Sweetheart Annie makes ten Annie skins. Seriously?

TerraRising·Jan 14, 2015·69 votes·9,171 views

With so many champions in need of skin love, why push out a tenth Annie skin? Concept is cute and all, but wouldn't it be better to have the Valentine's skin on a champion like Talon?

81 Comments

PhoenixSlayer13Jan 14, 201540 votes

BUT

CAREBEAR TIBBERS

FUCKING CAREBEAR TIBBERS

KrizalidJan 14, 201531 votes

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/084/e/4/Hazama_is_a____by_King_Pellas.jpg Debonair/Heartseeker Talon's blades will find their way into your heart.

SorasMemoriesJan 15, 20151 votes

YES

DecaedeusJan 15, 20152 votes

Battle Bunny Talon pl0x. (I'm a straight male and I would buy that skin.)

BatofaraJan 15, 20151 votes

Lol Hazama from Blazblue, nice. It would fit Talon well, seeing that he already has the moonwalk

ThighlanderJan 15, 20151 votes

THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING!

RavenHuskyJan 15, 20151 votes

REBEL 1, ACTION!

RiotRiot LutzburgJan 14, 201513 votes

There are a lot of competing interests at work here, but the one that's usually overlooked is the business side of things. Annie is a popular champion, especially among the female audience, and her skins likely generate high sales. Having a concentration of skins on certain champions is an easy way for Riot to make money without exerting that much effort or disrupting the rest of the game world.

It's a win/win/lose, I guess. Annie fans are happy, Riot makes money, but some players get frustrated at the lost opportunity cost. At the end of the day, that's an easy business decision to make.

Remlap1223Jan 15, 20156 votes

No, I am entitled to a super time consuming skin on a champ that only has a small cult fanbase goddamnit!

OnegarionJan 15, 20155 votes

YOU GO SIT IN THE CORNER. I'm sorry Riot we normally don't let him out because this is how he gets. I'LL TALK TO YOU WHEN WE GET HOME

AngusTurtleJan 14, 201510 votes

HEARSTSEEKER Varus DAMMIT

EDIT: IT'S HAPPENIIIIINGGGGGGGGGG MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!!

BlainezyJan 15, 20152 votes

I would love this also, as I just started playing Varus.. But it seems to be a female thing so far, although a male one would be nice. Varus just got Arctic Ops not too long ago though.. Heartseeker Draven would be HILARIOUS though.

supes the lostJan 15, 20152 votes

I really want to see a heart seeker Draven, I can only imagine holding a valentine's day card that says: "from: Draven to: Draven"

AnonymousaurJan 15, 20151 votes

{quoted}

HEARSTSEEKER DAMMIT

I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL BABY!

OnegarionJan 15, 20152 votes

Gotta give the ladies something to look at

bradJan 14, 201510 votes

literally where is zacs skin

junglerboy16Jan 15, 201513 votes

They said trying to animate an amorphous blob champion wearing a suit is really difficult. Basically, Gentleman Zac confirmed, just no time table for when they can get his suit to not look like garbage on him.

CIit YeastwoodJan 16, 20151 votes

I honestly, and I mean 100% honestly, don't think it could be that difficult.

They could honestly just make the suit, I don't know, not stretch? I think it would be hilarious to see Zac's arms stretch out from the suit, maybe with the pants being a little too short. When he get's really big, the suit can start to rip and shrink (think of the Hulk going.... well... Hulk).

All they'd have to do is give him a new VO and a recall animation. Boom 1350 skin. PM me Rito for my P.O. box, I'll be waiting for my check.

junglerboy16Jan 16, 20151 votes

I guess they got the technology to make eyes that move before they figured out how to make a suit not stretch weirdly.

EssilynJan 15, 20158 votes

Hearbreaker Vi!

kokopelli2Jan 15, 201510 votes

More like Facebreaker if you ask me

LeviTurnarioB23RJan 15, 20152 votes

Nah, Heart-Seeker Pantheon. Could go with Heart-Seeker Vayne, and Heart-Seeker Ashe. After all his passive from his E is called Heart-Seekers strike. See the connection.? I do like your idea though lmao, or heart-seeker Miss Fortune or Ahri.

CIit YeastwoodJan 16, 20152 votes

I'd rather get a Baker Pantheon first.

AnonymousaurJan 14, 20157 votes

At least it's only 750rp. Not as pretty as Vayne's and Ashe's but cmon...Carebears.

BlainezyJan 15, 20152 votes

They also stated she is just being released onto pbe early and the other vday skins are being released in the next patch cycle.

SukishooJan 15, 20152 votes

They usually only do one Vday skin a year, it was just released early. That doesn't mean there are more.

Hellish ProphecyJan 15, 20155 votes

I think on another thread a Red said they don't necessarily make skins on champs who need them, they make them based off if they have an idea and put it to work. I guess they had this in mind. Not that I agree with it. I'll just keep my Reverse Annie, thank you.

OnegarionJan 15, 20153 votes

I'm sticking with Panda annie over this. Not really that great of a skin

SalzigorimandoJan 15, 20155 votes

The part that bugs me the most?

Elise

Right there. That one. Got her first purchasable new skin since her release, and its a hand-me down ninja festival dress from years ago.

Nevermind that she's got a super cool theme that could be easily translated into any number of cool skins, (Deep sea, Magma strider, Nightmare, Space Invader, off the top of my head).

And now Annie gets a mini-me version of Ashe's Skin. I'm not exactly disappointed, it looks great and carebear tibbers is hilarious, but perhaps riot could step away from group themed skins for a while?

AribellaJan 15, 20154 votes

It will be the ninth. Personally I was hoping for this. There is a few Annie skins yes, but there are not many available, and it has been a long time since Annie has gotten a new skin. She got a visual update on her Red Riding Annie skin, but that wasn't a new skin. If you take away the skins that are unavailable then there is in fact 'only' 5 skins. I can agree that some champions have less and might need a new one aswell, but just take a look at Katarina who as 8. And yet you have not mentioned her. I was a bit upset when they didn't let frostfire Annie be part of the Snowdown, but I couldn't do much about it, but Annie has missed out on a lot on the matter of Skins where other champions have skin series together. Just yesterday I was talking to a friend about this. They haven't 'fixed' Annie as much as some other champions. I don't mind, but a new skin was good. Really makes a difference for the people maining Annie.

TerraRisingJan 15, 20151 votes

Yeah... I messed that count up. Still, the rage is the same. Annie doesn't need a new skin when she already has so many other options and other champions really need newer appearance options.

I also agree that Katarina and Nidalee already have too many skins when compared to other... well, neglected champions.

RogueWillJan 15, 20153 votes

Why? Well that's easy Annie represents one of the most iconic League of Leguends Champions (along with Garen, Katarina, Ryze and a lot of the older champions) When you think of League of Legends Annie and her Bear comes to mind plus she is constantly used on publicity and advertising, when was the last time you saw a Talon promotional video?

If I were to ask for a valentine skin I would ask for a Taric on a dress, it would be very funny looking to see. But then again that will never happen due to Rito taking risks too big.

ZahzJan 14, 20152 votes

Yea i was thinking the same thing. Was really hopin to see jinx this year but she seems to be lunar revel so my next hope was for Zac.

Shattered KnightJan 14, 20151 votes

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Yea i was thinking the same thing. Was really hopin to see jinx this year but she seems to be lunar revel so my next hope was for Zac.

... Uhh you didnt see Firecracker Jinx then?

CenturosJan 14, 20151 votes

He did, but he means as a valentines day skin.

FiskJan 15, 20152 votes

The lunar revel skin is so cool though. I am actually really glad they gave her that skin, it suits her explosiveness.

BlainezyJan 15, 20151 votes

I'm almost certain that the Valentine's day will be Heartseeker Quinn.... It will be a Heartseeker for an ADC again, just all down to which one.... But most likely Quinn.

CenturosJan 15, 20155 votes

No, it's Annie, that's what this thread is ABOUT.

Though I suppose they could have a surprise extra skin hidden in the wings, but I wouldn't count on it.

CenturosJan 14, 20152 votes

I know, why wasn't it a Teemo skin?

Or is he waiting for a rework, too?

LyrJan 15, 20152 votes

Whether a champion receives a new skin or not isn't entirely based on how few skins they have :) I can understand the frustration though, I've been waiting on a new skin for some champions for a while now haha. It can be a little frustrating not seeing the champions you like receive new stuff, but patience pays out in the end.

SMA OdysseyJan 15, 20152 votes

If it makes you feel better the skin is atrocious. What a waste I was looking forward to a good heartseeker skin.

Mightysam2010Jan 16, 20151 votes

It kinda looks like a Heartseeker skin so Yordles get sweetheart for Valentines Day Cuz you know Short People

FuzzyShrubNinjaJan 15, 20151 votes

Im still waiting for a Voodoo Annie..

SalzigorimandoJan 15, 20151 votes

0-0 this must happen

RakvirJan 15, 20151 votes

Trundle could use some skin love. I mean, really. It's not funny. Sure, plenty of others could be argued for it but ever since I started playing this game, every time I heard a champion skin got released, even when I did not own the troll chie—KING! I meant king!—he has not ONCE been graced with a new skin.

If I am mistaken and he was indeed given one but it was a limited time only thing, I apologize for not being an everyday player (the community at large drove me to the brink and I can only stand to do bot games every once in a while now). Nor do I bother paying attention to "professional" players (because, y'know, winning team from championships, blah blah blah, etc.). I don't watch sports and I especially do not watch e-sports. Why sit around watching other people do something that you, yourself, could be doing?

TerraRisingJan 15, 20151 votes

There was "Traditional Trundle," when the rework was released. But that skin only came about because GrumpyMonkey outright lied about Trundle remaining a poop troll and they had to do something.

Trundle also has the recently released "Constable Trundle" skin... because British bobbys carry truncheons (clubs) and Trundle... yeah.

RakvirJan 16, 20151 votes

Odd...I don't see it as a possible buy option. Had I known about it, I certainly would not have been complaining for lack of recent skins.

Edit: Also, for Traditional Trundle, I looked up when his rework was done (because it got me thinking "umm....rework? WHEN?"), and it's rather amusing that it was done just shortly before I first joined LoL! XD

I'm very glad to hear this news but kinda sucks still about the whole "I can't seem to view (and thus, unable to purchase) Constable Trundle. I had to look it up on YouTube and it's quite amusing. Might get Traditional, instead, though. The splash art is INCREDIBLY misleading and boring compared to what I saw a video of.

Edit #2: Okay, weird, after the patch update, I can see it now and a TON of other skins that weren't there before and I'm really curious how long they've been available for. *drools at Final Boss Veigar but remembers there's almost no usage of Veigar for himself.....Baron Von Veigar, what a waste of money ='( *