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What I find troubling in each reworked Morg skin

Melvor·2/25/2019, 3:42:46 PM·17 votes·6,768 views

Hi everyone, Morgana is the first champion I reached M7 on almost two years ago and she holds a very special place in my heart for that. I was not only disappointed that Morgana is not receiving a new passive and a new ult (even Reav3 mentions in the roadmap how they aimed to make her less suicidal when ulting, which was not accomplished) despite there being a plethora of wonderful options in the MorganaMains subreddit such as these

passive https://www.reddit.com/r/MorganaMains/comments/au9741/my_idea_on_how_to_rework_morganas_passive_for/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MorganaMains/comments/aswhp0/morgana_passive_idea_and_reasoning/

Ult https://www.reddit.com/r/MorganaMains/comments/ath7x6/im_cool_with_so_few_kit_changes_but_there_is_one/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MorganaMains/comments/at8hfp/a_discussion_on_the_issues_morgana_struggles_with/

but the skins were even more disheartening to me as not only were there many recycled splash arts but also "updated" ones just to hide the low quality, i.e mist in ghost bride ( https://i.redd.it/zxn3ndi5alh21.gif ) Overall you can see the difference in quality and the amount of thought that went into it when compared to Akali or Irelia for example. Furthermore, she only has 12 minutes of voice lines whereas recent reworks have had 20+!

Here are the main problems with each skin (not including Exiled as after spamming Riot asking for unique VFX they agreed and neither Sinful Succulence as it is an entire different debate whether Riot should add VFX to lower priced skins (Infernal Akali says hi!))

Lunar Wraith: Lunar Wraith Morgana has lost its wraith essence i.e. the colour effect in her arms which every other lunar wraith skin has: Caitlyn: https://teemo.gg/model-viewer?skinid=51010 Sylas: https://teemo.gg/model-viewer?skinid=517001 Old Morgana: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWnvl5JUAAAX5Xd.jpg New Morgana: https://teemo.gg/model-viewer?skinid=25010 As you can see her dress and headpiece have been simplified and her skin tone changed, which now makes it a warring kingdoms skin! Additionally, Q lost ist howling wolf sound effect. Not really an issue but a nice-to-have would have been butterfly effects on her W similar to the splash art: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5vfuSrm_e1s/XG208yw74cI/AAAAAAABPGo/aF_b606ISik_GCNBjLWv2YOzzMwRhM0FgCLcBGAs/s1600/25010.jpg

Bewitching: Bewitching Morgana has gone from hero to zero after the rework with oversaturated colours. Additionally old Morgana had no pupils and since the splash remained the same apart from the wings it is no longer representative of the in-game model. Here is a great alternative https://i.redd.it/yyjm192tzci21.png (original post https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/atybmh/i_edited_bewitching_morgana_to_make_her_more/ ) Furthermore, Morgana has had runes on her W which are now gone as well as bats flying around her when idle.

Ghost Bride Her Dress has gone from a beautiful vibrant blue full of volume to dull drapes and her wings are reminiscent to Warwick's tail. Morgana having a tail really weird and it could be changed by making the texture more feather-like instead of hairy Here is a great alternative/suggestion https://www.reddit.com/r/MorganaMains/comments/aty83b/suggestion_for_ghost_bride_warwick_ops_ghost/

Blackthorn Blackthorn Morgana has lost all its leaf textures and roots making it extremely generic. Her Q and W have no longer special effects and is a downgrade overall. Riot, however, will add effects to her E and a new death animation. Here is a reddit thread discussing this skin https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/aub080/blackthorn_morgana_looks_significantly_worse_post/

Victorious Morgana I don't own this skin personally (rip) but I have heard many complaints regarding the saturation of her W. Other than that this skin is fine!

While I understand Morgana and Kayle have over 15 skins combined it is no excuse for this rather lazy VU since, as mentioned above, lots of splash arts were recycled and her kit has not had any major changes. This "rework" was announced over a year ago, mind you!

[cass-cry]

3 Comments

Don Lupus2/26/2019, 7:15:08 AM3 votes

No offense intended, but I think you are a bit nitpicky here. While I agree that Ghost Bride (too much grey on it because of the tail-wings) and Blackthorn Morgana (now random-plant-witch with red VFX instead of a tree-spirit) are definitly not as impressing as they were pre-rework, the overall quality of her skins has increased.

Exiled stays true to it's original color-palette, but the new norse-themed outfit, hairdo and makeup look gorgeous and now that they recolored her abilities, the skin is really really good.

Lunar Wraith is a biiiig improvement IMO. The new model looks splendid and finally delivers the Geisha-like fantasy of the concept. The old model just looked super-messy. I agree that the wolfe-sound missing is a downer, but that's pretty much it.

While I can see how people would prefer a more poof-y dress for Bewitching, but I still think that the model is a big upgrade while still staying true to the original feeling of the skin. I would have preferred them to stay true to tge rune-ish VFX of the OG, but I can live with the new bubbly VFX. HOWEVER I habe to admit that the texture edit you posted looks much better.

Sexy Jack Rabbit2/26/2019, 7:52:01 AM3 votes

This rework was a pretty clear reason as too why 2 champions shouldn't be given to one Champ Up team. It's just too much to handle and so many small corners are cut for these skins.