A Grim reminder that Icons like these are still in the game

Angelofchaos16x··44 votes·5,945 views
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Eve Kog Warwick Cho Jax Blitz

All these icons look outdated and old. And the worst part, only one is on the list to receive a VU, and even in his case it has been iceboxed for now. The least Riot could do is when they tweak Koggy for the ADC update, that he gets new icons.

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DemaciaClown16 votes

Anivia and fiddle?

Angelofchaos16x4 votes

Damn, forgot about them

Sinlaire5 votes

Nunu's are just as bad as these as well.

Diananmen Square8 votes

Anivia's E makes me cringe so hard.

"Icon with her wings spread out, it must be a MS buff or something" - Throws a spike

AbiwonKenabi9 votes

Part of me is sort of charmed by stuff like this. Don't get me wrong, they're terrible still, but looking at them reminds me of League's goofy fun days when they were just figuring everything out and things weren't all grim dark. Not that what they are doing now is bad, just that I don't think things have the same charm they used to.

These are so silly. WW's squishy close-up; Cho's passive has his tail, like what does that have to do with it?; Jax is like punching someone right in the fucking head; Evelynn with her ridiculous meat hands. I agree they need to be updated, but they still bring a smile to my face.

Champion Skin1 votes

Angler Jax as Jax passive? Because fishing=Attack speed (of course right?) XD

Ebonmaw Dragon7 votes

To be fair, i like the icons of Blitzcrank and KogMaw

But... can someone explain me the icons of Jax?... seriously... a fishing rod?

Small Tiddies2 votes

Angler Jax Skin :P

missinggrave3 votes

#LoreReferences

freeformline1 votes

I believe it is there to reinforce the idea that he is skillful enough to fight effectively with a weapon as awkward as a fishing rod, as his lore suggests.

Shíny7 votes

Old lore: The most prolific tournament fighter at the Institute of War, the self-proclaimed "Grandmaster at Arms" rattled off a streak of consecutive wins 152 long. No one had ever achieved even half of that number before, but what made it even more remarkable was that he did so while fighting only 152 matches. Concerned the peace accords that ended the Rune Wars would be threatened by a fighter who was unbeatable in the arena, the League hastily banned Jax from the arena all together. But in the spirit of the Institute, the League eventually relented, stating that a champion’s skill was no reason to remove a realm’s access to the governing powers of the tournaments.** Jax was reinstated, but with one rule: He is only allowed to fight with weapons the League deems suitable. For now, that list includes a lamppost, a chicken’s foot, a spatula, and a fishing rod.**

Diananmen Square3 votes

Urf the Jax-a-tee confirmed?

doombotMECHA2 votes

urf was actually originally a jax fanboy in his lore

Curling Veigar6 votes

the icons that aren't full squares should be the first to be changed

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http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/4/45/Rebirth.png/revision/latest?cb=20130929122650 http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/4/49/Flash_Frost.png/revision/latest?cb=20130929122648 http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/2/28/Crystallize.png/revision/latest?cb=20130929122647 http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/e/ee/Frostbite.png/revision/latest?cb=20130929122649 http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/0/05/Glacial_Storm.png/revision/latest?cb=20130929122650

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/2/21/Visionary.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100308034305&format=webp http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/8/83/Consume.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100308034314&format=webp http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/e/e1/Blood_Boil.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100308034321&format=webp http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/2/2f/Ice_Blast.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100308034333&format=webp http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/7/77/Absolute_Zero.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100308034509&format=webp

ElBoob1 votes

Leave my Veigar icons alone!

Diananmen Square2 votes

Anivia's icons will be changed Soon. TM.

iainB854 votes

LOL the Eve and Warwick ones look like a 6 year old drew them. :(

Lintu Puck3 votes

meh I think Kog's icons are fine tbh range move, armor melter move, after death chaser passive, bombardment, and an ooze roll

ModAcademy Kayn3 votes

How bout Malzahar?

Rand0mH3r0X3 votes

Oh man, don't even start about how I think you feel about this one: item 3114

Dreamspitter6 votes

Huh?

TurquoiseYoshi3 votes

It's Eve... and Eve... and Eve... and her scratching someone... and her feet. 11/10 Rito

Doggie Kruger2 votes

Jax and Blitz im fine with tbh. The rest do need a redesign.

Angelofchaos16x10 votes

Really ? I cringe every time I play Jax, he looks so outdated, model wise and icon wise

Troll for Trump3 votes

It's fine he'll forever be reknowed as the lamp-wielding helicopter eggplant. And I would like him to stay that way... it would be... egg celent. Thatpun didn't work and I should feel bad.

Diananmen Square6 votes

IKR, fishing doesn't make you hit faster.

CamboBambo2 votes

Karma

Angelofchaos16x1 votes

Her's are much better then these

Troll for Trump1 votes

hers got updated already.

Doomchem2 votes

What are you on about Karma's are awesome.

Troll for Trump2 votes

You forgotAkali (it doesn't look BAD, but it definitely looks outdated) Amumu :derp Corki :Outdated DrMundo :WTF is the icon for his ult? Champ also needs either smallrework, or buff. Gragas :A little oldlooking Kennen :Looks really bland asdf Leblanc :Abilities look a little outdated, could use a splash art change as well LeeSin :Abilities look cool, but still kinda old Lux :Generic abilities Malzahar :Old fashioned abilities Nocturne :A little older-looking Nunu :This is as bad as eve,cho,and kgogy Olaf :Old-looking,bland Orianna :A little old-looking Pantheon :A little old looking Poppy :Doesn't lookbad, but abilities look old; Is getting a rework soon though Renekton :Ult looks weird Rengar :A little oldlooking Rumble :Pretty dang old fashioned Shen :Really bland, reallyold, but getting a update, like poopy Riven :Abilities look old Swain :Abilities look old, could use a splash update too Taric : This is as bad as eve,cho, and kog, but he will be getting a champ and visual update Udyr :Model needs update(Spirit guard udyr shouldve been a model+texture update), ability icons look horrible Urgot :A little oldlooking Varus :A little oldlooking Vayne :Really oldlooking icons; with her popularity she'll prob get a update on icons Veigar :Looks pretty bad Vladimir :A little old, really bland Volibear :A little old MonkeyKing :pretty oldloooking XinZhao :pretty oldlooking Yorick :Yeah he really needs a visual,splash,texture and ability icon update. Riot is working on him tho Ziggs :looks a little old Zyra :looks really old

DemaciaClown4 votes

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Taric : This is as bad as eve,cho, and kog, but he will be getting a champ and visual update

Shh taric's Q icon is just fine. http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/0/04/Imbue.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091018184958

Diananmen Square1 votes

Rengar's and Ziggs' icons are fine compared to those of Anivia, Fiddle, Yorick, etc.

Cpt Pants2 votes

FYI, eve's passive is a new icon, you can see it's better quality than the rest.

edit: the icon with her face also looks new.

Hexs Fortune2 votes

Why is Helmet Bro in the Jax icons

Blue Moon Wolf2 votes

Same goes for the Item/ summoner spell Icons as well: summoner 7 summoner 3 item 1076 item 1054 item 1055 item 3124 item 3100 item 3027 item 3155 item 3078 item 3077 item 1027 item 1028 item 1036 item 1052 And that's not even covering the Icons that are still in the game that don't have items to go with them anymore.

IcyPepper1 votes

dem heels tho

Fenriyx1 votes

I'm sure one else pointed it out but, you act as though they stopped doing updates on old champions. Riot will get to it, chill.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

Veigar

Ralanr1 votes

Take a look at Pantheon's icons.

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

Replace Blitz with Amumu, Blitz's icons still look pretty good, just need a little spit polish, everything else is just terrible.

HentRex1 votes

I think Blitzcrank's are fine. I mean the almost look and feel like he designed them himself. You can look at them and guess what they do.

HentRex1 votes

Warwick's on the other hand. First one looks like a pig. and the last one looks like a pug. Then Cho's passive looks like nothing on Cho's model, so I don't get that one.

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

Cho's is his tail, but how it has anything to do with his passive is beyond me.

HentRex1 votes

NEVER SEEN THAT. Since it looks like a dinosaur's tail in the model.

Conturbatio1 votes

I honestly like to maintain the outdated icons.

Qchan1 votes

Forgot Poppy.

Sukishoo1 votes

Time. It takes time.

Plus there are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many forgotten and not even mentioned through the thread xD

The Soulforged1 votes

I had no idea what ww e icon was until now... I mean I saw this red thingy which looks like armor, but it's actually ww smelling something.

5512021 votes

TheWarwick vu and gameplay updated were announced 4 years ago, we are still waiting, Riot Games, don't let us die before it happen (i know i will die b4 i see this champ updated). Only the community see that those 6 y/o icons are outdated and ugly, Riot Game think they are fine.

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