Welp, time for a Galio Visual Update again...

AtlasDubstep·3/8/2017, 3:15:12 PM·2 votes·1,439 views

Don't get me wrong, it's been a long time coming for a Galio rework and I'm happy with it, but as far as his visuals go.....C'MON.

I'm not usually one to use the forums to complain (or use the forums at all really) because overall, I usually have faith my issue will be resolved in time, but this one seems a bit obvious. I get that you're trying to fit his style into the new lore work and he's a statue and all, but with zero color aside from the gold trim, he kinda just looks like the designers went "...meh." halfway through carving him out in Zbrush...he doesn't even have eyes. Contrasted to the rest of the champions which all have great, vibrant color schemes and textures whether it be The Freljord Blue that accents Ashe Sejuani and Lissandra or The Void's Purple on champs like Malzahar Velkoz and Khazix, Galio ends up just feeling flat.

I know people will say, "That's the point, he's made of stone..", but their are a lot of things you can still do with stone from a design perspective. I mean, that's kind of what he was supposed to be originally and I feel like stronger design choices were made the first time around.Amumu

A couple of things I will say to his defense: The new kit is great and really revitalizes him as a champ as far as game play goes. Also, his much bigger model sets the distinction he's traditionally meant for top lane.

I'm curious at what everyone else thinks about the new Galio, just glancing over the forums it seems to be a loaded question...So, Shoot!

5 Comments

Valaran Nara3/8/2017, 4:15:02 PM3 votes

I feel like he probably would have been received better if he had hype or was promoted better.

Like, at that point, at least it'd get us more positive about the changes that we're seeing because HYPE as opposed to just being neutral and then thinking of it.

Overall, I think the loss of appeal is that he's made of marble instead of other materials. Greek and Romans made their statues out of marble as well. It just that, people think of gargoyles perching off buildings being something other than white. Reason being they had to match what the building looked like in order to be a good design choice. Unfortunately, buildings in Demacia are also white and gold, so Galio was allowed to be that color palette instead of something more dreary.

GaouTheDragon3/8/2017, 3:43:07 PM2 votes

New Galio should die in a fire and get smashed into pieces. Like who even cares about the kit for this kind of scenario if people only care about his kit and not destroying a piece of history? Galio should've stayed the way he is but have like a cloak or edgier parts to make him look more "Gothic" and "Guardian".

AtlasDubstep3/8/2017, 4:10:04 PM2 votes

idk, it was definitely time for a change, but I'd say Galio's had one of the most drastic champion reworks in a while with relatively little hype. I hope he gets a few big last minute tweaks.

The only other way to justify having a pretty mild base character is if he has some really awesome skins on the way.