Yuumi/Trivia
< Yuumi
Development
- Main article: Yuumi (Development)
- Yuumi is voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris, who also voices [1]. She returned to voice both champions and
1 Chip in
Legends of Runeterra.
- The visual goals for Yuumi included creating a cute support due to having not done one in quite some time.[2]
- A scrapped name for [3] was Protecc/Attacc.
- Yuumi's in development name was Catbook.[4]
- [5] was a spell originally tested on and , when one of them died their spirit would attach to the other and would allow you to keep playing.
- Yuumi's prototype model was a recolored .[6]
- [7] prototype particle was a cat from one of skins.
- Several scrapped spells tested on Yuumi include:[8][9]
- A miniature version of .
- A version of her ultimate that allowed her to attach to enemies and knock them back until they hit terrain.
- A version of that would charge for a second and then fire at an incredibly fast speed.
- A spell that would throw a boomerang like orb that would allow Yuumi to cast her spells from the projectile.
Universe
- Main article: Yuumi (Character)
- Yuumi is a magical cat familiar to a Yordle Enchantress named Norra.
- Yuumi's name came from when she heard Norra say “you” and “me” and thought that was her name.[10]
- In Solomon Islands Pijin, iumi (pronounced Yuumi) means "you and me".
- The Bandle City.[11] was originally written by a Yordle anthropologist in order to study how Yordle magic works and how Yordles traverse the spirit realm. It has been added over the years by generations of Yordle mages who explored the various gateways to and from
- The Book of Thresholds was given sentience by one of its previous owners in order to protect itself from those who would use its powers for evil.[12][13] The Book of Thresholds essentially works to allow its keeper to traverse the spirit and physical realms using portals, and bypass the normal requirements for these portals. For example, most portals can only be seen and used by yordles, and only open at certain times of the year or in certain whether or when other characteristics are met. The portals contained in the Book of Thresholds can be used anytime by anyone (who is its Keeper). Every page contains a different portal to a different place. Book will always try to retrieve and repair the pages that were lost so that it can be whole again someday! Norra tore out the page that led to the place where she is trapped because she didn't want Book to follow her—she knew it would be too dangerous for Book, that it might fall into the wrong hands.[14]
- Yuumi and Book have been looking for Norra for around 4 years.[15]
- Yuumi is a literal cat so she doesn't understand many human concepts, though she may sense certain things better.[16]
- Book is much more rational and risk-adverse than Yuumi, and prefers to stay on the path so it can keep itself and its keeper safe. Yuumi is much more playful with an element of unpredictable spontaneity. She is highly distractible, especially by worldly comforts such as food or naps. Plus she's a literal cat, so rational thought doesn't come to her easily. She can't even read.[17]
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Yuumi (League of Legends)
- Due to much of her intended gameplay consisting of not moving of her own volition like all other champions do and exclusively boosting the power of other champions, Yuumi has jokingly been referred to as an "item": an enhancement that merely empowers champions rather than a "full champion" herself. Riot have officially (and humorously) acknowledged this twice so far, by implementing the
Teamfight Tactics item and the
Swarm weapon drone
YuumiBot.[18]
- The icon for is reused for the Teamfight Tactics item , which is named after her.
Audio
- Main article: Yuumi (League of Legends Audio)
- "Heehee! They're never gonna see us coming!" is a reference to Persona 5, in which the battle theme's ("Last Surprise") lyrics are "You'll never see it coming". This is a homage to the champion's voice actress, who also voiced Morgana, who is also a magical talking cat, in Persona 5.
- In the Latin America localization, a unique phrase to detaching from an ally with the ability "¿Me Perdonas?" ('Forgive me?') in reference to the meme of the same name used in Spanish-speak.
Riot Games Latin America made a vote by request of the community in that region to choose what kind of pronunciation they want to be in the game.
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Skins
- Main article: Yuumi (Collection)
- Yuumi bears a striking resemblance, both appearance- and functionwise, to the Keystone rune.
- Her splash art shows Yuumi inside Master Norra's house in Bandle City.
- Yuumi's tail works as a rudder for steering book.[19]
- This skin shares the Battle Academia theme with:
- …and others
- The skin's lore reference to Nezu from My Hero Academia manga/anime.
- This skin is likely a reference to Minerva McGonagall from the Harry Potter series.
- This skin shares the Heartbreakers theme with:
- …and others
- She shares her splash art with .
- and can be seen in the background of their splash art.
- Each of her chromas gives her different fur color and patterns that are based on real cat breeds.
- When Yuumi , drawings of and can be seen on pages.
- When Yuumi uses
several images can be seen on the ground. All of these reference Heartbreakers skins, such as:
- and
,
- This skin shares the Bees! theme with:
- …and others
- This skin shares the Bewitching theme with:
- …and others
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2021 theme with:
- She was released in celebration of EDward Gaming winning the 2021 World Championship.
- She represents Meiko.
- She was inspired by Meiko's cat.
- During , a 7-part path to the Worlds trophy is traced along the ability's visual, signifying Meiko's valiant career of then 7-years-long before finally being able to win his first tournament alongside his team.
- This skin shares the Cats Versus Dogs theme with:
- …and others
- This skin shares the Anima Squad theme with:
- …and others
- In
Swarm mode, it is known as the
YuumiBot model, as well as its Assistant Yuumi Quests Token.
- This skin shares the Anima Squad theme with:
- …and others
- In
Swarm mode, it is known as the
YuumiBot_Final_FINAL model, from evolving with the YuumiBot.
References
- ↑ Yuumi's Voice Actress
- ↑ Danky on Yuumi's Visuals
- ↑ Scrapped Bop 'n' Blok Name
- ↑ Yuumi in Development Name
- ↑ EndlessPillows on Yuumi's Gameplay Hook
- ↑ Prototype Yuumi Model
- ↑ Maxw3ll on Prototype Spell
- ↑ Scrapped Yuumi Spells 1
- ↑ Scrapped Yuumi Spells 2
- ↑ Yuumi's Name
- ↑ Jellbug on the origin of the Book of Thresholds
- ↑ Jellbug on the Book's Sentience 1
- ↑ Jellbug on the Book's Sentience 2
- ↑ Jellbug on the Book's Sentience 3
- ↑ Jellbug on how long Norra has been missing
- ↑ Yuumi's understanding of the world
- ↑ Yuumi and Book's personalities
- ↑ Youtube — HeWhoQuacksss (23 January 2025) August - Make YUUMI An Item
- ↑ Earp on Yuumi's Tail