So, another Academia skinline...but still none for Taliyah?

ChickenWizard··18 votes·8,826 views

So, Taliyah has now been available for 3 YEARS and has received 1 skin, which is an event based legacy skin. So, when a new academia skinline was revealed, I was excited at the prospect of Riot FINALLY giving her a skin that quite honestly would fit very well, I am once again met with disappointment. Guess I'll just wait until next patch cycle, just to have my hopes crushed again. At least Lux and Ezreal get new skins, Riot needs that cas- I mean, Lux and Ez really need a few more skins...

(Yes, this is a saltpost and yes, I'm biased)

23 Comments

AnotherPurple3796 votes

She would have been great in Lux's position! But no, they still couldn't give it to her :(

Let's hope she might get a Star Guardian skin by the end of this year...

SEKAI1 votes

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She would have been great in Lux's position! But no, they still couldn't give it to her :(

Let's hope she might get a Star Guardian skin by the end of this year...

Taliyah is just as good, if not better than Lux in terms of waifu points, if that's what Riot is aiming for which let's be honest, that's exactly what they were aiming for when they decided to give Lux a skin yet again.

Taliyah fits perfectly into the skinline's theme in just about every way that fits so perfectly it's as if a match made in heaven, so it's not like they get to use that same old excuse of "theme isn't compatible" to begin with (it's an excuse because more than half the reasons why skins even exist is to experiment and explore with different ideas, and that statement is effectively an antithesis of it).

Not sure why they can't just cut Taliyah some slack and give Lux some break.

AnotherPurple3791 votes

Yep. Lux literally has a comic coming up now. Riot needs to leave her alone and give the girl some slack.

Please Riot. Let her rest. Taliyah can take over just fine, don't panic.

Shiroe Okazaki4 votes

Hey. Lux got a skin its fiiiiiinneeee. She doens't have enough

DrCyanide4 votes

Xerath hasn't gotten a new skin since before Taliyah was a champion. So much missed opportunity with a Super Hero School theme...

Oleandervine1 votes

Uhm no. Xerath first of all looks horrible. Secondly, Battle Academia isn't a super hero school theme. It appears to be a highly gifted students theme, blending in high school with technology. Xerath isn't an immediate pick for this line, considering that ALL of the people selected, barring Yuumi, use high tech weapons of some sort.

RooAbost54 votes

At this point I think Taliyah is going to end up with a low effort skin later on. It'll be elderwood and they'll just add some vines on her rocks and change her outfit to green...

Taliyahº3 votes

I don't think she'd really fit in this theme, she doesn't actually use a weapon.

Azurasfire1 votes

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I don't think she'd really fit in this theme, she doesn't actually use a weapon.

Her Coat is enough of a weapon

The Stripy Bag3 votes

Well you could do what Crown did and go win Worlds because apparently if you want a champion that isn't a cash cow to get a skin that's what you have f$#@ing do around here.

Sukishoo2 votes

I'm hoping she gets Pool Party myself or maybe Star Guardian, since she isn't part of Academia we can still hope !!!

Well Cause2 votes

If only people knew Udyr Shaco Xerath Skarner existed

Myren Quiddle1 votes

Ornn still only has the skin when he got released

Glaricion1 votes

This reminds me, I need to learn to play Taliyah one day. Such a fun champion, but not the most pick-up-and-play one that has ever been released.

Has she always been extremely unpopular, or only after they drastically increased her (especially mid) skill floor?

Yordle Xayah1 votes

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Yets42401 votes

Hell, I was in college at 17, and was only a year or two younger than most people in my classes. So, that's roughly sophomore-junior aged in high school based on average ages in the US: 14-15 is freshmen, 15-16 is sophomore, 16-17 for junior, 17-19 for seniors.

Yordle Xayah1 votes

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Hell, I was in college at 17, and was only a year or two younger than most people in my classes. So, that's roughly sophomore-junior aged in high school based on average ages in the US: 14-15 is freshmen, 15-16 is sophomore, 16-17 for junior, 17-19 for seniors.

I was mostly kidding. I think Taliyah is in her early 20's or something like that. Riot once said she was 16 at a panel or like a Twitch stream before release or solidifying her lore so now I just say she's 16, even though I know that'd be too old for middle school anyway.

I'm not a fan of Ezreal and Lux getting another skin, particularly Ezreal, but what can you do :(

Sexy Jack Rabbit3 votes

What state do you live in that 16 is middle school?? How long were you held back for? What has the American Education come to??

Yordle Xayah1 votes

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What state do you live in that 16 is middle school?? How long were you held back for? What has the American Education come to??

#IT WAS A JOKE

SEKAI1 votes

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What state do you live in that 16 is middle school?? How long were you held back for? What has the American Education come to??

To be fair, a person can easily be 16 and still in middle skill.

You see, kids typically join primary school at the age of 6 and finish it the age of 12, and then finish middle school at the age of 15, then 18 for high school.

I'm sure you see what I'm going with this. If a kid for whatever reason, was "behind" for a lack of better terms, then they could be 16 and still in middle school (age 16 in year 9, or the 3rd year of middle school).

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But then again, while the comment has been deleted so I can't see what it was, but the guy has said it was a joke.

Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votes

Most children attend school at ages as Early as 4 nowadays. 5 is the standard entrance age.

Especially considering you live in the same region as myself, it's almost impossible to be 16 and not be in highschool unless you're held back.

SEKAI1 votes

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Most children attend school at ages as Early as 4 nowadays. 5 is the standard entrance age.

Especially considering you live in the same region as myself, it's almost impossible to be 16 and not be in highschool unless you're held back.

That's pre-school, which can start anytime before a child turns 6 and is usually more of a glorified babysitter more than anything (more so than primary school), and is not to be confused with primary schools.

Primary school typically starts at 6 yo, as per the say Australian law enforcing children are to be in primary schools no later than 6. As far as I know, most nations start primary schooling at the age of 6.

Onwards, most people finish year 9 at 15 yo. Early starters may finish at 14 and by the same token, late finishers for whatever reason may finish it at 16. I wouldn't say the latter is something so impossible to warrant a genuine surprise.

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And if there's some parents crazy enough to throw their kids into primary school as early as 4 yo, I feel bad for the kids. There is a reason why the primary school age are defined to be 6 years old, because children before that age is simply not ready for school, both mentally and physically. A child at something like 4 years old is simply next to impossible to consistently withstand school where they're bombarded with information for an entire day for 5 days a week, and countless both mental and physical activities starting as early as 8 AM each day on average (Australia starts like 8:30 or 9 or something, but then we have like US and Taiwan and whatnot that starts at 7:30 which is completely bullshit especially we KNOW that kids NEED MORE SLEEP than adults), their mind and body is simply not ready. And it shows, all of the researches show a clear correlation that early starters are performing worse than average and not the opposite.

Good job putting your kid behind since year 1, just because you have some extremely misguided notion that entering the school as early as possible is an advantage or some shit.

Pika Fox1 votes

Ezreal and Lux are both more popular, and more fitting for the skinline.

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