Lets talk about battlecast skarner

Swinkss·11/27/2014, 2:31:01 PM·1 votes·656 views

To Start my opnion is that only void champions should have the battlecast skin, thats not based off anything just a preference, anyway The whole idea of battlecast and their creator viktor was that their bodies where augmented. Looking at skarners new skin I can safely say that im am disappointed, Besides the chain tail and the tracks for feet there isnt a feeling that you get playing a battlecast champion of being "upgraded" or the "improved" form. Skarner looks like he was built from scratch, not augmented and with parts from a junkyard to boot. Thoughts?

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Swinkss11/27/2014, 3:41:29 PM1 votes

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Mystery Yoghurt11/27/2014, 3:58:24 PM1 votes

He's an alpha model - not quite a battlecast. Viktor has obviously taken a preference towards Void creatures later on, but there's no reason why he couldn't bend other life forms to his will.

That said, I think the skin is awesome. And I absolutely love his new dialogue. I've never even thought of touching skarner, but this skin.... I could be persuaded.

Jubbinaut11/27/2014, 5:08:51 PM1 votes

Urgot? Not a Void creature. Xerath? Not a Void creature. Skarner? Not a Void creature.

Out of 6 Battlecast skins, 3 of them are not Void creatures. Out of 7 skins tied to the Battlecast theme, 4 of them are not Void creatures.

I wouldn't say that indicates a "preference" for Void creatures by any means.

I will say, though, that I think Skarner's skin fits the theme very nicely, and obviously incorporates the same kinds of design elements that make the others effective. The exception to the rule - and the one I think least embodies the ideas involved in the theme - is the Xerath skin.

HawtPockets12/10/2014, 12:15:48 AM1 votes

I was so excited about Battlecast Skarner ever since the Cho'Gath skin was released two years ago. When I actually saw it, I too was very disappointed.

I think that what is bothering me is that it doesn't really look/feel like Skarner. Battlecast Cho'Gath, Vel'Koz, and Urgot all look like their original champs, but improved. The Skarner skin looks more like an old Z Bot.

Except the tail, all of Skarner's newest skin bothers me. The two things that bug me the most, though, are the face (awful) and the chainsaws. They just feel wrong. Chainsaws aren't for smacking, they're for cutting.

I think Battlecast Skarner would have looked much better as a mechanical scorpion rather than a tank.

At least the other Battlecasts look good.