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Beach or Surfer Taliyah and Volcanic Taliyah (Skin discussion and community ideas).

Aleron Diamante··6 votes·6,458 views
Pool Party Taliyah - Skin Concept

Real talk, Riot needs to make a Summer skin for Taliyah like a Beach Taliyah/Beach Day Taliyah or Surfer Taliyah. The Scuba suit concept was thought of by SlownD. In game it could have her outfit be a swim suit or a scuba suit. And she rides on a her surf board. Her W should a sandcastle and her E could be a bunch of mini sandcastles. I've seen concept art ideas. But, I was thinking her Q and other particle effects would be sand. So, it would probably sound like wet sand being thrown. With the correct sound effects I don't think throwing sand would feel "boring".

The Scuba suit is a good idea but if they want to they could just go for a swim suit and make chromas. Personally, I was thinking that a black chroma for a stereotypical anime swim wear outfit for a student, the kind with the symbols on it. She has that arm design/clothing around her shoulders so I thought a beach towel would work (and also good for a swim suit chroma). The Taliyah swim wear Chroma just sounds neat but the Scuba wear looks more professional and clean, the way to go. The Scuba suit would also look better with her surfing. She needs a skin and this would be nice. Another particle effect instead of sand and sandcastles on W and E would be to have her W be a mini wave of water and for her Ultimate to be a giant wave. I think it'd be easier to Riot to make sandcastle effects vs moving particle effects for water based abilities. Also tossing out Sand would fall in line with her other skins that use Rocks and Ice.

If they made darker colors on her particle effects like black/gray rocks with a red after glow Riot could probably make a Volcano skin based Taliyah. When her circle effect passively marks the ground, a darker molten particle change would look great and her W could be a mini volcano. Volcanic Taliyah sounds awesome.

Cool voice lines for the Beach or Surfer skin would be: "Surf's up!" and_"Hang ten!"_ Taliyah Also a funny interaction with Alistar could be this (a classic cow joke even if he is a bull): Taliyah saying "Cowabunga!" and Alistar could make a comment back. Alistar "What about Cows?!" or "What did you just say about the Cows?!"

Lastly (my opinion) for her recall a sand castle, balancing on her surf board, or interacting with a turtle would be cool. Thank you for reading this skin discussion! summoner 3

12 Comments

Revert Taliyah Q4 votes

I'd be happy with any Taliyah skin at this point. Q.Q

Aleron Diamante3 votes

[{quoted}](name=The Stoneweaver,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=yt7g3AOY,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2018-06-08T14:48:15.398+0000)

I'd be happy with any Taliyah skin at this point. Q.Q

Yeah, feels bad man.

KuroCaliber3 votes

I'd actually love candy queen taliyah. It'd fit her pure happy nature so well. Like Passive: she rides on a candy bar Q are jelly beans, worked ground makes peppermint spirals W: a gumdrop E pop rocks or like jolly ranchers R: a wall of cookies

Aleron Diamante1 votes

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I'd actually love candy queen taliyah. It'd fit her pure happy nature so well. Like Passive: she rides on a candy bar Q are jelly beans, worked ground makes peppermint spirals W: a gumdrop E pop rocks or like jolly ranchers R: a wall of cookies

I don't play Taliyah but I'm indifferent to the candy concept. I love the candy theme but maybe it would make a good Sweet heart skin for next valentines day? Also a chocolate syrup ultimate would be neat or just a candy avalanche. That could also make a good Halloween skin, like Trick Or Treat Taliyah.

Ifneth1 votes

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I'd actually love candy queen taliyah. It'd fit her pure happy nature so well. Like Passive: she rides on a candy bar Q are jelly beans, worked ground makes peppermint spirals W: a gumdrop E pop rocks or like jolly ranchers R: a wall of cookies

Candy Queen would not be a good fit. Taliyah’s plucky optimism conceals a profound melancholy.

  1. She never sought her powers and had to keep them secret from her tribe and even her family, fearing to hurt them and their reaction.

  2. Two dangerous megalomaniacs from her scary bedtime stories have returned to take over her homeland and enslave her people.

  3. At heart, she’s only ever wanted her family and a normal life. Spending time with her parents, meeting friends, and having a job.

Does she think her powers are amazing now that she’s learned them? Sure. Has she embraced her role as a Stoneweaver? Yes. But the burden of her life weighs on her.

Consider these quotes,

“Distance means so little when family means so much.” This one never fails to put a lump in my throat or remind me of the times it has.

“My gift: my responsibility!” Yikes. You can hear the anxiety to keep her powers under her own control.

Aleron Diamante1 votes

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Candy Queen would not be a good fit. Taliyah’s plucky optimism conceals a profound melancholy.

  1. She never sought her powers and had to keep them secret from her tribe and even her family, fearing to hurt them and their reaction.

  2. Two dangerous megalomaniacs from her scary bedtime stories have returned to take over her homeland and enslave her people.

  3. At heart, she’s only ever wanted her family and a normal life. Spending time with her parents, meeting friends, and having a job.

Does she think her powers are amazing now that she’s learned them? Sure. Has she embraced her role as a Stoneweaver? Yes. But the burden of her life weighs on her.

Consider these quotes,

“Distance means so little when family means so much.” This one never fails to put a lump in my throat or remind me of the times it has.

“My gift: my responsibility!” Yikes. You can hear the anxiety to keep her powers under her own control.

Not everyone likes candy, but too much candy can be a "burden". Also you have a solid argument, but I'd like to point out that Meowkai in his kigurumi has nothing to do with his lore. Not all the skins focus on Lore. Maokai

Ifneth1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Aleron Diamante,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=yt7g3AOY,comment-id=000100010000,timestamp=2018-06-08T17:47:40.895+0000)

Not everyone likes candy, but too much candy can be a "burden". Also you have a solid argument, but I'd like to point out that Meowkai in his kigurumi has nothing to do with his lore. Not all the skins focus on Lore. Maokai

Riot has recently said that they want new skins to align with characters’ lore or memes from their fanbases. Candy Taliyah doesn’t do either, though Volcano and any board sport would.

PurpleKingCrazy2 votes

Both would be nice, but I like the surfer Taliyah better.... or maybe if it's silver....

Taliyah

IronSmiley1 votes

How about a rubin or emerald Taliyah Skin? HTaliyah oly would that look amazing

Aleron Diamante1 votes

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How about a rubin or emerald Taliyah Skin? HTaliyah oly would that look amazing

That sounds really good. I always liked the Emerald skin on Taric and it's usually on sale around March. Taric

Souji Saito1 votes

How about the 4 seasons for Taliyah ? We have the winter skin Taliyah . And how about the New Year skin for her? Looks nice on her too.

Aleron Diamante1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Souji Saito,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=yt7g3AOY,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2018-06-09T05:02:41.168+0000)

How about the 4 seasons for Taliyah ? We have the winter skin Taliyah . And how about the New Year skin for her? Looks nice on her too.

Jade Taliyah concept art looks very cool for the New year.

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