IronStylus, is Akali up for a VU/TU? What do you think about her model?

Remus Wins·Nov 14, 2014·4 votes·4,944 views

Hey, I know she received a nice texture rebalance recently, but is she on the list for an upcoming VU/TU any time soon? She could use more work on her textures, maybe some more animations, especially when she stand still, some effects to her abilitites would be nice, like a foggy shadow to her W, something similar to Kata's W to Akali's E after she uses it and a ray that she leaves behind after using her ultimate might be cool. Also, she has no new skins since 2011, so a VU or a nice new skin would be nice! :)

6 Comments

RiotIronStylusNov 15, 20146 votes

She's got spaghetti syndrome right now. Super noodly geometry and some weird rigging/animation issues. I'd love to give her a model and VFX a pass. She's not considered a priority right now, and I'm not sure if game design has plans for her. So, personally preference, I'd love to give her some love, but we've got worse offenders and more clear opportunities currently in the pipe. I think she'd probably get a nice new skin before any heavy visual base changes.

IcedteaisgoodNov 15, 20141 votes

I think she'd probably get a nice new skin before any heavy visual base changes.

I'd love you guys forever (and, of course, pay) for that! While she already has a good number of skins, they're all pretty old - it's been 3 years since her last one now :( - and the quality difference is pretty noticeable. She only has one spell really, yet none of her skins change it at all. She has pretty simple audio (weapon sounds and "Hya!" voiceovers) yet none of her skins have different sound effects or voice work. They're all just "Akali in a costume" basically, and while there's nothing wrong with that, I get jealous standing next to Mecha Malphite or Battlecast anything.

Remus WinsNov 15, 20142 votes

I agree with you, and thanks for answering! :D Will the skin be related to a fanart (the ghost Akali or sanstorm one) or is it something else, or you don't know it yet/can'tell? :) Thanks.

Ayame IsakiNov 14, 20142 votes

I'd love to see her finally get a recall animation. As for a skin, Akali already has multiple (and I own them all sans All-Star). I'd like to see some of the champions who don't have much selection see some love in the skin department first (such as Elise ). That being said, I certainly wouldn't complain if my main champ got another skin.

I would also like to suggest replacing the Silverfang Akali splash art in NA with the Chinese splash art and to maybe do an updated splash for Stinger; Stinger looks out of place relative to Akali's other splashes.

ChimeiTekinaNasuNov 16, 20141 votes

I would also like to suggest replacing the Silverfang Akali splash art in NA with the Chinese splash art and to maybe do an updated splash for Stinger; Stinger looks out of place relative to Akali's other splashes.

I think they originally said they're going to replace all the basic splash arts of champions before messing with all the other skin splashes.