I feel like we need to do VU's by themselves again.

You do realize you can't get a VU withthout a new model and particles right? Beside Kog'maw needs an vgu his kit isn't healthy and is basicly an really shitty vayne without the mobility atm.

just wondering, do you mean thematically? or do you mean, playstyle wise, yorick appeals to a specific set of players (nasus players)

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This is correct. Yorick actually has a very healthy playrate for what we consider a "niche" champion. We never intended Yorick to be a broad appeal champion like Poppy, for example.

I want to preface this by saying that it isn't my intent to be contrary, so I'll apologize in advance if it comes off that way.

In ranked play at least, Yorick is sitting at just under twice Galio's play rate. Yorick was intentionally nerfed into unviability over on Rift, so it's no shocker that his play rate has roughly doubled now that he has a kit that can be balanced. Galio is getting a rework, too. But he isn't nearly as bad off as Yorick was. He's unpopular, certainly, but his players are doing quite well with him.

So I guess the question is why is Galio getting remade? He isn't unhealthy for the game. He didn't get 'Eve'd' and his win rate is solid. He's just really unpopular. Is Galio only getting remade because of his out-dated model and unpopularity? Because if that's the case, then he's getting remade for the people who don't like him rather than the people who do.

This is why the full VGUs make me uneasy. Changes for the sake of the majority who aren't invested in a champion, the minority that already enjoyed that champ notwithstanding. When a Poppy or Sion or Yorick remake goes live, a champion is being removed from the game and being replaced with something wholly unlike their predecessor. Are they healthier champions for it? Without a doubt. But the complete loss of their identity is off-putting.

's why I'm totally okay with VGUs like the one Gangplank got. He's VASTLY different now compared to what he was when he still had his trouser tarantula model, but he's overall a much more interesting and compelling champion while also maintaining his core identity and gameplay.

How many champions do you consider niche? I thought Riot was trying to give all champions more playability (LCS)? I also thought Riot wanted to make all champions niche, so to avoid generalist picks?

lmfao I don't know if you are remembering correctly but Sion was a stupid mage before the rework. He has like 1.1 ap scaling point click long range stun and a 1.1 ap scaling AoE exploding shield. He would run into a teamfight with shield up, explode it, killing about half the enemies instantly, then stun and run down the remaining survivors.

Poppy was just a terrible champion, i am glad old poppy is gone forever.