Are custom skins illegal?

Weathered·Feb 24, 2016·1 votes·1,593 views

Title. Is using a custom skin texture, in game, considered a third party program and thus bannable, or is it allowed.

6 Comments

AxestsFeb 24, 20162 votes

as long as

the custom skin is the ONLY thing you're using
The skin is only seen by YOU and nobody else in game

However if a program is detected by riot as a 3rd party program you may receive a ban anyway, i recommend playing it safe and not using them

ModmarFeb 24, 20161 votes

I believe it's allowed, there is an entire site based around custom skins/UI. Even if they don't like it they haven't taken action against it. Unless you accidentally get something that changes it for other players. Since in this case only you can see it and it only effects you.

GhostButter2gFeb 24, 20161 votes

No. Custom skins are fine.

However, the "use at your risk" needs to be emphasized here. There are a lot of untrustworthy custom skins out there. Be very careful where you get your custom skin.

ZielmannFeb 24, 20161 votes

Using custom skins in an of itself is fine. It's more dependent on what utility you use. If the program only does custom skins and nothing else, then it's okay. If the program is capable of other functions that break the ToS, then you'd be at risk of a ban for that. Even if you never use those other features.

WeatheredFeb 24, 20161 votes

Alright, well here's an example. I googled custom skins and here is one of the random ones that popped up. I'm not really interested in this one, but would something like it flag the system?

ZielmannFeb 24, 20161 votes

i would probably stay clear of anything that advertises doing custom map skins. These could very easily be set up to give real advantages (like visual markers on the ground to indicate turret range).