Maybe I'm spoiled, but Dawnbringer & Nightbringer Soraka don't feel as good as other legendaries

Krys Star·12/21/2019, 6:18:46 PM·2 votes·3,939 views

When Soraka recalls, there's a unique animations for both. When the recall finishes, she just pops up into the fountain. I don't own a whole bunch of Legendary skins, but I know this isn't the case for Star Guardian Rakan, Star Guardian Xayah, Lunar Eclipse Leona and Solar Eclipse Leona.

https://youtu.be/gRHHbHKTd4I?t=84 https://youtu.be/JM44U_ej2aE?t=82 Lunar Eclipse Leona, she appears crashing down onto her knees and re-equipping her sword and shield via summoning them. This is also the case with Solar Eclipse Leona, whose recall animation differs but the return to fountain in the same, but still unique as a Legendary Skin itself.

https://youtu.be/XZm_ilBgzBQ?t=81 Star Guardian Rakan, it shows the corruption of his transformation being complete and him levitating back onto his feet (talon?) and swiping his hair back.

https://youtu.be/CWC5uChEAMQ?t=83 Same case with Star Guardian Xayah, it shows corruption taking over her transformation and when it seems to fail, it completely corrupts her as she returns to the fountain.

Dawnbringer and Nightbringer Soraka, meanwhile, just pop up at the fountain casually, normally, in their idle stance. I feel like corners were cut here, maybe they was rushing to release the skin on time? I don't know, but this was a reported issue that was ignored when the skins were on the pbe regardless. Then there's also the case of Rejuvenation, one of Soraka's core feature (which many of my friends don't even know exist, even after playing a thousand games of me as Soraka lol >.<).

https://youtu.be/TnUYdGlC-I0?t=94 Winter Wonder Soraka, Rejuvenation is a beautiful ring of aurora that wraps around Soraka herself, and her allies that she grants Rejuvenation to. A trail of aurora light also follows Soraka or her ally while Rejuvenation's speed up is in effect. So gorgeous!

https://youtu.be/oyQRTFFwhX4?t=72 Program Soraka, while more subtle than Winter Wonder Soraka, still shows dozens of triangles(?) enveloping and repairing her body. There's also a faint light trailing Soraka and her allies too, very subtle though. Still pretty nonetheless!

https://youtu.be/LUOwLJxlvtg?t=149 Star Guardian Soraka is also more subtle, yet isn't, as Rejuvenation wraps Soraka or her ally in a blanket of glowing green light. While Rejuvenation's speed up is in effect, you can see intertwining trails of light, like the tail of a comet, dissipating from Soraka and her allies. Beautiful, really.

https://youtu.be/rH4WEK2MjjM?t=136 If you look at Dawnbringer and Nightbringer Soraka, however, Rejuvenation has a very subtle effect, animation even, that is only more noticeable on Soraka herself because of the change in her hair and wings (they glow beautifully!). This has no effect on her allies, however, who instead just have tiny ashes of bluish-green light or orange-red light falling from their waist. There's also no animation for the speed up effect either, no faint light or trail of light. I was really bummed about this.

I know it's a lengthy post, and I'm probably just being a spoiled, entitled brat, but I'm really passionate about Soraka (1.5mil mastery) and I was sooo excited about her getting a Legendary skin (and two for that matter!), something I never thought would happen. If a Rioter could chime in and let us know what was the end decision here, and if this was something that was hopefully missed, it'd be greatly appreciated if this could be touched up on!

It really sucks that a couple of 1350 skins have much more work put into their animations, and I just want my Legendary skins to feel Legendary in every single aspect (recall animation's end and Rejuvenation). :C

13 Comments

Jimmy Rustles12/21/2019, 6:31:00 PM3 votes

Legendary skins are super varied in quality now

Some have full 15 minutes of new dialogue, new animations, new effects, and great spawn and backing animations

And others have 5 minutes of new lines and only some of the other things

TheBrothersGrymm12/21/2019, 7:55:41 PM2 votes

I think this event is just sad, are raka buff incoming??? why 2 skins for her???? and why they look so bad like not good at all. AND IF ITS GUNNA BE RAKA WHY AINT WARWICK ON THE OTHER SIDE oh wait didnt you change lore so raka didnt make WW now, oh yea WW is a science rat from zaun instead of a werewolf made by raka cause WW was an ass?

Salvaged Vlada12/21/2019, 6:31:17 PM1 votes

Dawnbringer Soraka's red make up looks like she is bleeding to death. Even if it's supposed to present the Nightbringer part of her, they could've done a better job, the way they made Dawnbringer-like blue make up fit with Nightbringer Soraka's design.

Also the floating pieces on her back are annoying to look at, would preffer if they weren't added.

I still find Star Guardian Soraka her best skin.

Makarakarn12/21/2019, 6:36:22 PM1 votes

Yes, you are.