We need a proper Storm or Hurricane champion

Linna Excel·6/6/2016, 9:04:38 PM·5 votes·462 views

So today while the normally sunny skies were grey and dropping torrents of water all over the place I noticed riot was missing something from their champion line-up. LOL doesn't have a proper storm champion. I mean you've got electricity champions , wind champions , a water champion , and even a blizzard champion , there's no real storm champ with aspects of wind, water, and lightning.

Since this is unused design space, maybe riot should make an effort to fill it up.

7 Comments

TheHurricaneGamr6/6/2016, 9:26:02 PM2 votes

That was the space Ao Shin was supposed to fill, but Rito cancelled him*[zombie-nunu-tears]*

Illiad6/6/2016, 9:09:48 PM1 votes

does Hurricane Katarina count?

Oleandervine6/6/2016, 9:15:59 PM1 votes

Janna is partially inspired by Storm of the X-Men in her meek start and her rise to a position of high influence because of her weather powers; Tempest Janna is actually a direct reference to Storm's costume. In terms of an actual weather champion, storms are difficult to make without stepping on feet. Kennen, Viktor, Yasuo, Janna, and Anivia all have distinct storm properties that would be duplicated if they tried to do a strictly storm based champion; Storms are mostly lightning, thunder, and rain, and almost all of those elements have been used in part by other champions. It would take a really unique way to portray a champion with these abilities in order to make them not feel like you've played them before.

FlameHalbrdOkido6/8/2016, 9:22:57 PM1 votes

YES!!!! ANGRILY ENERGETIC EMPHATIC YEES!

AND weather is SOOO much more than Lightning (used) Thunder (not used) Wind (used) Snow (used) and Rain (not used). These were things stated in this thread and some things in lol, BUT WEATHER IS SO MUCH MORE.

It kinda annoyed me just a bit when some Riot members said one of the reasons they didn't make Sol a storm/ weather related champ was because of the champs listed in this thread, already had the "storm" area covered in a way. COME ON guys those champs on cover ONE aspect of weather each, not a STORM or WEATHER as a whole which encompasses A LOT.

There's Atmospheric Rivers, Fog, Deluges, Floods, Heat Waves, Cold Snaps, Rising Thermals, Thunder, Jet Streams, Wind Shear, Wind Tunnels, Cloud Banks (and all kinds of clouds), Humidity, Dryness, Wind Storms, pressure damage, limnic eruptions (death fog), evaporation, acid rain, hail, dust storms, Mirages, Mammatus Clouds, Virga, Ball Lightning, Super Cells, Droughts, Rain, Squall Lines, Updrafts, Downdrafts, Penitentes, and so much more (still not done)

Weather is so much more than Tornadoes and Lightning

Weather is the derivative of HEAT, AIR and MOISTURE, thus this is what the champ should basically entail but theres a crap ton of stuff to cover. Heated air creates wind, wind moves weather systems, weather is also moved by temperature, air pressure and moisture differences. Updrafts in warm moist air can cause storms to form. Weather covers an immense area of ground, not small areas, and its a persistence effect that moves across the globe, its not a one shot and done.

Sometimes weather has a build up time as it gathers heat and energy as it rolls in but once it hits, it hits powerfully hard, and its a overwhelming force that hardly nothing can withstand, ur only choices are to run or take cover. Weather is unpredicatable don't forget that, it can grow or destroy things. It can vary and sometimes changes on a dime.

I want a Weather champion like that, forget the storm, give me WEATHER.

I have been working on ideas, (that of course Riot will never look at) for a while now and actually have 2 threads that yall can check out. If you want i'll post them