There's only 4 Traditional Skins, why not have more?

4NoxiousHours·Apr 30, 2017·4 votes·1,019 views

Lee Sin Sejuani Trundle And Karma

What if there was an added legacy skin line of Traditional skins based on the concept designs?

https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/2/25/Kalista_Insights_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20161212054407

What do I mean? Lets use Kalista for example.

In this picture you see concepts of what Kalista could've been before her release. So why not have a skin line based on those concepts? Like the one where she is wearing a helm.

Idk this is just a suggestion because I've seen some concept designs that Riot has made where I wished it was a skin because it looked nice. :P

6 Comments

Warlord ScrapApr 30, 20172 votes

Because riot decided it was too expensive and not all the reworks fit the original skin. They stopped at trundle. The traditional skin is the pre rework champ

AbiwonKenabiApr 30, 20171 votes

With the exception of Lee Sin, all Traditional skins were made because Riot Visually changed the Champion so drastically. They have since stopped making these skins to go along with reworks as they believe the payoff wasn't worth the effort. So if anyone would get a Traditional skin, it would be someone like Galio or Sion.

Traditional Lee Sin in particular was I believe his appearance for most of his development and when they released him they released it alongside as a skin and homage to his inspiration, Bruce Lee.

I don't think they'll make Traditional skins ever again, at least not in the same sense, but I really like what happened to Sejuani's Traditional skin. They've turned it into a snapshot of a different time in her life, which is really cool. I'd love to see more lore-related skins like Captain Fortune, Captain GP, Pre-Void Kassadin, etc.

4NoxiousHoursApr 30, 20171 votes

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With the exception of Lee Sin, all Traditional skins were made because Riot Visually changed the Champion so drastically. They have since stopped making these skins to go along with reworks as they believe the payoff wasn't worth the effort. So if anyone would get a Traditional skin, it would be someone like Galio or Sion.

Traditional Lee Sin in particular was I believe his appearance for most of his development and when they released him they released it alongside as a skin and homage to his inspiration, Bruce Lee.

I don't think they'll make Traditional skins ever again, at least not in the same sense, but I really like what happened to Sejuani's Traditional skin. They've turned it into a snapshot of a different time in her life, which is really cool. I'd love to see more lore-related skins like Captain Fortune, Captain GP, Pre-Void Kassadin, etc.

When I saw that Sejuani splash art, it made me think how epic it would be if they created more Traditional skins based off the concepts and story wise. That art was not only visually amazing but it was a kind of art that felt like you were reading a story.

AbiwonKenabiApr 30, 20171 votes

Oh yeah I love the story telling aspects of it, I just don't think we'll see a "Traditional" skin ever again. That doesn't mean we can't get other cool lore skins like this though.

I'm looking forward to what they do with Pre-Void Kass for example.