Hmm, that new Shurima Champion looks a lot like a certain Zelda boss
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110427012302/zelda/images/b/b1/Queen_Gohma_Artwork.png
Source of inspiration, Riot? Or just a coincidence?
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relevant because more scorpion like: http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090518021033/zelda/images/9/92/Gohma_The_Wind_Waker.png
it actually reminded me a lot of the scorpion transformer from the movies http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pXkPWEIY8wM/maxresdefault.jpg
and the tremors for obvious reasons http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31100000/Tremors-tremors-31149201-1024-768.jpg
The way she hops out of the sand had me thinking of this:
If we're all posting game bosses it reminds us of...
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121003074805/monsterhunter/images/8/81/Card_Master_21.jpg
Love that Nibelsnarf.
Reminded me of the Stygian from Darksiders!
He reminds me of Nocturne from the Void for some reason. Of course, there would be a lot of inspiration from traditional games. (On a different note, why do people think he's a girl, it makes sense that there'd be one eventually, but does a huge bulky monster really say "THAT'S TOTALLY A WOMAN I'M TURNED ON"? Just sayin. ;))
I was thinking some unholy cross between the Thresher and the Skag from Borderlands. Burrows underground, big and scary, bifurcated jaw, purple and possibly slagged...