Is Udyr ever getting a VU?

LanTheHan·11/18/2015, 5:12:02 AM·7 votes·1,920 views

Udyr '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 Seriously, I can't think of any other champion who has such an ugly, outdated base skin, except poppy who is getting reworked.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.

12 Comments

dunkeroni11/18/2015, 5:20:30 AM3 votes

Taric has older, even worse visuals.

Udyr actually did get a visual update a while back, but they decided to charge $30 for it instead. That's where Spirit Guard Udyr came from. Since then his skins and base model have been updated for the new Summoner's Rift map, but the difference isn't very noticeable for people who haven't been playing with for a long time.

HaIlMonitor11/18/2015, 5:19:57 AM2 votes

Taric....

Valor Bot11/18/2015, 3:13:56 PM1 votes

Kennen has a pretty terrible model too. LeBlanc as well. Hopefully they'll all get a VU in time

NayNays11/18/2015, 4:23:23 PM1 votes

Udyr received the VU already ... on the boards !

http://i.imgur.com/p8mpS8L.png :D

LukeWildz11/19/2015, 5:49:16 PM1 votes

PLEASE UPVOTE THIS POST. god i want SGU so bad but fuck that price

Darius Strada11/19/2015, 5:51:58 PM1 votes

SGU should have been a VU.

DwarvenGiant11/19/2015, 6:17:46 PM1 votes

I asked IronStylus during his stream about a few champs including Udyr, and he responded that Udyr is totally not out of question for a VU despite his texture rebalance helping him a lot, but (As of three months ago) every VU in development was an opportunity to give a champ some love with a Gameplay Update, and that they work like that because some champs won't get a chance for a (visual) update for a long time if they don't do it with their gameplay updates (Fiora for example) and the thing is that Udyr is not scheduled for a gameplay update. :P I hope that I explained it clearly. Tell me if I didn't so I can correct myself, please.

ADC5LUT11/19/2015, 7:07:32 PM1 votes

The only way I can even play Udyr is with SGU. His base model & skins are just atrocious in comparison.

GroovyBagpiper11/20/2015, 6:35:36 PM1 votes

I mystery gifted my self and got spirit guard Udyr, so I've always played him with an amazing skin. One day I had to play on my friends account and I chose Udyr, but my friend didn't have a skin so I played with the base one. Once I got into the game my first reaction was "wtf am i playing, its so.....meh and bland"

Ralanr11/18/2015, 5:22:13 AM1 votes

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