PLEASE RIOT DROP THESE SKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!

xXBurninAngelXx··48 votes·20,080 views

Riot I've been seeing these skins all over google. Please add these skins to Leona and Diana !!!!! I personally can only see these champs being played more often!! These skins work really well with each other and really show off that Diana and Leona are really sisters when brought together or played on the same team!!!!!

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RiotKindlejack17 votes

Wow, it's really cool to see that Leona concept still getting support two years after I drew it - back when I was just a LoL fan with big dreams. Obviously Leona, Diana and their relationship are a very popular part of the League and that's why it keeps resurfacing! I've been looking for an excuse to contribute to the forums since joining Riot proper and this seems like a great place to start >:D

While Diana and Leona are tragically opposed, the idea of an 'Eclipse' that involves a balance of the Moon and the Sun is a pretty interesting idea and a very strong thematic device. I originally drew that concept as a response to IronStylus asking the forums what we thought an Eclipse Leona would look like and, having a tendency to make things dark and evil (Yes, RiotPenguin and I have formed an alliance with the sole purpose of corrupting every LoL champ), I leaned towards a sinister skin inspired by a solar eclipse.

I'm not so sure that the same design language would work for Diana, although perhaps a version that really plays up the solar fire and the warm accents would work well as a counterbalance to Leona. I also see time and time again the polarising effect the covered face has on players and wonder if it's because Leona is just too beautiful or if my execution, though just a rough sketch, was too crude. Looking at it now does make me cringe a little and Nitenz's Diana is a much nicer design.

The reverse skins by Vegacolors are really well executed. I love how you can still identify their faces despite them having radically different hair colour/armour. I don't think we could ever do designs exactly like this due to issues with how they would read in-game. One important factor we have to always think about is "If this champion pops out of a bush do I immediately recognise who it is?" and while it's one thing to make a departure from the base skin, it's another to look just like another existing champion.

It is truly a wonderful thought to imagine them side by side though, even in an alternate reality. With that in mind do you have any thoughts on how else we could portray them, fighting as one?

Praetor1 votes

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Wow, it's really cool to see that Leona concept still getting support two years after I drew it - back when I was just a LoL fan with big dreams. Obviously Leona, Diana and their relationship are a very popular part of the League and that's why it keeps resurfacing! I've been looking for an excuse to contribute to the forums since joining Riot proper and this seems like a great place to start >:D

While Diana and Leona are tragically opposed, the idea of an 'Eclipse' that involves a balance of the Moon and the Sun is a pretty interesting idea and a very strong thematic device. I originally drew that concept as a response to IronStylus asking the forums what we thought an Eclipse Leona would look like and, having a tendency to make things dark and evil (Yes, RiotPenguin and I have formed an alliance with the sole purpose of corrupting every LoL champ), I leaned towards a sinister skin inspired by a solar eclipse.

I'm not so sure that the same design language would work for Diana, although perhaps a version that really plays up the solar fire and the warm accents would work well as a counterbalance to Leona. I also see time and time again the polarising effect the covered face has on players and wonder if it's because Leona is just too beautiful or if my execution, though just a rough sketch, was too crude. Looking at it now does make me cringe a little and Nitenz's Diana is a much nicer design.

The reverse skins by Vegacolors are really well executed. I love how you can still identify their faces despite them having radically different hair colour/armour. I don't think we could ever do designs exactly like this due to issues with how they would read in-game. One important factor we have to always think about is "If this champion pops out of a bush do I immediately recognise who it is?" and while it's one thing to make a departure from the base skin, it's another to look just like another existing champion.

It is truly a wonderful thought to imagine them side by side though, even in an alternate reality. With that in mind do you have any thoughts on how else we could portray them, fighting as one?

If you did make this a while back, kudos. I'd pay. Riot should let people design skins and sell them on a market place of some sort. Give them like 20% cut, Riot gets the rest. I'd like that quite a lot.

Blainezy3 votes

Moonlight and sunlight both have effects on tides/oceans. I think a thematic concept with that in mind (only when releasing them together) could turn out pretty interesting since the thought behind it would then make sense. A watery based Diana with tidal like effects would be quite interesting since I've grown quite fond of her lately and her two current skins are pretty lackluster even though I do own Lunar Goddess.

RiotKindlejack3 votes

That sounds like a fine idea for Diana. The colours and effects of the ocean/tides would fit her well and the Moon's gravity actually affects tides. Syndra shares similar themes to Diana and has a nice Atlantean skin that could be used for reference. In fact the other Atlantean skin is Fizz who is also a mid laner.

A water-based Leona skin probably wouldn't come together as well as she tends to run pretty hot, also she already has a Pool Party skin and that feels like the place to have done watery effects.

Blainezy1 votes

Atlantean Diana it is!! Lol. Leona is hard to come up with concepts for it seems. She has such a narrow niche with her sun comparison that it's quite hard. She could always just be Solar Flare Leona... I just don't know what could be done for any of her effects.. Although her ult could be quite flashy (DBZ Solar Flare, haha)... I will have to think about Leona a bit... I've never played her since I main mid and ADC, so don't have a good feel for her.

Blainezy1 votes

As I sit here already brainstorming I realize that the sun has an extremely strong gravitational force, but not only that an extremely powerful magnetic field.. A Magnetic Leona concept could prove interesting.. While some magnetic fields do pull things in they would also slow enemies since it would pull as they walk. I think that could be interesting.. Her ult could even display shockwaves of magnetic fields.. That could be really fun..

AFK Push1 votes

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That sounds like a fine idea for Diana. The colours and effects of the ocean/tides would fit her well and the Moon's gravity actually affects tides. Syndra shares similar themes to Diana and has a nice Atlantean skin that could be used for reference. In fact the other Atlantean skin is Fizz who is also a mid laner.

A water-based Leona skin probably wouldn't come together as well as she tends to run pretty hot, also she already has a Pool Party skin and that feels like the place to have done watery effects.

I can't remember who it was, but somebody had an inverted Leona and Diana skin. If you want to bring them together you should name them Courtship Diana and Courtship Leona. Courtship is another way of saying eclipse, and I feel like it would be a better thematic name altogether.

KING OF MASKS1 votes

Just to expand on the headgear problem, the defining factor is practicality. As a comparison, look at Defender Leona. The difference is, if you'll forgive me, night and day. The helmet in the Eclipse concept obscures vision (ignoring any mystical magical second sight silliness) and has two uselessly decorative protrusions that serve no purpose and in a worst case scenario could be used by an enemy to grapple poor Leona's head. Defender Leona's helmet has none of that nonsense.

FoxyHeather1 votes

I can totally see a Solar Eclipse Leona and a Lunar Eclipse Diana being a thing.

Eclipse Leona1 votes

Don't drop the Idea!

Support our Concepts!

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/AoQTgeiW-new-skins-for-leona-the-radiant-dawn

Let's get Leona to the top beyond Mt. Targon! Leona

JusticePauldrons6 votes

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Riot I've been seeing these skins all over google. Please add these skins to Leona and Diana !!!!! I personally can only see these champs being played more often!! These skins work really well with each other and really show off that Diana and Leona are really sisters when brought together or played on the same team!!!!!

Wait what? They are not sisters o.o Diana was born a solari, Leona was born to Pantheons tribe and later adopted by the solari. As for the skins they look all right, I think I like the reverse skins better though where they switch roles https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9KJPICIAAAHe5X.jpg

Gigglebytes1 votes

On the upper slopes of Mount Targon, the warriors of Rakkor live and breathe only for war. However, Targon's peak is reserved for a special group of Rakkoran who answer to a ''higher'' calling. Members of this group, called the Solari, retire their mantles of war, choosing instead to devote their lives to reverence of the sun.

The Solari is just members of the tribe that devote themselves to the sun. Therefore Diana and Leona are both members of the Rakkor tribe.

JusticePauldrons1 votes

Still does not make them sisters.

Gigglebytes1 votes

I agree that it doesn't confirm it, but you said that they were a part of different groups so it isn't possible, my point is the groups are one, making it possible.

KING OF MASKS5 votes

Get rid of that ridiculous headgear on Leona first.

jQuery6 votes

says the king of masks

KING OF MASKS1 votes

The irony was lost on me.

Resonat1 votes

Agreed :D

Karlyr1 votes

If they are in developpement. Be sure that they will take the time to finish them properly. Just check the time that it took for PulseFire Ezreal. When they'll come out, they'll be awesome.

It might be a double Legendary.

freeformline1 votes

Is there an official source confirming that Riot is working on them? I'd love to see that.

Blainezy1 votes

I've recently started playing a lot more Diana (LOVE HER) and I would love love love this skin. She needs a skin that is completely different look for her.. Her two currents ones just don't do it for me even though I do own Lunar Goddess.

Killer X 121 votes

minus the head gear on leona, i like these

Praetor1 votes

I'd buy both, hell take 1800 rp for either while you're at it. Dead serious, I'd buy 'em. Hardcore. Hell I'd consider gifting one out just out of excitement. Diana needs a solar skin and Leona needs a lunar skin too while we're at it.

xXxBuDaHxXx1 votes

while the idea is fantastic, I haven't yet read how they might have this common bit, cause leo is of the sun, dressed repectively, and Diana the moon. an eclipse might be a time they both armor up for an even dealier opponent than each other, say a being of absolute darkness that comes with the dual eclipe or somefin. run with it. original and refreshing I say :-)

Eclipse Leona1 votes

Don't drop the Idea!

Support our Concepts!

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/AoQTgeiW-new-skins-for-leona-the-radiant-dawn

Let's get Leona to the top beyond Mt. Targon! Leona

mrmeddyman1 votes

Well it's here.... and it's glorious

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