Sounds to potentially be a jungler with more health & defense like Rona, but possibly with some kind of catherine b mechanic, or maybe something interesting and new like for a kensho ability but if you basic attack him it during the duration it hurts the opponent double (and obligatorily stuns them). Maybe both.
I don’t like the design simply because he’s a cat. We have a cat (I do like his aesthetics but the fact that he’s a cat annoys me). Since they’re not worried about lore anymore they can take a few liberties with heroes. I’d like an actual mechanoid, not like saw. Or a golem. Or a freaking churn spirit monster or something. Anything but a human or a ‘beast’. But I’ll take the beast over a human.
I was really hoping we would get a hero that was themed around a pig. Kinda like one of the disciples that travels with the monk in Journey to the East which had a pig’s visage.
Why it says 3.11 is it confirmed next update 3.11 ?
And why some of you assume he is going to be released like this ? , remember summer party Gwen , yeah the one with black feather summer party splash art , they didn’t release her , it could be a bait like when they made teasers for ozo skin made us think he is getting a rework hehehe , what if this guy a reworked glaive hehehe .
It’s not though. It’s a character design/concept sheet. Splash art is the finalized, posed character image set in environments that becomes the in-app representation of each hero.
For what it’s worth, I like the look of this hero so far, objectively. It’s a cool design, with nice colors, good silhouettes, and fun energy. No idea what the abilities or model or gameplay will be like, but it’s an interesting design that I think will read well in-game and probably be fun to play. I’m hoping his voicelines are badass.
It’s got a generically Eastern “warrior monk” vibe to it, which I’m a little iffy on, but the warm color palette does a good bit of work to make it less typical, which is nice. I feel more that this hero represents a part of the VG world we haven’t seen much of, and less that it’s a representation of something in our world, you know? It’s a tricky balance for the character designers, and you can see them trying to find that balance through the other concept sketches, which are all less original. Personally, I think it would’ve been cool if they’d gotten even further away by adding futuristic elements (sort of like Glaive, who’s also very warrior monkish, but has a futuristic rocket axe to become less stereotypical). But I’m just a fan of grungy futuristic material culture overlaps, so I get that that’s maybe just not the vibe for every hero. And there’s definitely a group of heroes that aren’t futuristic, and draw more heavily from a Western medieval pattern, like Grace and Lance, and kind of Adagio and Inara, and still feel part of the VG world to me. Maybe they’ll find some good effects for San Feng that feel futuristic with the right particle settings or something.
Anyway, I think the most successful thing about San Feng’s design is that it makes want to know more about him. Really missing the lore for this hero.
