guess you don't know how video game design works, here a pointer, they have roughly 6-8 champions being designed at once, it takes months to perfect them, take Ahri for instance, she was special sneak peaked about the end of september, and she was released December 14th

Speaking from the gameplay side, reworks are harder than new champions - likely the champion being reworked has a fundamental flaw that needs to be fixed, but fixing that flaw has a 99% chance of making current fans upset - being broken does help things be more fun a lot of times

There's a lot of design work that goes into trying to fix a champion, but still make it fun to people who liked it originally, or making it better in a way that makes sense in some other direction. Many champions who still need this have a bit of this going on (Irelia, Soraka, Poppy). I think to get a rework done right, it can take double the time of making a new champion from a development and playtesting standpoint - depending on the level of design changes needed (Eve is notoriously long, Katarina and Xin were a lot faster. Heimerdinger and Karma are tougher.

Hope this sheds some light on the issue - meeting current expectations, while fixing problems and providing creative solutions, is actually one of the hardest things I think a content designer can take on.

Morello, is there any work going on with Sion? What is your opinion, if you were to change him, on which build would take priority?
Because if there was, I would assume you would change him into an AP, rather than the Lifesteal pseudo tank support?

Not to derail. He's just in a bad spot, being split, and it pertains to the rework subject. Since I presume they take a lot more time then what people expect (Months) he might be being looked at?
I also imagine S3 items WILL help his AD build. Specifically BotRK and Hydras.

Grumpy Monkey, as someone who wants to get into 3D design and the like where's a good place to start for someone who has very little experience?

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Grumpy Monkey dear, is your avatar that of a soul trapped [or whatever else souls do] on the Shadow Isles?
Just had the thought because of the Soraka's Excellent Adventures comics.