Ao Shin

guttekraft003·Aug 10, 2015·2 votes·493 views

is Ao Shin trashed? i read some time ago that riot still are working on him but its been 2 years since he was revealed?

4 Comments

DwarvenGiantAug 10, 20152 votes

Let me pull out my comment from another Ao Shin-related thread:

As for March 2015 no one is actively working on him and he has been put on hold (though it doesn't mean he's cancelled) due to a few issues:

Matching his hitbox perfectly with his snake-like figure is actually quite tough, because they want to make his animations the best they can, which leads us to issue number two:

They wanna make his animations (unlike Cassiopeia's) incredibly fluid and smooth and like of a serpent's, and that requires them to develop new tech to make it good enough (plus, as I said, it will make them to create new tech for the hitbox too).

They never really had a solid direction for a kit for him.

They have problems connecting theme and lore with his kit.

TikailAug 11, 20151 votes

They could leave his hitbox at max size for his animations like they did with Vel'koz. Simple workaround albeit with some occasional awkward hits.
Number two is understandable, they leaned the hard way with Cass and Vel that smooth fluid animations are difficult with serpentine structures.
They did have a kit for him multiple times, but recycled it into other champion concepts that they invested more resources into getting out the door.
Lore doesn't matter anymore in the grand scheme. As long as his personal theme is even remotely done then they'd ship him.

DwarvenGiantAug 11, 20151 votes

They did have a kit for him multiple times, but recycled it into other champion concepts that they invested more resources into getting out the door.

Yeah, I don't know why I wrote that he has never had a kit. Thanks for the heads up, I'll fix that.

TikailAug 11, 20151 votes

Eh it's cool. Didn't want to make it sound prickish but the shortest delivery was the best way. I've always wanted them to finally allocate the resources and deliver him. One damn well made and meticulously crafted/balanced champ in a six month period beats the one-two punch balance nightmare stuff Riot has been doing recently.