At the beginning of this week, Riot Games announced a new champion for League of Legends — arrow by the name Aphelion. The main innovation was that the developers had to change the design of the interface.

However, this was done not just.

According to Riot Games, Aphelion has one of the highest skill ceilings. The champion does not have the classic four buttons — there are only three. In this case W is used to switch between primary and secondary weapons, which the champion of the five types. In fact, Aphelion around 15 skills.

the Developers had over a year to devise the concept and design of the character so that he fit in the pool of Champions League of Legends. This is the first champion with similar mechanics, so Riot Games has spent such a large amount of time.

One of the designers of the game stash Cellach said:

due to the change of ammunition we force the players to be in those scenarios that include choices. Only that you do not wish to fight, but there was a change of weapons and you: “Oh shit, I have to fight right now.”

the Developer has compared the Aphelion with Yasuo, which is also the complex mechanics. But, compared to him, the new champion will require the player IQ 200 that will allow you to make incredible action and get into the top best gaming moments.

Concept art and abilities Aphelion presented on the official website. The champion is already available on PBE, on full servers, Aphelion will appear along with updating 9.24.