Zombie skins are cool and all. But...

Guy Fox Teemo·Oct 13, 2015·39 votes·6,690 views

But come on, you couldn't think of ANYTHING else then Zombie themed skins for Harrowing?

Vampires , Witchs, Spiders, Black Cats, Werewolfs, Bats , Crows, Mummys, Devil, Skeletons, Grim Reaper, Pumpkins, etc.

So many ideas, but we get the Zombie theme? So boring, bland and extremely over used. They are cool skins and all but really getting tired of seeing, Zombie/Zombie Related, themes during Harrowing/Hallowing season.

Here are the Skins btw in case your wondering:

Slayer Jinx 1350 RP http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R6jXlcs9-I8/Vh1s07isMsI/AAAAAAAAyp8/lSB6Gfl_Mcg/s640/jinx.jpg

Slayer Pantheon 975 RP http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A-wAee1y34Q/Vh1uBEmGy5I/AAAAAAAAyqc/vHeWet_rapU/s640/panth.jpg

Zombie Nunu 1350 RP http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K_uReEae03s/Vh1u8K7jXQI/AAAAAAAAyrE/NbeJ_lrLqyo/s640/nunu.jpg

74 Comments

SukishooOct 13, 201528 votes

Even Spirit Fire Brand and Demon Vi feel more Harrowing related then the Zombie Apocalypse theme.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cJaPmCCZNZQ/VhrBOcBfIkI/AAAAAAAAHLc/Tpk8I2F8Xw0/s1600/brandturn.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IULyrxZB5FQ/VhrBOxIkNII/AAAAAAAAHMA/e9ykWZ3beLI/s1600/viturn.jpg

and Panth's skin is 975 not 1350.

Tails DollOct 14, 20154 votes

I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE FUCKING HARROWING SKINS.

SukishooOct 15, 20152 votes

Nope, confirmed to not be.

GreenLoreOct 13, 201519 votes

Kinda disappointed that appearantly Necromancer Azir isn't going to be a thing. He is the only 2014 champ that still doesn't have a skin,so I thought they were waiting for the harrowing(though toy-commander azir is also a possible for snowdown)

Anyway I think zombienunu looks great(mistook it for a legendary skin at first).The slayer skins are also neat,even if they aren't that impressive.

Blue Moon WolfOct 14, 20154 votes

meanwhile Ekko , who's popularity I think died down right after he got that 2nd skin, got that after being out for... what... a month or 2? I understand he's complex with his soldiers and turret (kind of like why Khazix only has 2 skins since evolving models are difficult) but couldn't they at least given him some chromas before giving ekko another skin?

ZT XperimentorOct 13, 20158 votes

Wow, these are disappointing, where's the . . . Wacky humor of bed-sheet ghost nocturne? (can't remember the actual name) Silliness like reverse annie? Spookiness of haunted moakai? Originality like definitely not blitzcrank?

I agree, there's so much more potential; and they're pitifully wasting it. The holiday isn't really the important thing though; it's the glaring lack of creativity in these more recent skins.

WhiskerWowOct 14, 20153 votes

Reverse Annie is not a harrowing skin, FrankenTibbers Annie is.

Adrian BlackbearOct 14, 20152 votes

The "Definitely Not" skin set is apparently an April Fools thing now.

ZT XperimentorOct 14, 20151 votes

Oh really, who else got one?

ConnceptOct 14, 20152 votes

Definitely Not Udyr

ZT XperimentorOct 14, 20151 votes

Oh right, it made him look like an amusement park mascot.

OxBakerOct 13, 20157 votes

Would have loved a FrankenSion skin instead of yet another nunu...

SukishooOct 13, 20152 votes

2011 was his last in-store skin 2013 was his last LEGACY skin.

So he still deserved one.

Sion having his VU in 2014 kind of held off the true need for a new skin for a little while. He'll get one soon enough though.

Kat HeadOct 13, 20152 votes

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2011 was his last in-store skin 2013 was his last LEGACY skin.

So he still deserved one.

Sion having his VU in 2014 kind of held off the true need for a new skin for a little while. He'll get one soon enough though.

Harrowing skins really should not be based on need. They should be based on awesome ideas for a harrowing skin.

SelflessTeammateOct 13, 20157 votes

Just to get it out there, I like the Pantheon one, I do. The sound effects are sick.

At the same time...I'm so freaking sick of zombies, and everything that reminds me of them. I've been sick of zombies long before Left 4 Dead 2 came out (which feels like forever ago, give or take), and even before then, I was just getting exhausted at the theme every single piece of media seemed to be taking. I thought they were a dead theme at this point.

I mean, I guess someone doesn't think the fad is over (it is, Riot, seriously, get with the times), but...gah, I dunno. On one hand, Slayer Pantheon (which is a neat play on words of Dragonslayer Pantheon, I admit), which isn't really zombie-like (he seems more Texas Chainsaw Massacre to me, not a zombie hunter, which doesn't seem nearly as cool), and that's good. The Jinx one? Not so good. I would even call that a bad idea that doesn't even fit the character as a violence-crazed Piltover psychopath. It feels empty in spirit. And I couldn't care less about Nunu while Nunu Bot still exists. Waste of a good opportunity for all the others already mentioned, like Bard. And maybe it's asking too much, but Karthus has never had a particularly good skin that feels like an upgrade over his base skin, ever, at least post-VU.

On the other, the whole zombie thing...Yeah, everyone's had enough of it. Everyone. That's why there aren't any more zombie mods for every single first-person shooter ever released now. Or, even worse, that weird Counter-Strike zombie thing that never took off because no one cared about it. But I digress, the dead-tired cliche bothers me for being beaten even harder, but Pantheon getting a cool skin is a good thing.

Conflicting, man.

Guy Fox TeemoOct 13, 20151 votes

Both The Pantheon and Jinx skin, are meant to fit the Zombie theme, as "Slayers" Who kill the zombies.

SelflessTeammateOct 13, 20153 votes

And I'm saying I think those are bad ideas to begin with for thematic reasons, and Harrowing events deserve something better. Like, you know, the standard that was already set by the ones previous.

SkiasOct 14, 20151 votes

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Both The Pantheon and Jinx skin, are meant to fit the Zombie theme, as "Slayers" Who kill the zombies.

I thought it was a nod to Mad Max. I didn't even know they were Harrowing skins until it was pointed out.

SelflessTeammateOct 14, 20151 votes

Me, too, actually. I totally thought Mad Max before I read the description that corrected me.

NegaDKROct 13, 20153 votes

Zombies aren't a fad, they've been a part of pop culture ever since the 60's with the original Living Dead movies. To call zombies a "fad" is to call something like spy movies a "phase" or gang cinema a "period".

I also can't understand why people are treating the skins as if they're copying the Walking Dead or Resident Evil zombie aesthetic, when they much more closely resemble the campy, don't take themselves seriously look of Zombies Ate my Neighbors! and Evil Dead 2.

What do you even mean by "doesn't fit the character" for Jinx? Is it the fact the she's fighting zombie and not people?

SelflessTeammateOct 14, 20151 votes

No, dude. There's a very noticeable difference in spirit, artistic value, and creativity between Sam Raimi's works and, say...Well, almost anything else that ever had to do with zombies, really. But the original idea has been thrown completely out the window for this new idea of what zombies are about, which is absolutely nothing of substance. We can put aside "The Infected", because I liked 28 Days Later.

That's like saying Twilight's justified in ruining the concept of vampires for everyone because vampires have always been around. Yeah, sort of. There are a few differences between Twilight and the very original Dracula classic, just as there is the zombie fad going on the past few years and how they originally began, which was artistic.

AnihakuOct 13, 20157 votes

Is it just me or are these skins terrible compared to the kass/brand/vi skins? Jinx's skin doesn't look bad....but the idea is lame if you ask me (could have done something far better). Nunu's W is the only cool thing about it really, but I think Nunu wins out of the 3......and don't get me started on panth. That is probably one of the worst skins I have seen so far.

Riot you normally make really well thought out skins and these just scream missed opportunity. Most of your revenue comes from the skins (if not all) and you probably should put some more work into that panth skin. I wouldn't even pay 1 RP for it.

.....seriously rethink that panth skin because its awful.

On a positive note: Loving the Kassadin/ Brand/ Vi skins that you are going to release in 5.20 great work!

SaltyToplaneGoatOct 13, 20155 votes

That zombie thing has been so overdone these last years. How could ANYONE think that if people needed something it was MORE zombies?

Kat HeadOct 13, 20154 votes

The skins for the popular champions Jinx and Pantheon are unimpressive, while the skin for the unpopular champion Nunu is pretty dang cool. Not sure if people will suddenly start playing nunu just to use this skin and even though I like the skin, there is zero chance I would buy the only harrowing skin I like out this group. There is a greater chance of me buying a harrowing skin I do not like (Jinx), than buying a skin I do like because it is for a champion i only play in aram. This seems strange to me.

Zombie Brand was / is EPIC, was hoping we would get something game changing like that skin again. It does not need to be zombie themed, but the amount of detail and just sheer awesome in that skin is unrivaled in harrowing skins. Personally, Zombie Brand is my favorite non Katarina skin in this game. I feel like at least one harrowing skin per year should be on that level, there has not been another harrowing skin (or any skin) that meets that standard.

TeslynOct 14, 20154 votes

i am treating myself to demon Vi as my harrowing skin this year..

honestly could have done more for the harrowing experience.. make a: Sun Diana been begging on and off for a squid nami skin http://media.lolusercontent.com/api/embedly/1/image/resize?url=http%3A%2F%2Forig11.deviantart.net%2F1f9b%2Ff%2F2013%2F223%2Fa%2Fd%2Fsea_witch_nami_by_erodonut-d6hmzq8.png&key=a45e967db0914c7fb472fd4381e6c85b&width=425

Put a clown face on rengar.. and bam.. that stuff is scary if you wanted zombie smashing.. i would have figured Ekko would be most likely.. just give him that end of world look. And Azir would make a great vampire looking skin instead of a pigeon for the season

ModWulf HelhammerOct 13, 20153 votes

So you want them to release the same theme over and over again? The last time there were zombie skins was in 2012!!!!! Now if Riot had made a bunch of other Zombie type skins, then yeah, this would be an overused theme. BUT THERE ARE 2!!! And the first came out 5 years ago! Want to know how many ghost/spirity themed skins there are? Haunted Zyra, Haunted Maokai, Ravenborn LeBlanc, Underworld Wukong, Reaper Soraka, Underworld Twisted Fate, Reaper Hecarim, Headless Hecarim, and the entirety of the Shadow Isles BASE (!!!!) skins!!

OussaOct 13, 201519 votes

Yes, I much prefer the ghosty/spirity themed ones. Zombies are overused lately.

ModWulf HelhammerOct 13, 20152 votes

Sure, maybe, in the rest of the world. But Riot wants to make creative skins that are Halloween time themed, and Zombies fit that bill to a T. Add to that that they have hardly done them, and you get a nice change of pace and some nice looking skins

Guy Fox TeemoOct 13, 20156 votes

They are still over used during Halloween Season. I'd rather Riot did something new then just copy what everyone else is doing.

NegaDKROct 13, 20152 votes

How "new" is anything else you listed in the OP?

Guy Fox TeemoOct 13, 20152 votes

They aren't "New" but they aren't as overly used as Zombies, during Halloween Season. (Zombies are EXTREMELY over used)

NegaDKROct 13, 20153 votes

I don't think zombies are anymore overused than say vampires, werewolves, witches or ghosts are on Halloween. I mean, when's the last time, especially in the last couple of years, that you didn't see one of those asking for candy or on someones lawn? If anything, skeletons are the most over saturated monster there is. I mean, who doesn't have a skeleton on their person right now?

sreggadOct 14, 20152 votes

You want something "new" but complains about the slayer skins... Yeah no you don't want new you just want skins that ooze the same old shit they have done before. The slayer skills actually look new. I like them more than the zombie nunu which isn't a bad skin at all.

Guy Fox TeemoOct 14, 20152 votes

Slayer skins = Zombie themed skins. Whole idea is that they kill Zombies, I'd much rather have a different theme then the overly used Zombie one.

sreggadOct 14, 20153 votes

there are only 2 zombie themed skins out there. And if your arguing "over used theme" outside of league. You used vampires and werewolves in your "suggestions" Which are far far FAR more over used than zombies are.

Spiders Black Cats Crows Mummys Grim Reaper and these skins have already been made or are the sum of a champions design.

Guy Fox TeemoOct 14, 20151 votes

No, no they aren't

sreggadOct 14, 20153 votes

I'm assuming your saying "no they aren't" to the "vampires and werewolves" being far more over used. Which to that. Aside from maybe like cheap B movies. There's only been 1 big zombie movie which was world war Z lately and 2 zombie shows that have aired recently which are iZombie and The Walking dead.

While you have a whole series of movies that is about vampires and werewolves. Which was Twilight. You have 2 fairly recent shows about Vampires and Werewolves being True Blood and Being Human which has both a US and UK version. Those are the ones that are about BOTH.

You have The strain, Vampire Acedemy, Dracula untold, Dracula 2012, Dracula the British seires. From dusk to dawn the series. That's all vampire only.

Wer, Wolfcop, Wolves, Blood moon. Are all some Recent werewolf movies.

Zombies really aren't over used as much as vampires and werewolves are. They only seem so because you seen one zombie show/movie you've seen them all. At least with werewolves and vampires they can be told in different ways. That doesn't make them any less used just able to be shown in a different light.

NineTailedMysticOct 14, 20153 votes

All I could ever want is Vampire Ahri. I'd trade in both Challenger and Academy for it

KeevalroyOct 14, 20152 votes

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All I could ever want is Vampire Ahri. I'd trade in both Challenger and Academy for it

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FowusOct 14, 20152 votes

I don't think these are worth their price

kaltenashesOct 14, 20152 votes

damn, no zombie baker pantheon ='(

EraEraRZOct 14, 20152 votes

The Pantheon and Jinx skins are simply just disappointing. The harrowing themed skins are usually all great. I don't really understand why mediocre (at best, mediocre) skins like the Slay Jinx/pantheon, every single academy skin, the corsair, rogue admiral, cut purse, cutthroat... etc skins, which are all super boring, make it through the skin team's initial rounds... I mean come on, the possibilities are endless with holloween, and the two of the three skins are just boring. The visuals are ugly and are not appealing. Put me on the damn skin design team and i promise you Riot, your sales for skins would go up. Scrap all the stupid "skin groups" that have been going on. Unless there is going to be as much effort put into a skin development like the cosmic reaver/ spirit fire brand, WHY EVEN MAKE THE SKIN. Save your time. I am interested to see sales of the slayer skins compared to other skins... (like the kickass PROJECT skins cough cough) Nothing but love, Rito...

Blue Moon WolfOct 14, 20152 votes

To me the skins that are coming out with patch 5.20 (, , Kassadin , hell even Kindred ) are the real harrowing skins. The jinx, panth and nunu skins are more like "harrowing skins part 2"

71389310_DELOct 14, 20152 votes

The strange thing about this is I dislike Jinx 's while I actually like the skins for Nunu and Pantheon but just not as Harrowing skins.

While Nunu 's skin is my favorite of the three/the closest to being a harrowing skin I honestly feel more like he is some sort of superior extra-terrestrial being riding an extra-terrestrial animal from his home planet than he is being a, uhm, zombie controlling scientist? While the recall animation and sounds make it pretty clear he is a zombie they almost feel forced. That said, as much as I dislike many of the elements of the skin I do like it, maybe even enough to buy it although I confess I'm not sure if I like it more than the Grungy Nunu skin which WILL be on sale later this month.

Pantheon 's skin honestly makes me think of a futuristic gangbanger; the whole future-punk and/or Mad Max style is why. He looks more like somebody who survived some serious stuff and just scavenged what he could to make it on the streets of the future between his chainsaw polearm, his stopsign shield, makeshift jump-pack, etc. He looks like a bit of a Singed -wanna-be going though and I'm not really sure if this is worth being released as a Harrowing skin.

Don't get me started on Jinx . All I'll say about her skin is two things: A, Her recall animation is the only thing that feels "Harrowing" about her and B, with a name like "Jinx" why didn't Riot go with some sort of witch theme for her?

ConnceptOct 14, 20152 votes

The pantheon and Nunu ones are okay (though admittedly nothing to write home about, though I do love Panth's spear and shield), the Jinx one on the other hand... is it just me or did they not really do anything?

It's just jinx with different weapons and clothes and a dye job, which I realize is what a lot of skins are, but it isn't a 720 RP 'schoolyard' jinx or 'casual' jinx, i's called 'zombie slayer' jinx, its not an unreasonable expectation that she actually look like she slays zombies at a first glance instead of after serious inspection and/or reading that that is the name of the skin.

The EcdysiastOct 14, 20152 votes

I agree with you about the Jinx one. It seems like all they really did for that one was take old concept-art that they liked and make it a skin. It's no different in theme than her default.

The Pantheon one... I don't think it's any good. No one in their right mind is going to buy it instead of even Glaive.

The Nunu one's fine, I just wish they'd have made a skin for a champion that's more fun to play.

EnchantéOct 14, 20152 votes

These skins are actually great, but it just doesn't fit the Halloween (Harrowing) theme. They could've just been released earlier or later on as normal skins like "Junkyard Jinx" or "Steam Punk Jinx" or something.. The Nunu is good though, it relates with Halloween.

Even Demon Vi and Spirit Fire Brand would've fit more for Harrowing :/

Stars ShaperOct 14, 20152 votes

Considering that they missed also more fitting champions:

Cleaver/Butcher Olaf

Zombie/Abomination Gnar

MrWasjigOct 14, 20152 votes

I personally like the skins and they look pretty kickass in and of themselves. However they're pretty weak in comparison to previous Harrowing skins (Such as Underworld Wukong and Ravenborn LeBlanc for example).

On their own, they're pretty good. But weak compared to previous Harrowings.