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Example of a Champion Visual Update
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Sivir, the Battle Mistress)
A champion update is a graphical or kit (playstyle) update that occurs after a champion's initial release. Over the 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 The goal is to level up any outdated visuals or gameplay to make champions feel fresh while still retaining what makes them unique.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.
- 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 bugfixes and minor balance changes - but will not change the champion's core theme.
- Texture Update
- This scale of Visual Update focuses on champions whose models, rigs, animations, and other framework are in pretty decent shape. All they need is some geometry tweaking on the model and/or texture polish for quality and readability's sake.
- 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.
- Almost all of the older champions (before
- 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 intact.
- 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.
References
- ↑ ricklessabandon on Galio changes
- ↑ RiotNarya mentions Cho'Gath update
- ↑ Grumpy Monkey confirms Mordekaiser VU
- ↑ IronStylus confirms Nunu is on the way for VU
- ↑ Ryze Visual and Gameplay Update
- ↑ Veigar Visual Update
- ↑ IronStylus says that LeBlanc is listed both on 'Visual and Gameplay Update' section
- ↑ Morello admits that Warwick's kit is lackluster
- ↑ Warwick will have VU
- ↑ Kit rework
- ↑ Morello mentions that Evelynn and Twitch will at some point receive art upgrades
- ↑ Taric Full relaunch
- ↑ Meddler mentions the next big project after Sion is Urgot and Poppy
- ↑ Meddler gives insight how big Urgot rework is
- ↑ Meddler declares Yorick to be Sion level work