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Prediction for Next Champion [Moved to Gameplay from Story, Art, and Sound]

TBakes·11/11/2016, 12:16:53 AM·1 votes·737 views

So I noticed SA&S has been pretty quiet lately outside of Elementalist Lux's imminent release, so I thought it might be fun to brainstorm ideas about the next new champion which will hopefully come out before the end of 2016.

As a recap, the releases this year have been:

Jhin AurelionSol Taliyah Kled Ivern

So, in order, we have a Marksman, Mage, Mage, Fighter, and Jungle-Support. Prior to these we had:

Illaoi Kindred TahmKench Ekko Bard

We have a Figher, Jungle-Marksman, Tank-Support, Fighter, and Mage-Support.

You will notice that 6 out of 10 of these champions have a strong roaming potential and/or mobility spells. For example, Taliyah ult, Kled ult, and Tahm ult all help you and/or teammates cover a long distance quickly. Another trend is the two untraditional Junglers. Kindred was produced as an experiment of a Marksman Jungler and Ivern was produced from the idea of a Jungler who does not kill the camps. Bard was the only champion of these 10 who was designed for Support in a 2v2 bot lane (if I remember correctly, Tahm was initially supposed to go top), and Jhin was the only champion designed as ADC in a 2v2 bot lane. Kled and Illaoi are AD, tanky top laners, and Taliyah and Aurelion Sol are AP control mage mid laners. Ekko seems to have been the most flexible champion with different builds and going mid or top depending on how he is played.

So where is this taking my predictions? I don't really know to be honest. I think it will be a shot in the dark at this point. But, my guess is a new traditional bot lane 2v2 Marksman. Our last one was Jhin 9 months ago. Prior to Jhin (not counting Kindred, since they are a Jungler) we had Kalista who was over 1 year before Jhin, and before that we had Jinx and Lucian who came out over 1 year before Kalista. We already had the Marksman update earlier this year, so all of our current champions have had a pass. Assassins just got their roster update, which means they should see more play, and who do Assassins love to kill more than a Marksman?

As far as being unique to our current Marksman roster, what is left? What possibly new abilities are there? Well, for one, I think we could have someone who legitimately has a fully automatic machine gun. Maybe instead of individual auto-attacks this champ can turn attacks on and off using an energy system to gate how low the gun shoots. Or maybe it could be a laser, like a mini-Velkoz-ult. Or maybe it is a ranged whip-wielding Yordle, like I have proposed in the past? The auto-attacks would be similar to Thresh, but it would be a whip. There could be a lasso ability which allows the champ to swing like Indiana Jones.

What do you guys think? Any other predictions? I love talking about this stuff!

4 Comments

GreenLore11/11/2016, 12:41:58 AM2 votes

Well our last Tank was TahmKench and our last slayer was Ekko,both of which were relased in the first half of the last year,so I guess that the next champ could have one of these classes(though Riot has shown that they are ok with releasing champs with the same class next to each other,I mean this year we had 2 mages in a row with Aurelion and Taliyah).

And as for the character background: I've noticed that we're getting ascension now twice in a row and wonder if this is normal(I know that doom bots and poro king were also done twice in a row,but that was due to seasonal events,I'm not sure if this was the norm before),or if this could be done because the next champ is from shurima. Though then again,the ascension-queues will likely be already over before the next patch,so I think I'm grasping at straws here.

Trolosaurus11/11/2016, 1:49:56 AM2 votes

We've had no hints. We might not even get one until next year (If so, boo, because 5 champs a year is too low) However you know what I really want? A high tech mindless drone slave, like a Skitarii

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iv-0bvijeKg/VUufmHQmOkI/AAAAAAAAAHo/9diliVUcf6g/s1600/1430933978509.png

Wouldn't that just be the coolest shit ever?

Voidzilla11/13/2016, 5:01:55 AM2 votes

I feel like it'll be an assassin.

This is based on the pattern in relation to the Class Updates. After the Juggernaut Update we got Illaoi . Marksman Update then Jhin was released. Next was the Mage Update then shortly Taliyah .

So it just would make sense that with the Assassin Update, with all the tuning they've been doing with that class, Riot is likely to release an assassin by the end of the this year. As for intended placement, I'm guessing jungle or mid like where most assassins go, but seeing as how Riot's been pushing the roles and what they can do, we might see something new like a support-assassin or something.