The new Katarina splash feels like a step back

Abyssphere·Feb 12, 2015·26 votes·3,871 views

I don't like to complain about new stuff because a lot of the time it's just "I hate change" but there's a new Kat splash on the PBE and I really have to say I dislike it.

I know her current splash has a very basic/unrelated backround but Kat herself looks really good in it and it looks especially great on the loading screen. The new splash...? The backround is cool, the Shunpo effect is cool, but I really dislike how Kat herself looks. The prettiness is gone and... somehow she looks void of personality. For some reason it even feels like a splash from a few years back.

Just registering my opinion.

38 Comments

SukishooFeb 12, 20157 votes

"prettiness "? "cute"? all these things I keep reading in these threads doesn't sound like Katarina at all. She's a deadly assassin. She's not meant to be cutesy and nice when she's jumping down your throat.

ModKnightsKemplarFeb 12, 20153 votes

I totally agree with this. She looks more like she's trying to kill you, instead of trying to seduce you. Maybe having all the female champions look like strippers was a good tactic in the game's infancy to get people to start playing, but it's maturing now. That's a good thing.

AbyssphereFeb 12, 20156 votes

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"prettiness "? "cute"? all these things I keep reading in these threads doesn't sound like Katarina at all. She's a deadly assassin. She's not meant to be cutesy and nice when she's jumping down your throat.

I don't think Kat was pretty or cute. I think she just had sex appeal. As has been said her old splash was a bit more generic but an attractive woman holding knives and looking very much relaxed while doing so just works. Katarina has always been about confidence in her own abilities, to the point where she doesn't consider using them a challenge ("Too easy", "Next time, run" etc), and attractiveness adds to the "fantasy" just because of the femme fatale concept.

In the new splash she looks like she's trying, and she also doesn't look like she's enjoying herself. It's a strange complaint to say "Katarina is exerting too much effort in her splash!" but as said, Kat has always been about utter confidence in assassinating people effortlessly and this doesn't show it. In fact, I'm not sure what it does show. I can't see what she's thinking in this splash (this was also a problem in the old splash but that was like she was posing whereas this is her looking directly at us in the battle field, you'd think she'd have some readable thought or emotion).

I don't know. Kat's attractiveness has never been core to her, admittedly, and I hate to sound like a pervert or something because I really don't care about it from an "I WANT EYE CANDY DAMNIT" point of view, but I think there's something to be said for her being a femme fatale.

And on a much simpler note, her hair feels way too vibrant. I prefer the more muted tone in her old splash, High Command Kat etc. If being attractive doesn't suit Kat then neither does bubblegum pink hair.

Sol KattiFeb 12, 20155 votes

This one is good http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140802092827/leagueoflegends/images/5/57/Katarina_New_Dawn_concept_1.jpg and i hope they work on this

SinlaireFeb 12, 20152 votes

oh look. she went from having a rough and Roguish charm in A New Dawn to having a Rough... and Roguish charm... in her new splash. wait. Am i the only one here missing the fact that she was never really pretty to begin with? Her face is pleasing but she's no show stopper and never was. i mean i think Ahri Caitlyn MissFortune Sona and even outclasses her in my opinion.

She's warrior and an assassin who's never really needed anything other than battle. don't pretend she's supposed to be a beauty queen. She is what she is fellas. I mean her High Command face is plain, her Merc is meh, sandstorm is even worse, Bilgwater is tough but not pretty, and current splash still meh. the only upgrade is her new warring kingdoms skin and she's still kinda just a pretty tomboy.

Captain AishiFeb 12, 20155 votes

bilgewater kat is the sexiest skin in the game, you heretic!

Only Play DariusFeb 12, 20151 votes

DeathToHereticsFeb 13, 20153 votes

Excuse me? Did somebody say heretic?

SinlaireFeb 13, 20151 votes

If it makes you feel better her Bilgwater skin is the only one I own because i liked it better than the rest, even if I will be buying her WK skin here in a few days.

Captain AishiFeb 13, 20151 votes

the only thing I hate about WK kat is the splash art, i got her yesterday and everything in-game is pretty sweet... and her autoattack animation (probably due to the new patch) makes last hitting under turret so much easier

Purple HeartFeb 13, 20152 votes

Back then I thought High Command Katarina was her best skin. Then I realized its pretty much the same as classic except she has a longer coat with more spikes and short swords instead of daggers.

Jungle Lux GodFeb 12, 20155 votes

The new Katarina splash doesn't feel like a step back.

It IS a step back.

Seriously, Katarina needs a change to her PBE splash more than any other champ that got a new splash.

OraenosFeb 13, 20151 votes

She's on the same level as Lee Sin.

Jungle Lux GodFeb 13, 20152 votes

Implying Lee Sin needed a splash change.

The splash Lee got was actually pretty good in my opinion.

OraenosFeb 13, 20151 votes

You're missing the point. Lee's splash is good, just like the new Kata's, the issue is their face. While Kata has a minor issue with her legs too, Lee still smells bullsh*t. They do not look like their old self (splashes).

Jungle Lux GodFeb 14, 20151 votes

I don't think there is an issue with Lee Sin's face. It looks like Lee Sin, just like the old splash looked like Lee Sin.

MrBuffingtonFeb 12, 20154 votes

She looks like she has more of a personality to me, compared to her live splash. Live splash just looks like some cutesy girl with daggers, the PBE one looks like an assassin. I can understand some of the complaints people have, but maybe I'm just more lenient since this just seems like a hyper-stylized image, much like the Ezreal splash (I wouldn't be surprised if they were done by the same artist). The biggest thing for me though is that her face is still instantly recognizable as Katarina, especially comparing to how a lot of other splashes came out (Ahri's still looks nothing like I think she would look like). I can understand some complaints especially since the Warring Kingdoms Katarina came out at a similar time and looks more like Kat than this splash (similar to how Challenger Ahri came out around the same time as her updated splash and is more like Ahri than her live base splash).

The amount of vitriol people are throwing around about this is unreal though. Just another day in the LoL community I guess

Ravenous KatFeb 12, 20154 votes

Totally agree with you. Sadly tho, I think they will not change it too much. Look Ahri's splash for example, they only made some little tweaks on her face. This one needs to be redone.

KeevalroyFeb 12, 20151 votes

Ahri's needs redone as well, not giving touch-ups and calling it a day.

Ravenous KatFeb 13, 20151 votes

True. Unfortunately I don't think they will change it again.

GaleWinUnleashedFeb 13, 20151 votes

Made some little tweaks to her face? You mean caked it with make-up, which a lady that was once a fox should never have learned about in the first place?

ZeraphymFeb 16, 20151 votes

If you take a look at the comparisons available, they added crucial features to Ahri, they did not cake her with makeup.

She looks Korean. We all know she is based of off the Kumiho and as such its appropriate that she looks Asian, plus she looked Asian in her last splash, why white wash her?
The First edition of the new splash did not have her 'whiskers' or marks on her face, also crucial.

OraenosFeb 13, 20153 votes

"For some reason it even feels like a splash from a few years back" a bit harsh. It doesn't look even close to the old art styles.

Let's address the **real **problem:

Her face
Her right leg is oddly shaped but not really a big issue
HER FACE! Identity is all about the face. If it is different, you lose 90%. This one is - sorry to say it bluntly - ugly. The new one is longer and thinner while her normal head is rounder and smaller.

Don't neglect this like Lee Sin. Wukong's head looked artistically better before the facelift, all he needed was darker fur. Kata needs a new head or heavy modification, colors used are great.

Try making it look like the Katarina from the trailer atleast. Better is always...better :D

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BXfYCP69iu8/U868BEAHG_I/AAAAAAAABDg/pkDkPGX1B9k/s1600/katar.jpg

Again, all she needs is a facelift and a good one will make the splash 90% tastier. I'll ask my gf tomorrow to do one if she can.

GaleWinUnleashedFeb 13, 20151 votes

Hair color in the new splash is emphasized a bit too much. Looks like bubblegum now. The horse face is the big problem, though.

skyfall619Feb 13, 20152 votes

this splash looks ugh. kat is a female assassin. females assassins tend to be very pretty to aid in their kill attempts. she looks like a dirty whore now

The5lackerFeb 13, 20152 votes

Whoever the artist is that's obsessed with "action poses" needs his hand slapped away from the tablet.

lolipopevelynnFeb 13, 20152 votes

look at warring kingdoms kat and then try to look at the kat on PBE without laughing or cracking a smile.

she looks goofy looking. like who the hell approved that when they made warring kingdoms kat look so good?

kreznotFeb 14, 20152 votes

Looks like a drug addicts. Rly disgusting

BlainezyFeb 12, 20151 votes

I kind of like it but the face looks a lot like the warring kingdoms splash already does.

BeatzBoyFTWFeb 13, 20151 votes

Well if they smoothen her grandma face , she would look great in her new splash art.

red panda zFeb 13, 20151 votes

I don't really think this new splash's face is a bad face at all. The only problem I have is it just isn't Katarina. If it were a new champion I'd say it was fine, but it looks like they changed the actual bone structure of her face that we see in all of her current skins. I think that's an easy fix, and they'll likely do tweaking before its official release. If they change her to have a smaller and rounder face I think the splash will look great.

MephistophilisFeb 13, 20151 votes

her right leg is broken, also in this splash she seems more Vi than kata

TheDeviceFeb 13, 20151 votes

All just because her breasts are not as in your face as her old splash. Thats all it is. Why can't you all just be honest and say that you wish her splash art (keeping in mind, a fake portrait of a fake character) was of her breasts hanging out, wearing hooker boots, playing in the bath with only bubbles covering the rest of her body... oh and a couple of knives whatever.

Lol. Man if you hate the maturity of her recent plash then just mod in your own splash art of her half naked.

All the comments are utter BS. "oh her face is longer", "oh her body perspective is too much", "oh uhhhh, she uhhhh, doesnt look right". Just say her boobs are not as pronounced in the new splash as the older one. Man-up. Don't cover up the truth like some.... teenager... wait... lol.

Anyways. I think the new splash looks awesome. Major props to the artist for keeping with the times and adding more intense perspective. It's not easy to do that kind of work. All the kids who just feel like their fictional girlfriend just got a boob reduction will have to either suck it up or do what i said and mod in their own skankier version.

AbyssphereFeb 14, 20151 votes

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All just because her breasts are not as in your face as her old splash. Thats all it is. Why can't you all just be honest and say that you wish her splash art (keeping in mind, a fake portrait of a fake character) was of her breasts hanging out, wearing hooker boots, playing in the bath with only bubbles covering the rest of her body... oh and a couple of knives whatever.

Lol. Man if you hate the maturity of her recent plash then just mod in your own splash art of her half naked.

All the comments are utter BS. "oh her face is longer", "oh her body perspective is too much", "oh uhhhh, she uhhhh, doesnt look right". Just say her boobs are not as pronounced in the new splash as the older one. Man-up. Don't cover up the truth like some.... teenager... wait... lol.

Anyways. I think the new splash looks awesome. Major props to the artist for keeping with the times and adding more intense perspective. It's not easy to do that kind of work. All the kids who just feel like their fictional girlfriend just got a boob reduction will have to either suck it up or do what i said and mod in their own skankier version.

I would suggest you try taking words people use at face value. Pretty sure I don't care about her boobs considering I never mentioned them and I am also gay. But you probably won't believe the latter either.

GaleWinUnleashedFeb 13, 20151 votes

Say "Nay!" to Horse-face!