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New skin line idea involving Zilean, Lucian, and Annie

ClaudeZilla·12/13/2018, 7:07:16 PM·13 votes·7,893 views

I brought the idea up some time ago that it would be cool to have an Ultimate Zilean skin called TimeLord Zilean where you are able to pick if he is a kid, teen, adult, and an updated old but what if this skin came along with two other skins. I was thinking the lore around the ultimate Zilean skin could be that he went through different timelines to find allies in attempts to defeat a big bad.

The first skin that I thought could go along with this would be Time Line Annie. An older more powerful Annie much like her mother. Different model, a new voice, new effects but same abilities. It would probably end up being a legendary skin.

The second skin I thought would go along with this is Time Line Lucian but instead of Lucian, we get Senna with the dual weapons. Maybe Zilean ended up in an alternate timeline along the way. Different model, new stance, new effects and voice. I think it could please the people who want Senna in the game if Rito isn't already working on her. Legendary skin price.

8 Comments

Velzard of Koz12/13/2018, 8:18:25 PM3 votes

Unfortunately, Riot doesn't like making changes in skins that would make it hard to recognize what champ it is (R. I. P. Lancer Blitz walk-animation). Annie, for example, would need quite large changes to her model and possibly new rig. I personally wouldn't mind, but Riot would.

King Braum12/13/2018, 9:13:59 PM3 votes

Time lord Zilean could potentially work if they keep his overall silhouette the same (besides how many other champions do you see carrying around a massive clock on their back).

Time line Lucian (Senna) could also potentially work as Senna seems to carry over a lot of themes as Lucian so it would make the champion fairly readable.

Time line Annie however most likely wouldnt work as it would require for her model to be made bigger to fit her new age this could probably throw some people off as this would change her silhouette and make hitboxes less readable.

though 2/3 still sounds good and I'd love to see Senna in the game.

Packun Flower12/14/2018, 1:43:28 AM2 votes

Most Annie players (Myself included) don't like the idea of an older Annie (and No it's not for %%%%philic reasons before that argument pops up.) its because an older Annie doesn't stay true to the nature of her character. Most players I find have an appreciation for their main, not only because of their kit or what they can do but because of how they are portrayed in the lore. Some even identify on the same level of their champion and it draws a connection to them, its a very fragile connection and i think changing something drastic on a character (Like age) threatens that connection to the point where people don't want to do it.

Annie's whole legend is about the young girl with an immense power inside of her, she can't learn to control it and has lost everything because of it, she has no choice but to learn now how to harness her power or have death and destruction follow her, as a result, people have come to fear her, she has a lonely world she must learn to cope and live around until the time comes.. A tragic past mixed in with that the possibility of her future may hold (PEace? destruction? etc etc) is what drives me as a player to enjoy Annie the way she is and I wouldn't want her to change for any reason.

It's not a bad idea mind you, I've just seen the idea purposed and shot down many times for the same reason as above.

Rathar Dashing12/14/2018, 4:48:22 AM1 votes

I think the Zilean idea is great, I'd love to have a decent skin for him.

As for Lucian and Annie, I think that's stretching it a bit too far. Annie could probably just be like, his childhood friend that he's brought back, and Lucian could just be like from a dystopian future. Or you could just have the ultimate be a standalone skin, that would be cool, too.