Galio has new particle on his skins.

Dank N Plank·Mar 11, 2017·7 votes·1,663 views

Wow all my skins look really cool now! Even my really cheap skins feel like new! I Know right! My skins got something too! My fire and ice skins are pretty cool! My Pentakill skin has a firey look to it. Still no new skin though. :/ I got some ok changes. They added a nice eagle screech to my Uncle Ryze skin. I look fabulous now! Even some recolored abilities on my cheap skins. I got, umm, a floating sword that looks different with skins, no new particles though. I got a really good new model and my mouth actually moves, so that's cool.

Why doesn't Shen have and particles or recolors on his cheap skins? Why doesn't Yorick have a new skin yet? Doesn't putting particles on Galio's old skins make them worth more?

Just some questions I have.

10 Comments

GapyboMar 11, 20175 votes

Because Shen just got some model updates. They didn't do full update like all the others you listed. Those were complete relaunches from the ground up. You can compare Shen to updates such as Alistar and Maokai . They didn't put as much effort or resources into them. Riot stopped doing those type of partial reworks though and now they only do complete reworks.

MelledoneusMar 12, 20171 votes

Taric didn't get recolored effects, and he was a full relaunch.

SukishooMar 13, 20171 votes

Yes, but not all full relaunches have had recolored effects on their skins. Only recently when they felt it was really needed because of the updates changes did they add them to champs like WW and Galio.

VelvetCrotchMar 11, 20171 votes

http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/077/735/original/laughing-emoji.jpeg?interpolation=lanczos-none&downsize=*:1000

PraetorAmalthusMar 11, 20171 votes

I actually think there is literally no reason to pick Gatekeeper over Enchanted/Hextech now unless you want the VO.

GreenLoreMar 11, 20171 votes

And the different animations. He might not have a full set of new animations,but at least a few.

PraetorAmalthusMar 12, 20171 votes

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And the different animations. He might not have a full set of new animations,but at least a few.

True, although I would have expected new joke taunt and Dance animations :/

VelvetCrotchMar 12, 20171 votes

For Gatekeeper Galio? This Skin not only has a cool new VO and Vfx but also new animations of his wings for Q and W (and backport).

And dont forget his awesome "Illidan - E" and the red glowing eyes during ult.

Sexy Jack RabbitMar 12, 20171 votes

Poppy's skins are pretty sad now that we see the potential they had, but the facial rig is nice.

PyrodiniumMar 13, 20171 votes

There is actually an explanation for why Galio's skins, alongside with those of Warwick, have received recolored particles.

It all goes back to the development of Elementalist Lux! Due to the needs of this ultimate skin, the Skins team invested in new technology that allowed them to efficiently modify in-game particles (whereas before, those were essentially hand-painted).

Because of this change, new skins and champion reworks have been receiving better-matching particles.

You can read about it in detail here.