Pulsfire Ezreal update

Introduction So....I really like Ezreal. He has been one of my favourite champions for a long time and honestly that quite an achivement regarding that som many champions have realised and have cool concepts, voices and voice lines, abilities and so forth. Im such a god damn nerd that i own all of his skins and play him all the time...but there is an issue i wanted to talk about. For the longest time now, I though PFE isnt up to todays standards. Im sure im not the only one feeling this way as the internet wanted it reworked almost as bad as they wanted graves cigar back. And leve it to the internet to make trivial issues public enemy no.1. All jokes aside with the pulfire catlyn there is word of an ezreal rework and...well, I none to happy. So I figured since im so passionate about this champion and this skin that I would attempt to take appart exactlly what i like and what I disslike about the roumored rework. Firstly from what I can gather the rework is supposed to drop live along with PFC(Pulsfire Caitlyn) and if I'm not mistaken it wont be long now before taht happens. The fact the good people over at riot put it on PBE means that from the design aspect riot is happy with it or at least happy enough. Now i realise that updating it is probably a chore and most likely isnt that profitable since I can only asume people wont flip out over minor tweeks to the skin thats already been available for years. This is probably gonna be something only those who already own it will look forward to(generaly anyways). Im no expert on the matter though. What I am is a consumer that eyeballs every new skin and has had a severe silly cosmetics aka. skin addiction for a while . So hopefully that makes me an OK enough judge on the matter. Now into the meat of this entire ...ummm book...yeah this will be a long one. Also I'm not bashin on the update , Im just saying there is a lot of room for improovment.

Chapter one - character model So im gonna start with the ezreal model or should i say models themselves. Firstly I personally feel like the skin lacks a bit of contrast and points of interest. Its something the orginal lacked as well but i feel like the rework kinda makes it ever so slightly worse. Thats an issue ill go in dept a bit more later , for now letts talk about the possitive side to this. The model look smoother and nicer then ever. The hair in no longer this bright pointy mess with questionable shading at best. Now in early stages i take that trade off and i take it without a second though. So whats the problem then? Well my issue lies with the final form. His ulti rank 3 updated model. This si supposed to be the highest , nicest and most finished one with a lot of detail and overall powerfull and interesting design. Sadly the bit about contrast hurts this form really really bad. Comparing the images back and forth I tried to pin point exactly what bothered me about the new model. And its the color scheme. I compared all forms and reached a conclusion. The old models were all fairly gray and felt like ezreal was just getting by using some scrap materials to turn himself into a makeshift badass. The final form however had a shiny white polished armor. The contrast between the two makes it very hard to miss when it occurs. It creates visual interest in a pinch and makes sense in tearms of skin concept too. The bright yellow hair also did wonders to contrast and created a pleasant color scheme. While i dont miss the bright yellow hair with questionble shading in the other forms I do miss it in the final but its something i could go without since it would make no sense for it to brighten up uppon level up. Everything else looks fine to be honest. I would have prefered it if you were a bit more confident with the rework and changed it up a little bit all together but that would be too much to ask i guess. Like i stated previously I dont believe it would be very profitable so the fact we are getting anything at all it a surprise to be honest. Overall the issue with the model(updated) is that the color scheme is too dull and more importantly desaturated. Nothing sticks out and nothing feels important on the character. I know the entirety of league changed and now favours desaturated and softer colors then before but even so this is a bit too dull for me.

Chapter 2 - visual effects and ability animations So this is the bit that trully felt flat. Ill be honest ....I dont like any of them aside from the new W. This aspect of your update has failed for the most part. It takes animations people complained about and makes them even less interesting. Using the old ones wouldnt be great but in my honest oppinion would be better. But letts start with the recall to and move our way up to ulti shall we?

Recall So the new recall isnt that great BUT i still appreciate its inculsion because the orginal was so boring that i wouldnt even call it a new recal animation. Its a lot better then nothing but it still falls short in comparison to other champs and skin. These days champions realise with cooler basic skin recall animations(like rakan and xayah). Im really glad that got adressed. I however would love to see something a little bit more reasonable. Why does he get a turtle? Do you know? Does he know? I sure as hell dont? It might be some cheeky referance possibly even to dragonball since he had one of those before but if so thats a bad design. Referances can help enhance a design but its probably not a good idea to base the idea of a pop culture referance(well not unless everyone and their grandma is aware of it like the its over 9000 referance) It creates a dissconect and becomes just weird and stupid to anybody made unaware of the source material. Also Id like him to not teleport around untill he is back in base. This is probably just me nut it feels a bit stupid that the character would teleport anywhere other then in base ...while teleporting to ....the base. Get my point? But I guess if anybody can do it it Ez. He is a bit too confedent and full of himself...not to mention playful. But thats enough about the recall , letts move on to the new basic attack animation...

AA animation So I'm not gonna say much about it. All I wanna say is that the old one was an energy ball and the new one is generic blast no.14327 . Sure it looks cool but overall not as cool as the old one and waaaaay to bland and uninteresting. But regardless of wether it changes or not Im not gonna be too bothered. The AA is really fast and you cant tell the detail on the orginal half of the time anyways. But since im doing this sort of review I didnt wanna skip it.

Death animation Basicly keep the glow in. Seeing Ezreal like that weirds me out. The face looks so wrong....looked better covered in that shine and honestly made sense since he kinda explodes afterwards ... or something of the sorts.

Kill animation Nothing too fancy but Id say its a slight improovement on an aspect that didnt really need improoving. Still any improovement is always nice.

Q - Mystic shot While the new one has its charm I still wastly preffer the old one.So letts break it down to pros and cons: Pros- The new Q looks like its a bit more slim and hopefully its gonna fix the issue where people count tell accurately if its gonna land or not(a hitbox issue everybody from bronze to god tier is aware of) Cons- It takes away a lot of the fancy particles from the onld one, it apears to be much darker in color, the projectile itself looks like an inflated basic attack. Basicly the new one doesnt even begin to campare to the old and in my eyes that a pretty big failure. The old one had particles spiraling around the main projectile and left a trail behind it for a few frames. The new one has next to nothing.

W - Essence flux This ability update is masterful! I love every last bit of the new animation. It doesnt require a lot of explainations for my decision, the animation speaks for itself. If the rest were dont with this quality I'd be a happy camper.

E - Arcane shift Well this is another one I wont spend a lot of time on, partly because Im getting bored from typing detailed oppinions on something people likely wont read or take into consideration. Basicly the idea behind it is taht its a stripped down version of the orginal animation. I liked the old cluttered animation a lot better.

R - Trueshot barrage And here we are. The big bad wolf. The ultimate. Riot , I love you guys and i apreciate the work that goes into all of this....but this ulti is horrid. It feels like a slap in the face. Its so generic and stupid. Why is it a solid shape? Isnt Ezreals ulti supposed to be made out of tiny little particles therefore the name Trueshot BARRAGE. Its not a barrage if its 1 solid shape. Next , it leves no particle trail behind it. FIX that NOW...please. Its just overall UGLY and DULL. I honestly dont want to bash it because i feel ungreatful and flat out stupid but this isnt how you update a skin riot. You have been doing such a good job making the game better in tearms of visuals. Every new champ has an interesting and likable design, the map looks a lot nicer then it ever did, the barron, the dragon , the rift harold.....champion and skin redesigns. But I have to be honest , you dropped the ball with this one. And it break my heart to see that you just had to drop the ball on PFE. A sin i was so exited to see done justice. I trully hope someone at riot actually reads trugh this. I dont normaly voice myself like this but i just felt the need to for this skin. I know you guys at riot can do better. You have spent the last few years gradualy prooving to me that you have some talented and hard working artists on board.

Overall this update is pointless. It fixes some issues but at the expense of making others so much worse. I dont know how to feel about it except dissapointed. While i apreciate the hard work that probably went into the update as a consumer i must be honest and tell you that it doesnt matter if it doesnt get a result or achive the set goal of making the skin better to look at. So far I saw a surprising lack of feedback regarding the update and that makes me worry a bit that it will go to live without any tweeks at all. But i trust the people working at riot will do something to the skin to make it beter and more polished before the final realise. On that note I love you, fellow people of the internet. If you actually read trugh all of this....get a life( i joke ofc). But in all honesty if u read trugh it thanks, I guess. Have a good one , Cheers!