A Proper Dragonslaying Vayne

rtbf24957229·Jan 15, 2015·39 votes·8,809 views

Since Vayne is retextured on the PBE, how about we take this opportunity to make her a part of the proper dragon slayer skin line, meaning red. Here's a re-texture I did last year and posted on League Craft called (you guessed it) "A Proper Dragonslayer". I think I did a pretty good job, and while I'm not looking for praise I'm showing you how COOL a red Dragonslayer Vayne would be! Rioters what do you think? Can you please???

REPOST from Board Feedback; improper category.

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41 Comments

7ha7guy777Jan 15, 201513 votes

maybe it's not red because it looks a lot like Shyvana from a distance

Hyrum GraffJan 15, 20154 votes

This. It's very important that a character 'reads' as that character (ie, that you can tell who they are at a glance). This is the reason, for example, that Ahri's Orb stays the same core color in all of her skins -- it's important to be able to tell, at a glance, that it's her orb.

Although, they can change some things about the characters, like the silhouettes, to make them read differently.

Neo CyrusJan 15, 20151 votes

That was a piss poor excuse and they know it. Just about every champion not named Ahri has their skillshot appearances changed in multiple skins.

SilvenJan 15, 20151 votes

Ahri's was important because it had to be the basic blue and then change to green when the passive is ready. Honestly I wouldn't mind if they made it a red or purple orb that turned green upon passive activation, but ohwell, Riot's so fond of clarity it feels like they're not even willing to make a teensy tiny step out of their comfort zone even if there'd be a lot of positive feedback, and there would be, I'm sure. (I mean why is Foxfire Ahri's orb blue. That totally doesn't fit!)

DreamsGoneMadJan 15, 20151 votes

There's actually a more valid reason than "it's past our comfort zone" for that decision. Foxfire Ahri is a reference to the Firefox browser system. Which has a blue sphere with a fiery fox around it.

LilStacey87Jan 15, 20156 votes

The Red Dragonslayer Vayne does look pretty cool, Id give it a 10/10. But Im not sure if Riot would change Vayne's color because 1. All Dragonslayer skins aren't red (Pantheon) and 2. People paid RP to get the skin. But if I had this Vayne skin and they changed ot Red I'd be ok with it honestly. But Im only 1 person lol.

Jeddy017Jan 15, 20152 votes

Well,I say the DS skins all have red,orange & brown tones (except Vayne of course) & are rather dark.But the bright blue sticks out like a sore thumb. It's the same issue that people had with BM Elise when she 1st came on the pbe.People said the bright pink didn't fit in the BM skin theme with the others,which were red.

tau43Jan 15, 20154 votes

Maybe she just killed a bright blue dragon.

Jeddy017Jan 15, 20158 votes

So......http://images.wikia.com/dragontales/images/e/e4/Ord.jpg

tau43Jan 15, 20151 votes

You motherfu... I haven't seen that show in ages.

EpisodesJan 16, 20151 votes

lol

LuchoLegendAug 13, 20151 votes

the feels T_T item 3151

The SoulforgedJan 15, 20155 votes

Am I the only one fine with DS vayne being blue? I honestly think it looks fine. We don't know enough about dragons to say that they only come in warm colors.

The SwedeJan 15, 20152 votes

Yeah I like the variety her blue DS skin brings. Everyone else's DS skins are red. This is still an awesome recolor though.

rtbf24957229Jan 15, 20153 votes

It's less about different dragons and more about consistency in theme. There are plenty of themes across League skins (especially newer skins) that don't show a radical change in hues or values such as this skin. Plus red Vayne is just better. :)

AuryielJan 15, 20151 votes

No it's not better and cosmetic consistency is an extremely poor excuse to use to enforce a needless change on content people PAID for

Kobila2000Jan 15, 20153 votes

Well, the old SR dragon was blueish green.

TheKingDodoJan 15, 20154 votes

What if vayne's red-dragon suit enrages dragon so much he actively leaves river to hunt down vayne? that would be an advantage to one team. it would never happen if it was a blue dragon suit :/

John BerserkJan 15, 20154 votes

The change in color idea could happen if Riot goes through with that idea of color changes for base skins and other skins.

http://imgur.com/a/TsNzk

With this, it wouldnt change for those who like how it is now, but for those who want it to be red (or any other color they offer), they could pay a small amount of RP for it.

rtbf24957229Jan 15, 20151 votes

I'm so down for this idea. But Riot needs to just implement it!

RoyaiChaosJan 15, 20154 votes

First off all, this is a pretty huge change to a skin no one has ever complained about, and is probably one of the most popular, if not the most popular Vayne skin. If this were to be put through, I'm sure there would be many unhappy customers, myself included. I dislike the bright red which is the reason I prefer this and Vindicator over Aristocrat.

Anyways, in defense of the blue color, Dragonslayer Pantheon is actually **BLUE ** and gold with a purple cape. Dragonslayer Braum is primarily red with purple accents. Dragonslayer J4 is mostly red but include blues and yellows.

No Dragon Slayer skin is purely one color like the red Vayne shown and they are all actually a spectrum of colors, so this change would make Dragonslayer Vayne even more different than the rest of the series. She is actually already very similar to Dragonslayer Pantheon in that she is mostly blue with a purple cape. But again, this change would actually make her more different from the rest of the series, it's not the right way to go if you want consistency.

aaronconlinJan 15, 20153 votes

I think there should be some continuity between all of the Dragonslayer skins. Dragonslayer Pantheon and Braum are great skins, and they're thematically alike. Dragonslayer Vayne and JarvanIV are honestly kind of lackluster and don't match each other, let alone the quality of the newer Dragonslayer skins. So if they did anything, they should make the four skins match thematically (Color schemes, horns, dragon heads etc) with the same quality

JustBoneBrookJan 15, 20151 votes

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I think there should be some continuity between all of the Dragonslayer skins. Dragonslayer and are great skins, and they're thematically alike. Dragonslayer and are honestly kind of lackluster and don't match each other, let alone the quality of the newer Dragonslayer skins. So if they did anything, they should make the four skins match thematically (Color schemes, horns, dragon heads etc) with the same quality

Well the quality of bloodmoon shen splash art suck and they did not make a new one because of elise , tresh and kalista

aaronconlinJan 15, 20151 votes

Bloodmoon Shen and Akali have dated splash art and models, but they're still artistically/thematically similar to Bloodmoon Thresh , Kalista , and Elise . They all have the Oni mask theme inspired by Japan and have a similar cholor scheme, whereas the different Dragonslayer skins are thematically different.

Look at the Battlecast skins, they're all alike except maybe Xerath , and that's the cheapest of the skins and no one uses it anyway, but it should get updated I think.

JustBoneBrookJan 15, 20152 votes

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Bloodmoon and have dated splash art and models, but they're still artistically/thematically similar to Bloodmoon.

1/2 agreed they are in the them (But hey AKALI SPLASH ART IS AWSOME!) : http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Akali_5.jpg VS http://loldb.gameguyz.com/images/skins_big_skin_fid_path/shen-blood-moon.jpg ... Akali art is just awsome they change it like 4 weak after they make her (old art): http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/276/4/5/lol___shen_akali_splash_by_conshinn-d5gpiku.jpg (WHITOUT SHEN...)

never said they should not make dragon slayer more like the other one ... Did I? probably not i upvote the post ...

aaronconlinJan 15, 20151 votes

Oh, the Bloodmoon Akali splash art is pretty cool. I guess I haven't really looked at it

KrizalidJan 15, 20152 votes

I would like to see her being red-orange similar to others as well.

DynamiteGazelleJan 15, 20152 votes

I think a better alternative would be to create new dragonslayer skins in different colors as well, maybe green or white, so the skin line will feature the different varieties of dragons. So a full dragonslayer team would be kinda prismatic with all different dragon types.

rtbf24957229Jan 15, 20151 votes

this is a good idea, if Riot had taken that route. Unfortunately, Pantheon and Braum kinda sealed the deal with what they wanted dragon slayers to look like and I actually took textures from both Panth's and Braum's skins and used parts in this re-texture.

Brush RustlerJan 15, 20152 votes

Here's a scenario where i think this would be a terrible idea:

full Dragonslayer team, all in red dragon outfits. Fighting against a Shyvana, oh wait, she is ice drake Shyvana. No way could a team of red dragon slayers kill a blue ice dragon. They must've forgotten that not all dragons are "properly" colored red.

foristJan 15, 20152 votes

If they did this I would find a way to refund this skin, no joke.

Par XżiJan 15, 20151 votes

The head though, LMAO

JamnonJan 15, 20151 votes

Vayne is the only one elite enough to kill a BLUE dragon.

TastyDragonJan 15, 20151 votes

I think everyone claiming red would be more in-theme doesn't understand the theme. Dragonslayer means they slay dragons. Nowhere does this mention what color of dragons.

Did you all forget that Vayne is the Night Hunter, and perhaps might be more inclined to fight a dragon that blends into the darkness of the night better than, say, a BRIGHT RED DRAGON? I see no issues thematically with a blue DS Vayne, as she has the dragon outfit and the potential reasons for it being blue are logical and fit in with her character.

Personally, I think Riot just kinda screwed up the whole idea in general, and let me just give my reasoning. We have Dragonslayer skins. Dragons, stereotypically, are creatures of fire. Fire is usually portrayed with colors ranging from yellow to red. Maybe Riot backed themselves into a corner because they thought it might be wierd to see fiery effects coming from a character colored in anything other than warm tones.

And now that I think of it, maybe the reason DS Vayne is blue is because blue fire exists naturally, and, naturally, is hotter than red flames. Haha, get it? Dragonslayer Vayne is the hottest Dragonslayer? ...I'm sorry, I'll put myself in the corner now.

AuryielJan 15, 20151 votes

How about you don't completely change the color of a skin just for shit's sake?

I'm very happy with the way Dragonslayer Vayne looks and I'd be extremely disappointed to see it changed just to fit a skin line she vastly predates

rtbf24957229Jan 16, 20151 votes

I didn't change it for "shit's" sake, but for mine. I really find the blue a lot less appealing. At the very least a model update for that pauldron is in order. J4 and her skin's are roughly the same age and yet his still fits in better than hers.