Change in-game avatar's to current skin

PALADINofJUSTICE·Mar 19, 2016·4 votes·848 views

The one thing I actually liked about DOTA 2 (because for the most part I didn't like it) was that whenever you chose your appearance, your in game avatar would reflect that. One of the few things that I dislike about League, is that there are all of these really nice skins with beautiful splash art that is associated with them, but in game, the champion's avatar doesn't reflect this. This is more for aesthetic purposes, but I think it would be a welcomed addition. Then skins aren't just minor appearance changes, they also change your in game avatar as well.

I have heard one of the main reasons that this hasn't happened already is because new comers won't know who a certain champion is because they won't recognize the avatar, but this is already countered because if you mouse over an avatar it tells you who that champion is.

8 Comments

PALADINofJUSTICEApr 11, 20161 votes

I'm surprised no one has commented on this topic yet.

MrXonteApr 11, 20161 votes

How do skins not change the avatar? compare dj sona too default sona thats a huge difference. Default vlad and soulstealer vlad. Have you found a way to disable skins? xD because all a skin does is change the ingame avatar and the loading screen image. Skins would be pretty useless without that xD

PALADINofJUSTICEApr 11, 20161 votes

I haven't found a way to disable skins, nor do I want to.

What I want is simple:

I want your champion's in game avatar to reflect their current skin. Why have splash art for a skin if it isn't going to be used?

MrXonteApr 11, 20161 votes

how does the skin not reflect the splashart???? golden alistar makes alistar golden, dj sona makes her futuristic, pretty much every skin looks like on the splashart

trash sionApr 11, 20161 votes

What do you mean? Skins change the splash and the in-game appearance.

PALADINofJUSTICEApr 11, 20161 votes

A skin only changes two things: When the game is loading the splash art is different based on the skin you choose and it only changes the champion's in game 3d model. Besides that, the skin doesn't do anything. It does NOT change your champion's in game avatar (it will also be their classic skin) and it doesn't change their avatar in menus (again this will always be the classic skin).

When I say avatar, I mean the little portrait of your character in game (that is what an avatar is). What I am suggesting is that these in game portraits or avatars be changed to the splash art of their current skin.

MrXonteApr 11, 20161 votes

changing the avatar is too confusing. you get used to champion portraits (thats the correct term for LoL i think. avatar refers to the 3d model in most games) and that is important. Some skins have huge variations in color on their splash art and it can be very confusing when you are used to the normal portrait and then a skin portrait is on your map. Doesnt really add anything to the game either. Now a change for the Hud would be nice but making a hud skin for every skin is way too much work. I would appreciate dedicated hud skins though

PALADINofJUSTICEApr 11, 20161 votes

Not sure how it would be too much work or confusing. A lot of other mobas (Smite and Dota 2) already do this. To remove confusion, just have the champion name displayed under their portrait and problem solved.