Quick Gameplay Thoughts: October 20
Morning folks,
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Zac stuff in testing
We're trying out some Zac changes at the moment. Goal of those is to make his Q a less powerful spell, through lower reliability in particular, and then buff him in other ways. Possible changes look like Q having less range and a shorter less break distance, but in exchange Q CD starting on first cast, rather than Q2 or expiration, plus a bit more damage on W. Overall goal would be a slight buff.
Looking at AP junglers a bit
We're going to take a look at a couple of AP champs from a jungle perspective, see if we can give them a bit of help. Not sure on timing, given there's some more critical work (runes stuff mainly) that's demanding a lot of work right now, hoping to do some explorations during the next few patches though. That might mean work on AP champs who already jungle, or at least used to in the past, could also mean work on AP champs with play patterns that would be fine in the jungle who just haven't been good enough at clearing historically to do so (e.g. someone like Morg might be a good candidate, Annie given her high reliability when ganking probably not).
Eve Homeguard Anim
No promises, but we're looking at potential ways to include the previous Eve Homeguard animation (link below to a video) as a hidden easter egg somehow. It's not the right fit for her primary Homeguard anim, might be able to get it in in some way though.
Adjusting some skin portraits
A while back we added distinct portraits to the player's UI based off which skin they had selected. One common piece of feedback on those though was that many of them felt too zoomed in, which looked unnatural or just confusing. We've got a round of revisions to those coming as a result, with around half the portraits adjusted so they're noticeably more zoomed out.
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/6.24.1/img/champion/Ziggs.png
homeguard animation like 
old walking animation?
When she uses e.g. her taunt, the animation she does when she has homeguards activated changes.
maybe 
Needs a buff or something else to it.
We need more magic pen options.
Needs buffs or something because no one uses it.
Hardly any defensive items for AP mages.
Itemization for on-hit/AP assassins is terrible. They really need help.
Might need a slight buff now because of all the movement speed mechanics and other factors in the game that make it that much harder to catch players now.
