If you have 3 of the same skin shard, why wan't you turn them into a skin permanent?

Cloud273·Jul 8, 2019·9 votes·7,806 views

I can take 3 key fragments and turn them into a key. I can take 3 random skin shards and turn them into a random skin permanent. And if I have 3 of the same champion shards I can turn them into a champion permanent. If I happen to have 3 or the same skin shards (which I do btw), why can't I turn it into a permanent? Riot's logic with this loot system seems to be that 3 of the same can be fused into a permanent. It can be done with champion and key shards, so why shouldn't we be allowed to do this with skin shards as well? I realize the odds of getting the same skin shard 3 times is very low, but it happened for me.

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ZeromatsuJul 8, 20195 votes

There are multiple reasons:

Champions cost BE, so they don't lose anything by giving you a permanent champions. But they make money by selling skins. You need 3 keys for a box, so it takes longer to get. That's just a way to slow down the progress. Again: Because if you get too many, they can't make money.
There are A LOT more skins than Champions. The chance to get the same skin 3 times is abysmal, so such a feature would be used by a very very tiny amount of players.
Most people who get skin shards reroll them, so stacking 3 skin shards is even more unlikely.
If you wanted the skin, you might have unlocked it already with OE before getting 3.
And if you kept them because you didn't like the skin shards, you could still reroll the 3 to get a permanent skin.