Which champions actually need a skin?

GoronMuncherV·7/28/2016, 11:28:21 AM·2 votes·404 views
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There's always a new skin concept here on the forum or there on the reddit and while annieMain3000 can suggest as many Annie skins as he wants, the fact remains she doesn't need one (she has 9 skins if I'm correct). So I was thinking: which champions actually do need a skin? I did some digging on the lol wiki and have produced a list of the champions I deem to be in the most dire need of a new skin. Note: no champion released this year thus far is included due to no having been around long enough.

Here's a link to all my number if you want a look, otherwise the summary is just below.

High priority skins: To be applicable for a high priority skin, the champion must either have a very small number of skins, a very low available/ unavailable skin ratio and/or no "high quality" skins (unique particle effect changes) or few "good" skins. Cassiopeia Evelynn Karthus Mordekaiser Poppy Swain Talon Trundle Twitch Urgot Viktor Yorick Obviously some champs won't be helped for a while. For example Urgot andYorick who are getting reworks eventually or Poppy who despite having a horrific available/ unavailable ratio, got a full visual rework recently.

Low priority skins: To be applicable for a low priority skin, the champion might have quite a few skins but either have no "high quality" skin or very few decent skins under their belt. Braum Corki Galio Illaoi Kalista Karma Malzahar Olaf Rumble Shen Volibear XinZhao

Fun fact time: Yorick Holds the record for the longest time since his last skin release (22/07/2011)[dd/mm/yyyy) Ryze Has the most skins in the game at 10 Twitch Has the lowest available/ unavailable ratio at 0.4 Evelynn Has the lowest skins/ lifetime ratio at 0.57

Disclaimer: Some of the unavailable stats may be wrong due to inconsistencies on the wiki, but I believe not enough to discredit my conclusions. My "worthwhile" stat on the full table is obviously my personal preference, but considering I +1 for each "high quality" skin (because they're usually good) it shouldn't have effected my conclusions too much.

5 Comments

JayHog19927/28/2016, 11:43:03 AM1 votes

I'd go with heimer and Rumble because both haven't got a skin in ages. So I even went as far as making a concept for those two and my main.

http://orig01.deviantart.net/efab/f/2016/083/5/3/3_dragon_trainers__teemo__rumble_and_heimerdinger__by_johnnyhedgehog1992-d9wbqj7.png

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/Ajcrj6R5-dragon-trainer-teemo-rumble-and-heimerdinger-design

Honestly hoping these become ultimate skin material, because of how much Riot would have to program for these skins.

Warmanreaper7/28/2016, 6:43:24 PM1 votes

You forgot to add jhin..

lightdragoon887/29/2016, 2:26:02 AM1 votes

As of right now Karthus and Eve have no skins with particle changes OR a new recall.

Twitch has no particle changes and 1 skin with a recall.