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Let's talk about Battlecast Alpha Skarner please.

Artificial Human·3/14/2015, 7:50:51 PM·5 votes·8,326 views

Battlecast Alpha Skarner has been released since 4 months now and I've never seen one in my games so far.I play League of Legends since 2012 and played Skarner back then, i've waited a long time for a new skin for him, Battlecast Skarner like everyone else expected. Riot finally did it in the end, good job. But the issue is that the quality isnt good! The abilitiy effects are underwhelming for a legendary skin and most other ones have a lot more to offer. The only thing that qualifies the skin as legendary is the voiceover, interactions and new emotes, but thats all. Skarner is a Scorpion after all, but the Battlecast skin just feels clunky and junkyard like, its simply dissapointing for most Skarner players. Most people didnt even want chainsaw claws, robotic like pincers would've been fine! I found a popular fanart of battlecast skarner on the net, which is a good example: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/324/1/0/battle_cast_skarner_by_akiman-d6v00wy.jpg

Despite not having many dislikes on reviews, one thing is clear, Battlecast Alpha Skarner isnt popular and i want to stress the importance of h is skin he got in a long time and the missed opportunity on a legendary tier work. Riot doesnt get much profit out of that skin and thats sad, so i'd like to give some suggestion and reminder. Seeing Battlecast Skarner on a PBE Update was pure Kreygasm, it wasnt bad, before i saw his head, which was truly shocking! http://i.imgur.com/Dc7EXWd.png

It doesnt look like his counterparts on the other splash arts at all and i cannot understand, but want to know, why Riot chose the currect one over the other.That's what makes me really curious and uneasy. Skarner is a real cool and unique champion and he deserves better and i think Riot can do better!

My english is not the best, excuse my minor mistakes. Thanks for reading, i hope rito sees this. Im usually the more silent type who thinks more than speaks or write about something, but i cant just sit here and take things how they are about something i care about.

Let me know what you think or if you agree, or drown this post in downvotes if you think my opinion/statement is stupid or bad.

Rito please

8 Comments

Thresh Outta Fux3/14/2015, 7:53:48 PM2 votes

You have a duplication as part of your post, but your point is correct.

Kikirino3/14/2015, 8:01:27 PM2 votes

I love Skarner. Hate the skin. There is no way I would buy this skin even on sale. It is a huge disappointment. It's not that the skin is bad... but it is the worst of the Battlecast skins and is by far the worst skin for that price.

Bresn3/14/2015, 8:30:38 PM2 votes

Holy crap that in game head looks like a literal junkyard piece.

CursedByLight3/14/2015, 9:13:05 PM1 votes

The only think I enjoy about the skin is the chainsaw claws, and even then I just play it out of the fact that its the only skin I have for him.

SpecterVonBaren3/14/2015, 9:19:36 PM1 votes

For me it's just that the skin is too noisy and clunky. It's certainly a skin that has a lot of effort put into it, but I'd have much preferred a more streamlined skin with less bells and whistles like Mecha Malphite.

Just lick it3/25/2015, 3:57:07 PM1 votes

I think the skin looks just fine, the only problem with his look is his massive underbite making him look like the Crimson Chin. I recently bought it even though i wasn't sure because it looks so weird, but i ended up not regretting it one bit. Reasons why i bought it; His dance is the moonwalk into the robot while saying "Boogie protocol engaged", His joke makes him a helicopter, and his ult fucking impales the champion it hits #metalasfuck. I also noticed that the particle for his e is less noticable which means it's harder to dodge for most enemies (better than shiny blue). It's a good skin, yeah it would've been nice to get a more high tech looking skarner but it doesn't mean this is a bad skin. P.S. if you spam is dance it looks like he's digging, Last aram game i was digging to korea so senpai could notice me, we won obviously.

LoL Ergo Urgot6/18/2015, 5:10:18 PM1 votes

The stinger from the splash arts looked much more menacing. His vo is actually quite short. No interactions with other champions. He lost his crazy laugh. The visuals could have been better.

I got the skin but I wish they would have put the same love that they did for Darius or Teemo legendary skins. Oh well, take what you can get.