Dyrus Skin

AlexLuma·Oct 11, 2015·185 votes·8,724 views

I think that seeing a Dyrus skin for any top lane champ would be an amazing tribute to an amazing player. I'm sad to see him go after a long time of watching his but truly he deserves this. Maybe a singed skin because of his famous spam laugh early on. Or maybe a Darius Dyrus skin just because it is a funny play on words. I just want to see something so he can be remembered by the community as not only being a great player but a great person. He never shut up the hate, he tried to change their minds about him and that is extremely honorable. Although this will never happen because they didn't win i just wish there was something we could do for him, after all he has done a lot for us.

78 Comments

GuiltyGeckoOct 11, 201541 votes

Would be nice, but I doubt Riot wants to start a precedence where every super famous Retired pro gets a skin. Then it becomes too subjective and the boards flare up with "WHERE IS X'S RETIREMENT SKIN!?"

Captain LitoOct 12, 20156 votes

Yes, but Dyrus deserves it. Hell, they could make an entire team out of retired players from NA/EU like Lemon, Yellowstar (Back when he adc'd) Dyrus, Hotshot, there are lots of options. It'd just be nice to have skins dedicated to those who really brought league to where it is today.

LeetriOct 12, 20152 votes

That's the problem though, what is the limit for "he deserves it"? Everyone has a reason why their favourite player deserves a skin, and they're all equally valid. This is a case where either everyone gets it or no one.

Argon FalconOct 12, 201512 votes

How about everyone who plays in 5 consecutive worlds

Rinky DinkyOct 12, 20153 votes

Not every other player has been a professional for 5/6 years

ModCaptainMårvelousOct 11, 201531 votes

Sleepy Time Singed. Mr. Pillow as a shield. poison trail is "Zzzzz's"

Boom.

PopePancakeOct 11, 201512 votes

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Sleepy Time Singed. Mr. Pillow as a shield. poison trail is "Zzzzz's"

Boom.

Sleepover Singed

bam

RetroRage96Oct 12, 20154 votes

Holds a bottle of monster, and has a rolled up sleeping bag / blanket on his back. Has one of those old-timey sleeping hats (like a santa hat sort of) and it wraps around his mouth. Has a little bit of black hair sticking out, wears orange-tinted glasses. Has a big black and white onesie, with stripes down the sides and a big Zaun (or whatever you want) logo on the top. Really big slippers. Oh yes, and a headset.

KABLAMO

MelledoneusOct 12, 20152 votes

When he ults, he fills up a water bottle full of Red Bull.

FluxBoundOct 13, 20151 votes

His E goes "Why hello there"

Sadistic CheeseOct 12, 20158 votes

While I understand the concerns of 'if Dyrus gets one, people will scream that their favorite pro player should have one!' and those concerns are valid, I still want to throw my weight behind this thought of a skin for Dyrus.

It sort of reminds me of, forgive the hardcore nerding for a moment, the Magic Hall of Fame. The players chosen to get rings are chosen not just based on how many tournaments they win, but also to an extent their personality, impact on the game, and what they've done to push the game forward and promote it and it's evolution.

Dyrus has been, from what I've seen, the rock.

He's been that guy you want on your team who's just...he's just there. He's consistent and stoic, at least after a fashion. He may get super-mega-ultra camped, but from what I've seen he's not the type to just afk at base when that happens. He knows what he needs to do, and even if it's tough, he does it for the team.

He has flaws, as everyone does, but I think at least certain aspects of his personality represent desirable traits in a League player. You WANT a consistent laner, someone who's not gonna ping constantly for ganks because the enemy jungler showed once, or because he died once. You want someone who's there, who's your rock. Who's gonna attempt to do his or her job come hell or high water because they know that's what's expected of them, and if and/or when they screw up, they're gonna take that feedback and they're gonna try to improve.

I mean for the love of all that is holy....some of the times he's been ganked and camped? Man...that would break ANYONE. He never seems to break. He seems to just stay strong and do what he can for his team. We'd all like that on our team, and let's be honest: we could all stand to be a little more like the Grand Sensei and take our losses and setbacks with stoicism instead of rage and salt.

Bottom line is that I think a skin for a professional player that has made an impact, and has traits we, and Riot, would like to see in more League players, wouldn't be a bad idea.

AnidanOct 11, 20157 votes

I would love a Dyrus skin for Singed. Seriously, that'd be awesome. The shield could be his pillow and everything.

DarkSaiintOct 11, 20156 votes

I have an idea! Let's call it "overrated crappy feeder singed who threw TSM's chances of winning"

Axis the DragonOct 11, 201519 votes

TSM literally left Dyrus to the wolves to try and get Bjergsen fed. That shit don't fly at Worlds, mate.

TheDeviceOct 12, 20151 votes

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TSM literally left Dyrus to the wolves to try and get Bjergsen fed. That shit don't fly at Worlds, mate.

EXACTLY. They put too much emphasis on bjerg to carry them. Thats not playing as a team. Bjerg isn't michael jordan kay. lol. Even Michael needed scottie and the rest to do their jobs.

FosterTheChampsOct 11, 201530 votes

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I have an idea! Let's call it "overrated crappy feeder singed who threw TSM's chances of winning"

Why is it that everyone forgets that "camp Dyrus" is literally every team's strategy against TSM? They know it tilts them and without fail people do it.

Dyrus was one of the most influential pro-players in League, fuck off mate.

LOL SpammerOct 11, 20151 votes

Why did my comment get deleted @Riot. An insulting comment towards one of the most influential players in the game. Yet this comment which basically says the same exact thing, is not deleted.

Elegant427Oct 12, 20151 votes

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Why did my comment get deleted @Riot. An insulting comment towards one of the most influential players in the game. Yet this comment which basically says the same exact thing, is not deleted.

It is probably based on the language/tact used to insult said player.

LOL SpammerOct 13, 20151 votes

Hello LOL Spammer,

We do not allow the insulting, harassment, or inappropriate satire to others. As such, your post has been deleted and warning has been given.

I have included your post below:

"I have an idea! How about you shut the fuck up"

Discussion:

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/e9LrHg6c-dyrus-skin

ChaoticPineconeOct 12, 20151 votes

because Dyrus falls for it every time and he doesnt know how to play from behind.

Take, for example, Huni. In the Spring and Summer, "target Huni and camp Huni" was every team's strategy and the casters repeated every game "no matter how behind he is, Huni somehow got fed." In Fnatic vs AHQ the first time around, Huni started 0/2 and ended 4/4. Keep in mind his enemy laner was FED and ended 8/2. Look at FlashWolves vs Koo - Steak started the game 0/2, and ended the game 3/2. IG vs C9 - Balls started 0/3 and ended 3/4.

Then look at Dyrus - in OG vs TSM, Dyrus starts 1/0 agasint a 0/2 Lulu. Dyrus ends the game 1/2. in LGD vs TSM, Dyrus starts 2/1, ends the game 3/6. TSM vs OG Dyrus was 0/0/0 until 50 minutes in, and ended 0/2/1.

SolaxoOct 12, 20153 votes

Dyrus was one of the most influential pro-players in League, fuck off mate.

How?

RyzeReworkOct 12, 20153 votes

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How?

Dyrus played a huge part of bringing lol esports to where it is. He prolly had the biggest fan base in the game, and he's also the only remaining pro to play at all in the world whose played every game every season every finals every worlds he has a huge influence as a top streamer

PythonlordOct 12, 20152 votes

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Dyrus played a huge part of bringing lol esports to where it is. He prolly had the biggest fan base in the game, and he's also the only remaining pro to play at all in the world whose played every game every season every finals every worlds he has a huge influence as a top streamer

Yellowstar aint dead

JustJaysonOct 11, 20155 votes

Interesting idea. Only issue is if you do this for Dyrus, you will see other people all want them for their favorite players. You kind of need to just stick with the world champs team skins otherwise these boards will get hostile

Chespin2013Oct 11, 20153 votes

Singed please! His shield can be Mr.Pillow!

Woodsy2575Oct 13, 20151 votes

omg you're a genius

staticX26Oct 11, 20153 votes

btw, I would buy "wtf dude Singed".

Cobra1066Oct 11, 20153 votes

My little brother thinks Darius' name is Dyrus.

BeatinWarDrumzOct 12, 20153 votes

singed or darius

definitely

but we should do it for all legendary players for their mains - faker leblanc or zed when he retire, doublelift vayne, alex ich ryze etc etc

EDIT: Also LemonNation Braum

Spaceman5pffOct 12, 20155 votes

To be fair, Lemon might be better remembered in a skin for Morgana / Karma / Zyra. Mage supports are much more his Niche.

In reality though, Lemon is nowhere NEAR influential enough to warrant his own skin. I don't think any cloud 9 player is.

BeatinWarDrumzOct 12, 20151 votes

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To be fair, Lemon might be better remembered in a skin for Morgana / Karma / Zyra. Mage supports are much more his Niche.

In reality though, Lemon is nowhere NEAR influential enough to warrant his own skin. I don't think any cloud 9 player is.

yeah but it's hard and offensive to pick and choose. Plus, IMO Balls deserves a rumble skin, sneaky a twitch skin, and hai a zed skin

Spaceman5pffOct 12, 20151 votes

I would like those picks, but giving players skins for 'being great' seems wrong to me. I like the worlds skins, and the championship / victorious line. But the fact of the matter is that until Riot makes a personal skin for Faker (Outside of a team skin for winning worlds), we can be sure they will not make them for anyone.

1MazaOct 12, 20151 votes

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yeah but it's hard and offensive to pick and choose. Plus, IMO Balls deserves a rumble skin, sneaky a twitch skin, and hai a zed skin

Compare Hai's Zed to Bjergsen's or Faker's. Hai's never really been good enough mechanically to play a great Zed. I agree on Twitch and Rumble though, those champions are pretty synonymous with Balls and Sneaky.

PIMPSMOOTHOct 12, 20151 votes

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Compare Hai's Zed to Bjergsen's or Faker's. Hai's never really been good enough mechanically to play a great Zed. I agree on Twitch and Rumble though, those champions are pretty synonymous with Balls and Sneaky.

Hai set a meta in 2 roles while Dyrus is pretty much a legend that's been in League from the beginning.

There a multiple top laners and ADC's infinitely better than Balls and Sneaky in every region on the planet.

1MazaOct 13, 20151 votes

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Hai set a meta in 2 roles while Dyrus is pretty much a legend that's been in League from the beginning.

There a multiple top laners and ADC's infinitely better than Balls and Sneaky in every region on the planet.

I thought we were talking about champions here? No player is more associated with a single champion than Balls/Rumble, aside from maybe Froggen/Anivia. And Sneaky is just as synonymous with Twitch, I mean he got his fucking name from the champion. Being good at your role and being the GOD of a certain champion are totally different things. What champion did Dyrus set the meta for? Singed? Lmao.

AussieByHearTOct 12, 20151 votes

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I don't think any cloud 9 player is.

Uhm, Hai? Hai has been hugely influential in both mid lane and the jungle. Balls and Sneaky, not so much. But Hai for sure. If anyone on C9 were to get a skin it would have to be him.

Hunna8l8Oct 12, 20153 votes

Just putting in my two cents.

What if Riot instated an annual Player of the Year Skin, that the fans/player base gets to choose.

After worlds each year (just cause that's the end of the season) riot puts up a site (like the pick em site) where you get to vote for one of the ~80 players at worlds to be player of the year. You could even have a subvote for the champion after the player is decided. (Eg. Dyrus: Singed Darius or something along those lines.)

I think this could work because it A: takes out that whole "how do we define worthiness of a skin" and B: is just a great way to honour pro gamers for the sport we all play.

ScruffyTusksOct 12, 20152 votes

"Founding Fathers" skin bundle --(I think it'd be good to keep the champ relevant to the season they retired) -Dyrus(either gnar, mao kai, olaf, singed, or darius) -HotshotGG(Nidalee?) -Hai(I know he's jungler atm, but.... how could it be anyone other than Zed? Plus he did play Zed in the Spring split) -WeiXiao(Ez, Vayne, or Kalista) -Lemon(Morgana most likely, or Braum to give him some more skin love)

6o1hOOJVDLOct 12, 20152 votes

Why would Hai or Lemon get skins?

YellowStar would deserve a support skin WAY more than Lemon & I can name like 10 retired LCS mids that deserve a skin more than Hai

AussieByHearTOct 12, 20151 votes

Lemon I agree with you, but Hai? Hai would deserve one. He practically set the meta and when he didn't want to follow what everyone else was doing, he made his own and stuck to it and excelled at it. I'm sure there are maybe a small few who deserve it more, but 10? No way.

ScruffyTusksNov 10, 20151 votes

The point is retired players... YellowStar is still kickin', so no skin for him.

Unfortunately for this skin idea, Hai changed his mind about retiring... So it looks like that's out the window.

FlipyflopiesOct 12, 20151 votes

Lemon should be Zyra imo. He singlehandedly brought her to the top of competitive play.

Nightwalker9Oct 12, 20152 votes

make a dyrus icon

teedddyyOct 13, 20151 votes

69/10 AGREE

SunriseSkaterKidOct 13, 20151 votes

Only problem with having a specified player skin is that there would have to be a ton more of them because there are many other worthy candidates. DId he help pioneer an entire esports scene? Yes. However there are a ton of others that have done the same i.e Hotshot would need a skin since he basically created an entire gaming organization and is one of the most influential players. Would regi need a skin? Yes. Basically what im saying is as much as i would love to see a dyrus skin we would also have to make skins for the others who helped pioneer league to what it is today. I think it would be cool if they had a LOL hall of fame and 1 person is inducted each year and they get a special skin for their favorite champion.

FluxBoundOct 13, 20151 votes

What if there's a Dyrus champ, where once you get you top outer tower, you just stop playing. That will resonate the Dyrus spirit

Block HopperOct 13, 20151 votes

I think that would work only if Riot implemented a Hall of Fame for retired pro players and the people that were inducted got a skin or something along those lines. don't get me wrong. I do think he should get a skin, but people would complain about why other pros aren't getting skins. so yeah. a hall of fame would be the best way

SirFryStirFryDec 23, 20151 votes

i think it has to be singed Singed that was one of the classics for him. now here is why i believe he deserves it. not only did he play in every worlds since season one but he has put more time more energy and lets face it top lane would never be the same with out some one proxy farming (like dyrus) on singed. he also liked tanks also a singed trait. however about the other retired players i dont think many have had an impact like he has besides hotshot calling the first lane swap or Reggie for the forming of tsm. yellow star would be the only other i could logically see besides faker cause he honestly is the one we set the bar to for all time that is my personal opinion though