Elderwood Ahri's In-Game Tails Look...Unnatural

BeCharmed·8/14/2019, 12:47:06 AM·14 votes·11,625 views

Alright, hear me out before you comment that Ahri doesn't deserve this skin since she has so many; they're already making it, so we might as well ask for and get the best of it instead of just complaining. After all, they won't delete the skin even if we told them to. I have links to the splash art and in-game look so you can reference them while reading.

First of all, I want to say that this concept looks amazing, especially from the splash art that they gave us. The transparent yet colorful tails bring out so much love from me. However, when I see the in-game tails of this skins, I feel very underwhelmed. I can see that Riot tried to put a little transparency into the tails, but that adds into how unnatural the tails look, especially for a skin that has a nature theme. It makes me think back to all those memes that compare a skin's splash art to a McDonald's burger in a commercial and the skin's in-game look to a real life McDonald's burger.

With that said, it's probably hard to fix the tails to be more like the splash art in just two weeks, but I think improvements could be made. They had fixed Prestige K/DA Ahri's tails very well, which looks so much better than it's initial reveal. So, Riot, please fix the tails to make them look more natural like the splash art and less Disney-like. Since another Ahri skin is going to be released no matter what people are going to say, we should at least get the best out of it.

Link to the Elderwood Ahri Splash Art: https://twitter.com/SomeVietGirl/status/1161417838390759424 Link to the In-Game Elderwood Ahri: https://twitter.com/KateyAnthony/status/1161383057183559680

13 Comments

KestrelGirl8/14/2019, 12:57:28 AM11 votes

Ultimately, part of the problem is how old Ahri's animations are, and that makes her tails always look kinda weird. However, adjusting the transparency to the point where it's more like K/DA Ahri would probably be a good idea.

General Esdeath 8/14/2019, 8:14:59 AM4 votes

I see what you mean. I like how the tails look but I get it, you want her tails to look like AurelionSol tail, transparent.

https://i.imgur.com/eJTwYdd.png

Like this but with a more defined outline and maybe some flowing aura passing through it?

Small Boobs Ahri8/14/2019, 1:50:41 PM2 votes

Poste that on the PBE board there is always a thread for each skin for feedback,

here : PBE Bugs & Feedback Thread: Elderwood Ahri!

chaoticgabby8/14/2019, 4:45:19 AM1 votes

Ahri's tails ALWAYS look that way. You guys always complain but theres nothing they can so about it. But hey, we complained about the gold ("piss") colored prestige tails so if you want to take it up with the designers, im sure they'd listen. Not sure they would take constructive criticism tho bc her tails look like they always have.

Gehco8/20/2019, 2:44:16 AM1 votes

Quentin Tarantino would love to know the whereabouts of Elderwood Ahri's location!