Calling it now, Hecarim is getting the ultimate skin (Legit proof)

Shodance·10/23/2014, 4:15:51 PM·14 votes·5,950 views

Edit: the Champion getting the ultimate skin is confirmed to have an 'A' as their 4 letter of one of their spells. DevAstating Charge :^)

Edit 2: This is all speculation, and is assuming that Kalista isn't going to be the next champ.

(To actually start off, look at this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0nRRtRIMAAFd5t.png:large . The flag teased in the Oceanic teaser is very similar to the summoner icon coming out for the harrowing. It also has the shadows and thunder that the champion pages currently have. Def related to the Shadow Isles. Also, it looks more like a War Banner than a flag, don't you think?)

So, to start it off, 7 champions have had their pages changed to be all shadowy. What do all these characters have in common tho?

Cassio. BETRAYED Sivir to gain POWER, and is now mostly in a WAR against Azir, siding with Xerath and Renekton. Xerath. BETRAYED Azir to gain POWER, and is currently waging WAR with Azirs army. Siding with renek Leblanc. Part of the black rose, DECEIVING Noxus to gain POWER. In a WAR with Demacia by Noxian association. Lissandra. BETRAYED Avarosa for the Watchers POWER, and is now DECEIVING Ashe, and is planning to wage WAR with all of the Freljord. Zed. BETRAYED his clan to gain the POWER of the shadows. Is currently waging WAR with Shen/other ninjas clan. Twisted Fate. BETRAYED Graves to gain magical POWER. Not in a war tho, just a rivalry.

As you can see, the common theme here is Betrayal to gain power, and the waging of wars.

The last person to have the shadows on their page, is HECARIM, the "SHADOW OF WAR" The problem here is, when has Hecarim betrayed anyone? Or has been betrayed? The War part is obvious, he is all about that.

So, with that in mind, think about the lines the Altar Queen speaks on Twisted Treeline. *"Remember who you once were Hecarim" "Mordekaiser is **NOT TO BE TRUSTED *HECARIM"

Oh my. Perhaps, Hecarim was waging a war against the Shadow Isles, maybe to claim it back. Maybe Mordekaiser had told the once living Hecarim of a power, A power to win wars easily, to command his own Spectral Army, or something of the sort. Maybe Mordekaiser was once part of Hecarim's Army?

This could easily be where the betrayal for the gain of power came from, maybe Morde was the one to bring up the invasion or the Shadow Isles, so HE could gain the power it created with corruption, and Hecarim was corrupted along with him.

Now, for pure hopes and speculation, maybe a pre isles to corruption Ultimate Skin will be released. Hecarim, going from his living form and turning more and more into a shadowy beast as he kills and levels up. Voice going from normal, to echoy and dark. His VFX turning more dreaded and dark.

Riot, if im right, please reward my account enough money to buy this skin.

What do you guys think? Am I 100% wrong? Is it actually going to be a Kha'Zix ultimate skin even though there is no evidence? Discuss in the comments!

36 Comments

GreyXpelliarmus10/24/2014, 12:29:34 AM7 votes

Riot, if im right, please reward my account enough money to buy this skin

you completely lost me there...

Avious10/23/2014, 4:27:54 PM5 votes

Interesting read. Although I'm disappointed that it's 99% not Ao Shin I like the idea of a Hecarim ultimate. I was kinda hoping it's for a female champ this time tho'. Who knows? Honestly, the the only thing I don't want this teaser to be for is another ADC as many people have been leaking lately.

Sarutobi10/23/2014, 4:23:00 PM4 votes

I'm not sure. It's a great theory but it would suck to have had 2 years of jungle champions getting an ultimate skin. They should at least get one whole set of an adc, support, jungle, mid, and top champion till they start making the same roles get an ultimate skin.

While for the time being we can neither confirm nor deny if any of this is true or not. I do like the theory that it's some hype for the new champion and the reasons for said effects on these champions is somewhat the same as what they did when they teased Jinx!

I'm still hoping though that the ultimate skin is for Sona since she has had this DJ skin on PBE for quite some time. I hope either that or it's a legendary skin for her!

PokladnicaZla10/23/2014, 5:34:17 PM3 votes

The flag is a teaser for the new champ Kalista...

The ultimate skin is speculated to be for Xerath or Lux.

Janna Haze10/23/2014, 4:35:34 PM2 votes

But... it is already leaked that shadowed champions are connected with the upcoming shadow isle spear tossing vengeful ADC. Sorry.

Sukishoo10/23/2014, 8:55:15 PM2 votes

Nah. Hec has nothing to do with what's going on, as this is more so the Upcoming Harrowing event and/or an upcoming Shadow Isles event.

Clearly the OCE teaser is for a possible new champion (Kalista) that relates to the champions that have their pages shrouded in fog.

The Ultimate skin is I say is for Sona, since DJ skin files were found on the PBE last month and have various animations associated to them. Plus her ability "Aria of Perseverance" fits the A being a fourth letter. Along with that, we already have a jungler (Udyr) and an ADC (Ezreal) that got Ultimate skins, so it's time for a Top, Mid or Support to have them.

Worgslarg10/23/2014, 5:19:29 PM2 votes

Recall.

Disproven.

Nucleophilic atk10/24/2014, 12:38:25 AM1 votes

It's Fiddles.

Jungle Lux God10/24/2014, 1:57:13 AM1 votes

Oooooooooohhhhh, I like this idea.

A Hecarim ultimate skin would make sense as to why his splash art got shadows, along with the other 6 heroes who got shadows, despite the other 6 heroes having themes of deception that inherently leaves Hecarim out. To be honest, the shadows would better signify Nocturne as getting the next ult, as the shadows could signify his ultimate, which also has the fourth letter as 'A'.

The only other possibility that I came up with for the shadows was promo material for the Harrowing, as Riot seems to want to promote it a lot this year.

I doubt that it would be another champion release because Riot has already stated that they don't want to create champions that overlap with other champion's thematics, and any thematics already possibly revealed from the shadows counteracts any sort of champion releases with Riot's champion design philosophy, as we already have shadow based heroes in Zed and Nocturne.

Jeronimo10/24/2014, 2:33:18 AM1 votes

Sorry to burst your bubble but every champ in the game has a spell with the fourth letter A and that spell is Recall ;)

TyRamos10/24/2014, 3:51:09 AM1 votes

DJ Sona Ulti Skin, calling it here.

Final GirI10/23/2014, 4:33:34 PM1 votes

There is a lot of information here, just not enough to point towards anything substantial, like an Ultimate skin. I don't think Kha is going to get it either.

Now don't get me wrong, there is a lot of really interesting stuff here, but I just don't think there was any useful information to point towards an Ultimate Skin for Hec. Great job on doing all that research though.

Rew71110/23/2014, 5:40:22 PM1 votes

I'm placing my bets that it will be a new champion. And it will either be a champion:

  • from the shadown ilses, possibly a skeleton or ghost
  • from bilgdewater that is also a ghost or a skeleton
  • that is a voodoo doctor which they have been working on for years now

I really don't know if this is how they will bring in another ultimate. The last ones didn't really have these kinds of teasers.

Fede10/23/2014, 6:05:30 PM1 votes

I believe the teaser of for kalista / hexakill twisted treeline or both. Kalista can be from the shadow isles and can be linked to the twisted treeline, same thing happened when they released Elise.

Monos910/23/2014, 7:02:32 PM1 votes

Hecarim Very interesting, i think the "shadow of war" was an announcement for a new champion, but your theory for an ultimate on hecarim is great... maybe a rework on him too? I love hecarim and i hope this is for him :D (sry for my bad english)

TeemoJenkins10/23/2014, 7:55:33 PM1 votes

Rainbow Unicorn is all the Hecarim skin I need.

TenSpeed10/24/2014, 12:25:31 AM1 votes

Ok, I can see it being Hecarim but this pic has three spears in it on a banner..

Pantheon is known for his spears

The banner is Three Spears with Death Heads on them.

One of his skills being speAr shot. notice the 4th letter.

The icon on the ghostly banner is reminiscent of the triangular pattern of his Hearstseeker Strike.

The only thing that isn't making me think it's him 100% is because his champion page is normal. But perhaps these smoky champion pages have nothing to do with an ultimate skin.

idk, IMO it could go either way. You never know with Riot.