Renekton should get more animation clarity

Noxian Pride··1 votes·254 views

So first, take a look at this clip. Take note of Renekton's auto at around 4-5 seconds. (sound changed to random music to remove bad sound file) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSYwlk4NHWc

Now go here http://www.lolking.net/models?champion=58&skin=0

Compare "attack1 60fps" and "spell 2". For clarity, these are one of his base auto attacks, and his non-fury'd stun.

Recently, a couple caster friends of mine found this clip very confusing, because the similarity between these animations had them thinking he used his stun when he did not. They also had a master-tier Renekton main friend of theirs look at it and he was equally confused. Presumably, it also confused the Fiora in question, because there was absolutely no reason for her to go in if she knew her riposte wouldn't stun him.

It's not really a 'major' necessary change, but I feel it would be good for clarity's sake if one of the two animations was changed to be more different from each other, because as it stands they're quite similar and easy to mix up in the heat of the moment.

2 Comments

MunchCrunchLunch2 votes

renekton has always had messy animations. the Q animation is notorious. sometimes it does damage after it hits. sometimes it does damage before the animation hits you. its just wonky as hell. his E has delayed damage for some reason. its all weird really. his W now does damage in 2-3 parts instead of once like it used too

a big strength to renekton is how unclear his damage is and its pretty annoying really.

Noxian Pride1 votes

Like legit, the thing I posted confused not only two casters, but a freaking dedicated main who plays at master level, because they all thought what the Fiora riposted was his stun. The champion shouldn't be so messy that despite how simple his kit is, even his freaking mains don't have a grasp on it. Like I really feel like Riot needs to address this in some way.

I'd actually argue Renekton needs a true "visual" rework. Minimal under-the-hood changes aside from cleanup to match the animation, but mostly just an animation overhaul, kinda like how Jax got his autos cleaned up a ton recently, but with the majority of Renekton's kit.

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