A slight modification to the new SR super minions.

Aeces·Aug 17, 2014·3 votes·2,386 views

I finally explored the entire new SR and I loved it! I just didn't like 2 things:

The super minions dont look as menacing as the old ones and they're practically clones.
The old Wraith camp looks better than Razorbeaks(I especially dont like their color combinations).

I played a little with both and came up with this:

http://i61.tinypic.com/28uiasi.jpg

Razorbeaks recolored http://i61.tinypic.com/1zexe76.jpg

The super minions aren't that bad but the Razorbeaks need a recolor badly imo!

PS: I have no idea if this is in the right section >_<

6 Comments

OTH RadarAug 17, 20146 votes

I like the razorbeak recolor, but I cannot stop laughing at the little axes in the huge hands of that super minion.

Pyrobob4Aug 18, 20142 votes

Super minions basically are clones of each other. They need to visually convey the fact that they have the same stats, so that the players react to them in the same (proper) way. In your version, it appears that the blue supers are more defensive and tanky, compared to the red supers who look like they wont be tanky at all and probably deal a ton of damage.

Edit: Just noticed we aren't on the PBE forums. Also, the new rift isn't even available on the PBE, right now. How exactly did you explore it?

AecesAug 19, 20141 votes

I guess... I just compared regular minions and bases, you can see a decent difference so I was a bit surprised about the supers.

Will there be a difference when they bring back the new SR to PBE? I just saw the new stuff on youtube :)

Pyrobob4Aug 19, 20141 votes

I suppose the differences are more pronounced on other minion types, but I think the supers are different enough. I mean, actually, everything about them is different, technically. The weapon shape, the shield size/shape, the shoulder armor, the chest plate, even the feet are a bit different, and of course the minion pilots are the respective sides model.

The updated rift usually only goes off PBE so they can put the current patch through to the live servers without sending the SRU as well. They are constantly changing things, but at this stage its mostly really minor stuff, or fixing bugs. Just polishing the map so its up to standard, not making large changes to the appearance or feel.

YouLostMeAug 23, 20142 votes

I like the razorbeaks, but chances are the clashing colors (bright/dark next to each other) would go against Riot's goal of keeping the updated jungle in the background.

The ZanyAug 18, 20141 votes

Thematically, your designs for the super minions would not fit the SR update. Super minions are just clones as someone had commented and they would look better as they are right now.

As for the Razorbeak recolor, your colors make the camp look bland, the old colors look perfectly fine to me.