Am I the only one that's disappointed with the recent PBE skins so far?

Forhonor321·7/25/2017, 10:19:32 PM·4 votes·446 views

First, yes I know this is the first day of the new cycle on the PBE and things are bound to change. But nevertheless I have to voice my opinion on this stuff because someone has to talk about it.

So to start things off, I want to discuss the Arcade Skins. The first thing is I'm a bit sad at the choices. Don't get me wrong, the characters are alright, especially Malz since I don't believe he's had a skin for a while and Ziggs and Brand I guess are OK, but here's the thing that irks me. It's that there's no team form of the skins.

Here's what I mean: on the player's side we have Arcade Riven, Hecarim, Sona, MF, Ezreal, Corki, & Ahri. All of them are place in a respective role of a team comp: Top, Jg, Mid, ADC, and Supp, able to switch out some for others. On the Boss' side we currently have Veigar and Blitz which fill the Mid and Supp roles leaving room for Top, Jg, & ADC. But instead we get more characters primarily to mid lane. You can argue that Ziggs can go bot or even Malz do Jg, which have both worked in the past, but for the most part I'm just disappointed that they couldn't do something like Final Boss Kog'Maw or Mega Boss Mord or Malphite or something. Idk I just feel a bit cheated when I see the choices a tiny bit.

Second thing about these skins: I'm not particularly a fan of Brand's skin. It looks creepy as all hell and I barely recognize him. Particles are ok on him but the base model I absolutely hate. Malz for the most part I'm OK with. He has a good design, Voidlings look terrific and I love the look on his abilities. My only complaint is that his skin doesn't make him feel as menacing as it does in his splash. And Ziggs...for the most part I like him. It's just that his area reveal on his ult from the teaser feels a bit hard to see.

Now to quickly go over the rest.

Pentakill Kayle: I actually think this is a kickass skin for her! Also apparently the SFX aren't working on her recall, E, or R so I can forgive that but I'm just a bit sad at the W sound. It's just her base. I was kind of hoping for some sort of guitar rift or power note or whatever you call it to play when you heal someone up. Just a small nitpick that I feel can easily be fixed (and when her rework finally comes around I really want a special voice over for her similar to Pentakill Karthus)

Lancer Hecarim: .... I really don't know what to talk about this skin. Like, on the one hand the model is gorgeous and the SFX are pretty. On the other: It's Loot Exclusive (reeeeeeeeeeeeeee) and he still uses the base animations for AA and Q with his lance, a weapon that is meant for piercing and not swinging like a axe, and makes him look like an idiot doing so! The Q I have to let go because I know there's nothing to change that animation but I'm sorry I can't let go of the fact that he uses a lance and swings it like his normal axe/halberd/whatever it is. This may possibly be the one loot exclusive skin that I really don't want to collect.

5 Comments

Kàyle7/25/2017, 10:37:20 PM2 votes

PentaKayle has a really bad AA. I really hope for 1350 RP that it could have a new animation of some kind.. T_T The W could use a cool riff for sure, Ima have to listen to the album and look for one now!

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/F56BAiQe-im-so-excited-for-this-new-pentakayle-skin

Athenes Lulu7/25/2017, 10:22:31 PM1 votes

The VFX for the bosses are pretty neat, but the sound is really undertuned. I can't even tell what kinds of sounds are going off and I didn't know Malz was actually laughing before he recalls.

Zombie Slayer7/25/2017, 11:52:48 PM1 votes

I honestly like the Brand skin its pretty cool and the reference to Fireman from Megaman is cool. But yes I would've liked to have gotten more diversity in the positions in the lanes the champs play for instance I would've liked to have a Battle boss Warwick but for other champs im not sure what they could go with maybe Battle boss Kog maw,Lucian,or Varus for a Battle boss ADC and maybe Battle boss Aatrox,Illaoi,Renek,Mord or Maokai for a top laner

ChompyWulf7/26/2017, 7:44:28 AM1 votes

Hecarim skin looks pretty lame if it's going to be 10 Gems like other loot exclusives. Really a let down.

I for one am grinding my teeth that Kayle gets another skin. It looks great, but other champs deserve some love, and she isn't Metal enough.