Kayle's Wings (Feel free to disagree)

AstralHeart·2/21/2019, 1:31:44 PM·2 votes·1,502 views

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/306995887614459918/548130900118994955/Opened_Wings.PNG Compared to https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/306995887614459918/548130885862555654/Closed_Wings.PNG

Which is better? Let's just call Image one: Open and Image Two: Closed My friends and I have been talking about this nonstop since the update. Now, Image: Open is really, _really _ cool at some points. Great concept, love the idea... but not so much on the execution. Do not mean to hate, just summing up what was discussed between friends. It could have been much better. The wings are "flappy", which personally give me a headache. There is a lot of movement, especially her top set of wings (most notably seen when idle.. but then again not everyone is going to stay idle in this type of game so what is the point Astral?), plus there is so much space in between them, it's almost like a "there's so much going on, what do I look at" moment. Of course, you are free to disagree. Compare this to Image: Closed. That moment is beautiful, it is something I truly look forward to every time the recall animation starts. It is gorgeous. Very simple and clean design, not too much to look at, and best of all? Less movement. Which means less headache (for me at least). Granted the image was not the best, bad timing on my part, but look in game and you will clearly see the difference for yourself.

If I could adjust it myself, I would. And what I would do is put her wings a bit closer together, buff up the thin sections of her wings, and clean up that "flappiness" so they don't look like silk fabric swaying in the wing and instead look like actual wings.

I just want to know what the community has to say on this subject, who prefers Image: Open versus Image: Closed? And maybe include what you find good/bad?

6 Comments

ModThe Djinn2/21/2019, 2:16:46 PM3 votes

It's hard to fly with closed wings, and the fact that Kayle has heavily embraced her Targonian side is fairly core to her character.

seresibyl2/21/2019, 1:34:24 PM1 votes

You don't get Angewomon from closed wings.

Warlord Rhinark2/21/2019, 1:35:02 PM1 votes

I prefer closed.

Gapybo2/21/2019, 2:09:54 PM1 votes

Open looks more epic, seraph like to me. Also keep in mind they wanted to make kayle body to be normal sized compared to other champions, something that wasn't possible with her old wing design. She was tiny. That's probably the reason they went with this style and it looks beautiful.

AstralHeart2/21/2019, 9:21:28 PM1 votes

I just took a look at Riot Kayle, those wings are gorgeous [sg-jinx] I was thinking something along the lines of that for her wings instead. Not exactly, but close to. The only obvious difference is that the Riot Kayle's wings hardly move at all xD and that wouldn't be practical https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/306995887614459918/548252770512404480/Riot_Kayle.PNG