Jhin Who Is the Dead Woman in Splash Art

Today's ruddy post collection includes a Jhin's champion bio, champion insights article on Jhin's development, Reav3 discussing pare splash art updates, a grab bag from Meddler on Jax nerfs & Taric's, a new episode of the League Community Podcast, an update to the Champion Update schedule, a look at POROFOLIA on the BR servers, and much more than!

Continue reading for more than data!

• Red Post Collection:  Dev Blog on Skin Splash Art updates, Juggernaut itemization follow up, and more than!
• Lunar Revel 2016

• Patch half dozen.ii Notes
• 1/27 PBE Update: Sweetheart Sona, Heartseeker Orianna, Harpseeker Ward, and more than!

• Champion and Skin Sale 1/29 - ii/i
• Eu LCS Spring Split Week 3
• [PATCH 6.2] Shen Champion Update

• one/28 PBE Update: More bots and tentative balance changes

Table of Contents

• Champion Bio: Jhin, the Virtuoso
• Champion Insights: Jhin
• Reav3 on Skin Splash Art Updates
• League Community Podcast: Episode 7 - The Trinity Force Podcast Network
• Meddler Grab Bag - Taric, Jax, and more than!
• Mage Update and Yorick added to Champion Update Schedule
• Axes on  Duskblade of Draktharr
• Lite over dark: Creating Lunar Revel'due south triptych
• University League of Legends
• Chroma Surveys Going Around
• Porofolia on BR!
• Community Collab | Helmet Bro: The Animated Series - Kog'Maw

Champion Bio: Jhin, The Virtuoso

"Khada Jhin, the Virtuoso

"Art requires a certain…cruelty."

Jhin is a meticulous criminal psychopath who believes murder is fine art. Once an Ionian prisoner, simply freed by shadowy elements within Ionia'due south ruling council, the series killer now works as their cabal's assassinator. Using his gun every bit his paintbrush, Jhin creates works of creative brutality, horrifying victims and onlookers. He gains a barbarous pleasance from putting on his gruesome theater, making him the best selection to send the most powerful of messages: terror.

For years, Ionia's southern mountains were plagued by the infamous "Aureate Demon." Throughout the province of Zhyun, a monster slaughtered scores of travelers and sometimes whole farmsteads, leaving behind twisted displays of corpses.

In desperation, the Quango of Zhyun sent an envoy to beg Cracking Chief Kusho for help. Upon hearing of the region's plight, Kusho feigned an excuse for why he couldn't help. But a calendar week later, the primary, his son Shen, and star amateur Zed, disguised themselves as merchants and moved to the province. In cloak-and-dagger, they visited the countless families emotionally shattered past the killings, dissected the horrific crime scenes, and looked for possible connections or patterns to the murders.

Their investigation took four long years, and left the iii men changed. The famous red mane of Kusho turned white; Shen, known for his wit and humor, became somber; and Zed, the brightest star of Kusho's temple, began to struggle with his studies. Upon finally finding a pattern to the killings, the Slap-up Master is quoted as saying: "Good and evil are non truths. They are born from men and each sees the shades differently."

Depicted in a variety of plays and epic poems, the capture of the "Golden Demon" would be the seventh and last great feat in the illustrious career of Lord Kusho. On the eve of the Flower Festival in Jyom Pass, Kusho disguised himself as a renowned calligrapher to blend in with the other guest artists. Then he waited. Anybody had assumed just an evil spirit could commit these horrifying crimes, but Kusho had realized the killer was an ordinary homo. The famed "Gold Demon" was actually a mere stagehand in Zhyun's traveling theaters and opera houses working nether the name Khada Jhin.

When they defenseless Jhin, young Zed marched forward to kill the cowering man, but Kusho held him back. Despite the horrors of Jhin's actions, the legendary master decided the killer should be taken live and left at Tuula Prison. Shen disagreed, but accepted the emotionless logic of his male parent'due south judgment. Zed, disturbed and haunted past the murder scenes he had witnessed, was unable to understand or accept this mercy, and it is said a resentment began to bloom in his centre.

Though imprisoned in Tuula for many years, the polite and shy Khada Jhin revealed little of himself - even his existent name remained a mystery. But while a prisoner, the monks noted he was a vivid pupil who excelled in many subjects, including smithing, poetry, and trip the light fantastic toe. Regardless, the guards and monks could detect nothing to cure him of his morbid fascinations.

Exterior the prison, Ionia barbarous into turmoil as the Noxian empire'south invasion led to political instability. State of war awoke the tranquil nation's appetite for bloodshed. The peace and remainder Kusho had famously fought to protect was shattered from within as nighttime hearts rose in power and secret alliances competed for influence. Desperate to counter the power of the ninja and Wuju swordsmen, a cabal inside the ruling council conspired to secretly free Jhin and plow him into a weapon of terror.

At present with access to the Kashuri armories' new weapons, and nearly unlimited funds, the calibration of Khada Jhin'southward "performances" has grown. His work has brought fear to many strange dignitaries and to Ionia'south hush-hush political underground, but how long will a series killer, craving attending, be satisfied working in the shadows?"

Champion Insights: Jhin

Next upwards is a champion insights article on JHIN, THE VIRTUOSO, discussing how the team came upward with his design, art, and story!

" We started with a bare folio, and ended with a killer.
Here are the steps in between.

Design notes past August Browning aka Anarchism Gypsy

Fine art notes past Larry Ray aka The Bravo Ray

Narrative notes by Odin Shafer aka WAAARGHbobo

Our initial goal was pretty clear: we wanted to deliver on a sniping fantasy that was notably unlike from Caitlyn'southward long range gunning. If annihilation, her fast rate of burn and unlimited ammo aligns her closer to a semiautomatic rifle-wielding gunner, whereas nosotros wanted to actually explore what it felt like to use an old fashioned, bolt-action sniper rifle. We aimed for a champion who had ho-hum and impactful shots, who could express skill through their long-range snipes, and who'd apply pressure with their shots even if they missed. One mode or another, every shot would count.

Early Inspiration

Early sketches focused on a mysterious robot cowboy bounty hunting sniper - not the easiest elevator pitch - merely the concept quickly hit the proverbial icebox as we focused on other further developed concepts. A couple of champs progressed from concept into production, in fact, while our sniper chilled out in his icebox, including a certain death-centric duo. Afterward we figured out Kindred's theme, we felt that a compensation system was a better fit for them, and so pulled the mechanic from the sniper. Without the bounty hunting, we were however left with a mysterious robot cowboy sniper - even so a cool idea, and still something we wanted to explore. So we came back, ready on executing this long-range sniping fantasy. Initially, we just gave him a sniper rifle, only the range and speed however felt too close to Caitlyn, then we started thinking of ways to differentiate him. We eventually settled on the concept of a constructible weapon, something that looked like a brusque-range sidearm for basic attacks, but that could be assembled for long-range sniping with his abilities. The idea stuck, so Baronial started looking at ways to necessitate planning and execution, emphasising carefully timed and placed shots as opposed to your boilerplate marksman's attack speed-fuelled avalanche of withering bones attacks. As we started discussing the concept internally, we quickly realised that the term "sniper" felt incorrect - there was but too much overlap with Caitlyn, and the term implied that everything he did would be at supreme range - then we started thinking about a better development term for the graphic symbol.

"August started looking at ways to necessitate planning and execution, emphasising carefully timed and placed shots..."

The Deadeye

The term "Deadeye" fit perfectly, encompassing aspects of a long range killer without the backlog baggage that came with the sniper term. August started diving into this Every Shot Counts idea, and implemented an ammo organization for his basic attacks. Meanwhile, Deadly Flourish chop-chop turned into the longest range basic power in the game, simply would be most constructive when his allies had already marked his target. This was our endeavor to bring the feeling of spotting - where others call out targets for their sniper to shoot - to League! What'southward more, Mortiferous Flourish, along with Curtain Phone call, tied into the sniping fantasy much ameliorate, considering they embrace huge range, only near importantly, can miss. This added a ton of skill into the abilities, of course, and would mentally affect Deadeye'due south target even if he didn't land his shot. Y'all've seen movies where soldiers run for comprehend afterwards a sniper takes his kickoff shot, and that was a heavy inspiration for the experience we wanted to convey with Deadeye.

"Deadly Flourish was our attempt to bring the feeling of spotting - where others call out targets for their sniper to shoot - to League."

Massive range meant that Deadeye needed to set up his sniping nest too, which became a really important part of his gameplay as we started testing his kit. Deadeye had to think about where he could exist almost effective, and while enemy teams would start piling in thinking they were on the amend cease of a 4v5, they quickly learned their lesson and started asking themselves that unmarried, fright-laced question: "Where'due south the sniper?"

Iv is the magic number

August fixed Deadeye's ammo count to four - the low number meant that every shot count, and meant we could ramp up the impairment so that, well, every shot hurt, too - and nosotros liked the idea of the fourth shot being the deadliest from a mechanics perspective. Only why would Deadeye save his about powerful shot for last? We started looking at his character, and actively turned the number iv into a common repeating motif for him. Deadeye doesn't want to just kill yous - he wants to impale you perfectly by slowly building up to a sublime decease. Odin started thinking of Deadeye every bit an artist, and congenital in references to music - specifically opera - in his voice lines and personality. We doubled down and repeated four equally a key number in his kit, with 4 bounces on his grenades, and four Drapery Telephone call shots. We found that this actually echoes well with our ain earth, where the discussion "four" sounds like the word "death" in Chinese, and is, because of that, a deeply feared and unlucky number in many parts of Asia. Information technology was perfect for Deadeye.

Information technology's all in the eyes

His theme and mechanics were taking shape, so nosotros started experimenting with Deadeye's visuals. We were still trying ideas around this robot cowboy look, but wanted to see how different factions around Runeterra would shape Deadeye'south appearance. We tried out some Zaun designs, gave Deadeye a mask and made his gender cryptic. Adjacent we wanted to try calculation some unsettling asymmetry to his shape. Larry drew up a few silhouettes, and i really grabbed the squad:

"Deadeye needed to appear human, appear normal, only to realise as you drew closer that something was off. Really off."

Why the hump? What was that thing? It formed a strong point of curiosity for united states of america that we loved, aslope the constructible gun. Side by side Larry drew upward some animation studies, and we saw what the hump actually was - part of his weapon - and how he moved. Stakeholders were instantly onboard, so we iterated further, turning Deadeye into a darkin, then a adult female. Next nosotros tried Ionia, and immediately institute traction with their ornate architecture and form over function pattern ethos. Settling there, we elongated his body and turned his mask into a real intricate work of art. We steered abroad from robotics because information technology lacked the elegance that Deadeye'southward character was fast developing, and didn't click with his burgeoning feel. In fact, we knew the character was turning into a pretty nasty killer, but in order for him to be truly terrifying, we wanted him to look approachable. Deadeye needed to announced man, appear normal, only to realise equally you lot drew closer that something was off. Really off. We came to call this "The Lie".

The Lie

Odin continued refining Deadeye - now named Jhin - into a monster. But non the Rek'Sai-style rip-your-caput-off-and-consume-your-eye kind of monster. We wanted Jhin to exist a real psychopathic killer, someone who you could collaborate with, but who wasn't all there. He seems to be smiling, merely he'southward not: that's just his mask. Jhin searches for a justification for doing what he does, and similar to Dexter, Deadeye might appear normal, simply is a truthful monster inside, hellbent on his art and giving his victims the perfect death.

Collywobbles and Roses

We were on the home stretch. Nosotros took a expect at Jhin'due south weapons, and aimed specifically at creating magical guns rather than strictly ballistic weapons. Hammering home his artistic aspirations, nosotros looked at Jhin'south rifle, and added a fountain pen-like neb to its barrel. Finally, we practical a color pass to him, and decided to give him brilliant, lively shades that emphasised his peacocking. His main three shades - purple, white, and gilt - directly reference roman emperors, so while Jhin's very much equipped to kill, he's too dressed to impress.

Finally, and this isn't normally something we reference in these manufactures, but that original robot cowboy concept did actually make its style onto the Rift. It'south his launch peel - High Noon Jhin - a overnice little chapeau-tip to the original concept that created the Virtuoso.

"While Jhin's very much equipped to kill, he's also dressed to impress."

We'll exist dorsum presently for Jhin'due south Q&A session, so go your questions ready for the Rioters who created him!"

For more on Jhin's kit and in-game previews, check out our 6.2 coverage!

Reav3 on Skin Splash Art Updates

Post-obit the contempo peel splash art update dev weblog and comments thatTrundle,Nidalee, andTristanaare likely to exist the next three champions that were previously updated and will exist receiving new skin splash arts, Reav3 returned to the boards for more word!

As for why Trundle, Nidalee, and Tristana splash updates are on deck, Reav3 explained:

"We wanted to become a broad variety for the beginning update. There isn't one atypical reason for each champion existence chosen. While at that place are many reasons that went into these 3, I tin endeavor and break down the chief reasons real quick.

Trundle - Highest disparity between electric current skin splash and electric current in-game model
Nidalee - Nosotros already accept a majority of her skin splash are 80%-ninety% complete
Tristana- This is the champion we teach new players how skins piece of work (through the anarchism girl Tristana facebook give away)

As for the reasoning backside Sion beingness high priority. Sion currently has the lowest skin usage in the entire game. This means that people utilise skins on Sion less and then any other champions. Not certain if this has to do with the models or that Sion has 0 high quality pare splash art. I personally dear the new Hextech Sion Model, only the current splash art doesn't actually reflect how awesome it is imo.

This isn't to say nosotros will practise Sion next as we haven't talked about who nosotros will tackle afterwards nosotros get through the iii mentioned above. "

He continued:

"First nosotros make up one's mind which Champions we want to target, then Nid/Trist/Trundle in this case. After that me and HUGEnFAST (ane of the Art leads on Champ Update and Main Illustrator) sit downwardly and go through each skin splash with the criteria below.

1. Does the Pare Splash Art match the new model?
2. Is the Skin Splash Art up to the modern Riot Splash Art Standards?

To answer your questions almost the Chinese "Terminate-Gaps," I don't think any of those are on par with current splash art standards.

To utilise Nidalee equally a case, when nosotros looked at her pare splashes nosotros determined that only Challenger Nidalee, Headhunter Nidalee, and Warring Kingdoms Nidalee where at Riot's electric current Splash Fine art Standard.

I hope this answers both of your questions"

When asked how this ties into the five new splash pare arts from the 5.20 cycle, Reav3 noted:

"I'g glad your excited for some new splash art :)

To answer your question about the Mater Yi, Ezreal, Brand peel splash from awhile ago.

In that location was a previous initiative to update former skin splash art. This was done somewhat randomly before past many artists around riot. I can't speak for why those specific skin splash art where called since I am non a part of those teams.

Those efforts are now existence organized a fleck amend towards specific targeted champions. This is why we have some partially finished skin splash's for Trundle/Nidalee/Trist that are being rolled into this initiative.

There are nonetheless a few that were started before we started this initiative, so in that location may be a few random ones that come up out in the nearly hereafter. Our goal going forward is to concentrate our efforts into specific champions at a fourth dimension."

When asked mostMiss Fortune'southward skins getting updated art, Reav3 noted:

"MF is on the listing.

I can't really to speak to when and what champions we get to next. As I mentioned in a higher place, these are lower priority then the large reworks similar Poppy and Shen. The champions we do adjacent and when nosotros go to them will depend on the bandwidth at that time.

The reason nosotros are able to brand a large push on 3 champions right now is mainly due to the fact that the ii big champion updates we accept in development, Taric and Yorick, have very few skins. This frees some of our resource up to piece of work on some by champions skin splashes.

Which and how many champions we do next will depend on what champion reworks we take in development later on Taric/Yorick. MF has A LOT of peel splashes that demand to be updated so we would need to practice them at a time where we had decent bandwidth, where as someone like Karma has much fewer in need of a update."

As forRenekton, he continued:

"All previously reworked champions are on the list. So yes, Renekton is on the listing.

I can't comment on which champions we will tackle next or when we will become to them."

and Annie:

"Annie is on the list.

Gothic Annie is fine as is and would not get updated. Since hers aren't the worst offenders currently, she probably isn't equally high priority as another champions, only nosotros would like to go to her eventually."

Every bit for when they volition proceed to update base splash arts, Reav3 added:

"Unfortunately I can't really speak to the country of Base Splashes.

The peel splash rework programme is being tackled by the Champion Update team. The goal is to go back and update pare splash fine art for champions we have done Visual Updates to in the past. Many of the pare splash art for these champions no longer match the in-game model post-update."

As for when nosotros might exist able to wait the Yorick update, Reav3 noted:

"The Champion Update team has grown much larger since the Sion Rework. It'due south worth mentioning that Tristana/GP were technically total VGU's (New model/vo/anims/gameplay.) Although Trist/GP didn't demand every bit much work on there core themes and gameplay as Sion/Poppy did, they were even so very like is scope/time.

While Yorick is currently planned for sometime after the "mid-yr" mage update, disallowment some huge catastrophe, he should be released before 2017."

League Customs Podcast: Episode 7 - The Trinity Strength Podcast Network

"Welcome to the latest installment of the League Community Podcast, a series in which we take y'all behind-the-scenes with the people who assist make League possible. Expect new guests and new stories every couple of weeks or so, and make sure to hit us with those sweet comments and ratings so we tin can keep striving toward a Challenger tier podcast.

This week, we switched gears a bit and saturday down for a more conversational episode with a couple dudes from theTrinity Force Podcast Network, namelyAdam "pwnophobia" Cogswell andRobert "Declawd" Iwanski. Join us as we chat with them about the network, content cosmos, and differently-abled gaming."

You lot can also find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher, or check out past episodes here!

Meddler Take hold of Bag - Taric, Jax, and more!

Next up we have several comments from Meddler onTaric'supdate timing,Jax'sPBE nerfs, and more than!

When asked aboutTaric'supcoming champion update and when we can look to see it, Meddler noted:

"Taric'southward virtually certainly going to be the next total relaunch released. Exact timing's not completely certain all the same, odds are good he'll exist after the next new champion (subsequently Jhin), merely earlier the new champion after that."

When asked if they still plan to do an assassin course update, Meddler commented:

"We're doing a mage update mid twelvemonth. Assassins are a group nosotros'd like to become to at a later point, at that place are a few other good options for the form after mages besides though. Given how far away that is, we won't be committing to a class, let lone identifying private champions and their possible changes, for quite a while."

As for the current PBEJaxchanges (passive stacks up & attack speed per stack adjusted, R AP ratio nerf), Meddler commented:

"We feel Jax's jungle performance is besides potent at the moment in high tier play, while his performance is too strong across the board in low-average skill games. In item he's getting to max stacks quicker than he should, subverting i of his intended weaknesses (ramp upwardly fourth dimension).

Equally usual, boilerplate win rate's something we look at, and associated with power, but non functionally identical to it. It'southward worth looking at of course, information technology'south certainly not irrelevant, only does need to exist treated with caution. That's especially true with information with a reasonable margin of error, which is the case with the various third political party sites like Champion.gg. Looking at our internal data nosotros're seeing win rates of 48% for top and 53% for jungle for example beyond all Elo ranges."

When asked why Advertising based champions occasionally take AP ratios on abilities, Meddler explained:

"AD champs are sometimes given AP ratios to support off builds or to give a small-scale corporeality of power from items with some AP on them that may be bonny otherwise (e.g. Trinity Force back when information technology gave some AP). The corporeality of power in that AP ratio's basically nonexistent for Advertizement builds though, and then removing it wouldn't buy every bit whatever room to give Jinx more Advertizing ratios.

As to why Flame Chompers don't scale with Advertizing in the first place that's because they're intended to be a primarily utility effect, particularly every bit the game goes on. Jinx's impairment is heavily full-bodied into her car attacks in a manner that wouldn't be every bit possible if her E damage scaled well with items."

Mage Update and Yorick added to Champion Update Schedule

With theShenandPoppychampion updates out to live, Anarchism support'southward champion update schedule has been updated to include the mid-year mage update and the large telescopic update forYorick!

Axes on  Duskblade of Draktharr

When asked nigh the new AD assassin particular Duskblade of Draktharr item on the PBE, Axes explained:

"Quote:

No. Information technology gives the residuum team a lever to address the balance of AD assassins, who have consistently been difficult to remainder due to sharing items with ADCs and AD fighters. In the past, because the risks of falling backside were catastrophic (you couldn't assassinate anything, and essentially became dead weight for your team), the reward (annihilating carries) had to be enormous to compensate. With the addition of this particular, the risk of AD assassins has gone downwards, meaning that the advantage example can be adjusted more freely, leading to more balanced assassins beyond the board.

This is definitely 1 of the goals.

To put information technology another style, Advert assassin itemization has been and then poor that they're but balanced around getting less ability than everyone else from items (or when they haven't been, it'southward been equally problematic itemization like The Brutalizer). If they accept at least a core set up of items available, we don't demand to make upwards for information technology on their kit.

That said, merely want to fix some expectations here - this is incremental improvement at best, we're not going to 'fix' assassins (whatever that ends up significant) at this scope of piece of work."

He continued:

"Quote:

I don't sympathise, how does this not boost a 'feasting' assassinator?
I empathise the bonus harm will help someone who's behind, but an alee champion it's just more than damage, to get further kills even easier
The famine'd assassin who has to proc the passive won't even become the cool-down dorsum to aid them concatenation kills together.
How is this lever operating exactly?

In terms of the item being better when behind - as quite a few of the Assassin players have quite colorfully illustrated with their responses in this thread, a fed Assassinator doesn't get to utilise the proc well. They'll impale a squishy target too fast to go the proc off, then they'll expend the proc on the side by side opponent they attack, when they don't accept as much of their outburst available (cooldowns) and when the target isn't the one they're most interested in killing.

In that location are definitely plays for that champion with the item where it can be quite valuable (its still potent, as it should be - we don't want a situation where if you get three kills, you lot sell it for something else, after all), simply its not as valuable equally information technology is when behind.

The point VeniVediVelcro fabricated is slightly different - it's that when the detail organisation doesn't serve a class of champions well enough, the kits accept to recoup for that power (else you only have a class of weak champions). That would typically mean either a strong or very safe lane phase (and so the champion tends to get more golden than average) or a lot of kit-level late game power. And given that it's almost impossible to put someone more than a few levels behind, kit-level late game power is much more than reliably caused than late game power from gold.

Simply releasing this item doesn't fix the problem, simply balancing the game going frontwards (EDIT to clarify: I hateful normal balance over fourth dimension, not some new residual project or anything like that) with better assassinator items volition permit usa to at least make some progress on it."

Every bit of i/28 PBE update, hither's the current version of Duskblade of Draktharr:

Calorie-free over dark: Creating Lunar Revel'due south triptych

"The origins of Lunar New Year are slightly different depending on who you enquire. But most versions involve a behemothic monster named Nian ("twelvemonth" in Chinese). The story goes that, threatened by Nian, a village pounded on drums and lit fireworks to scare the animal abroad. Fast frontwards a few thousand years or and so and almost modern Lunar New Year celebrations still pay homage to the fireworks and thunderous commemoration that spooked Nian, including League of Legends' Lunar Revel celebration.

This year with Lunar Revel, nosotros wanted to swoop a little deeper into these core mythical elements of Lunar New year and create something new and exciting for players to explore.

More lanterns

"When we were looking dorsum at previous Lunar Revels, it was similar 'Oh, red, gilded, lanterns," says art atomic number 82 Lisa Thorn. "It didn't have much of a narrative arc." The team behind Lunar Revel worked to weave specific Lunar Revel themes into this year'southward feel, focusing on the battle between lite and night and the idea of starting the new yr with an optimistic outlook. Creating a massive triptych (a unmarried image spread across three panes or frames) and using it to craft a Lunar Revel story felt like a cracking way to communicate these themes while even so giving the new skins room to shine.

The team explored a huge range of art styles and gathered voluminous examples of Chinese art as information technology searched for the perfect Lunar Revel idea. "Nosotros started looking into traditional Chinese art, and that was sort of the moment where we idea, 'Okay, triptychs are really cool,'" says Thorn. "It felt traditional and respectful, but also super unique from what we've done in the by."

Senior concept artist Suke says, "Nosotros really wanted to show more respect for the mythology and civilisation that inspires this event." Suke skipped over Chinese art tropes like assuming reds, wispy dragons, and glowing lanterns. "I played with different colors and techniques. The golden foil, for instance, is more gimmicky, but the clouds and lines are more traditional. Nosotros were really trying to mix classical and modern elements into the triptych without leaning on tropes."

The story of the skins

The Lunar Revel triptych is more than than a pretty picture. It tells the story of this year'southward Revel and the skins that accompany it. "I call up this is one of the first times we've done a single illustration that tells a full story," says Thorn. "Everything nosotros did for Lunar Revel is focused on the idea of lite vs. dark. Information technology'south more than Wukong in a badass pose, and the triptych is the most obvious representation of the theme."

Writer Matthew Manarino explains, "Caitlyn and Morgana's designs are based on demons common to Chinese mythology. Wukong's design is based on the idea of the radiant hero who always bests these demons in famous Chinese myths." With the triptych, says Manarino, the Lunar Revel team was able to capture the darkness of the demons and the radiance of Wukong, while creating a legend that ties all the skins together and pays homage to their influences.

Telling the light vs. dark story besides helps add meaning to the way people experience the skins. "I think information technology's and then absurd that we're introducing the skins with an epic story this time," says Thorn. "Nosotros're trying to evolve Lunar Revel and connect it to deeper themes rooted in cultural mythology." She continues, "It's really compelling to be a role of a fantasy with meaningful characters.

That'due south non to say in that location's naught for fans of old-school Lunar Revel skins to enjoy. Suke says, "In that location are references to champions of previous years and their Lunar Revel skins -- we put a lot of effort into small touches that make the image more meaningful to all of our Lunar Revel champs and the players who honey them." Players who look closely will notice Lunar Revel favorites similar Firecracker Jinx and Dragonwing Corki tucked abroad in different parts of the image.

In the end, the team is hopeful the triptych provides something players can savor beyond the expected Lunar Revel stuff. Says Thorn, "Nosotros hope it's meaningful in add-on to being cool. We want players to have fun exploring it and finding its secrets, and to enjoy the story it tells: light e'er wins out over night.""

Exist sure to check out our LUNAR REVEL 2016 post for more than information on outcome, including a look at the new skins, returning content, and more than!

For more data and an FAQ, check out this mail.

University League of Legends

Side by side upwards is a video focusing on six pupil-run LoL clubs!

"With over 300 educatee-run League of Legends clubs at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada, League is condign an increasingly important part of campus life.

In University League of Legends, nosotros profiled six of these clubs and the unique ways they contribute to the League community.

Whether it'due south a xxx-hour LAN at Montana Country, "League of Lectures" at the University of Washington, or students from Emerson College producing a League-inspired mockumentary, these clubs are providing new opportunities for students to become together and share their love for League of Legends.

For more data, check out uLoL's website and let us know about your campus club in the comments below!"

Chroma Surveys Going Around

As happens from time to time, Riot is currently sending surveys to players regarding chroma skins and potential future purchase options - including IP buy options, sales, and various other questions.

Here'due south RiotMulligan offering context on the surveys:

"Like he said, nosotros've surveyed around this before. I posted this last time, only it's just as true today! Recycling posts OP!

Nosotros survey players on a lot of potential changes, and most of them don't become into consequence. In fact, there are several versions of this survey to aid u.s.a. learn. We really capeesh existence able to ask players for feedback and do our all-time to incorporate information technology into what nosotros make. For at present, nosotros haven't made any decisions on how chromas will be offered to players in the hereafter. But I can say we desire to make them easier for players to become."

With that expectation in check, click [here] and [here] for screenshots of two of these survey if interested.

Porofolia on BR!

The Porofolia commemoration has started on the BR server!

While BR server has some special activities going on, everyone can relish the adorable art of champions as poros that they will be putting up over the side by side several days!

To start u.s.a. off nosotros have Ekko, Nautilus, and Viktor poros!

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Check dorsum for more than champions every bit poros over the side by side few days or bank check out these from last year!

Customs Collab | Helmet Bro: The Animated Serial - Kog'Maw

The latest in Helmet Bro: The Animated Series is out, featuring the cute but mortiferous KOG'MAW!

"Report for feeding.

Animated past ehlboy: https://www.youtube.com/user/ehlboy
In collaboration with Hyun's Dojo: https://www.youtube.com/user/hyunsdojo

**Created in Collaboration with Anarchism Games**"

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