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I'm conflicted about Zed's chroma

Desiderium··16 votes·8,325 views

Let me start off by saying I'm glad he's finally getting something to hold us over. They don't exactly look bad but: Why red? His classic skin is already red.

Why not black? It wouldn't be the same issue with Black Zac because Zed has features that allow him to be easily seen despite his clothes (lightning swirls near his feet, his shuriken, his huge wristblades) Black and blue go together MUCH better than red and blue.

I'm going to buy it anyway but I'm not as happy as I otherwise would be. The red chroma feels like a waste (because of his classic skin) the yellow chroma is a little too flamboyant and isn't very complementary to Zed's mood, and the purple one is...actually nice looking though it could probably get a bit darker.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-obNiLeUl8EU/VY34D3DXT3I/AAAAAAAAsjo/KjbswAWlyB4/s1600/zeddd.jpg

EDIT: Upon seeing the yellow chroma in game, it looks much darker, and much more befitting to Zed. The red and purple ones also have a subtle "vibrancy" to them, that make their colors much deeper in the right places, being very visually pleasing, although I still cannot help but feel that the red is simply a waste of a slot and that black would be a significantly better choice to implement.

Edit 2: The chromas seem to be bugged right now: They're using Classic Zed's idle particles (the revolving shurikens glow red instead of blue) and Classic Zed's emote shadows.

40 Comments

DaneMac22 votes

This is terrible. They all look like shit. Zed's only good looking skin is his original. Chroma skins are just lazy, get your shit together Rito. Zed needs a real original skin.

UncIe Zed9 votes

I agree with you brother, cyber ninja zed or die.

Yxgl222HaX2 votes

I want something like this it'd be pretty cool. Or maybe go the other way completely and get star guardian zed lel.Zed -spams laugh and ctrl+6- The unseen D is the deadliest! Zed

FancyKiwi3 votes

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This is terrible. They all look like shit. Zed's only good looking skin is his original. Chroma skins are just lazy, get your shit together Rito. Zed needs a real original skin.

I like them but Zed's best looking skin is his SKT one.

Melledoneus3 votes

Sweatpants Zed?

I'll take badass armor, mask, and comfy-looking ninja pants anyday.

Sona Ping1 votes

So...Zed's the ninja equivalent of those college girls who keep wearing their pajamas to class?

Sammystorm1 votes

But shredder zed.

Meep Man1 votes

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This is terrible. They all look like shit. Zed's only good looking skin is his original. Chroma skins are just lazy, get your shit together Rito. Zed needs a real original skin.

They all look like a recolored Shockblade Zed.

Big Lincoln3 votes

It looks like a homage to Mortal Kombat ninjas

Scorpion (yellow), Rain (purple), Ermac (red)

I think they look great, especially the purple and red ones.

Desiderium2 votes

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It looks like a homage to Mortal Kombat ninjas

Scorpion (yellow), Rain (purple), Ermac (red)

By that logic, we can have a black skin rather than a red one so he'll look like Noob Saibot instead of his classic skin.

Monarcaedzel2 votes

well.... karthus's chroma pack is really a joke LOL

SpecterVonBaren2 votes

Eh, I'd say when I think of classic Zed I ALREADY think more of black than red.

SmokinSickStyle2 votes

Inb4 Riot delays anything in the works for him with this copypasterino.

It's pretty sad that people will actually pay for some colorswaps made in 5 minutes.

Who cares, their money not mine, BUT this way i can't have my hands on the Zed skin i'm waiting since forever.

Outside Yorick, Zed is almost 3 years old and he didn't recieve any skin that is not a LEGACY, FORCED commemorative skin, everybody after him got a fuckton of skins already, like Vi for example.

Vistha Kai1 votes

Even Zac got a skin before him!

SmokinSickStyle1 votes

Yeah, even that green guy people were so eager to get a skin for, yet Riot seems to not wanting to catch the opportunity to make good money by releasing the skin that our lord and savior Zed needs.

Meep Man1 votes

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Even Zac got a skin before him!

Meanwhile Yorick

Valaran Nara1 votes

To be honest, the problem with a Black cHROMA for Zed is his shadows. At that point, one can argue clarity based on "is that the real Zed, or is that just one of his shadows?"

Desiderium1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Valaran Nara,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=hMZLRLfk,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2015-06-27T03:41:11.502+0000)

To be honest, the problem with a Black cHROMA for Zed is his shadows. At that point, one can argue clarity based on "is that the real Zed, or is that just one of his shadows?"

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With black, it would be hard to tell which one's Zed and which one's the shadow though xD

You are both forgetting that this is his Shockblade skin.

Shockblade's shadows are a transparent blue color.

Not black.

Trídent1 votes

With black, it would be hard to tell which one's Zed and which one's the shadow though xD

Doomchem1 votes

Fairly sure the shadow doesn't have a big fat healthbar ontop of it.

Trídent1 votes

still a loss of clarity

yay nibbers1 votes

There needs to be a fourth, blue color in there.

ninjaturtles

Desiderium1 votes

Upon seeing the yellow chroma in game, it looks much darker, and much more befitting to Zed. The red and purple ones also have a subtle "vibrancy" to them, that make their colors much deeper in the right places, being very visually pleasing, although I still cannot help but feel that the red is simply a waste of a slot and that black would be a significantly better choice to implement.

Desiderium1 votes

The chromas seem to be bugged right now: They're using Classic Zed's idle particles (the revolving shurikens) and Classic Zed's emote shadows.

SwapShadows1 votes

The yellow one fits him the most, in game these look 10x better; the red is decent and I think it looks pretty slim and not that bad. The purple one is my least favorite and I very much agree that it should be darker.

Star PlatinumELO1 votes

good I always wanted foot ninja zed colors

ModAcademy Kayn1 votes

I don't understand why people are getting salty about the chromas saying "Zed needs a real skin!!!" Chromas are not pushing him back on the skin schedule. Its just something to fill the void for now.

Sukishoo1 votes

Personally, I like the Red and Purple ones.

Melledoneus1 votes

Purple Zed? Really? You couldn't make it blue? Or green? Hell, even PINK is more favorable!!!

Riot, take me to your leader. We need to talk.

Desiderium1 votes

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Purple Zed? Really? You couldn't make it blue? Or green? Hell, even PINK is more favorable!!!

Riot, take me to your leader. We need to talk.

Even a dark blue to at least go with his spell effects nicer would have looked better than purple in its current state.

If I was Riot, I would:

  1. Remove the red skin, replace it with a black one (there would be no clarity issues that Black Zac had, for reasons I pointed out in the OP)

  2. Darken the purple skin.

I'm not entirely sure if something needs to be done about the yellow skin. It's not wasting a slot like the red skin is (because of Zed's classic skin being so red) but the fact is that yellow is not a very fitting color on Zed. It looks okay in game, like I said in the OP, but just because it looks okay doesn't mean it feels okay to be in. I would be okay with the yellow skin remaining in the pack if the red skin was replaced with black and the purple skin was darkened.

Duke Anax1 votes

To be honest i think Classic Zed looks a lot better than Bladestorm, they should have made a classic chroma pack.

His classic skin is red and black though, not pure red like this.

Desiderium1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Duke Anax,realm=EUW,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=hMZLRLfk,comment-id=0016,timestamp=2015-06-28T18:38:21.970+0000)

To be honest i think Classic Zed looks a lot better than Bladestorm, they should have made a classic chroma pack.

His classic skin is red and black though, not pure red like this.

I actually disagree. Because Zed's classic skin is actually a little bit difficult to make a chroma for. It has a lot of different sections that would need coloring and touching up, as opposed to the very streamlined look of Shockblade. Also, they won't be able to work with very many colors on the classic skin. His spells are VERY dark red, which does not play nicely with other colors.

And honestly, his classic skin is wonderful the way it is. Even if it could be improved upon with a detailed chroma, it's still one of the best looking skins in the game, and the best looking classic skin in the game.

Duke Anax1 votes

well this unofficial one looks wuite nice, but yeah I', not sure hopw it would look like with the particles, but that actually is just a problem with Riot being too stubborn to simply make chroma particles as well.

https://yurixy.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/zed-grawpack.png

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