The lucky dog of next years lunar revel?

Xodiathe4bdn1··4 votes·1,457 views

One of the first content of a new year is the lunar revel skins Now although there will be a few champions chosen for the event 1 champion above all others is the picked as the mascot due to the relation with that years Chinese zodiac animal 2018 is the year of the dog and currently there are three champions that have any sort of connection with dogs. Nasus : he seems the most likely of the three as his kit and appearance can easily be incorporated to match whatever Asian theme is picked for 2018 Warwick:I really want him to be picked him but usually a vgu champion has to wait at least a year to get a new skin after their vgu( and that’s be generous) Kindred(wolf): the least likely champion who’ll be picked as lambs presence complicates the theme due the fact that lamb is basically the central focus of the champion in game and wolf is a useful accessory plus they’d be more suited for next years blood moon picks( theyre scary and already wear masks for pity’s sake 🙄)

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GreenLore1 votes

I think Nasus represents the dog the best,so he should get the skin.

Though we should remember that we don't always get a zodiac based skin every year as there was no horse skin in 2014

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Chembaron Yamada1 votes

They could have changed the philosophy, though. We almost have a champion for every chinese zodiac, rabbit is the exception. So if possible, why not make skins for these zodiacs? ^^

I think that Warwick represents the dog theme pretty well, too. His jokes are based around him being a dog. And Nasus got 2 skins after Warwick getting his last one. It's time for another new Warwick skin in my opinion.

GreenLore1 votes

I'm not saying they shouldn't make them,I'm merely saying that they skipped a zodiac before and thus I wouldn't get my hopes up too much.

RogueWill1 votes

Ehhh.... Teemo would make a decent rabbit.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Yordle in general could work as a replacement for rabbit, they come the closest. However, I think Teemo in particular would be a bad choice here since he already has a rabbit skin, making it a bit redundant.

Tristana with her wide arc jump could work. Same for Gnar. Since China was pretty famous for clockwork and gunpowder back then, Rumble would be another great candidate (maybe let this year have a general clockwork theme giving Orianna and Blitzcrank ancient Chinese clockwork skins alongside?).

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Warwick is best doggo and didn't receive a new skin for a long time (February 2015). Since the last time Warwick received a new skin (VGU doesn't count, redone content is not new content!), Nasus got 2 skins already. Kindred doesn't really qualify for the dog skin for this new year in my opinion. Lamb is the more recognisable part of the champion.

So my vote goes to Warwick! Warwick Who is a good boy? I am!

KestrelGirl1 votes

I did some digging into the League files and it appears Nasus and Warwick are BOTH set to get skins in the next few patches. (https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/7dr116/wad_file_research_ft_snowdown_and_lunar_new_year/) My guess is winter Warwick and Lunar Revel Nasus, but we'll have to see.

Chembaron Yamada3 votes

Winter Warwick seems a bit unlikely for me. He already has the Tundra Hunter skin with an ice theme.

KestrelGirl1 votes

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Winter Warwick seems a bit unlikely for me. He already has the Tundra Hunter skin with an ice theme.

Bad Santa Warwick is an example of a skin that would be still wintry but entirely different from Tundra Hunter.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Don't deny it, but I will highly doubt it until I see that with my own eyes. I mean, what connects Warwick thematically to santa or a bad version of him?

I don't see the logic behind that. Big Bad Warwick works, since it is based on the fairy tale Red Riding Hood, in which the wolf is dressing as her grandma to trick her. Warwick's design is hugely influenced by wolves.

And especially since the next year is the year of the dog, I think it's a bit more logical that your datamining is pointing more in the direction of a chinese new year skin, since I can actually see a logical connection between Warwick and this theme.

Not saying that a winter skin for him is impossible, but in my opinion it's unlikely since I don't see the logic in there. But maybe you got a great explanantion in which way Warwick is related to santa?

Moonboy651 votes

wad files don't mean anything

Chembaron Yamada2 votes

Not sure about that. Someone mentioned these files when Riot Stellari was teasing the next christmas skins on Twitter and her answer was that this stuff he/she found don't necessarily have to come that soon.

It sounded like these files are actually pointing towards new skins for these champions, just not necessarily for this christmas but a later date like chinese new year. Nasus and Warwick were both in this list. Maybe we get both.

TheGreatRasputin1 votes

Maybe a Warwick skin based off of the Wendigo?

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