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Pentakill skins for all...with a catch

Menelvagor·1/17/2015, 4:42:09 AM·7 votes·1,599 views

I was thinking yesterday about a recent Pentakill I got with during the week he was free and I thought "wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to prove I got a Pentakill to everyone." I have only a handful of pentas and my first was with and I immediately felt I earned the Pentakill skin and got it.

So what if all champs had a pentakill skin but in order to be able to buy it (unlock/ make available) you would have to get a pentakill with that champion. Now, of course, since I don't own I would not be eligible for the pentakill skin but when I got my pentas with , since I own them I would then unlock the pentakill skin for them.

I don't know if this is possible to do and I definitely don't know if there is any way of knowing if we got a penta in the past with a champ (and I can live with that) but I think it would be an awesome way for people to be able to brag about scoring a pentakill.

Let me know what you think!!

19 Comments

Hobbsgoblin1/17/2015, 4:53:00 AM11 votes

The "Pentakill" skins are a theme revolving around a, noncanon?, rock band "Pentakill". Most bands don't have many more members than 5 or 6. Now if the theme was the "Penta Killharmonic Orchestra" then sure give +100 champs a spot and a skin but that ain't happening buddy.

Be Kind Rewind1/17/2015, 4:50:21 AM4 votes

That would be awesome.

However, it might not be something Riot considers worth investing in, and probably isn't, to be honest, because of one major issue;

If the skins look good enough, then having one demotivates you from buying the champions other skins. It's like ultimate skins like Spirit Guard Udyr or iconic ones like Muay Thai Lee Sin: once people have them, they already have "the" skin for that champion, so why go back and by cheaper, less appealing ones?

Please note that I love this idea, but the only way it'd work is if getting a pentakill with your champions made you able to buy their Pentakill skin. They'd maintain the 'prestige' but also be a business investment for Riot, rather than a 'bad business move'.

The only problem is - again - every skin released in the future would then be at risk of losing sales because every champion would already have a great Pentakill skin. So the pricing would have to be significant - at least ~900 RP, probably ~1350, for it to be worth the investment for them.

Which would be awesome! But please realize that if we want Riot to implement our ideas, we have to look at them from their business standpoint, and accommodate our ideas so that they're reasonable enough for Riot to implement, you know?

TheRatsInTheWall1/17/2015, 6:04:09 AM3 votes

Back in the early days, I only bought a skins to commemorate a great event in game (20/1/19 with Eve, 4 aces with TF, etc.). This made me really appreciate owning the skins. I don't do that anymore, but it would be cool to have that be part of the experience again. That said, doing something like this could only reduce profits for Riot. Either the skin isn't great and it's only a rare purchase, or it is great and Riot would make much more money releasing it as a typical skin. With more than 100 champions available, that's a lot of money to leave on the table.

CharQueen1/17/2015, 5:43:06 AM3 votes

I've had this idea for awhile:

Scoring a legitimate Pentakill ( or heavily assisting one ) enables use of the Pentakill ward. A ward.

Junkο1/17/2015, 1:51:30 PM2 votes

It's a band and not pentakill in game related..

Also this would just create more toxicity, as if there isn't enough. "OMFG WHY YOU STEAL MY PENTA NOOB" "REPORTED FOR STEALING MY SKILL" "DIE OF CANCER I DIDN'T GET SKIN CAUSE OF YOU"

LordTekron1/18/2015, 3:07:43 AM2 votes

I have reason to doubt that would happen, but I wouldn't mind a Pentakill Azir and Pentakill Fiddlesticks skins...

Epilogue of Life1/17/2015, 6:17:29 AM1 votes

Or maybe letting champions who actually get pentakills have that skin...cough katarina cough cough

Acidic Puddle1/17/2015, 5:56:54 AM1 votes

Pentakill is a band, not them getting a pentakill...

Tentacle Love1/17/2015, 8:06:21 AM1 votes

out of the question because it would leave them bankrupt to pay all those artists on short notice, yes, even with all their money.

But in the realm of fantasy it's just fine. I'd play Pentakill Vayne all day. By night I'd try to get a pentakill on every other champion.

On weekends I'd create and manage a website dedicated to getting people pentakills on their favorite champions.

RIOT would not approve of such a thing, and I'd have to turn over all my records of people getting their pentakills illegitimately, and hundreds of thousands of accounts would be banned.

SpecterVonBaren1/17/2015, 7:02:18 AM1 votes

And not one person would ever get the skin for Soraka, Nami, or Janna.

Drukyul1/17/2015, 4:55:54 AM1 votes

You'd have people tracking down IPs and murdering people who kept them from getting a penta.