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Rakan without matching skin in the new line of Invictus Gaming 2019 skins.

Archiviste Paris··27 votes·10,325 views

Dear Riot, this is directed towards the skins team.

Upon seeing the designs designated to the winners of League of Legends World Championship 2019, I am in awe at such pretty and admirable skins. I love how you engage the players on the team to help them create something they are passionate about. However, after seeing Rakan without Xayah, it's completely broken my heart. I myself am a Rakan main, my friend is a Xayah main and we play the champions in bot lane till we are blue in the face. We both adore this game and these champions, seeing them without each other is heartbreaking. We have all the skins up to now but that has been broken, because we cant match. I love the Rakan skin and yet, playing it and not matching is literally the worst thing to ever happen. My friend is heartbroken, I don't really want to play with a skin on while my friend has nothing to match it with. It was explained in a Reddit thread that they would always have matching skins, so when i heard the rumours of them making a Rakan skin, I wouldn't have doubted for a second that they would add a Xayah skin to match. To conclude my thoughts, I ask, may we please hope to see a Xayah skin to match Rakan in the IG skin line? Thank you.

Your's sincerely.

24 Comments

hamstervilla14 votes

I saw a new Rakan skin is to be released and that, as a Rakan main, makes me happy. But I also saw that no Xayah skin is going with it and I feel really disapointed, sad I'd say, heartbroken, that's the word. You should know that the romance beetween these 2 character has been taken really seriously by the players, not only by me. Riot even choose them to be the first champions figures !

I understand that this is the World Championship skin, and only 5 champion deserve it each year, but could it be possible to give Xayah a skin that fits Rakan one ? Like a Fangirl Xayah ? Coach Xayah ? Stratege Xayah ? Anything that is in relation with the championship, and visually in the line of Rakan ?

Please Riot, give their love back ! What am I supposed to do ?

DarkStarOblivion2 votes

Cool idea, but also has to match up with the charaters personality, coach xayah might work, but im not sure think fangirl xayah would... maybe if they did like an announcer xayah for riots lcs commentators

Kato Shuu1 votes

It would be cool if Coach Xayah was based on IG's coach Though, I think it would be kind of unfair for Coach Kkoma (ward Kkoma)

Stupafly1 votes

I personally want skins for xayah and Rakan that work similar for every other champion in the game. I want some skins to disregard lore.

They already have a bunch of couple skins. I just don't want to see them as a couple in EVERY instance. I mean is there more to their character than 'im with her' and 'im with him'

Yordle Xayah13 votes

I won't go into as much detail (or animosity) as I did in the other topic (particularly because this is way better presented than the other one) but I'll still lay it down:

Priority for these skins is not to keep up to the characters lore or their themes, but rather only about what the players wish to have as their personal skins. That's all there is to it.

Essentially the only reason this is a thing is because Baolan wanted Rakkan and Jackeylove wanted Kai'Sa. There's no plot or ill intent from Riot to "break the lovers apart". it's just the players picking their favorite characters for the Team skin. Remember these don't count towards the regular skin schedule and don't follow the same rules either.

I also believe that if there's a cool concept in the future that only works for one of the lovers, that there's no harm in making a single skin for the character is the idea just works. I like that they give them matching skins, but I believe you can bend that rule every now and then to give em unique outfits that can still look cute together.

Eleshakai3 votes

Nobody's saying NOT to do Kai'sa. Do an extra skin. It'll sell, I promise.

Yordle Xayah3 votes

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Nobody's saying NOT to do Kai'sa. Do an extra skin. It'll sell, I promise.

Did you read a word of what I wrote?...

Here's the thing: Baolan wanted Rakkan, Jackeylove Kai'Sa. That's literally all there is to it. This is not about what will or will not sell. This is not about keeping up with character lore. This is about Baolan and Jackeylove picking characters for their skins as World champions. Everything else is irrelevant.

If no Invictus Gaming player wants a Xayah skin, then that's the end of that.

If you think this is wrong or whatever, I recommend you write a strong worded letter to the Invictus Gaming management about how they're destroying Xayah and Rakkan for not giving Xayah a forced complementary skin.

ASilenceof3Parts1 votes

It's not an issue of one player wanting one thing and one wanting another. They have denied players requests for champion skins in the past and it could have been done again. The two champions are billed as a duo. You never see Rakan in a promo or anywhere on official riot material without xayah and vice versa. To create a skin for one and not the other is a significant break from that previously accepted standard. I had heard a while back Baolan wanted Rakan but he was denied because Jackeylove didnt want xayah so it surprised me when these got revealed yesterday. I think it would be curious to hear why the skin was ultimately allowed without a counterpart. Theres obviously a reason and each player deserves their skin but it's definitely a break from what Riot had set up as a previous roadblock to skins for these two

Yordle Xayah3 votes

It's not an issue of one player wanting one thing and one wanting another

Yes it is, everything else is just you over reading the situation.

They have denied players requests for champion skins in the past and it could have been done again

Different rules back then. Literally has no bearing in the current situation.

The two champions are billed as a duo

They're LOVERS not PARASITES TO EACH OTHER. They're NOT Kindred, they're NOT Nunu & Willump. You think that's how relationships work? I'd like my boyfriend to look as good as he can, not match every single outfit I wear.

You never see Rakan in a promo or anywhere on official riot material without xayah and vice versa

We just did. The Invictus Gaming skins.

To create a skin for one and not the other is a significant break from that previously accepted standard

It's not a standard, you're now making stuff up and it's very hard to take you seriously. All they said here is that they'll try to keep em together "As much as possible", but not that it's an unbreakable standard for all of eternity.

I had heard a while back Baolan wanted Rakan but he was denied because Jackeylove didnt want xayah so it surprised me when these got revealed yesterday

Source or it didn't happen. Even if it did, the rules have changed. I'll still be waiting for a source on your claim though.

I think it would be curious to hear why the skin was ultimately allowed without a counterpart.

Literally non of your business, but since you're so entitled, here it is: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3PGqtAUIAAtlhT.jpg Source here

Oh look it's LITERALLY WHAT I SAID BEFORE THEY CAME OUT AND CLARIFIED IT OUT

Theres obviously a reason and each player deserves their skin but it's definitely a break from what Riot had set up as a previous roadblock to skins for these two

If you think you have any real saying in the matter, why don't you go confront Jackeylove directly and tell him to his face how he's destroying Xayah and Rakkan. Let us know how that went.

Eleshakai1 votes

What they could do is have Baolan's Rakan simply HAVE Xayah with it. Who does it hurt?

Yordle Xayah2 votes

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What they could do is have Baolan's Rakan simply HAVE Xayah with it. Who does it hurt?

And give IG 7 skins just because of Xayah/Rakan? Are you insane? The skins are to celebrate specific players and nothing else. You think it's easy to develop a skin? "Oh yeah, just put a 7th one cause some entitled people can't picture Rakan having a skin of his own"

Rathar Dashing12 votes

Personally I'm glad to see them no longer shackled to each other in terms of skins, it really limits their individual potential. If you want to match you'll always have classic, cosmic, sweetheart and SSG skins to do so with.

Daedric Etwahl7 votes

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Personally I'm glad to see them no longer shackled to each other in terms of skins, it really limits their individual potential. If you want to match you'll always have classic, cosmic, sweetheart and SSG skins to do so with.

This is pretty much how I feel. Idk why it bothers me, but it's always seemed... kinda lame how they've seemed so shackled to each other, whether skins or lore.

Tbh I couldn't give a rat's ass about Xayah, I find her character intolerable, but Rakan I actually find to be rather interesting, too bad he's basically boiled down to "Xayah's man"

Stupafly2 votes

I agree. I thought skins were for fun and to break away from lore

DarkStarOblivion7 votes

I 100% agree, i am a xayah main and it feels wrong not having a skin to match my rakan

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/p4ZlyzAT-invictious-xayah

Xäyähnara6 votes

Honestly, It is understandable since the IG skins were all chosen by the players on that roster. Probably the only reason that Xayah didnt get a matching skin was because of that reason. The SSG skins from 2017 were all chosen by the roster with CoreJJ choosing Rakan, and Ruler choosing Xayah. However it does seem wrong to release one without the other because Scruffy replied to a question posted on the lol subreddit telling a player that:

"Yea, the plan is keeping with the matching skins." - here is the post, it is the second question asked.

Maybe since Rakan gets a standalone skin maybe Xayah will get the same? Nobody will know for now at least, but it does indeed seem wrong for riot to release a standalone skin for champions who were designed to be together.

BunNivida Coda5 votes

They lied to us :< I hope they fix this

Savvyal3 votes

Please riot! We need a matching xayah!!

Kayal2 votes

The main thing that keeps me playing is Xayah and Rakan, the moment I saw their animated short and read up about them I fell in love.

Releasing one without the other feels kinda crappy too, I almost always force my supp friend to buy the Rakan skin to pair with my Xayah and whilst there are others, it'd feel kinda weird not having that extra choice of customization. (also a goth birb xayah would be amazing)

fƒ152 votes

do u realize they aren't the ones who picked the champions for this skin line

Eleshakai2 votes

You're totally right. Rakan and Xayah have to be together. It's destiny. :(

Stupafly2 votes

I know Rakan and xayah are a thing.. but seriously. Most people just want their main to get a skin. You want your main AND you friends main to get skins.. at the same time.

I mean before you go out with your significant other do you make sure you are in matching outfits every time?

I hope Rakan/xayah are not eternally glued to the hips when it comes to skins. Some, cool. All, lame.

Joseraph1 votes

Maybe just make a Fangirl/Coach/Amateur/E-Girl Xayah Skin?

Aye Bee Positive1 votes

Yay, so two years in a row i WONT be buying a sup skin from worlds :l it kinda sucks xayah didnt get one yeah but the fact that rakan got one once again i think should just prove they shouldve picked someone else tbh, sucks to see the same champ get one two years in a row imo

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