Changing Arclight Vel'koz's passive indicator

Lyanol·Jan 20, 2015·13 votes·3,305 views

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Being a 1350 skin I think his passive indicator should also be changed, especially with the glorious ringing sound that accompanies getting all three proc's on a target.

As we see with Arclight Varus, the Arclight theme is tied heavily with being seraphic or on a higher plane of existence (floating city, bright light and halo-shaped structures).

So changing Arclight Vel'koz's passive to a halo ring would be a cool thematic change and I believe it would suit him well. I'm not very good at art but I made a concept of what i think his passive in this skin should look like.

10 Comments

SilvenJan 20, 20151 votes

I like it

Devack The HolyJan 20, 20151 votes

the only issue is, Riot might use the same excuse for keeping it the same as his default as they did with Braum, and look at how long it was for them to change their minds about it.

But personally, they need to change the passive indicators on the 1350 skins.

Grouchy PoroJan 20, 20151 votes

It's just a lot easier to keep it the same on Vel'koz though. The passive indicator is easy to read as the triangle for both the player and their opponents. If we make it a ring there's one problem with rings; the big gaping hole in the center that distracts attention.

JunkοJan 20, 20152 votes

Same for Braum and they still changed it

Grouchy PoroJan 20, 20151 votes

Braum is different because the general outline of the shape is the same. An animal or beast head segmented into four parts going from left to right.

What you guys want is Vel'koz to go from a pointed triangle that converges in the middle, to a hollow circle that winds around. These two are far more different and given how tentative Riot was about Braum they definitely won't be changing this. I'll eat my hat if they give him the hallow passive indicator.

SolaxoJan 20, 20152 votes

So we can't have nice things because people are dumb and can't read a simple graphic? Ok.

Grouchy PoroJan 21, 20151 votes

Yes. But to be honest that 'nice thing' is a kinda dumb looking stencil to be put in game (no offense to the drawer, I know it's more a visual representation than anything.)

LyanolJan 20, 20151 votes

The hollow ring may or may not be harder to see depending on how it is placed, but in all honesty Vel'koz passive isn't the same as Braum's. Both teams can see Braum's passive, so it is important to know how many stacks the target has on them and how quickly players can realize how many stacks someone has on them, but with Vel'koz only he and the target applied can see his passive proc's, no one else.

A decent Vel'koz player doesn't even need to see the proc's as he knows how many the target has (Q is 1 proc, W is 2(max), E is 1, and R is 6(max)) so the person who got hit is the one who needs to pay attention, and they should be anyway as they just got hit by a noticeable laser or aoe skill that specifically belongs to Vel'koz.

It doesn't necessarily need to be a hollow ring, but a ring of any design like a pie chart filling in, would also fit in with his theme, my main point was that as a 1350 skin his passive indicator should indeed be different.

Grouchy PoroJan 21, 20151 votes

If they keep the clarity with a pie chart like circle that maybe is a mix between a halo and sun disc I could see that working out. It would still demand attention which is the main thing it needs. The sectioning is what's most important though and why it was originally a triangle: the points of the triangle stand out and at a glance you can instantly tell what's going on.