Battle Boss Qiyana
So I was looking at the concept art for Battle Boss Qiyana (which you can also view yourself here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KaJ56G ) and couldn't help but notice what could have been...
This design harkens back to the designs of Battle Boss Malzahar and Brand in that, like them, though the shape is humanoid there's enough weirdness going on that it doesn't feel overtly human. By having human flesh visible in Qiyana and Yasuo's skins I've seen some folks even get confused and think they were just darker Arcade hero skins rather than Battle Bosses. I know quite a few people were also just plain disappointed in how overtly human the battle boss skins this year were and I'm honestly curious what the thought process was this time around. I'm wondering why they decided to stray away from the weird and lean a little closer into the human.
That said between Yasuo and Qiyana I still prefer Qiyana's Battle Boss skin to Yasuo's, I even like it better than her base skin, buuuuut I also really like robotic looking things so a robot-y Battle Boss Qiyana would have been even more up my alley. Ah well.
Anyway what do ya'll think of this Battle Boss Qiyana design that got left on the cutting room floor? Are you surprised to know there was a point when we maybe could have gotten a less human look for this Battle Boss? Which design is your favorite?
