And one signature element of Bollywood movies is that they’re dramatic, with over-the-top action style that’s all about spectacle and fun,” Jag says. “I wanted to represent some part of South Asian culture in Akshan, as that’s something I grew up with-my mom would watch a ton of Bollywood movies when we were young. That line of thinking led the team to some high-flying, super cool, suave gameplay. Akshan is both of these things, so the team wanted to give him more control over his positioning in fights. And as a marksman, you are the squishy carry with a big target on your back, so one wrong misstep can mean insta-death. As an assassin, you want to flank and annihilate squishy carries, not awkwardly poke beefcake frontliners with an inflatable dagger. Positioning is an incredibly important part of playing both assassins and marksmen. and put those two worlds together in mid lane.” So we wanted to craft an experience that would feel like a distinct assassin style, but also clearly feel like a marksman. “They don’t provide the things that champs designed for mid should, like crowd control or target access. “We’ve been watching marksmen go mid in pro and regular play for a while, but none of them feel like they belong there,” recalls game design lead Jeevun “Jag” Sidhu. The answer came not from thinking about game design, but from watching players define the meta. But stealth isn’t exactly a new concept for a League assassin, so our next question was, “How do we make him feel different?” Since the team was making a roguish assassin kit, stealth seemed like the obvious choice. They’re all slippery, and they all promote guerrilla-style attacks where you burst down an enemy before disappearing into nothingness. In League, that looks like untargetability in the form of Akali’s shroud, crowd control like Pyke’s stun, and invisibility like Talon’s ult. One of the things that make assassins effective is their ability to attack you before you can strike back. Someone who fits the “let’s-make-this-Lux-playing-fool’s-life-miserable” playstyle. Akshan’s gameplay development goal was to create a roguish assassin.
A New Kind of Assassinīefore we get lost in his dreamy eyes, let’s start with his origins. Oh, did we mention he’s a midlane marksman with a grappling gun, stealth, and a revive? Don’t worry, we’ll get to that later. He’s a man who believes in doing the right thing, no matter the cost.
He’s a Sentinel of Light who swings into battle wielding an ancient weapon of tremendous power.
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