LOL: The strongest canceled champion of all and their strange eliminated ability

The first years after the launch of League of Legends were some of the most important in terms of launching champions. Riot Games had made the promise to carry out a premiere every two weeks and was able to fulfill it for several consecutive months. However, this requirement when creating characters also resulted in the opening of a cemetery full of eliminated heroes. Of most of them we have been able to know infinite details, but there are others who remain a mystery for so long later.

• The most mysterious canceled champion
• A very strange skill that will never reach League of Legends

The most mysterious canceled champion

One of the cases in which the development of a character was slowed almost without leaving traces is that of komachi . All tracks about this champion disappeared with the elimination of the official league of Legends forums. However, sources of the time say that she was going to be a heroine who would use a scythe as a weapon and fulfilling tank functions. An idea that was canceled since from Riot Games they did not find a way to develop it without the design of it filled with clichés . A motive that was very strange in the first years of the game, which counted as launches like Ashe, Annie, Shaco or Twitch. It is not that they are bad, but if archetypes too used.

Interestingly, the few details of the champion give us a clue on the origin of it. The developers of League of Legends were very influenced by Tohou Project during the launch season. A very popular videogame saga in Japan that used as a reference to create Lux. In this same franchise there was a character named Komachi who also used a scythe. A fairly particular connection that does not seem to fit with the creation of a tank for the upper lane and that is still stranger when we take into account the particular ability of it eliminated from it.

A very strange skill that will never reach League of Legends

Komachi's main problem was the spell that was going to characterize the complete skill kit of her. The goal was to create a structure in the lonquer's crack that was about to adapt the portal mechanics to the game. It may seem complicated to imagine, but we should think about this as a kind of e (event horizon) to veigate in which the walls would not stun the players , if not that they would have a teleportation effect that could vary depending on what part of the barrier each character was when it was created.

• If you were out of the barrier, I could not lock you anymore. In case of touching a wall, the champion appeared on the outside of the opposite wall.
• If you were inside the barrier you were locked up. In case of touching a wall, the champion appeared on the inside of the opposite wall.

The skill is somewhat Liosa, but could have been one of the most powerful spells in the story of League of Legends . The possibilities of her were endless. Enclosing an ally in a duel that could win or enable the initiation of a partner allowing him to pass through the wall sounds like an excellent idea to win games. However, it is too versatile and impossible to balance, being able to give rise to problems such as Aurelion Sol. In addition, programming it would have been an odyssey, since Riot did not have enough technology and the interactions with skills were not clear.

Given the circumstances, the idea was canceled indefinitely. Even now , Riot Games has problems creating new skills in League of Legends if they have to interact with the rest of the spells. It is a case that we saw in the launch of VEX, which should have the possibility to slow down enemy projectiles and create new effects for those of colleagues. However, it was ruled out because it is too difficult to design.