An ACTUAL Yeti Rider
We all know This champion is in dire need of a rework, so let's discuss this:
- WTF is this champion? Everything he does is way too goofy for a yeti, you see the walking animation?
- He has a passive that gets a free spell after landing 5 autos, yay.
- He has a nom that ONLY works on monsters?? Lame, even for a yeti.
- Blood Boil actually makes some sense... but it's support move that speeds up one ally and the yeti...
- We get a snowball... lots of snowballs...
- We get an ult... that just... you sit there and ... blow people up. wh-... wtf.
Ok, let's discuss what we need to change: **All of it. ** It's very outdated, does not feel like a Yeti Rider, just feels like a yeti that just noms monsters and throws random snowballs and "random" AOE bombs. So the real question is WHAT should be preserved? I can only think of 4 things that should be preserved:
- Blood Boil - because boiling blood helps yetis survive harsh winters
- Consume - Because a big bite should make a difference in a monsters life... and an enemy
- Nunu rides a frickin yeti - thus, the title, but also clarification on WHY he has earned that title
- Nunu has ice magic
Alright, now let's figure out how we're gonna start a full relaunch: First quesiton: What is a yeti? Slow, powerful, monstrous, cumbersome, and can deal with wintry weather due to their nature, and territorial.
- Thus, the new Innate - Blood Boil Whenever Willump reaches a certain HP%, he becomes angry and increases his attack speed by XX%, his movement speed by XX%, and Slow Resist by XX%. Nearby Enemy Champions feel this presence and have their attack speed and movement speed reduced by XX%. While Willump is Blood Boiled, Basic Attacks deal (percentage of max hp) as extra physical damage.
This does a lot: First it encourages players to build tanky, second it gives willump more reliable 1v1 potential, third it encourages willump to feel and play more territorial, making it easier, even as a new player to play him with less fear of getting invaded.
- Preserved Q - Consume Basically deals damage to Monsters, but updated to apply to Enemy Champions as well. I will leave it up to Riot to figure out where the balance lies, but I believe this ability should deal physical damage and some true damage to monsters.
Overall, Willump is a simple creature with 2 simple abilities, all of his attributes put together
Now we begin the second question: What is a yeti rider? One powerful enough to tame an angry, hungry beast. Nunu himself needs to feel like he has lived with the yeti, and knows that it's not a hungry yeti you should fear, it's an angry one. So Nunu has struggled to keep Willump fed, to keep being his friend, and has fought against him, and survived. Both of them are hunters, and survivors. Nunu is just in dire need of a personality check that fits him, so let's figure out what makes him a survivor:
As far as I can state, this is "SOLELY a community discussion" and his W and E will fit what Nunu performs in the fights, while Q and W fit Willump. But as it stands, I can only think of 2 things to preserve how Nunu has survived against AND with his yeti:
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W - Nunu's ability to survive Willump and/or hunt This is up to the community honestly, but Nunu had to protect himself, so what kind of tool or magic did he use defensively?
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E - Nunu's ability to fight Willump and/or hunt Same thing as before, but perhaps much more offensively. (Probably a similar ability to his current E)
Nunu is the character with a lot of exploration to fill, and I want the community to fill the void. Nunu is the one that uses his abilities to express skill in a champion, and so he should, but at the same time he should also maintain the simplistic kit, just modernized and thematic. But before we do that, let's discuss the last part of his kit:
- R - This is why they are friends forever: While I discourage reusing Absolute Zero, it is possible to take out parts of it and reuse it, but for an improved thematic on what a yeti rider does.
Final discussion: So I can easily pinpoint a successful relaunch of Willump the Yeti. I however need EXTRA assistance for Nunu, the Yeti Rider. Their is so much exploration we can do for him, but we can guarantee that he has ice magic, a hunter, and has survived living with a yeti. Please keep critiques related to this entire discussion and let's see if we can get a successful relaunch in the right direction for the future of this champion.
