Is the Dark Star skinline borrowing too much from Syndra?

Overlord Forte··14 votes·1,909 views

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I fear the proliferation of 'dark stars' in the skin line (particularly Thresh's lantern being replaced by one) is borrowing an uncomfortable amount from Syndra's design. Like, legitimately confusion-worthy in game play (Is that a lantern or a syndra sphere?), if not an overall concern with aesthetic pollution.

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MavenSong1 votes

That is how dark matter is portrayed, it just lines up similarly with syndra. i could MAYBE understand some confusion in game though.

Erractic Eick1 votes

Very fair point. Are there any photos or videos of the abilities? That seems like something the design team wouldn't overlook, due to aforementioned confusion involved.

MavenSong1 votes

There is a video showing a recall animation and thats it so far from what I know.

Overlord Forte1 votes

Thresh's idle pose into recall is over here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFjngVwGqc/

Fasmodey1 votes

What if Syndra has cosmic link? What if source of Syndra's powers are related with Dark Energy?

I would understand the similarity then. Otherwise, wouldn't make sense that much.

Igotlazy1 votes

It's possible but we should probably wait until we see the skins in their entirety before freaking out. Who knows maybe nothing will overlap with Syndra.

Xeruon1 votes

Except in that skin, Thresh's lantern has a huge, very noticable swirling effect around it, which Syndra's orbs don't have.

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