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Swain, what's going on with him?

Crowe Stalker·8/21/2015, 5:53:39 PM·3 votes·2,187 views

So I've honestly been kind of on the Salty side the last few patches and I'd like to hear something from Riot:

So I've been playing League of Legends since late Season 3 (Jinx release) during Season 4 I got into the League of Legends roleplaying scene (particularly Jericho Swain) I don't main him, but I have a vested emotional attachment to him.

So lately there's actually been like, a massive amount of Skin Hype, a lot of Community Events, all sorts of things really, but there's someone that's always forgotten...

No, not Poppy Yorick Urgot or Taric because they've all been slated for Sion-level Reworks:

Swain has three skins: Bilgewater, Northern Front, and Tyrant. Tyrant was released around May 21st, 2012. It's been over 1000 days since Swain has had a skin.

I'd like to ask: Why? The-Bravo-Ray is apparently on your case about it as 'the' Swain fan but we've yet to have so much as a teaser. Red responses to Dragonmaster Swain threads have either been to tell us 'We're thinking about it' or 'We had an idea, but we scrapped it.'

I even came up with a few ideas... Dragonmaster (1820) cycling for years, but I think Green or Black dragon would be more appropriate for him than Red. Voidcaller (1820) Have the Void corrupt him, a Seeker (mini vel'koz) sits on his shoulder. He turns into a giant Void Monstrocity that sends out Voidlings. Necromaster (1350) A sort of Harrowing or Shadow Isles skin, he's turned almost bone pale and Ravenous Flock has 'fleshy' parts where the feathers have fallen off. Hell, add bones if you like! Phoenix (1350) give him fiery armor, fiery effects, his Ravenous Flock is a multi-color plume like Phoenix Quinn. He can have a flame death animation! Debonair (750) Put him in a nice suit, give him a black cane, a dove on his shoulder, call it a day!

Last I heard he may need some refining to give him more of an identity or something like that, but can I please just get some reason, a REAL REASON, why freaking Ekko Vladimir Ahri and notably Riven , just got new skins but I'm still waiting on absolutely ANY word on Swain?

17 Comments

Angelofchaos16x8/21/2015, 8:20:37 PM3 votes

Swain, Brand, Zyra and Kennen are forgotten by riot.They all have a few skins (Kennen and Brand have more, but then they have legacy skins so they end up losing skins) and the last time they got a skin was over 3 years (Zyra got 1 in 2013 for the harrowing and one last year but its legacy) and its really really sad. And what makes it worse is the fact that they are not even scheduled for a Visual Update, so Riot can't even use that excuse.

Phife8/21/2015, 5:54:54 PM1 votes

You know honestly this champion was really amazing up until the E change to ignite and the RoA changes.... But other than that i think his kits in a solid place.

GreenLore8/31/2015, 11:58:14 PM1 votes

Vampire swain is also something that has to be done. Give him a bat and let him turn into a vampire monster and you get an awesome skin.

Crowe Stalker9/15/2015, 8:36:19 PM1 votes

5.19, still nothing, Riot please...

Gxrolen2/24/2016, 9:51:06 AM1 votes

Brother I feel you. I have found most your links through google, the forums, and your pages. Love the work and share the pain. I posted something that prolly won't get heard either but lets hope man.