SewnChaos Amumu concerns/feedback

umbraxeo··2 votes·1,056 views

So I mentioned it briefly on twitter but there are a couple of problems with sewn chaos Amumu. Mainly when it comes to clarity and being recognizable. As it is now its very confusing to look at and for me personally I confused it with a Teemo skin. The ears really differ from Amumu's usual silhouette and is probably the biggest problem. The colors also do not go along with Amumu's theme.

So just a couple of ideas I want to throw out there to address these concerns.

  1. Remove the ears or replace them with something that coincide more with amumu's shape. I think a little poofball on top like the ones on top of winter beanies that will go great with the sewn theme.
  2. Change his hot pink color to a more muted and slightly darker color since the hot hot pink is very off putting.
  3. Now this is going to sound beyond nitpicky but while I'm at it I might as well mention it. Something recognizable about Amumu is his circular feet, and making one very small seems very strange.

Thank you for reading and id love to hear what other people think! Amumu

Edit: Its been pointed out that changing the pink to an amumu green would not make the skin different enough to his classic so il take the L on that one.

12 Comments

midnight oil242 votes

I just want new particle effects. It doesn't really work having a sewn character have an egypt-looking ult.

Oleandervine2 votes

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I just want new particle effects. It doesn't really work having a sewn character have an egypt-looking ult.

I agree to that. I'd even have it cost 975 just to give it new particles across the board. I also feel Blitzcrank's arcing lightning doesn't fit the Sewn Chaos theme either.

midnight oil241 votes

I feel less like these are unique and exciting skins like even the worldbreakers or dungeon crawler skins, and more like "hey, we need new skins." "Remember that skin that we game to orianna? Let's give it to two champs who are completely different and make a quick skin with them!" Basically, sewn chaos ori had a vibe to it. Here, it feels like they just slapped it together and dkdn't make new effects.

umbraxeo1 votes

maybe adding ropes of strings around the ult where the hieroglyphs normally are would help.

midnight oil241 votes

Yeah. and it would be easy to give blitz's ult a new lashing thread look

LostFr0st2 votes

I agree about the ears. It's inconsistent with the base and the other Amumu skins. The feet I think are passable and we already know the pink is getting tweaked from the pbe feedback post.

LunarMageRem2 votes

I think the skin is super cute. . It makes me hopeful that other champions in addition to Amumu Orianna Blitzcrank will also get sewn chaos skins as I love the way sewn chaos looks. :3

umbraxeo2 votes

I really hope people don't think I hate skin! I actually think its very cute! and I am excited for more sewn chaos since Oriana was the only one to have one. Just from a gameplay standpoint it has some issues (wannabe game designer over here lol) [slayer-jinx-catface]

Oleandervine1 votes

I think you want the Classic skin for Amumu too much. This is supposed to offer a different fantasy for Amumu, not recreate his classic skin. I think the skin is adorable and shouldn't be changed.

umbraxeo1 votes

Maybe how I put myself across would sound that way which is why its fair to think that I want to bring it back to classic (il go back and edit a bit). But my concern is that visually it doesn't come across as clear as it should. You should be able to tell who a champion is just by their silhouette. Not saying that the skin isn't adorable because it totally is. Just very puzzling visually.

Oleandervine1 votes

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Maybe how I put myself across would sound that way which is why its fair to think that I want to bring it back to classic (il go back and edit a bit). But my concern is that visually it doesn't come across as clear as it should. You should be able to tell who a champion is just by their silhouette. Not saying that the skin isn't adorable because it totally is. Just very puzzling visually.

A ton of champions have distorted silhouettes from skins. The Cottontail skins on Teemo and Fizz, Freljord Taliyah, Order of the Lotus Karma, Order of the Banana Soraka, Secret Agent Miss Fortune, even Surprise Party Amumu, and the list goes on and on for champs who change their silhouette from hats or other skin effects. The point is, you just need to pay more attention to the game. Panda Teemo is possibly the only skin for Teemo at which you'd mistake the two, but otherwise, their color pallets are completely different.

umbraxeo1 votes

They definitely do differ that I'll agree on but most of the characters have other iconic pieces of their design that help you immediately identify what champion it is. Karma has her circular floating back piece and long skirts, Soraka has her moonshaped staff and goat hooves, Miss fortune although missing her hat has her big pistols and long hair. And surprise party amumu retains most of his standard shape. Unfortunately amumu doesn't have much iconic about him besides his big head and large eyes. And for newer players making everything clear is very important, overwatch does this very well for example.

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