So much for visual update, all of his texture detail looks washed off into a piece of plastic. He doesn't even look like a twisted treant anymore, he just looks like a tree (?). The worst part is what they did to his ult - they removed every trace of tree from it. Please, I'm not saying revert maoki's VU, just improve it because it sucks right now.
been agreeing with this on every maokai post seems most agree with a few who like it ... i think its a real step back visually. for a character thats a dark twisted mage tree he doesn't give that off anymore
Im neutral about totemic (the model is better but the face is worse).
Charred, though... looks AWFUL. Doesn't liik like burning coals.
Riot is SO AFRAID of using blacks (even within the own colour spectrum they put to champions) to the point Charred Maokai looks like a bland RED recolour, instead of BURNING wood (which needs coal black, ashe grey and fire red)
and speaking of recolour... the original Charred had a new model, but nthe new one is EXACTLY THE SAME? (aside from the lantern) PLEASE put some cracks or bruning branches (or maybe even fire particles!) on it.
totemic and Christmas had new model (christmas can use some light on the star), why charred is the same model as the default?
kind of similar to summoner's rift. they took away wraiths and dark forest and replaced it with rock salamenders.
I think he looks fine. Why would it be a bad thing that he looks like a tree? He's a tree.
Before I get downvoted to oblivion I do agree completely about the ult. Its just missing something. In an attempt to give it better readability, they've made it really lame visually. I miss the old icons that encircled it, especially my Christmas Tree Cookies :(
