Question about certain champion skins in the professional scene.

ModPrandine·Mar 5, 2015·1 votes·649 views

Good Evening.

I've heard tales of how certain skins are not allowed to be played in professional play (namely the LCS) for various kinds of reasons. Well what I want to know is is this true or not, and if it is, well then why? To me personally here I honestly fail to see why any skin at all whatsoever would be banned from competitive play for any reason there really, but that's just me there personally, so there is that at least there now.

Thanks in advance and as always thank you for your time.

6 Comments

Deep Terror NamiMar 5, 20151 votes

There are indeed a few. Those that give an advantage due to visual differences. The two I can think of off the top of my head are Underworld Twisted Fate and Frostfire Annie; Annie's passive charge being difficult to see, and something with TF's cards. You could Google it and it'll probably show up on the lol wiki page.

ModPrandineMar 5, 20151 votes

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There are indeed a few. Those that give an advantage due to visual differences. The two I can think of off the top of my head are Underworld Twisted Fate and Frostfire Annie; Annie's passive charge being difficult to see, and something with TF's cards. You could Google it and it'll probably show up on the lol wiki page.

I've actually seen Frostfire Annie used quite a few times in professional play this year, but Annie's fully charged stun can be tricky to see regardless if one is not paying attention close enough to her at the time there, so there is that at least.

Deep Terror NamiMar 5, 20152 votes

It could be that it's not a written rule and they don't strictly enforce it, that they punished the player silently, or it's not actually one of the banned skins. The only Rioter post I see about this I'll post/link below, but nothing about which skins;

Janook 1239 points 2 years ago Hey guys, I'll clear this up now: Yes, some skins are banned from the LCS. This is for spectator readability concerns only, and has nothing to do with balance. Typically, we ban out skins that are particularly "noisy", or very different from the base model. This is to make the action a little easier to follow for you guys. Nooky out

ModPrandineMar 5, 20151 votes

Spectator readability eh? Huh, well I can't imagine why that would be an issue, but considering that that post was made 2 years ago I imagine that most, if not all, of those issues have been fixed by now. Regardless though, thank you very much for this post, I really appreciate it here.