Riot Video games has formally revealed the long-awaited rework of League of Legends champion Udyr the Spirit Walker. Udyr’s rework is the newest in a string of visible gameplay updates, known as VGUs, to hit the massively common multiplayer on-line battle-arena.

Whereas the brand new trailer does not format all of the adjustments coming to Udyr, it does supply a fairly spectacular first-look in addition to a reasonably complete overview. In response to Riot Video games, Udyr now has the power to commune with “any and the entire spirits of the Freljord,” the tough and oppressively chilly land Udyr and plenty of champions–such as Ashe, Lissandra, and Sejuani–call house. Udyr may channel these spirits’ ethereal vitality and make the most of them in his personal “wild combating type.”

Primarily based on the trailer, it appears that evidently Udyr will nonetheless have his Bear and Phoenix combating stances. Nevertheless, his Turtle and Tiger stances have seemingly been switched out to accommodate two new creatures of the Freljord: the Ram and Boar. Extra notably, all of those stance’s correct names now reference the Freljord gods Anivia, Ornn, the Iron Boar, and Volibear, including much more continuity to the character.

“With the power to commune with any and the entire spirits of the Freljord, Udyr channels and transforms their ethereal vitality into his personal wild bodily combating type,” Riot Video games wrote within the rework press launch. “Via his rising mastery of this awe-inspiring and versatile energy, Udyr seeks to keep up the stability of the Freljord’s mystical panorama, the place battle and battle is its lifesblood… and the place sacrifices should be made to maintain peace at bay.”

Along with his new playstyle, the trailer additionally confirmed off Udyr’s beefed-up new look. Let’s simply say if his axe and glowing eyes do not give enemy gamers a scare, his hulking body ought to do the trick.

As of proper now, Riot Video games has but to announce when the replace will formally go stay. Nevertheless, followers ought to be capable to anticipate the reworked Udyr to hit servers someday within the subsequent few months.