It’s time again for another champion sneak peek, this time bringing us artwork of Moakai, the Twisted Treant. Here’s the official blurb:
Sometimes, when you look at the League of Legends champion lineup, it’s easy to feel like you’ve seen it all. You’ve seen light mages, thorn mages, mad scientists, illusionists, ninjas, and warriors with gigantic swords. But there’s something that this next champion has that none of them do: roots. That’s right, while you may have been engaged in epic, pitched battles with trolls, gargoyles, ogres, scarecrows, minotaurs, mummies, and mutant armadillos, I bet you’ve never had to fight a tree before! Introducing Maokai, the Twisted Treant; a groundbreaking new champion in the League of Legends whose bark may or may not be worse than his bite. You decide.
If you’ve been on the forums in the past month or so you probably new that he was coming, along with Jarvan IV, who we should see introduced in a fortnight. Moakai was originally teased in PC Gamer with the image you see above. He was accompanied by the text:
Who: A tree hit with magic that became a hero
He Will: Plant acorn bombs; teleport on top of lightly armored enemies
Release: Feb 15
So far, the article’s right on, though we never really know what skills will make it live. The acorn bomb sounds interesting. Will we have a Teemo rival at last? I can already feel the frustration of another teleporting champion. Shen has been the bane of my existence recently. I don’t know how much more I can take.
Look for Moakai next week.
