Top 14 League champs with the longest wait since their last skin.

TerraRising·8/6/2015, 3:08:01 PM·17 votes·3,703 views

In case you were wondering, I compiled a list of champions with the longest waits between new skins. It’s as accurate as I can determine. (And no, reworks don’t count because they’re just newer versions of old skins and not new ones.)

Anyways, here’s the list (Updated as of late October 2015):

Yorick - June 22, 2011 (Pentakill Yorick, Undertaker Yorick release) Sion - July 18, 2011 (Warmonger Sion) Taric - August 9, 2011 (Bloodstone Taric) Kennen - December 29, 2011 (Arctic Ops Kennen) Poppy - February 1, 2012 (Scarlet Hammer Poppy) Urgot - March 5, 2012 (Battlecast Urgot) Swain - May 23, 2012 (Tyrant Swain) Tristana - October 19, 2012 (Rocket Girl Tristana) Ryze - October 26, 2012 (Pirate Ryze) Nocturne - December 5, 2012 (Eternum Nocturne)

And, since Yorick, Taric, Poppy and Urgot won’t be getting any new skins until their reworks are done, I’ll include the next four on that list.

Cassiopeia - February 12, 2013 (Jade Fang Cassiopeia) Nunu - May 24, 2015 (TPA Nunu) Shen - May 24, 2015 (TPA Shen) Hecarim - August 22, 2013 (Arcade Hecarim)

So yeah... Riot's got a bit of a backlog of champs forever waiting for new skins to get through. Too bad they'd rather make Junkyard Jinx and Scrapyard Pantheon instead. :/

23 Comments

ModAcademy Kayn8/6/2015, 8:48:17 PM3 votes

If any Red's answers help, its always about the theme, and whether or not they fit it. They saw a chance for Ekko so they took it. Simple as that.

Another thing from Reds, they have a large amount of skins in production, and what takes place first is probably the real question. Look at Pool Party Zac, they had him in production for almost a year, then still waited a while because they wanted to release it during Summer. Maybe some people aren't in the right Season/event/etc to be released.

Of course that's just my two cents.

Digielf8/6/2015, 3:11:25 PM2 votes

What about TwistedFate ? he has only 9 skins and he hasnt got a new one for like 2 weeks and Ryze Brand , TaricYorick Kennen Poppy Swain Urgot Olaf need visual updates and fast, dont really care about their skins but VUs they need them right now

femmé8/6/2015, 10:04:21 PM2 votes

b-but ezreal needs another skin every two months so we can't let these guys take up the art department's time

SnoKingXBL8/6/2015, 8:00:32 PM1 votes

Anyone have any cool skin ideas for these champs?

TheFirstGokun8/6/2015, 8:15:21 PM1 votes

I don't think Kennen is getting a new one until his inevitable VU either. The Ostrich feet are just too strong.

PopePancake8/6/2015, 8:24:08 PM1 votes

Still waiting for Dragonmaster Swain ...

ima firin8/6/2015, 6:45:24 PM1 votes

brand doesnt need a new skin, he needs a rework to become viable

pPbwi30RyP10/25/2015, 2:38:58 AM1 votes

can u update this to remove kass,yi,olaf,brand and fiora. and add noc (eternum in december 2012)

Stendal8/7/2015, 4:25:21 AM1 votes

Yeah, they don't like making skins for champs that need VUs since they'll more than likely have to go back and redo the skin anyway (unless it's a particularly well made skin). Also, 750 skins usually take little resources to put together, so it's not even like this academy set is "stealing the show" for other champions. There need to be really well made skins, and there need to be cute little ones like these.

A Miss Fortune8/7/2015, 4:37:34 AM1 votes

I don't think Ryze needs a new skin and I think It's kind of funny how he has so many (most of them you can't even directly purchase anymore) yet hasn't had one in a few years.

Vier8/7/2015, 5:11:21 AM1 votes

Riot just wants profit any company does, any of those champions on your list would just get a rushed skin like Debonair Galio with a weird/lazy concept to just let the community shut up. It's kind of sad they can deny having no favourites and making champion skins when a theme fits them but they just go for the most profitable one.

Artificial Human8/22/2015, 2:16:15 AM1 votes

Are you still updating the Top 14 Champion Skin wait list, if so, would you kindly remove Yi and Fiora?

OverpoweredSoap8/6/2015, 6:47:47 PM1 votes

I like how you can't even get the last 3 without a special event.