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@Riot - What is the Relaunch plans for Urgot?

Hexflashed··1 votes·4,267 views

Is a Urgot full relaunch planned for the future? Or is he keeping his ugly trope?

I am very curious what the plans are for Urgot's state of existence. While it may have been a joke, a splash art came to my attention giving him a less ugly and more appealing look:

http://www.leaguesplash.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Female-Urgot.jpg

Now I'm not saying Urgot should be female, but why does he have to be so incredibly fat and ugly? Couldn't this look be accomplished even as a male version of this splash?

I don't play Urgot though, so people who do please feel free to disagree with me.

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CaptainWednesday1 votes

He should keep his ugly, reanimated, Frankenstein-ish feel. Even in the updated splash art, Urgot remains his terrifyingly hideous theme. Urgot should not become a women or become any less revolting than he is now. While I agree he could use a rework (even though his kit is loads of fun), he should not lose any of his ugliness.

Hexflashed1 votes

I never once suggested he should be female (the example could easily port to a male figure). Please read.

First off, I believe he can still be a Frankenstein Monster-esque champion by having a things like the example (but more stiches, more abrasions) while keeping a more appealing (muscular) human form. Even for someone like Hecarim, who follows a human/monster hybrid form, he still looks 100% more appealing than Urgot.

Why not just strictly keep Urgot's ugly trope stashed away as a traditional skin instead? Urgot currently sits in this corner as a "only played when OP" or "never played because always ugly" even when they finally find a happy strong balance for him.

Out of every single champion (I own all but 11, but played even them on free weeks), I have never wanted to ever touch Urgot. It never had to do with the power level or sense of balance he needs. He just is incredibly out of place and never will be an understandable trope.

CaptainWednesday1 votes

I wasn't directly referencing you wanting to let Urgot become a female, just in general about him retaining his maniless. Please do not patronize me. It was just miscommunication.

Urgot was brutally slaughtered during the war with Demacia. As such, he was reanimated using parts and scraps. Could he be less fat? Maybe. That being said, it's unfair to compare him to Hecarim. Hecarim is a centaur, an evil one at that. A creature of Greek mythology everyone knowns about. Urgot is a unique... thing.

All of Urgot's skins are gross, except Battlecast. If you find his theme unappealing, that's falls on you and not Riot to appeal to the masses. Urgot is a unique champion that has a very Frankenstein's Monster feel. He should keep this feeling throughout.

His kit on the other hand needs work.

Hexflashed1 votes

I think you're being a little too defensive yourself to call it patronizing, over a mis-communication. I was in no way attacking you or "patronizing". Now to be on topic...

Visual appearance and lore, you should know by now, aren't always a good indicator of the direction they can take him (see Trundle relaunch).

To reiterate from a similar response I received elsewhere:

"I think if they just removed the fat part of Urgot, I would enjoy him in visual design. There absolutely is no reason a Frankenstein-esque creation has to be fat from built parts. I mean take the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley as a straight example. Victor Frankenstein's monster was ugly and human, but in no way was he fat. He was strong, muscular, but terrifying to look at with all the stitches coming together to formulate a human being.

Singed looks in no way close to ugly as Urgot. He has his own trope IMO, being a scary and intimidating man in the face, but still aesthetically pleasing to look at throughout his mechanical body (though still needs a VU)."

Majority of people don't choose champions like Singed and Hecarim (opposed to Urgot) strictly for their lore alone. They choose them because their kits/appearance are unique/appealing (note I said appealing). Urgot has none of these good qualities in his current form.

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