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I want to stand up for the Kayle design direction to show that -ofc- not all dislike it!

VelvetCrotch·2/19/2019, 9:25:30 AM·7 votes·1,403 views

Many want a copy paste of her old design and think that her old one underlined her character and what she stands for. Or maybe some of them watch played too much Diablo and think every angelic being needs to wear armour.

I highly disagree.

Ofc her armour is a part of her character and to give her an imposing/heroic presence. But Riot still gave her armour not as much as before but that has - in my honest opinion - many reasons:

  • too bring her more in line with her sister visually by still looking less sexy than Morg

  • to avoid the problem of going too extreme with the themes by giving her much armour > Morg should be nearly naked than and this could be a problem

  • to make it visually more appealing > it just looks better when a woman with wings and attacks RANGED doesn’t wear too much armour. Heavy armoured Archers are only a thing in Skyrim as far as I know lol

  • the most importnant:

to show ppl and enemies that she is a none human being and stronger than normal humans and ordinary heroes. Therefore she needs less mortal protection the stronger she gets. Which only make sense according to her evolving .

Some ppl should stop stuck in the past and should see changes from different perspectives.:)

So I personally want to honour and thank the design team.

THANK YOU and keep the great visual work up!

2 Comments

KFCeytron2/19/2019, 9:37:56 AM3 votes

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  • too bring her more in line with her sister visually by still looking less sexy than Morg

Make her look visually similar to another champ by not looking the same? This one doesn't make any sense.

  • to avoid the problem of going too extreme with the themes by giving her much armour > Morg should be nearly naked than and this could be a problem

Why in the world would giving Kayle some armor mean that Morg would have to be naked? This one isn't literally nonsense, but it's illogical.

  • to make it visually more appealing > it just looks better when a woman with wings and attacks RANGED doesn’t wear too much armour. Heavy armoured Archers are only a thing in Skyrim as far as I know lol

This is two in one. First, yes, she is more "visually appealing" in that an attractive woman generally has more opportunity to be "visually appealing" when you can see more of her, also known as "sex sells." Second, Kayle swats things with a sword, and can only do that from range later in the game.

to show ppl and enemies that she is a none human being and stronger than normal humans and ordinary heroes.

Of course! How would we know that she's a powerful champion if she was too clothed?

Overall, your arguments were disappointing at best and ludicrous at worst. Removing Kayle's armor was a terrible decision.

Glîtchy2/19/2019, 9:46:34 AM1 votes

honestly I don't like how they gave her those tiny af wings, like c'mon riot