amumu update

FrostAngel·Feb 28, 2018·134 votes·9,299 views

[RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017] Character Art - Amumu Visual Update!

this guys amummu looks so good and i really want it in the game what do you say? [katarina-love]

65 Comments

CrazyBigfoot28Feb 28, 201816 votes

looks so cool i never knew amummu was a yordle though

TwitchInMyPantsFeb 28, 201829 votes

{quoted}

looks so cool i never knew amummu was a yordle though

Riot can't decide what he is

He was a baby phaaroh then they decided he's a yordle and now the lore is "No one knows what he is" so you can interpret it as you want

Like honestly yordles are a pretty League unique thing and you can get a variety of flavors for them so a zombie yordle that wants friends would be a more interesting approach than just a lonely kid

Blue Moon WolfFeb 28, 20188 votes

also kind of fits the yordle thing about how they need companionship or they go insane.

Leaf on BushFeb 28, 20183 votes

He is like hanky the christmas poo, just a bit thicker and wrapped in green toilet paper.

Once you understand that, you also know why he has no friends and is depressed all the time.

Chembaron YamadaFeb 28, 201816 votes

Additionally: Yordles often represent their faction some way.

Poppy as the true hero of Demacia. Kled as the conqueror who just cares for winning fights. Ziggs as the mad scientist. Heimerdinger as the highly responsible scientist.

And so on.

Amumu could reflect Shurima in a great way. It was once a great empire, which now lies in ruin. The cursed mummy, destroying everything in its grasp, is kinda fitting here. And he still has hope for the future, looking for friends. Shurima is trying to rise again.

AbramagicianMar 1, 20182 votes

dont forget veigar, who actually went crazy, basically an anti yordle, also teemo as a leader.

Darkin HybridFeb 28, 201815 votes

I actually really love that. It kept most of his biggest parts of his personality the same, and this poor guy deserves a Visual update for a long time now.

QuinnamonBunFeb 28, 20187 votes

I like the design he went for, but honestly it doesnt look like a mummy. It looks more similar to something like malzahar wears, so rather than him being a walking corpse he just looks like a yordle wearing some bandages.

SageaceFeb 28, 20186 votes

I cannot 100% agree with how you designed him, but I like the direction you are heading for him.

Too cute, should look more creepy and cursed. Like the change to make him look more like a yordle, dislike how you made him less a mummy though. LOVE the ability designs though, looks epic and has potential.

GrReaper96Feb 28, 20183 votes

To be honest his current design doesnt really fel mummy-ish either

SageaceMar 1, 20181 votes

Too be honest, his current design looks more mummy-ish than the OP.

Nanuk PihoqahiakFeb 28, 20185 votes

Get this upvoted and shared across all social media.

DisneylordFeb 28, 20185 votes

a lot better than the current amumu

CorvidFeb 28, 20184 votes

This looks absolutely incredible

Agent CorgiFeb 28, 20184 votes

"I thought you'd never pick me.." Amumu Pretty sure EVERYONE would pick this lil guy to be on their team.

LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS

AIIanFeb 28, 20183 votes

Alright boys, that's it. If Riot doesn't stop everything they're doing right now to implement this ASAP, I'll have to learn how to mod LoL with custom skins. 11/10, would instantly become an Amumu main. This is outstanding.

WubbaLubbaDubDabFeb 28, 20183 votes

ive seen this one,its rl cool but i dont like that he's a yordle amumu isnt a yordle but a child

CasterGilgameshFeb 28, 20183 votes

wait but its not even clear what he is from both old lore and new

WubbaLubbaDubDabFeb 28, 20181 votes

Still I prefer him to be a child cuz we already have quite some yordles :)

CasterGilgameshFeb 28, 20182 votes

i would like to have a yordle from at least every faction besides maybe void and shadow isles though ive always just went with amumu being a yordle the whole time but i guess different strokes for different folks

TerozuMar 1, 20182 votes

I like him as a child cause we have no boy child mages.

Sexy Jack RabbitMar 1, 20181 votes

Zoe Annie ...

TerozuMar 1, 20183 votes

Key word being 'boy.'

Chembaron YamadaMar 1, 20181 votes

Nunu

TerozuMar 1, 20182 votes

Nunu isnt magical. Wullump is.

grarrrgFeb 28, 20184 votes

What the other dude said. Current lore is "maybe a child, or maybe a yordle, or maybe something ancient, or maybe..."

Jack GarrusFeb 28, 20182 votes

Omg it's sooooo cute!!! As a Amu hater I would totally love it if that redesign will be adopted! awwwww*[sg-lux]*

Chembaron YamadaMar 1, 20181 votes

Why would someone hate Amumu? Don't you have a heart? [sg-ahri-1]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0AvWV6Mk374

Jack GarrusMar 2, 20181 votes

{quoted}

Why would someone hate Amumu? Don't you have a heart? [sg-ahri-1]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0AvWV6Mk374

I don't have an heart for ugliness :(

MalrothDragoniaFeb 28, 20182 votes

looking good! I'm not on that site, but I know they may want to keep his visual profile, so making the ears hang lower and emphasizing his large head might be a way to go. That being said sometimes they just redo the whole thing. Looks great though!

starelementpokeFeb 28, 20182 votes

So cute!!!!

GrReaper96Feb 28, 20182 votes

YES PLEASE YES [zombie-nunu-hearts]

WidestSet7Feb 28, 20182 votes

looks awesome like the idea of making him more yordle like

50CaliberHecateMar 1, 20182 votes

Lol but League will release another Ahri skin before ever doing this? DUH

Whyte LyonMar 1, 20182 votes

This idea of "visibly can see his Yordle-ness", it just makes his model look ill-defined and unfocused, like it doesn't seem to know what it wants to be... Is he meant to be a Egyptian inspired mummy or a fuzzy rabbit?

In my personal opinion this design is a Frankenstein patch-work that falls short of fulfilling either of the two fantasies. I mean as an explored concept and an attempt at being refreshing it's fine, but it seems better to have kept the focus on a singular core aspect of Amumu, rather than finalize with two ideas that seem to contradict one aother.

General Esdeath Mar 1, 20182 votes

Is Amumu even a Yordle?

Chembaron YamadaMar 1, 20183 votes

His actual lore states that the people don't know what he is. In lore, there are theories that he was a young pharaoh with deadly disease, as well as him being an ancient Yordle.

However, Riot hinted with small stuff from time to time that in their mind, he does count as a Yordle. Some time ago they updated Yordle splash arts to unify them. What they did was that they were giving every Yordle 4 fingers on their splash arts to be consequent. Amumu was included in that splash update.

Or in Teemo's Big Birthday Datapalooza, Amumu is listed in the data as one of "Teemo's Yordle allies".

So we can assume that Amumu counts as a Yordle internally for Riot. And when the time comes that they are giving him (his long overdue) VGU, I am fairly sure they will embrace Amumu being a Yordle completely.

General Esdeath Mar 1, 20181 votes

Hmm, it lists Fizz too...maybe he's an exotic yordle that just looks different due to location

Thanks for posting this!

Chembaron YamadaMar 1, 20181 votes

Look up Fizz' lore in the client. They updated it and he is officially an aquatic Yordle now.

DσnMar 1, 20181 votes

im sorry riot need to do/ take on this idea, its the best thing iv ever seen and would make me want to play amuumu so fcking hard !!!! i ship this idea so hard omg XD [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

The TrentMar 1, 20181 votes

It just doesn't look Amumu to me. First of all, unless I missed something, Amumu was a child of any race, not a Yordle (although he is related to bandle city in some way). The reason he looks the way he does is because Riot just hasn't updated his model since release, everyone, even Annie, used to have a bad case of pepperoni feet and weirdly proportioned body parts (his head). That kinda throws this VU out of the window for me. Not to mention the color scheme of red and white bandages but green fur just looks really bad to me.

hipno121Mar 1, 20181 votes

Love the ears! [vlad-salute]

MarcoDeffMar 1, 20181 votes

RIOT please hire this guy or at least consider his hard work. It's so amazing: well conceived and developed. The ears are an ingenous addition, so well fitting with the yordle desing.

Boop Daddy Mar 2, 20181 votes

add this with a lore update. this design would go nicely with annie's lore thing too

PiancaMar 2, 20181 votes

I honestly fell in love with this concept! - And no, it's not just because of these cute fluffy ears!

Look at all the details. And he looks so sad..... :c

I like this version far more than the current Amumu design. Don't get me wrong, our real little mummy boy has his flaws, no doubts.

BUT DID YOU LOOK AT THIS?

I want it soo bad :'C

[zombie-nunu-tears]

LilKnightAmumuMar 8, 20181 votes

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS

skyfall619Mar 14, 20181 votes

i like the concept but he just seems a little to not depressed too me. if you see him from the back he looks happy.

sheroukenApr 3, 20181 votes

If not as rework then il buy it as a Legendary skin 30$ im in.

I love the colour tone behind his ears and sice he is from shurima desert it goes well with his green colour and exotic animal vibe

sheroukenApr 3, 20181 votes

If its a rework i've got a good ideal about changes to some of his spells.

         (changed) Passife: Friend seeker

On his quest to find friends Amumu wont back down on the slightest bump, he is ready to withstand anything if its to find a new friend. Even if this new friend might not be as frienldy as hoped.

For every champion (enemy and ally) within range of amumu, he gain a stacking health regen, mana regen and tenacity Make the mana regen highest cause this sad boy gonna need his magic.

                            Q: stays the same but twice the CD

           (Changed)W: Unwilling curse (toggle) (5/.../2 sec CD)

Amumu knows he is cursed to not find a friend but that doesnt stop him. What he doesn't know is that his curse also hurts those around him.

When on : amumu slows enemy unit progressivly and deals the same dmg as his slow in true dmg per second but soo does the mana cost per second (starting at 10% up do 50%. goes up 2.5% per second + (1% per spell level) each AA on champion) (50% slow means 50 dmg per second)

When off : Amumu loses 1% slow stack per second but for each % missing from max he gain 1/3 of the % as MS

(Changed) E: Tantrum (15 / 13 / 12 / 10 / 9 sec CD )

Sometimes amumu can no longer keep his sadness within and lets it all burst around him. But his sudden tantrums are also what keeps him free and feared enough not to be hunted down and captured.

                              Passive (NEW): When amumu is hit by a champion, turret or Epic/large monster, he reduces the CD of all of his abilities by 1 
                                                         sec
                                                         (CD wont go lower than half when hit by monster)

                              Active (slight change): Amumu is slowed by 30% bonus MS and tries to keep his anger within.  He channels for 2 seconds then

unleashes his rage around him. during this channel, (10 + 1 per spell level)% of All damage taken will be instead drained from his mana. after the chanel done or released Amumu will deal that same amount to all enemy units in a small area around him. Durring the channel ammu can still use Sumoner spells, items and move but cant attack or use spells. he also becomes immune to most displacements. this ability can be scilenced while cast is active but not by stuns. (exceptions being displacements by turrain (A.K.A trundle and taliyah) and Enemy Ultimates)

                              (Slight Change) R: Contrived (200 / 180 / 160 sec CD)

When all esle fail and you desperately want a friend, you will go by all means. Even if you have to drag them by painful force out of the the arms of thier loved ones into your world filled with pain.

Durration: 3 seconds (push to maintain) Base range: 250/275/300 For every Champion inside the range of this spell's original range, it gains 25 more range

Amumu becomes immobilised for the duration of this ability and all enemy units are rooted on cast and all units (ally or foe) are slowed for the duration. Each time an enemy unite moves by (100 units) inside the zone they will take (10/20/30 + (10% AP)) Magic Damage for a total of 6 times and are are then immune by the zone for the remainer of its effect. After the 6th prop by an enemy champion, Targets Champions are dealt (100/150/200 + (60%AP)) Magic Damage and make the rooted Champions take true Damage on thier next hit from this ability. Enemy Champion rooted by this ability slowly make thier way towards Amumu in the center moving at 100 units per second but will instead prop the movement damage at 50 instead of 100 units. once they reach Amumu the take (100/150/200 + (60%AP)) Magic Damage and are freed. This Ability cannot be interupted. (Qss and clensing effects render the user immune for the duration) (scilences still stop the cast but doesn't cancel its effect)

I tried to keep it as similar as his curret kit but showing more of his lore side of being treated unfairly because his curse harms others and his child innocence doesn't help.

Essentialy I upped all his cooldowns but also upped his Cooldown reduction when he gets hit. The 2 major downsides I see to players are those who loved to play full ap and those who played him because he was simple.

Switching from an easy fight hook stun that can win teamfights to a complicated hindrance might also look less apealing but what I went for was for a child who wants attention and if he didnt get yours, your backliners will pay for it dearly. The change in his ult was though up by looking at the ult previeu where there are bandages between amumu and tristana. My version of his ult may seem compleatly new but it is infact still very similar cahnge tangle for root and big burst Damage to small consistant + medium burst at the end.

This high risk medium reward kit was thought up thinking more of his lore than anything else and can wreck havoc on both teams depending on how you use it. Hindering your allies with an ability isint done that often and i know Taliyah's wall can hinder your team but that is not its funcion. Only bard has an option like this and I thought it would be nice to add on Amumu since his curse hurts everybody. Friend or foe.