I always thought Xayah and Rakan would be paired in all the skin lines they are chosen for, but now in 2019 Rakan is getting a skin without Xayah? Is there a reason for this? I'm a Rakan and Xayah main and I duo with the other character all the time xd and my friends and I like to match...
4 Step Cadence11 votesYeah. Its called the ADC of the winning team of Worlds didn't play/pick Xayah.
Camille Ferrøs8 votesI feel like they don't have to always get a matching skin.
Rathar Dashing6 votesIG gets to pick which champs get skins for their line, and it needs to include champs they played.
Xayah was garbage like the entirety of worlds so not really much reason to pick her.
Craft Zeppelin1 votes[{quoted}](name=Rathar Dashing,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=EIAQAFI2,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2019-04-02T22:57:18.470+0000)
IG gets to pick which champs get skins for their line, and it needs to include champs they played.
Xayah was garbage like the entirety of worlds so not really much reason to pick her.
I find it ironic, Rakan fits more teamcomps than Xayah.
Rathar Dashing2 votesXayah needs a specific kind of support to make her work, and if she gets behind she doesn't provide much. Rakan's engage is always very powerful (even after the nerfs it still can change teamfights), and it's always beneficial to his team. Generally, ADC's need to be built around, while good supports can find their way into most team comps.
Craft Zeppelin1 votes[{quoted}](name=Rathar Dashing,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=EIAQAFI2,comment-id=000300000000,timestamp=2019-04-03T06:09:37.915+0000)
Xayah needs a specific kind of support to make her work, and if she gets behind she doesn't provide much. Rakan's engage is always very powerful (even after the nerfs it still can change teamfights), and it's always beneficial to his team. Generally, ADC's need to be built around, while good supports can find their way into most team comps.
He is also a enchanter/light poke/engager. Not only he is fun, I think he has a special spot in some support mains.
Meandthe9retards4 votesIm a xayah main and my heart was broken a thousand times reading the comments...
Me too.
Kairoptra3 votesThe champions who get skins for the winning team at Worlds are chosen by the winning team itself. I suppose if you were to ask someone about this, you would ask them.
The Loaffather2 votesAs a Rakan main, betrayal by Riot Games has never been so profound. Sure there are OP characters, sure there are cruel individuals in this game, but this... is beyond unacceptable in my book.
Xayah and Rakan are a dynamic duo. They require a sense of skill, a sense of unity, and a sense of enjoyment to play together. I find difficulty in having a Xayah adc whenever I have the desire to play Rakan. But when I do, it is like heaven intertwined a few threads to bring out the best in our game. Even if our team was losing, a positive aura remained in the air for both the bottom laners and the entire team itself.
Because of Xayah not being included with Rakan for the Invictus Gaming skin-set is going to displease more people over time. In fact, the likelihood of me purchasing this skin is absolutely zero. I already hate playing Rakan without a Xayah, and now it is being encouraged in terms of monopoly and visual appeal.
If Riot wishes to do right by us with a benefit for themselves as well, I would suggest simply adding Invictus Gaming Xayah to the list. That way, more people are happy and more income will arrive in the wallets of Riot Games' employees and their respected partners, representatives, and Parent-Organization Tencent.
Riot Games, if you're listening, please take the advice for the sake of the millions of gamers who choose to play your game more than any other free-to-play game.
Thank you.
Oleandervine2 votesI know this may be hard to believe, but Xayah and Rakan are actually individual characters. They can have skins without the other. Rakan can go dance and hustle for money in a strip club without Xayah there to harsh the mood of place. Xayah can go off and have a coffee in a dingy café and brood over the blackness of her caffeine without Rakan perking the place up. They can do things independent of each other and still be a couple. I know this may be a tough concept to grapple with, but you will learn to understand it better if you've ever been in relationship.
They can have skins without the other. It's fine. It's better for them, actually, because it doesn't limit the creativity of the skins team if they can fit Xayah in a line but not Rakan. I would GLADLY take a Deathsworn Xayah, I think it'd be fucking epic. But Deathsworn Rakan? Not so much. It's not his mood and he'd be hella forced into the line. That's the kind of thing that I can look forward to if they're finally going to be treated as individual champions and not parasites on each other.
The Loaffather1 votesI appreciate your point of view of such manners when it comes to relationships, which I fully agree with as I am a strong believer in such activities without your partner. In a sense, it makes the relationship better by not being in each others' lives constantly, which such a thing would be obsessive and outright madness, if not causing madness between the two individuals.
However, this is a situation that shows the unity of couple, like wedding rings or best friend bracelets (I believe two people who love each other very much would be proud to call one another their best friend and soul mate). It's cute, it's magical, and it is true grace to be (not to mention to see) two individuals matching, whether it is special and subtle like rings or obvious and cute as ever like an entire matching outfits.
Perhaps others would consider such an ideology of mine to be overly romantic, but I stand strong with my beliefs regarding the adorableness of two matching individuals for the sake of symbolizing their unity.
Plus, if the other Summoner does not want to match, he/she can pick a different skin or I can pick a different skin to not match him/her. Simple as that to respect the other person. :)
zPity2 votessorry, winning worlds is special. He chose Rakan for his skin, get over it
Your viewpoint is appreciated, but your harshness... was not.
zPity1 votesYour viewpoint is appreciated, but your harshness... was not.
that's okay. people complaining are taken away the honor for a pro player to be recognized. Might as well be Kayne stealing the mic from Taylor, just in league.
that's okay. people complaining are taken away the honor for a pro player to be recognized. Might as well be Kayne stealing the mic from Taylor, just in league.
Taking* (sorry, grammar nazi), and how is being displeased of not having a matching skin with IG Rakan taking away the pro player's honor exactly? Quite frankly, I love IG Rakan. I would just love it more if there was an IG Xayah to match with him and it is sad there isn't such.
That's why I'm rooting for Invictus once more in hopes they deliver IG Xayah. :)
