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Then can I ask, why his VO was not updated with VGU? Just interesting.
It was
Then can I ask, why his VO was not updated with VGU? Just interesting.
It was
I wonder who the raccoon in the corner of his base splash art is. They were shown on the last champion roadmap thing too.
His Nurse obviously
Shen got a VU with half of his kit changing, but I can't remember if they tweaked the splashart or not.
Either way Orianna is the only one remaining untouched from all the TPA champions
We did tweak it with Shen's Vu
Very cool to speak with the devs a bit more in depth about the Mundo rework. This is always something that I've wanted to do but only now gotten the chance recently, so if you like things like this, please let me know! I'm always checking here for feedback :)
Great Article, and thanks for the interview. One small note, Im actually the Lead Producer for Champions Team, rather then the Lead Designer :)
IIRC they haven't directly worked on champ team for like 2/3 years now (still doing writing stories and stuff) but I believe it's mostly JohnODyin, SkiptomyLuo, and griddlebones working on new champ/VGU lore these days with Carnival Knights occasionally pitching in. Maybe /u/Reav3 can confirm
Yes those are the 4 writers currently that work on champs team, Carnival Knights' tends to do a bit more then just pitching in though,
Just to clarify: Mundo is next to release right? Then the Sentinel? nothing has changed about that order?
yes
hmm, a champion that punishes dashes you say :thinkingface:
I feel like you shouldn't be letting your personal love of an artstyle effect who designs what.
Lol, its more then just that of course. Many of the Champions he concepted have resonated deeply with the playerbase and many are in the top 10 highest rated visuals in our mass champions surveys (Kai'Sa, Akali, Jhin)
That's great, I love his art as well. Do you also have any ideas where you'd like to assign Sojyoo now that she recently joined champ team
For now she is going to jump back onto the marksmen (she originally worked on the Marksmen for like 3 months and was responsible for like 90% of it's design before LoneWingy took it over when she went back to PIE) After that it will likely be something for 2022
I was curious, does BravoRay still concepts champs since I heard he took over for Danny as AD on champs
He is the AD, but he was really wanted to make a champion every once in a blue moon, and I love his art style so I was happy to let him
Just to clarify a little further, if you don't mind me asking, does that mean that there is going to be a larger than usual gap between the release of Mundo's VGU and the new Marksman's release?
No
So just for full clarity, should we expect the mid lane marksman when we expected the Yordle and the Yordle when we expected the marksman, or is the timing of the marksman the same and the Yordle is now after that?
The Marksmen timing has not changed. They are different production teams working on both of those champions, so one being delayed doesnt effect the other
So he doesn't literally mean all at the same exact time. The next 3 Champions releases, Mundo, the Midlane Marksmen, and the Mage where all written by John, so I believe he just means that starting with Mundo you are going to get a lot of Champs written by him.
So the Order of the Releases are : Mundo Vgu, Midlane Marksmen , Yordle Mage , Botlane Marksmen ?
It can always change of course, but yes, that is the current planned order
u/Reav3 not sure if you’re still checking this thread but if the Yordle has been delayed what does that mean for the next event and specifically Sylas prestige (and the rest of the skinline) assuming he is/was supposed to be in the next event with the Yordle? Is that delayed too?
No events have been delayed as a result of the Yordle moving back
u/Reav3 The roadmap mentions "dark and edgy" champions coming next. Do these refer to the mid lane marksman or the mage?
It was referring to all champions releasing as part of the Ruined King Returns Story, since it's a story revolving around the Shadow Isles all the champs are at least a bit dark and edgy. I was also kind of memeing on myself, since so many players say all we make is either cute or dark/edgy champs
Squad5 and Kindlejack are working on the champ planned for after the bot lane marksmen (The support for the year)
So yordle mage isn't support right? If she isn't, is there a possibility that she can be played support like the way Lux does?
We arnt currently planning for that champ to be duo lane Support/Mid as we just made a champion like that in Seraphine. This one is meant to be purely a mid lane mage, though im sure people will try it, and it may be good?
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What jungler?
How do we only have Qiyana? Do you not consider Nidalee/Neeko as heroic champions from Ixtal, while Zyra and Rengar join Qiyana?
Sorry, I meant more specifically from the Ixtal faction, not champs that reside in the region, like all the ones you mentioned. I mean we want to make another champion from Qiyana's Civilization specifically at some point.
Is Dr. Mundo basically finished? Seems like he just needs some final polishing.
yeah, we are just finishing up some of his skins. Base Mundo has been done for a bit now (He has a lot of skins though)