Some champions are unloved

oKoki·4/5/2017, 5:05:52 PM·1 votes·333 views

Many champions have yet to receive a skin in YEARS. And after seeing the leak about the upcoming skins it seems riot only gives skins to champions that are popular in an obvious attempt to make more money. They may have low pick rates but people still play those champions and I feel they need some love. Even newer champions like illaoi, aurellion sol, and taliyah have yet to receive another skin other than the one they started out with on release. I was not surprised to see yet another master yi skin on the PBE. I know that skins take a while to design and create but i'm asking for Riot to just take a look at other champions who are in need of a new skin. Please excuse any grammar/spelling issues English is not my first language.

2 Comments

midnight oil244/5/2017, 5:15:00 PM2 votes

It's mroe that they're making skins for popular champs. They are a business, after all. And they still make skins for other champs, they just focus on the ones that will help them, you know, make more skins in the long term.

FloRaider424/5/2017, 5:40:44 PM1 votes

Midnight already mentioned a big part of the decision of who gets skins, but I also want to add that some champions have a much easier time to get skins made for them. Aurelion has a very specific shape making it much harder for skins to make him feel different. Illaoi has her tentacles that would almost always need a model change since they severly limit the thematics she can explore. Taliyah has her R and Passive that are very tied to a certain thematic already, but apart from that is easier to make skins for than the others.

I doubt Riot designs skins for specific champions and instead chooses champions that fit the skin line they want to work with. Skins that are the first of their kind are probably more tied to the champion, but are very good thematic matches and need a lot of inspiration.