The Sorry State of Mordekaiser's Skins

I had originally written out some form of long-winded and childish rant about this, but realized that it really wouldn't help anybody if I did, so instead I want to open up a proper discussion about it instead.

That's a bit of a lie, I did actually send the rant to Riot through a support ticket (yes, I know, but desperate measures), but was kindly directed to the boards, as it had a much greater chance of catching the attention of the development team themselves, which is what I hope for the end result of this post to be. Sorry to the kind Support Staff who had to read me angrily complain about the quality of a skin I willingly purchased, god bless.

Back on track, my goal is to, hopefully bring attention to this and hopefully get something done about them. At the very least, I'd at least like some form of acknowledgement about their quality and whether or not Riot plans to fix/improve on them somehow.

Thank you for reading in advance.

TL;DR at the bottom if you have neither the time nor the patience to read this.

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It's no secret that his current array of skins are shit. Objectively shit.

I can't be the only person severely disappointed with the treatment Mordekaiser's reworked skins got, right? Like, after looking at a more recent rework like , it's abhorrently obvious just how little time and/or energy were put into them. For his cheapest skin, Infernal Mordekaiser (520RP) to be the closest thing to a proper finished skin he currently has baffles me. For King of Clubs (750RP), Dragon Knight (520RP), and Lord Mordekaiser (975RP) to have his Passive (Darkness Rise) changed and NOTHING else is frankly unacceptable.

For them to remain that way after months is doubly so.

I could go on for a while, listing examples such as the fact that Infernal Mordekaiser (520RP) and Pentakill Mordekaiser (975RP) have the exact same VFX sans the passive, the fact that ALL but the previous two have the exact same skills as the original skin, only half of their W (Indestructible) was actually changed, and that the recall animation for all skins are both

• Bugged (ends a tiny bit too early for the recall so there's always this jarring moment where he's just sinking into the ground before the recall finishes

• EXACTLY THE SAME, and I doubt I need to explain why I have an issue with that at this point.

And don't even get me started on the black nondescript hood half his skins get when ulting.

Like, I understand that they only had one person working on them, bless his heart, he was strapped for time and doing the best he could, but that's absolutely no excuse to produce what is essentially an unfinished product and then have the gall to actually charge for it.

I hate to sound so negative about it, but I honestly expected better from Riot games.

I know that, as a company, they have bigger things to worry about than the skins of an already not so popular champ. In fact, for all the shit Riot Games get on a daily basis, I can at least understand that they have priorities and their own agenda. I'm not even asking for something to be done right this minute, as that would be both unrealistic and selfish, but I at least want something to let us know that they haven't just thrown their own sense of quality control to the wind to give Akali her second bloody music skin in a year, which is what I feel is a fair standard to hold Riot to.

Even something as minor as a "We understand the quality of Mordekaiser's skins borders on 'unfinished' and they will be properly addressed at some point" would probably suffice for me.

I'm a simple man.

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TL;DR: Mordekaiser's current skins, two of which are nearly the same thing, are neither up to the standards Riot has set for themselves or the standards we should have for Riot, and I'd like for them to be addressed or at least acknowledged.

Thank you.

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Thank you anyone who actually made it this far into this silly "Definitely Not a Rant" post. If there's anything you'd like to add to the discussion, please feel free to join in. Any and all replies are welcome, and I hope at the very least a Rioter sees this, as that would make me feel like the effort I went through rewriting this twice was more than worth it.

Live long and prosper.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Sincerely, a salty toplane main