Humanoid Rhino/Elephant champion when?

6MillionBreads·12/13/2019, 5:36:56 AM·1 votes·2,025 views

Now that Vastaya lore has been established and they exist in all shapes and forms I don't see why we don't have a pachyderm themed champion on the rift yet. We have 2 cat themed champs (Rengar, Nidalee), Chameleon (Neeko), Monkey (Wukong), Fox (Ahri), birds (Xayah and Rakan, and Azir to an extent), Fish (Tahm Kench), and the list goes on

It would be awesome to have a rhino/elephant themed champ that could be a beefy cleric styled champion as a support or maybe top laner. If you're a little iffy on the concept of humanoid rhinos/elephants you can look at some art from Magic: The Gathering for "Loxodon" and "Rhox" creatures to see how these animals can work very well in a humanoid version! I believe a bulky rhino/elephant humanoid would also have plenty of weapon possibilities that would look appropriate for them such as hammers, maces, axes, Shields (Dual wielding shields perhaps? I think it can look super cool if done right and give a champ a huge look of bulkiness and badassery just clobbering people with the sharp ends of their forearm shields), or even just simple fist weapons/bare fists!

Yeah a rhinoceros on paper might seem similar to Alistar since both rhinos and bulls/minotaurs are most known for charging into stuff but perhaps a goring/bleed mechanic could be used instead to make it seem like the enemy is getting ravaged by that horn as opposed to being knocked around like a ragdoll the way Alistar plays out.

But an elephant on the other hand is truly unique. You could work out some cool animations and abilities around their trunk, and these animals are naturally bulky and would look doubly so in some sort of heavy looking plate armor (Plenty of skin opportunities as well because body armor is as versatile as clay when it comes to fitting in with different themes)

Kinda curious about what the community might feel about this idea, cool or crap? I've always been a bruiser/tank player that loves animal/wild designs more so than artificial and mechanical ones (Minus my main, Zac is one of my favorite champ designs period).

2 Comments

Beedel12/13/2019, 10:27:04 AM1 votes

I could definitely see a Rhino adc champion, maybe it could be a tanker adc of some sorts. It would be kind of ironic, as Rhino's are heavily poached in the real world, so it would be like this said Rhino champion took matters, or this case, a gun, into it's own hands!

VänilläTrëës12/15/2019, 5:41:06 AM1 votes

hmm Rhino...i culd see him bein similiar to Ornn