Sword Master Yasuo: Ultimate Skin Idea

Exkcalibur·8/9/2019, 11:17:38 PM·2 votes·753 views

Hello everyone, Like all of you i suppose, i find myself sometimes thinking of cool league of legends skins that i'd love to see implemented in game, and a really interesting one stroke my mind lately.

This time, i thought of an ultimate skin (because i think the changes to come up with this skin are a little over the top for a legendary) for Yasuo. It's kind of inspired by the samurai and their portrayal in the japanese culture in all its forms.

So without further ado, here's the idea: Sword Master Yasuo

Concept: The core concept of this skin is that, Yasuo, as a sword master, wields different blades with different fighting styles (so different animations) throughout the game and eventually, his ascension from a human who mastered the swords to a god.

  • Master Sword "Kata": Yasuo wields a single sword, a classic japanese Katana, when he strikes his q as usual we could have those cool ink marks with japanese letters for ex. that show up on hit, when he e q's someone instead of doing a flip he could for example dash through the enemy and appear after him with the enemy knocked up and yasuo facing him with his back (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhJHuQCWsAEa1kh.jpg something like that.

  • Twin Swords of Death "Shi": Yasuo wields two swords and becomes the wild incarnation of death, killing everything that crosses its path, the two swords are clad in black, and yasuo has a more "sinister" look with trails of shadows coming off him, his tornados and abilities are also clad in black and have trails of shadows, for his q he wont be striking with one sword anymore, he will use both, striking at the enemy then he opens up his arms again, when he dashes it should look like a shadow going through the enemies, when fighting it should look like yasuo is "going wild", sort of like a messy fight style rather than the orthodox samurai fighting style from the "Kata" sword style.

  • Twin Swords of Reincarnation "Ashura": Yasuo wields two swords again, but now in a more disciplined style, and instead of having a sinister look and trails of shadows, his swords are white, slightly shiny and so are his abilities and his look, Yasuo "fights" his enemies in the name of saving their souls and ascending them to the heavens where they will suffer no more, indeed, the twin swords of Ashura do not inflict pain on people, they kill painlessly (Only lore wise not in game lol) The concept here is to have "Kata" the Human sword, with "Shi" a sword of malice and with "Ashura" a sword of benevolence be an evolution, or a culmination to the final sword that englobes the entirety of them:

  • The Four Divine Swords "Kami": Yasuo has now a godly appearance (Think god staff jax) and now wields four swords, two with his actual arms and two other with two extra golden arms, his animations, vfx and sfx should make him feel "godly" since this is his final ascension, and when auto-attacking for example he could use an arm each time, or sometimes hit with two swords or four, when dashing too or when q'ing.

Other swords could be used, but i thought the concept of the Human + Ying-Yang amounting to a divine sword is really poetic and brings more depth to the skin.

That's basically it, it's kinda tough explaining exactly what i have in mind and i hope you like the idea or if you wanna discuss it i'll be glad =) Thank you for your attention!

1 Comments

50CaliberHecate8/10/2019, 1:39:23 AM1 votes

Cool concept... wouldn't be happy about another Yi skin cause' every time he gets a new one I have to perma ban his cancerous ass.