It is finally here... Arclight Yorick!

Tormentula·Sep 11, 2017·138 votes·16,770 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCMLd3SvM3o

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/086/918/afb.gif

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2017/09/pbe-preview-beekeeper-singed-and.html

107 Comments

RiotRiot BeardilocksSep 11, 2017113 votes

Hooray :D This is the first skin that I worked on, made the VFX for the E, Recall and Death.

The DrBonjigolloSep 11, 201716 votes

You guys did amazing work on this one(not implying that anything else isn't amazing)!

But I have a question, is your beard in dreadlocks like your name (sort of) implies?

SUPP0RT MAINSep 11, 20174 votes

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You guys did amazing work on this one(not implying that anything else isn't amazing)!

But I have a question, is your beard in dreadlocks like your name (sort of) implies?

I'm pretty sure his name is just a weird name referring to Goldilocks and the 3 bears but just made it beard-ilocks

RiotRiot BeardilocksSep 12, 20178 votes

My beard is not in dreads (though that would be cool!). The thought for my name was more along the line of Goldilocks, but with a big beard, as support main said

Catalin10GGSep 11, 20178 votes

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Hooray :D This is the first skin that I worked on, made the VFX for the E, Recall and Death.

THANK YOU BARDILOCKS I AND OTHER YORICK MAINS WE LOVE YOU!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK , YOU ARE THE BEST!!!![slayer-jinx-catface]

RiotRiot BeardilocksSep 12, 20176 votes

Thank you guys, glad you like it, can't wait until you guys get to play him :D Going to have to play some Yorick myself, but i'm a support main, so..... supyortick?

MuffledGarbageSep 12, 20172 votes

Hey do you think you could pitch riot to have a "Cookie cutter yorick" from the one chef-line of skins

The minions are little gingerbread men and the W is a hollowed out cake.

E is a bunch of dough that yorick throws and spills on the ground.

Maiden is a gingerbread maiden...

The skin has a lot of potential and would be hilarious to make...

maybe some day?

Also Here's a Sup yorick build that works well:

item 2303 item 3068 item 3025 item 3222 item 3193 item 3109

Your job is to either peel or to scare the enemies when you have your ult up.

Yorick is like Fiora because when you have your ult, there are almost no conditions that you can be beaten at in an even fight.

So you'll be pretty set with your team, you can just set your item 3109 on top of any other tanks/ divers and you've pretty much got most teamfights in the bag.

Arkadije95Sep 11, 20172 votes

Nice job man. As somebody who likes to play new Yorick I might buy it. Maybe.
On one hand the skin is good, 10/10 material and its a YORIC SKIN. On the other hand there has been a leak of a sword that belongs to a ninja. I would post the picture of that ninja, but I heard that he is so fast that he can outrun sound itself. And it looks like a skin for that ninja. AND I AM NOT FULL OF CASH. But seriously nice skin. Paladin Yorick looks so nice.

NecrozardSep 11, 20173 votes

BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM

DREAMS BECAME REALITY HOPES WERE RESTORED COMMUNITY WAS LISTENED

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

PS : i love how the E explode like a ball of radiant dust Like the ashe and bones of an ancient sacred being

Jackom1Sep 11, 20172 votes

You do god's work

Pommel KnightSep 11, 20172 votes

Btw is this a legendary?

AmazoXSep 11, 20172 votes

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Hooray :D This is the first skin that I worked on, made the VFX for the E, Recall and Death.

Praise Beardilocks FOR GIVING YORICK A SKIN!!!!!!!

FlemmanSep 11, 20171 votes

good job, now i just cross finger for the music when the maiden is alive to be change to something with divine vibes and the skin will be a perfect new fantasy for Yorick (see angel instead of dead poeple)

RiotRiot ZimberflySep 12, 20172 votes

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good job, now i just cross finger for the music when the maiden is alive to be change to something with divine vibes and the skin will be a perfect new fantasy for Yorick (see angel instead of dead poeple)

Hi there. You are correct friend! Arclight Yorick will indeed have brand new ult music.

DragonSheaSep 11, 20173 votes

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Hooray :D This is the first skin that I worked on, made the VFX for the E, Recall and Death.

Fucking beautiful man. I hope it's a legendary skin.

NineTailedMysticSep 11, 20172 votes

Probably 1350. No way they're releasing two Legendaries so close to each other.

PlacentasSep 11, 20173 votes

-shrug- No one would have thought they'd release 2 legendaries at the same time - Riv & Yas. And they were released pretty shortly after Cait's legendary.

NineTailedMysticSep 11, 20172 votes

Even then, SG came out this patch. These two will likely be out next patch or the patch after. That's way too quick of a release schedule.

TerraRisingSep 12, 20172 votes

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Hooray :D This is the first skin that I worked on, made the VFX for the E, Recall and Death.

I should clarify my earlier statement, but I'll do it in a new post so you can easily read it.

As a Yorick player who has waited since July 1, 2011 for a new Yorick skin (I have proof) and has suffered from player and Rioter derision the entire time (on social media and in person at conventions, at the NALCS, and Riot HQ), to see a "Good Guy Yorick" skin and not something worthy of the over six year wait is underwhelming and disappointing.

Yorick's not an average champ, one that got a skin every so often in his existence. He's been denied skin love since launch, for reasons real and imagined, and his fans deserved Riot's best efforts in terms of both concept AND execution.

I was hoping for something truly epic and jaw-dropping, something that said "We're sorry for the wait, here's something awesome." Instead, it's a below average concept (stolen from a fan on Reddit or these boards) with really good execution. Still, it's like polishing a dirt clod, sorry to say.

If Arclight Yorick had been his fourth skin, delivered sometime in 2019, it would have been fine and I might have purchased it. I don't plan on purchasing this skin, however, because of the above reasoning.

What I'm most afraid of, however, is the future. Now that Yorick has his first skin since launch, how long are we going to wait for his next one? Are we going to have another 6 year wait, with lots of hemming and hawing from the skins team and players incorrectly saying that making a Yorick skin isn't worth Riot's time and energy? Are we going to have Rioters claim that making money isn't the most important thing, yet the only skins the company seems interested in producing are for "popular" champs like Ahri, Nidalee and Janna? Is it going to become business as usual until the memes pop back up?

I hope that clarifies my feelings and I hope you share this with the rest of the team. While nothing I have ever said to the Skins team matters at all to them, I would like to know that my feedback is being heard.

RalanrSep 11, 201731 votes

Time to hit people with a holy shovel.

Blade RunnerSep 11, 201731 votes

I can see players yelling 'DEUS VULT' at a computer everytime they use the Q

ModAcademy KaynSep 11, 20172 votes

Brb making a macro

Malicious MetalSep 11, 20175 votes

VULT

DEUS VULT!

MuffledGarbageSep 11, 20175 votes

I want to change Yorick's VO so his shovel now and forever instead of a PWANG when you use Q now screams at the top of it's lungs DUES VULT

Arkadije95Sep 11, 20173 votes

You mean DEUS VULT.

DO NOT TRIGER THE EMPERORS AVENGING ANGELS.

AbibyamaSep 11, 20176 votes

D-DESU VULT!

http://i.imgur.com/mjfSCPn.png

MYXYNSep 11, 201725 votes

Seriously Riot, another yorick skin. Can we please have a new ahri skin or mabye a ryze rework?

DonatellaVersaceSep 11, 201718 votes

When you realize you can now make a skin post without getting harassed by Yorick mains...

[zombie-nunu-hearts]

Celestial Lion12Sep 11, 20179 votes

all 5 of them

Chromatic EagleSep 11, 201712 votes

Inb4 people say it's not good enough

Arkadije95Sep 11, 20177 votes

Ignore them. And remember BEWARE THE MUTANT THE FREAK THE HERETIC FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPEROR.

I have been spending to much time learning Warhammer 40k lore.

Penta PenguinSep 11, 20178 votes

to be fair Arclight is the super-generic "turn dark guys into light guys" skin line, happy for the yorick mains but i barely even count Arclight as a skin on any champion

Chromatic EagleSep 11, 20172 votes

Don't get me wrong it's a fair enough criticism, but people act like he deserves a legendary or ultimate skin for waiting so long.

NefasSep 11, 20177 votes

He at least deserves a creative skin, which I don't think this is. I am disappointed, since I do play Yorick as one of my main Tops. The skin just doesn't do anything for me because of how boring and generic the theme is.

LetsGoJoeMyBroSep 12, 20178 votes

When's the yorick as a shepard and the ghouls as his sheep going to be?

VeltoxSep 12, 20174 votes

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/07/078376c7969b97e5edfc1737534e558132088069ea25728d5a9d3ff50171411e.jpg

WigglepufftuffSep 11, 20176 votes

PRAISE THE SUN https://giphy.com/gifs/praise-ihutOQWSxXSWA

DragonSheaSep 12, 20172 votes

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PRAISE THE SUN https://giphy.com/gifs/praise-ihutOQWSxXSWA

That gif is fitting because it's an Arclight skin.

JooshBoxSep 11, 20175 votes

I was skeptical about the theme at first, (Yorick doesn't start with a V) but I've come around to it. I like the aspect of turning the maiden into a holy figure and Yorick is a monk so it works for me. Want to see a full quality video first before I commit and I would love if they added in a couple different voice lines. Not sure the current banter between Yorick and the maiden quite fits with this skin.