Upcoming VGU's prediction w/ smart analysis

Killaburn··27 votes·7,034 views

First of all, i will not be biased in creating this list. I will apply riots rules in creating VGU's and my testimonies. Like there should be no back to back champs to receive a rework with the same position/faction/lane. And also, they said that there are 5 teams that can do vgu's or new champs that's why having many vgu's next year is not impossible.

Note: this prediction is** in order** and is after Swain and this post is for VGU's only and not for GU's and VU's

  1. Nunu - yes, he is the first one in the list (not because i dislike and hate him) its because he's really outdated ( gameplay wise and visual wise). Speaking of his gameplay, he's the most binary kit ever and tahm kench's hat has more polygons than him. And to give more justice to my prediction, swain can be played mid or top, that's why a jungler can be the best option next considering all the tier one/highly need a VGU champs are junglers and top laners. disregarding, morde, pant, irelia next after swain cause they're top laners. Not only that, but nunu can be played support too, so a jungler/support is a nice spotlight/entry next ( the last jgl/sup was ivern, last year btw).

  2. Mordekaiser - i know a lot of you like morde to be rework and i couldn't agree more because of his bugs and pizza feet. He is also the best option after nunu because now that we cancelled the jungler position/freljord/jungle lane/support, we can now assume that the position for a top lane champion can be rework and that spot will be for our lord, mordekaiser. I will be assuming that riot will drop his marksman position because he doesn't fit that at all. Maybe giving him the juggernaut treatment and can be played more on top and even a little jungle specially his ult is destined for a jungler champ (cough dragon cough) and maybe he can not only do that to dr's but can be used to herald as well. A better fit for a top laner.

  3. Akali - more than i like the next vgu after morde to be panteon, i want to give that spot to akali, because i know riot at this time, will stay away from vgu-ing top and jungle to balance the vgu's for those other positions. I like akali very much and i know they will just modernize her like warwick. I want her emerald eyes back! and his big boobs, rito please!!

  4. Pantheon - lets go back to reworking top laners and that spot goes to pant, he deserves it more because just like nunu and morde, he is so outdated. And speaking of lore, his lore is so different than the current pantheon we see ingame. I also hate the long channeling in his ult because its so long and the range is not global, even semi global so it needs to be rework and give him a better ult.

  5. Chogath - another jungler and specially its our void terror cho'gat. Yay void and specially void update!! Our lovely void creature needs an update cause like nunu, TK's hat has more polygons than him and need to be nightmarish. Please don't remove the growing animation though, I like cho to big and scary.

  6. Kayle /Morgana - who couldn't love this 2 lovely angel to be rework?? They clearly need some love specially kayle. She is suffering from an identity crisis and i don't know what lane should i play her lmao. BTW, she could be a top laner/mid and as for morg, i personally like to say to riot that she just needs a modernization like warwick cause she's perfect the way she is, except her lore and visuals. maybe her ult could be more team fight oriented and i like her to stay as a mid laner/support laner.

I think the next batch is for 2019

  1. DrMundo - i think at this time, riot could now visit zaun again. Giving our lovable doctor some love. Giving him the attention he deserves and update the remaining left outs in the zaun update (twitch and singed). The only thing that i could say is that make him more realistic and not the cartoony version he is now, make his skin blueish violet to look more realistic and not just purple and give him green glowing eyes and make his tongue have a dripping green oozing liquid to have the zaun elements implemented to him hence the color GREEN.

  2. Malphite - now for a support, and i think its malphite's turn cause he is so dated. Specially his lore!!! i'm a lore addict btw and this is making me angry. He needs an interesting lore and not just some space alien, maybe make him a product of the rune wars. His kit is i think ok but it has more potential to it.

  3. Irelia - our lovely top laner girl needs an update too you know. Her initial purpose has so much potential and can be more enchance in a VGU. Maybe make her vgu like the sion rework, meaning making her like a new champ. BTW, please if you redo her frostbite splash, don't remove the but :)

  4. Corki - just a marksman that needs an update and nothing more....

  5. Volibear - I love how voli was interpreted in ornn's lore that why i like to see him more as time pass by :D make him a top laner/support like ornn please!

  6. Fiddlesticks - hahahaha one of the most binary kit ever, 3 point and click abilities and clearly needs an update specially his lore.

  7. Amumu - needs an update except his ult. we love shurima and this baby needs an update, maybe drop the yordle element if you must or not. I just need a nice lore for him.

There are other champs that needs an update but these champs that i have mention clearly needs priority first. maybe in 2020 we could see, blitz, ezrael, nocturne, zinxhao, rammus, udyr, skarner, etc.

Thanks for reading and i need your honest opinions about my prediction.

69 Comments

Jonnyboy10014 votes

I like your predictions. Its nicely done and not biased :) nice job!

Killaburn2 votes

thanks :)

Jonnyboy1002 votes

no prob hehe

RiotReav326 votes

He is definitely biased towards Nunu

:)

Malicious Metal23 votes

Who **isn't **biased towards a specific champion?

Not everyone can be as unbiased and objective in their opinion like myself. :^)

Chembaron Yamada4 votes

I know we got Warwick and Urgot recently, but my totally unbiased opinion is that the next slot after Swain should be Dr. Mundo.

What? No, I don't have the flag of Zaun hanging above my bed! Who told you that?!

50000000000000003 votes

Janna rework next?

Valor Bot3 votes

Sorry, but the next VGU is 100% going to be Quinn. Please disregard my username and icon.

Sahn Uzal3 votes

Now the question, is towards who are the people who decide the next VGU after Swain biased? :^)

Killaburn1 votes

hahahhahaha i'm not biased, just a little lmao ok you got me XD im biased at nunu

jokes aside, now that swain is in between, there can be no back to back jungle champs now so i have hope in nunu

Bjartan1 votes

100% Agree ! =P

Sexy Jack Rabbit2 votes

Hi Reav3, since you seem to be in charge of lot of the art side of riot. I was thinking I would ask something.

When you next have a splash made for Taliyah, Karma and Illaoi, can you please make sure you keep their darker skin tones? And don't try to pull a situation like you did with Conquerer Karma and make them pale?

Thanks :)

BananaKing728 votes

yes! rework the beast, NUNU!

Killaburn2 votes

hahah yeah! rework the beast!!!

Leyin6 votes

nice ideas, they are all look very well, but there is a problem about the numbers of VGUs in a year, Riot was the last years focusing on 40% Vgus and 60% new champs that were mostly 4 Vgus and 5/6 champs each year, now they want to go more to 50/50 that means , 1 champion team that is currently doing a champ ( it is the team that worked on Kayn) has already thoughts on a VGU for their next project that means: we will get 5 Vgus and probaly about 5 new champs next year , your list has 7 each year, so I think moving 2 of each year back to 2020 would make the list more realistic. But all in all the lsit is qutte good, well done :D

A Superb Villain4 votes

Veigar

Yo, lemme just sit over here, with pizza feet, sixteen lines, and no joints.

4th3t0s1 votes

VU, yeah, but his kit still works fine; especially after that kreplach when DFG was removed and Koreans took him support.

Steelflame3 votes

He needs some help, but nothing major. His core issue is the early game meta completely leaves him unable to reach his lategame fantasy because there is no lategame generally.

Mogarl2 votes

Guess he got overlooked.

EZ123EZ2 votes

to be precise, i like your list. I hope riot could consider this and kill all the other memes as soon as possible cause they are irritating. wish they could rework ryze cause he's so outdate ;(

Brutusness2 votes

I'm getting my Swain so Nunu can have the next. They could actually make him and Willump look badass.

Rest In Poison2 votes

Teemo Teemo Teemo Teemo

nobody ever seems to mention teemo. he is a marksman that cant be played in the adc position. he can't go mid because all mages counter him, so it leaves him to go top lane. he can harass some melee laners up there. but after the nerfs to his ap ratios and ult timer he really doesnt offer much. in a game where everything has burst damage now teemo isnt left with much. his range is 500 which is extremely low. getting him into range to do damage means you are probobly dead 200 range before that. I think sometimes people just think of teemo as a mascot champion or a meme and people forget that he is played as a real champion. Alot of people resort to building him tank which is sad. His ult is now completely countered by a free trinket. I dont think riot wants to buff him because he is annoying to lane against. Which is fine. So maybe instead he needs a complete rework because i'd rather have that than to continue to play him in his current state. None of the other champions on this list i see is in a state where people actually flame you for picking them in ranked. item 3070

SlyTactician 2 votes

Indeed...Teemo needs quite a bit of work as well as he literally is the definition of a jack of all trades, but master of none.

He's an odd marksman/assassin/mage hybrid that can even build tanky....yet, he excels at very little in the game. He's a poor teamfighter unless building somewhat tanky or attempting to throw a few shrooms into minion waves and additionally, his split pushing isn't the best either compared to other duelists of the top lane.

Regardless of memes, Teemo needs an identity check to make him have a niche or provide use to his team that other champs cannot (others like Kennen and Gnar are similar to him as a lane bully, but perform much better with stronger teamfights and utility). Teemo has his shrooms...but even those have lost their time duration and damage over the years (in addition to being difficult to balance as invisible high damage traps).

Hopefully Riot helps Teemo in getting a better niche in the game. He obviously cannot be buffed in his current state as he'd be even more overwhelming against melee champs in lane, but some modifications to his damage/utility might make him a healthier and more useful champion in the modern day League.

He's said to be the "Swift Scout" - perhaps he could provide more map pressure using speed as opposed to his high, early dps. Even Quinn lives up to the scout fantasy better with her roams. I feel the potential is there for Teemo with map control and so on - but just needs to be modernized and less toxic for the game.

Rest In Poison1 votes

Well said Sir. I think people who don't play him realize how out of place he feels.

Pizza the Man1 votes

if they ever give teemo a neck i quit

DeadUnborn1 votes

nah teemo is fine. If anything he could have a more interactive W maybe. I mean long term sure he can be rewroked. Many other champions have priority over him though

Xenos von Faneli2 votes

when did Malphite become a support?

A Dominatrix1 votes

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Killaburn5 votes

sorry to burst your bubble but Aatrox will only receive a GU(gameplay update) and not a VGU (visual and gameplay update)

Jonnyboy1002 votes

aatrox is just GU not a VGU

Tomeksz1 votes

Rammus :)

Killaburn2 votes

i think rammus is still ok hehe other than those champs that i have mention but i respect your opinion and rammus needed an update too so maybe in 2020 he could be updated

Sukishoo1 votes

Too bad Nunu isn't gonna be up next as Riot already said that :P They are trying to spread the roles out further, so another Jungler wouldn't do it xD

Goodough4 votes

how so? if my memory serves, they said that if nunu is next to eve he is not going to be next because they are both junglers but now that swain is in between, i can assume that it is now nunu's turn to be rework

Jackom11 votes

You have more than a point, but right now I can only think of Volibear as the next rework after swain. Ornn's lore clearly introduced Voli's new lore. And between Ornn's lore and VO, It' clear that Rito is already working on him. They wouldn't have any hints into the newest champion otherwise. They did same with Swain. He might not be the new VGU right after Swain, but he's definitely coming early next year, I'm calling it. Also, barely anyone knows he exists, so he desperately needs a relaunch.

With Morde I'm actually losing hope, I'm afraid that at least a couple champions will be reworked before him, so I'd put him either at the end of next year or in 2019.

You didn't mention Udyr, who's model is terribly outdated like most of champs you talked about, and has one of the lowest play and win rates together with volibear. His kit isn't binary, but it's evident that it's not good anymore. Can I ask you what you think of him?

Goodough2 votes

they also hinted pantheon in taric's release but then again where is he? sorry for acting so rude but i think some champs like nunu,morde or pant needs vgu more than voli at the moment

Sulghunter1 votes

I'm hoping they revisit Quinn and finally figure out whether they want her in bot or top lane.

Killaburn1 votes

i agree but he clearly just needs a GU not a VGU. BTW, i play quinn both roles so its not bad, add jungle too if you ask me :)

Valor Bot1 votes

Quinn's visuals were rushed and do not really stand up all that well next to today's standards. She needs a VGU to realize her full thematic potential.

Penta Penguin1 votes

Kayle IS played Top and Mid...

Krinu1 votes

She can be played pretty much anywhere and as almost anything. You can...

... build her like an AP burst mage and send her mid. ... build her like an ADC and send her top or bottom. ... build her with AS/on hit and send her to the jungle. ... build her with +healing and support items as a support.

The only thing she can't really do is tank.

If they do end up reworking her, I hope they keep her flexibility.

Ivern and Irelia1 votes

Id be okay with a sion level rework of Irelia to further express her telekinetic blade wielder archtype, just as long as she still maintains her q mechanic.

Omnem Occido1 votes

I think Malph should be ahead of Cho. Cho seems fine as he is: a slow but powerful Warden/Bruiser.

Malph is almost as binary as Nunu. He either uses all of his spells at once on clumped enemies, or he doesn't. The only difference is that his ult is much more useful.

Agent Corgi1 votes

Meanwhile Shaco Shaco is just floating about in the Jungle doing scary things to Jungle Creeps & Teemos.

DeadUnborn1 votes

the way you describe some champions is very inaccurate

ZER0 21 votes

Reading the "his big boobs" and "keep the but" gave me cancer, first they never took away akali's boobs x.x and secondly... basing reworks off of that is absolutely painful. The rest were alright. (also malph isn't a support)

thecowley1 votes

I just want to see new shadow mistress already

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