Arcane | Vi and Jayce Fight Scene

Jayce out here throwing Q's like he's finished his Manamune

Jayce's eyes glow as well with each shot from his hammer.

I want to know how they made those tanks look like they're moving so fast. That animation is remarkable.

the sound at 1:14 when Vi charges is from her ult! The little details in this series are INSANE

1:52 god that combo Vi did is just so satisfying to watch

I genuinely love how they did jayces character, he feels truly like a man of progress who has become blind the cost of that progress yet ever so slowly, he awakens to the true cost and the warnings of his predecessor . I also appreciate how hes not some muted, castrated "nerd" trope either. He is willing to get his hands "dirty" but also sees the harm in doing it that way too, hes a character who has learned that both of the extremes are not suitable for the safety of the people. Rampant violence leads to innocent lives being lost at a moments whim, and unfettered progress allows for rampant corruption to seep into the very core of the lives exploited under progress' ever turning wheel.

Honestly, always my favorite thing about this scene, and what makes the shock moment hit even more. If you look closely and pay attention...JAYCE ALREADY WON THE FIGHT LONG BEFORE THE KID DIED! You can see in the motions and faces of the chem tech soldiers, they were running away terrified in full retreat. But in the heat of a life and death scenario, Jayce was blind.

2:06 how jayce players view themselves in top lane

this may be one of the single best clips of animation ever put on a screen. without any context, this scene would still tell a story without so much as a word spoken. absolutely insane

Love how this exemplifies why Vi and Jayce are *champions*. The regular people got murked without so much as scratching the chemtanks, but Vi and Jayce? They shred through the squad like they're taking out trash.

1:42 - 1:46 The way Vi's blows sync with the music is so satisfying

Every time Vi gets a fight scene, it's just an absolute joy to watch. Even Jayce was fun to watch with that hammer until he switched into ranged mode. Shooting energy projectiles just can't compare to the fluidity and precision of well-animated melee combat.

Vi's combo at 1:40 really shows that they probably hired a boxer to choreograph this sht. That slip-duck left to the body to the head is a thing of beauty.

The wink from Vi 🥵🫠

I love this fight for so many reasons, one of them being Jayce. You can tell he's not 100% proficiant in his style yet, so he isn't flowing as well as Vi, but he gets the job done. Not only that, when he fires his shock blasts, you can tell that he's losing himself. His teeth grit and he looks almost...menacing, like he's trying to imitate Vi's behavior; not giving a shit and just going. But in the process a child is killed and his expression softens. IDK, maybe I'm just simping for Jayce.

You know, it would have been so easy for them to just throw away all of Vi's fighting skills after she put on those Gauntlets. They could have easily just made her do these big, arcing swings like she was some gorilla with big, heavy gauntlets. And that would have probably been so much easier to animate. But no, they went the extra mile and said, "Yes, she still can box like those Gauntlets aren't there." and honestly, it makes the whole fight just a little bit better. Plus, they did establish early on, one of the first things Jayce and Viktor discovered with Hextech was gravity manipulation, and it's clear that there's some of that going on with those Gauntlets. So it's not like the speed of her punches doesn't make sense either.

i love Vi's entrance to the fight

2:07 How Jayce mains feel on URF

That punch Vi does as her entrance might be one of the best entrances I’ve ever seen into a fight.

That was the most beautifully executed Vi Q I have ever seen