Riot, what are the champs that are ONLY getting VUs, that you are working on now, and who is on the list to receive one, but is not worked on now? I hear that Nunu was being worked on , along with Cho, but they where both far from finished. Is Eve on the list ? Swain or Udyr maybe ?
DwarvenGiant1 votesSo IronStylus was streaming last Sunday, and I got to ask him a few questions, and here are the answers summed up (for not only my questions): (Also, Michael/IronStylus, if you're reading this, I'm sorry if I got some statements wrong)
Currently all champs with a VU in the works have a gameplay update slotted for them. It's an 'opportunity' thing (like with Fiora- She got a VU because they saw it as an opportunity to bundle it with her gameplay update, as they may not work on her again any time soon/ever).
Nunu has a model made by Josh Singh in his free time but they've never done anything with it and he's not slotted for a gameplay update so he'll probably not going to receive a VU any time soon.
Kog'Maw is cute, seems visually fine (for now- not a priority) after the texture rebalance.
Cho'Gath has a huge potential and can fulfill the whole 'Kaiju fantasy' thing really well but is a really big project. He may get a Gameplay Update with his VU (but he's not slotted for any of the 2 at the moment).
Lee Sin isn't slotted for a Gameplay Update right now so he probably won't be slotted for a VU anytime soon, even though he thinks that his rig is clunky and other artists want to work on him very badly.
Shaco will probably get a Sion-size update (currently not being worked on though).
They wanna give Irelia a Sion-size update.
Caitlyn not soon (not being worked on). He still wants to update her badly.
Urgod in early pre-production: Vesh- the designer of Soraka's gameplay update- is working on some early kits and some art exploration has been made by team ChampUp's artists.
Quinn will probably be his last champion update project (she was rushed and he wants to work on her properly).
"How can Yorick be more stylized/cooler on the art aspect and more than just a hunchback with a shovel?"
Evelynn not this year (not being worked on right now- although some early exploration has been made over time).
Hopefully Taric this year (and if not late this year then he'll probably be released early next year).
Poppy sooner than later. Will be beefier than Tristana but she's gonna be a lot more 'yordle'. SolCrushed was her (gameplay) designer (also designed Viktor's gameplay update).
New Leona skin concept was done by IronStylus some time ago and might become a skin in the (near?) future.
Linna Excel1 votesThey wanna give Irelia a Sion-size update.
No!!! Don't nerf Irelia!!!
Evelynn not this year
I don't think they are ever going to give Evelynn a VU.
Sharjo2 votesI don't think they are ever going to give Evelynn a VU.
The fact that Sion got a VU of such a scale as he did is indicative that they will get to her eventually. There's still folks who need more help than her though, like Poppy, Taric, Urgot, etc.
DwarvenGiant1 votesI don't think they are ever going to give Evelynn a VU.
Eventually, they will give her a VU- Actually she's quite a priority at Riot, but they just haven't found the best thematic solution for her yet.
