@IronStylus, Trist is amazing. Regarding the Great Yordle Unification Pass. Goals, thoughts, scope?

Solideus··4 votes·3,768 views

Tristana is amazing. She has a lot more anatomy than her predecessors. She far outshines even some of the newer Yordles. Ziggs looks almost outdated next to her! What is the VU team's thoughts about the rest of the Yordles? Whom of them are slotted for a similar scope update?

Poppy Is of course on her way. Will TeemoVeigarKennenRumbleCorki have the new standard of anatomy as set by Tristana? What will Corki look like? Less gnome-ish? What about the copter? Will Lulu just get model-tweaks and be in line with Gnar's childlike anatomy? Whom of the Yordles only needs smaller tweaks, like model-swaps? Will *any * future VU's for the Yordles be smaller in scope than Tristana? What are the chances for more Yordles this year, after Poppy is released? And lastly, are you *positively *making Amumu a human child? I think you should, just wondering! He is *kinda *part of the effort, having been a Yordle in the past. What are your thoughts about him visually?

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RiotIronStylus9 votes

I'll do some posting when I get a chance. Sooo sleepy right now.

Clayton Tallman4 votes

I guess you never got a chance huh?

Slushi Simcambi1 votes

lol

DwarvenGiant1 votes

How sleepy are you now? :D

HigeR2 votes

I think that with Amumu they set their minds on keeping it a mystery weather he's a yordle or a human, in spite of that, he also has both yordle and human characteristics, for example: 4 digits instead of 5 and no ears whatsoever... that said, I don't think they'll move him into yordle territory much (adding ears would be a big no-no). Still Amumu NEEDS a VU badly, though more focused towards the fact that he's a mummy instead of a yordle like his bandages could float around as he moves and he could look way more sad than he does now, also his feet need to be defined, he's a mummy who wears boots??? he needs to be barefoot (with bandages) and this could either be yordle-like or human-like.

Lulu has always suffered from pumpkin head just like poppy, so yeah she'll need some sort of update... also, even though she's kind of new, her body doesn't look like it has much anatomy, at least in the chest area she's really really thin so perhaps giving her a bit of volume would be good, not like MF sized boobs but at least a ribcage ._.

Kennen I can't wait for him honestly, I think that Kennen is an AMAZING opportunity to create something really cool, he's feral like a yordle and composed as a ninja I only hope they uncover his head a tad and move away from the Rantarou reference a bit xD though he needs heavy bug cleaning and perhaps an update to his ult mechanics so I wouldn't expect his VU this year =/...

Teemo Last but not least, Sata... Teemo xD I can't help but wonder about the new VO they'd add on Teemo, currently we get so much information on champions from their VOs and getting to know Satan is... well... scary xD though Teemo being the main face of the Yordle race (the Superman if you will) they'll probably take their time to get it right. Also with Trist's new body I wonder if they'll remove Teemo's belly a little bit, not like giving him a six-pack or anything but making him less pudgy would be more in line with him being an almost military force. They'll definitely keep the hat (so much merchandising around this feature) and the color palette, perhaps adding a vest and getting rid of the necklace and boots altogether.

Corki the corkster!!! I love this guy and his moustaches u.u wish mine would reach such heights and float around instead of flop down xD... He needs love as well and I can't wait for them to make him all fluffy instead of an old geezer... but I can't help but flinch at the idea of Corki being more human than yordle in Riot's eyes =/ in his concepts he wasn't thought to be a yordle at all but this version of Dr. eggman that scares the bejeezus out of me... I pray, PRAY!!! they move away completely from that and enter full yordle territory, keep the whole airforce lingo on, but full yordle please!

Solideus1 votes

Amumu Given that they have phased out references to his Yordle-hood and the leaked long-form lore made him a Shuriman prince, I doubt it will even be ambiguous. Lulu Because she's a kid I think they can get away with a lot, they don't necessarily have to do much more than model-tweaks. They might use Gnar's proportions for reference. Rumble might be of similar scope, his model is just a little ugly. Kennen Teemo will likely both get a Tristana-level treatment. Teemo might get some kit-changes too, so that may be a bigger project. Corki will need a bit of reimagining, so that might be slightly bigger in scope. My guess is his aesthetics will match Tristanas.

HigeR1 votes

Well in Amumu's new lore at the end they kind of hint at him being a yordle as rumours, that's what I mean when I call it ambiguous, but you're right, at the beginning of the story the images are of a human prince :P so that makes him indeed just human

Solideus1 votes

I think they added the yordle reference as a joke. :)

Ptarlorr3 votes

Kennen has so much potential.

Right now, his model's a mistextured lumpy bag of potatoes. It's also probably one of the worst in the game and the epitome of yordleblob anatomy. Taric's pizza feet pale in comparison.

Terra Booma1 votes

I'm going to assume they're planning on holding off on a VU for poppy until a total rework is ready

or they'll go the himer route and do them with a break in between

God knows she needs both

Terra Booma1 votes

WAIT THEY HAVE A LIST

kitcat3001 votes

Yeah, its not advertised enough. I was just as surprised when I learned about it.

LordHippoman1 votes

I'm most worried about Corki's mustache, to be honest. That mustache is damn iconic. If you have to make him look more like Ziggs or New Dinger, that's cool with me. Just please don't touch that furious facial fuzz.

Solideus1 votes

I don't think you'd have to be worried, the mustache is probably the *last *thing they'd ever consider removing.

Cynicatt1 votes

I guess he forgot.

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