Cashmiir is a hardstuck ksing support main?
Yee.
Cashmiir is a hardstuck ksing support main?
Yee.
I'm so hyped for Yone, yall did a great job. He feels like yasuo but has his own uniqueness
I've done nothing. It was all his team. They're so talented!
Read moreGreat 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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It's still early in LA, so I'm not sure he's awake, but I'll be sure to send your comment to EndlessPillows so he can talk more about the gameplay!
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.
This was the first time I worked with /u/writerriotpls and he really put so much passion and thought into it ❤️😭
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.
It was for Senna, but I am unsure about Kai'Sa (I wasn't at Riot then). EndlessPillows mentioned that he loves designing champions that are already someone, and using their story as a huge influence. The Yone team is incredible. They put so much passion into him. It was so clearly palpable from the way they talked about him.
When Riot foleyed it, I think they said they used a pig. But yeah, it sounds great.
It's pigs and Riot Sound Bear yelling into his mic!
As a DH and a Yasuo main I am conflicted...
As a Disc Priest and Support main, I'm not. :D
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Spirit Blossom is an in-lore event with non-lore skins.
TL;DR: Riot went full weeb
UwU
are we getting a lillia champion spotlight?
I believe so, yes!
But isn't Illidan Yasuo?
Don't you dare equate that sweet, handsome, misunderstood boy with the embodiment of pure 2edgy4u-ness. Illidan doesn't deserve such debasement.
Too bad it's not vampires, could use some cool Legacy of Kain skins
As someone who exclusively roleplayed on message boards as a broody teenage vampire boy during my teen years... Ye.
New League class tying into the recent lore, Demon
HunterSlayer.
Illidan wants to know your location.
I think if you were to remove/reword the "mommy dearest" just after it says she can harvest their dreams it'd come off more innocent; as it is now I think it draws unintentional allusions to the film about Joan Crawford or Norman Bates' complex regarding his mother.
Ooooh that's good feedback! I didn't think about that!
Don't you think she looks a lot like Neeko?
I can see it in the splash, and I actually asked about it when I talked to the team. But I think in-game and when you incorporate all of her together as a whole package, not really, no.
Accidental serial killer is way more intersting an idea to me.
Lmao I'm going to pitch it. Some clumsy-ass champion who just accidentally kills people. I love it. That's my new main.
You haven't seen the people I play with, they will challenge that statement
I'm in the depths of Gold 4 hell. I know all about bad junglers...
'lulling people to their dreams' would be equally creepy so i dont think you can do much better
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Ok I also got a much darker impression. Nice to know
I mean, she's going to kill you in League. That's just a given.
Language!