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13 Aug 15:24 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by RighteousRetribution

Hey Reav3, i wanted to ask you about Aurelion Sol - What are you looking for him to be?

I really, really prefer the battlemage version of him, but either way, it'd be nice to know what kind of champion at least Riot looks for him (and anyone else) to be. I understand that you are trying things out, but what is the more specific direction?

Because i've seen his playerbase split into Battlemage/Roamer (with anecdotal evidence more preferring the former), and i am not really sure with this presentation what he is intended to be.

Cheers.

The new Asol will be much more of a battle mage though he will have some roaming potential

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13 Aug 02:15 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by The-War-Life

No August champs in development? Sadge.

August is working on a new champ but it’s still to early to talk about

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12 Aug 23:55 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by TreeKeeper15

Hey Reav3, could you potentially share what kind of weapons were used as inspiration for K'Sante's weapons? The name given seems to be a new one with no real world counterpart so I am having trouble imagining what they could look like and what that would mean for him. If that's something that we will just have to wait and see for that's cool too.

You are just going to have to wait and see!

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12 Aug 23:43 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Suzunaan

Small question, what is a "high skill" champ for you? Do you have some examples?

Azir& Aphelios come to mind

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12 Aug 23:36 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by TheDarkinDagger

Can we know who will be doing the new assassin's kit? :p

TwinEnso

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12 Aug 23:35 /u/Reav3 on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by EsotericRonin

/u/Reav3 I am incredibly excited for K'Sante. One comment mentioned how they speculate he'll draw inspiration from mali prince Sundiata who was called the lion king. Can you comment if the team is going for that sort of west african inspiration for K'Sante?

I'm not sure if the team took specific inspiration from prince Sundiata or not, but Nazumah and K'Sante take inspiration from West African Culture

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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 20:22 /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 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