Riot has revealed Gwen! The latest Champion to join the Shadow Isles, Gwen brings the snip snap away from the rift and onto the table. You can see her, the reveal video, and 8 more cards that were revealed today down below.
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Hallowed - New Keyword
- After I die, for the rest of the game when you commit an attack, hallow your first attacker, giving it +1|+0 for that round. This effect stacks depending on how many hallowed units have died this game.
Gwen Champion Reveal
Gwen Reveal Video
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Comments
Gwen seems like a better Vlad. At level 2, she drains health from the enemy Nexus, but does so much more reliably, and with high power and Quick Attack making her a lot safer to attack with. She costs less mana too...
Havent played LOR in a while, can Thread the Needle target Nexus? If yes, that seems a little too strong.
Of cause it can not.
Atrocity exists for this purpose and this is Atrocity without being capable of hitting nexus
Right, i was trying to remember what was that spell called to compare the wording, but couldnt. Thanks for telling me ;-)
Knowing that SI is region with Atrocity and seeing how easy it is to stack up 4+ hallowed buffs this package much looks like a cheese enabler rather than a fun addition to the game.
No matter if we with Eternal Dancers The Rekindler renaimator nonsens or just s1 midrange it's... annoying to deal with
If it's not paired with spellshield unit's Atrocity is an easy spell to counter, there is a reason as to why we don't see She Who Wanders decks anymore.
And who hinders you to go shurima second region and throw in a Ruin Runner?
Same reason why people aren't doing it now, with just 3 health ruin runner is easy to kill even with it's spell shield, Sivir deck who used Ruin Runner tend to use either Demacia or Ionia as secondary region because you need some protective burst speed spell to keep that unit alive.
Isn't the main reason for shurima not getting paired with si that there isn't much of a reason to?
Like what has current si to offer for shurima?
With hollowed units there is a much bigger incentive to do so imo
Gwen is welcome addition to the game, currently there simply too much burn damage in Runeterra, the game need more healing.
Gwen needs to deal 10 damage, but it doesn't specify she must use Hallowed to up her Power. I wonder if people might drop her package and just go for buffs or something to give her juice without running these other cards. Haven't played Runeterra in a while, myself, but they don't seem super exciting.
Gwen came out after I stopped playing League, so she doesn't have that same "oh wow it's just like the game!" connection to make her appealing to me. The Drain scissor animation is cool, though.
Gwen in the game is straightforward mele carry, her only unique ability is her W who summon a mist that makes her untargetable to anything outside it but they can't really translate that ability in game since Shadow Isles in not supposed to have protective spells.
Honestly there isn't much to make her feel 'just like the game' here. I'd say that the translation is pretty minimal for the most part but that is bound to happen when you are making this sort of transition. That being said I'm not thrilled with her myself but I tend to be a control deck style of person (one of the reasons I've been playing less and less of LoR).