In Riot Games' most recent developer update, the League of Legends design team working on the Volibear rework and visual update shed some light on the various stages of the process in Volibear's rework.
Volibear's rework process was revealed initially around the same time as Fiddlesticks, and now that Fiddlesticks' rework has been completed successfully, The Thunder's Roar looks to be next on the list.
Volibear's VGU was originally approached with an Eldritch-horror aesthetic in mind, and while that did achieve one of the aspects of the initial goal of the Volibear rework — to fully deliver on his promised theme of “lightning-fueled Freljordian demigod” — it strayed too far from the developers' original intent of the identity.
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