Pantheon VU and full metal skins

God is AFK·11/20/2014, 7:37:23 AM·6 votes·2,416 views

I'm just curious about the Pantheon's placement on the VU pipeline and what kind of visual offender he is, aside from how silly some of his exaggerated some of his features are like his feet or the head of his spear, but for the time he definitely fit the spartan-ish feel they were aiming for. Now that times are changing and the lore has taken a new direction, along with the numerous other visual updates that are happening, I can see an opportunity on the horizon.

Full metal pantheon in it's current form seems like panth had metal plate surgery to make himself... Well metal, to me at least it doesn't seem like it's got a lot going for it besides that, it too was made back in the early days of riot where they were still shading their eyes to behold the bright, shining rays of MOBA greatness.

I'll cut to the chase, my suggestion is this: When pantheon's rework comes around, consider reworking Full metal Pantheon to be something more than just a metal recolor, there's so much potential for it to be something more. Create a line of full metal skins, Imagine how cool it would be to watch him charge into teamfights, hearing the clanking of the plates and seeing the ground give way to his strength and weight as he leaps into battle with his ultimate on top of some poor unsuspecting teemo.

A lot of the champions right now do wear armor, but it just doesn't give the true feeling of someone wearing it, they (for the most part) Don't move like they're hauling such weight to protect them from enemies blades and other weapons.

There's plenty of ripe opportunities for other champions to have skins like this:

Think of Sejuani, put her and bristle in heavy iron, it'd be so cool. Or perhaps Sion, He's already huge so it'd be even better... Although he probably doesn't need armor as much since he's dead and stuff but he'd still look cooler. Hell you could even do full metal Shyvana, I'd like to see a fully armored dragon, wouldn't you?

TL;DR Shut up and take my money. I'm sure there's plenty of others on the forums that would back me on this too.

8 Comments

Garentheon11/20/2014, 8:10:47 AM4 votes

Hey man I feel you. I'm a huge advocate for Pantheon getting a full VU.

I really hope they don't settle on an MTU. He deserves/needs the full package

Azir's soldier's attack animations are better than Pantheon's. And he seriously could look so much cooler performing his Heartseeker Strike. Right now it's just flicks of the wrist

This is proof of my fandom and also I think you'd enjoy the read

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/U1pBERVo-pantheon-vu-discussion

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/NAYsuPEp-full-metal-pantheon-redesign-idea

cshakes11/20/2014, 2:37:43 PM2 votes

Full Metal Shyvana? drool (Paging IronStylus: plz no boobplate)

EndGamer1111/21/2014, 12:18:15 PM1 votes

In case you are not aware, there are 3 Full Metal skins: Jayce, Rammus, and Pantheon. They are the antithesis to the Battlecast line, augmentation by addition rather than replacement. However, Pantheon's has always been the "xerath" of the group, the one that didn't fit with the rest. A step more towards the design of FM Jayce in an eventual VU would make me more willing to purchase the skin.

Merxamers11/21/2014, 2:20:15 PM1 votes

given that his shield is bolted back together in the FUll MEtal SKin, i'd always thought that the theme was 'bolted back together', $6 Million Man style. There's another thread going on w/ IronStylus aksing about potential MUs, and he's hinted that people have 'Ideas' for Pantheon, so a VU for him in the future isn't an unreasonable expectation.

Kobila200011/27/2014, 4:40:58 AM1 votes
Insanity 10111/21/2014, 11:42:52 AM1 votes

Pantheon looks really good on the preseason poster. He is seems to be wearing less clothes. xD

I want Riot to make his classic skin skimpier. o__o

God is AFK11/20/2014, 9:22:26 AM1 votes

Bump please I want people to see this