It's not the fact Ez and Lux got new skins...

The Ecdysiast·5/1/2019, 12:07:49 AM·38 votes·16,020 views

It's the fact they're in this skin line when they're both already in the Star Guardian line. We were promised a shonen-inspired line and got two of the same fucking champions as are in SG.

That's where the bullshit is.


Edit: To clarify, I'm saying it's really stupid that they hyped us up for a new, unique skin line featuring different champions only for 2/5 to be champions who are in the other line, and the sixth to just be the on-release skin for the cat. It'd be just as annoying if they had gone with MF, Jinx, Syndra, Poppy, Lulu, Soraka, Janna, or Ahri.

It's lazy of them to pick the two easiest champions to make skins for. The ones whose personalities already match the skin line, so even despite all new lines for the skin Ezreal just sounds like he's saying the same things he says by default. And instead of doing the work to design cool new effects for a champion that might be difficult to do on, it's the ones with the biggest, flashiest visual effects which are easiest to make new effects for.

There are plenty of champions they could've picked who would've actually been different. And it's kind of annoying the skins are obviously going to sell well because they copied the 2D style effects from FighterZ and Smash Ultimate.

54 Comments

AnotherPurple3795/1/2019, 4:13:04 AM19 votes

Hard agree, and I'm a Lux main. They missed an opportunity to put the spotlight on another pair of Champions in an anime-inspired setting, but instead went with Lux and Ezreal when they're already the leads in another universe. That's why I'm so disappointed.

It's like Riot doesn't have faith that any story without Lux or Ezreal won't fail.

Shinji lkari5/1/2019, 4:51:41 AM9 votes

Hate to break some people's bubbles but if a magical flying Cat has a place in this shounen, then so does Kayn, Taliyah, Viktor, Azir, Zoe, Jhin, Taric, and ba dum tush KINDRED.

Psyrix5/1/2019, 3:50:39 PM5 votes

See... I wouldve been fine with Ezreal and Lux getting the skins if Katarina had gotten the legendary.

Terozu5/1/2019, 12:44:22 AM4 votes

Magical Girl is already a shonen genre, and Ezreal is a stock shonen hero by default. Shonen heros always have a love interest.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Elipo5/1/2019, 10:04:15 PM4 votes

But they fit the theme*[slayer-pantheon-popcorn]*

Pika Fox5/2/2019, 12:33:59 AM2 votes

Because magical girl and shonen are not the same thing?

And because Ezreal is by far the best champion out of the entire roster for this skin line and Lux is his love interest?

The Highest Noon5/2/2019, 1:26:09 PM2 votes

Why not put the most anime champions in an anime skin line? And yes, Lux and Ezreal are the most anime champions in this game. Literally both of them have anime references in their designs.

Oleandervine5/2/2019, 3:23:39 PM1 votes

Rakan and Xayah get put into skin lines together all the time. There are other champions too, like Evelynn and Twisted Fate (Blood Moon, Tango), Riven and Ezreal (Arcade, Pulsefire), Jinx and Twitch (Christmas, Mafia), and so forth. Champions being in multiple skin lines with the same other champion isn't new or unique to this game.