Please change Lancer Blitz run, players don't recognize Blitz simply from his run animation

Atuko·10/26/2017, 12:51:02 AM·15 votes·1,517 views

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We recognize that it's Blitz when we see during the loading screen that the skin says "Lancer Rouge/Ranger Blitzcrank", this gives us all the info we need

We recognize that it's Blitz when he throws out his hook once and it clicks that "hey, this is Blitzcrank"

Is the silhouette a bit different? Sure. But it's not that different

Keeping the base run animation on these skins diminishes the quality

You don't have to keep a running animation that doesn't fit a skin and looks funky simply because you think players aren't going to recognize who it is, you really have to give us more credit than that, we can most certainly put two and two together and figure out what's going on

12 Comments

DariusDemiurge10/26/2017, 9:49:55 PM3 votes

Funny excuse for not wanting to work more than they have to.

Let's see, how many giant fisted characters are there in league. 2? Blitzcrank and VI.

Oh that is not a pink haired punk girl dashing at me from 800 units away, must be blitzcrank. Ha damn that is hard to recognize.

Pathetic.

TheGrabber12/8/2017, 1:52:34 PM2 votes

Really don't understand why Riot don't simply use the movement animation of the Blitzcrank Pilltover skin .. also when you use the "run ability" (W) why gravitate correctly?

Digielf10/26/2017, 12:29:05 PM1 votes

They have to do a visual update to his original model in order to make the run animations of his skins with feet look better

Arakadia10/26/2017, 1:43:26 AM1 votes

Actually I think the sillhoute is too different and the model would need changing. I don't recognize Blitz from his walk animation.

The sillhoute is very different. And seeing Blitzcrank shoot Q once doesn't tell me that he is blitzcrank when i see a wierd black, alien figure zooming in the corner of my eye and screen.

Tyaisurm10/26/2017, 9:20:55 PM1 votes

Yes. I almost never look at animations when it comes to recognizing champions. Sure, animations are part of the champion, but I recognize them by their model and silhouette, and abilities. "But different model makes you not to recognize the champion". No, I'd say. You just learn to connect this new model to existing character. You just need to know what it is, and what it does.

Clarity comes into play when abilities/skins/animations appear similar that other champions' and/or allies(when the caster is enemy) have, or when you can't see them clearly enough. Model/animations is not nearly as important as effects.

Leyin10/26/2017, 9:12:48 PM1 votes

thats not a question about regonizing blitz or finding him. Its more a question about character and gameplay, imgaine if you can't see when he hooks, because every move is like a Q cast or the walk animation is so big that the hit box didn't fit. Also charcter is a question, it is still a robot , so the animation should be close to it, imagine a amumu that jumps happy around like Ivern, does that fit? and btw, it is jsut a 1350rp skin, the skin already got much VFX and SFX , so adding a walk animation would be very close to a legendary skin.

GreenLore10/26/2017, 9:22:14 AM1 votes

The issue is with recognizing him in a teamfight full of chaos. You know that Blitzcrank looks like this in the game,but when you are focused on a teamfight and then he suddenly comes out of a brush and tries to grab you,you'll need to recognize him within a split second,without taking a close look at him.