Mao Kai the big tree smaller than large barbarian guy (Sion)

PyramidSwim·12/8/2014, 7:41:01 PM·6 votes·1,081 views

They overdid Sion's size in the visual upgrade (his voice over is also overdone, too bloated with too many lines, he never shuts up. That's another story, though.) I understand he's supposed to be a juggernaught, but he's still a person, albeit an undead person. That shouldn't make him bigger than a big tree or a titan from the sea, or a mountain (Malphite). All I'm sayin', Riot is this; start thinking about the proportion as you update the art. I'm not saying everything should be to scale (because we already know it's not going to be), but scale or not, the proportion should make a little more sense.

7 Comments

LANWhale12/9/2014, 4:04:23 AM1 votes

Well if no one noticed back in the old summoners rift.....champions where as big as trees, even the yordles.

Gapybo12/9/2014, 12:18:56 PM1 votes

Maokai is a treant, not a tree. And even trees come in different sizes. I suggest you visit the woods sometimes in your life or at least google it.

Grouchy Poro12/9/2014, 6:27:11 PM1 votes

I think Maokai is the size he is because A: I believe he's an oak tree and oak's aren't the tallest but rather most robust, B: he's lacking many of his old branches and leaves which would give him girth, and C: he's taken the mass of the oak tree to form his body, repositioning a lot of mass.

As for Naut he could use a bit of a size buff but it says nowhere in his lore that he's giant; just a titan. He was a normal man before he was made into what he is now, and though compared to Sion he's not as titan like as people would want, compared to other normal humans he is quite the tall and beefy guy.

not a starburst12/11/2014, 8:05:58 AM1 votes

Think about it the other way around: if Sion is larger than a tree, what does that imply about what he's become?