Riot Games is wrapping up development on one of League of Legends\u2019 <\/em>most long-awaited champion updates. More details were revealed today<\/a> regarding a visual and gameplay update (VGU) for Udyr, the Spirit Walker.\u00a0<\/p>
Udyr\u2019s update was first announced<\/a> last February when he won the game\u2019s annual VGU fan vote by a wide margin. The release for the update was originally planned for \u201cearly 2022,\u201d according to Riot, but the new version of the champion may not hit the live servers until later this year, judging by the development team\u2019s rate of progress.\u00a0<\/p>
In today’s update, Riot teased Udyr\u2019s Spirit Guard skin by revealing an early version of its in-game model before the champion selects an animal spirit to channel. Earlier this year, Riot gave an in-depth look<\/a> at the visual effects for many of Udyr\u2019s upcoming spells and how they’ll appear within his catalog of skins.\u00a0<\/p>
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Additionally, in today\u2019s Roadmap update, Riot gave insight into upcoming gameplay adjustments to Aurelion Sol and Skarner. Aurelion Sol\u2019s gameplay update has been tentatively scheduled for later this year, while Riot has not yet \u201cofficially started\u201d work on Skarner\u2019s VGU<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>
