For a champion with a splash art that doesn't make you feel like it's from Leagues early days

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Because that's what they wore?

They really need to bring him into the 21st century. I'd say some Adidas would do the trick.

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Pantheon - Panty-On - Panty-OFF

RUTHLESS

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He needs a full VGU not just a VU.

He and Tryndamere are toxic designs. I wouldn't mind them putting Jax up there while they're at it.

Can agree on the tryndamere and pantheon, but Jax might be a while before he gets a VGU. His kit isn't as outdated as the other two, though still could use some work.

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That's a decagon, not an octagon.

An octagon would've been fun, though, just for the opportunity to do a Traffic Cop Pantheon skin with a stop sign for a shield and a flashlight with a traffic wand attachment for a spear.

Yeah i know it's not, I just couldn't find the word for it (English isn't my first language).

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That's a decagon, not an octagon.

An octagon would've been fun, though, just for the opportunity to do a Traffic Cop Pantheon skin with a stop sign for a shield and a flashlight with a traffic wand attachment for a spear.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/leaguesales/images/imgs/000/001/331/original/slayer-pantheon-02.jpg?1467068858 It isnt quite a stop sign, but it gets the point across

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An octagon would've been fun, though, just for the opportunity to do a Traffic Cop Pantheon skin with a stop sign for a shield and a flashlight with a traffic wand attachment for a spear.

Nothing says they can't still do this. Just make it into an octagon for the skin. [slayer-jinx-wink]

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iirc, Panth is a tier 1 candidate for a VGU. When they get around to updating him they'll fix his model.

OC: Panth is a tier 1 candidate for a VGU Udyr: Get in line, Spartan.

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Pantheon is one of the fairest and most well designed lane bully in the game. Just look at Jayce, GP or Gnar for the classic lanebully that scales into a teamfight monster (or pokes you for 65% of your health from 1300 range), even Renekton with new Shojin is still useful in the later stages; If the game goes past 20min or you don't win lane as Pantheon your team is not going to enjoy having you on the team.

People asking for a Gameplay update for him because his Q is point and click are insane.

I thought I clearly stated that I wanted him to get a visual update, because currently his in game look looks like shit, NOT a gameplay update. I'm not asking for Riot to touch any mechanical part of his kit as an update.

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To answer your question about why the shield doesn't match the splash art I'll have to explain basic 3D modelling as best as I can (I'm not a pro in the sphere myself).

3D models are created using the so-called "polygons". Each of these is made up of a dynamic number of triangles, called "faces". The most basic shapes are created using just two faces for each polygon, but the more complex the shape is (such as Pantheon's shield) the higher number of faces and polygons you'll need to construct it. If you want to make the shape as smooth as possible, then you gonna need a very high polygon count and, obviously, the higher the polygon count - the more GPU (graphics card) and CPU power you'll need to use that model in-game.

How does that tie into Pantheon's shield? Older computers were slower and had a much lower "render complexity ceiling" (I'm putting this term into quotes because I'm not sure it exists among graphic designers and ITs, I just made it on the fly) than today's computers. Therefore, to let your game run smoothly on the vast majority of PCs you'd need to use models that are as low-poly (-poly being an abbreviation for polygons) as possible and as little/least detailed visual effects as you can without making it look absolutely ugly. It's basically achieving the perfect balance between quality and quantity.

It's also the reason why in the Awaken cinematic each character's model (especially Draven's because of his beard and the fur on his outfit) probably has a polygon count literally in the seven digit numbers, i.e. 1 000 000+ polygons, in order for them to look so incredibly detailed. The in-game graphics could all be brought to that level, but not only is this probably going to take years to achieve, how many players do you think possess gaming PCs capable of rendering this level of details in real time at even 30 FPS, let alone 60 or more?

I'm not asking for him to look completely like his splash art (since we all know that Riot still doesn't do it very accurately but they're improving), but, I'm pretty sure they have the technology to re-do his model today.