Ao Shin is a sort of watchword for teased champions, and I hope he doesn't get Omen'd. Even if he doesn't end up getting shelved, we have no way of knowing how long it'll be before Riot releases him. That said, what do we want out of Ao Shin as a community? The storm dragon archetype is a lot to live up to; what abilities would we want out of him, what kind of personality, etc.
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Ironclad Dragon1 votesSweet.
PapaGreg212 votesI would really like AO Shin to be out for revenge against J4 years after the expedition where he went out killing dragons. I could see it as a pretty cool story line if they had AO Shin staging an assault on Demacia. As for gameplay I think he would make a great juggernaut jungler.
Ironclad Dragon1 votesSince when did Jarvan go out on an expedition of killing dragons? I know he helped Shyvana avenge her father, but I don't think that meant he went around killing every single dragon out there.
PapaGreg211 votes"Seeking something that only he understood, he ventured south of the Great Barrier. He wasn't heard from again for nearly two years. After many had assumed the worst, he returned to glorious fanfare on the streets of Demacia. His Demacian plates were adorned with the bones and scales of creatures unknown." -From Jarvan lore
Makes sense that dragons were some of the beasts he was hunting when you combine it with the dragon he was hunting in Shyvana's lore.
IxtaliKing1 votesAo Shin would make sense as a juggernaut mage, but I'd very much like to see some kind of flight skill on him, can't imagine they'd allow a juggernaut to fly. I'd expect whatever they do with him (if they do anything with him), he won't disappoint.
Shahamut1 votesI agree with the mage juggernaut concept.
When I think of a storm, I think of 3 things mainly: Rain, Lightning, and Strong Winds.
Add some nasty claw attacks to that and I am down :P
MavenSong1 votesI kinda feel like hes a guardian of sorts. Dragons are kinda associated with guarding treasures of sorts, but instead a treasure he holds back an ancient power to prevent runeterra from being destroyed by some giant calamity (more than likely a giant flood or storm of massive perportions). He would harness some of the power to protect would be mages or wizards from tampering with said power.
As for gameplay a kinda tanky physical mage would be interesting and makes a little sense to me personally.
I havnt been with league more than a year, im not horribly familiar with Ao Shin though I know if him. Just my 2 cents on what vibe I get from him.