What is kayle going to look like after her rework?

Linna Excel·8/9/2018, 9:41:55 PM·1 votes·2,001 views

I remember Reav3 saying riot wants champs that look like they fit in a role. Champs with lots of armor should be tanks and bruisers. Since Kayle is an AP auto attacker and I think Jinxylord hinted that she's going to have a 3 hit passive, it's safe to assume her role in the game will be similar to her current one.

With that in mind, I just don't see riot keeping her in full plat, as she an AP champ that right clicks. So is she going to lose the armor for flowing robes or something?

6 Comments

Cetri8/9/2018, 10:06:04 PM1 votes

Since her armor's so iconic to Kayle, I highly doubt they'd ditch it.

As far as having champs that look like their role, well... Pyke doesn't exactly look like a support, to use a recent example, and if I just went by design alone I'd probably also peg Kaisa as more of a mage than an ADC.

Valor Bot8/9/2018, 10:24:11 PM1 votes

I think there are ways of making highly-armored champions look lethal rather than beefy. A lot of it has to do with the champion's silhouette, model size and animations. Quinn is a champion that has several layers of armor, for example, but still looks the part of an ADC/assassin. Same goes for bulky skins like Warden Karma or Sivir which don't distract from the main role of the champion too much.