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Pantheon Visual Update?

trapbird·1/24/2015, 11:03:20 PM·39 votes·32,357 views

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Right now i feel that needs a serious visual update, compared to every other champion in the game he looks blocky and gross. He's a insanely good champion and feel that his appearance is what drives many away from playing him. Personally i feel he should look something like this (see attached link/image) and he should be tall and lean. He should look like a force to be reckoned with, i mean hes a spartan for Christs sake. I think it would also be really cool if he had additional stuff like when his spear is on CD he pulls out a sword etc... Thanks! -Freakface99

P.S. I've also heard that Riot was thinking of giving him a face, don't. he looks way cooler with just the eyes and not seeing his face adds this concept of mystery to him that's pretty unique.

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108 Comments

RiotIronStylus1/25/2015, 10:06:29 AM26 votes

Yes. Yes he does.

Problem: How to make Spartan dude not Spartan dude but still make him sorta feel like Spartan dude.

Anyway, there's probably space in Targon to really make something of Panth. Right now Targon itself needs some fleshing out before that can be the case. Is Targon our celestial-grecco-roman-ish playground thing? Cool. We can't be JUST a ripoff of that though. We've gotta make our nods of the mythology we're tapping into but we've also gotta put it in a unique place.

I think we'll probably get to a VU when we flesh Targon out more. Hell, I'd adapt Leona to a more deep connection to Targon if we flesh the region out more. I think Diana falls more in line with what could inspire an aesthetic of Targon form language, but that inspiration would have to be reverse engineered onto Leona and Pantheon both I feel.

Either way, he's probably not going to get anything super soon. Good news though is that as we saw with Dragon Slayer Pantheon's successful execution as a skin, we can make a pretty cool new base from that potentially along the lines of Maokai and Alistar if we reach a consensus about where Panth fits in.

Embertine1/24/2015, 11:05:25 PM8 votes

Pantheon is based off of the ancient spartans, and thus is meant to look like them. What you have here is more of a gladiator type look. However I would like a model/texture update for him.

Derpy Mike1/25/2015, 12:17:03 AM5 votes

Forget his visuals, he needs a new voice over and a lore change. Pantheon is such a god damn terrible character. Like, I don't normally hate on a character for their personality but compared to the rest of the league he is absolute rubbish. He is literally a background character from 300 that got lost and stumbled into Runeterra.

"Hey so we're making this new champion. He's a spartan warrior. He like throws spears and blocks basic attacks and stuff." "Okay cool, cool. People like spartan warriors. So what's personality then?" "Uuh, his what?" "His personality. That thing that makes him a unique and interesting individual." "Oh ahhh, well he doesn't have one. We never got that far." "Okay, no problem. Just put in some time and effort to make one up." "Sorry boss, no can do. He's already been released."

The whole "mysterious faceless warrior" trope is so lame and overused. Pantheon has a lot of potential to be a really awesome character but instead he just comes off as an obnoxious and outdated reference to 300.

Besides, he doesn't have triangle feet. He is hardly in need of a visual update when compared to some other champs. COUGH Poppy Mordekaiser Urgot Taric Yorick Galio COUGH

FistOfSharkiesha1/25/2015, 4:35:53 AM3 votes

No. He is fucking sexy along with Graves and Braum.

trapbird1/25/2015, 3:15:12 AM2 votes

I would love a riot opinion/answer now that this is gaining some traction

Gunpoint1/25/2015, 7:43:33 PM2 votes

Riot needs to stop releasing HD skins for champions that don't already have HD classic skins. It's a super obvious money making scam. "I really like playing Udyr, but his model is the ugliest shit ever, I'm going to pay 35 dollars to get Spirit Guard Udyr so I don't have to play wondering which pixel I am."

Digielf9/9/2015, 5:22:15 PM2 votes

YES SHIELD ON LEFT HAND PLZ NOT RIGHT

Scorpoison1/24/2015, 11:45:45 PM2 votes

item 3070 Taric

MaIevoIent1/25/2015, 1:41:03 AM2 votes

No visual update, just by the dragon slayer skin. Same thing with Udyr, just by the ult skin.

AFK Push1/25/2015, 2:23:03 AM2 votes

Most likely OP you will get your wish within the next few patches. Now there are a decent amount of champs that desperately need a VU, possibly more than pantheon: like Mordekaiser Taric Poppy Malphite DrMundo Kassadin etc. However, supposedly the pickrate of the champ affects their position on the wait list. Pantheon is always decently picked, and is in need of a VU badly, so he will most likely get a VU before any on the ones I listed, besides Poppy .

Jeddy0171/25/2015, 2:40:15 AM1 votes

When you compare Dragonslayer to every other skin,even his base skin,he is very lacking in the looks department.Not as much as others,but he's pretty close. Personally,I would like a more original design for our Spartan inspired champ.