How come the same champs get new skins?
I think giving Udyr another skin when he has an ultimate skin already is obnoxious when champs like Zac and Taric need some love.
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Hey Cipz!
I figured I'd jump in and explain a few things in regards to why certain champions are getting skins, versus others.
There's a lot that goes into deciding who will get the next skin, for example - the last time they received a skin or if the champion fits really well for an event skin (Harrowing, Snowdown, Lunar Revel, etc).
Udyr hadn't received a skin since 2013 (which was Spirit Guard Udyr). It'd been a while since his last skin, and Definitely Not Udyr fit well with the April Fools' thematic we were going with. As you've seen, the skins in this set are a bit more light-hearted and fun.
You're correct in that Zac needs a skin. We keep a list of champions who are in need of skins, and we're slowly making our way through the list. For example, Akali just got her Headhunter skin after waiting the better part of three years for a skin. Zac is a special snowflake in terms of his model since it stretches a lot, so a lot of textures aren't going to look right on him. That's not to say he's not ever going to receive a skin again, but it's partially the reason why this goo guy hasn't received as many skins as Annie.
Taric needs a bit of love in regards to his model before we attempt to give him a skin he deserves. Evelynn is in a similar boat. The reason she received Safecracker Evenlynn was because she fit in really well with the 'cops and robbers' type theme, and a 750 RP skin was something that accepted the limitations of her current rig and model.
Hope this clears things up!
has pink skin. That is all he ever needs.
Why bother with static when being actively being vu.
Any Zac skin will be over priced like his other skin. At best all zac skins will be recolors
Taric is waiting for a VU before he'll get anything. No reason to make him a skin then turn around and have to remake it for the VU.
Zac is a hard champion to make skins that are not just recolors. Riot wants to actually make him a good skin. Otherwise like purple Zac, no one's really going to buy it.
For how old Udry is, he hardly has a lot of skins. He too is hard to make skins for because they're all kind of the same in a way. They have to get really unique for him. Which they did for the last one.
If we're going to wonder about skins not coming out, I think Zed should be on the top of that list. Sure he got the SKT skin. But that's a limited skin and not really for everyone. He's got enough going on that they can't be that hard up for ideas or interesting things they can do for him. Lucian is on the same boat, but is newer. Jinx too. Although Firecracker was really cool.
Riot needs to make money.