Headhunter akali.

Jixx·2/27/2015, 7:28:38 PM·5 votes·10,435 views

I'm a big akali fan, not so much a headhunter fan. But let me say, headhunter akali looks amazing. The theme fits her so damn well (Cough, caitlyn) and the particles were executed perfectly. The splash art is on point with the model and it's just a great color and look for her.

Now my only concern/problem to point out. The stocking/net is only on one leg... and it looks really strange to me, I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, so I thought I'd point it out.

/Thumbs up rito

28 Comments

Riotmoonstones2/27/2015, 8:00:54 PM3 votes

Hiya Jixx!

Thanks for the feedback in regards to Headhunter Akali! I'm so happy to hear you like the skin!

The fishnet on one leg was a design choice, and was intentional. :]

Lumus Avatar2/27/2015, 7:41:49 PM3 votes

Are you familiar with the Predator series of Comics or Movies? (the movies starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Glover, Respectively)

The alien creatures in these media are armored badass hunters and it is their attire that these skins are based on.

The fish-netting you see is a thermal control layer (according to the comics) and it is entirely for visual appeal that they are depicted as having this thermal layer distributed unevenly over their body.

Here's an image. This predator has the netting on his torso and legs, evenly distributed, but only on one of its arms. The positioning of the netting varied from creature to creature and so it is with the League Champions mimicking them.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/142/d/2/neca_1_4_scale_predator_2_repaint_by_mangrasshopper-d668xie.jpg

Only Play Darius3/2/2015, 3:12:05 PM2 votes

Headhunter Cait looks amazing, what are you talking about?

Ricketts3/2/2015, 5:31:03 PM2 votes

Imo, this skin kinda leaves a sour taste in my mouth for the Headhunter line. I liked the odd crossover of the Predator theme onto Yi originally, because of how it was a big departure from his other skins. As a fan of the Predator series, I didn't much like how Yi had so little in common with one of those aliens, but i was cool. Rengar and Nidalee were great because they retained more of the traits of a Predator, Rengar more like the big Alpha Predators from the most recent movie, and Nidalee more like the female human character from older Predator comics. Each have weapons and skills more in line with a Predator, so it was a really good fit. Caitlyn...I'm kinda on the fence with her. The overall look is less like a Predator and more like a random SciFi safari hunter. I do enjoy the look and feel of the ult, with how it invokes the terror of the shoulder blasters, so it kinda was a mediocre fit. Adding Akali as a Headhunter ends the line with a whimper after the so-so Caitlyn. Predators from all indication in film, have been mainly males. There had been some parts of the franchise that included human women, but not to the extent of the team makeup of the Headhunters now. Akali's weapons and skills do not really reflect a hunter and don't mesh well with the Predator base. Finally, Akali already has a number of skins and sadly there are some champs who have not been getting skin options.

It was a fun line, but it could've been better.

Reynard the ƒox2/27/2015, 7:29:42 PM2 votes

I imagine it was intentional. To make it edgy and asymmetrical, I imagine

Blacktor1172/28/2015, 4:40:23 PM2 votes

I like the skin... but it look a little bit like the silverfang skin

bad arcade kitty3/13/2015, 6:32:10 AM1 votes

headhunter akali looks as a worse version of silverfang akali

TheJinxedOne3/13/2015, 6:33:20 AM1 votes

so.. my question is... why isnt it released already.. 5.4 released Sona relatively fast after the initial patch.. i mean i remember seeing the post that says the in game sounds are not yet present.. but that almost seemed like "we will release the new looks but the new sounds you just gotta wait a little"