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@Riot: Haunted Maokai Spell Effect Changes

spicyurn·11/20/2014, 2:29:09 AM·10 votes·1,717 views

While the Maokai rework looks for the most part fantastic, I was pretty disappointed with the particle effects on the haunted skin. Previously all his skills had a nice blue/tombstone/dead leaves theme going on, but after the rework they are: 1. Essentially recolors of the base skin effects, and 2. Don't match the haunted skin theme.

His Q is now bright green, his E has a yellow trail and green explosion, and even his passive now makes his arm glow a bright green color which doesn't mesh well with the rest of the skin. Even the base spell effects would match the skin better than what it has now.

It was my impression that Riot was committed to not "downgrading" any skins during the visual rework process, but as it stands Haunted Maokai is significantly less impressive after the visual update.

I know that resources are limited, but is there any chance his spell effects could be brought back to their former glory? If not now, perhaps at a later date?

8 Comments

Dreamspitter11/20/2014, 5:35:19 AM6 votes

I want Q tombstone back

Clockwork Knave11/21/2014, 10:30:19 PM3 votes

I, too, would really appreciate getting the additional spell effects back, especially the tombstone on Q. I definitely would have been much less interested in buying it when it came out if it hadn't had the extra effects.

spicyurn11/23/2014, 6:07:50 AM1 votes

having played with it in game, I have to say that the W and R generally look appropriately haunted, in that they keep the old color scheme of the skin, but the Q, E and passive are all weirdly green which does not match the skin and is certainly a downgrade from the tombstone effects from the original skin