After the champs in dire need (Poppy, Taric, Yorick), how about a VU for Malphite?

Negro Goblin·8/14/2015, 2:46:17 AM·2 votes·639 views

You know, I really love my boy; the Shard of the Monolith himself, Malphite. He's as solid as he's ever been in the top lane as a tank who's still able to dish out respectable damage and deliver those teamfight winning ults. He's as close to a direct counter as you can get to those auto-attack reliant fighters in the top lane. He was the champion I used to learn the game due to his relatively simple kit and I mained him while I leveled to 30 (and in ranked now, as well).

All that said, I saw a post on Reddit that linked me to the list of champion updates that you've done since the release of LoL and it had me thinking, "Has Malphite ever had a visual update/rework?" After doing some looking, it seems that the OG Rock (whose 6 year anniversary of being on the rift is this month) has never received a visual update only received a texture re-balance and has only recently had a minor rework to his abilities (which were awesome mind you, that whole Brutal Strikes update was rad). I feel like, as one of your original champs, this guy needs and deserves some visual update love! Not just his classic skin, I'm talking Maokai/Sion/Gangplank/(Fiora?) levels of update here, guys.

Come on Rito, for the rock mains out there. Malphite

This may be a bit "noisy" or cluttered for a champion in League, but this thread has already been shown around a lot and is a good example of something that could be done with Malphite: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143736

5 Comments

DwarvenGiant8/14/2015, 1:02:15 PM1 votes

IronStylus said on his stream (last Sunday) that that he really wants him to look like the splash, but they are currently not working on him. Currently the only VUs in development are for champions that are due to a gameplay update. :P

SadBoyRhymes8/14/2015, 2:23:24 PM1 votes

I've been waiting for a Taric rework for a year and a half