Pretty disappointed in what I got in my Snowdown Shop...

ValyrianBlade··4 votes·955 views

I saw the other posts and was getting pretty excited. People were getting skins for the champions they wanted most - it was sounding like Riot did a great job.

I was a little worried because I had been spamming J4 and Caitlyn a fair bit in Poro King mode and already have a skin on each - but I was willing to buy a second skin if it was a great deal and one I liked because the ones I had bought were just the cheapest options for champions I played occasionally, and also hoped they wouldn't count plays in special game modes - at least that seemed to have been right.

I'd recently bought Gnar, and have played him almost exclusively on the rift since buying him (mostly teambuilder to be sure to learn him followed by a couple drafts, I think there's 1 caitlyn game mixed in with 13 Gnar games). Was REALLY hoping for a Gnar skin. I figured the mixture of recent buy plus lots of recent play would add up, but no luck.

So what drove my skins? Honestly, I have no idea - data from more than a year ago?

No joke, here's my result: Challenger Ahri (30%) Dynasty Ahri (50%) Pool Party Leona (60%) Pharaoh Amumu (60%) Ghost Bride Morgana (70%) Panda Annie (20%)

A quick analysis: Ahri is my third most mastered champion (and likely also third most played, but not recently). Only reason I'm not happy with two skin options on her is I've already bought Popstar - I liked it better when I bought it so why would I want a different one? Also, the last time I chose to play Ahri was Nov 22... My most mastered champion (Jinx, who I also have 1 skin on) I've played a lot more and have played more recently, so I'm not sure why Ahri got 2 and Jinx none.

Leona: Honestly happy to get a skin on her as I don't have one yet and was considering buying one. I just don't get how she showed up: I've only played her 11 times since the end of May! I avoid support whenever I can and have tried a large variety of support champions, so overall I doubt she's even one of my top 10 played champions...

Amumu: Another champion I'm okay with getting a skin on, but again no idea how he showed up. I've played 11 games on Amumu LIFETIME. Why is he here over Gnar, who I've played more games in the last 11 days on than I've played on Amumu LIFETIME? I only bought and started playing Amumu because I got frustrated with losing so many games on my main jungler (and main champion, second most mastered, Hecarim) in ranked and took a new jungler to finish the season and pull up to gold from silver 3. Yes, he served me well (although switching to J4 top and going 6-0 on him was more pivotal, so if it had to do with ranked it should have been J4) but I just don't expect to see a skin here... also the fact that Pharaoh was either recently half off or will be half off soon it's a shame for him to take up a 60% slot as a 520RP skin when the same skin has been 50% off and I ignored that sale already...

Morgana: I literally have 1 game since the mastery system on Morgana. 4 games since the end of August 2014. She was the first support I played. She was cheap, and I used her until I could afford some others. I'm not a huge fan of her, and really only use her as a counter to Leona now. I think this one is my biggest dissapointment - my big huge 70% discount is a skin on a champion I've played twice in the last year.

Annie: Have literally only ever played her in ARAM (and one co-op vs AI when I first bought her). She's there strictly as a cheap buy so I tried her. Not worth complaining about much since it's only a 20% discount anyways.

I don't mean to complain too much. I'm grateful for the sale, and excited for the Leona skin at least. I'm considering Amumu and might even consider Morgana just because the discount is so big and I don't have a skin on her, and sometimes my team may need an AP Damage support I guess (I really prefer tanky supports though).

I was expecting a Jinx, Ahri, and Hecarim skin. As much as I stopped playing Hecarim I thought a discount on Elderwood would bring me back to my old favourite champion. I already had my favourite skins on Jinx and Ahri and just hoped to either avoid them or have them land on the small spots. I was hoping for a Gnar skin and given that Leona/Amumu/Morgana/Annie showed up, Gnar should have been above all 4 of them unless the data used to determine sales was all done being collected before the shop opened (I expected it to be calculated when you opened the sale). I had corner hopes for a Veigar or Vayne skin but knew they were unlikely and fully expected Leona and Amumu above them (but not Morg or Annie).

Anyways, overall pretty disappointed. Riot, you'll get about 300RP out of me for Leona. There's a chance I'll give you another 200 for Amumu but honestly the skin choice doesn't seem that attractive to me. Small chance I'll also go for Morgana but I think it's unlikely. You could have gotten a lot more RP out of me with even 30-50% discounts on the right skins, so I guess we both lose out here :(

Anyways, have you looked at your shop? Did you like what you got, or were you disappointed? Do you think my hopes were just too high? Was I overhyped?

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ValyrianBlade1 votes

Seems like you got a raw deal too (or worse than mine).

Is that 2 Thresh skins? (I think the one on the far right is Thresh, I don't recognize it otherwise) and you don't even own Thresh?

Pretty sure that exact J4 skin is coming on sale for 50% off in January too (and you don't own him either).

I'd guess you only get 5 discounts because of the smaller champion pool, but if they're giving you skins on champions you don't own that's a pretty raw deal! If they're going to select random champions for you, you should get 6 like everyone else!

Juggernaut6281 votes

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Seems like you got a raw deal too (or worse than mine).

Is that 2 Thresh skins? (I think the one on the far right is Thresh, I don't recognize it otherwise) and you don't even own Thresh?

Pretty sure that exact J4 skin is coming on sale for 50% off in January too (and you don't own him either).

I'd guess you only get 5 discounts because of the smaller champion pool, but if they're giving you skins on champions you don't own that's a pretty raw deal! If they're going to select random champions for you, you should get 6 like everyone else!

The one on the far right is Blood Moon Zilean.

ValyrianBlade1 votes

Thanks! That explains it, I've never looked at Zilean or his skins, absolutely 0 interest in the champion.

Juggernaut6281 votes

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Thanks! That explains it, I've never looked at Zilean or his skins, absolutely 0 interest in the champion.

Additionally, if I were to get SP Amumu, should I wait for it go on 50% off like it should next year? Just curious if that would be better.

ValyrianBlade1 votes

If you like the skin a lot - buy it now. The 135RP you'll save at 50% isn't worth missing a bunch of games with it when you actually want it.

Given you aren't sure about which one you want - wait. Maybe they'll come out with a better skin for your tastes.

My interpretation of you: you like amumu and want a good deal, surprise party is your favorite. So get it now - i couldn't imagine having waited since release to get a discount onfirecracker jinx, at an unknown time (what if you're on vacation or your computer breaks down for those 4 days! ) , i bought it right away because the extra 200 ish rp isn't a huge difference and who knows if you'll still be maining that champion in a year when it goes on sale?

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ValyrianBlade1 votes

Oh, you filtered to played as opposed to owned. I had just assumed you filtered to owned.

That's even worse then... I guess it must have been limited because there's so few skins you're missing? Is that possible? Seems unlikely given your first comment though.

Juggernaut6281 votes

Apparently it's based on more than your recent champion picks. Apparently it accommodates play-style and other various things to pick the skins as opposed to who you spammed 13 games in a row with.

Serious question though, Little Knight Amumu for 375 RP or Surprise Party Amumu for 810 RP. I only have today before Little Knight goes back to full price so tell me now!

ValyrianBlade1 votes

This may help: http://www.strategyzero.com/blog/2012/league-of-legends-amumu-skins-review/

I'd also recommend you go to a video and look at both in game.

I think you should go with whichever you like more, regardless of the price. For example, I've bought a J4 skin just because it was 50% and I played him a bit so I wanted a skin on him, and I sort of regret it. It doesn't look great in my opinion so I wish I would have just waited for a skin I really liked to come out on him (sort of why I never bought a hecarim skin despite him being my main champion).

Basically, if you like Surprise Party a lot and are not a fan of Little Knight, don't get it just because it's cheaper. After a few games you'll probably regret it. If you like medieval fantasy though, then go for little knight!

I figured a deeper analysis would have yielded Gnar too though. I'm an ADC main who had been trying to make top lane my second role for when the new ranked system comes out. I also transitioned to picking top (exclusively J4 though) near the end of the last ranked season to help rank up. I strongly prefer tanky supports. Gnar is sort of like the perfect package for my playstyle, a champion that can be an ADC in lane but turns in to tank with loads of CC for teamfights. I'm not good on him yet, but hoped he'd be there. Even if not though, I'm shocked two Ahri skins showed up when I've played more of both Jinx and Hecarim and got a skin for neither. It may have been due to a 63% ranked winrate on her (only 5-3 though), but I had a 59% on Jinx over nearly 4x as many games, and as I mentioned 6-0 on Jarvan 4. Perhaps it took normal win rates in to account though, it wouldn't surprise me if she's actually my highest winrate (or possibly even win number) champion overall.

AJStarhiker1 votes

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Apparently it's based on more than your recent champion picks. Apparently it accommodates play-style and other various things to pick the skins as opposed to who you spammed 13 games in a row with.

Serious question though, Little Knight Amumu for 375 RP or Surprise Party Amumu for 810 RP. I only have today before Little Knight goes back to full price so tell me now!

Personally, I'd go with Little Knight rather than Surprise Party, but that's just me. ;)

ValyrianBlade1 votes

Hope you like Mundo... otherwise your discounts seem pretty small in comparison? I have three at 60% or more, you've only got 1?

biologist111 votes

idk just idk I'm actually ok with the malphite ones I'm really disappointed I got Tristana skins though since i'm just waiting for the new sale system to put dragon trainer Tristana on sale.

Boulderox1 votes

The idea is good... but i wish there was a way to reroll them some way :/ IP or something will have a use to help get skins.

Got: Elderwood Bard ... Have snow day... Hired Gunner Lucian ... have project lucian... Asylum Shaco don't mind honestly Shamrock Malphite ... have glacial and mecha ... Waterloo MissFortune ... have arcade MF ... L'il Slugger Trundle Not upset here either, but have constable trundle which i find a tad better, but this is a decent skin reguardless.

Was surprised that i got it from champs i actually play, but wish there were a tad better spread of skins, but what they did is commendable and I thank riot for even trying this. Beggers can't be choosers, but not happy myself, but that is ok sometimes...

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