Elixir of Iron & Champion size - Nautilus, Malphite, Maokai, etc
After playing around with the new Elixir of Iron on some of my favorite champions I've come to feel a little heart broken after the effect wears off. The plus 25% size increase make all the difference.
- In the New Dawn cinematic, Riot portrayed Naut as a towering leviathan standing at least 2 or 3 times taller than Graves. In-game however, Naut is only maybe a head taller. It makes me sad to see Naut so small in-game. He just doesn't feel heavy.
- Maokai is meant to be a spirit that possessed a giant oak tree. In-game however he is nothing more than a simple tree. The 25% size boost brings him up to an appropriate size.
- Just take a look at Malphites splash art. Now look at him in-game. He is barely taller than Ryze. Not really a rock giant.
I'm sure that others like Galio and Alistar would also feel the same way with the increase size, but I don't own them yet to test. Now I will not be going into the whole Mord size issue in this because we have all heard it before and he is in the works for a VU anyway.
I'll put up some pictures as I play them over the next few weeks so stay tuned.