Champion update

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Example of a Champion Visual Update
( Sivir, the Battle Mistress).

A champion update is a graphical or kit (playstyle) update that occurs after a champion's initial release. Over the past years, Riot have been working on updating champions whose visuals or gameplay don't fit with the current state of the game. The goal is to level up any outdated visuals or gameplay to make champions feel fresh while still retaining what makes them unique.

Champion Updates

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Upcoming champion updates

Gameplay Update

This scale of rework covers changes to a champions kit beyond number tweaks. Animations and other visual effects may be updated, but the champions model and core theme are untouched. In some cases, the kit rework will "correct" the kit to match the intended theme. For example: Evelynn, Taric and Xin Zhao.

• Galio

Visual Update

This scale of rework covers changes to a champion's model and artwork. This will often include a more up-to-date voice-over and lore, and may include bug-fixes and minor balance changes - but will not change the champion's core theme. For example: Soraka, Annie and Twisted Fate.

• Cho'Gath
• Mordekaiser
• Nunu
• Ryze
• Veigar

Texture Update

This scale of Visual Update focuses on champions whose models, rigs, animations, and other framework are in pretty decent shape, and all they need is some geometry tweaking on the model and texture polish for quality and readability's sake. For example: Anivia, Rammus and Skarner.

• Almost all of the older champions (Before Lulu) have gotten some degree of a Texture Rebalance to accommodate the Visual Update of Summoner's Rift. There were officially 10 Texture Rebalance cycles specifically for this task.

Visual and Gameplay

This combines the above two categories. The scale of the kit rework is usually slightly larger than a kit rework alone as the developers can plan for more in-depth visual effects and model changes. The champion's core theme remains in-tact. For example: Katarina, Master Yi and Sejuani.

• LeBlanc
• Warwick
• Shen

Full Relaunch

Unlike the previous classifications, a complete relaunch involves an overhaul to the champion's identity - focusing on some aspects while abandoning others. This affects the champion's lore, personality, art and model. The degree of the kit rework varies. For example: Karma, Trundle, and Sion.

• Evelynn
• Poppy
• Taric
• Urgot
• Yorick

Concept

Cancelled

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Other

The following champion was never released, but does contain lore, appears in several Champion Skins and is an Easter egg in several artworks:

• Urf the Manatee – April Fool's "mascot." Urf's form appears while playing the following skins:
  • Urf the Manatee (2010)
  • Urfrider Corki (2011)
  • Fisherman Fizz (2012)
  • Forecast Janna (2013)
    • Urf can be seen trapped inside her Howling Gale
  • Spirit Guard Udyr (2013)
    • Urf's ghost appears for Udyr's joke
  • Urf the Nami-tee (2015)