League of Legends Champion Ao Shin is "On Hold"

A year ago, the concept for League of Legend's champion "Ao Shin", a storm dragon, was leaked online and then confirmed by Riot Games soon after. However, the Lead Champion Designer, Andrei van Roon had commented on the champions current state by saying that it was still "quite a way off."

In a forum post regarding the champions development, van Roon responded: "We spent a bunch of time working on Ao Shin but ultimately concluded he wasn't hitting the mark so put him on hold for a while in order to figure some things out. We still think his concept's really cool, as is some of the stuff we were trying with him, so do intend to make him someday." He explained that they'd rather do the job slow and get him perfect rather than rush into the final stages. "Don't expect to see him anytime soon though, we'd rather be slow, but do a better job of delivering on his potential, than quick."

For those who are deemed impatient with the characters development and are super excited for the release will have a long time waiting as van Roon said: "For purposes of these sort of timelines the start of 2015 counts as 'soon,' or even 'very soon - Ao Shin's genuinely a long way off sorry."

Other champions have gone through a similar process such as, Lee Sin, Elise and Azir. All of which were delayed to ensure perfection within their roots as a champion.