Is Udyr ever getting a VU?
's splash art is badass, but I can't say the same about the model ingame. Seriously, I can't think of any other champion who has such an ugly, outdated base skin, except poppy who is getting reworked. Is riot not redoing it because spirit guard is too similar? The outfits are completely different, and you can touch up Udyr's base skin in many ways without it being just like spirit guard.
Make the ugly, striped, trash can dress look like a ragged, battle-scarred fur pelt. Make his autoattacks more smooth. The pelt on his head shouldn't look like a pile of dung plastered to his back, it should look like a pelt flowing in the wind. His base running animation is more like a pathetic speedwalk, his bear running animation is like him groping the air, his autoattacks feel choppy. Why is it that the only thing that 's seen in game is his horridly ugly dress and pelt? Show off some of those muscles that are so great in the splash.
Making all these little tweaks would make Udyr look so much better, yet Spirit guard would still be worth it, for all of the 3D animals, interactions, colours, the shit all over udyr when he maxes a stance, etc. Riot needs to stop worrying about the lost cash, and give this guy some kind of VU because they've already made their pretty penny off of SGU, and new Udyr players shouldn't have to feel like they have to sink in 25 bucks just to make him look something like a champion worthy of today's League graphics.
has older, even worse visuals.