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New loot: Dreadnova Darius

Riot··6 votes·61,773 views

DECIMATE THE COSMOS

The ground general did not need to leave a banner. His victory was marked only by the torn bodies of armored soldiers. They begged for mercy, but Darius heard only the chorus of conquest as he marched indomitably onward.

DREADNOVA DARIUS

10 GEMSTONES

LOOT-EXCLUSIVE

Dreadnova Darius can be exclusively unlocked with 10 gemstones, which are found as random drops in Hextech Chests. As with Soulstealer Vayne and Hextech Annie, Dreadnova Darius may also drop as a skin shard.

175 Comments

lightdragoon8885 votes

BOOOO!!

10 gemstone BOOOO!!!

Hate that these awesome skins are lock behind $200 paid walls.

RiceySpicy16 votes

probably more than that [zombie-brand-mindblown]

Mech0p33 votes

I just got to the point where I use gems for the key and chest and hope for one of the skins to be dropped... If it doesn't then screw it there are other amazing skins out there..

SzGamer22713 votes

My problem is that they're making $10 1350RP-quality skins and putting them behind a $250 RNG paygate, as if they weren't making enough money releasing normal skins.

Sukishoo12 votes

lock behind $200 paid walls.

I got Soulstealer Vayne for $20 not for $200...so dunno what you're on about.

deadzombie91813 votes

I got Hextech Annie for free so I dunno what he's on about either

Hungry Cancer15 votes

statistically speaking you have a 10% chance of getting a gemstone per box and a <1% chance of getting the skin shard for a hextech skin, so it comes out to about 3 years of play getting all available boxes per season or ~$250 dollars worth of boxes to accumulate 10 gemstones just based on probability. If you got hextech annie for free then you didn't do it with gemstones; you got insanely lucky and she was dropped in a box.

CDuuB8 votes

Logged in just so I can tell you that you're so very wrong. Because I got my Hextech Annie skin from gemstones and didn't pay 250 dollars for it.

Hungry Cancer8 votes

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Logged in just so I can tell you that you're so very wrong. Because I got my Hextech Annie skin from gemstones and didn't pay 250 dollars for it.

lolz I made it clear I was talking about the statistics of the matter, there are potentially a few people who will have gotten lucky and gotten them with less than 250 dollars but I'll guarantee you didn't get them just from game boxes, you had to pay for at least half unless you just have absolutely retarded luck, so you may not have paid 250 exactly but I highly doubt you got it for less than 100 dollars worth of boxes. This is a matter of what is probable not what is definite, because these skins don't have a definite price they only have a probable price; all I did was look at the statistics of the matter in the broadest sense, if you bought 11 chests during the promo when they gave away gemstones it was fairly likely to receive 2 gemstones from a 1950 RP bundle but certainly not definite and that would certainly alter the average likely price, so while for some unknown reason you got it cheaper doesn't mean the rest of us will be near as lucky, I know someone who has spent ~350 dollars on boxes and still not gotten 10 gemstones; he obviously had more money than he knew what to do with, sure wish I had that problem.

Speaker Knockerz3 votes

Ive gotten 0 gemstones in like 30+ chests opening, it's a joke tbh.

Jakenator75 votes

I don't understand this attitude at all, Riot does so much for free, including having the game itself be free, don't hate on them for trying to make some money, they are a business... not to mention, you don't neccissarily need to spend 250 dollars on crates to get one of these skins, sure it's really rare, but there's a chance one of these skins can drop from a single crate, making the thrill of opening these chests all the more exciting, as there's always a chance that you may get a super rare skin that very few people have. Honestly, I love when they release these skins, as each new skin gets released, the chance that I will pull one increases by the slightest bit, and they just add an element of rarity that collectors like myself dream of, which is still achievable (unlike skins like Black Alistar).

Original DD2 votes

lol for free the only reason that the game didn't cost anything was when it came out if they tried to charge any cash at all for it it never would have got off the ground it would have ended up like Don't starve together with a small amount of players plus have you seen building in 7 years they have made min 500 million off this free game

Red D4wn36 votes

whats a gemstone? been playing for couple years and have never seen one

Izierd17 votes

You have a small chance to get a "gemstone" from Hextech chests when you open them, along with whatever you would normally get in the chest. You can either use them to automatically get another chest and key, ready to open, or you can save them and get one of the now three Hextech exclusive skins; Dreadnova Darius, Soulstealer Vayne, and Hextech Annie

Hope this answered your question![slayer-jinx-wink]

Bellows12 votes

I think it was a sarcastic joke.

SzGamer2275 votes

Well it helped at least two people going off of upvotes. Never hurts to be safe lol

Archeanthus2 votes

Literally. Neither have I.

How Do You Meta24 votes

Looks like my 69 gems are safe. Taric

roflSong15 votes

Dear Every Naysayer, I get it, you don't like it. It's not my cup of tea either. (Darius isn't my cup of tea but I digress.)

That doesn't diminish the work Riot put into the model, animations, and spell effects. I'm very grateful that they didn't do voice synth for it, he doesn't need a weird voice to feel right. It fits an alternative fantasy for Darius very much.

style and execution 10/10 Job well done.

The Xayah Bot7 votes

Dear roflSong, As a Darius main I can inform you that this skin had minimal work put into it. The effects are cool such as five stacks and back, that is it however. The voice is the same the lines are the same. Secondly an alternative Darius wouldnt know Garen (ignoring the fact that they havent met anyway) and the joke shouldnt still be him wondering "How he does it". A voice synth would only make sense seeing as how he does have his mouth and most of his face covered.

Style and execution 5/10, being generous Try better next time rito.

Zephyrous X10 votes

well it doesn't really matter only 5 people will have the skin

Chrystle14 votes

This is totally Warhammer 40k. Darius the Chaos berserker! More blood for the blood gods!

Warlord Scrap10 votes

Khorne for the khorne flakes

RadioactiveBush2 votes

Its Blood for the Khorne Flakes.

50000000000000002 votes

Don't you need Milk for Khorne Flakes?

Naerwyn3 votes

Skulls for the Skull Throne!

RadioactiveBush2 votes

Oh yeah. SUPER Warhammer. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Jofeyy10 votes

1 gem every 200 boxes LUL

V 4 Victor23 votes

Hextech crafting is a system for Riot to make shit load of money and teach kids to gamble ! Nothing else.

ArgonianAIe4 votes

At least it isn't as bad as the csgo gambling thing.

Stexe3 votes

In CS:GO and many other games (like DotA and TF2) you can at least trade. That makes the hurt a lot less because you can trade something you don't like to someone else so everyone benefits. There is no trading in LoL thus the whole chest stuff is silly and just a cash grab overall.

Wish they would go for trading one of these days...

Danesalt2 votes

Actually it hurts you more as because this adds a real dollar amount that is far beyond what you pay here think about it this way lets say that this skin is the hardest to obtain due to the chances of getting gemstones well you could end up paying $250 in chest or just play the game and get keys and chest for free where the CS:GO system is all about money there are skins worth upwards to $2000 and with even less chance to get them not to mention they are in certain crates which are hard / damn near impossible to obtain and on top of this you cant earn keys for chest in the game its self each cost $2.49 sure you can earn skins in the game but barely ever are they any good. So in conclusion to get a skin of equal rarity from a chest you would need to spend a lot more money on it. Plus idk if you pay attention to CS:GO and the many gamble sites that people use to trade skins for real dollars instead of steam money which then hinders supply and demand on the steam market making skins and crates rise in price.

RoloDeSwigs9 votes

Been opening chests since the beginning, never in my life have I gotten a gemstone... FeelsBadMan

Bentt10 votes

Everyone in the comments is complaining about how you need gemstones, and that it is a chest exclusive skin. Have you guys forgotten that Riot is a FREE TO PLAY game. For being free to play, Riot doesn't have many things like this. From a business standpoint, I can understand that the money would be nice.

RadioactiveBush7 votes

Well, considering that they have Millions of players from across the world, and have hundreds of skins ranging from 5 to 25 dollars, I don't get why they don't make it a buyable skin, as they would probably make more money that way.

Muh2 votes

Riot isn't actually a free to play game. They are the organization that made the FREE TO PLAY game called: "League Of Legends". -More you know :)

Deáth From Below9 votes

As a darius main i want to legit kms

ÁrYaN8 votes

well in that case we need a teemo chest exclusive asap

Sanzetti8 votes

Why is a skin this bad a craft only? Oh right! Riot just wants money.

Izierd8 votes

Well, of course they need a bit of money. They make a single game, and it's free to play. They are humans too, how else would they get their income? And besides, no one is forcing you to buy anything

Ensiferius3 votes

While that is true, they are obviously not hurting for income, and from the general opinion of this skin, people would spend more money buying the skin up-front since they are refusing to buy hextech chests for it. Thus, Riot would make more money if they made it purchasable up-front.

RadioactiveBush2 votes

They have actually made two games. They came out with Mechs and Minions a while back.

Girm3 votes

Actually 3... does anybody remember that mobile game where your Blitzcrank?

Evanescent Angel2 votes

Actually 4... Cho'Gath eats the World Chogath

Lmao its Yisus5 votes

maaaaan, I was so happy at the sight of this skin,and then I read "only availible for the luckiest man alive"

PedoPanda4 votes

Actually if you got every skin that you could get from the hextech crafting system, you could easily get this skin with one simple reroll of three skin shard. 100%.

CapnMorganFr3man4 votes

Either you guys need to step up the skin game or make gemstones easier to get. Don't get me wrong, this skin is fantastic, probably the only Darius skin I've actually wanted in a long time, but it's not worth however much money I have to spend to get 10 gemstones (and believe me, you pretty much have to spend much more than 1350 ip if you want this skin before 2018/2019.) If you guys added unique voice lines to these skins or something similar to make them feel more special, I'm sure people would be a little bit more willing to grind out those gemstones.

Lysejack2 votes

personally if I had to price these skins for RP, they would be for the most part (except this one) the epic skins costing 3250 rp. these hextech skins are amazing, but the chances of getting a gemstone are sometimes so astronomically low people sometimes forget these hextech skins even exist. I have 4 gemstones, meaning I am a luck SoaB, but i'd rather pay cash for a guarantee than spend nothing on a gamble. RIOT, if you are listening, after 6 months of a hextech skin's life, release it to the store. You are going to make money and satisfy a large portion of community. People didn't like when you re-released Championship Riven, but it allowed a new batch of players use a classic skin. Another suggestion, is have 5 hextech skins in rotation, and when the 6th rolls in, knock the first onto the store. I hope anyone reading this understands im not vitriolic or spiteful, I just want to enjoy this game to most of my ability (even when my adc is a complete shitlord and leaves me [the support] in the wind.)

CuckledgeFarms2 votes

10 Gemstones is a lot and you may not get it, but people need to stop complaining. The loot system does in the end give players free stuff over time, it is better then nothing. The point is the skins are rare because they are hard to get.

Original DD2 votes

yea people the free box a week system can get you this in one - 50,000 weeks

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