Star Guardian 2019, picks and predictions

0cean Mann·Aug 19, 2019·3 votes·2,461 views

Star guardian is the only major event left for 2019 so here are my guesses on who gets skins

- She's naive, energetic and is a great fit for a star guardian skin - She only has 1 skin and she would fit in the line - Popular among pros and she's a cat - Last skin was in 2017 and has like 3 skins - According to leaks - According to leaks - According to leaks :)

I hope Kayle gets the legendary And for urgot, how was it leaked? well Skin spotlights released a video on "star guardian urgot interactions" which got quickly removed and it might be a posibility

16 Comments

Chembaron YamadaAug 19, 20193 votes

The team I would personally enjoy the most to see: Quinn Orianna Sona Taliyah Neeko

Quinn She didn't get a skin for a while, actually expected her to finally get that highly requested Project skin, but well... She works for Star Guardian, too, in my opinion. Already has a familiar with Valor and we could use some more tomboyish Star Guardians (hoped for Vi to be that first, but Caitlyn got Arcade and Vi should get the Star Guardian skin the same time like Cait, they should be in the same team).

Orianna Could be one of the most interesting Star Guardians, because of a special background. I imagine her as a veteran who got heavily injured on a mission, close to death, but the first star managed to save her by granting her a new, magical, artificial body. Also already has something that can serve as her familiar with her ball (armadillo familiar?). Also brings a new personality trope to the team: kuudere (appearing emotionless and cold at first, but is loving in a subtle way).

Sona Highly requested for a long time by her mains and she would fit the skin line well, that's all.

Taliyah Didn't get any non-esports skin until now and could definitely use one. Her personality goes well with the Star Guardian theme, but they could also make her a bit different, like a himedere (acting like a heighty princess), since this would go well with a kimono based design (which would fit her sleeves well). Would also make her more standing out in terms of her magical girl outfit.

Neeko Is basically already confirmed to get the skin and a prestige edition. Also, since she clearly has a thing for cute girls, she could be quite fun to read about in the Star Guardian lore, always trying to make a move on the other girls.

For the legendary, because of personal bias, I would like Orianna to get it, especially since her original voice over is so .... weird. Additionally, it could flesh out her tragic past better if she would get new voice lines.

Close runner up would be Taliyah, for the sole purpose of changing her personality into that himedere I was talking about. But I prefer the robot girl....

Baby GhoulAug 19, 20191 votes

Solid list! I'd be genuinely surprised of Taliyah doesn't get an SG skin this year. She only has one permanent normal skin. It would seem like such a missed opportunity.

I also kind of like that they tend to break away from the cookie cutter magical girl type every now and again. Champions like Quinn and Orianna, or even Nunu, aren't obvious choices, but skins like that keep the line fresh.

Nanuk PihoqahiakAug 19, 20192 votes

Taliyah is like guaranteed. She's a younger girl that fits the thematic perfectly. I would have maybe bet on Irelia, but she just got Project. I wouldn't be surprised if they injected another male into the line. Taric? Braum? ... Urgot?

Chembaron YamadaAug 19, 20191 votes

The only one basically guaranteed is Neeko. I also expect Taliyah to get the skin, but Riot tends to surprise us with their skin choices...

Yoshi TakanawaAug 19, 20192 votes

The Urgot "Leak" was not real. The guy from SkinSpotlights (Uli) did this as a troll because the day before the 9.17 PBE patch started, he got tons of dm's of people who literally spammed about asking him when the Star Guardians are coming, so he uploaded this Video on YouTube for everyone to show up in their notifications menu as a joke. The video itself only was 5 seconds long and he did joke around about Star Guardian Skins all day long on twitter.

cars3nAug 19, 20191 votes

Ive been holding onto hope that Star Guardian Nunu and Willump will come. It just fits perfectly and he could be blue with poppy and ezreal and has the upbeat fun attitude and friendly face

LapisAug 19, 20191 votes

I'll have a hard time being happy about it if Taliyah doesn't get a star guardian skin. She deserves it.

Baby GhoulAug 19, 20191 votes

I think Neeko is going to get an SG skin and a Prestige version. Garena has no reason to make anything up and they work closely with Riot.

Personally, I'm hoping that Nami gets an SG skin. I'd like to see something a little different for her and they made a human version of Soraka already.

I'd love to see an anti-SG team created by Syndra in the future too. That's where Morgana and Zyra would fit best in my opinion.

Also, Yuumi is so far from popular with the pros. A lot of pros voice their disgust with her game design and think it's broken, and she was the most banned champion in professional play and had a 50% ban rate in Master and GM until her recent nerfs. A lot of other enchanter mains hate her as well. Working off that, a funny skin concept for her would be a Kyubey like skin from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/34800000/Kyubey-puella-magi-madoka-magica-34823818-488-306.png

SilvarsparkAug 19, 20191 votes

Kayle and Morgana would be awesome and maybe a prestige Kayle version? I imagine a golden starguardian angel has a lot of potential.

Yuumi is possible, but I don't want her to get a SG skin because I want her to get a halloween skin :)

I also see Taric as a realistic candidate. His character fits and he didn't get a skin in ages either. Nunu might actually work as well. A kid SG riding on a big companion? Why not? Maybe even Annie?!

Yoshi TakanawaAug 19, 20192 votes

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Kayle and Morgana would be awesome and maybe a prestige Kayle version? I imagine a golden starguardian angel has a lot of potential.

Yuumi is possible, but I don't want her to get a SG skin because I want her to get a halloween skin :)

I also see Taric as a realistic candidate. His character fits and he didn't get a skin in ages either. Nunu might actually work as well. A kid SG riding on a big companion? Why not? Maybe even Annie?!

Neeko is getting the Prestige Skin~

SilvarsparkAug 20, 20191 votes

Meh... I believe it when it happens. I don't give much about leaks.

Yoshi TakanawaAug 20, 20192 votes

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Meh... I believe it when it happens. I don't give much about leaks.

I don't believe leaks either, unless they are coming from an Official source that is Riot themselves, the Garena post did exist as Riot announced an Update post about Prestige Skins and their availability, but they took it offline as Riot decided to do changes on the Post to add info on 2020 Prestige Skins as well. I've seen and read the Garena post myself, it did exist

SilvarsparkAug 20, 20191 votes

Oh right...do we know anything new regarding prestige points by now?

Yoshi TakanawaAug 20, 20191 votes

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Oh right...do we know anything new regarding prestige points by now?

no, they published they would release the post sometime later when the next prestige skin would release

Yoshi TakanawaAug 19, 20191 votes

btw keep in mind, Star Guardian 2019 is not going to be an Event like Lunar Revel, MSI/Battle Academia, Arcade and PROJECT, in which you can buy a Pass, clear Missions and grind Tokens, its only just a Skins Release and maybe will have Crafting Capsules like Blood Moon early in the year, and the Prestige Points Prestige Skin of course. The next Token grind Events left for 2019 are Worlds and Snowdown.