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Originally posted by ToTheNintieth

Great article, exactly the sort of insights I like to see from this series. I really like the gameplay-story integration (ludonarrative resonance if you're feeling pretentious) they went for with his kit. He also looks like a blast to play, though like every skirmisher and assassin he's gonna cause some ragequits.

Just as with Yasuo, it's interesting what role his double-crit passive will play in shaping his itemization (and play pattern from that). On Yasuo, it means he has to spend two item slots on crit, which keeps him from just building straight-up bruiser and going for utility, and meshes with his Q's focus on attack speed. Since Yone appears to be a lot more focused on abilities (and possibly also a mana champion) then maybe IE-ER is the way to go? His passive suggests he wants some AS, but he certainly wants CDR unlike Yasuo. His scalings and numbers will determine if he wants AS or Lethality on top of AD and crit. Either way, it's an interesting design choice.

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Originally posted by AigisAegis

What stands out to me here is that it seems like Yone was designed in a very "top-down" way. Rather than starting with an idea for a kit and creating a concept, they began with the idea of Yone and designed a kit for him. Both his fleshed-out backstory and his kit evolved from a desire to make Yone a champion.

I don't remember whether that was the case for Senna and Kai'Sa as well, but either way, it's cool to see. Most League champions seem to be designed "bottom-up", so seeing some top-down design like this is really interesting to me. I think it paid off, because his kit seems really effective at reflecting his story and lore.

This whole article is actually a really fascinating look into how narrative and gameplay design intersect in League, with a lot of moments of one influencing the other and vice versa. It's a great read for that reason.

Originally posted by AigisAegis

What stands out to me here is that it seems like Yone was designed in a very "top-down" way. Rather than starting with an idea for a kit and creating a concept, they began with the idea of Yone and designed a kit for him. Both his fleshed-out backstory and his kit evolved from a desire to make Yone a champion.

I don't remember whether that was the case for Senna and Kai'Sa as well, but either way, it's cool to see. Most League champions seem to be designed "bottom-up", so seeing some top-down design like this is really interesting to me. I think it paid off, because his kit seems really effective at reflecting his story and lore.

This whole article is actually a really fascinating look into how narrative and gameplay design intersect in League, with a lot of moments of one influencing the other and vice versa. It's a great read for that reason.

Originally posted by AigisAegis

Oh shit, I looked up Riot Pls just now, and I didn't realize he was Michael Yichao.

He was absolutely fantastic when he was working with Wizards of the Coast ("Endure" is one of the best stories they ever put out). I was super happy to see him move to Riot, and I'm glad he's smurfing the writing as hard as ever.

Originally posted by jtmk2404

In the champions insight for Yone, it's kind of misleading when it says " But unlike Zed or LeBlanc, Yone gets no choice in whether he returns to his body—he must go back when the timer ends. " because it seems like he shouldn't be able to reactivate it

Originally posted by bibbibob2

How does E exactly work? Do they have to damage your main body or your spirit body (or both)?

Do you deal damage while in spirit state, or only once you retract, kind of building it up "bomb style"?

Originally posted by ToTheNintieth

But it triggers anyway at the end of it, right?

Originally posted by AigisAegis

Yeah, the more I read about Yone, the more obvious it is that a ridiculous amount of effort and passion was put into this. I'm super impressed by him from a narrative perspective; everything from his reveal to his backstory to his kit feels like it was done with a lot of purpose. His team did a great job.

Originally posted by RHSiuolF

When is he going on pbe?

Originally posted by Charizardmain

Was he designed for midlane?

edit: cuz he kinda looks like a top laner to me

Originally posted by GarryTheCarry

Is his main body one that takes damage and his spirit body is untargetable?

Originally posted by Surrideo

But can he use abilities during his E? :O

Originally posted by AigisAegis

What stands out to me here is that it seems like Yone was designed in a very "top-down" way. Rather than starting with an idea for a kit and creating a concept, they began with the idea of Yone and designed a kit for him. Both his fleshed-out backstory and his kit evolved from a desire to make Yone a champion.

I don't remember whether that was the case for Senna and Kai'Sa as well, but either way, it's cool to see. Most League champions seem to be designed "bottom-up", so seeing some top-down design like this is really interesting to me. I think it paid off, because his kit seems really effective at reflecting his story and lore.

This whole article is actually a really fascinating look into how narrative and gameplay design intersect in League, with a lot of moments of one influencing the other and vice versa. It's a great read for that reason.

Originally posted by Croc_Chop

Wrong The thing I wanted most about yone was the fact that he should be able to counter yasuo which he can because he has nothing for him to block with wind wall. Still I would have preferred him to have grounding on one of his abilities so yasuo players are even more pissed off.

Originally posted by mking1999

So, two questions.

1) Does he have mana.

2) Can you reactivate e early? It seems that way from the video.