@Riot Do You Need Help with the Yorick Rework?

Meep Man··5 votes·370 views

To quote a Rioter named Ququroon:

A lot of designers have attempted to touch him, only to be left as withering corpses.

To quote a Rioter named ZenontheStoic

"To be fair, he has one of the hardest fantasy to deliver on. "Raises army of the undead" sounds fun until you start thinking through what this can mean in a PVP game and you're left with disappointingly little. Trust me, we've tried MANY things. Some of our best and brightest designers have tried their hand at Yorick. Like Ququ says, he's in preprod. That's where we try to figure out if we have something that allows us to enter production. Don't want to talk about the things we're trying out at the moment because they may very well not work out at all, but it's the kit I have the highest hopes for. I'm saying this as a designer--as a player, I'm just not interested in Yorick's fantasy, and whatever we end up doing you can bet good money he'll remain a niche pick, but I'm hopeful with current direction he could become a good, fun niche pick."

It seems like you guys need some help on this one? Why not ask his playerbase for help? I mean, you guys are trying to please us right? Why not ask us what we want?

9 Comments

CppL5 votes

Cause they dont give shit what we want.They do what they want.

Cowgirl Ed3 votes

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Cause they dont give shit what we want.They do what they want.

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Meep Man2 votes

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this

And that saddens me that it is a common thought in the community. Not the fact that I agree or disagree with the thought, but the fact that it is a thought.

Cowgirl Ed1 votes

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And that saddens me that it is a common thought in the community. Not the fact that I agree or disagree with the thought, but the fact that it is a thought.

more like a fact

OverpoweredSoap1 votes

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Cause they dont give shit what we want.They do what they want.

You do realize that since everyone thinks this way that only makes it worse, right?

Kaeblen2 votes

I would LOVE to help on the Yorick rework (not much belief that I'll get that chance though).

When I look at yorick, I see such a ridiculously LARGE design space available. I'd love to talk with some of the people who've tried their hand at him in the past, just to see what kind of hangups there were.

Meep Man1 votes

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I would LOVE to help on the Yorick rework (not much belief that I'll get that chance though).

When I look at yorick, I see such a ridiculously LARGE design space available. I'd love to talk with some of the people who've tried their hand at him in the past, just to see what kind of hangups there were.

Same, I have posted several rework ideas here before but I doubt they were looked at despite Riot's frustration with the champion.

Kaeblen1 votes

Mind providing a few links, so I can take a look?

My favorites so far have been Juggernaut Yorick and Yorick [Reverse Zed Idea] .

IxtaliKing2 votes

Riot definitely should include the community more in their reworks. There's no point keeping everything a secret only to end up disappointing a large portion of a champs player base when the rework is revealed, like Morde and Cass. I think a little more transparency could solve a lot of problems.

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