Relaunch team, Karma Visual Update, and Cooling Down Flash

Posted on at 11:10 PM by Moobeat
Now that you are all excited for the Nidalee update, why not calm down with a soothing batch of red posts?
Continue reading posts pertaining to the relaunch team, the confirmation of a visual upgrade to Karma, and a small post teasing ways to reduce Flash's cooldown.

 Relaunch Team
Nidalee's model update, the latest work of the relaunch team.
IronStylus made mention of a certain Relaunch team, announcing that he is now apart of them and that, in the future, they will be devoting more time to explaining the relaunch process and accepting community feedback. He says:
"The team is epic and awesome in its epic awesomeness. I just joined the Relaunch team so I had no hand in Nidalee whatsoever. But Rioters like Grumpy Monkey, Xray Alpha, Ququroon and others made this possible.

In the near future we'll be explaining more about the relaunch process, taking feedback on what you'd like to see improved in champions and really putting in a ton of effort to make timeless characters live up to the quality bar we've set with our current champions.

Onward!"
In response, a question came out asking why Sivir, who players consider very unsavory at the moment, isn't on the top of the relaunch team's list. Here is Grumpy Monkey's , one of the integral members of the Relaunch team, response:
"... We are going to work on Sivir. But there are a few that are scheduled to happen before her. Basically what we do is we look at the data of most played/visible champions combined that with opportunities and changes that the other departments might be working on (i.e. Lore and design) and cross reference that with our opinions on visual infidelity of the champs. For example, Ash and Soraka, Huge amount of play, and visibilty, they show up in a huge amount of bot games and Ash is in the tutorial, so we hit them up. Gangplank was getting a new splash and design had some changes they were going to make so we scheduled him to ride that wave. So hopefully that gives you some information as to how these visual reworks are scheduled. Please trust me, we are fully aware of the awesome visual potential these champs have, and I can't wait to get to them."
 New Look for Karma
Continuing on the theme of Relaunches, Grumpy monkey mentioned that Karma will be receiving a visual upgrade when she is relaunched with her new mechanics, saying:
"Yes She will have a visual upgrade.
Ways to reduce Flash's Cooldown in S3
 Lastly, Roku dropped off a small quip about new ways to reduce Flash's cool down in S3.
"... there will be more accessible ways to reduce Flash's cooldown if you plan on using it often... (most likely aggressively if you're planning on it)"
What could this be? Perhaps an item that helps with the cool down in some way?

52 comments

  1. UnknownNovember 14, 2012 at 11:11 PM

    first

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  2. UnknownNovember 14, 2012 at 11:14 PM

    Been waiting SOOOOOO long for this lol

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  3. UnknownNovember 14, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    Thanks for the late posts Moo! Feel better dude!

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  4. LynerrNovember 14, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    SECOND

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  5. UnknownNovember 14, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    sounds good for karma

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    1. AnonymousNovember 15, 2012 at 7:51 AM

      I've got a leak on what she'll look like.

      Moobeat, you should update this thread with the link below:

      http://i.imgur.com/p8R2n.jpg

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    2. JillyfeeeeelllNovember 15, 2012 at 10:37 AM

      HAHAHAHHA

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  6. domino kidNovember 14, 2012 at 11:16 PM

    CDR especially for Flash, or the Summoner Spells in general?

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    1. QbaNovember 15, 2012 at 6:38 AM

      We have seen item that reduce only CD of heal and revive, I think it will be the same way with flash, maybe flash and ghost CDR.

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    2. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 8:30 AM

      PEople already complain about Flash being op, NOAW it will be able to have cdr!?!?! Dafuq.

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    3. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 1:08 PM

      You remember that this is after they increase its CD, right?

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  7. AnonymousNovember 14, 2012 at 11:21 PM

    i bet hotshotGG is happy his favorite hero is getting a upgrade and also Moot the Snow bunny skin for Nidalee will it also get upgraded ?

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  8. reyardNovember 14, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    karma turns white now, i buy karma now.

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    1. DesniNovember 15, 2012 at 12:16 AM

      na shes still black

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    2. AnonymousNovember 15, 2012 at 7:34 AM

      I'm happy she's something other than the status quo. I think I'll buy Karma now that she is black.

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    3. Quang NguyenNovember 15, 2012 at 10:31 AM

      you know that not only black people have dark skin... I say she's Indian

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  9. FairskyNovember 14, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    It's a fact that Sivir needs a Remodel, and I event hink she needs it the most. Look at her model in lolking.net. Her face is worse than any of the other Champions. Her hair just doesn't make sense. And her model is just as bad as the one of a few others. But overall, she'S the worst right now. And people play her alot, since she is one of the few AD Carrys we have. She is also in alot of Bot games. So I think they should definitely do her first and I cannot comprehend why they aren't. I am also not the only one thinking that.

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    1. NemerianNovember 15, 2012 at 1:14 AM

      its actually kinda strange. i just looked over champion usage at lolking, and they have sion on the rework list. sion is a very unused champ in ranked(even yi and sivir are more used). on the other hand, taric is very used, and he isnt getting anything. on a sidenote, just an idea... floating crystals on taric hammer(you know, like the draenei hammer in the bc trailer)?

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  10. UnknownNovember 14, 2012 at 11:38 PM

    I would like to see a mastery that makes it so that if you flash towards a visible enemy, it has a much shorter cooldown, but if you flash away, it has the normal long cooldown.

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    1. NanyeNovember 15, 2012 at 1:16 AM

      I think this will be something more like if you flash and score a kill/assist within the next 10 seconds, the cd is reduced by half.

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    2. Foodie EatalotNovember 15, 2012 at 1:37 AM

      I think it will help early ganks some rioter wrote (Tl:DR). It will definitely help with that.

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    3. BassBustingNovember 17, 2012 at 12:42 AM

      Please dont let it be reset on assist/CD... What makes Kha, Kata special after that?

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  11. Foodie EatalotNovember 15, 2012 at 1:33 AM

    The thing is that many times Riot still does what they think is more important, like Nidalee. And don't get me wrong, I was all happy when I read that she was having a visual update. As a Nidalee player I was very happy, but I don't see why Sivir isn't getting an visual upgrade. She looks like plastic if your FPS and qualities are low. Also I think some visual upgrades we need is (Listed in priority):
    1. Taric
    2. Sivir
    3. Karma
    4. Maybe Malphite and Maokai.

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    1. Stone RiverNovember 15, 2012 at 2:11 AM

      don't forget Annie.

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    2. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 3:03 AM

      WW really need a new model too, the difference between his original model and Firefang or Hyena is disgusting (but at least he has good skins to mask this issue)

      Morde can also use some fine tuning on his model, but it's understandable that he could be scheduled for a much later model rework since his triangle feet and bad proportions are masked under his armored spiked self.

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    3. BadMalakaiNovember 15, 2012 at 4:04 AM

      I'll add Sion and Mundo to this list.

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    4. The PhysicistNovember 15, 2012 at 8:19 AM

      Maokai and Malphite are fine. They are non-human, their feet are supposed to be big.

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  12. PhantomhiveNovember 15, 2012 at 3:18 AM

    hey, moobeat i was looking around on the skinviewer and i saw this exterminator twitch skin. is this new or was it a cancelled skin? http://lolskinviewer.com/#Twitch

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  13. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 3:39 AM

    Imo people forget about how ugly Alistar is (even if I don't play him)

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  14. LilInuyashaNovember 15, 2012 at 4:14 AM

    Moobeat, I was wathcing your last stream, we have the same wallpaper dude! XD
    Why do u have a girl's wallpaper on your pc!? XD


    And btw, note to riot:


    STOP SENDING POSTS ABOUT KARMA AND JUST RELEASE IT!

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  15. Andrew HeoNovember 15, 2012 at 5:09 AM

    LongStoryBitch
    Best name ever

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  16. Niels De BlockNovember 15, 2012 at 5:53 AM

    I hope they'll give another look at Trundle. He needs some love as well (in the form of a visual update and a little tweaking of his animations).

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  17. danielNovember 15, 2012 at 6:32 AM

    i'm waiting for taric

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  18. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    Poppy! I mean, it's hard to find worse splash art.

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  19. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    off topic but new support sneak peak
    http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2801565

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  20. Miguel CamposNovember 15, 2012 at 9:36 AM

    [ "... there will be more accessible ways to reduce Flash's cooldown if you plan on using it often... (most likely aggressively if you're planning on it)"

    What could this be? Perhaps an item that helps with the cool down in some way?]

    Yes there will be a way, because they will remove the special requeriments to get to the bottom of the masterie tree, so if you are non-escape abilitie carry, then you can get master mind so you can get a 12% of cooldown on the summoners spells. Riot also sayed that new masteries are on the the way.

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  21. ReiNovember 15, 2012 at 9:39 AM

    WHY WHY WHY do you not have the Nami Sneak Peek here on S@20 yet!?!?!

    Nami Sneak Peek
    http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2801565

    New support champion. A Mermaid and utterly adorable. (Nami is japanese for wave, as in waves in an ocean.)


    - Kat

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  22. Ir3landNovember 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM


    http://www.lolwtfcomics.com/upload/uploads/1346072506.jpg

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    1. Ir3landNovember 15, 2012 at 10:13 AM

      ^^^wrong link ignore^^^^


      http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2801565

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    2. ReiNovember 15, 2012 at 10:32 AM

      Yup, posted that just above you already =^.^=


      - Kat

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  23. "Rozeluxe"November 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM

    More champs before Sivir? Oh GOD, just how freaking long will it take? Just who else needs a visual remake more badly than her?

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  24. NivohNovember 15, 2012 at 10:23 AM

    http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=9370460

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  25. JSNovember 15, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=923487 Champion Sneak Peak :D

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  26. E r i c aNovember 15, 2012 at 11:29 AM

    POST ABOUT THE NEW SUPPORT (MERMAID <3) CHAMPION !
    NAMI!

    http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/0/04/Nami_Concept.jpg

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  27. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 11:30 AM

    moobeat nami preview is out

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  28. botwesNovember 15, 2012 at 11:37 AM

    Ashe*

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  29. botwesNovember 15, 2012 at 11:38 AM

    Ashe*

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  30. botwesNovember 15, 2012 at 11:38 AM

    Ashe*

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  31. UnknownNovember 15, 2012 at 11:49 AM

    I believe there will be a mastery that if you kill someone within % seconds of a flash you reduce its cooldown by half this would allow ppl to use it aggressively

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