Cosplayers, pair up and decide: are you friends or foes?

Riot·5/14/2015, 5:18:16 PM·1 votes·33,355 views

Runeterra is a world of ancient factions and a cycle of conflict as inevitable as the sun’s daily ascension ritual. When rivals abound, it’s important to have friends and allies fighting at your side, watching your flank, and helping shift the tide of battle in your favour.

For the next cosplay roundup, we want to see you bring champion relationships to life, either in friendship or faceoff. Maybe it’s Azir confronting his once-trusted advisor Xerath over his betrayal. Or Ashe and Tryndamere sharing a meaningful gaze seconds before they charge into battle.

The goal is to create candid looking photos that look like they could be stills from a League of Legends movie – try to bring the champion’s personality to life in your pose and the way you interact with your fellow cosplayer(s) in the shot. Whether you choose to cosplay a scene featuring friends or foes (or both!), we can’t wait to see your group portraits!

Submission Rules:

  1. We are accepting cosplays of all League of Legends champions, including all official and fan-made skins. Costumes based on original designs should be submitted with reference artwork.
  2. Your photo must have a minimum of two people portraying one of the two themes of this round-up: a fight, or a friendship. The pose should look natural, like it’s a still from a live-action movie.
  3. Your costume does not have to be newly made for this competition, however you must have made the majority of your costume yourself or with help from friends/family. Costumes purchased from online cosplay shops are not accepted.
  4. You must submit a photograph of a person wearing your full costume (it doesn’t have to be yourself if you’re feeling shy). We are not accepting photos of costumes on mannequins, photos of League of Legends themed make-up or fan art.
  5. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: costume accuracy, costume construction, and effort put into capturing the essence of the character in the photo. PhotoShop editing is allowed for minor retouching and special effects, however please avoid creating purely digital costumes or fabricating entire backgrounds.
  6. You can submit up to three photos of you wearing your costume. We're only taking submissions formatted in .jpg or .png; the maximum file size is 5MB and minimum dimensions are 600 x 600px (but the larger, the better!) Any of these three photos may appear on leagueoflegends.com or on associated Riot Games twitter accounts.
  7. You must submit an additional (fourth) photograph to prove the costume belongs to you. A photo of your summoner name written on a piece of paper next to parts of your costume on a desk will suffice. This photo will not be published and is only used to verify entries.
  8. Finally, your submission must abide by our TOU, so keep in mind your photo can’t include any logos, advertisements, product names or product placements. Also make sure your picture is appropriate for players of all ages: League is rated Teen, so nothing too sexy or grotesque!

Submit your photos here before the deadline of the 14th of June, 2015 at 11:59 GMT. Afterwards, we’ll pick our favourites and open a gallery for you to view all of the amazing submissions.

If you’d like some inspiration on what we’ve featured in the past, check out the previous cosplay round-ups here. Want to start preparing your next costume now? Check out our cosplay round-ups schedule for 2015 here!

Good luck and happy sewing!

117 Comments

RegaI5/14/2015, 8:01:18 PM54 votes

Just made my new gragas cosplay http://gyazo.com/28ffae2b5384a87b71aeaf2fed9fa785

Hope i win!

Loli Shen5/14/2015, 7:39:38 PM53 votes

"You must submit a photograph of a person wearing your full costume" Darn, there goes my Malphite cosplay of just a rock.

Blood Reaper5/14/2015, 7:33:29 PM27 votes

Annie I had a friend once.

Veigar Really what happened to him?

Annie He found Tibbers.

Veigar He found tibbers- Oh that poor fool.

Spyanide5/14/2015, 7:25:56 PM23 votes

Teemo cosplay looks more soulless than usual.

Well played, Satan.

SirMannCannon5/14/2015, 10:16:27 PM15 votes

Ok skin idea riot (medic themed name) Zed He would wear white and have syringes instead of claws, red crosses instead of shurikens, and his shadow would be white. Now here is the thing everybody was waiting for, his ult. He uses a cross that flashes with the heartbeat thing and when it explodes you hear the beep sound, just saying its the best thing.

623alterego5/14/2015, 7:50:50 PM9 votes

Urgot cosplay. Nuff said.

YaoiYordleYiff5/14/2015, 11:09:26 PM9 votes

There is a very dangerous and thin line between "cosplay" and "fursuit"

Kroatoan5/14/2015, 7:59:40 PM7 votes

Someone should make those pet cosplays for yordles, where the costume is just for the head and front paws

Wendingo5/14/2015, 7:28:00 PM5 votes

These, theses are furrys Riot do you know what kind of fetish entries you are going to get? IS THIS WHAT YOU TRULY WANT

Dëkù5/14/2015, 10:51:57 PM5 votes

what if you don't have any friends to cosplay with? Amumu

MonkeyKiller7975/14/2015, 7:50:43 PM4 votes

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Junbai5/14/2015, 9:34:26 PM4 votes

Cosplying as ekko ;)

ScuttleIV5/15/2015, 12:40:20 AM3 votes

Ezreal thinking about cosplaying ez

Optimistical5/14/2015, 7:25:32 PM3 votes

I can be the guy who say's Second at long last.

Zac x Me5/14/2015, 7:25:22 PM3 votes

That Teemo made me crack up so badly.

The Lost Heaven5/15/2015, 6:15:07 AM2 votes

new champion looks greatShen

JesterSummoner5/14/2015, 9:39:31 PM2 votes

Yikes I wouldn't want to run into that teemo in a dark ally

hartar5/14/2015, 9:51:30 PM2 votes

Oh god, that Te emo.

constant growth 5/14/2015, 10:10:53 PM2 votes

Oh

fizzle1345/15/2015, 1:27:18 AM2 votes

Zed item 3071 zed too strong with this

Hizuzu5/15/2015, 6:04:59 AM2 votes

The cosplay I would do for skarner would be like a vehicle you can drive and move the arms and tail...I would call it something original like the Skarner-mobile Skarner

nolanissalty5/15/2015, 5:54:37 AM1 votes

Kayle Katarina Karthus Karma Karma Karma Irelia Kassadin Kassadin {{summoner:2}} item 1038