Wasn't Zyra a part of the mid-year Mage update?

Scarborough Fair·Mar 13, 2016·32 votes·11,608 views

Where is her post on the Dev Corner??

60 Comments

RiotReav3Mar 13, 201637 votes

SOONtm

RocketRelmMar 13, 201613 votes

*Soon™

BetaDude40Mar 13, 201612 votes

$®©и™©®

That is how you properly write it

Unstoppable MonkMar 14, 20161 votes

Only if the $o0n™ is in beta, master Beta.

PeachsPropertyMar 14, 20162 votes

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SOONtm

is this RIOT soontm or Blizzard soon tm?

if its the latter we are all doomed :|

kile147Mar 14, 20162 votes

Or Valve confirming the 3rd game in a series Soon

PROJECT FizzMar 14, 20161 votes

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Or Valve confirming the 3rd game in a series Soontm

FTFY

Mofl IIIMar 14, 20161 votes

Clubs were Soon™ (and later confirmed to be delayed) in the beginning of 2010. Riot's Soon can already be 6 years.

Solari FortuneMar 14, 20162 votes

Please let her keep the plants. and Make them do something actually also, better passive please

P.S. Let her be a mid laner still

Spooky ZombieMar 14, 20161 votes

Im 98% sure they are keeping her in mid lane.

Ashen RiderMar 14, 20161 votes

Mid-year Mage Update = Mid Laner Mage Update Confirmed.

NotAnADCMar 15, 20161 votes

Literally been refreshing the boards for days waiting to see if my favorite champion is going to be gutted XD

Duke AnaxMar 13, 20163 votes

The different champs need different amount of work and some peopel are involved with several champs. Repertoir for exampkle has only done stuff on malzahar sofar, but nothing public on Cassiopeia.

Skia AsteriMar 13, 20167 votes

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but nothing public on Cassiopeia.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/n7lt68uM-mid-year-mage-updates-cassiopeia-direction

Duke AnaxMar 13, 20161 votes

Ok, how did I miss that? 0o

sp441Mar 13, 20162 votes

cuz u r a dumb

LOL SpammerMar 13, 20165 votes

Define "a dumb"

Streetlight ManMar 13, 20162 votes

While not a true noun, his point is rather straight forward

sp441Mar 14, 20161 votes

a person who isn't smart, duh.

LittleBlastMar 14, 20162 votes

A person who isn't a smart, duh.

Ftfy

sp441Mar 14, 20161 votes

thx smart frend

Succubús GFMar 13, 20161 votes

WHAT what is he doing with malz ;-----;

Duke AnaxMar 13, 20162 votes

If i remeber right, mostly making sure that AP Malz actually cares about his voidlings somewhat, While Keeping AD Malz a voidling focussed option.

Bodkins OddsMar 13, 20161 votes

Which sounds awesome.

MokkunMar 14, 20163 votes

Please don't mess her up too badly.

I mostly like my main the way she is. Most of what I want are bug fixes and a new passive.

MisterHealYoGirlMar 13, 20162 votes

It's just not up yet. It'll be there eventually.

ChortleMar 14, 20162 votes

*cries*

Zyra mains have had to wait each week hoping our champ would be the next to be posted in the Dev Corner...

Now it's taking significantly longer than any other Dev update (between the previous mage) to be posted

I'm actually starting to have this internalized hatred for Vladimir from seeing his name instead of Zyra every time I check Dev Corner.

item 3070 Zyra

ElewdMar 14, 20161 votes

Its true! i've been checking like every day in the hopes for the thread and its like "vladamir" after like 1 day for brand.

ChortleMar 14, 20161 votes

I know!!

We must stay strong, fam!

ElewdMar 14, 20161 votes

i just hope that "leaked" zyra kit that was on reddit like 2 weeks ago isn't legit, i dont want her to turn int oa jungler ;;

ChortleMar 14, 20161 votes

I'm a jungle Zyra main these days but I would definitely have to agree with you.

One of the best things about Zyra is how flexible a pick she is!

That leak was so overloaded though haha. They gave her a healing plant.

The Zyra I know kills things, not heals them.

ElewdMar 14, 20161 votes

seeing people say "shes a plant so she should heal" bothered me so much, shes a predator not a healer. unless she healed from her plants killing things because that'd make sense.

ChortleMar 14, 20161 votes

Siphoning life through carnivorous plants would make sense thematically imo.

An aoe healing lotus flower... no that's just not Zyra at all haha

MokkunMar 14, 20161 votes

{quoted}

I'm a jungle Zyra main these days but I would definitely have to agree with you.

One of the best things about Zyra is how flexible a pick she is!

That leak was so overloaded though haha. They gave her a healing plant.

The Zyra I know kills things, not heals them.

I don't mind if YOU want to play jungle Zyra.

But I will be inordinately upset if they turn her into a jungler. (I can just see them going, "plants belong in the jungle guys!") She's not designed as a jungler. She's never been designed as a jungler, and her playerbase doesn't use her to jungle as a rule.

ChortleMar 14, 20161 votes

That's exactly what I stated above

She's unique in that she can fulfill multiple roles. If they decide to change that, they are changing one of the many things Zyra mains love about her.

RiotReav3Mar 14, 20166 votes

Should be this week, so you shouldn't have to wait too much longer. Most likely earlier in the week then later.

Zyra was the last mage we began work on, which is why her dev blog is coming later.

McAnnexMar 14, 20161 votes

Last... but hopefully not least. :) Zyra is fragile, please handle with care!

ChortleMar 14, 20162 votes

Thanks for the update Reav3!

[zombie-nunu-hearts]

DramosMar 14, 20161 votes

Wait... There is an order?

Will these updates come from time to time, starting with Brand, followed by Vel'Koz etc.? Or will you release all Mage Updates at the same time, comparable with the Marksmen Update?

RiotReav3Mar 14, 20162 votes

They will all be released at the same time. Some of the designers worked on 2 champions though, as there are 4 designers in total on the roster project. RR and 20thCentrutyFaux both worked on 2 of the Mage projects, which is why the Cass and Zyra posts came later. Vlad came later because Vlad took us a bit longer to figure out what we wanted to do with him as he will probably be the largest update of the 6, at least from at art/animation scope perspective.

Penta AceMar 14, 20161 votes

When you say art/animation are you referring to just abilities/ icons? Or are some of the mages getting a bit more?

RiotReav3Mar 14, 20164 votes

Just abilities and icons. I was actually referring to specifically abilities in that comment. Vlad will likely have 2 abilities changed rather then 1. We don't feel we can sell the "blood lord" fantasy and solve his game health issues in one ability.

Thorns RisingMar 15, 20162 votes

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PoluactMar 15, 20161 votes

Sheesh! Why was you so straightforward? You scared him off!

ElewdMar 15, 20161 votes

so with the way you are wording this, it sounds as if half of them are almost ready for QA testing. and the other half are in early development testing

ElewdMar 17, 20161 votes

i thought early in the week was monday/tuesday ;;

VekknaMar 14, 20161 votes

Y'know...I was really excited initially about Zyra getting some work. Preseason and a lot of recent balancing changes really killed that excitement. Frankly, I just don't trust them with mages. Riot is obviously ok with mages being shit for years on end, but they're also ok with shipping totally broken OP cancer and looking the other way.

I really don't want either of those things to happen, but I especially worry they'll fuck her up and then pull a CassioSona. Remember the "massive buff" from the plant AI changes that did nothing to fix broken plant targeting priorities? And the reverted .5 second knockup duration on her ulti that was just too powerful? Clueless comments about her winrate in a vacuum. item 3151 and item 3020 aren't even listed as recommended items. Riot totally lacks any understanding of Zyra, her players, or how she functions in any given meta.

On the bright side, Riot has managed to give themselves lots of room to succeed with my expectations being as low as they are. Just think about all the most recent reworks: Mordekaiser Graves Shen Teemo Corki Garen KogMaw Gangplank Lucian Poppy Darius Skarner MissFortune . Does anyone really want Zyra to be pick/ban cancer, inherently unbalancable, objectively bad, or totally unrecognizable? If not, why do you think that's not going to happen?

Literally the only rework I can even think of that gave me a champ I liked better than the original was Ashe

JaéjiMar 15, 20161 votes

I saw something about a diver's update? I think a example of that was Aatrox...Think we can set for a more aggresive Kayle? With more use of her wings? Just a thought.