Skin Concept: Archaeologist Yorick

Forhonor321··3 votes·661 views

Ok so I got this idea while playing Hearthstone with the League of Explorers and I just think this would be a neat skin to have since Yorick is now updated for some time and is in desperate need of a new skin.

Think about it. Yorick is now an archaeologist working in Egyptian/Shuriman ruins but digs up an artifact that releases an ancient curse, causing the dead to rise and what not. He's wearing the attire of an archaeologist that you may see in cartoons or movies: matching shorts, collared short sleeved shirt, large work boots, and one of those iconic hats they were ( I think they're called French pith helmets) maybe even having a bit of cloth running down the back of it a bit because, you know, he'd probably be working in the sun and would like to avoid sun burn to his neck. Even for his giant arch on his back now it could be just ancient ruins or some sun disk looking thing with either a green curse effect or just sand flowing as the cape.

Now to the part that I like the most: his minions are essentially little mummies. I mean I see no other way to put them, they must be tiny little mummies. The Maiden could even be one, like when she's summoned bandages form to reveal her. Maybe she even has some sort of ornate golden mask.

The effects of this skin would also be slightly changed, with the Maiden's attacks possibly resembling sand (or if not maybe a more green attack) and this could also apply to Yorick's E as well. The graves could be more sand like or even little sand tornadoes that the minions just pop out of, or better yet mini sarcophagi that they bust out of. W would have to be more like ruins and ancient brickwork than sand since that would be better for a pool party Yorick skin (someone start coming up with this idea immediately)

6 Comments

Rolling Girl2 votes

That actually sounds pretty cool, and that being said a straight up Shuriman-skin a la the Guardian of the Sands line would also be super great looking. Yorick has a lot of potential for some great skins and it would break my heart for them to make us wait that long and then drop a forgettable 750 RP skin instead of something real great.

cardomajig241 votes

[{quoted}](name=Rolling Girl,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=dw7Romyx,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2017-03-21T05:38:44.295+0000)

That actually sounds pretty cool, and that being said a straight up Shuriman-skin a la the Guardian of the Sands line would also be super great looking. Yorick has a lot of potential for some great skins and it would break my heart for them to make us wait that long and then drop a forgettable 750 RP skin instead of something real great.

They will do that because Annie, Lux, and Lee need more skins than they already have kappa, surely no one plays a champ we left in the dark for years, reworked, and then tossed on the floor.

Riot is so bad at getting to please their niche audiences in the form of aesthetics. They'll just keep on milking the same 5 champs over and over, occasionally giving skins to less-played-but-still-popular champs

Rolling Girl3 votes

Although they unfortunately like to make us wait way longer than they have to (Riot themselves have said that all champions eligible for skins have roughly equal consideration regardless of how badly they need one, which kind of upsets me), more often than not when we finally do get a skin for someone who needs one it's worth the wait.

It took almost a year from Sion's rework for him to get a skin, but it was the absolutely gorgeous Mecha Zero Sion legendary. And Jhin, who is ridiculously popular, just finally got his second skin, and it's super great looking too. The only recent example I can think of for someone's first post-release skin to be kind of a let down is Urf Kench, due to being a lowly 750 skin. I'm confident that when we finally do get a skin for Yorick (and Illaoi and Taliyah and Aurelion and..) they'll be well worth the wait. Or at least almost worth it.

cardomajig241 votes

[{quoted}](name=Rolling Girl,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=dw7Romyx,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2017-03-23T02:59:53.931+0000)

Although they unfortunately like to make us wait way longer than they have to (Riot themselves have said that all champions eligible for skins have roughly equal consideration regardless of how badly they need one, which kind of upsets me), more often than not when we finally do get a skin for someone who needs one it's worth the wait.

It took almost a year from Sion's rework for him to get a skin, but it was the absolutely gorgeous Mecha Zero Sion legendary. And Jhin, who is ridiculously popular, just finally got his second skin, and it's super great looking too. The only recent example I can think of for someone's first post-release skin to be kind of a let down is Urf Kench, due to being a lowly 750 skin. I'm confident that when we finally do get a skin for Yorick (and Illaoi and Taliyah and Aurelion and..) they'll be well worth the wait. Or at least almost worth it.

I guess man but i'm just not at all hopeful anymore :< Because even with the community coming up with ideas we get nothing from Riot, not even a peep, it's disheartening

Rolling Girl2 votes

At the very least, a few weeks ago a Red popped into a thread discussing possible Yorick skins and talked about a few ideas with people. Although he never confirmed it, it sounds like there isn't currently a skin in development (or at least wasn't at the time) but them looking into what the community would want out of a Yorick skin is nice

Megabungo1 votes

I would love a Zombie skin similar to nunu's.

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