Why no Yordles?

The Ecdysiast·6/30/2019, 8:06:15 PM·6 votes·2,945 views

Not including Gnar, since he's essentially a caveman and is a yordle in name alone, it's been a whopping 7 years since a new Yordle was released. (From Bandle City) I'm just confused as to why. They're small and cute. The size of their faces allows for more expressive animation. They lend themselves well to skin themes that would be a little too silly for other champions (like Beemo).

I think there should at least be one more yordle added, a jungler so we can make a full team out of them without doing the sub-par Poppy jungle.

A yordle assassin would fit well. The twist could be that rather than using the glamour effect, this yordle intentionally reveals its true form to everyone, which actually makes it easier to hide since it then doesn't appear as a human twice its actual size. It could have an origin similar to Veigar's or be part of Teemo's elite squad.

I'd prefer it be male, simply because the only male yordle we have with a modern design that isn't oddly small because he doesn't have a mount is Heimerdinger, who looks more like a silly Einstein toy than a yordle. So it'd be nice to have a fuzzy boy with animations on par with Tristana and Poppy's reworks.

I'll probably write up an actual story and kit for the idea soon, maybe even draw out the character. We'll see how it goes.

14 Comments

Shieda Kayn6/30/2019, 8:14:01 PM10 votes

Kled

Darius Strada6/30/2019, 8:22:32 PM6 votes

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TheMan2927/1/2019, 12:22:21 AM4 votes

Kled

also Gnar IS a yordle in more than name only. dont be in denial of that.

Askarth6/30/2019, 8:07:02 PM3 votes

upvoted, I main jungle and jungling with teemo makes my team dodge before match starts

mrmeddyman7/1/2019, 1:15:14 AM3 votes

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EdgeLady7/1/2019, 4:56:00 AM3 votes

Yuumi isn't a Yordle, but she's as close to one as you can get without actually being one. She's basically the same kind of spirit that took on a slightly lesser form and purpose. That suffices enough for me, at least for now, especially since we do have concrete Bandle City lore. It would not suffice enough for me if Riot just goes back to Ionia favoritism again. [slayer-jinx-unamused] But I'm hopeful that we will have a long...long...break from that region.

Ahri Body Pillow7/1/2019, 1:34:10 AM1 votes

yordle genocide now