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12 Aug 21:23 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by sweetAlexx

u/Reav3 loving everything you do, however why is there not justification why the Ahri ASU is taking so long when she was announced in the beginning of the year? With so many champions isn’t only 1 ASU and 1 VGU every one and a half to two years too slow?

One thing I think people don't fully understand about ASUs and VGUs is that we also have to rebuild ALL of their skins from scratch. Some champions have multiple Legendaries (Which take even longer and have a lot of unique animations) or even maybe a Ultimate skin like Udyr. Ahri has a MASSIVE amount of skins. They all need new models, vfx, and in some cases splash art as well. A New Champion, by contrast, only has a launch skin, so they take SIGNIFICANTLY less time then a ASU or VGU. VGUs in the past were done on champs with a lot less skins, many of which didn't even have legendary skins, so they were a lot faster to make.

I know a lot of people think, well Riot is a big successful company, so they can just hire massive teams and do them faster. But even though LoL and Riot have been successful we still don't think the correct way to make high quality products is to just throw a ton of bodies at it. We still largely work in small autonomous teams, were the teams can comm...

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12 Aug 20:29 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by o___Okami

"So the goal of mid-scope updates isn't to reimagine a champion's visuals, theme, or gameplay... Instead, we want to freshen up champions that aren't living up to the expectations of the players who love them. We try to strengthen their fantasy even more, rather than reinvent it... We saw really great responses to these projects, as well as healthy play rate spikes after their release. Given all of this, we want to keep pursuing mid-scope updates and we already have a few champions we're exploring..."

omg. omg. omg. It's happening, finally-

"...including Neeko and Syndra"

Oh. Come ON! Rell, is RIGHT THERE. You know, the girl that was advertised as the champion who would wield her enemy's armor and magic resistance as WEAPONS to crush them but ended up becoming a more clunky, punishing, different flavor of Leona that nobody wants to play even in the times when tanky engage supports were meta + she had a s...

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Rell is 100% on our midscope list. Its more a question of when then if

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12 Aug 20:26 /u/Cashmiir on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Hyoudou

But than why keep releasing skins for champs that are in dire need of a VU/ASU/VGU?

People who make skins are not always the people who work on ASUs, and they are 100% not the same people who work on VGUs.

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12 Aug 20:25 /u/Cashmiir on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by AmWhaleIRL

And they have to update everything. Model, animations, VFX, SFX, rigging, splash,

Even the Splash-Arts? Wow I had no idea ASU's were going to be THIS extensive, though I'm glad for it! I can see now why it's taking a bit.

I am 99% sure that Caitlyn had some splash updates with her ASU!

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12 Aug 20:22 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Riahisama

Is K'Sante a male champion? who's leading the lore for this champion?

SkipToMyLuo is narrative on K'Sante, and yes he is a male Champion

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12 Aug 20:22 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by gift-from-the-sun

Hey Reav3 :)

I remember someone asking you, which other roles (than top lane tanks) are in need of a high-skill champion. You then mentioned that the enchanter support roster lacks more difficult champions.

So I was wondering: Is the male Ixtali enchanter meant to be a high-skill support champion? That would be really cool!

No, he is not. We wouldn't want to release 2 very high skill champs so close together as that audience is a little more niche. Also we don't want our first male enchanter to be unplayable by a lot of players

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12 Aug 19:51 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by MaxxxyMooo

Riot Emizery, is this a new perosn on the team? I don't think I've seen their name before

New to LoL PC Champions team yes. He was designer on Wild Rift before coming to Champions team though, so not new to Riot

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12 Aug 19:25 /u/Cashmiir on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Cherrycho

https://imgur.com/a/Cy0F2DK

This one is super tiny

:squint:

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12 Aug 19:16 /u/RiotQuickshot on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Accomplished_Ad_2321

I like the casters enthusiasm but this is still nearly impossible for SK.

:>

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12 Aug 19:15 /u/RiotQuickshot on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by endercasts

i literally know the lec script for the next 10 years. i can leak it whenever i want

Brah... You signed an NDA!!

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12 Aug 19:15 /u/RiotQuickshot on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Foreskin_Supremacy

Pays to be friends with Quikshot :)

True

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12 Aug 19:03 /u/endercasts on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Odoamne.

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12 Aug 18:42 /u/Cashmiir on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by bz6

Does this mean that the regular pre-season videos will not include champs and SR gameplay? Or will they include updated versions?

These came a bit early and obviously missing Competitive for example.

We haven't quite figured out what our approach is for Season Start this year. But there will 100% be dev videos. Whether it's traditional "Champions", "Gameplay", and "Skins" is unknown. We're thinking about shaking things up and trying a different approach, but we WILL likely cover all of these things and more!

We want to highlight more devs and teams on League so they can talk about all of the work going on!

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12 Aug 18:31 /u/Cashmiir on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by heavisidepiece

I really enjoy the combo of Reav3’s writing style and delivery. Quality content that flew by

He has really gotten amazing on camera in the four years (holy wtf) I've worked with him!

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12 Aug 18:30 /u/Cashmiir on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Hyoudou

Why is Ahri's ASU coming out next year? At this speed, Zilean, Gragas, Cho'Gath, Jax, Shaco will not be getting a VGU/ASU before 2040.

I can't speak to the specifics of that team (since I'm not on it) but Ahri has SO many skins to go through. And they have to update everything. Model, animations, VFX, SFX, rigging, splash, etc.

And some stuff just can't be worked on in tandem because you need to see how everything plays together in-game. So even when all the stuff is done, you still need it all together to make sure it's not too distracting/busy on screen.

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12 Aug 18:23 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by finderfolk

I swear it was meant sweetly. Like, "wow, imagine how great it would be to work with this dude".

LoL, I know, I was just trolling myself

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12 Aug 18:08 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by finderfolk

Imagine working for this dude

Tell me about it, sounds like a nightmare

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12 Aug 18:07 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by ComprehensiveCup8

cant wait for the new assasin tank toplaner that will somehow one shot me with 400 armor because "lore"

Same tbh

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12 Aug 17:59 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by zso17

Could you tell us who works on the new champs please?

Sure. The Darkin is being worked on by TwinEnso, LoneWingy and JohnODyin. The Ixtal enchanter is being worked on by Riot Emizery, Riot apothecarie, and Sojyoo

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12 Aug 17:52 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct