The new Volibear visual update may have a twist

Pyronaaxa·10/25/2019, 11:16:04 AM·37 votes·18,019 views
Volibear and Fiddlesticks rework update explained in Champion Roadmap

Yes, he isn't the eldritch horror armored war bear we were promised but instead it was a more naked version of current volibear.

But think about it the way I think it will go.

At full health, Volibear looks like exactly like as he is shown in the road map BUT the more he loses his health, the more his eldritch look becomes more prominent.

Teared skin, multiple eyes and dozens of broken rusted weapons stacked on his back are revealed with thunder surging through his flesh. His armor would become broken and dark. He loses more of his white pelt and either turns dark or no fur at all, showing only his bare flesh and muscle.

As he loses more of his health, half of his face becomes stripped of flesh and he starts dripping black blood.

And when he begins to heal, he slowly reforms back into the way he was before. A white armored war bear shown in the road map.

It makes sense as seen in this scene, "Alone and in the middle of the city, the bear spirit’s avatar impaled corpses on stakes arranged in some unknowable pattern. Black branches and roots grew from the speared bodies around the beast, like worms slowly crawling from the earth. The flesh and fur on the Volibear’s face had healed, its muscles seemed thicker, stronger than before".

What do you guys think?

24 Comments

thefatlazycat10/25/2019, 11:31:16 AM17 votes

I hope so, because that eldritch horror is the best thing that could happen to volibear's identity

ChasmOfTrossm10/25/2019, 3:03:47 PM15 votes

That is a fair middle ground but on the other hand I know Riot would straight up discard the eldritch horror aspect all together.

People complained very loudly on Reddit abkut the concept, which I personally found very refreshing and original.

Kelg10/25/2019, 4:02:08 PM13 votes

The monster Volibear was just an image of him through Udyr's point of view, rather than his actual self, confirmed by riot. The one you play as will be the actual volibear, how he truly is.

The best they could do is make an eldritch abomination legendary skin for Voli tbh, that way they don't upset voli mains.

mrmeddyman10/25/2019, 7:12:05 PM5 votes

A million times this, whether his passive, ult even just a skin. Eldritch Voli needs to be represented in SOME form

TheMan29210/25/2019, 4:13:18 PM4 votes

it's a neat idea, but I agree a legendary skin would be better. still though, would be awesome if your idea was incorporated

LusterCrown10/28/2019, 7:20:47 AM2 votes

I was rly hyped when I saw his eldritch concepts arts and the Silence for the Damned but this what's happening now is literally ridiculous. There should be another voting for he's future look. The voting for the visual look imho is the righteous way. I understand Voli's Mains point of view but guys ur not the only ones who want decide which way his rework are going. Do you honestly want noble and regular-looking bear like Lorek from Golden Compass or Eldritch, unstoppable, ruthless War God? BTW if Freljordian Demigods can came back after being destroyed so Seal Sister should be brought back to Runeterra.

GreenLore10/28/2019, 7:52:45 AM2 votes

I doubt they'd do that because then you'd still have eldritch Voli in the game and you couldn't separate him from regular Voli, which would likely still piss of the Voli mains who are the reason for this direction in the first place.

I'd say at this point it is more likely that we'll get a skin and hopefully a new champ(possibly an Ursine) based on this direction.

Ebonmaw Dragon10/25/2019, 5:25:39 PM2 votes

I think it would be easier to add a "transformation" effect in his ultimate, like what Swain or Aatrox do.

theveldman10/25/2019, 6:25:15 PM2 votes

Sees "eldritch horror"

*Merasmus noises

ModRowanstar10/29/2019, 1:57:03 PM1 votes

We are already getting a horror champ in Fiddlesticks. I dont think we need another with Volibear. Id like him to stay as a bear with armor and thunder more like a god-hero king guy. We done need 2 horror champs. Plus Senna is coming who is already Shadow Isles related. Have some variety. Im honestly tired of the demon horror stuff. SI is one thing, but not everything has to be the same.

LunSeiSleidee10/26/2019, 6:24:48 PM1 votes

That's pretty gruesome..... I don't think current Riot will do that.

DeadUnborn10/28/2019, 1:16:12 AM1 votes

no, probably if people want it bad enough they'll eventually make a skin for people that like his current lore, but it looks like he will be kept more traditional to apeace the mains