I hope Aatrox's animations are a WIP...

Oleandervine·6/14/2018, 11:18:04 AM·4 votes·3,185 views

Aatrox's dance on the PBE is the exact same dance animation from his previous model - and it looks weird and out of place on the new model. On his old model, it works because the sword is segmented and collapsible, but with his new model, the sword is a solid weapon, and when it's "compressing" like the old sword did in his dance, it comes across as some 1940s cartoon animation where everything in the world is alive, happy, and bobbing with the music. Please tell me this is filler until a new animation can be made, because this is just not up to snuff for the new model.

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Oleandervine6/19/2018, 2:13:47 PM2 votes

Riot, another daily reminder that Aatrox's old dance being applied to his new model looks awful.

Like Fiora, Miss Fortune, Maokai, Shen, Alistar, and Singed before him, it looks awful to reuse old animations on new models. New models need new animations if they are to look new and fresh. Cannibalizing old animations is awkward and ages the new model unnecessarily.

SomeStars6/14/2018, 11:55:35 AM1 votes

i gotta say for all the rework champions riot keeps the one thing people didn't really ask to keep on aatrox Evelynn "It takes a lot of effort to move like this in heels."

Makuta Teridax6/14/2018, 12:42:11 PM1 votes

Reav3 already said a long time ago that he'd keep the dance and a few other animations, because that wasn't the main focus.

Oleandervine6/18/2018, 3:34:02 PM1 votes

So Riot, any update on the Aatrox dancing animation?