Riot Games has revealed the next League of Legends champion to receive a visual makeover. Jax, one of the game’s most recognisable top laners, will be getting a visual update, with art and story teams working on him throughout the year.
Riot had indicated that Lee Sin and Teemo will be the next champions to acquire ASU in earlier dev logs. In the most recent dev log, they also stated that Jax will get a substantial cosmetic makeover.
Jax is one of League’s original champions, having debuted alongside Annie, Master Yi, Alistar, and Ashe in the game’s early updates in 2009.
Despite cosmetic updates, his general appearance has grown quite old and obsolete in comparison to the newer champions and VGUs launched in recent years.
League of Legends Jax Visual Updates
Riot said in the dev blog that Jax was supposed to undergo a full VGU, or Visual and Gameplay Update. But the scope was too large, and they couldn’t release the complete upgrade at once. As a result, Jax’s gameplay components were sent as part of his mini-rework. And, Riot has finally announced the second half of Jax’s upgrade, the aesthetics.
Riot will be revamping a slew of Jax’s graphics as a consequence, including a new model, new animations and visual effects, updated splash images for older cosmetics, and a new voiceover.
He’s also been given a new narrative for why he fights with a moderate size stave rather than a real weapon: the brazier is the sole thing that he has left from his home of Icathia before it was destroyed by the terrible powers of the Void.
While no dates have been set, Riot has confirmed that Jax’s Visual update will be released later this year.
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