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By Riot Badtofu

Okay, good news and bad news. We'll start with the good news: we heard that a lot of you wanted more ways to customize your League experience with Summoner's Rift icons, so we're launching a few new designs to see if you dig them (maybe you saw the Baron icon already).

Now for the bad news: it turns out pizza is still delicious but really bad for you.

There's a lot of imagery from Summoner's Rift that could make for great icons, but with our latest, we went with one of SR's newer jungle camps: it's cranky, loves mushrooms, and often eats small insects (and junglers). That's right: Gromp.

From tiny toad transformed to toxic toad, Gromp represents a lot of the things that make SR's jungle a strange and dangerous place. With the new icon, we focused on what makes Gromp Gromp and, at the same time, a unique representative of the jungle and a fierce enemy to those brave enough to traverse it.

Gromp, unlike your typical toad, sports a triangular, pointed snout, giving the monster a more aggressive look to match the aggro attitude (you’d be mad, too if you were mutated by mushrooms). Gromp's round, puffed out throat, on the other hand, emphasizes the fact that the monster is a tanky protector. This mixture of aggressive defensiveness is something that makes Gromp a unique creature in an equally unique atmosphere.

Another aspect that made Gromp a solid fit in our mind for this icon was sense of mystery surrounding the toad. Not much is known about Gromp, except for his transformation story: a little toad (perhaps tired of being a little toad) hops onto a magic mushroom and *WHOOSH BANG* becomes Gromp, toxic jungle creature and friend to none. Gromp's strange origin, much like the magic coursing through SR, is a staple of the jungle and everything stalking its arcane terrain.

Sure, Gromp's not the king of the jungle, but the toxic toad holds down his mushroomed patch of SR with pride and extreme prejudice. We hope you like your new icon, Gromp... seriously, please don't eat us.

Grab the Gromp icon for 250 RP in the League of Legends store now and declare to the world that you can't spell "jungle" without Gromp… wait, uh... nevermind.

Source: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/store/sales/display-your-jungle-dominance-gromp

[quote=LevasK][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/scale_xlarge/public/upload/article.header.grompicon_en.jpg?itok=R7sh6fTJ][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/scale_xlarge/public/upload/article.header.grompicon_en.jpg?itok=R7sh6fTJ width=550][/url][/center] [float=left][color=#D1D1D1][size=2]By Riot Badtofu[/size][/color][/float] [rule] Okay, good news and bad news. We'll start with the good news: we heard that a lot of you wanted more ways to customize your League experience with Summoner's Rift icons, so we're launching a few new designs to see if you dig them ([u][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/store/sales/declare-your-allegiance-baron-nashor]maybe you saw the Baron icon already[/url][/u]). Now for the bad news: it turns out pizza is still delicious but really bad for you. There's a lot of imagery from Summoner's Rift that could make for great icons, but with our latest, we went with one of SR's newer jungle camps: it's cranky, loves mushrooms, and often eats small insects (and junglers). That's right: Gromp. From tiny toad transformed to toxic toad, Gromp represents a lot of the things that make SR's jungle a strange and dangerous place. With the new icon, we focused on what makes Gromp Gromp and, at the same time, a unique representative of the jungle and a fierce enemy to those brave enough to traverse it. Gromp, unlike your typical toad, sports a triangular, pointed snout, giving the monster a more aggressive look to match the aggro attitude (you’d be mad, too if you were mutated by mushrooms). Gromp's round, puffed out throat, on the other hand, emphasizes the fact that the monster is a tanky protector. This mixture of aggressive defensiveness is something that makes Gromp a unique creature in an equally unique atmosphere. [center][url=http://am.leagueoflegends.com/image?f=http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/articles/2015/may_2015/GRIC/GrompCharModelRef.png&resize=1344:][img=http://am.leagueoflegends.com/image?f=http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/articles/2015/may_2015/GRIC/GrompCharModelRef.png width=550][/url][/center] Another aspect that made Gromp a solid fit in our mind for this icon was sense of mystery surrounding the toad. Not much is known about Gromp, except for his transformation story: a little toad (perhaps tired of being a little toad) hops onto a magic mushroom and *WHOOSH BANG* becomes Gromp, toxic jungle creature and friend to none. Gromp's strange origin, much like the magic coursing through SR, is a staple of the jungle and everything stalking its arcane terrain. Sure, Gromp's not the king of the jungle, but the toxic toad holds down his mushroomed patch of SR with pride and extreme prejudice. We hope you like your new icon, Gromp... seriously, please don't eat us. Grab the Gromp icon for [b]250 RP[/b] in the League of Legends store now and declare to the world that you can't spell "jungle" without Gromp… wait, uh... nevermind. [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] Source: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/store/sales/display-your-jungle-dominance-gromp [rule][/quote]