Why is Trad. Lee Sin the only traditional skin available for purchase?

Epic Murph·Oct 14, 2015·1 votes·13,814 views

http://www.leagueoflegendsskins.com/images/champions/splash/LeeSin_1.jpg

T4R, really curious about this. The other traditional skins (Trundle, Sejuani, Karma) are not readily available to everyone, and can only be obtained through mystery skins/having the champ before the update.

12 Comments

FDruOct 14, 20153 votes

Traditional Lee Sin is just the name of the skin. It wasn't a skin they made before a VU.

RiotmoonstonesOct 14, 20157 votes

Yup! For a bit more context, Traditional skins for VU'd champions is something we're moving away from.

DrCyanideOct 14, 20152 votes

How does that mesh with Captain Gangplank, which is essentially a Traditional Skin in and of itself?

DecritOct 14, 20151 votes

ssssssh, or else we won' t have even those!

RiotmoonstonesOct 14, 20154 votes

IronStylus explained how it's a bit different here. (I'm quoting him since he had a hand in the making of this particular skin.)

Twisted TeaOct 14, 20151 votes

Does this mean that Traditional Karma and Traditional Trundle won't be coming back (A.K.A. they're Limited Edition, not Legacy)?

RiotmoonstonesOct 15, 20154 votes

They're labeled as legacy, and iirc, can be given in Mystery Gifts, but they aren't available in the store.

Jack ºOct 17, 20151 votes

this is a side question I was wondering for a long time, thx <3

LankPantsOct 16, 20152 votes

I hate how quick Riot is to move away from anything they can't monetise. As a long time Sejuani player I love the Traditional Sejuani skin and as a player who played Fiora pre rework I would have like a Traditional Fiora skin.

RiotmoonstonesOct 16, 20151 votes

We stopped creating 'traditional' skins when Sion's big rework came out. Ququroon explained the decision around that here. Hope this explains the change a bit more.

LankPantsOct 17, 20151 votes

I'm aware of why you did it, that doesn't make it less disappointing. I actually think that the 3 traditional skins are amongst my favourites in the game and personally I like using them.

DwarvenGiantOct 14, 20152 votes

It actually kind of was. It's Lee Sin's design before they actually added him to the game 2 years after teasing him with this. He was supposed to be added looking like that during the Alpha but they did not really have the technology at the time to make his skills as they are today, so he was delayed and eventually released with his current design that we're all familiar with. :P