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Yasuo is the wild one. He dashes, spins around everywhere and he can’t stand still. We’ve all been there where we tried to hit a Yasuo with a point and click ability only to be playing a weird game of wack a mole, where you try and guess where he’ll dash to next. And he throws tornadoes because he doesent give a f*ck.

Yone is the mature older brother. Every move you make HAS to be deliberate because every f*ck up is incredibly punishing. Unlike Yasuo, you have to be very deliberate with how and when you use your third q. Miss your q and your out of position. His E can be dangerous because it essentially tells your opponent EXACTLY where you’ll be in a few seconds.

You have to purposefully place your body somewhere it won’t get dunked on. And if you plan to all in with it, you have to be absolutely sure you’ll kill them or your body will yoink you away while your opponent sits at 1 hp.

Yones ult has a slow wind up. You have to be absolutely sure you want to use it, and that you’ll hit it. Other wise, once again, your out of position.

That’s 3 out of 4 abilities that can f*ck you over if your not careful how and when you use them. Where as Yasuo has to be wild and unpredictable and mechanically school the opponent in the moment, Yone has to be wise and deliberate, planning how to use each ability ahead of time.

And to me this perfectly reflects what we saw in the cinematic.

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over 4 years ago - /u/WriterRiotPls - Direct link

EndlessPillows did an incredible job designing a kit that captures this! He’s one of the most lore/character focused designers I’ve worked with and always draws inspo from a character’s truths, personality, and motivations and then makes them read in gameplay in a way that blows me away.

over 4 years ago - /u/WriterRiotPls - Direct link

Originally posted by RngNick

How is decided who is gonna be project lead of xyz champ or rework? Who has final word about given project? Is it more like democracy or does project lead has final word? Also how do riot designers deal with things like community largely hating their designs like when it comes to Bradford 'CertainlyT' Wenban? Now about CertainlyT, was there some influence from his side or interaction ( or how to say it... ) when it came to Yone's desing since Yone was based on Yasuo which was his own project?

We talk about Yone's development a bit here: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/dev/champion-insights-yone/

Writers, designers, and artists get assigned (and also pitch concepts) based on many different factors, from availability, to their requesting to be on projects, to the fit of their strengths / skill set for the project, etc. etc.

RE: "deal with things the community hates", remember: what some players (and subreddits :P) love, someone in the world will despise. We strongly take player sentiment into consideration, but that means all our players. We also evaluate a design's success based on additional metrics of craft and its impact on the game as a whole.

When there are different directions a champ can go, many different folks and leads have different levels of influence in what gets chosen. It's a complex system that's a bit more involved than easily explained in a quick post here. :-)

over 4 years ago - /u/WriterRiotPls - Direct link

Originally posted by noshirdalal

I’m gonna let the writers take that one. Maybe u/WriterRiotPls will have some insights for us? I don’t want to speak out of turn - especially seeing as I’ve been wrong at least once already! 😅

Haha no worries Noshir!

Twocoats is a known name for Tahm Kench, but Yone's mission to seal demons includes learning and seeing their True Name, which he can do through observation and also combat.

over 4 years ago - /u/WriterRiotPls - Direct link

Originally posted by zepherys713

Weird question, but is Riot Jag working on a new champion right now or should we expect a champion made by him in the near future (1 year or so). I hope that it's not confidential. (If he is working on the new marksman it would be great)

I don't know everyone's summoner names ;