Another Post Hyping the Dang Roadmap

QMighty·1/24/2019, 8:09:35 PM·5 votes·4,443 views

So, the roadmap comes out tomorrow, and the hype is slowly and excruciatingly killing me, so I thought I'd channel my hype into a boards post. I ran into this while looking up rework champs last night and got inspired to make something similar. So, I wanted to see who y'all THINK is gonna get announced tomorrow. Let me talk about my thought process... Here's the champs that Reav3's mentioned in his 'on the list' posts: Mordekaiser Pantheon DrMundo Rammus Chogath Volibear Shaco Corki Fiddlesticks Kennen KogMaw Nocturne Skarner Udyr Amumu On the latest post, seen here, only Mordekaiser Pantheon DrMundo Rammus Volibear Nocturne Corki Fiddlesticks Amumu were featured. It's most likely one of these. Out of those nine, four of them got a skin last year. While they could have started development after the release of their skins, I think it's safe to assume they're not coming immediately: Rammus (soccer ball) Fiddlesticks (sentinel) Amumu (fire) and DrMundo (ice) That leaves us with five champions. Coincidentally, out of those five, four of them were directly mentioned by Meddler in this video to be either in need of or to have some desirability for reworks. Also, they are four of only five champions directly addressed in this way. (side-note, the fifth one mentioned was Quinn , but we're ignoring her for now). Here's what was said about them being updated... (note that Kindred Tryndamere Quinn were mentioned in some capacity but not expressly said to need updates)

Nocturne "Evil wraith, love his ultimate, rest of the kit's a little bland." "Lore is pretty bland, I think he was a nightmare that came to life one day." "I'd love to VGU him someday"

Volibear "He stands for armour and polar bears." "...and lightning. I mean, to be fair there's some really cool stuff in there but I don't think we did a great job with him the first time around..." "No, or the second." "We should fix that." "He needs an update for sure." "I think Ornn made him cooler in some ways." "Yeah, true. He's actually got a relationship that matters."

Mordekaiser "Lord of Death, named after a Rioter's then girlfriend, now fiance." "He needs an update."

Pantheon "Spartan." "I hear you like 300." "It's more drawn from history, but, y'know, same inspirations." "I think he can eventually be cool in the lore. He's part of the Targon faction. His ult is fun, I think there's a lot of potential for him, he just needs some work." "He's actually one of the updates I'm most excited for us to do."

Now it may seem pretty tin-foil hatty of me, but them expressly mentioning these four combined with the fact that they all were on the most recent of Reav3's list and that they're the only ones from that list that haven't gotten skins recently (along with Corki)... it just all seems to fit. I've been saying for a bit that I'm confident that these four will be this year, and I still feel confident about that. But I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Who knows, maybe I could be completely wrong and tomorrow Reav3 will announce a Quinn update or some crazy thing. But I doubt that would happen.

P.S. - My money's on Volibear. Just because I can feel it in my bones.

32 Comments

RyzeTheSmurfMage1/24/2019, 8:58:03 PM3 votes

If Pantheon gets a VGU before Morde, I'm gonna be so mad

Pale Mask1/24/2019, 8:56:59 PM3 votes

Raise the dead. Rally the Immortal Court. The Bastion belongs to one master, and his work is far from over.

zounet1/24/2019, 8:57:44 PM2 votes

Zilean ?

KestrelGirl1/24/2019, 10:53:08 PM2 votes

Of course I'm holding out for that Quinn rework someday, but Morde needs it so much more. Like you, I'm expecting to see either him or Volibear on tomorrow's roadmap.

I also expect Nocturne soonish, though. Xenogenic's working on his next VGU after Nunu, and as a jungle main, he enjoys working on jungle champs. It's possible he could be on Volibear or (please) Udyr instead but we'll see what's announced tomorrow.

Moody P1/24/2019, 8:59:06 PM2 votes

Volibear is fine

Alistairs1/24/2019, 9:07:28 PM2 votes

I'm hoping for Mordekaiser or Volibear

If we get an announcement for an Ezreal-like VGU I'm hoping Caitlyn or Janna

Wrathof3001/24/2019, 9:54:38 PM2 votes

I personally hope we get 2 VGU teasers tomorrow,Pantheon and Mordekaiser, as the season 2019 trailer revealed the teaser art for Kayle & Morgana and the new support champion already.

Whoever gets revealed tomorrow is a result of whatever thematic/ idea the Rioter behind the rework is passionate about, and we cannot complain about that, passionate ideas don't come from people who get forced to do something. The Kayle and Morgana teaser looks absolutely beautiful (TARGON HYPE!!) and they were a complete oddball last roadmap imo.

Zoli Ben1/25/2019, 10:33:32 AM1 votes

Pantheon or Mordekaiser

Pantheon is basically confirmed for the year, and Xenogenic is known for being a jungler main and doing jungler reworks. But then, he gets EndlessPillows join him as designer. Why add in another designer unless if its something very hard/important? cough Mordekaiser cough

Reav3 has been teasing Morde players for so long especially now lately.

GreenKnight1/24/2019, 8:27:16 PM1 votes

Terrible rework, doesn't matter who's