LOL - The curious origin of VI: The most unlikely champion that ended up in love with the community

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Riot Games was not always the gigantic developer capable of undertaking a thousand projects that is now. The beginnings of League of Legends were much more discreet and, although there was no need to wait too long for the players to get massively the title, that also put into problems the company. Adapting to the demands of an increasingly large community was not easy, and in that context the launch of vi occurred: the most unlikely champion of history.

the champion in which no one could trust

The story of how the champion was developed that ended up forming part of Arcane's protagonist cast. He has told her the principal responsible for her creation. Today August is one of Riot Games workers with a better reputation among the community for having been in charge of giving life to characters like jinx, join, echo or Gear. However, when he was assigned VI's work he not only faced the creation of the first hero of her: also to his first work of her in the world of video games.

August explained that he came from the world of computer science dedicated to finance and that when he touched him to develop a league champion of legends he did not have any kind of ability to do it. Thus, he faced a project that was also a test of fire with a technology that does not even seem to the one who is used today to create characters. A cluster of circumstances that led him to take a few decisions that he himself considers questionable.

In this sense, the developer explains that he created the definitive VI using Nautilus, changing the visual effects of it and turning the champion into a missile. A particular decision that he replied in Q (Breakers). This ability in which the champion is launched to the rivals was formed by a series of invisible projectiles that detect enemies and make contact with them. Methods that in themselves were not so bad, but that they were poorly executed, and they did the character too inconsistent, making it despite her potential he was never at the top of the Tier List.

Fortunately, August could complete the project, and it became one of the creators of League of Legends Reference Champions. In fact, he assures that these difficulties served to tan as a developer and that he is now able to write much more solid codes for the champions. In addition, I was able to receive a patch shortly before the release of Arcane where they were allowed to correct a good part of the mistakes, and it is already one of the most important characters in the history of the game.