What are your thoughts on the new Arcade skins?

Rock MD·8/9/2016, 8:37:37 PM·2 votes·1,675 views
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Personally, I like all of them and for the first time I think I'll be buying all of them when I get back to League.

Why do i like them? I like them because they delve into specific mini-themes, or basically genres of games that I grew up with being the son of an arcade junkie.

What do I mean by mini-themes? Inside the Arcade theme, Hecarim has Guitar Hero/music games as his mini-theme, Miss Fortune has shooters like Duck Hunt as hers, etc.

Ezreal - I definitely feel his is the strongest. In case you haven't heard the name Square Enix ever he's got a very RPG feel and he's very closely designed to look like Cloud w/ one of his emotes being based off the interface of FF7. Overall I have high hopes for this one as Ezreal doesn't really have a ton of unique or interesting skins and this definitely fits the bill.

Corki - Space Defender. Some of the most entertaining arcade games IMO were Galaga, Galaxian, and Invaders (or was it Space Invaders?). Very unique, especially among the Arcade skins (the most generic Arcade skins being Sona and MF and possibly Ahri's new skin) feel and the 8-bit on his Gatling Gun looks really crisp. Also that Invader kill emote was glorious.

Ahri - I might be a bit biased since Ahri main but I felt like her skin was definitely the lowest quality of the three. From the preview, the mini-theme wasn't there at all. it simply looked like a, as I described, "mismash of arcade-goer paraphernalia that doesn't really fit in." You've got the cat ear headphones which picked up a ton of popularity in Japan, a Game Boy advance slung at her side, and an outfit that looks like it was taken straight out of Avril Lavigne's closet. The only saving grace is the periodically color changing tails which is definitely an effect I want to see Riot implement in the game.

26 Comments

Tychusfindlay9198/9/2016, 11:21:51 PM2 votes

When I see arcade ezreal I can't help but think of the main character from Kingdom Hearts... And I forgot his name. Oh well.

Keepe8/10/2016, 12:14:23 AM1 votes

My thoughts are simple.

"Not Battle Boss."

xXxAltaïrrxXx8/10/2016, 1:09:25 AM1 votes

Dont like the arcade theme so much so the skins are pretty http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/meh_emma_stone.gif to me.

Skias8/10/2016, 1:17:06 AM1 votes

The Ezreal one is pretty ok, I feel like the Ahri one is pretty much the Riven one. I dunno. I don't personally care for the over the top "gamer" skins. I don't usually buy any team skins either, so I'm probably not the demographic for these.

PROJECT, Super Galaxy and Full Metal is my shit though. I love future skins.

MajesticWindbag8/10/2016, 2:23:06 AM1 votes

I love the Ezreal skin, I don't care what people say. His ult animation is finally different and he has particle effects. However, his q needs to be a little bit wider, imo.

LoL Ergo Urgot8/10/2016, 4:21:38 PM1 votes

Was does that arcade Viktor skin have tails?

Linna Excel8/10/2016, 9:55:01 PM1 votes

I like Corki's the best and Ezreal's is good too and I don't even own either one. Don't like Ahri's though. For me it's tied with her worst skin.

MavenSong8/9/2016, 9:04:26 PM1 votes

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzXth_UJDxs/V6TyFZQh0RI/AAAAAAAA9XU/ma0keE8eofoUQr5RpDtcmQ1cjq3HgGxrQCLcB/s1600/2eaaf8b0ae33f1b2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lhjhbB9.gif?noredirect

(also Ahri's attire i believe is a reference to Star Fox but i never played it so i wouldnt know horribly much)

TheRealBaz8/10/2016, 10:13:30 PM1 votes

ahri definaltly feels like it lacks any sort of reason to be there, ezreal is my favourite and corki is only slightly behind (anything that makes ezreal's ult a swordbeam is instantly amazing)