I really do hope that the green glow you see on both divine & celestine are not going to be in the final version. It's great for Dryad, but it will clash with the colors of the other skins.
They need to make it look like it's actually healing... all healing is green on all of the skins. I do agree that it's a bit aggressive tho, they could tone it down a little or mix it with some other colors
@@TwistyTwix I'm sure even players with the smallest mental capacity can recognize when the pillar of light just healed someone even if it isn't neon green. With that said, the green blends pretty nicely with the blue on Divine, but they pretty much ruined the effects for Celestine.
@@shiwakao They should apply that same obsessive consistency to everything else in the game then. All damage can be red (because red looks very ouchy hurty of course), slows can be blue, heals green, etc.
@@hudozhzhnik_9831Yeh but like,why do it all gotta be green?Her 2nd skill and ult is the only heal tho.I just kind of think that they could have kept the same color scheme for each skill but of course,with new vfx changes.I only refer to the default model though.
Well as a soraka main I have to say her W becoming green isn't really pretty, for some skin yes, but for other like banana soraka it was better purple, all becoming green doesn't look like her who come from the star. I understand that green represent more the healing affect, but didn't need it for all the skin :/
Same, before Dawnbringer was a thing it was my favourite Soraka skin, and its effects look awful now. They should revert just for Celestine (and maybe Program) because they really butchered it.
Love that Rejuvenation outlines the model with green effects but it definitely needs more stars or sparkly vfx.. otherwise all of the changes are quite beautiful. Maybe we can hope for an updated model or rig in the future. This is a nice first step!
This unfortunately means that we won't be seeing a new model and animation skeleton for a while. In addition I think that giving her healing and rejuvenation (q hit effect) green color no matter the theme of the skin was a bad choice even if it meant enhancement of visual clarity.
Jax got a SFX update and them he was given a VGU a few weeks after. Only downside is we know the next VGU after Lee was Teemo so there might be more delay
imagine being a multi billion company and only manage to update vfx of 2-3 champions a year XD remember the awesome 10 year anniversary where they promised TONS of stuff and yet scrapped half of it already? :D
@@janmil5630 that aint it, the heck u talkin about💀 "Losing" u gotta be kidding, it's not that rather its actually just the fact that league of legends is solely standing on the most ancient codings in this world that just adding something... Can also break something... And yes, there is no other solution if you want it to be quick other than to create ... League Of Legends... 2
Dryad kinda eats but the new overall vfx really fuck her skins. As a Raka player I'm really disappointed in the E vfx change specifically. Why remove the constellations in her E?? What this contributing to visual clutter THAT intensely? Were people complaining about it???? And why change her the rejuvenation from Starcall from purple/yellow shimmers to an extremely simple and generic green hue? I doubt this was causing issues for players playing against her. It lasts all of a few seconds, and the vast majority of people can interpret what the particles mean- it did not need to be changed. There are dozens and dozens of other champions that would have loved this kind of VFX update and Soraka did not need it frankly. I understand she has essentially looked the same since the Old Summoner's Rift but... it stayed that way for a long time for a reason. (Hint: Because most everything looked nice)
these look really cool but I kinda wish her E stayed the same. The old one with the stardust swirling galaxy look to it is so nice and fluffy, the new one looks so... empty.
Do kinda agree with that. New one looks more like ASol dark star or Lux Dark Star skin abilities; the suction feels a bit random. Could've been more like a moving galaxy.
Thank you riot for making my favorite Soraka skin now really ugly. :| They took away her dust trail off of Celestine and now her abilities are green instead of pure yellow/gold.
Bro I feel you. I was upset when I saw it too. I am also upset they added a physical timer so show when her silence will root you if your standing in it too long. Rip soraka. She was heavily nerfed this day 😢
They did the same to Sweetheart Sona, they removed a huge chunk of the fluttering hearts around her. Looks like they gave all the VFX budget to Dryad instead.
Some are nice additions, like sparkles and shines but some are a downgrade, like a sucking star Silence over a galaxy, I get why they did it but it just needs more galaxy, it's so empty. Also don't understand why they removed the speed buff VFX, the tiny stars are not good enough to show the extra speed boost from Q+W combo. And everything being so green.. when she is gold, white and purple. Would've loved to see more yellows, more "celestial," more like A-Sol over just green. But Dryad does look great now. Also missed opportunity to add bananas over crescents to the Banana Order. I love my Soraka, but the more I watch, the more I dislike it, which sucks since these are usually passion projects.. if they even gonna bother, they should survey the mains or at least listen to feedback.. 🥺
god, model > effects, most people dont care if the effects look smoother when the model still looks like sir Daniel Fortesque from 1998 with slightly smoother paint
I preferred the purple/golden glow of the original on Q and healing, it kind of defined Soraka in my opinion I also think it was nice with Dryad Raka cuz it brought a nice night-elf feel to it, tho I understand the change.
Soraka is my second highest mastery champ and I absolutely loved her yellow/purple colour schemes. I'm quite sad that they were all removed in favour of green. I get that green has better clarity but I think everyone knows intuitively, if there's a Soraka, heals are coming. I don't think you need green for that info and it genuinely ruins some of the skins. It's great for Dryad but pretty much none of the others. Celestine was absolutely destroyed due to that. And there's not nearly enough sparkles. ; ;
i hope u guys pay attention to msgs here so i just wanted to say as Soraka main: with new changes u barely can see her movement speed buff from passive, from Q and when u Q and W ally and also its missing my fav skin (Reaper Soraka ;c )
I like the little health icons on Program Soraka’s heal, they make it feel like she’s designed to be as clear and comforting as possible about the help she’s providing. Kinda Baymax-y and I like it
They have so many weird color inconsitencies, almost no pink in the program skins effects even though the entire skin is pink, celestine soraka has a lot of orange and darker yellows in everything except the perfectly blue E, same with Order of the Banana. And Celestine's white particle effects on the old skin looked a lot more visually original to her other skins which was very cool, white is a heavily underused color.
@@BeanbonVG yes but, Soraka got one visuals update when she got a mini rework ( I know that was a years ago) but her effect right now looks fine. Meanwhile Veigar who's got legendary skin so riot already work with him, why don't they change his archaic VFX at the same time?
@@suzannahart Nah it's just Riot using outsourced studio "Virtuous Studio" since they laid off a big part of the art team. Cost less and don't (can't) ask wage increase.
program soraka finally i'll be able to notice spells a lot better they wont clash as hard with everything else on screen. probably actually start using the skin again now.
They fcked the Celestine skin. The neon green, her empty Q, the sign of her W it's shorter, the removed/shorted particles.. Even her autoattacks are floffy af. I really hope they'll do well with the reaper soraka
A vision update that doesnt suck. However i have a little critic on the E. it has to be flat on the ground, not a halve bubble effect.. It distract me. Example in 2:03 to 2:10
Damn i had to look twice because i thought it was reversed. The effects of the old look so much cooler, the celestial w in particular vs generic sparkly green bore
I dont know if its true but back then abilities were color coded to give you somewhat of a info even you didnt knew what your opponent actually do. Soraka stun was one of these which was bright purple unlike her other abilites
Her skills overall are less flashy, definitely they look more polished but, I'm not sure I like LESS FLASHY. Specially her W, it's barely visible compared to previous. IMO.
Not to be a downer, but I really hope riot doesn't keep pushing for transparency in skills. A lot of the new and "fancy" skills have high transparency and lack visual clarity. Specifically, it's now harder to tell when someone has the speed boost/healing with soraka's passive and the root visual effect from her E now ends faster. I also have this problem with specific Miss Fortune skins where her Q is nearly invisible in certain terrain. Moreover some skins don't show the effective range (circle) anymore. It's frustrating to play with less visual clarity because I can't tell wtf goes on sometimes.
I've played Soraka for a long time, and love seeing her receiving some love. However, I think her E effect in the ground is now a downgrade. Seeing the constellations clearly was a pretty nice touch from the old version, and they now seem much more faded
no way they didnt put a banana falling from the sky like a comet in order of the banana
Riiiight??
or bananas floating with q rejuvenate
shut up please
Seems like they hate bananas
I still remember that one big walking banana raka mod lol
Now riot just needs to give her a better model.
Again? Lol
@@eloyball Did she receive one recently? I remember her old old one looking terrible, but I honestly think it could look way better.
@@foxinthebox2153 not recently, but yea, she had a rework. Gragas on the other hand...
NickyBoi is gonna do it before riot lol.
She just got a full GPU. Are you on acid?
Babe wake up, new banana just dropped.
bruh, its moon
If darkinfolk taught me anything than i know thats one big banana
@@kexcz8276 bruh her joke voice line mentions a banana and its a community meme
@@kexcz8276 noob player. It's a banana
@@destinedtogame disgusting....
I really do hope that the green glow you see on both divine & celestine are not going to be in the final version. It's great for Dryad, but it will clash with the colors of the other skins.
They need to make it look like it's actually healing... all healing is green on all of the skins.
I do agree that it's a bit aggressive tho, they could tone it down a little or mix it with some other colors
Exatamente!!
@@TwistyTwix I'm sure even players with the smallest mental capacity can recognize when the pillar of light just healed someone even if it isn't neon green. With that said, the green blends pretty nicely with the blue on Divine, but they pretty much ruined the effects for Celestine.
@@KirbyGotenksabsorbed i'd agree but consistency is a lot more important than you'd think in conveying these things
@@shiwakao They should apply that same obsessive consistency to everything else in the game then. All damage can be red (because red looks very ouchy hurty of course), slows can be blue, heals green, etc.
Why would they make celestine vfx green? Yellow fits so well with her
bc every heal in the game is green
@@hudozhzhnik_9831 they could mix it like nightbringer did
@@hudozhzhnik_9831Yeh but like,why do it all gotta be green?Her 2nd skill and ult is the only heal tho.I just kind of think that they could have kept the same color scheme for each skill but of course,with new vfx changes.I only refer to the default model though.
Because it's a skin? If you want vfx that fit her original aesthetics, choose the base skin
yeah old one is more ok, it give me the feeling of playing priest in woww
Well as a soraka main I have to say her W becoming green isn't really pretty, for some skin yes, but for other like banana soraka it was better purple, all becoming green doesn't look like her who come from the star. I understand that green represent more the healing affect, but didn't need it for all the skin :/
I am of the same opinion exactly !
The VFW look generally way better, but I don't like the green everywhere.
It's needed for "game clarity" they say, while having some skins that are kinda pay to win
RIOT is obsessed that the healing skills should be always green
dryad soraka just turned from worst to best skin in a single day
they turned her into a resto druid
I feel like the affects were more retro and added contrast to her green skin, now everything about the skin is green. I’m disappointed. :(
i actually always adored the splash and base model
@@nickomoran2550 Retro is a nice way of saying "indeed that skin was old fashioned" Now it at least has a bit of a druidy theme
Best? lmao they just turned everything green
I unironically think Celestine's update is a downgrade.
Program too it’s like they lessen the colors
The E's less bright and flashy than, but Q definitely looks nicer I think :3
The old Q was barely visible
well u have bad taste
Man, it was 50/50 for me. I like some on the new elements but also love some of the old ones.
Same, before Dawnbringer was a thing it was my favourite Soraka skin, and its effects look awful now. They should revert just for Celestine (and maybe Program) because they really butchered it.
Love that Rejuvenation outlines the model with green effects but it definitely needs more stars or sparkly vfx.. otherwise all of the changes are quite beautiful. Maybe we can hope for an updated model or rig in the future. This is a nice first step!
i agree, im not sure why they tuned it down
This unfortunately means that we won't be seeing a new model and animation skeleton for a while. In addition I think that giving her healing and rejuvenation (q hit effect) green color no matter the theme of the skin was a bad choice even if it meant enhancement of visual clarity.
Jax got a SFX update and them he was given a VGU a few weeks after. Only downside is we know the next VGU after Lee was Teemo so there might be more delay
Mundo, Jax, Lee Sin, Teemo....
Nearly all champs got an effect update before their rework.
@@kristoffarkas9909 Then after Teemo who is here, we have Lux.
Old Program Soraka looked much smoother ngl
no it's one of the worst Soraka skins to play with.
yeah the ability colors fit with the color scheme better
Not like anyone use that skin anyway
@@martindevin798 exactly
@@martindevin798 i do sometimes, and i prefer it as it was
Hope they could continue this in a faster pace. Cant wait to use my older skin with new look
imagine being a multi billion company and only manage to update vfx of 2-3 champions a year XD remember the awesome 10 year anniversary where they promised TONS of stuff and yet scrapped half of it already? :D
@@nekki9228theyve talked about it already.
That's what happen when you fire almost 20% of your staff
@@nekki9228 reason they're losing to mobile legends in mobile scene. They're champs look so outdated.
@@janmil5630 that aint it, the heck u talkin about💀
"Losing" u gotta be kidding, it's not that rather its actually just the fact that league of legends is solely standing on the most ancient codings in this world that just adding something... Can also break something... And yes, there is no other solution if you want it to be quick other than to create ... League Of Legends... 2
Dryad kinda eats but the new overall vfx really fuck her skins. As a Raka player I'm really disappointed in the E vfx change specifically. Why remove the constellations in her E?? What this contributing to visual clutter THAT intensely? Were people complaining about it????
And why change her the rejuvenation from Starcall from purple/yellow shimmers to an extremely simple and generic green hue? I doubt this was causing issues for players playing against her. It lasts all of a few seconds, and the vast majority of people can interpret what the particles mean- it did not need to be changed.
There are dozens and dozens of other champions that would have loved this kind of VFX update and Soraka did not need it frankly. I understand she has essentially looked the same since the Old Summoner's Rift but... it stayed that way for a long time for a reason. (Hint: Because most everything looked nice)
Honestly i like the older ones better. Not from just being a old time player but they the colors are much more visualy distinct between spells
Yeah I don't think any of these new animations are worth the significant downgrade in contrast. They just blend in wayyy more now
these look really cool but I kinda wish her E stayed the same. The old one with the stardust swirling galaxy look to it is so nice and fluffy, the new one looks so... empty.
Do kinda agree with that. New one looks more like ASol dark star or Lux Dark Star skin abilities; the suction feels a bit random. Could've been more like a moving galaxy.
They also added a timer to her E to show when the root will happen....
Ye her spell description even mentions how she calms the area, I do think the spinning is a little bit too fast for ‘calming the area’
New one looks like random ass mist.
I think this new one is more visually appealing. Riot is inconsistent with lore and I think it's fine to sacrifice that for visual clairty.
Thank you riot for making my favorite Soraka skin now really ugly. :| They took away her dust trail off of Celestine and now her abilities are green instead of pure yellow/gold.
pissraka is no more
Bro I feel you. I was upset when I saw it too.
I am also upset they added a physical timer so show when her silence will root you if your standing in it too long. Rip soraka. She was heavily nerfed this day 😢
They did the same to Sweetheart Sona, they removed a huge chunk of the fluttering hearts around her. Looks like they gave all the VFX budget to Dryad instead.
Her sparkling AA is one of the best particles in the game
Wtf is Riot doing even
Some are nice additions, like sparkles and shines but some are a downgrade, like a sucking star Silence over a galaxy, I get why they did it but it just needs more galaxy, it's so empty. Also don't understand why they removed the speed buff VFX, the tiny stars are not good enough to show the extra speed boost from Q+W combo. And everything being so green.. when she is gold, white and purple. Would've loved to see more yellows, more "celestial," more like A-Sol over just green. But Dryad does look great now. Also missed opportunity to add bananas over crescents to the Banana Order. I love my Soraka, but the more I watch, the more I dislike it, which sucks since these are usually passion projects.. if they even gonna bother, they should survey the mains or at least listen to feedback.. 🥺
The green for healing doesnt work for most skins and i miss the constellations in her e :( but dryad soraka got a huge upgrade
Order of the Banana not having any bananas is criminal
god, model > effects, most people dont care if the effects look smoother when the model still looks like sir Daniel Fortesque from 1998 with slightly smoother paint
I preferred the purple/golden glow of the original on Q and healing, it kind of defined Soraka in my opinion
I also think it was nice with Dryad Raka cuz it brought a nice night-elf feel to it, tho I understand the change.
Wtf did they do with the VFX of Rejuvenation
This is so silly. "She's a healer! Just make her green!!"
Riot really loves embodying the archetype and not challenging it, huh.
It's cool to see Dryad and Divine getting some new vfx/recolor 🥰 but the old celestine had better vfx tho
5:09 whats with the last part, man???
Why do they destroy the VFX of champs? Sona, Elise, Nami, now this...
I enjoyed the Nami one, specially for her hold skins.
Like they did with Ahri as well..
Leesin...
Thanks mate as always for the content!
I wish they kept program soraka's green and purple colour scheme for spells. New one doesn't fit her colours on the model...
means its time for a new model !!!
@@itspinebro New model - sure, just not redesign ^^'
@@Kokose I personally wish for a redesign but I'll take a new model as well
I'm confused as to why reaper soraka wasn't updated too. Now it feels even older 😢
they done Program Soraka so bad wtf...
Soraka is my second highest mastery champ and I absolutely loved her yellow/purple colour schemes. I'm quite sad that they were all removed in favour of green. I get that green has better clarity but I think everyone knows intuitively, if there's a Soraka, heals are coming. I don't think you need green for that info and it genuinely ruins some of the skins. It's great for Dryad but pretty much none of the others. Celestine was absolutely destroyed due to that. And there's not nearly enough sparkles. ; ;
i hope u guys pay attention to msgs here so i just wanted to say as Soraka main: with new changes u barely can see her movement speed buff from passive, from Q and when u Q and W ally and also its missing my fav skin (Reaper Soraka ;c )
Celestine is such a downgrade. Look at her E2, in the new the visual effect dissipates before the root is even done 2:23.
It was her best skin from the old ones. Now its kinda garbage 😅
I like the little health icons on Program Soraka’s heal, they make it feel like she’s designed to be as clear and comforting as possible about the help she’s providing. Kinda Baymax-y and I like it
Can't wait for the team to put in new models for the other 85 champs that need it
They have so many weird color inconsitencies, almost no pink in the program skins effects even though the entire skin is pink, celestine soraka has a lot of orange and darker yellows in everything except the perfectly blue E, same with Order of the Banana. And Celestine's white particle effects on the old skin looked a lot more visually original to her other skins which was very cool, white is a heavily underused color.
Kinda... Why? Soraka model and voice is more old that her VFX.
They’ve started to do visual updates in chunks like this, they always start with the effects and ability icons
@@BeanbonVG yes but, Soraka got one visuals update when she got a mini rework ( I know that was a years ago) but her effect right now looks fine. Meanwhile Veigar who's got legendary skin so riot already work with him, why don't they change his archaic VFX at the same time?
@@dregoch8405Aren’t those visual updates passion projects at riot? Like something Rioter does out of their own free time or smth
@@dregoch8405 Bro, I can't stress how bad Veigar's skill icons are, like holy, just drop a fast update for these, idk
@@suzannahart Nah it's just Riot using outsourced studio "Virtuous Studio" since they laid off a big part of the art team. Cost less and don't (can't) ask wage increase.
Dryad actually looks so good
They look great other than Celestine which just got downgraded by being made green?
The changes to Program Soraka are so gwoooood !
I really like the colors for divine soraka, i love that skin
I didn't realise how much she needed this until now
yes yes yes yes. the vfx suits the theme so much better now.
no updates for reaper soraka is criminal
I've been waiting for this moment....
Don't know how they managed to make her Q regen particles even harder to notice
program soraka finally i'll be able to notice spells a lot better they wont clash as hard with everything else on screen. probably actually start using the skin again now.
Omg I never thought this day would come
They fcked the Celestine skin. The neon green, her empty Q, the sign of her W it's shorter, the removed/shorted particles.. Even her autoattacks are floffy af. I really hope they'll do well with the reaper soraka
no changes to Reaper Soraka?... OOH COME ON!
I still miss the default Banana autoattacks
wish the constellations were more visible on her e. was my fav part of her kit, the whole celestial aesthetic. now it kinda just looks... sad.
A vision update that doesnt suck. However i have a little critic on the E. it has to be flat on the ground, not a halve bubble effect.. It distract me. Example in 2:03 to 2:10
Order of the Banana Soraka without a banana is so potentially wasted
Awhhhh i was hoping for the reaper skin to get some love 😭😭
As an owner of the first three skins we cheered
I have to say I like the old effects better in most cases. There are some cases where I like the new but they are few and far between.
Damn i had to look twice because i thought it was reversed. The effects of the old look so much cooler, the celestial w in particular vs generic sparkly green bore
i became a soraka main because of satisfying and "fresh" her soundeffects are, now finally the visual are too !
As a soraka main I must be the only one who still loves her rig and current fix XD
Eta I still love the new fix though!
Only few things we need here, the color scheme when getting healed in Divine Soraka should be blue and a Banana for the Order of the Banana Soraka.
im so HAAAAAPPPYYYYY i did not expect this
omg dryad soraka was the second skin i got back in 2013 i got other better skins but i always wanted a reason to use it and now i must
i think while having the grean glow is ok i wish she still had the sparkles
The Celestine Soraka lost everything that was special about her to become like the others :c
I dont know if its true but back then abilities were color coded to give you somewhat of a info even you didnt knew what your opponent actually do. Soraka stun was one of these which was bright purple unlike her other abilites
I think base skin w is ok.. I’m really sad she lost her “celestial/star” effects on q and e though..
omg so beautiful, i plan to quit game but now I think i will comeback
Program Soraka VFX kind of looked better before...
Also why they're not updating Reaper Soraka VFX?
I could love the green for Dryad (aesthetically matching, druid-esque), but then seeing the green everywhere else made me wonder and question...
I actually prefer the old particle and textures for classic Soraka's Q
Not only Soraka but the Old OG Champions in League should be give VFX Updates.
waittt divine soraka is soo good!! i love it
All I see is green, dang it, we didnt knew she was a healer
I feel like i've rerolled Dryad Soraka like 5 times i'm so upstet
druid skill looks clean but the old purple was pretty, if only they kept a little purple and yellow, just a little
ALL SORAKA SKINS ARE PLAYABLE NOW!
I thing Dryad Soraka should have some silver accent in her spell cause the fully green doesnt look much pleasing for the eyes
Divine Soraka's effects look great now. Too bad Celestine got butchered since everything is purely piss-yellow instead of the pale yellow and white.
BRO WHY CANT RIOT JUST GIVE HER AN ASU??!!??
Why did they make ALL HEALING green? The gold and purple are usually celestial or ascended, now she's just green...
Oh baby I can use Dryad and Divine again!
I feel like program soraka should have the matrix code coming down on her ult
Her skills overall are less flashy, definitely they look more polished but, I'm not sure I like LESS FLASHY. Specially her W, it's barely visible compared to previous. IMO.
Not to be a downer, but I really hope riot doesn't keep pushing for transparency in skills. A lot of the new and "fancy" skills have high transparency and lack visual clarity. Specifically, it's now harder to tell when someone has the speed boost/healing with soraka's passive and the root visual effect from her E now ends faster. I also have this problem with specific Miss Fortune skins where her Q is nearly invisible in certain terrain. Moreover some skins don't show the effective range (circle) anymore. It's frustrating to play with less visual clarity because I can't tell wtf goes on sometimes.
YESS THEY ARE WORKING ON HERRR
A big soraka skin is probably on the way! Ultimate maybe? or Faker-tier?
The old Divine Soraka VFX fit better IMO
I honestly don’t see any problem with the old design
Losing the health plus signs on Program Soraka was a bit sad QQ
This is what they do instead of fixing vanguard issue
Wow this looks great!
2:36 why did they remove the yellow/gold from her ult? isn’t it supposed to look like sand particles? i don’t get it
Divine and dryad soraka now are pretty skins ❤️ very matching theme
Year 3074: Still waiting for Shyvana VGU...
Why did they remove the rune circle when healing as Celestine Soraka??? I loved that bit.
I've played Soraka for a long time, and love seeing her receiving some love. However, I think her E effect in the ground is now a downgrade. Seeing the constellations clearly was a pretty nice touch from the old version, and they now seem much more faded
This is unexpected but quite nice.
order of the banana is so disappointing like what? they could of had loads of fun and been so creative with those VFXs...
It seems that riot is turning all common skins into Epic skins with these visual effects reworks