League of Legends is one of the longest-running massive online multiplayer games that's still active, debuting in 2009 and starting its first season the following year in 2010. Since its inception, League of Legends has gone through several subtle visual updates, with its major visual upgrades accompanied by several characters' reworked designs and playstyles over the years.
One of the recent champions to receive a complete overhaul was Volibear, granting him an updated move set as well as an updated visual upgrade and lore. While not as massive of an upgrade as the Freljord thunder demigod, Volibear, Kog'Maw is the latest champion to receive the visual update treatment according to Riot staff.
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On April 8th, Riot's visual lead artist, 'Beardilocks', announced the next to receive a VGU was the acid-spitting void puppy Kog'Maw, starting with an updated model texture and icons. With the updated textures, it is now easier for Kog'Maw players to identify when they are empowered as well as the width of his missiles and ultimate range. The latest champion to get a visual upgrade earlier this year was Udyr, one of the original champions in League of Legends alongside Kog'Maw.
According to Beardilocks, most of Kog'Maw's skins were left unchanged aside from his skins worth 1350 RP or more, which generally receive a unique VFX in some capacity. Lion Dance Kog'Maw, for example, was a skin that received new firecracker visual effects as it was a skin that fit the 1350 RP threshold. While the visual graphics update for Kog'Maw is minimal, it's a nice acknowledgment for a champion who has been in and out of the meta since his original inception.
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