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Diana, the Scorn of the Moon sneak peek
The new champion sneak peek has been released. It seems to be a moon/night related. This falls perfectly in line with the files datamined last month by surrender@20. It also seems linked to IronStylus mystery code. These codes, who seem to be forming a secret message, are always of the form Ysereh: X = Y, where X is a letter and Y is a number (in recent codes Y has been a combination of a letter and a number)
The final message from his code was this: The sun always sets to hide all its lies. Turn away from the dawn and open your eyes.
It was also accompanied by several pictures of the sun rising with quotes such as "Twilight fades" and "I will break their line". This might be an indicatiion that there is a rivalry between leona and diana.
Picture courtesy of surrender@20.com
Not all creatures of the night are the sort that lurk in the shadows. A select few leap headlong into the fray, leaving enemies begging for sunshine. Shunned by the people of the sun, Diana turned in isolation to the cold power of the moon’s glow. She hurls herself into the heat of the fight, wielding her crescent blade and unleashing lunar energy with merciless ferocity. If you’re awed by the darkness of the night, but never one to hide in the shadows, you’re sure to be drawn to this knight of the moon and her relentless pursuit of vengeance.
Diana's is art is done by IronStylus, Volty designed her mechanics and Runaan and Harrow worked on her lore and creative design.
Just like the teaser, which is a moment in Diana's story, the splash is also. The teaser is the beginning of her embrace of the lunar heresy, the splash image is the result of her surrendering to the power that it affords her, and the repercussions of her actions. My personal goal is to do this with our splashes. We've tackled composition, visual hooks, source of power, general "bad-assery" in our splashes, but rarely do we make the the splash like.. a comic pane.
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Posted 7/27/2012 12:30:43 PMIt's not "surrender@20.com" it's surrenderat20.blogspot.com or surrenderat20.net :)
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Posted 7/26/2012 8:11:53 AMAlso, considering that she seems to be the antithesis to Leona, seeing as they are like night and day... I hope she is an Irelia-esque assassin, though not as broken.
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Posted 7/26/2012 5:57:45 AMBut, but....
Diana was a Goddess hunter, not a "tank"... :x
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Posted 7/26/2012 5:46:31 AMDay walker,
NIGHT STALKER!
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Posted 7/26/2012 6:26:28 AMyou made me imagine leona in a blade costume... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(film)
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Posted 7/26/2012 4:24:03 AMLooking at the names of the files you can assume she has a stun and a silence.
(ArcSilence_nova ; Penumbral_stun)
She should be melee-ranged because she has a sword and it seems one of her abilities could potentially work with stacks. (max_moon ; lunari_pulse ; lunari_area) I guess it would be her passive if so. (diana_passive_full)
Because I'm such a forum nerd and red post nerd I think she could be one of the first champs in a long time, I care about in terms of Lore.
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Posted 7/26/2012 4:12:57 AMLoL, Morrelo was talking about making balance after 101 champion. LIAR :(
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Posted 7/26/2012 8:10:07 AMMakes perfect sense that she would be overtuned if she is related to Leona. If you ask the reds who they think have intrinsically extremely powerful kits, you will hear mentions of Leona and Karma.