Transforming Map Icons

Glovely·7/23/2017, 6:47:37 AM·3 votes·445 views

While watching 's debut in the NA LCS, a friend and I were talking about his transformation mechanic. One thing he brought up was how he was surprised that he didn't have alternate map icons for his alternate forms like does.

So I guess what I'm getting at is "why don't most transforming champs have alternate jungle icons"? Champs like and have entirely different abilities depending on what form they're in, and it would seem to me that it'd be useful information to have on your minimap.

2 Comments

Valor Bot7/24/2017, 12:15:31 AM3 votes

Gnar's icon swap is important because it's a short, limited-time transformation with huge gameplay implications; Elise, Nidalee and similar shapeshifters, however, are constantly switching forms on the fly so having an ever-changing portrait wouldn't make as much sense. IMO since Kayn only transforms once per game and his alternate form has drastic gameplay effects, I agree his portrait should change like Gnar's in order to communicate what form he's taken.

Smelp7/23/2017, 11:39:13 PM1 votes

yeah, i thought it strange that you can't even view what form kayn transformed into after the game has ended. They already have a portrait icon for the player, so it wouldn't be too hard i'd imagine