how do skins get made :o

Best Minion·9/28/2017, 9:26:58 PM·2 votes·285 views

Hi So this is just a curious question i just have

How are Skins made?

Like how do they decide what skin they should make for what champion, like it can't be a pattern :/ do they have some kind of wheel or something or do they just like... do the "hmm i feel like making a skin for ____"

because i wish some champions has more skins o. o

and it would also be nice if they had a cool animations like dj sona's skin

i don't know which other champion has an animation for their skin (i only know sona cause i have a sona)

and like.... could u make a skin for kindred : > i wish she had a pocohontas type of skin like a native american i thought it would look cool if kindred had those feather hats and the wolf being the... fox? idk o3o i just want more kindred skins u_u

which makes me more greedy since at least kindred has 2 skins while other champions has like 1 or something....

6 Comments

Aenaeus9/28/2017, 9:27:45 PM2 votes

It's whatever champion is getting played the most so riot can get their pockets filled.

BubbaV9/28/2017, 9:28:20 PM1 votes

they pick anyone other than illaoi

DariusDemiurge9/28/2017, 9:34:39 PM1 votes

Riot gathers the skins team and they go into a long debate. Usually it ends up with the team asking kateykhaos what type of ahri skin they should make. Kateykhaos then says "ahri fits the theme of X." And riot begins the technical aspects of making the new ahri skin. That is how new ahri skins are born.

Occasionally this changes and happens for Annie, yi and Ashe.

ZenithEevee9/28/2017, 9:35:30 PM1 votes

The process is very daunting, As they have to choose whether or not they want to pander to a certain skin group, or go with a new/on\off skin group

Then they need to go through who hasnt received a skin in X amount of time and who would fit into said group

Then they need to go through playrates and stuff

Then they can start on the rough-draft

So, In other words, Skins aren't something you just go in, Pitch an idea and make it happen.

Don Spaghetti9/28/2017, 9:39:13 PM1 votes

It's ok both of Kindred's skins suck compared to her default so she could use a decent one. Don't expect her to get anything as good as DJ Sona anytime soon though. Ultimate skins only come out once every year or so, only Udyr, Lux, Sona and Ezreal have one.

I don't think Pulsefire Ezreal counts much as an ultimate skin anymore though. Acrade and Star Guardian are a lot better. That whole skin needs a rework