Champion Roadmap is now Live!!! Thoughts?

JonnyBoyy·4/23/2019, 5:36:59 PM·3 votes·4,127 views
Champion Roadmap: April 2019

My honest thoughts,

As usual, the roadmap was so juicy :D

Excited for the new champs/VGUs and the VGU 2020 Poll.

However this is the only thing that upsets me,

After Mordekaiser’s VGU this year, we’ll have gotten through the last of the champions in need of his level of work (think updates the size of Urgot’s, Nunu’s, and Swain’s)

Opinion: There are still champs that would benefit from this kind of treatment. Like Shyvanna for instance, she has this potential to have this dragon lady thematic that can switch up to dragon form to humanoid form. But her skills/abilities can be improved more. Another one is Nocturne, they can preserve his gameplay style but they could still play around/change his other kits(except his ult unless improves it), and many more.

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So for the rest of 2019 and for the foreseeable future, we’re going to focus more on new champions and less on large-scale visual-gameplay updates.

Opinion: I respect your decision but this is very heartbreaking, there are still many champs that needs VGU/VgU or just a VU and Splash Art Updates, VO Updates, etc. can't be change without the champ being in that state(VGU/VgU/VU) because like what you've said in the past, it would be a waste of material to update them redundantly or again and again. Specially if those materials would be better used to champs in development. So i hope you guys would rethink about this and change your mind. Plus, is it me or you have many roaster of champs already and having more of these would just create balance problems, skins demand, more uproar, etc. I also think its better to have like 3-4 new champs per year like 2018 new champs roaster and more on VGU/VgU/VU until you've updated(really) all of the outdated champs. Lastly, Its a win-win situation after you finish updating all of the dated champs, after that, you can now focus on creating many new champs as you want.

2 Comments

Chembaron Yamada4/23/2019, 5:49:24 PM2 votes

Extremely disappointed by this roadmap, this is the first time I consider to take some months of a break from LoL because of sheer disappointment with one of their teams....

Piltover and Zaun are the main reason I am playing this game in the first place and so I was really hoping to see any kind of content coming for these in the next months.

But the next champion is going to be from a new jungle faction.... the new untraditional marksman is most likely from the Shadow Isles (maybe the guy with sword and shield who was in that story...).

Then the next VGU is going to be Pantheon, ok. But basically getting told that there are no more champions in dire need of a VGU when the abomination of a model from Dr. Mundo exists.... Honestly, that felt like a slap in the face at this point for me.

I am just really saddened by the thought that there is no hope for any interesting content for me coming in the next half year (or even longer). Can't even hope for a lore update for any champion of this region, since it seems that Riot just doesn't care to tell us about Twitch or anyone else.

tHORNY plant4/23/2019, 5:56:54 PM2 votes

excuse my french but HOLY FUCKING SHIT im so damn excited for the new champions. First of all the support, because i love traditional support champs and was sad that we haven't had one in awhile. SECOND mordekaiser, i'm not as excited for him since I do not play him but jeez, Im happy for him that he is finally getting some love. THIRD I love the new assassin champion, personally I love champions that revolve around the jungle (not the role) like Zyra Rengar Ivern Neeko Nidalee so I am very happy that we are getting another one right after Neeko. FOURTH I honestly do not even care when it comes to Pantheon, but still good for him lul. FIFTH I am so excited for a new marksman, I always am when there is a new marksman because I love playing all of the adcs and I am sad that there are not many of them.