Irelia is a really good example of a champ who suits 750 RP skins

Abyssphere·5/21/2015, 12:45:45 AM·11 votes·2,382 views

The Order of the Lotus Irelia skin is such a prime example of how to do a 750 RP skin well. You took a champion with very light particles and gave her a skin tier that suits her, only giving her a particle on her R because obviously it features her weapon, which is a changed model. If this was a 975 RP skin it would almost certainly suck because it's really hard to give a champion like Irelia noticeable particles so that the skin feels worth it. But 750 RP fits perfectly.

Can we get more 750 skins for champs who actually naturally fit the tier? After the Syndra fiasco it feels like skins like this (another example, the Sivir, Nautilus and Warwick skins recently) should be complimented for making sense. Certain champs just better fit into certain price tiers and I'm glad Irelia got a great skin that is just right for her.

19 Comments

Riotmoonstones5/21/2015, 4:40:51 PM6 votes

Hiya!

Glad to hear you're happy with upcoming skin content! I actually don't play Irelia, but I'm tempted to learn her because of her new skin. ^-^

We're still working out the best way to approach 750 RP skins. I think your examples are perfect in identifying some of the stronger skins - Sivir, Naut, and Warwick, as well as one that some players weren't as big of a fan of - Queen of Diamonds Syndra.

I think that particle heavy champions aren't out of the question for 750 RP skins, since in some cases, it totally makes sense. Urf the Nami-tee is a good example, since her base particles fit in really nicely with the new skin's thematic.

ModAcademy Kayn5/21/2015, 2:03:55 PM4 votes

The Syndra mains are still salty (Or atleast I am) after that Fiasco.

Inphernal5/21/2015, 2:21:45 AM2 votes

being stuck in a low skin-tier is a bad thing because it signifies bad and inflexible design and cheaper skins are intentionally lower in quality due to time spent designing/creating the skins as well as subtle techniques used to devalue the skin such as lots of browns/low contrast between colors. A good design is flexible and has many available places to add significantly more thematically diverse designs while maintaining the silhouette and identity of the character. A good example of this would be the champion Nautilus

qetzel5/21/2015, 12:44:58 PM2 votes

I disagree. There are undoubtedly some Syndra players who for whatever reason are not comfortable spending more money on a skin than the lowest tier. We shouldn't ignore them.

Reaper Review5/21/2015, 10:36:15 PM2 votes

So, wait, we're saying Syndra having one 750 skin is a fiasco when Ezreal exists? He has seven different skins all priced at 750 or lower, despite having no shortage of particles to do things with. He even has a skin in the same set that we're raising an uproar about Syndra over.

Blainezy5/21/2015, 6:34:38 PM1 votes

Lord, don't get me started on that pile of crap known as Queen of Diamonds Syndra.