Ok, but are QOL buffs being considered to ease that mastery curve a bit?
Such as some sort of indicator of how far back an enemy will be pushed by the her ult or a more consistent way of determining this (perhaps make it so enemies are always pushed to the end of the ult indicator)?
We don't currently plan on smoothing out her mastery curve. Qiyana was designed to be a high skill Assassin for players that like those types of Champions (Zed, Riven, Yassuo players, etc.)
We haven't forgot about her at all. Our internal data shows she has a steep mastery curve but once people get the hang of her her winrate is pretty high. She is currently matching our expected winrate start and growth chart so we haven't done anything yet.
Good idea. We are going to do this though we couldn’t get it in time for next patch so we are currently planning on doing this in 9.15
The upcoming non-traditional marksman has caught my attention. I have spent hours theorizing how he might function and what part of the map he's from.
Is it too early to ask how he might work and what are your goals with him?
yes :P
I have one question for you.
I enjoy vikings and viking stuff in general a lot. Maybe this is why the Freljord's lore updates are my favorite. But the problem I have with the whole thing is the fact we really do not have a real viking in game. Olaf is the closest thing to the fantasy but even is lacking a lot. Then there is Tryndamere. And given the fact his playstyle is unique but he tends to be played as a cheese pick and frustrates the enemy laner a lot, is there a chance you will VGU him making him less infuriating to play into or are you okay wtih the way he is?
We would love to get to Olaf and Trynd at some point, they just aren't super high priority right now
Hey Reav3, do you think people who main top will enjoy new Pantheon? I know you don't want to spoil his kit at all but is he just as oppressive in the lane as current Panth is?
Yeah, I think top Laners will enjoy Pantheon quite a bit.
We also had the goal of doing a cute but evil Champion, one that was visually cute, but was also a villain, since we also felt this was something we didn't really have in the game
Jinx?
I wouldn’t call Jinx a villain. She’s more Chaotic Neutral
Can't flex on QiQi
Could I also ask what was the high level visual goal for Qiyana
Originally it was to create a new race, which is why the early concepts she was a metal person because we were experimenting with making a whole new race from another continent. We didn't really have the bandwidth and time to create a whole new continent so we pivoted to it being a new faction, so the goal changed to have her visually be from a new faction. We also had a goal for the Champion to be female since we didn't have a female AD Assassin in the roster. We also had the goal of doing a cute but evil Champion, one that was visually cute, but was also a villain, since we also felt this was something we didn't really have in the game
The hotfix for this should be live now, FYI
We are planning on hotfixing it later today
I hope the bug with the Q direction get fixed aswell.
We put in a micropatch fix for it last night
Why do new champs have to have dashes, stuns, burst damage and invisibility in their kit?
They don't, but Assassins generally do need that type of stuff to survive, since they are melee range and squishy. Qiyana is an assassin so it makes sense that she has that type of stuff.
And buff her numbers on skills pls
We currently aren't planning any buffs. She started at the winrate we predicted she would start at and her winrate has been climbing at the predicted pace as well. We want to wait a bit more and see how she stabilizes before planning any buffs
Can you look into a bug where her Q won't go where you click. It happened to me one game where i would end up q ing to the side for a couple of minutes. I'm not sure what causes it but i had a quiyana on my team that seems to have experienced something similar.
We micropatched a fix to her Q targeting last night
I hope the bug with the Q direction get fixed aswell.
We are working on a fix for that as well
We are looking to fix this in the next patch, FYI
Could I also ask for some of the thinking behind recently releasing champs with events
The thinking is that releasing a large amount of content at the same time lifts all the content in the event. So far we have seen that Champions released with events, and with skins as part of the events tend to do better then Champions released alone, even if it means the Champion gets less individual marketing then when they are releases alone. This is likely because we get high engagement during events, so more players are exposed to the Champion in the client and in games, even if we don't do as much individual marketing of the Champion.
Hey Reav3 can I ask when we can expect the first Volibear and Fiddlesticks Update
Probably later this month or early next month
Hi Reav3! Can I ask what is your new favourite Pantheon skin & splash art? Just to get in the hype mode.
Base splash is my favorite splash so far, Alex Flores is doing some awesome work on it. As far as skins I can't decide between Myrmidon and Perseus splashes, they are both looking so cool right now
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