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Blood Moon Shen - Spirit Blade Correction [Blue --> Red]

StigtriX·1/15/2016, 10:58:34 PM·123 votes·37,458 views

Blood Moon Shen should receive a red Spirit Blade rather than blue to be more in line with the rest of the Blood Moon skins. His Spirit Blade, which is a bludgeon or 'konbou' differs from the second blade which he carries on his back. This is really weird as no other Shen skin has a blade that changes into something else when he attacks. Maybe the designers thought it would be cool and fit with a cursed demon theme, but it simply does not look good, and results in poor clarity.

THE THREE BLADES

The model shows the basic blade, while the in-game model displays the weird, third blade along with the spirit blade and the basic blade: http://i.imgur.com/bOLHUd4.png [Click the picture for a larger size!]

Red Spirit Blade http://i.imgur.com/Q8Uxi6z.png

Original, Blue Spirit Blade http://i.imgur.com/Pb2bTSH.png

Enemy Spirit Blade http://i.imgur.com/DfsuHNe.png

Pink Spirit Blade http://i.imgur.com/FoubuzO.png With my software, and without access to the effect files, this is the cloest I come to a fully red blade without the tint becoming very yellow - and thereby ruining the fluidity of the spirit waves.

Blue Spirit Blade - Red Glow - Allied Shen http://i.imgur.com/vcGnI3N.png

Red Spirit Blade - Blue Glow - Enemy Shen http://i.imgur.com/S5XYdzL.png

Brighter Red Band + Red glowing eyes http://i.imgur.com/vrK9AIt.png If Riot insists that red is unfit as it might ruin the clarity between allied and enemy abilities, I suggest a slight red boost to the cloth band attached to the hilt, and a brighter, more visible glow for the eyes on the demon sword guard.

Dark Purple (allied) + Bright Red (enemy)

Allied Blood Moon Shen http://i.imgur.com/k3IOCdW.png

  • Darker Purple Blade to fit more with the theme
  • Brighter red eyes on the blade guard
  • Brighter red band on the blade hilt

Enemy Blood Moon Shen http://i.imgur.com/XclC9dQ.png

  • All red
  • This is just an extreme example to show the concept, so the red would of course be more muted

Interested in more model improvements for the upcoming Shen rework? Here is my post for an improved Frozen Shen :) : http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/B7uZa5RX-frozen-shen-needs-more-contrast-no-more-monochrome-like-the-old-model-also-was

Yellow Jacket Shen - post by Pyrithegethon, colour adjustment by me http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/IrAJ3Pct-are-we-able-to-make-yellow-jacket-shen-spirit-sword-yellow

Warlord Shen http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/nTHlpgc7-warlord-shen-golden-spirit-sword

42 Comments

RiotRiot Ranger XIV1/25/2016, 7:16:56 PM7 votes

Hello Stigtrix and all the other equally awesome people that posted feedback on this!

Thank you everyone for posting your comments and concerns about this skin. It really helps us put out the right product and make the right choices that our players love.

I am promising nothing! I just want to say that before we start :D

This is something I will discuss with the team and we'll see if this is something we can do and that it is in our scope. Again no promises! I will try to comment back as quickly as I can.

insaiyanbacca1/15/2016, 11:01:43 PM4 votes

i like the frozen shen changes you posted, especially since i own the skin. but this bloodmoon edit, could it present a problem? because enemies might see a different colored sword(or even sword connection) from shen.(or if it doesn't people could still get confused easily because red spell effects are often associated with a view of an enemies spell.)

Ulquiorra9951/15/2016, 11:20:04 PM3 votes

I agree that it looks extremely weird when he uses his Q (made a thread but unfortunately since I'm not familiar with US time zones I put it up in time when boards were pretty much deserted). While all other Shen skins who have spirit blades different from blades on their back actually use the one on their back, Blood Moon has his sword magically transform into a bludgeon for the duration of a spell.

Either make Blood Moon Shen use his sword for attacks or change the model of the sword to bludgeon. It really looks out of place as it is.

StigtriX1/16/2016, 12:35:18 AM1 votes

Added a new suggestion for a solution to the visual effects problem:

  • Blue Spirit Blade - Red Glow - Allied Shen
  • Red Spirit Blade - Blue Glow - Enemy Shen

Note that these are rough examples, as I have no way of editing the different effect layers, and have therefore chosen to draw directly on top of the pictures.

Dunkrius2g1/16/2016, 2:56:47 AM1 votes

Tell me how to do it so that i can fix Woad King Darius's 5 stack bleed indicator.

macromite1/16/2016, 3:16:00 AM1 votes

i like it how it is

lxlLilybellelxl1/16/2016, 5:56:24 AM1 votes

I think it should stay blue... it's already confusing sometimes with bloodmoon thresh

Jolly Rogered1/16/2016, 7:07:59 AM1 votes

Totally agree. Matter of fact, they should do this with Warlord as well since that skin cost more than any of them. I think it's bullshit they took away a some of warlords flare.

Gapybo1/15/2016, 11:45:14 PM1 votes

I think that red is too bright and the yellow doesn't fit either.

Ralfazar1/16/2016, 12:56:48 PM1 votes

Wow that's sad that they can't even follow their own skin theme.

CLG Factor1/16/2016, 6:09:18 PM1 votes

It's cuz 750 rp skins arent supposed to have recolored abilities (Remember when marauder ashe came out and riot didnt want to change the color of her abilities to match the skin theme?)

Moxu Kraze1/17/2016, 5:42:58 AM1 votes

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Yllumynaty1/17/2016, 5:42:07 PM1 votes

Could u tell shen to give back trundle stick h'es been loocking for it and u should give shen a sword pls. And tengu trundle should be a nice theme.

Ultîma1/19/2016, 8:07:54 PM1 votes

This is a perfect change that will make it consistent with the particle change for other Blood Moon skins (Thresh, Kalista, Elise) - however there is still no sign of change on the PBE. Can a Rioter make a statement about this, or at least give it some consideration?

StigtriX1/16/2016, 11:58:11 AM1 votes

Added a new alternative to a red visual effect: Brighter Red Band + Red glowing eyes