My guess at the new champion: A "spirit of the land", like an "Anivia of the south"

SaltyToplaneGoat·4/3/2017, 9:16:34 AM·2 votes·825 views

Going by the color sheme it looks pretty Shuriman to me. At first I thought it would be something demacian, as the whole angel thing flies pretty well with them, but for that the light would be more pale and white.

Then I thought it might be the Kayle rework. And yes, even if we just got Galio this might be a thing, given how fast Riot can pump out stuff when the stars alling. Remember Gnar? In the patch right after him there was instantly Azir coming like "SHURIMA WAITS FOR NONE" and rushed into the PBE (full of bugs tho).

But then again the asymmetry in the teaser seems to be unfitting for Kayle, so instead it makes more sense to assume an entirely different character.

Let's see: sun symbolism, shurima color palette, bird, a certain duality given the asymmetry (desert areas are kinda two faced if you think about it. Burning hot at day, cold as the winter at night. An oasis overflowing with life, and the liveless ocean of sand) - all in all it might fit into the narrative of a "Shuriman Anivia).

Now the only question would be why she's humanoid... maybe because the impact of mankind in Shurima is bigger than in the Freljord? I mean, they already had an empire while up north they were some barbarians with ice powers - and the iceborn were not human anymore, that much can be said. Or maybe it has something to do with the sun, as there is just a lot more energy in this area of the world? I doubt that the technology of the Sun Disk would work up in the north for example.

But then again this golden orb DOES kinda look like a Kayle ult, so I am not 100% certain...

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GreenLore4/3/2017, 9:38:32 AM3 votes

The only reason why I think that Shurima isn't that likely is that we already have a bird-person who talks a lot about the sun with Azir

And on top of that we also have a girl who is from shurima and has a bird theme going on as well with Taliyah

So in a way this would be Shurimas 3rd bird champion.

But then again,she could be an ascended. I mean the ascended are based on egyptian gods and the egyptian goddess Isis was often depicted as a woman with winged arms.

Trenitaliyah4/3/2017, 9:24:32 AM2 votes

They have an upcoming updates schedule's site page, and Kayle isn't listed for any rework. So this must be something else, but the similarities - two different wings like Kayle and Morgana, and the sphere like her ultimate - are too much evident. I don't know either.

Arakadia4/3/2017, 12:59:05 PM1 votes

I do think the leak was correct or had some info regarding this champion. Because of the lack of symmetry, one side looking female with the hips and skirt and the other looking male, and the whole theme of being different on each side. It was definetly intentional to make it assymetrical.

Nice theory, I doubt it, but I liked your point about two faces on a desert hill.