When are Kayle and Morg getting graphical/lore/audio updates?

JarodDempsey·Jan 26, 2018·5 votes·741 views

title pretty much says it all. Their kits arent bad but they each have a small paragraph for lore that explains almost nothing, have a few voice lines and their graphics are becoming notably dated, even newer skins arent great looking. I'm thinking maybe after the void event which is likely sometime late this spring so their visual updates could be like early summer before pool party.

As a side note im hoping morgana isnt left as just "being corrupted" and instead they show their race's conflict from both sides (each having valid stances).

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GreenLoreJan 26, 20183 votes

Well we are seemingly gettin 6-7 VGUs this year(2 being Swain and Irelia) and one Rioter said that he is working on a minor VGU.

However recently they only did full VGUs,so this minor VGU would most likely concern a champion who doesn't need that much work done. And the only one I can think of in that case would be Morgana as they said that her kit is mostly fine the way it is,so her VGU would likely take less work than that of other champions. And since Morgana and Kayle will be done together I'd say that there is a good chance that they are going to get a VGU this year.

Xodiathe4bdn1Jan 26, 20181 votes

Do you think morgs minor vgu would count in the vgu tally? At the moment 6 VGUs are being worked on but I’m Wondering if she’s part of that 6 considering her vgu has been stated to be ‘minor’

GreenLoreJan 26, 20181 votes

From the way I understand it,her VGU would still be a complete VGU,with a new model,new VO,new animations and reworked skills. Though her kti don't need too much changing,which is why it'd be "minor".

But the scope would still be big enough to count as a full VGU,it'd be just minor compared to the others.

thecowleyJan 26, 20182 votes

It actually makes me nervous. Morgana has been stated to not need muck kit work but Kayle is getting a bigger rework on her kit. And I love her kit.

DecritJan 26, 20181 votes

I can bet here and now that her E will become somehow her passive.

One trend Riot kept lately is to give reworked champions passives that somehow reflected an old ability that wa sused almost mindlessly, like in this case where Kayle's E is basically always on a certain point in the game and her passive is truly passive. without much gameplay around.

JarodDempseyJan 27, 20181 votes

I'm going to be irate if they ruin kayle. Her heal and ult are great abilities and her e while odd is really integral to her playstyle in all roles except support. Her heal is the best single target instant heal unless soraka decides to build ~270 ap or nidaly's target is like 80% dead which is really unlikely. Plus the speed boost is one of the best utilities included in a heal in league. Her ult is only rivaled by zileans in its ability to save an ally from death, hers is the only one that truly keeps them alive. Her weakest skills are definitely q and passive, i also agree with Decrit about e probably becoming a passive, it really seems like something riot would do. I really hope they dont ruin w and R but it would be nice to see some hard cc on her kit.

KestrelGirlJan 26, 20182 votes

We're not sure.

Fact: we know August is working on VGUing a female champion. That basically narrows things down to 3 champions: Kayle, Morgana (they'd of course be done together), and Akali.

Problem: all 3 are in the skin folder! It's true that Cho was stuck in there for a VFX update, but nobody's been put in before their VGU, only after the VGU patches in... I don't know what the heck is gonna happen.

QMightyJan 26, 20182 votes

My thoughts are that August is working on Kayle and Wrekz is doing Morgana . We know August is doing a female champ, which means it's one of the sisters or Akali / Leblanc , but we also know that Wrekz is doing a 'minor VGU' and I think it would make a lot of sense for that to be Morgana . Also, August's VGU and Wrekz' VGU are gonna be around the same time and they've said before that they'd wanna update them together. It all fits!

BestJhinUniverseJan 26, 20181 votes

I'd guess late section of this year. Depends on how fast riot gets the current list of projects done since Kayle is in the highest tier (not specifically highest priority champ but she is in the group.) for an update.

JarodDempseyJan 27, 20181 votes

good to hear. Where did you find info about champs relative tiers for vgus?

Probs feedingJan 27, 20181 votes

I only have 3 things to say.

Morg's kit is fine, so when she does get a visual update, I hope her kit stays the same.

Kayle, in my opinion, could use a full VGU. Ult is good, E is unique. P/Q/W need work though.

Huh wait what void event, why have I not heard about this till now?

JarodDempseyJan 27, 20181 votes

kayle w is amazing if they touch it theyll die.

also the void event isnt official but is highly hinted, most recently by the return of kas's daughter which we learned from swains voice interaction.

thecowleyJan 29, 20181 votes

I'd love to see a champions family member be involved actively in lore without being another champion. I think that could go a long way towards riots end goal of a richer and broader lore for league of legends.