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Good to see that the splash art posts were seriously just overreactions she looks way better her and the champion looks like fun.
Good to see that the splash art posts were seriously just overreactions she looks way better her and the champion looks like fun.
That leaked splash was a old unfinished splash art FYI
Shes cool. Cant wait to hear her theme. Btw how do you say her name??
Like Jerry but with a Z
Like Jerry but with a Z
Jezzy
ZERI POG
Both Zeri and Neon were designed by Riot August
August is a genius. I've had the pleasure to support him on this project and it's always a blast working with him.
ZERI POG
Zoggers
Eh, kinda heard it too, makes it seem like she is intended to be kind of Filipino, like the simultaneously releasing Valorant champion with the same looks and abilities?
Her voice actress is indeed Filipino
maybe she’s filipino like neon
She is inspired by Filipino culture yes
The art that was on your universe page? That leaked art?
Yes
Zoggers
ZERI POG
SO HYPED
Y'all haven't guessed how her attacks work yet :3
August is a genius. I've had the pleasure to support him on this project and it's always a blast working with him.
ty Ray <3
Is this confirmation that Viego was a good idea?
Jezzy
this guy...
ZERI POG
POGGY WOGGY
So it looks like she has a passive similar to ashe Q or Kayle passive, her Q is probably just a normal skillshot, like Jinx W? Her E looks like a normal dash, probably gives her a shield or something. W let's her scale walls like Talon. Ult is just, idk, blitzcrank R? It probably gives her a buttload of stats and is probably gonna be like a Vayne R where it's your "go time" button.
Her second passive is probably like "oh, attacks mark the enemy champion. Attacking them detonates the mark and increases movement speed. Scales with AP"
Normal? :3
That better not be a shield
hrmmmm
wish you guys actually gave her brown skin tho lol. she’s the same shade as the white and east asian champions.
We actually did darken her skin a bit more but it was after this trailer was made
Which of the two scrappy, Filipino electricity-wielding gun-havers with hair in two buns that glows when using their powers came first in production? Zeri or Spark?
Was it a cross promotional idea thing?
We will go into more detail on that in the devblog, but yes since her inception champions team and valorants agent team collaborated and worked on Neon/Zeri together. Both teams contributed to both characters
Cool!
Is the hairstyle and hourglass and bandage on the cheek at all related to Kay? 👀
No
that’s good to hear! does this apply to her in game model as well? she’s paler there too.
Yes
This is the obama giving himself a medal meme.
That’s a great meme
She....actually looks pretty dope.
Side bet - Will she be nerfed or buffed for the first change?
I SURE HOPE ITS NEITHER
How dare Riot devs be excited for a champion they've been working on.
Don't worry I'll take care of it
Explains why her electricity isn't available all the time lmao
Lol that actually was part of it, or lead concept artist, Lonewingy, is Filipino and she was telling us how the electricity always goes out in thier. So we made that part of her
Pls do an Subsaharan African tribe inspired champion, like the Zulu or any other famous tribe. I would love to see that representation.
;)
Hello Reav, I know you probably can't say too much yet but can you confirm or deny if the teased champs (Zeri, villanous support, overwhelming jungler and unusual botlaner) will be all for this year? Are you still aiming (pending any delays that might happen) for either a new mid or a toplaner this year?
And could you tell us who is working on the new botlaner in terms of art and gameplay? Thank you!
They are all currently planned for this year. Hopefully they won’t be all for this year. The bot laner is being worked on by Squad5, Sojyoo, and CarnivalKnights
Hi Reav3! I know you probably can't say, but gonna ask anyway just in case. Do you know how many patches are gonna be between Zeri and the support? I think the roadmap mentioned a few of them, can we expect the support soon? Have a nice day!
The support will come very soon yes
Hey Reav3, does the unique botlaner come out before the void jungler or after? The video makes it seem like the void jungler is first but on the recap video she's mentioned last and I have seen people claim the botlaner is first.
Anyway have a nice day and hope you're recovering well!
It’s support > Jungler > botlaner > Udyr right now. Of course we won’t release things until they are ready so that order is subject to change
Hello /u/Reav3
Hope you’re well, quick question.
Any more complex champions on the horizon? Aphelios is a masterpiece and I hope something like that is in the works.
The Jungler is definitely going to me more on the complex side of things. Not like Aphelios though
Hey Reav3 are you feeling better?
yes, im back at work now thank you. Spent a week in the hospital but Im mostly recovered now.
What about the botlaner, will it be a more complex champ?
probably not what you are looking for in complexity. We do have a champ in early development that is targeting really high complexity, though its to early to talk much about it at this point, if things go well we could be ready to talk about that champ in the next roadmap though
Could you possibly share the higher res teaser pics now
Oh yeah. I really wanted to send these out the day of the roadmap but covid sucks lol. Here they are
Dark Support
https://imgur.com/a/TP1o8b0
Jungler
Non Traditional Botlaner
Woah is the void pic new, I don't recall seeing it in season start since I only remember you getting possessed (was hilarious btw)
yeah well it was like superimposed while i was being possessed so it was kind of hard to make out
Is Zeri meant to be blasian or just inspired by SEA?
She is inspired by Filipino culture specifically
Oh I see, that’s awesome. I thought originally she may have been half black and Asian but might have just been me. Would be awesome to see a champion represent that sort of mixed heritage one day though :)
Rell is half black and half white
Hey /u/Reav3
Have recent released champions say Vex and Akshan, hit the "expected" depth & breadth target that Riot set internally? Or has there been a case where they have missed the mark?
Akshan ended up with less Breadth then we predicted but more depth. All in all still a pretty good add to the roster, especially since it doesnt look like he will be a pro play problem. Vex ended up with higher breadth then we predicted. So Akshan was a bit under and Vex was a bit over our engagement shotcall.
Thanks for the transparency.
I know things like this are SUPER hard to predict (or maybe not I obviously don't know), but do you feel the "hatred" echo chamber towards new champions whether it is about overloaded kits, repeated gameplay & aesthetic choices, or whatever else the players complain about affect those metrics?
Its doubtful, as it's actually a pretty small percentage of players that engage with Reddit and other social media. I imagine if the backlash gets very big it could effect overall engagement, but I don't think it actually effects much
Would you guys work on an albino champion one day ?
I don't see why not
What about Mundo? How do you think he done on the longer run compared to expectations?
Mundo has landed where we expected, which is roughly where he was pre-rework. We knew we weren't changing him enough for him to move much, and he was already somewhat popular. The goal was just to modernize him.
Would you happen to know where Zeri has landed so far, day 1
No the data hasn't caught up to her release yet. I should for sure have her early data by Monday though
when will we get to know this years's vgu poll voting results ??? plz
The polls closed and I have seen the data. Cant talk about it yet and not sure what date the announce will happen. We have to write the devblog and localize it then it will come out, probably sometime in the next week or so
Will it be weighted down per region like it was in 2019?
I believe so
Would you happen to know where Zeri has landed so far, day 1
Here you go, shes pretty damn popular so far
Wow that’s really high, could I also ask where you guys are targeting Udyr in terms of popularity, he seems like a champ who could be mildly popular like some other bruisers
We think Udyr has potential to be a lot more popular then he is right now yes, especially given a VGU. We aren't massively changing his play pattern though so we don't think he will be like SUPER popular, just more popular then he is now
Hey Reav3 any update on the blog? Is it still for this week?
Not this week. I think its next week though I'm not 100% sure on that
Is lonewingy currently working on a new champ or a rework? I usually really love her work, so I am curious
She is currently working on a new Champ, but its a ways off
What about KindleJack? Where does he go after the new support? He really has been kicking with Fiddle and Mundo recently
Yeah I love working with Kindlejack. He's not currently working on a new champ as he was helping with a lot of Pre Season stuff, he will be starting a new Champion very soon though
Oh yeah could I ask who is going to work on the voted VGU, if you already have a team in mind
We dont yet no, it wont start for a little bit
Could you possibly grab Ahri and Zeri’s breadth and depth from this patch and last, I was curious to see how they landed
Could you possibly grab Renata Glasc's now that shes been out for a few days
Also I was curious, was there a reason why you guys decided to do 2 Zaun champs back to back, was it related to Arcane?
I think I have answered this before, but the reason they are both Zaun is they were both originally supposed to ship during the Riot X Arcane event, so we had goals for them to both be either Piltover or Zaun to match the theme of that event. Both DNA teams ended up gravitating towards Zaun so that's why we ended up their.