Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness, in 12.4

• Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness
• Champion Spotlight
• Stats & Abilities
• Lore
• Voiceover
• Release Skin
• Chromas
• Champion Insights: Renata Glasc
• Champion Theme

Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness

Champion Spotlight

Before we sink lower into the details, check out Renata Glasc's champion spotlight:

Stats & Abilities

Stats

• Base Mana: 350
• Mana Per Level: 50
• Base MR: 30
• MR Per Level: 0.5
• Base HP: 525
• HP Per Level: 80
• HP5: 5.5
• HP Regen Per Level: 0.11
• Base AD: 51
• AD Per Level: 3
• Base Armor: 29
• Armor Per Level: 4
• Base Move Speed: 330
• Attack Speed Per Level: 2.11
• Attack Range: 550

Abilities

Leverage (Passive)

Handshake (Q)

Bailout (W)

Loyalty Program (E)

Hostile Takeover (R)

Lore

Here's Renata Glasc's in client bio:

Renata Glasc rose from the ashes of her childhood home with nothing but her name and her parents' alchemical research. In the decades since, she has become Zaun's wealthiest chem-baron, a business magnate who built her power by tying everyone's interests to her own. Work with her, and be rewarded beyond measure. Work against her, and live to regret it. But everyone comes to her side, eventually.

Check out her full biography on her champion page!

A new color story is also up on the Universe - Right On Time by Dana Luery Shaw

"18:17 

Renata Glasc’s heels click angrily against the marble floors on her way to the front door. It’s a long walk, and her annoyance grows as the bells screech out the same cloying tune a second time. 

The mechanical fingers of her left hand unfurl as she reaches for the latch, twisting and snapping into the necessary shapes, embedding in the bespoke lock as its one and only key. 

She throws open the ornate copper door and looks down at her visitor. “Mave.” All of Renata’s high-ranking subordinates had been informed that her priority for the evening was debuting her Decanter at the Vesella Novelty Gala. 

“Ms. Glasc,” the shorter woman says with a curt nod, her prosthetic iron eyes rattling against the glass of her gel-filled goggles. “Sorry to interrupt.” 

“It must be important.”"

[Read the full story here!]

Voiceover

Ban VO: "I won't hold my breath."

Choose VO: "It's MS. GLASC, if you value your life."

Renata Glasc has new special interactions:

Release Skin

Renata Glasc's release skin is Admiral Glasc:

Admiral Glasc

1350 RP

"Ambitious, cunning, cutthroat-- these qualities served Admiral Glasc well during the Galactic Civil War. They serve her still, both on the front lines and in the weapons manufacturing industry. As leader of the Royal Space Military's R&D unit, Admiral Glasc will bring order to the galaxy with a firepower unmatched: whether it's dropping planetside or traversing distant stars, the universe is her chessboard, and she is the queen."

Chromas

Admiral Glasc

[8 Chromas]

Champion Insights: Renata Glasc

"If Renata Glasc was in our world, she’d be investing in crypto while actively manipulating its economy via Twitter. But, thankfully, she’s not in our world—we already have enough of those types. 

Instead we have Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness. A capitalist who saves the poor of Zaun with one hand while choking the life from them with the other. An evil enchanter who uses powerful chemtech to bend her enemies to her will and “empower” her allies (read: bend them to her will). 

And honestly, what more could a girl from the Sump of Zaun ask for? 

Support for a Price 

The current enchanter roster consists of shy egirls, a handsome himbo, a fairy-flinging lunatic, and a cat. But what about us edgy Pyke-appreciators who want to play an enchanter while being baddies? 

“We discussed making a dark enchanter pretty early in the process,” recalls game designer Blake “Squad5” Smith. “So I started by focusing on the outputs of an enchanter: protecting your teammates and enabling them to succeed. Then I thought about how I could give a more sinister twist to those mechanics.” 

On the surface, it seems like there’s only so much you can do to make an enchanter evil. Healing, shielding, and buffing are inherently selfless—you’re granting a piece of your power to your ally and in return asking for nothing (unlike mage supports who ask for your kills so they can buy Deathcap). But if you dig deeper, there are plenty of ways to make enchanter mechanics more malicious.

Power for a price, manipulating your enemies, forcing allies to fight beyond death. These are the avenues Squad5 found for making an evil enchanter. 

“I narrowed in on the gameplay mechanics before Renata was even Renata,” Squad5 explains. “It’s pretty unusual for champion development, but because we had a strong gameplay thematic goal from the beginning, it was just clear what kind of kit we needed. Her R literally turns her enemies against each other. It’s kind of a remix of taunt, in that it taunts you to attack your allies if you’re Renata’s enemy. And she buffs you with increased attack speed, which makes you more deadly when you’re killing your friends. It’s this cool moment where she can turn your power against you. It ended up becoming my favorite spell in her kit because it’s a new approach to enchanters that we don’t currently have in League.”

RENATA’S WEAPON IS MORE THAN JUST A TOOL: IT’S HER SERVANT. IT HAS SENTIENCE AND OBEYS HER EVERY COMMAND.

Every enchanter needs a weapon, and when looking at the ones enchanters mainly use, senior concept artist Sundo "Kringlejim" Pambito realized there wasn’t much diversity. There are a lot of staves—wind, water, magic. But there were two things that tie them together: they’re big and they do many different things. 

“I probably drew hundreds of designs for Renata’s weapon. I needed it to be clear that it enrages people, makes them immune to death, damages enemies, shields allies, makes enemies turn on each other... It does a lot,” Krimblejack explains. “And because she’s an enchanter I wanted some sort of twisted medical approach, so I tried a syringe, a weird chemical tank, even a machine gun. But in the end invoking the feeling of the caduceus staff felt the best.”

AT 6-FEET-TALL, RENATA GLASC LOOKS UP TO NO ONE. BUT ON THE OFF CHANCE SOMEONE IS TALLER, SHE OPENS HER UMBRELLA, FORCING THEM TO BOW BENEATH, BELOW HER EYE LEVEL.

From there the team just needed to do the easy task of designing a whole-ass champion who embodied the malevolent kit Squad5 designed—what kind of evil do these abilities embody? 

Evil in League takes many forms. From a comically tiny master of evil, to world-ending rage inspired by grief and loss, even an entire compendium of demons who’ll do everything from eat you to torture you. Yet we’ve never really had an evil that was relatable. Sure, we all remember the pain from our first breakup and the belief we’d never get over that world-shattering pain, but very few of us spawned Ruination from the Black Mist-creating hole in our chest where our heart once lived. 

What if we created something a little closer to our world? Something a bit more modern. 

Late Game Capitalism

CEO, entrepreneur, 

Born among the Zaunite poor. 

Renata, Renata Glasc. 

Who doesn’t love capitalism? Picking yourself up by your bootstraps, climbing the socioeconomic ladder, and building a corporate empire. All you need to do to get there is step on the people who helped you, destroy the environment, and commit tax evasion. Isn’t it amazing! 

While we’re all very familiar with corporate evil, it’s something we’ve never explored in League. But there’s one problem: It’s so real—a modern creation from our world. How do we create a champion who embodies corporate evil while existing in a world full of dragons, demons, and magic? 

We already knew the core of the kit, we knew they'd be evil (or morally gray), and now we knew we wanted them to be a rich entrepreneur. So where are they from in Runeterra and what's their story? 

Zaun and Piltover are unique in Runeterra. They’re cities of progress, technology, and rampant inequality. We’ve got a lot of characters who give us a look into both cities and the subcultures that exist there, but none who show us the people who profit from it all. Well... actually that’s not entirely true. 

When thinking about the type of character who’d fit the gameplay, personality, and archetype the team was creating, Silco’s name came up. But as champions team lead Ryan “Reav3” Mireles already explained, Silco isn’t coming to League. 

“We explored Silco really early in the ideation process, but we just didn’t feel like he hit the bar of a League champion,” Reav3 explains. “Most of the characters in Arcane kind of fail to hit that bar actually, even Jinx, Caitlyn, and Vi. They wear muted clothes and have slightly more subdued personalities. It works really well for Arcane because the show’s more grounded and the characters are supposed to be relatable, but that’s not what we’re looking for in League. Champions need to be clearly readable, unique, and have clear sources of power. We tried to beef up Silco to hit those goals, but he stopped feeling like Silco. And we didn’t think that was fair to the character we fell in love with in Arcane, so we ultimately went another direction.” 

RENATA GLASC’S SUIT SHOULD FEEL REMINISCENT OF THE CHEM-BARONS FROM ARCANE

Zaun is ruled by chem-barons—crime bosses who profit off of the most vulnerable citizens in the city. They’re ruthless. Cunning. Hungry for power. It simply was perfect. 

“When thinking about who Renata would be, we knew we had someone very manipulative,” explains narrative writer Dana Luery “griddlebones” Shaw. “Someone who’s able to get people to do her bidding, doesn’t have to dirty her hands, and could turn her enemies into her allies. It reminded me a lot of crime bosses, and we spent a lot of time looking at organized crime lords.” 

“I asked myself, ‘What kind of crime boss from the 20s or 30s would have these sorts of abilities?’ Because similar to Renata, a lot of these people wanted to be viewed as legitimate businesspeople, enough so that they had people killed left and right,” griddlebones continues. “So what would happen if we had a legitimate businesswoman who also had people killed left and right? That’s kind of where, personality-wise, Renata came from.” 

Renata’s fortune comes off the back of her parents, Zaunite alchemists who were humanitarians to a fault. They provided medical care to the poorest of the poor, and instead of accepting compensation, they went without. Renata would go to bed cold, hungry, and bitter. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that when she grew up, instead of following in her parents’ footsteps and providing free medical aid for Zaun, she decided to build a corporate empire.

“IT’S EXPENSIVE TO BE POOR. BUT WHEN YOU’RE RICH, THEY JUST GIVE YOU THINGS.”

Unlike the CEOs and executives of our world, however, Renata Glasc knows she’s not the good guy. Sure, she might donate breathers to the citizens of Zaun after chemical disasters, but that’s the cost of doing business. 

Bringing Class to Chemtech 

Everything about Renata should feel high class, like the Piltovan elite she secretly emulates (though don’t expect her to admit to that). From her white suit which stands out in the filth of Zaun, to her one-of-a-kind, beautifully lavish, triple barrel, magazine pistol. Everything about Renata Glasc is bespoke, elegant, and expensive. Including the things she’ll use to kill you. 

Prosthetic limbs aren’t a novel concept in Zaun. Many of the city’s citizens work under terrible conditions and are victims of horrific accidents, sustaining traumatic injuries or worse. But Renata approaches things with more... pragmatism.

RENATA SHAKES WITH HER LEFT HAND AS A TEST OF LOYALTY

Within Renata’s prosthetic arm is a series of snaking pipes and syringes that contain her chemtech “medication.” She can control her enhancement at will, snapping it out to grab for things, manipulating the fingers to create custom keys, or, if there’s need, delivering a deadly chemical cocktail to any who would dare cross her. But if you’re brave enough to place your life in Renata Glasc’s hand, perhaps you’ll get close enough to see something beautiful and familiar. 

“I try to ground characters in the world so every element of their design comes from things you’ve seen before. For Renata’s arm I looked at Orianna’s design,” explains Kinglejingle. “Renata’s prosthetic probably wasn’t made by the same person, but it most certainly was made by a craftsman who’s more focused on the artistry and beauty of design instead of the more serviceable or industrial styles you see in a lot of other Zaun champions. Even the color scheme should feel complementary to champions like Jinx and Mundo.” 

But beyond the surface of beauty and class, Renata Glasc was always intended to be a terrifying and all-powerful figure in Zaun. And someone who wears a suit made of the finest elnuk wool doesn’t necessarily give off the “f*&^ with me and you’re dead” vibes Renata needed to exude.

KINDLEJACK WORKED WITH ILLUSTRATOR JEREMY “JERMU” ANNINOS TO GIVE RENATA A TRULY UNIQUE FACE

“I looked at some other masks in League—like Urgot’s and Viktor’s—and thought about whether there might be styles and techniques that are shared between craftsmen in Zaun,” KrimbleMas shares. “I didn’t want it to feel out of place, but it should feel higher quality. Renata didn’t pick it out of a catalog or something, but perhaps an expert engineer she hired to design it may have shared notes with Viktor. Or perhaps they’d been in a class with someone who dropped out, went to prison, and then designed a mask for Urgot.” 

As for why Renata’s wearing a mask... It’s the intimidation factor. She doesn’t need it to live (except when she’s visiting Piltover and breathing that disgustingly clean air), but it does microdose her with chemtech. The cartridges towards the bottom act as asthmatic inhalers and constantly keep her supplied with the finest medicine in Piltover and Zaun. (We get it, she vapes.) 

Glasc Industries is Eternal

SOME OF THE VISUAL LANGUAGE IN THE GLASC FAMILY CREST IS INSPIRED BY FLOWERS FROM A CERTAIN OTHER CHEM-BARONESS

And there she is, Renata Glasc, capitalist dommy mommy with ambitions to control the Sun Gate and with it, Piltover, Zaun, and all trade in Runeterra. But is that really enough for her? 

“Nothing will ever be enough. Once Renata achieves her goal, she’ll always find something bigger to dream about. Maybe she’ll launch a car into space or something,” griddlebones laughs. “For me, at least, in the same way that capitalism is about constant expansion and never being happy with the profits you have now—needing to make more and more and more, hand over fist—that’s what Renata is. She’s an endless, gaping maw of ambition and greed. I could see her saying, ‘All right. I guess it’s time to hire some mercenaries and take over Noxus, maybe. Who knows? It’s a Thursday.’”

Champion Theme