El Tigre Braum "Q" Suggestion
I'm writing this in response to the Red Post from a month ago regarding why the "Q" on El Tigre Braum is a chair.
ItemsGuy Why does he shoot a magic chair with his Q, instead of something more emblematic and less awkward, like a golden tiger head (similar to how in his base model, he shoots an icy ram's head)? Seems like something more tiger-related would make better sense, instead of something as mundane as a fold-up chair.
Galetta Yo ItemsGuy, We decided to make the particle a chair because when Braum uses his (Q) he's punching the magic out of his shield. On his base the magic is in the shape of a Ram because of the Ram shape on his shield, we decided to apply the same idea to this skin. So if he punches a chair chair shaped magic flies out. That being said I'll be sure to pass on your feedback to the skins team. :D
I thought about this a little bit and, as much as I like the chair particle, thematically, I found it inconsistent with Braum's previous skins. With the first two skins, Classic and Dragonslayer, the aforementioned Ram head is carved into the shield, invoking magic in the shape of a Ram when Braum punches through the shield with his "Q". Breaking this down, the shield would be the object and the Ram head (as with the Dragon head in the Dragonslayer skin) would be, I'll call it, the decoration. In other words, Braum punching the magic out of his Shield "Object" invokes magical spell of the Ram head "Decoration," and not say, a Ram Shield.
Here is where my issue with the El Tigre skin arises, as, in this instance, the Chair "Object" invokes the magical spell of the Chair "Decoration." I think I have a simple, adjustment to preserve Braum's thematic consistency while meeting or exceeding the expectations for the skin. *Note: I will be purchasing the skin regardless.
Now I like the idea I originally saw suggested on the same forum post
Lagging LH
- about a month ago i feel like the braum q's particle be a fist (riot's logo) also make sense but if the skin team is making the particle become a tiger head or something tiger related, why not also change the dragon slayer braum's q particle become a dragon head or something dragon related ?
as the idea of a tiger head matching his mask felt more appropriate for the skin, but then something hit me the other day and stuck in my head enough that I thought it was worth posting about.
If the "Q" was changed to the masked Poro, say for example from the splash art (or a similarly symbolic design), that would achieve a number of really cool things both thematically and esthetically.
First it would pull the "Q" together thematically with how Braum's "Q" is supposed to act as the Poro "Decoration" he could be invoking from the Chair "Object" could be achieved by making the Poro head a design on the chair like custom chairs at basketball games with the teams/logos displayed on the seat cushion. *Note: This could be done with Braum's own mask as well to call back to Lagging LH's suggestion of a tiger head, as imprinting either on the chair could establish this as El Tigre's "signature" chair. (example from google http://www.neffco.com/common/images/product/main/1074.jpg)
Second, some kind of interaction with the Poro could be established to simulate a "Tag-team" feeling; say for example an audio clip plays when the "Q" is used of Braum saying "tag you in" or the like.
Third, the shape of the "Q" spell particles and the indicator for his passive would be more easy to manage as the Poro shape would be very similar to the Ram's in terms of shape and style (round shapes, horns on both etc.).
Finally, more poro = more awesome. (And, in response to the anticipated statements regarding eliciting the assistance of Poros or the like, there already is a precedence for that in the Poro Rider Sejuani skin just released during the snowdown.)
Now, I'm not particularly artistic so I can't suggest how any of this may or may not look (so if anyone likes this suggestion feel free to post ideas below), but I thought this would be really cool for the skin and make it look really nice.
Also, I tried to do as much research as I could to see if anyone made suggestions similar to this, as I would like to include it with my post but did not find anything else.
If you like this or any part of this idea, please comment, add, and share. I know the El Tigre Braum skin has been in production for a while and is likely to come out pretty soon, but I thought this was a cool idea and I wanted to get it suggested before it was released.
Thank you.