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Deathsworn Katarina is a wasted potential...

LdCwrGm1vv·11/6/2017, 12:10:52 AM·8 votes·15,090 views

https://i.imgur.com/Tg4AToL.jpg Concept art ( by Zeronis ) vs Splash Art vs 3d model

Zeronis did a fine job with this skin concept. This skin could have been a great legendary! But despite to the new effects, it's hardly worth 1350 RP.

  • The main problem in my opinion is the pose. Katarina's pose covers the details of the skin, and it makes the skin look simple.
  • The second problem is the outfit. Purple doesn't match for the blue hair. They could have just keep the black dress with the collar. ( And please don't come with the children. League of Legends is 13+ and contains blood and violence. This game is definitely not for little children. ) The outfit on the original concept is really fine, beautiful and badass.
  • The third problem, they didn't cath the hair color from the concept art. In the model the color of the hair looks really flat. We cannot see the shadows. The hair around the roots must be darker, and the hair ends should gradient into vibrating green/mint color. -The fourth problem is... in the side view she almost looks like Irelia. https://i.imgur.com/XmmnSaf.jpg

6 Comments

Camille Ferrøs11/6/2017, 12:27:19 AM3 votes

The thing that I mostly dislike is the hair that flies like that...

Riotmoonstones11/6/2017, 8:20:59 PM3 votes

Hey!

For the sake of proper discussion, this is a before and after to show what the final model/texture looks like. :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DL5Q3t5UQAENc80.jpg:large

With this skin already released, I'm happy to read your feedback, but we won't be acting on it. Moving forward, if there's a skin on PBE that you're super passionate about, I'd encourage you to drop some feedback on the boards as soon as possible, so we have time to discuss it and make changes.

All of the changes you see on Death Sworn Katarina were suggested by players!

EDIT: Regarding the concept you posted, Zeronis actually noted that that was an art pitch, and not the final concept that we went with and modeled for the Death Sworn skin -

"Concept Art for Deathsworn Katarina done for League of Legends. It was an exciting project to work on. The first art was a pitch art that helped establish and define this new ghostly skin."

Ahris11/6/2017, 12:26:17 AM2 votes

Doesnt look at all close to irelia imo

Beheaded11/6/2017, 7:58:05 PM1 votes

just stop please. thats a screenshot taken when she was released on pbe.. the skin changed alot. once they fix the sfx it will be even better. also, no reason to post this on your throwaway acc, mister Almighty.