a "final, Glorious Evolution" that will supersede nature. Viktor then refuses to sacrifice Warwick's humanity to help Singed's cause. Singed warns Viktor that if he perishes, his commune is soon to follow.

As Singed leaves the commune, Vi grows suspicious and follows him into the canyon beyond. There, she is ambushed by Caitlyn, but Caitlyn relents after recognizing Vi. She says that she's hunting a "bloodthirsty, murderous beast." Vi says that she's "saving [her] dad."

Ambessa and her soldiers have set up camp not far from the commune. There, Singed explains to Ambessa that if Viktor succeeds in saving Vander, Warwick will be useless to him. He believes he can craft a serum that will prohibit Viktor's success. Caitlyn enters the tent, presenting a captured and restrained Vi.

Jayce overlooks Viktor's commune and grimaces before heading in.

Caitlyn chains Vi's handcuffs to a post. Singed is ready to detain Warwick, and Ambessa dismisses Caitlyn. Caitlyn sets down her gun and leaves. A soldier sets up a blood drip meant to attract Warwick. In his sleep, Warwick flinches.

Isha steals back Jinx's shock pistol and brings it to her. Jinx reloads the gemstone into the weapon and opines on how her life has changed since meeting Isha.

Ambessa prepares to execute Vi. She realizes, too late, that part of Caitlyn's gun is missing. Vi shakes off her restraints and tosses the net bomb from the rifle towards Ambessa. In a flashback, it is revealed that Caitlyn briefed Vi on the camp's security and prepared her to take down Ambessa. The net surrounds Ambessa, binding her to a table and electrocuting her until she loses consciousness. Meanwhile, Singed attempts to inject Warwick with the serum, but Caitlyn puts him in a stranglehold and chokes him out.

Jayce roams the commune, tortured by mysterious arcane visions. He briefly loses control and points the Mercury Cannon towards a young child. After Jayce lowers his weapon, the child leads him to Viktor's home. As Jayce enters, he sees Viktor, eyes closed, floating in a meditative stance, with numerous magical tendrils connecting him to the walls.

Caitlyn tries to wake Warwick, but she is attacked by Rictus. Jinx intervenes, and the pair fight. Before Rictus can deliver a killing blow, he is blocked by Warwick, who recognizes Jinx as his "daughter" and effortlessly tosses the man through a window. After Caitlyn regains her bearings, she sees Jinx and Warwick hugging. Vi and Isha arrive as well and join the embrace.

Jayce primes the Mercury Cannon and takes aim at Viktor. He fires, delivering a devastating blow to the chest that blasts through the ceiling, leaving Viktor dying on the floor. All of Viktor's followers go limp at once. They pass out on the ground, and then, they seize up and start screaming. The markings on their faces begin to glow and then dissipate.

Warwick, too, is affected. He glows a fiery red, and a fluid that resembles molten lava seeps from his body. He roars in agony. Rictus attempts to grab his ax, but Warwick eviscerates him. Ambessa arrives just in time to see Rictus on the ground, then angrily directs her soldiers to attack the commune.

As the conflict ensues, Viktor claims to finally understand "the message hidden within the pattern." He says that Singed was "right," surmising that humanity is inherently flawed and emotional, and that these flaws cannot be escaped.

Vi, Caitlyn, and Jinx attempt to fend off the soldiers, but quickly find themselves in a losing battle as the Noxians attempt to subdue Warwick. Vi gets injured by a Noxian blade, and Jinx gets hurt by Warwick as she fails to calm him down. As a desperate last stand, Isha grabs Jinx's shock pistol from the ground and loads it with the two gemstones from Vi's gauntlets, totaling three gemstones within the chamber. When Jinx sees what Isha is doing, she rushes to stop her, but Vi holds Jinx back. Isha pulls the trigger, engulfing herself, Warwick, and the soldiers in a massive explosion.

Viktor concludes, "That which inspires us to our greatest good is also the cause of our greatest evil."

Act 3

Episode 16

In an alternate universe, Ekko is sketching in his notebook when he suddenly gets an intense headache. After warping through the anomaly, the consciousness of the Ekko from the main universe is shunted into alternate-Ekko's body. Ekko is disoriented when Powder arrives with his supplies for their project. Thinking it's Jinx, Ekko attempts to defend himself, much to her confusion. He backs away to the door when Benzo arrives. Staring at him in disbelief, Ekko immediately hugs Benzo.

Powder and Benzo take Ekko to the Last Drop for a drink while he lucidly observes this strange new reality. He is shocked to see Vander and Benzo alive, and Zaun with a clear skyline. Absentmindedly, he begins scribbling a drawing of the anomaly until Powder snaps him out of his daze, commenting on how distracted he seems. Mylo and Claggor, both alive as well, join them and talk about their project for the Young Innovator's Competition. After Gert, a Jinxer in the main universe, comes by to clean their table, Mylo tries to ask her on a date, with help from Powder. Vander remarks that they'd be lost without her, but she shouldn't hold herself back for their sake. Ekko continues sketching the anomaly as his headache worsens, until Heimerdinger arrives. Ekko becomes nauseous, stepping outside to vomit. Heimerdinger follows, revealing that he also comes from the main universe and has been waiting for him for several years (1,128 days). However, Jayce remains missing. When Ekko asks if he has found a way for them to return home, Heimerdinger explains that hextech was never invented in this universe, making it impossible to recreate the anomaly. While Ekko is anxious find a way back, Heimerdinger has grown accustomed to this universe, prompting Ekko to forge ahead on his own. They are interrupted by Powder, who invites Ekko to go see Vi.

Meanwhile, Jayce wakes up in another alternate universe: a strange, desolate land devoid of life. He spots a hooded figure in the distance, the mage from his childhood, and tries to follow them, only to come across the petrified remains of someone who was frozen while running away from something. In the distance, he sees the remnants of Piltover, completely corrupted and destroyed by arcane forces, with the eye of the storm circling over the city's central clock tower where Jayce had built the hexgate.

Ekko accompanies Powder to her home: the same fallen airship engine that became Jinx's lair in the main universe. While Ekko is skeptical of this version of Powder, she appears to be a completely different person living a comparatively normal life. However, she possesses a shrine to a deceased Vi. After prodding Powder for information, he realizes that the key difference of this universe is that Vi died in the explosion at Jayce's apartment. Eventually, Ekko offends Powder when he asks if Vi's death was her fault, and she asks him to leave. Ekko goes to wander the streets of Zaun, finding it to be a shockingly happy, vibrant community compared to the Zaun he knows.

Ekko visits Jayce's old workshop, which is still destroyed by the accident. There, he collects tiny fragments of the exploded hex crystal buried in the wall, before returning to Heimerdinger, who is singing a song on his banjo to a nearby crowd of onlookers.

Jayce trudges through the wasteland towards Piltover. His Mercury Hammer, lacking power, is much heavier, forcing him to drag it along or hoist it over his shoulder. He passes countless petrified corpses, all frozen in the horror they felt just before their deaths. As Jayce wanders through a crowd of these corpses, some of the figures begin to move, appearing to actually be strange humanoid robots. In fear, Jayce sprints away, but trips and falls into a deep crack in the earth. On the way down, the hammer falls on his calf and breaks his leg.

Ekko explains his plan to Heimerdinger: he intends to recreate the anomaly using the hex crystal fragments. Heimerdinger believes it can't be done, and that even if it could, it wouldn't be worth the risk. Ekko implores him, saying that he needs a mentor, and Heimerdinger finally acquiesces.

Jayce wakes up in horrible pain at the bottom of a cave. Unable to climb out, he spends weeks there in solitude, feeding on the remains of critters and drinking from puddles. Arcane corruption steadily forms on the Mercury Hammer and the wound on his leg. Over the course of his confinement, he occasionally sees the hooded mage again. He scrawls a drawing of the anomaly, along with countless other notes, into the walls. He eventually dismantles the Mercury Hammer and uses its parts to build a walking stick and a splint for his leg. At last, his leg heals enough that he is able to climb the long distance out of the cave.

In order to make amends with Powder, Ekko takes her to the site of the main universe's Firelight alcove. Here, it is empty and overgrown. He reveals a mural he painted for the adult version of Vi from his own universe, claiming it was from a "dream" he had where everything was different. Powder loves the mural for how tough and fierce it makes Vi look. Ekko recognizes Powder's incredible talent for machinery and implores her to step outside her life at the Last Drop. Powder is still hesitant about changing who she is, but Ekko tells her that taking a leap forward means leaving a few things behind. She agrees to help and Ekko tells her about his plan to recreate the anomaly.

Jayce continues his journey towards the center of Piltover, finally arriving at the Bridge of Progress.

Ekko, Heimerdinger, and Powder set to work. Though they fail many times, they eventually create a machine that spawns an anomaly; however, it's only about the size of the head of a pin. When Ekko activates the device, he finds that it sends him one second back in time. He gradually raises the threshold to two, three, and four seconds. At a five-second jump, however, Heimerdinger explodes. Ekko immediately reverses Heimerdinger's death and concludes that the limit is four seconds, visibly shaken. This time-looping invention would come to be known as the Z-Drive. Ekko and Powder leave to attend a party for the Young Innovator's Competition while Heimerdinger stays behind to continue working. Though Ekko is hesitant to leave Heimerdinger behind, the professor convinces him to have enjoy himself.

Jayce climbs the clock tower at the heart of Piltover.

At the party at the Last Drop, many young inventors are showing off their creations, while Gert DJs the event. As Benzo chats with Ekko about the competition, Ekko takes the opportunity to thank him for all that he has done for him. Vander comments on the Z-Drive, noting that Powder hasn't been this excited for a long time, when Silco arrives and apparently on good terms with Vander and Benzo, much to Ekko's confusion. Powder eventually arrives and share a dance with Ekko. Later, they sit on the rooftop and gaze out at the city. Ekko admits he had given up on the undercity, but Powder restored his faith and the two kiss.

Jayce finally arrives at the roof of the hexgate, above the clouds. There, he finds his own hunched, petrified corpse knelt at the top, gripping a deeply corrupted version of the Mercury Hammer.

After Ekko has left, Powder finds that he slipped a small gift into her pocket: a spinning charm engraved with an image of Ekko and Powder's faces set against a blue flower. However, reality seems to shift momentarily, alerting her. Ekko returns to Heimerdinger, seeing that the professor has already constructed a massive frame through which to send Ekko back home. The device hums to life.

As Jayce kneels before the corpse, the hooded mage appears. Jayce reasons that hextech destroyed Piltover and pleads with the mage to explain why they gifted him the crystal during his youth. He asks the mage to tell him there's a chance to save Piltover in the main universe.

Ekko and Heimerdinger stand within the frame of the machine. As the professor activates it, the pair are encompassed by an anomaly. However, the machinery proves unstable.

Jayce tells the mage to send him back to the main universe. The mage places a hand on the corpse's shoulder, causing it to hand over the corrupted Mercury Hammer.

As parts of the machine come undone, Heimerdinger tells Ekko that their time together has showed him what it means to live and he leaves the anomaly, despite Ekko's protest. As Heimerdinger pulls various levers, Powder arrives. Heimerdinger takes two large wires in hand and locks eyes with Ekko.

Jayce swears that he will not fail. The mage summons an anomaly that embeds Jayce's crystal bracelet into his skin. After a moment, Jayce vanishes.

Though Ekko protests, Heimerdinger connects the two wires and is seemingly disintegrated. Powder finds an unconscious Ekko on the floor outside the machine. As she stares into the anomaly, however, she sees Ekko in his main-universe appearance, carrying the Z-Drive. After a moment, this Ekko and the anomaly vanish, leaving the machine crumpled and destroyed. The alternate Ekko wakes up and asks Powder what happened.

Later, Powder goes to her shrine of Vi and places Ekko's charm inside a drawer next to the hex crystals she originally stole from Jayce.

Episode 17

Mel blasts off the magical chains of her confinement in a furious explosion of golden light. The golden ornaments on her body expand, tracing various mystical lines across her skin. When the dust settles, she is standing in a runic circle within a crumbling, overgrown throne room: the same one from her childhood dream. Mel's captor, the sorceress previously disguised as Kino, appears before her, now wearing the face of the royal figure that Ambessa beheaded in front of Mel in her childhood. It dawns on Mel that she herself is a mage. While every mage has unique abilities, the sorceress calls Mel an "empath, attuned to the ethereal." She also reveals that Kino is, in fact, dead. The sorceress wants Mel's help preventing a "calamity" that will be caused by Ambessa. She presents Mel with a Black Rose necklace. Though Mel is cautious, she accepts the necklace.

Ambessa's soldiers bury Rictus. Singed has connected tubes from Warwick's mangled body into a large arcane sphere in which Viktor seems to be incubating. Singed says Warwick's blood will keep Viktor alive, if only for a while. Huck rises to his feet as Viktor speaks through his fallen followers, calling their united minds the " Glorious Evolution." He explains that the anomaly beneath the hexgates will complete Singed's work, but as Viktor nears death, he lacks the strength to defeat Jayce's defenses. Ambessa agrees to deliver Viktor to the anomaly, and in return, he will "evolve" every soldier she brings him. Viktor then "evolves" Huck in front of Ambessa and Singed.

Vi dreams of the aftermath of Isha's explosion. She wakes up in Caitlyn's home, attended by Loris, who wasn't sure that she would survive her injuries. Vi asks what happened to Jinx. He says that Caitlyn wanted to tell Vi herself, but Vi tells him to "spit it out."

Elsewhere in the house, Maddie suggests negotiating with Ambessa, but Caitlyn knows that it's impossible. Vi bursts into the room, shocked to learn that Jinx was arrested. Caitlyn dismisses Maddie. Vi is furious that Caitlyn would imprison Jinx even after she saved her life, but Caitlyn remains distrustful of Jinx. However, Caitlyn also explains that it wasn't her call to arrest Jinx. Instead, Jinx surrendered herself to the Enforcers and Caitlyn merely opted to keep her in custody until Vi recovered. Vi is adamant that Jinx deserves a second chance.

Caitlyn visits Jinx's cell in the bunker far below ground. She slides a meal under the door, but the previous meal is still there, uneaten. Jinx is clearly devastated by Isha's death, her long hair uncharacteristically unbraided. She merely sits in the corner and picks at her fingernails until they bleed. Caitlyn gives Jinx a chance to account for her crimes. At first, Jinx offers nothing. At the end of their conversation, Jinx only says that she didn't know Caitlyn's mother would be killed in her attack, though it probably wouldn't have made a difference if she did.

Mel finds Jayce in the now-rebuilt Council chamber. The corrupted Mercury Hammer reacts to Mel's presence. Jayce realizes that Mel is a mage and it was her power that kept the two of them safe from Jinx's rocket. He demands to know why she didn't save everyone, but Mel explains that she didn't yet understand her own abilities. Jayce is furious and distrustful, and after receiving more visions, fires a blast from the hammer into a nearby pillar. A sleek white robot with a gold trim dodges the blast and emerges from the shadows: the same shape as the ones from the alternate universe Jayce visited. It speaks with Viktor's voice, hoping to parley with Jayce. Viktor says that there is no need for them to fight and that Jayce can help fulfill the Glorious Evolution. Viktor wishes to resolve the issue peacefully, but threatens that Ambessa has other plans. Jayce refuses to join Viktor. In response, the robot attacks. After an arduous battle, Jayce and Mel defeat the metal creature, and after being forcibly expelled from his puppet, Viktor requests Singed to "begin the process."

A hallucination of Silco visits Jinx in her cell. He philosophizes that "killing is a cycle" and that the only way to break it is to "find the will to walk away." Vi appears, having stolen the keys to the cell. She believes that Jinx's potential can be used for good in order to "rewrite" her story, as Jinx can help defend Piltover against Ambessa. Jinx halfheartedly agrees, but as Vi rushes to embrace her sister, Jinx delivers a punch to the gut and leaves Vi in the cell alone, locking the door behind her. Jinx believes that she cannot be redeemed, and implores Vi to be happy without her. She promises to "break the cycle."

Jayce apologizes to Mel for distrusting her. Mel laments that she spent her whole life trying to live up to her potential as a Medarda, describing herself as a "passenger" in her own story. Jayce reassures her, saying that nothing can control her, and that she "will never be a passenger."

Jayce gathers the notable houses of Piltover, as well as Sevika and Scar from Zaun, in the Council chambers. He displays the broken shell of the robot that almost killed him, claiming that hundreds more are on the way. He begs them to come to Piltover's defense, saying that the coming war is unlike anything Piltover has faced. He explains that their strategy is to abandon the city's outskirts in order to stage their defense at the hexgates. If Viktor reaches the hexgates, the calamity would be devastating to all of Runeterra, not just their two cities. Sevika and Scar abandon the meeting, as do some others.

Piltover ends its occupation of Zaun, with enforcers dismantling the checkpoints.

Evacuations of the outer city have already begun. Many across Piltover and Zaun, some with no combat experience, volunteer to join the fight and are hastily trained by the enforcers. Among the enlistees are Gert and a young pianist.

Caitlyn finds Vi locked in Jinx's cell. Vi bemoans that Caitlyn was right about Jinx, but Caitlyn reveals that she pulled her guards out of the bunker in order to allow Vi to free Jinx. Vi pulls Caitlyn into a kiss. Caitlyn hesitates, saying that she's been seeing someone else, but Vi doesn't care. The two have sex.

Mel visits Ambessa's camp at the destroyed commune. Ambessa is astonished to see Mel alive, but Mel simply says that she knows about the Black Rose and demands to know the truth about Kino. Ambessa explains that she made an impossible decision: as Kino's curiosity trapped him ever deeper in the Rose's web, Ambessa chose to let him die in order to protect Mel. Mel offers to accompany her mother out of Piltover so that the two can avenge Kino together. Ambessa rejects this. To combat the Black Rose, she intends on building "army that need never fear death." She shows Mel her host of robots, with the sphere containing Viktor at the center of it all.

Flashing back to the moment when Viktor told Singed to "begin the process," Singed channels far more of Warwick's blood into Viktor's sphere and injects Warwick with his new serum. In Viktor's arcane dreamscape, he says goodbye to Sky as she begins to vanish. He claims that he will miss her, but as her last words, she simply says, "No, you won't." The bodies of Viktor's followers levitate from the ground as they transform into sleek machines: white robots with a gold trim. Warwick too rises and transforms as his wounds begin to heal. His last memories of being Vander burn away. Finally, Viktor himself transforms, his face splitting open to reveal a blank, inhuman visage.

Episode 18

Jinx cuts her long hair short. She douses the Last Drop in gasoline and sets it ablaze. Lastly, she detonates a grenade in her hands, attempting suicide. However, Ekko arrives just in time, rewinding time by four seconds. Though it takes several more rewinds for him to find the right words, he successfully convinces her not to kill herself.

Mel, Jayce, Vi, and Caitlyn assemble in the dungeons beneath the capitol building and plan their defense strategy. Jayce needs everyone to buy him as much time as they can so that he can shut down the hexgates.

The battle ensues, with Noxian soldiers fighting the Enforcers on the docks of Piltover. Vi carries a fallen enforcer on her back and sprints across a catwalk. She carries the enforcer behind Piltovan lines to get them medical attention. When her mask is removed, Vi sees that it’s Gert, who perishes seconds later.

Loris is operating a smaller variant of the hexgates, launching shipping containers into the Noxian forces.

Ambessa is fighting on the front lines. From a sniper position, Caitlyn fires at her. However, Ambessa is wearing Rictus' rookern on her arm. The runes absorb the magic from Caitlyn’s hextech rifle. After Ambessa blocks several shots, a Noxian ship fires upon Caitlyn’s perch, compromising her position. Afterwards, Ambessa signals the ship. The soldiers release a colossal human, infused with shimmer, dragging Viktor's sphere on a cart.

Jayce remains at the hexgate failsafe chamber, disabling it one power cell at a time.

Shimmer-infused Noxians collapse on Loris and Vi’s perch. Loris takes a volley of crossbow bolts, killing him.

Caitlyn, Maddie, and Steb take a squad of enforcers to flank Viktor’s entourage. They carry a bomb meant for Viktor himself. The enforcers throw gas bombs that shroud the area in dark green smoke, giving the gas mask-wearing enforcers an advantage as the Noxians begin to cough and wheeze. The enforcers advance, with the one carrying the bomb crawling along the ground until they get stabbed by a soldier. Steb dispatches the soldier and takes the bomb. Though his mask is knocked off, he places the bomb on Viktor’s sphere and arms it, signaling to Caitlyn that the detonation is imminent. However, the explosion never comes: the bomb has been sabotaged with a nail in the gears. As Caitlyn looks on in confusion, she is knocked unconscious by a rifle to the head.

Caitlyn wakes up on her knees. The Noxians have lined up the remaining enforcers, holding them at spearpoint, kneeling with their hands behind their heads. Maddie, a traitor, is pointing the hextech rifle at Caitlyn’s head. Ambessa arrives, and Maddie presents the rifle to her. Ambessa dismantles it and tosses the pieces to the ground. Maddie, with her own rifle, goes to execute Caitlyn, but she dodges the shot and elbows Maddie to the side. However, Ambessa stabs Caitlyn in the gut and beckons Maddie to resume the execution. As Maddie fires a second time, a magical sphere surrounds her. The bullet ricochets inside the sphere until it lands in Maddie’s head, killing her.

Mel, the source of the magic, emerges from a nearby building. She pleads with her mother to spare the enforcers’ lives, but Ambessa says Mel is “still a fox.” She calls on her soldiers, who all form a battle stance in unison.

Unexpectedly, loud music blares in the distance, growing closer. Jinx has converted the wrecked airship engine from her lair into a functioning flying machine: a hot air balloon steered by propellers at the base. The ship launches paint bombs which explode in numerous colors. Ekko and the Firelights leap from the ship, riding their hoverboards. Emerging from the smoke of the paint bombs, Sevika, with yet another new arm, leads a ragtag group of Zaunites to attack the Noxians. With the Noxians distracted, the enforcers get back on their feet and retrieve their rifles. Ekko knocks out the giant man dragging Viktor’s sphere.

Jinx brandishes a Rhino, a combination of Pow-Pow and Fishbones all-terrain heavy weapon gun, and opens fire on the Noxians at Vi’s perch. As the battle resumes, the pianist moves Loris’s body aside from the controls of the hexgate variant. He takes aim, but a shimmer-infused soldier blocks the shipping container. Vi punches the soldier into the loading zone, where he is sandwiched by the container as it slides into place. Finally, the pianist fires the container directly into Viktor’s sphere, but when the smoke clears, the split-open sphere is empty. Mel asks, “Where is Viktor?”

From the hexclaw newly attached to his body, Viktor fires a laser that easily pierces through the door to the hexgates.

Suddenly, the battlefield is swarmed by Viktor’s robots, including a newly galvanized Warwick. They grapple any of Ambessa’s enemies that they can get their hands on, most notably Sevika. These victims enter a trance-like state: they turn their eyes skyward as arcane markings form on their faces.

Carrying battle standards, Noxian soldiers form a perimeter around Mel, Caitlyn, and Ambessa. Mel again tries to plead with her mother, but their conversation is interrupted by Caitlyn, who surprises Ambessa with a blow to the face. Mel and Caitlyn square off against Ambessa.

The robots and Warwick arrive at Vi’s perch. The pianist is taken by the robots. Jinx fires at Warwick, momentarily pinning him. Warwick leaps onto Jinx’s balloon and attacks her. Vi leaps into the open air and is caught by Ekko, who carries her up to the balloon. With a massive punch against Warwick, Vi alters the balloon’s trajectory. Warwick grabs Vi and starts to put her in the trance. As the balloon spirals out of control, Ekko intentionally crashes it into the face of the clock tower that holds the hexgates.

As Jayce works to remove the power cells from the hexgates, Viktor explains his ideology. By combining everyone into a single hive mind and removing their free will, he can enable perfection and put an end to suffering. Viktor simply waves his claw, and the power cells all reinsert themselves back into place. The hexgates hum to life.

Even together, Mel and Caitlyn are losing against Ambessa. Caitlyn lashes out with the broken tip of a spear, but Ambessa turns it back on her. As Caitlyn resists, Ambessa slowly forces the blade toward Caitlyn’s eye. Mel forms a magical barrier, but Ambessa pushes through it using Rictus’ runes. As a last stand, Caitlyn removes the knife from her gut and slashes at the runes, taking the spear in the eye. The runes clatter to the ground. Caitlyn shouts “Now!” and Mel’s Black Rose necklace materializes around her neck. Mel grips the charm. The Rose’s magic swallows Ambessa, leaving her encased in chains within the realm of the illusory sorceress.

The sorceress salutes Ambessa’s resilience and pulls a magical force from Ambessa’s ears. However, Mel forces her way into the realm. She attacks the sorceress, consuming the realm in a blinding flash of magic. The realm disappears, leaving Mel and Ambessa back on the battlefield. Ambessa is awestruck, dying in Mel’s arms. She utters her final words: “You are the wolf.” As Mel grieves, the soldiers salute, affirming their newfound loyalty to Ambessa’s successor, Mel.

Vi and Jinx emerge from the wreckage of the crash. They stand back to back, anticipating an attack.

Viktor summons the anomaly from the hexgate failsafe. He shrinks it and places it within the gnarled crook of his staff. As Viktor rises up the tower shaft, Jayce finds that a gravity field has suspended him in midair as well. He fires the Mercury Cannon downwards, launching himself upwards after Viktor.

Warwick attacks Vi. Jinx fires her gun, but the bullets have no effect on Warwick. As Viktor and Jayce rise through the tower, the gravity loss affects Jinx, Vi, and Warwick as well. They float into the air.

Jayce swings his hammer at Viktor, but Viktor deflects it with his laser and catches Jayce in the throat. They continue their ascent, passing between Vi and Warwick, until they shoot through the roof of the tower. Dozens of robots are already there, standing  in a spiral formation. Viktor leaves Jayce on the roof as he continues upward. The anomaly rises into the sky, beyond the clouds, and initiates a massive arcane storm. An arcane pulse ripples outward, leaving behind signs of corruption. Countless glowing tendrils descend from the sky, connecting like wires into the heads of everyone in the vicinity, including the soldiers, Mel, and Caitlyn. Warwick grips Jinx and Vi, lifting them into the air as the tendrils reach them as well. Everyone connected to the tendrils enters the trance.

Ekko finally wakes up at the crash site. He sees the floating hands of a clock.

Jayce kneels with the Mercury Hammer in the same position as the corpse he saw atop the tower in the alternate universe. Viktor appears before him and places a hand on his head, putting Jayce into the trance. Jayce wakes up in Viktor’s arcane dreamscape, where countless other bodies float in the void. Viktor claims that the clash between emotion and reason is what dooms humanity, but Jayce finds beauty in imperfection, including Viktor’s.

Ekko flies his hoverboard past the robots, carrying a clock hand as a weapon. He tries to take a swing at Viktor, but a robot knocks him from his board. He rewinds time, now anticipating the strike and dodging it. This occurs several more times until the robots manage to pin Ekko to the ground. They raise him into the air, attempting to place him in the trance. Ekko rewinds time, but it’s too late; four seconds have already elapsed since the robots grabbed him. Desperately, Ekko sets the Z-Drive far beyond the four-second limit in order to escape. The Z-Drive becomes unstable, and Ekko hurls it at Viktor. It explodes, splitting open Viktor’s face.

In the dreamscape, Viktor asks Jayce why he still persists in spite of everything Viktor’s done. Jayce responds: “Because I promised you.” Jayce pulls Viktor into a hug, and in a flash of clarity, Viktor sees everything that Jayce saw in the alternate universe. The mage from Jayce’s childhood was an alternate future version of Viktor himself. This Viktor traveled across time and space to countless universes to save Jayce’s life and give him a runic crystal (with a different rune each time) during his childhood, setting in motion Jayce and Viktor’s meeting and the invention of hextech. Across all realities, only Jayce is able to show Viktor the truth: “There is no prize to perfection, only an end to pursuit.”

Viktor is horrified at this revelation. In the dreamscape, he reverts into his human form, suddenly full of doubt and regret. He tells Jayce to go, but Jayce insists that they’ll “finish this together.” Jayce takes the rune from his wrist and gives it to Viktor. The energy erupts in a series of vibrant magical flashes. In the end, Jayce and Viktor are sucked inside Jayce’s crystal—they disappear.

The robots collapse and the tendrils vanish, releasing everyone from the trance. Vi, Jinx, and Warwick fall from the air, slamming into the machinery below.

Jinx lands on one platform while Vi and Warwick land on another. Jinx sees that Vi’s platform is unstable and calls out to her, telling her to jump to another ledge before it falls. Instead, Vi approaches Warwick’s unconscious form. Jinx pleads with her, claiming that Vander can’t be saved. As Vi cradles Warwick’s face, he awakes and immediately attacks. Jinx dashes into Warwick, tackling him off the edge. With her gauntlets, Vi takes Jinx’s hand, holding her back from the long fall. Warwick holds onto Jinx. Jinx sacrifices herself, punching Vi’s gauntlet in a spot that causes the hextech gemstone to pop out. The gauntlet loses power, falling from Vi’s hand, and with it, Jinx and Warwick plummet towards the earth. As they fall, Jinx detonates a grenade in her hands, causing a massive explosion.

The Mercury Hammer crumbles into pieces as Vi's anguished cries echo above the hexgate.

Later, in order to memorialize the battle, the people of Piltover and Zaun hold ceremonies at the Bridge of Progress and throughout the two cities. They write the names of the fallen on slips of paper and burn them, letting them float away into the air. Privately, Ekko burns his own slip of paper.

As Shoola is the only remaining councilor, the Council is newly populated with members of Piltover’s notable houses, with one exception: Sevika.

Singed successfully crafts a new mechanical body for his daughter, Orianna.

A raven flies to the top of the hexgate tower and pokes at the crumbled ruins of the Mercury Hammer. It reveals that it has six red eyes, ostensibly an agent of Swain. It pecks at the hammer until it finds the hex crystal.

Mel and the remaining Noxian soldiers take Ambessa’s boats and leave Piltover’s shores.

Caitlyn examines the blueprints of the hexgates. Fondling a burnt piece of Jinx’s grenade, she seems to come to the conclusion that Jinx may have escaped through the tower’s ventilation system.

Caitlyn meets Vi in her lounge. Caitlyn asks Vi if she’s “still in this fight.” Vi responds, “I am the dirt under your nails, cupcake. Nothing’s gonna clean me out.”

An airship rides towards the horizon, perhaps containing Jinx.

Trivia

• The credits have been changed, it will not show the "Story by" being credited.
• It differs from the opening of season 1, now they are flesh and blood, the following are described:
  • Tattoos and gold decoration are absent in the opening, referring to the Theatre of ancient Greece.
  • Several shots for each champion has reference to are as follows:
    • The first two scenes of Vi illuminates in pink two Roman numerals: I and V, alluding to her name written in reverse from her tattoo on her cheek.
    • When Ekko is standing still, his shadows look as if he were a clock with hands, referring to the concept of time in the League of Legends video game.
      • The color palettes reflect towards Vi and Jinx as minutes and seconds respectively.
    • Caitlyn covering her face reflects a shadow reminiscent of the cover of MacBeth by William Shakespeare, illustrated by Scott McKowen for the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, 2000.
      • It also alludes to the theme song set in episode 10 (S02E01), Linking Park - "Heavy Is the Crown".
    • Viktor picking up a mask is alluding to The Phantom of the Opera novel.
    • Jinx holding a flag alluding to the picturesque work "Liberty Leading the People" by Eugène Delacroix.
    • Ambessa, and later, Mel sat in an armchair whose pose reminds her of the painting "The Murder of Caesar" by Karl von Piloty.
    • Jayce covering the luminous backing reference to the point of view that shows Mel in the first season, coinciding the time between two openings.
    • Ekko runs and jumps as he was in episode 7, but then pulls it back, foreshadowing the new powers he will have.
    • Each episode, several frames have been added that correlate the episodes to be issued.

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Arcane

Arcane (titled onscreen as Arcane: League of Legends) is an animated action-adventure series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee for Netflix. Produced by Fortiche under the supervision of Riot Games, it is set in the League of Legends Arcane universe, and focuses on several characters from the games, particularly Vi and Jinx. The series was first released in November 2021.

Platform

• Netflix (Worldwide), Tencent Video (China)

League of Legends content

Super Mega Death Rocket!

COOLDOWN: 85 / 65 / 45

Active: Jinx fires a rocket in the target direction that explodes upon the first enemy champion hit, dealing physical damage to the target and surrounding enemies.

The damage is increased based on travel time and each target's missing health. Surrounding enemies take reduced damage.

League of Legends content

Arcane Storm

COOLDOWN: 120 / 100 / 80

Active: Viktor conjures an arcane singularity at the target location that deals magic damage to enemies within and disrupts their channeled abilities. The singularity then remains for a duration, continually dealing magic damage to enemies within the area. If the initial hit has struck at least one enemy champion, it will automatically follow the nearest one hit.

Arcane Storm can be recast at any time while the singularity is active.

Recast: Viktor directs the singularity to the target location or to follow the targeted enemy champion.

Augment: The singularity moves faster. Scoring a champion takedown (up to 6) after the storm damages them will increase the singularity's size and duration.

League of Legends content

Relentless Force

RECHARGE: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8

Active: Vi's next basic attack gains  bonus range and deals modified physical damage to enemies hit in a cone.

Vi periodically stocks a charge of Relentless Force, up to a maximum of 2.

League of Legends content

Transform Mercury Cannon

COOLDOWN: 6

Active: Jayce transforms into Cannon Stance, becoming ranged with greater  attack range and gaining new abilities.

His next basic attack will reduce the target's  armor and  magic resist for a few seconds.

Jayce begins the game with Transform but cannot increase its rank. Instead, his basic abilities each have 6 ranks.

League of Legends content

Piltover Peacemaker

COOLDOWN: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Active: Caitlyn revs up her rifle to unleash a penetrating shot that deals physical damage to enemies hit.

The projectile expands after the first target but also deals less damage.

League of Legends content

Poison Trail

STATIC CD: 1

Toggle: Singed continually creates a toxic cloud that shortly lingers in his wake, which continually inflicts poison to enemies within.

poison: The target continually takes magic damage over a short time. Subsequent inflictions refresh the duration.

League of Legends content

Transform Mercury Hammer

COOLDOWN: 6

Active: Jayce transforms into Hammer Stance, becoming melee and gaining new abilities.

His next basic attack will deal bonus magic damage.

Jayce begins the game with Transform but cannot increase its rank. Instead, his basic abilities each have 6 ranks.

League of Legends content

Switcheroo!

STATIC CD: 0.9

Toggle: Jinx switches between Pow-Pow, her minigun, and Fishbones, her rocket launcher.

Pow-Pow: Basic attacks with Pow-Pow generate stacks of Rev'd up for a short time. Stacks expire one at a time.

Fishbones: Basic attacks with Fishbones  cost mana to deal increased physical damage to the primary target as well as surrounding enemies. While using Fishbones, Jinx gains  bonus range but loses a portion of her  bonus attack speed.

Rev'd up: For each stack, Jinx gains  bonus attack speed, with the first stack being twice as potent. Only the first attack after switching to Fishbones will benefit from Rev'd up.

League of Legends content

Blood Hunt

COOLDOWN: 80 / 70 / 60 / 50 / 40

Passive: Warwick gains  attack speed against targets below 50% of their maximum health. Against champions, he also gains out of combat  movement speed. These bonuses are massively increased if the target is below 20% of their maximum health.

Active: Warwick marks the nearest enemy champion for a few seconds, gaining the passive bonuses against them regardless of their current health.

League of Legends content

Zap!	COOLDOWN: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4

Active: Jinx fires a shock bolt in the target direction that deals physical damage to the first enemy hit, slowing and revealing them for a short time.

League of Legends content

Glorious Evolution

Innate: Viktor collects Hex Fragments from enemies he kills and enemy champion takedowns.

At 100 Hex Fragments, he gains an Augment to apply to any of his abilities, empowering them with additional effects.

Arcane Storm can be augmented after all of Viktor's basic abilities have been augmented.

League of Legends content

90 Caliber Net

COOLDOWN: 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8

Active: Caitlyn fires a heavy net that slows the first target hit and deals magic damage to them.

Firing the net causes her to recoil back.

League of Legends content

Infinite Duress

COOLDOWN: 110 / 90 / 70

Active: Warwick leaps a huge distance and stops on the first champion he collides with, suppressing them while channeling for a brief time. He mauls them over the duration, dealing magic damage and  healing for 100% of the damage dealt.

The leap's distance scales with Warwick's  movement speed and he gains crowd control immunity during.

Infinite Duress applies on-hit effects 3 times and  life steal.

League of Legends content

Chronobreak

COOLDOWN: 110 / 80 / 50

Passive: Ekko reveals a time-delayed afterimage of himself that tracks where he was 4 seconds ago.

Active: Ekko enters stasis and rewinds to the afterimage,  healing based on the damage received in the last 4 seconds. He then explodes, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies.

League of Legends content

Z-Drive Resonance

TARGET IMMUNITY: 5

Innate: Ekko's basic attacks and damaging abilities apply stacks, the third stack deals bonus magic damage. If the target was a champion, this grants  bonus movement speed to Ekko.

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League of Legends content

Switcheroo!

STATIC CD: 0.9

Toggle: Jinx switches between Pow-Pow, her minigun, and Fishbones, her rocket launcher.

Pow-Pow: Basic attacks with Pow-Pow generate stacks of Rev'd up for a short time. Stacks expire one at a time.

Fishbones: Basic attacks with Fishbones  cost mana to deal increased physical damage to the primary target as well as surrounding enemies. While using Fishbones, Jinx gains  bonus range but loses a portion of her  bonus attack speed.

Rev'd up: For each stack, Jinx gains  bonus attack speed, with the first stack being twice as potent. Only the first attack after switching to Fishbones will benefit from Rev'd up.

League of Legends content

Hextech Ray

COOLDOWN: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8

Active: Viktor fires an energy beam along the target path that deals magic damage to enemies hit.

Augment: After a brief delay, the path explodes along the beam's wake, dealing magic damage to enemies hit.

League of Legends content

Gravity Field

COOLDOWN: 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13

Active: Viktor deploys a gravity field that remains at the target location for a few seconds. After a brief delay, the field will activate to continually slow enemies within and inflict stacks of Gravity Field.

Gravity Field: The fifth stack will consume them all to knock down and briefly stun the target.

Augment: Viktor's basic abilities and the initial hit of Arcane Storm will briefly slow enemies hit.

League of Legends content

Phase Dive

COOLDOWN: 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7

Active: Ekko rolls in the target direction, gaining  bonus attack range.

His next basic attack blinks him to the target and deals bonus magic damage.

League of Legends

League of Legends (or LoL; initially League of Legends: Clash of Fates) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre video game developed by Riot Games.

Platform

• Microsoft Windows, macOS

Regular Map

• Summoner's Rift