Thread:Emptylord/@comment-7709681-20140720155638

I am here to respond to your question in the Tantrum blog post (Despite I responde there too), this is how it goes:

Long ago (Two months ago), on a open chat about hints of the next champion after Braum, Gypsylord not only confirmed that he was working on the next champion, but aswell he referred to this as a he.

Source: Gypsylord's response

However, that was two months ago; as it was with Braum's kit that initally was for a Piltover Engineer (The original character to which Vi's kit belonged first before being repurposed to her) was reporpused into this heartwarming shepherd, who said that he couldn't have turn into a she (Riot still mentions their intention is that the champion is a top laner, but they cease to mention its gender)? 