League of Legends Star Guardian 2022: Riot reveals latest anime-style teaser showcasing in-game footage and aesthetics
League of Legends' latest Star Guardian event teaser was revealed by Riot Games. The most-awaited summer celebration will begin on July 14 across several games, including Legends of Runeterra and Wild Rift.
Although Riot Games has been keeping its hands close to its collective chest, the new trailer features popular lady-champions and offers a few suggestions as to what we might expect from the event.
It displays the Star Guardian look in its entirety, with the art style primarily influenced by anime. The Star Guardian brand has always incorporated anime stereotypes, and this year's event is no exception.
The video is filled with clichéd images of the Star Guardian protagonists attending school, exchanging texts and longingly gazing out the windows. It also features a lot of traditional anime flair and visual style.
Riot has previously used similar animation techniques, but it seems like the League developer is going all out for this year's Star Guardian event. It's currently unknown how much of the external content shown in this clip will be playable and accessible when the event launches on the League client next week.
The teaser showcased a small preview of possible in-client conversations between the event's characters, many of whom were also present on previous occasions, such as the Sentinels of Light last summer.
The one and a half minute clip reaffirms Orianna, Senna, Xayah and Rakan's exclusive entry to League of Legends: Wild Rift rather than the game's PC version. Additionally, a tiny snippet of Legends of Runeterra gameplay with a Star Guardian Jinx card is shown in the trailer.
Since 2020, there have been no brand-new Star Guardian skins. That isn't the case anymore as champions like Sona, Fiddlesticks, Kai'Sa and
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