Riot, some of the old skins can share the same splashes

Blood Magicks·4/11/2016, 12:27:01 AM·56 votes·8,319 views

It seems that most of the forums agree on two points

  1. Riot's current art department produces amazing artwork
  2. Some of the dated skins have inferior splashes, and changing them with the Chinese ones is a temporary solution only, as some of the Chinese ones aren't great

The problem is, of course, creating some of the brilliant new arts takes time and resources. Is it already Riot's intention to put some old skins in the same splash, and is this a good idea overall?

Off the top of my head there is plenty of room for this, especially for the cheap skins:

Recon Teemo - Guerrila Tristana (soldiers, friends (?)) Desperada Cassio - Outback Renekton (Shurima Lore,~~ Wild west themed~~) King Tryndamere - Queen Ashe (married, and Queen Ashe already has a great splash, but few people have any idea they're married, so an art to remind that would be sweet) Uncle Ryze - Statue of Karthus - That other American skin I can't remember (does it need explaining?) Aristocrat Vayne - Marquis Vladimir (enemies, aristocrats) Commando Lux, Garen, Jarvan IV, Galio, all of these are pretty dated (Demacians, buddies) Bilgewater Swain and Katarina (Bilgewater theme, enemies) All the Vandal skins together All the Crimson Elite skin together (There's just Talon and Riven so far, right?)

While I'm usually against many skins sharing a single splash, I think it is acceptable for some 520 skins in order to accentuate on relationships between champions and bring us great splashes faster.

EDIT: Feel free to add suggestions and correct me as always, I don't claim to be correct on all.

41 Comments

TzQGRUST394/11/2016, 3:19:42 AM19 votes

This is actually a great Idea and would cut down work on updating splashes a fair bit.

DwarvenGiant4/11/2016, 4:19:51 AM9 votes

That other American skin I can't remember

Bird of Prey Anivia, I think?

I like the ideas though. This plan sounds good and saves on art resources as well.

Malicious Metal4/11/2016, 8:57:57 AM6 votes

This isn't just a cheap trick to get both Vlad and Vayne to share a splash, is it?

Captain Aishi4/11/2016, 10:42:28 AM4 votes

hey, don't touch bilgewater Kat's splash, it's the best in the entire damn game! and outback renekton is Australian themed, not exactly the same thing as the wild west (but if they VU'd desperada cassio and turned her into a tiger snake i'd be fine with them sharing a splash)

Star Guardían4/11/2016, 6:10:32 AM3 votes

Although I'm usually not a fan of shared splash arts, this would be a good solution to save time and money.

Elikain4/11/2016, 6:06:16 PM2 votes

Ashe and Tryndamere are married for political reasons, so that both of their tribes could unite under 2 leaders without bloodshed. It was never because of romance. And i believe Ashe is quite young, for a leader.

kDrakari4/11/2016, 1:57:39 AM2 votes

I'm not entirely certain that figuring out a combined splash art would actually be less work than making separate splash arts, but I wouldn't mind if that's what they do.

Photos of Ghosts4/11/2016, 1:48:54 PM2 votes

Swain and Kata enemies?

Dr Birdie4/11/2016, 6:22:06 PM2 votes

Yeah I would like to see the old football skins get a shared splash like the lucian, alistar, etc one has.

ZT Xperimentor4/11/2016, 7:09:35 PM1 votes

Some older skins being replaced (or have already been) could be turned into more 'traditional' skins too.

Monkey D Luffy4/11/2016, 7:00:42 PM1 votes

Am I the only one who hate grouped splash arts? .-.

Moonboy654/11/2016, 1:03:37 AM1 votes

Vandal Brand already got updated last year tho