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Skins should never give an advantage

Intimidator·7/29/2015, 10:28:49 AM·4 votes·1,161 views

So I played vs a Yasuo the other day which had this nice Project skin and I noticed his 3rd Q buff sound was very muffled and barely noticable compared to his default skin. I actually use the sound to properly respect Yasuo's damage potential if he hits it but with this skin I could hardly hear it at all. Thus giving this skin a noticable advantage over his other skins.

https://youtu.be/gktWDVAC6cI?t=1m53s

I also noticed this with Arcade Sona skin and her DJ skin, her ult sound is barely noticable because it sounds muffled compared to her other skins. In teamfights I often wonder why I can't move etc. Again giving this skin an unfair advantage over other skins

https://youtu.be/8UUD5mZ_f_k?t=1m13s

https://youtu.be/GGBDz927TZ4?t=3m23s

I'm sure other skins have issues but these were the most noticable to me. I remember Steel Legion Lux having her E spell barely visible too.

So please Riot take sounds into consideration when designing these skins and how it affects the counterplay of these champs.

4 Comments

Dr Poro7/29/2015, 10:33:20 AM1 votes

True. If I play without skill, my mechanics are terrible. They shouldn't underestimate the impact of changing an important and distinct ability sound. Note that a silenced sona ult is probably more frustrating for her team: the ability is kind of instant, so you can't really dodge it anyways, but the sound it creates makes her team aware that they should seek to engage.

Ulquiorra9957/29/2015, 10:40:59 AM1 votes

And then there's the horror of playing against Snow Day Ziggs on Howling Abyss. That skin should be banned in ARAM's, it's ridiculous.

Bijorn7/29/2015, 8:33:33 PM1 votes

For Yasuo there is a clear indicator that he has his tornado up. Can't really agree with you on that.

As for DJ Sona, yea it kind of sucks. But again the animation is there so if you miss the animation then it's your fault. Regardless, the sound definitely needs to be fixed on DJ Sona. I can see if there are two different fights going on or something close by to eachother and you are focusing on your fight vs the one Sona is in.