![]() ![]() ![]() | © Riot Games Prestige Star Guardian Neeko Neeko is one of the OG Star Guardians, even though her skin is one of the newest ones. Xayah and Rakan are also corrupted Star Guardians. | © Riot Games Star Guardian Xayah and Rakan Add in a healer, a hot-headed gunslinger, and a charismatic leader, and the second team of Star Guardians was ready for concepting.Zoe has gone to the dark side, becoming a corrupted Guardian. Syndra filled the role of the darker, more mysterious character. “But our overarching goal was to find champions who we could really differentiate from each other.” This made someone like Ezreal an obvious choice since he’s the first male Star Guardian. “We factored in things like what champions made sense, what players have requested the most, and how they’d work together as a team,” says product manager Carlos “I am Carlos” Giffoni. Part of this meant choosing champs who’d diversify the Star Guardian roster. But this year, we really wanted to push it to the limit and take more risks.” “We played it pretty safe,” says senior concept artist Paul “Riot Zeronis” Kwon, “and I think that was okay because we were trying to introduce a new genre to League. Last year, the Star Guardian team was trying to overcome conflict amongst themselves so they could work together to fight off bad guys and save the day-a theme that probably feels familiar to most players. Some of this is communicated through their somewhat darker story, and the rest relies on the visuals. They needed to feel familiar, like they belonged there, while still standing apart as a unique team. There was a whole universe to explore when designing the first team of Star Guardians, but coming back for round two meant bringing brand-new characters to an existing world. ![]()
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