Annual Request to Riot for Trundle's Legendary Skin

BattleBalladeer·1/20/2016, 6:12:48 PM·9 votes·3,141 views

Trundle has been my favorite character ever since I returned to League in 201(4? Idk) and found out I had the traditional skin. I really love playing with this skin all the time and I do not ever use the Lil Slugger I got in mystery gift last season.

I believed for a time that there was nothing that could ever make me stop using the skin. I was wrong. Even though I love the original trundle concept far more than the new one, this legendary skin idea that has been asked for time and time again would motivate me to buy 20 dollars worth of RP and to use the skin selection panel again.

Thematically, this concept fits Trundle perfectly. From Wikipedia (emphases added):

Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes.Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common.

They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs called kanabō (金棒?). This image leads to the expression "oni with an iron club" (鬼に金棒 oni-ni-kanabō?), that is, to be invincible or undefeatable. It can also be used in the sense of "strong beyond strong", or having one's natural quality enhanced or supplemented by the use of some tool.

Some sketches by Wuzidan for a Polycount contest a long time ago:

https://40.media.tumblr.com/2679968312e1e06c45a202a0449672a9/tumblr_n609vpAXZ91qfsmhmo1_1280.png

https://41.media.tumblr.com/91d8365b7928b91202bf39c360c49bbd/tumblr_n609vpAXZ91qfsmhmo2_500.png

And this full splash art she made: [slayer-pantheon-rainbows] http://cd8ba0b44a15c10065fd-24461f391e20b7336331d5789078af53.r23.cf1.rackcdn.com/polycount.vanillaforums.com/attachments/1/8/6/1/2/1/23633.jpg [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

Obligatory D&D Ogre (actually an oni) Mage potential Chroma colors:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/6a/62/24/6a622422d672473e9ca7efeb54ca6a47.jpg

My spell effects suggestions:

Q should be like the Traditional with fire, but maybe have it be more defined and demonic. Something 2spooky. It could even be done in a sort of spirit fire-colors instead similar to Ahri (not because Onis are always given fire powers in Japanese mythology, but because trundle's Q needs that indicator for the duration of the AD buff and this would look really bad ass. Especially with the red skin color in Wuzidan's concepts)

W - could pave the ground with stones

Like this: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/06/ad/81/b6/unesco-building.jpg

But maybe more spaced out between each stone. They could form a Blood Moon symbol if this were an installment to the blood moon skin line or lunar revel.

E - could be half of a red gate

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/assets/images/shinto-gates-red-MS-2.jpg

Showing that it has been partially destroyed, the gate does not ward off the demon troll but instead its debris blocks victims from escaping it.

Perhaps the best possible LEGENDARY way to handle Trundle's E is to have a fully animated E where the gate spawns as a whole, but then shatters and the top of the gate swings down to form an angular shape like ^.

R - This should do something drastically different. It could change his colors from red to blue, showing the true colors of the troll (blue is symbolic for the villain in Japanese theater and storytelling) with his eyes having fire. Or if you want to make it weird like the wikipedia paragraphs, trundle can grow extra eyes. He still increases in size like the original skins.

The skin has a lot of possible names. The red colors would make it look a lot like Underworld Galio so it could be Underworld Trundle

It is a dark an scary eastern-themed skin with red so it could be Blood Moon Trundle (but this would only make Diana mains cry)

The new skin line introduced this year is Lunar Wraiths. Maybe a Lunar Wraith Trundle. (If the skin line isn't all female like it is so far)

I would like to thank both:

"Arcus Diabolus" (In his thread he points out the weapon style "Kanabo") http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130505040936/ultimate-crossover/images/7/75/Kanabo.jpg

and "A Little Psycho"

(he found this alternate image by an "o11" (?)) http://apollo-na-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1424102422121/bloodpool.png

for making similar threads in the past.

Edit: Come one! me and these other 3-4 people can't be the only ones who think this concept is awesome!

I'm sure my ability suggestions could use some work. Any ideas on that?

8 Comments

Pyrodinium1/20/2016, 10:56:09 PM3 votes

I really like it, but nothing in that post makes it so it would need to be a Legendary skin.

A 1350 RP skin might be able to handle this concept adequately.

SolidPooh1/20/2016, 10:40:20 PM2 votes

Blood Moon Trundle would be sick

looks also like an Onimusha demon

AND Akuma from SF

Ralanr1/20/2016, 10:30:18 PM1 votes

This is the perfect skin concept for Trundle as he is now.

Stars Shaper1/21/2016, 2:14:54 PM1 votes

Maybe you should do it 2-3 months before the Lunar Revel skin usually get announced.