Elixir of Iron & Champion size - Nautilus, Malphite, Maokai, etc

TheHobbits··7 votes·4,273 views

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.

Nautilus - 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 - 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.

Malphite - 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.

9 Comments

Lumus Avatar7 votes

Nautilus is one of my top 3 favorite champs, but I have to be honest: New Dawn's portrayal of him confused me (I enjoyed it thoroughly) because, according to his lore, he's just a sailor from Bilgewater in a dive suit...Unless the divesuit is supposed to be like a gundam and he pilots from the chest, why would he be SO MUCH BIGGER than another human? The in game model always seemed right to me. It's a big, bulky suit, but he's still just a human inside....Or, at least, he was.

A Superb Villain1 votes

If you look at his preview comic, he was just a man in a suit, but the depths, the darkness, changed him. I suspect it actually fused him to his suit.

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120209115547/leagueoflegends/images/a/a7/Nautilus_Comic.jpg

Lumus Avatar1 votes

Yes. that is a good way to say it. But dark energies, cursed depths, and magic - would that also make him Godzilla-level huge?

A Superb Villain1 votes

I am not sure. With how vague the "darkness'" nature is, predicting its exact effects is beyond me.

Solideus2 votes

His suit isn't exactly the same as the diving one presented, though. Maybe mass was added through shipwreck-parts?

A Superb Villain1 votes

It is possible, but I am not entirely certain. The only reason I doubt this suggestion is because his design seems to suggest the "suit" is now a part of him, and he it.

Poldy Scarecrow2 votes

I agree - enjoyable as his New Dawn appearance was, he is still human inside, and shouldn't be that big lorewise or game-wise.

That aside, in-game New Sion is a normal human and he was presumably the same size when he was alive. Bumping Naut up to Sion size would be perfect imo given the current character heights in LoL. Big enough to be tanky and intimidating but still proportionately realistic considering the human inside.

eg. Graves, Lucian etc wearing a diving suit of such nature would be about Sion size in-game. Even if Sion size seems a bit large for Naut to be considering Sion himself was that size while alive Naut could've just been a slighly taller than average human.

Omnipherious4 votes

Pretty sure one of the animators said they are looking into adjusting model sizes since the Sion rework. Probably just wait a bit and we'll get a Model Size Rebalance just like the Texture Rebalance.

The Soulforged1 votes

I think the diving suit should be hulking as nauts armor seems to be like 2 or 3 inches thick meaning it prolly is huge.

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