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Every new skin should have an on release border, and here's why.

ADC Yuumi·1/25/2020, 9:29:26 AM·2 votes·3,247 views

I'll take you back to the Super Galaxy event, which introduces the new pilots Gnar, Annie, Nidalee and Elise. Except... none of them have borders. I'm mainly looking at Annie for this one.

Annie had not received a skin since Hextech Annie... released in 2016. Instantly, you'll say: "Annie has a bucket-load of skins already." That's where I mention that Annie has 12 skins. Only 4 of them are available to buy. Leaving 8 skins to be untouched. Secondly, Annie's only border skin is Annieversary; which barely counts since it was given in celebration of the 10th Anniversary. So the last buyable skin on Annie before Super Galaxy was Panda, which was released back in 2013. 3 years between buyable skins and Annie still doesn't get a border.

Now, lets zoom to the present. Mecha Kingdoms; a COMPLETELY new skin line drops with borders for Sett, Draven, Jax and Leona. Guardian of the Sands; giving skins to Janna, Rengar and Ryze have no borders. Ryze suffers the Annie clause, having 12 skins with only 4 buyable.

Dunkmaster Ivern, no border. Beekeeper Singed, no border.

If you completely dedicate yourself to a champion, and you drop a ten on the skin that drops for your champion directly on release; you SHOULD get a border, regardless if the skin is Beekeeper Singed or True Damage Prestige Qiyana. And don't hit me with the "then the border loses its rarity." If you wait for a skin on a champion who hasn't received a skin in a while, ESPECIALLY when all their other skins are legacy locked; you deserve to get a border. Make it a "first day" border, separating them from skin group borders. ( Like how Prestige Borders are not like True Damage borders. )

Since you'll be focusing on older champions with skins this year; there BETTER be borders for ALL OF THEM. Especially Taliyah, since that special 1% who play Taliyah are biting at Riot's ankles.

5 Comments

Elite4Runner1/25/2020, 9:43:37 AM3 votes

People care this much about portrait borders during the loading screen??

[zombie-brand-mindblown] [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Chembaron Yamada1/25/2020, 11:49:10 AM2 votes

I have Beekeeper Singed and honestly, I don't care that it doesn't have a border.

And I disagree that every new skin should have borders. Borders are supposed to be a little extra for a skin, not a default thing.

Sukishoo1/28/2020, 12:31:17 AM1 votes

Sorry but Annie has 5 skins that are purchaseable. 4 are single buys, but Goth Annie while not alone, is still in the store, it just comes with a ton of champions. She then has 5 skins that are then Legacy, 1 skin that is through Hextech only and 1 that is limited (Annie-versary) from an event.

However, with hextech existing, it actually makes it rather easy for people to acquire various legacy skins. So, while not directly purchaseable, her, ryze and many others aren't that bad off as they used to be before that system existed.

Especially Taliyah, since that special 1% who play Taliyah are biting at Riot's ankles.

She already got a type of border with her esports skin. I doubt she'll see a border however, as Ivern didn't with his skin, so what would make another "1000+ day champ" like her get one?

The borders existing on Mecha Kingdoms and not GotS however is an easy one. MK is an event, they gave those borders, just like many other skins in events as they want to try and continually have special content for events. They haven't really done borders outside of events any more.

And lastly, Annie did have a limited border for frankentibbers as well, so she has two border skins.

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