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Apparently finding ideas to make skins for Xerath is hard.

Predatorator·6/12/2019, 5:26:39 PM·44 votes·13,924 views

So here are some concepts, some from myself, some from the boards:

Dark Star Xerath: there's even a wonderful concept ( https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/JAgAUXGU-skin-idea-dark-star-xerath?show=flat ) made by SlownD. Dark themes suit xerath particulalry well, due to his personality and story, and shooting deep space energy would fit him like a ring;

The new Dark Cosmic line is also so fitting for Xerath: being so powerful, he could manage the power from both Dark Star, and Cosmic Reaver.

Archlight Xerath: one of the most evil characters in LoL trying to redeem himself? White and gold armor, white particles with symbolism and plummeting dark forces shooting blinding light arcanopulses, or purging them from the skies with celestial arcane barrages;

Harrowing/Haunted Xerath: i mean, his armor is a sarcophagus, just make it creepier with some dark material/monstrous insertions, slap some green/light blue spooky particles, let him unleash his spooky magic while ulting, et voilà, you just found a skin for the next harrowing!

Mecha/pulsefire Xerath: i just need a good mechanical/robotic alternative to Battlecast Xerath. Armor transforms as he casts his spells (to each spell his form) and returns normal after the cast: it'd be so cool to see him transforms while comboing. Orange/yellow particles, and you're good to go.

Void Xerath: this one may be a little bit trickier, but with the organic armor, and tendons or alikes keeping it in place, Xerath should still look quite Void-y while casting purple colored spells!

An ascended Xerath skin would be top of the top, however i don't have any solid concept to go from =/

Battleboss Xerath: like seriously, already playing against xerath feels like a boss battle, where you got to close on him dodging everything he throws at you. he was even the boss in ascension mode, how about that!

Elementalist would be cool too, Q could be a concentrated ray of wind, W water from above, E some kind of lightning, and R could work as a volcano erupting. or you could switch between R and W

also Program, but he really fits well into any tech-y theme, just switch his sarcophagus armor with some metal, slap some cool VFX and there you go

Edit: with Stars Shaper, we went with the idea of a magic lancer xerath: His q could be a spear that stretches as j4's does (maybe he juggles with It as charging animation?) His w can a spear falling from the sky E could be another type of spear, or a morning star. R could be javelins His armor could be like the Lancer zero skins, or made up with weapons and blades, like a moving armory

Also, i'd love if a skin could be made out of his concept art, those black and white particles are really nice:

https://imgur.com/a/xHXJ3Es

46 Comments

Kelg6/12/2019, 5:50:30 PM9 votes

I want the human Xerath from Azir's lore as a legendary or ultimate skin, that would be pretty cool.

Larriet6/13/2019, 2:31:22 AM4 votes

I understand it's a meme that everyone hates them, but I think Program Xerath would be pretty cool.

Chromatic Eagle6/12/2019, 8:43:31 PM3 votes

It’s not hard to find ideas, but either it’s hard to make skins for him, or they don’t want to.

The Ecdysiast6/13/2019, 6:53:14 PM3 votes

It's not hard to make concepts for him. They'd make them, but people refuse to play him because he's just a less reliable Lux in pretty much every way:

Instead of a damage-oriented passive like she has, he has an outdated mana-restore passive in this era where first-buy items grant 600 mana. In the same vein, he may have more AoE damage for clearing waves, but it's offset by his mana costs thanks to their refusal to adjust them and his passive for the modern game.

His method of self-protection is a single-target skillshot stun that stops on the first enemy hit instead of a shield.

And his ultimate requires a lot more setup and precision, and is far easier to escape. Nevermind the fact it can't be properly combo'd from his other abilities since it takes far longer than his CC lasts.

For someone with unlimited arcane power, he sure doesn't show it by how slow and poorly put together his kit is.

Romans VI XXIII6/12/2019, 10:28:29 PM2 votes

Or an Ascended Xerath, of what he would have looked like after ascension if he hadn't been trapped.

KFCeytron6/12/2019, 10:52:18 PM2 votes

The problem with Xerath skins is that the implementations would often end up looking like chromas.

Muwatallis6/13/2019, 9:35:31 PM1 votes

It's not... every always says "oh it's hard because he's elemental there's not much they can do.." etc. Other champs aren't restricted by their default forms, so why does Xerath have to be? For example, malphite isn't always some crystalline rock like you would expect.. mecha malphite, odyssey malphite. Other champs can become elemental with skins (e.g. dark star skins).

And even if you do limit him to elemental, can still do things like dark star or arcade as have been suggested many times. Riot just don't as it won't sell as much as some anime character like ezreal.

4 Step Cadence6/13/2019, 2:24:31 AM1 votes

I'd imagine Xerath being Dark Cosmic more than Dark Star now.

"Xerath was once an entity of pure starlight and brilliance, known for connected the stars of the ever-expanding universe into cosmic depictions of events long since past. However, an encounter with the ever voracious Dark Star left his mind and body fractured. Having no choice, his Cosmic brothers and sisters imprisoned him in a containment system meant to keep black holes in check, hoping to one day free him from his corruption. However, that day would never come, and the subsequent supernova caused by Xerath's escape wiped out several galaxies and erased half his brethren from existence. Now, he wanders the universe, the black hole at his center absorbing everything he passes, fueling his powers and leaving nothing but a short lived aurora in his wake."

The thing with Cosmics is that they're the ones who create and shape the universe, while Dark Stars are the ones that destroy it. Dark Cosmics can do both. For example, Jhin can create stars and planets with the snap of his fingers, and when he destroys something, he really is reshaping it. Its only his Dark Star side that truly destroys and erases, which is why it comes out in his ult and 4th shot, because that's when he's the most powerful and most likely to "erase" you. Xerath could be approached similarly, with his abilities being a mix of both creation and destruction.

ShadowArchon6/13/2019, 5:16:14 AM1 votes

Xerath skin won't happen because it won't bring profit since 99% of LoL playerbase can only play 508 compliance champs like: Yasuo Zed Zoe Yuumi Leblanc Irelia Sylas

Sexy Jack Rabbit6/13/2019, 6:33:04 AM1 votes

My only complaint would Arclight. Not that I don't like the idea Just that his last skin was yellows and considering how Yellow Arclight normally ends up, I wouldn't be surprised.

Everything else aside something tech-y would be nice

Stars Shaper6/13/2019, 7:18:26 AM1 votes

The redeemed Xerath has been used for GotS skin which also has golden/Sunlight particles so Arclight would be too similar (A Warden skin though...).

I’d add Cosmic too since the armor and particles would be different enough.

But yeah it’s not hard to find good and different themes (even the elemental switching skin would have been perfect but Lux is Lux)... in the end it revolves around the Skins team bias and only that.

ReySolomon6/13/2019, 9:48:56 AM1 votes

That skin would be so cool.