Riot, if you're going to make "Lancer" skins, at least change all slap animations to stab animations

Bladerunner7777·3/21/2018, 12:09:04 AM·32 votes·1,556 views

"Golly! Good thing I have this lance that is only effective at the tip, let me just spin it around and slap people with the side instead!"

cough Hecarim Q, Hecarim E, Hecarim autos, 50% of Wukong's autos, Wukong Q, Wukong W, Wukong R cough cough

Yes, it would basically be impossible to make Wukong's ult "stab" and yes, Wukong still needed a skin. But my question is, why even give a "Lancer" skin to Wukong in the first place? It makes no practical sense. Why does the "Lancer" skin line exist at all when it can only practically be applied to....... Xin Zhao maybe? If you want lances in the game, that's cool, make a lancing champion. You wouldn't give a champion a gun if they're just going to use it as a blunt weapon, so why would you give a champion a lance if they aren't going to use it for its intended purpose?

The particles still look pretty on both of the Lancer skins, but it is hard to take the skin line seriously when the champions are slapping their enemies to death while holding a pointy object. Maybe I'm missing a reference to something and the skins turned out the way Riot wants them but... I think the skins are dumb...

24 Comments

KuroCaliber3/21/2018, 12:42:06 AM16 votes

I mean, Jarvan, who actually uses a lance, still slaps his enemy for some reason. I'm half convinced no one at Riot actually knows how lances work.

SolarisCorvus3/21/2018, 1:56:28 PM11 votes

Now i want a lucian skin where he just chucks his fucking guns at people. His ult couldbe him throwing a whole bunch of guns really fast.

A Lost Rabbit3/21/2018, 2:58:59 PM10 votes

"You wouldn't give a champion a gun if they're just going to use it as a blunt weapon,"

Well....... About that.....

Gnar

Jet Sett3/21/2018, 4:33:30 AM4 votes

With Wukong I can let some of it pass because at the end of the day a pointy staff is still a staff. Hecarim I absolutely hate because it just straight RUINS the lance fantasy in every regard.

GrReaper963/21/2018, 4:37:55 AM4 votes

A lot of people seem to forget that Blitzcrank has 2 lancer skins

SociopathFriend3/21/2018, 8:54:56 PM2 votes

Lancer IIRC has additional uses for the word instead of just someone who uses a lance.

Sukishoo3/21/2018, 1:34:13 AM2 votes

The particles still look pretty on both of the Lancer skins,

BOTH? Sorry but there are 4 Lancer skins now. Blitzcrank has two of them.

My Waifu Vanilla3/21/2018, 8:15:26 PM2 votes

Fizz could also give a Lancer skin justice. All of his auto attacks with his trident are stabs especially his runthrough on Q.

Jerry SeinfeId3/21/2018, 12:37:31 PM1 votes

You wouldn't give a champion a gun if they're just going to use it as a blunt weapon

Super Galaxy gnar throws his gun.

and i mean wukong is beating people with a wooden stick, why can't he do it with a metal stick?

GreenLore3/21/2018, 10:35:03 AM1 votes

Honestly I think the basis for the "lancer"-name is really just that Hecarim(who if I'm not mistaken got the first lancer skin) has a lance. I feel like afterwards they just went with that theme for more sleeker giant robot skins.

MuffledGarbage3/21/2018, 5:58:57 PM1 votes

Honestly, a lance champ would be pretty dang cool

maybe the ult would be them charging forward, skewering and stunning enemies for a large distance while the champ runs around...

yeah that'd be fun

Troll for Trump3/21/2018, 9:05:44 AM1 votes

...No one pointing out how Yasuo misuses his katana?

That man's a failure of a weaboo edgelord samurai

Kanzler3/21/2018, 1:36:50 PM1 votes

I think it's better on wukong than xin since xin really wouldn't change that much. But yes, I agree that animations should be made to make sense.