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Some skin ideas for Xerath (beacuse why not)

Predatorator··9 votes·768 views

Hi! I got sad from xerath skins not coming since...uhm...so much time, so i thought i could give some tip!

Dark Star Xerath: there's even a wonderful concept (https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/JAgAUXGU-skin-idea-dark-star-xerath?show=flat) made by SlownD. Dark themes suit xerath particulalry well, due to his personality and story, and shooting deep space energy would fit him like a ring;

Archlight Xerath: one of the most evil characters in LoL trying to redeem himself? White and gold armor, and plummeting dark forces shooting blinding light arcanopulses, or purging them from the skies with celestial arcan barrages;

Harrowing/Haunted Xerath: i mean, his armor is a sarcophagus, just make it creepier with some dark material/monstrous insertions, slap some green/light blue spooky particles, let him unleash his spooky magic while ulting, et voilà, you just found a skin for the next harrowing!

Mecha Xerath: i just need a good mechanical/robotic alternative to Battlecast Xerath. Armor transforms as he casts his spells (to each spell his form) and returns normal after the cast: it'd be so cool to see him transforms while comboing. Orange/yellow particles, and you're good to go.

Void Xerath: this one may be a little bit trickier, but with the organic armor, and tendons or alikes keeping it in place, Xerath should still look quite Void-y while casting purple colored spells!

An ascended Xerath skin would be top of the top, however i don't have any solid concept to go from =/

Hope you liked the ideas, i'd love to discuss them so don't hesitate to let me know your ideas!

Edit: Battleboss Xerath: like seriously, already playing against xerath feels like a boss battle, where you got to close on him dodging everything he throws at you. he was even the boss in ascension mode, how about that!

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Stars Shaper4 votes

Some thoughts:

Predatorator1 votes
  • Arclight Xerath would be too similar to Guardian of the Sands imo, same for Mecha Xerath and his Battlecast skin.

I don't think so: the armor would be diverse, because archlight is more about bright colors, like white, silver, and some gold refinement, while GotS is mainlt about gold plates and some purple/green refinement; partices would be different too, archlight uses very bright particles, ranging from yellow to bright, while GotS uses more sand/like particles (also the colors tend to be mainly gold/sand-ish which still look different than the bright particles of archlight.

Mecha and battlecast lines got two completely different styles, both in model, and particles. also battlecast xerath is a 520rp skin with a mediocre model (even for the actual battlecast standards), and the same particles as base, just red. the skin i proposed would have new model, particles, and even transforms the duration of the ability cast. it could be either a 1350rp or a legendary.

i know that concept, but i forgot to mention it! however i'd love some dark mist in such a skin, or even balck particles (kind of like a star wars' darksaber)

yup, that was the main idea of the skin, however i found it cool to explore some more orgnic alternatives, and make it have his armor to look like keratin made. the recall may be about him wrapping up his chrysalis =)

  • I was thinking of a World Breaker skin too.

world breaker would look so cool. particles made of light blue with some purple tint, and the armor would look cool too!

Stars Shaper2 votes

I forgot also a Warden Xerath skin would be aweosme or even a Thunderlord one in honor of his old electric based particles :P

Predatorator1 votes

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I forgot also a Warden Xerath skin would be aweosme or even a Thunderlord one in honor of his old electric based particles :P

Warden xerath might be a cool 750rp skin! That and a pre-ascension one, tho i'm not really a fan of a pre- ascension skin :p, but it could be a nice space to explore

Thunderlord can also come out as a good skin, with furry edges on his armor, like a generic nordic armor

Honestly i'd love of they turned his concept art in a skin!

Stars Shaper1 votes

Why pre ascension? Warden would just give him a more whiteish body and a silver/aqua green armor.

Predatorator1 votes

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Why pre ascension? Warden would just give him a more whiteish body and a silver/aqua green armor.

i don't have a real reason for pre-ascension, it's more like "pre-void kassadin exists, and people wanted pre-death sion, maybe pre ascension xerath could work" than a "i'd love to see that skin"

also mind that warden aesthetics are different than his base skin =)

AgeOfTheMage2 votes

great ideas! I can definitley see dark star/arc light Not sure about void as it'd pretty much just turn everything purple for him mecha might be hard to do, but It could work.

Predatorator1 votes

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great ideas! I can definitley see dark star/arc light Not sure about void as it'd pretty much just turn everything purple for him mecha might be hard to do, but It could work.

Thank you =), speaking of of void xerath, i can immagine some way to make him more unique:

  • some dark tint on his particles;
  • the sarco%%%us may be made of keratin like plates to look like a chrysalis, or as i wrote in the main thread, it could be made of dark, asteroid-like materials kept, both kept in place by tendons or alikes;
  • some VO, to make his voice to look influenced by the void;
  • recall. but i don't have a clear idea about that :p

About mecha xerath, i know that could be hard, but the skin team has done marvelous works recently, and they keep getting better. immagine mecha sion transforming while ulting and coming back to normal as he ends. for xerath the concept would be the same, just he'll do a unique transformation for each ability he casts, to return normal after the cast has ended =) it's quite visionary, but the end result would be cool

DrCyanide2 votes

Here's my concept art for Program Xerath. I really think Xerath needs an actual tech skin (not whatever Battlecast is).

https://i.imgur.com/LfbpKuY.png?noredirect

Predatorator1 votes

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Here's my concept art for Program Xerath. I really think Xerath needs an actual tech skin (not whatever Battlecast is).

https://i.imgur.com/LfbpKuY.png?noredirect

Program xerath may be cool too, if they play well with the particles. because i'm not very happy with the modest particles the other program skins got. the models are nice tho, they look like medical equipment, but i'm fine with that =)

Velzard of Koz1 votes

Wouldn't Arclight look too similar to the Sand one (not sure if he's Guardian of the Sands or Risen)?

Predatorator1 votes

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Wouldn't Arclight look too similar to the Sand one (not sure if he's Guardian of the Sands or Risen)?

Hi! Abolutely not, i'll paste from an earlier answer to the dame concern =) : "the armor would be diverse, because archlight is more about bright colors, like white, silver, and some gold refinement, while GotS is mainlt about gold plates and some purple/green refinement; partices would be different too, archlight uses very bright particles, ranging from yellow to bright, while GotS uses more sand/like particles (also the colors tend to be mainly gold/sand-ish which still look different than the bright particles of archlight."

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