Ao Shin coming?

Darlantan12·3/11/2015, 5:43:58 PM·7 votes·830 views

Can you tell us more about this project? It was abandoned or maybe you have some new ideas and work can be resumed? I think that many people are still waiting for the dragon. I would be grateful if you give us a clue. not only I ...others too item 3070

5 Comments

Alric Nightshade3/11/2015, 6:15:50 PM1 votes

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TLDR: Ao Shin someday, won't be soon.

Slightly longer version: We spent a bunch of time working on Ao Shin but ultimately concluded he wasn't hitting the mark so put him on hold for a while in order to figure some things out. We still think his concept's really cool, as is some of the stuff we were trying with him, so do intend to make him someday. Don't expect to see him anytime soon though, we'd rather be slow, but do a better job of delivering on his potential, than quick. That's a process some other champs have also gone through (Lee Sin, Elise and Azir for example), where it took a few different takes to hit on what we felt was the right one (Lee Sin originally as Blind Monk way back pre launch, Elise originally as Priscilla the Spider Queen, Azir originally as Seth the sand mage), ultimately yielding better champs in the long run we feel.

They didn't scrap him thankfully Just pushed him back :)

Robert Smith3/11/2015, 6:17:43 PM1 votes

Last I heard they had difficult with his animation. He moves like a snake and they had difficulty on where it would hit him and how it affects him or something like that.

PS why down vote him when he has a simple question?

MrPerson103/11/2015, 6:20:25 PM1 votes

Project was pushed back due mainly to difficulties with animations, last I heard.