@riot about Morgana

Krabohod·8/23/2018, 1:04:21 AM·1 votes·3,891 views
  • So the recent news is that Morgana Morgana will be only VU'ed (or very high chances of that) when her inevitable update with Kayle. I'm big believer in that she must also recieve some gameplay update also.

Yup, I know my thread is looking like it belongs in gameplay section, but I can't make posts in Gameplat section due to low lvl summoner. :) But I'll try to neglect this problem by adressing this issue from art and feeling standpoint

First of all, let's see what today Morgana looks like from art standpoint.

The main theme for Morgana is that she is "the fallen angel". She also represents that idea of good in Chaos, while Kayle represents the idea of strict Order, and what can be bad about it. SHe's that sexy, free but a bit evil with that floats with her wings. Not very fallen angel, if you ask me. But in a fame perspective Morgana's toolkit does not really embodies that idea of "Fallen Angel" or even peer to Kayle. Nothing embodies that cool, but not evil badness apart from her W. Artistically her W is very cool idea - to be able as player to scorch, to curse land at someone's feet. That's very neat. That's giving her theme to work with, and quite inspiring

Also Morg's passive ability is very lackluster. It is very unispiring. I always forget what it does. It's just basic healing and really dull.

So, we'll proceed to my idea. Please, please, Riot, for the love of god make her W is her passive ability!

The ability to scorch earth, land is cool. It should be not this small circle, but massive area in fight, so it can't be shrug off. But how could we do it? Make that her passive create this circle of cursed land whenever Morgana touches anyone with ANY of her abilities.

Listen, W is used only for 2 things:

  1. When you have catched someone with your Q, you instantly place a W under them. SO they could be combined.
  2. To push minions. To be honest that is quite boring.

Now imagine this: You give your ally a E magic shield, and there is cursed land around 'em. You catch someone with Q, and there is cursed land around 'em. You get into the teamfight and cast your ulti when there are 5 enemies around you: suddenly there are 5 circles of cursed land in the teamfight, that enemies must be ware of. I played quite a lot as Morgana and that's the dream! You create that giant cursed area around you, and now enemies must respect it. This is what I want from upcoming Morgana's update: to be able to curse half of everyone's screen. So they would NOTICE ME. (and yes ult is not enough :D) That feel is supersatisfying. (I imagine)

That would be neat from art's perspective. Now Morgana isn't just evil witch that tries to catch you with that 2 year long Q, but instead she is that art counter to Kayle. She is dark that surrounds the light. Kayle is that embodiment of Light, of order, of something Inquisition-ary. Kayle is that moving light on the battlefield. Now what can be more counter then that idea of giant areas of scorched, bad, dark land. Every light is more visible when more darkness surround it. And Putting Morgana's W on passive, so there can be a lot of areas makes her champion with a theme. That theme of darkness that consumes, that surrounds everyone and everything; now she becomes that darkness that is counter to everyone's (and Kayle's especially) inner light. Now she is not just evil witch she is embodiment of that idea.

Today's Morgana really lack that kind of thing, and I hope I found the solution.

And with her W, I feel that you'll absolutely make something great, I believe in you :)

Thank you, everyone for reading this! Sorry for my bad English. Yup, I know that's borderline Gameplay thread/post, but I was trying to explain this from art and even a bit of story perspective. Thank you!

16 Comments

SSmotzer8/23/2018, 7:14:31 AM1 votes

Well, we already know that they aren't angels. They get their power from Ascension. This may be a bit speculative, but they appear to be wielding a Darkin, with Kayle taking control of the Darkin, like Shadow Assassin Kayne, and Morgana struggling with the Darkin, like normal Kayn.

Now I know what you're thinking, "but Morgana doesn't have a weapon" but Morgana does have chains. Like with the other Darkin, this Darkin would be allegorical to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, so Kayle and Morgana would be wielding the Darkin Scales, which represent both Justice and Famine. That is right, a single Darkin between both sisters.

Between Aether Wing Kayle's voice lines, and Aatrox calling out Kayle's imperfection, it looks like Kayle's motivation is her perfection, and the perfection of Demacia. So it looks like Kayle's ultimate goal is to kill Morgana, take back the Darkin, and take the last of it's power to become an immortal glorious golden god queen.

Like when Frodo offered Galadriel the one ring.... but for keeps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spHEw2n9LwE

Oleandervine8/23/2018, 1:29:14 PM1 votes

It's not "a high chance." They've confirmed she's getting a VgU alongside Kayle's VGU. They stated her W and passive were trouble areas for her otherwise well aged kit, and were going to be working on them to either change or update them.

Terozu8/24/2018, 3:19:39 PM1 votes

Shes getting a passive and w update from what i understand.

Hoover218/24/2018, 4:47:15 PM1 votes

wow that W idea is cool, id suggest to make it a fan-shaped area behind the target that get hit by her ability (like grave's ult effect) that why she can still use q and this passive to farm and poke enemy, and for her ult the passive ranged will be outside her chain range so the chained one really have to decide to run out or fight in.