Star Guardian MF critique

ParvatiShallow·9/8/2017, 3:40:48 PM·1 votes·566 views

I mained MF since Season 2 and that is why I was looking forward to a quality skin but this one falls short for me thematically and for ability visuals. It doesn't do enough to exaggerate her identity. If you look at MF lore she is described as beautiful and dangerous. She has a rough past which shaped her into someone that uses her looks to seduce and then destroy to get what she want through sheer force. Closest term would be femme fatale. Mafia MF is probably one of her most satisfying skins because it hits the nail on the head for thematics. It doesn't even need any ability changes to feel good. The SG MF model tries to do this halfway with the ruffled hair in her model and makes it look unnatural. MF would look much better without that hair disaster in her model and splash because MF isn't a character that would keep her hair roughened especially in a skin that is about being 'pretty and light.'

What does need a lot more 'oomph' is her visuals on her abilities. Make her ult animation combine her guns into a machine gun and have the twins Boki and Baki help man the machine gun with MF and add more depth to the ult with sparklers coming off of the stars that are firing, kinda like Dragonwing Corki and Firecracker Jinx. Those are much more satisfying to watch in my opinion. Also the sound on her E (make it rain) is super weak and the animation is an afterthought, nothing special. Compared to her 975 skin Pool Party E with coconuts it looks underdone in the artistry and creativity department. Basically nothing in this skin makes me go 'woah, I totally want to destroy people with that ability!' It is all too pretty and light which is okay for a character model but for the abilities it goes against MF character. The ability visuals need to seem like they hurt more and you can accomplish that with better visuals and sounds on her abilities. I didn't buy this skin, it just looks too similar to arcade MF for my taste with all the 'soft colors and sounds.' I want more crisp, dangerous sounds and hard hitting abilities not weak ones. It could have been done. Just letting you know if you guys are making MF skins in the future, which face it I can see.

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Busty Demoness9/8/2017, 3:50:10 PM1 votes

I've enjoyed MF ever since her release and I think the skin is fine as-is.

For starters, lore-wise you need to drop. Skins are intended as parallel versions of the same champion and may or may not have the same incentives to use the tools their classic version would have. AKA, all we need to really keep is the major aspects of their personality. Miss Fortune still comes off as the confident sharpshooter who will not back down or hesitate to bitch slap someone who speaks to her the wrong way.

In regards to her visuals, I already love the Love Tap indicator, the shower of stars for her ultimate and how her sprites join in the animation, and even how the star particles for her shots leave her the shooting star (literally). I don't feel she needs anything added visually.

What I think they should improve upon is the sound of Love Tap being procced because it feels too quiet.