Can Riven please get a decent skin that isn't unavailable?

yay nibbers·7/24/2015, 5:10:55 PM·13 votes·6,887 views

Let's open with a TL;DR: Riven 's currently available skins are ugly and/or haven't aged well so she needs something new and fresh

Apparently unpopular opinion here: I like Riven. I don't main Riven but I like to play her once in a while, she's fun to play and a cute and cool character to boot! That said, I find myself sometimes using her default skin because it's actually one of her better skins (I own two, Battle Bunny and Dragonblade). Of her non-default skins, three of them aren't an eyesore and two of them aren't even available (one legacy, the other completely unavailable). I think most people will know them, Battle Bunny, Dragonblade, and Championship. Personally, I think Championship is her best skin, but I wasn't playing around when it came out and thought $400 for a skin code was a bit much before that stuff was disabled. Since one is legacy and the other is kept in a vault away from us unlike the other Championship skins, most of us are left with Battle Bunny as the only decent skin choice, and even that skin is a bit outdated. So I think Riven needs a new skin, something cool like the many Arcade Riven suggestions or something else neat.

This also applies to a number of older champs, like Kennen, Yorick, Jarvan, Shen, etc. Though I personally feel like Riven is closer to the bottom of the barrel for good looking skins.

Here's the oft tossed around Arcade Riven by ptcrow to show just one cool concept that could be used for a new Riven skin

11 Comments

Altricad7/25/2015, 2:43:03 AM4 votes

It's ok to like Riven, even love her and hope for her to get a new skin.

But to argue she is even remotely balanced is a different beast.

And yes OP, I myself think riven needs a good skin that portrays her in a cute/cool manner ( battle bunny is just... kinda forced imo)

Ristos7/25/2015, 6:21:27 AM3 votes

As a Riven main whose kind of sick seeing everyone use battle bunny it would be nice to get a new non legacy skin and Arcade Riven would be a pretty good one, with the new Pool Party line it would be pretty sweet to see a second line of Arcade skins

Munehisa lwai7/25/2015, 5:22:36 PM3 votes

Seeing a top lane as an opening to complete the 'Arcade' package, I simply love for there to be a new Riven skin! She so far is my favorite champion, Not a lot of Rivens I see either. I really hope Arcade Riven becomes a thing, It'll be cute! :) summoner 31 Riven

Munehisa lwai8/23/2015, 2:49:42 PM2 votes

it worked.

IcyPepper7/25/2015, 2:45:42 AM2 votes

I'm no fan of Riven...

but I wouldn't mind seeing a new skin for her.

Hell, I might play her if she had that skin!

S2C2Xd9KOy7/25/2015, 6:55:57 AM2 votes

I have all the skins except for championship. Don't even see the point of her release skin Redeemed Riven because its almost the exact fucking same as her default and the Crimson Elite skin line is the ugliest skin line I can currently think of, leaving only the 3 skins you mentioned. Battle Bunny is actually a great skin and makes her Q and R look really good. Championship is obviously great and I like the character model and sword model of Dragonblade but the only thing that bothers me is unlike with any of her other skins, the sound effect of her Q with the skin doesn't even sound like you're hitting anything lol. With her other skins, you can hear the sword hitting them. This got really off topic. Yay new Riven skin..

Rusty Justy 77/27/2015, 2:37:36 AM1 votes

Arcade riven would be pretty sick!

Only Play Darius7/25/2015, 6:56:54 AM1 votes

Dragonblade is a pretty well done skin.