Traditional Yorick Skin

blargzilla·Aug 24, 2016·111 votes·11,911 views

I'm a long time League of Legends player (I've been around since season 1) and the new Yorick update kind of upsets me and brings joy to me at the same time. I've been eagerly waiting for an update on Yorick since he started to lose popularity around the middle of season 2. Well his new skin looks awesome but I'm very sad to see his old one go and I think it would be amazing to introduce a Traditional Yorick skin. You could call it Traditional Yorick or Gravedigger Yorick (since he is now The Shepherd of Souls) and give it to anyone who owns Yorick prior to the update. Thanks for taking the time to read this :D -Blargzilla

68 Comments

RueianAug 24, 201610 votes

I mean they ruined yorick's design. He looks terrible visually now and has a boring voice.

YouCantClickThisAug 24, 201616 votes

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I mean they ruined yorick's design. He looks terrible visually now and has a boring voice.

I beg to differ. He does look more generic in terms of style/design, but it is an upgrade from his old model visually. I wish they still kept the gravedigger aspect to him though, but just expanded on it. Maybe he died but still kept digging. His shovel feels more like a staff/wand then it does a shovel used for gravedigging

blargzillaAug 24, 20165 votes

I mostly agree with this, yes his newer visual model is a lot more modern and cleaner than his older one, but i think his older one had a much better design and felt a lot more unique than his current one. I mean to me Yorick is reminiscent of Dampe from Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time which was how I had always picture gravediggers. To change that entirely just upsets me because he's not the gravedigger anymore and he's not the Yorick that he used to be which is why I want a Traditional Yorick skin.

Battlecast SonaAug 24, 20165 votes

he's literally not the gravedigger anymore though. They changed his lore.

RueianAug 25, 20163 votes

Exactly... Yorick was litterally Dampe. He was a sickly goofy hunchback. He lost everything. His hopping walk cycle, his stretching to get comfortable, scratching his back with the shovel. Trying to adjust his lantern but not being able to reach because of his hunch.

This character isn't Yorick.

NogrimAug 25, 20163 votes

i was expecting/hoping for something more Thresh like if it was going to be a big change from the old one. not Taric with a beard.

i spent this season mastery 5'ing him frankly im glad i got to play him a lot before this, they might as well have just removed him and made a brand new champion he is too far from the original.

that said i like the new champ, hes got some very interesting abilities, hes just not Yorick imho

Warlord ZudaneAug 24, 20163 votes

Well... it does say that he is using dark magic to protect the island, so it probably is more of a staff/wand but looks like a shovel because he likes his shovel. And generic is normal for gravediggers, they are typically depicted as being simple people which would be pretty generic and boring, nothing standing out.

Valaran NaraAug 24, 20162 votes

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I beg to differ. He does look more generic in terms of style/design, but it is an upgrade from his old model visually. I wish they still kept the gravedigger aspect to him though, but just expanded on it. Maybe he died but still kept digging. His shovel feels more like a staff/wand then it does a shovel used for gravedigging

The problem is that he's still a gravedigger, but he's culturally different.

He's not the 1800s Olde England gravedigger type. I imagine, even in life, he dug graves, gave people funeral rites, so on and so forth since that is the inspiration that they got from the monks they based Yorick off. It's just that digging graves isn't the only thing he did in life anymore.

RueianAug 25, 20166 votes

They removed everything that was UNIQUE about yorick... the yorick change is like turning reksai into elise. Yorick is suppose to be the human equivalent of a monster. Which is heavily what hunchbacks are. This character isn't Yorick Mori.

blargzillaAug 28, 20162 votes

Yes ^^^^

JustARivenMainAug 25, 20161 votes

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I beg to differ. He does look more generic in terms of style/design, but it is an upgrade from his old model visually. I wish they still kept the gravedigger aspect to him though, but just expanded on it. Maybe he died but still kept digging. His shovel feels more like a staff/wand then it does a shovel used for gravedigging

From his voice lines he's still a grave digger, still uses the shovel for most combat, most of his lines talk about him digging and graves, Riot just gave him a new title, tho his aspect is still there.

YouCantClickThisAug 25, 20163 votes

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From his voice lines he's still a grave digger, still uses the shovel for most combat, most of his lines talk about him digging and graves, Riot just gave him a new title, tho his aspect is still there.

No doubt he uses the shovel for combat, but what does he do with it? Whack you with it. When he makes ghouls he uses the mist from his cape, or he just uses his hand and raises it up high to summon them. His shovel is just a magical weapon, hence why it feels like a staff. The old yorick had nothing magical about his shovel, it was literally just a shovel. When the old yorick used his abilities he used his shovel to dig up the ground. Him still being a gravedigger? Somewhat, but for the most part I disagree. He seems to be more of a soul collector along the lines of thresh then a gravedigger, his voice lines usually references taking souls. He only talks about tombs/graves because thats where the souls come from. They literally changed his title from Yorick "The Gravedigger" to Yorick "The Shepard Of Lost Souls". His aspect isn't there, he was just a gravedigger who was an extreme work-a-holic, now he transitioned into some necromancer who wants to fight back against the shadow isles.

Kingontop69Aug 27, 20163 votes

i think of it more as "character evolution" then just remaking a champion. he was a grave digger that after so many dug graves desired to put an end to the only growing demand. So he instead becomes a necromancer who uses a cloak that holds the souls of the dead and shovel that after so many years of digging graves acquired a connection to the souls and uses it as a channeling device or amplifier for his magic. now he battles the darkness with the souls of the ones he would have put to rest. its much more satisfying to think of it this way then just riot taking every thing that made Yorick Yorick and changing it and leaving him with a useless shovel so they could claim he was the same champion.

RueianAug 28, 20161 votes

You can evolve a character without deleting everything that has to do with the character.

You dont see Pikachu evolving into Electabuzz. They arn't visually and barely mechanically the same. The only thing they share is yellow and electric.

MonkeyMadnessAug 24, 20166 votes

What you smokin bro? They made him into a much more true shadow isles champ. Shadow isles champs have some of the absolute best looks and lore. His old model was meh at best and his lore was horrendously outdated. Give Riot credit where it is due, and focus your efforts on getting shit like this tanksassin meta and DQ cleaned up.

RueianAug 25, 201611 votes

the new yorick model is bland in comparison to the unique niche Yorick Mori filled visually. He just needed a functional kit and some visual updating. He didn't need a design change.

MonkeyMadnessAug 25, 20163 votes

He filled literally no niche except being annoying for riot to balance. He needed a complete overhaul and a more effective and game-changing ultimate, and he badly needed a visual update. Also, Riot has been trying to consolidate shadow isles champs for literally years, and I'm surprised it took them this long to get to yorick. I'm not saying that I think new yorick is going to be the best champ ever, but he's a damn sight better than old yorick in every way.

RueianAug 25, 20168 votes

VISUAL NICHE... god why do people think i am hating on the kit... I love the new kit. Yorick was a monsterous human being a sickly hunchback gravedigger. Yorick isn't really a shadow isle character in the kin of thresh or kalista. He always felt more like an exiled human who just lived in the cursed lands of the shadow isles.

I just want an update to the old model and animation sets.

Dampe (Legend of zelda) Ephialtes (300)

MonkeyMadnessAug 25, 20162 votes

But. He WAS a shadow isle champ. Even in his old lore. Also, the shadow isles storyline is IMO the single best lore conglomerate in the game. Adding yorick as an original Blessed Isles champ is much needed. It gives us even more of the best storytelling that riot has given us to date, and gives him a much better motivation for being a "gravedigger"/shephard of souls (kind of the same thing in the spiritual sense) than just "he was upset about not having an heir and is really sad and digs graves because".

RueianAug 26, 20165 votes

I'm not even talking about his lore... do you not understand "VISUALS"

I made the comparison already... the change is like changing reksai into elise visually. Yorick is suppose to be monstrous

MonkeyMadnessAug 26, 20162 votes

Says who? So far I've read nothing that states "yorick must be a monstrous and disfigured creature". And visually changing rek'sai to elise (ie an animal that walks on its multiple legs to a pretty standard looking woman) is just an asinine comparison.

Also please explain what you meant before by "visual niche". Do you understand what "niche" means? Visuals have nothing to do with niche.

RueianAug 26, 20165 votes

... Since yorick was ever made... he has always been that. If reksai was changed to a woman standing up straight she would no longer fill her niche as a void monster along with kogmaw and chogath. Aesthetic is also a thing that can be niche.

Yorick's visual design is that he is a hunchback, gravedigger. I say sickly because of times in his idle animations, laugh and joke. He is suffering from his ailment of being hunch, as well as in his laugh he doubles over with coughs. He also had charming animations in that sense. Not being able to adjust his lantern, his hopping walk cycle. Imagine if swain lost his limp.

MonkeyMadnessAug 27, 20162 votes

You people need to learn the meaning of the word "niche".

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niche

Read those please. Niche has literally NOTHING to do with what a champ looks like, and EVERTHING to do with their functionality. If rek'sai was remade into a gray blob with 0 sound effects, she would still serve the same niche because she would still be the a huge scouting jungler with great gank potential. Similarly, if they take yorick and make him look like emo Taric, he niche is still the same, because his kit still focuses on summoning ghouls. I admit, yorick's niche will change due to this update. He will now be a necromancer and have a lot of minion swarming mechanics to overpower enemies in 1v1 situations and shove lanes like a mofo. This is going to be a slight adjustment for those that were used to his former niche: meme fodder.

RueianAug 27, 20165 votes

Niche a specialized market So you are saying art styles are not niche... I think you dont understand exactly how broadly niche can be used.

The visual design that yorick held as a monsterous human is his niche, which he greatly lacks now. He looks like a buff spooky guy with literally no throw back to his ailments... You need to quit looking at his abilities and understand that the visuals are all i'm talking about.

MonkeyMadnessAug 27, 20162 votes

Interesting that you chose the only portion of that definition that doesn't apply to this scenario.

the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption

That's the definition, though in this case food consumption is not the ecological role we are discussing. Stop being dumb. Stop being stubborn. Start realizing that old Yorick served literally no function in the current game, and accept the fact that he will now be at least a decent champion in terms of gameplay, lore, and art design.

RueianAug 28, 20161 votes

Full Definition of niche 1 a : a recess in a wall especially for a statue b : something (as a sheltered or private space) that resembles a recess in a wall 2 a : a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted <finally found her niche> b : a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species c : the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption d : a specialized market

The new art design is generic and bland in comparison to the old art design. It doesn't have to be food consumption, it says "especially" you realize you consume more things than food? Watching a movie, is consuming. His old art style and animation design was much more unique and charming than the new rendition coming out.

RueianAug 29, 20161 votes

you can not like the old yorick, that is fine, but he has alot if value.

old yorick had a bad kit. everything else was fine overall. he needed a new kit and MINOR updating. this whole thing is going overboard.

blargzillaAug 25, 20166 votes

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the new yorick model is bland in comparison to the unique niche Yorick Mori filled visually. He just needed a functional kit and some visual updating. He didn't need a design change.

I can't even upvote this enough...

AnjoulasAug 25, 20162 votes

I gotta admit. I was scared about the rework. I liked the kit, it was different and annoying and something I could annoying OP assassin assholes with in lane when I was frustrated with the overall balance of the game ;^) But sure he definitely needed a new kit.

But I am not happy with the design. I mean he looks amazing as a design. But he does not look like Yorick Mori. He looks like a completely new champion. I'd totally be down for a Traditional Skin to get my cute lil Hunchback back. And pls give him back his cough-laugh xD

NogrimAug 25, 20165 votes

i think the anger(?) is more based around the fact it simply isnt yorick. they added a great new shadow isle character that looks to be new and interesting, the problem is he is just too far away from Yorick.

frankly at this point id rather they just leave old yorick in, and give this guy a new name and add him as is.

as a mastery 5 yorick, his kit was great it was just difficult to understand and use effectively. much of his problem was in how confusing the minions health and damage were based on yours (simply adding actual values in the passives display would have fixed that). visually the minions needed to be redesigned the color was a good way to tell them apart but they needed to have more personality that reflected their effects and abilities. yorick himself wan't bad but didnt really have the ethereal feel of most of the newer shadow isles champs, adding some of the miasma stuff from around thresh/kalista/fiddle/hecarim/karthus/maokai or the zombie skins.

i think visually the update is just too far in going from the hunchbacked half/zombie the he was, to Emo Taric.

mechanically i really like the looks of his new kit, and does push him more in to a necromancer role, i can't wait to try it out.

MonkeyMadnessAug 25, 20161 votes

Old yorick was busted as hell though...I understand that there are those of you who like him, but his kit was just horrible. His old ghouls were wonky at best, and his art/model were just really outdated. And his old kit was NOT at all hard to play/use effectively (except for perhaps his ult, but even then, there are much more difficult abilities to use). You literally just spam your ghouls for the damage and slow, and let them passively increase your dps while they are out. This new yorick still has the same swarm summon mechanics, but it's much more gated by the fact that he can only do it under certain scenarios. That means riot can make his ghouls much more powerful and impactful, as he can't simply roll his face across the keyboard to summon them. This means that his role as a necromancer will be much more apparent, as opposed to it being a secondary effect of him using his abilities.

And as for the art design, yes, they took away his undead look in favor of a more true shadow isles ethereal ghostly design, but his ghouls still have the zombie feel (apart from his ult, but that's supposed to be a specter not a zombie). And his donut is MADE FROM CORPSES. I'd call that pretty zombie-themed.

RueianAug 26, 20163 votes

Yorick was a sickly hunchback gravedigger. Where in the new design is any of that. He is barely a gravedigger... he feels like spooky dude with shovel.

Flame Warrior3Aug 26, 20164 votes

I do like new yorick, and i think his kit definitely needed an update. But this is too far from the old yorick. Yorick Mori is just a lonely half-dead gravedigger, that didn't do much else. Now he's some necromancer building a whole army to fight the black mist. Riot just wants to make things complicated. But i think there's nothing wrong with a champion that isn't that special. besides that, Riot forgot the people that did love yorick. I was main yorick, and i liked the look of a dirty gravedigger. They took that whole aspect of him away. And although i said he needed an update at his kit, they made it far to complicated. I loved yorick mainly because he was just an easy champ to play with a lot of potential. I had a lot of fun games playing him. And I know a lot of people didn't even know his abilities, but I definitely liked him. And I'm really angry about the fact that riot just swept him away like he was never there.

Darius StradaAug 25, 20162 votes

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I mean they ruined yorick's design. He looks terrible visually now and has a boring voice.

I agree with the voice buut he looks awsome

RueianAug 26, 20162 votes

Yorick was a sickly hunchback gravedigger. Where in the new design is any of that. He is barely a gravedigger... he feels like spooky dude with shovel.

I dont like his visuals because it is bland. It is a base line warlock with a shovel. he is big and glowey. but he isn't Yorick Mori

ChaosThiefAug 24, 20164 votes

I believe they mentioned that traditional skins aren't happening anymore since the effort on them is a bit extreme.

It's actually very sad. Sion was very different before the rework, but he got no traditional skin.

Meep ManAug 24, 20162 votes

It was mainly his voice visual-wise. Otherwise, he just got a huge makeover from a green zombie to a larger, grey zombie.

Mr FidoriAug 24, 20163 votes

I would love this.

blargzillaAug 25, 20163 votes

If you guys want to support me in my campaign to get Riot to make a Traditional Yorick skin, or hell, bring back the Traditional skin line in general, then help me by making your own posts on reddit, imgur, facebook, tumblr, twitter, the league boards, or any social media really to help get Riot to notice what the community wants and get Riot to bring back Traditional skins. Gangplank Karma Karthus Malzahar Ryze Sion Taric Trundle Yorick

CasterGilgameshAug 25, 20162 votes

why make a traditional skin for yorick there wasnt much worth keeping in his old model thus why he got visually updated....

cyberchadeAug 25, 20164 votes

some pleople like myself love how he looks on live right now and dont want to see it go

CasterGilgameshAug 25, 20162 votes

but everything has to change the reason he hasnt gotten any skins is because of the way he looks his model makes it impossible to give him decent skins.Cant people see how counter intuitive trying to make a traditional skin is since the skin used all the resources from the old model which riot completely changed

cyberchadeAug 25, 20162 votes

they have made triditinal skin in the past it doent have to be good just what he is now with his abilitys matching

RueianAug 29, 20161 votes

they could have done less with this remodel and kept him true to his old look. this was overboard.

ExterminatorColeAug 25, 20163 votes

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why make a traditional skin for yorick there wasnt much worth keeping in his old model thus why he got visually updated....

There isn't much worth keeping ? Everything is worth keeping, old yorick was the most unique champ in the whole game. I literally find myself look at the little avatars of his ghouls for minutes, and just end up being lost, it gives this nostalgic feeling, followed up by curiousity, to know more behind the ghouls and their scary, yet confused faces, completely amazed by the old splash art style. The problem with riot is that they are focusing to make everything "child" friendly, and you cant prove me wrong; take the ryze rework for example. He has these weird cartoony unnatural movements, and some flashy animations, even his new walk animation is hidious to start off with that, leave alone his new model. Riot is def focusing mostly on their immature fanbase, because I don't see anyone else being able to like the new riots style.

League turned from a great fantasy game, with old SR, old models, old splash arts that made you wonder deeply (for example Shadow Prince Malzahar, the Arab looking town in the background of the splash art, just makes you look at it, and wonder, I dont know how to describe, but this is the case with all old splash arts, Galios splash arts too for example, with the towns in the backgrounds, and in general the backgrounds of old splash arts, were very, very mystic and unique), old animations, old lores (ideas for lores), a game that used to give you an extremely unique vibe, a really warm, "I'm entertained, satysfied, and hooked asf to this game" feeling, where each champion was unique and gave you off that unique feeling while playing it, when lores were worth checking out, because they were genius, and actually made you wish there was more to read, to a generic cartoony game without a personality, that imo tries to "keep up" with the gaming industry.

And since I've been here since the earliest stages of this game, and kept up with the game throughout its whole development, my only conclusion long story short, is that league lost its originality, and went extremely downhill after S4 when they changed the games style.

So yeah, as a proud traditional trundle owner, I would def want Traditional Yorick.

CasterGilgameshAug 25, 20163 votes

I honestly don't know how to answer this because I both have no strong feelings for this topic what so ever, and I lost interest and anything I say will just bring more arguments and down votes. As far as the ryze update is concerned for me it was great the visuals are great his personality is ok. His lore finally has meaning and he has a purpose.the whole point of him having exaggerated movement during spells is just a small form of some counter play since now you know exactly what spell he is using.Making his movement exaggerated just goes with the rest of him.Old Yorick is from a time when everything was horribly cartoony and riot didn't know how to make character back stories as well as they do now. he was tacky and just served as a walking joke for a character that is cursed to keep living he hardly filled the serious category.Like my previous comment stated its not worth effort leaving a skin for his old model since his old model was ugly (not scary ugly just plane potato looking) His new lore is awesome just like ryze he finally has purpose.you are free to have your own opinions but I love the changes I accept change.now since I'm in the middle of class I'll just end this.

ExterminatorColeAug 25, 20162 votes

Old yorick was beautiful, the oldschool model was just one of the dopest models, especially with all the details with the shadows etc, just like old mao kai, new mao is just way too.... I'm not even gonna comment. I hate changes, but forced to play with them, which is the problem. Riot is focusing their new cartoon game way too hard, w/o giving a single fk about oldschool players, which imo should be their most respected group, since those we're their players when league wasn't as popular.

RueianAug 29, 20161 votes

people also forget about his charming goofy animations