Hey so uh riot... about those VUs

A Liberal·6/8/2016, 6:58:39 AM·16 votes·5,425 views

Are we still getting them?

I mean sure, VGUs are fine, but what about all the smaller scope visual upgrades you guys used to do?

Jax still looks like a eggplant Udyr is utter trash unless you get the SGU skin Morgana's dress is made out of sheet metal Chogath looks nothing like his splash Anivia looks like she's made out of granite

None of these champions need dramatic gameplay changes, so why not just give them (and others) the visual touch ups that they need?

60 Comments

SkyblazeHydraX36/8/2016, 11:10:24 AM11 votes

The reason is simple; priorities.

"If we could spend time doing just a VU for X champion, wouldn't that time be better spent giving equally outdated but more unhealthy Y champion a visual update and a gameplay update?"

Riot's Champion Update team is involved with both art and gameplay, so they're gonna focus their time and attention on what they can make the most of with the time and resources they've got available to them.

BastionKross6/8/2016, 4:27:16 PM5 votes

If you go to the Visual Update room at Riot HQ and say the word "Udyr" every single living being in that room (including the ficus by the window) will scream and hurl themselves under the nearest piece of furniture until the menace is gone.

Updating Udyr and his multiple in-battle forms and multiple skins is enough work for two or three champions. If they ever do redo him, they'd probably end up doing it like Sona where they have one base model that surrounds itself with different particles as he changes stances.

GreenLore6/8/2016, 9:10:10 AM5 votes

Cho'gath is actually on the list for VGUs.

invisiblecat16/8/2016, 5:26:13 PM3 votes

Add Kennen to this list PLEASe he looks SO ugly

cinomenapplebae6/8/2016, 2:09:16 PM2 votes

"SGU skin" star guardian udyr?????

Kotex6/8/2016, 3:11:55 PM2 votes

I loved what they did with Alistar and thats all that needed to happen to him. Alot of champions dont need entire kit reworks, just a model update, yea.

Zoeeee6/8/2016, 3:19:18 PM2 votes

Mundo still has 3 toes, and looks Iike a child's drawing of his splash. "Mundo no feel so good."

Edit: I normally use one of his many skins so as to avoid his chronic three toes syndrome.

Valor Bot6/8/2016, 9:37:32 AM2 votes

Skarner probably deserves one too; if not, at least a splash art update.

Grovero6/9/2016, 1:51:39 AM1 votes

I like how Udyr punches out Doritos in tiger form :D

Arakadia6/8/2016, 4:20:03 PM1 votes

Swain needs a VU imo. He hasn't got a skin for like 5 years, right?

Anyways yeah all of the ppl's above are in need of VU. Morg looks like a women growing out a walking tent.

cuddlykitten46/8/2016, 5:50:12 PM1 votes

I'd actually prefer if they'd dumb down the graphics. Every time they update a graphic my comp runs league a little more worse. I have literally no issue with anything on my comp except league, and I use my comp to make music so yea. All these fancy ability graphics, critters running around, and general graphical expectations make it where even on lowest setting I can't get above 25 FPS when I was getting no less than 60 FPS ever. I have to avoid teamfights cause once people start throwing spells I go to like 3 FPS. It gets old.

Sahn Uzal6/8/2016, 8:21:17 AM1 votes

Cho'Gath's kit is as outdated as his model :l He deserves a full VGU Jax and Anivia are ''acceptable'' IMO Morg and Uydr do deserve some visual work tho