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Can Kayle's next skin include a helmet?

HeresyUntoFedex·4/28/2016, 3:55:39 AM·10 votes·1,517 views

Out of all of Kayle's skins, only two actually include badass helmets befitting of the game's sole helmet-sis and both of those are just recolors of her base-appearance. In fact most of them have her face on display completely, and often ditch her armor in favor of attire that just shows off her curves. I'm not saying any of these are bad skins,_ Iron Inquisitor_ has one of the best splash arts in the game and Judgment Kayle has the coolest shoulder pads in the game imo, but none of these fit the theme that sets Kayle apart from any other female champ, which is the helmet.

I mean, it's mentioned specifically in her lore that she doesn't show her face, and even with the lore rework a character trait like that seems like it would go unaffected, so how come she's ripping it off to show us all her face any chance shes gets? Is it hard to breath with it on? Is she claustrophobic? Probably not.

So I ask this, can the next Kayle include a helmet? I'm not gonna cry and say they should add one to all of her existing skins(although I think we all know Aether Wing would have been more noticed if it had a Samus Aran helmet to go with it), but the helmet is part of her character, her theme, and some rerailment would be nice! :3

17 Comments

GreenLore4/28/2016, 9:51:36 AM3 votes

Well Iron inquisitor has a mask and a hood. It might not be a helmet,but it doesn't show any part of her face.

Overall I think riot simply went on the "kayle without mask"-train once they released unmasked kayle and then went with it and hopefully they left that train by now(i mean riot kayle does wear a helmet,sure it doesn't cover her face,but together with the sunglasses you can't see that much of her face)

I remember that someone from riot said that their champion design went a bit through a phase called babe-/dudesplosion(that was really the word he used),where they focused a bit too much on making physically attractive champions,rather than unique looking champs(for example many complained about zyra and elise being both sexy redheads released so close together) and which is likely the reason why so many kayle skins went without a helmet since they were released during that time.

Mystery Ghost4/28/2016, 4:57:21 AM3 votes

she just got a skin with helmet and mask

Cenobite Azaziel4/28/2016, 6:22:42 AM2 votes

Lore? What lore? Retcon extinguished all lore.

Ralanr4/28/2016, 1:24:22 PM2 votes

League could always use more full covering helmets.

Guy Fox Teemo4/28/2016, 6:13:21 AM2 votes

None of her skisn are even close to being a "Show off her covers"

ALL OF THEM, are literally all full body armors? With exception of some without a helm. Also she just a got a new skin with a helmet that comes out next patch -____-

ZZ7X9siDgl4/28/2016, 5:10:57 PM1 votes

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Desiderium4/28/2016, 9:47:03 PM1 votes

The primary reasons why she tends to get skins without helmets are:

  1. She's pretty.

  2. She has 3-4 skins that have her with a helmet, including her Classic. The artists want to take different directions with her.

With that said, there is plenty of room for her to have cool skins with a helmet. Something like Mecha or Project would be cool. Or even Full Metal like Jayce.

The Loveless4/29/2016, 2:37:11 AM1 votes

I was just thinking about this a few days ago. They may as well make her base skin helmetless since they don't seem to like it and prefer showing off her face.