Suggestion - Make Elderwood Leblanc flutter with Homegaurds

The Pale Woman·Feb 25, 2016·68 votes·4,069 views

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They put so much work into that fluttering animation when Leblanc Dashes, yet you can hardly see it because she moves so quickly!

My suggestion is to recycle that flying animation to her 'run fast' animation, when things speed her up.

For example - Nami's speed boost, Homeguards, Sivir's ult ETC.

It would be awesome!

18 Comments

Call Me NanaFeb 25, 20168 votes

I wouldnt even mind if they took their time with this skin and turned it into an 1820 because of animation changes. This is gorgeous and deserves the extra time.

Heckin SupportFeb 25, 20164 votes

God knows after a skin like she she'll be shelved for ideas for a good 1-2 years.

Call Me NanaFeb 26, 20164 votes

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God knows after a skin like she she'll be shelved for ideas for a good 1-2 years.

sad but true. Im still waiting on my Elderwood Elise.

It's a perfect theme for her.

The Pale WomanFeb 26, 20162 votes

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God knows after a skin like she she'll be shelved for ideas for a good 1-2 years.

That is what they did with Ravenborn... :(

Doctor MilkFeb 25, 20162 votes

You have my upvote!

UomoAfideFeb 25, 20162 votes

Nice idea. If that doesn't take too much time from the animation perspective then why not?

The Pale WomanFeb 26, 20162 votes

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Nice idea. If that doesn't take too much time from the animation perspective then why not?

The animation already exists, they could recycle the animation from her W flutter to her 'run fast' animation :)

yoniameFeb 25, 20162 votes

or just make her dash slower

MoonshadeFeb 26, 20161 votes

they tried that and it made Leblanc A LOT harder to use effectively since u couldn't land her Q>W or any W combo reliably and anyone with some kind of displacement could stop the dash

yoniameFeb 26, 20161 votes

oh no, LeBlanc, that mage assassin with the lowest cast times, and who is considered toxic by everyone in the whole game, needed more skill, lets undo it. rito pls

RàinbowFeb 26, 20162 votes

As someone who's already insta-buying this skin (legit, from the moment i saw it) this would be a good touch. :)

DatalessFeb 25, 20161 votes

I would also love to see this happen. +1

Blue Moon WolfFeb 26, 20161 votes

Upvoted. After that awesome homeguard animation for radiant MonkeyKing , I've been hoping they would make that a stape addition to 1350 RP and above skins so players get a little more bang for their buck. pritty much would end up like this:

520 RP and under: chroma, chroma equivalent (like sherwood or freljord ) or older skins (like bildgewater ) . 750 RP: altered appearance, that's all 975 RP: altered appearance, new recall animation (or new shroom model in case), possibly slightly altered VO, particles 1350 RP: altered appearance, homeguard, slightly altered VO, Recall animation, particles 1820 RP: new model,altered or new VO, Recall animation, particles, death animation, unique taunts, homeguard 3250 RP: evolving model, new VO, Recall animation, banner/icon(s),particles, unique taunts, homeguard and whatever else riot feels like tacking on as well (I.E. DJ music option)

MoonshadeFeb 26, 20162 votes

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Upvoted. After that awesome homeguard animation for radiant , I've been hoping they would make that a stape addition to 1350 RP and above skins so players get a little more bang for their buck. pritty much would end up like this: 750 RP: altered model, that's all 975 RP: altered model, new recall animation (or new shroom model in case), possibly slightly altered VO, particles 1350 RP: new model, homeguard, slightly altered VO, Recall animation, particles 1820 RP: new model,altered or new VO, Recall animation, particles, death animation, unique taunts, homeguard 3250 RP: evolving model, new VO, Recall animation, banner/icon(s),particles, unique taunts, homeguard and whatever else riot feels like tacking on as well (I.E. DJ music option)

1350 is usually the same BASE model which has been reskinned to look better, the degree of reskinning is usually much more intensive than a 975 skin but the underlying wireframe model remains the same as evidenced by the exact same ability animations (the particles change but the character's movements during the abilities remains the same). 1820 introduced a new model all together as the dimensions of the character change, as do most all their animations , and 3250 has the evolving model like u said essentially making it several 1820s tied together.

In short 520-1350 use the same character model as evidenced by same animations as classic skins, while 1820+ are essentially whole new champion models and animations with the same kit as an existing one, so its keeps the spirit of the original champion while trashing everything else including VO

Blue Moon WolfFeb 26, 20162 votes

Makes sense. I assumed 1350 used a slightly new model from looking at Radiant Wukong, but now that I think about it, not much changes when it comes to other skins models like underworld MonkeyKing and TwistedFate aside from appearance and flashy particles. I fixed it, but I can't think of anything aside from "altered appearance" to describe the 750-1350 skins. Really I think the gap between 520-750 is still really small at the moment.

MoonshadeFeb 26, 20162 votes

even then Radiant Wukong has the same ability, attack, death, taunt, dance, joke, etc... animations The only new animations are his recall.

The difference between a 750 and a 520 is 520 is 9/10 a recolour with some mild additions to the skin to make it look cooler (Golden and Classic Alister, and Classic, Sherwood and Freljord Ashe are some examples. Sometimes the rules are violated like with Woad Ashe which has new ability colours and a new outfit). 750 RP skins will keep ability effects and animations while changing the character's look Maurauder and Warden skin series are a good example of this. Not all of this is set in stone as some skins like Firefighter Tristana and Magician TF should be 1350/975 but are 1820s just because they're legacy and were advanced when they were released

ReaganomicsMar 10, 20161 votes

Just purchased the skin myself and after seeing it in action I agree entirely with this. I would even say she gets it when she hits 425 MS or something like that, not just homeguards. It's such a well done skin, and such a minor change, that I don't see why this couldn't happen.