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Gapybo13 votes

I really appreciate the fact they took a different approach to this years team skins. They are not just walking logos of the team, making them much more attractive to people like me who don't really care about esports or the winning team. You could call that skin Emperor Jhin and no one would guess it's an skt skin.

SpongebobIsLife6 votes

ekko looks like infernape

ChaosThief2 votes

Would it be wrong if I spammed all chat with "I used flare blitz!" after killing someone?

SpongebobIsLife3 votes

i think that would be the only appropriate course of action.

Tormentula4 votes

Look in the bottom right corner

"due 3.15.17"

:^)

EDIT: hmm that video though, now thats legit.

I really doubt those are the finialized skins though, but those definitely look like the direction they're going.

RiotKindlejack3 votes

That's when that round of designs are due, so other Rioter's know how long they have to give feedback. The context has been super helpful :)

Tesla Effect3 votes

SKT 1 Jhin looks so freaking beautiful. Now if his wings smoothly flapped into a battle stance during his R, it would be even cooler.

Sagan Forever1 votes

They are addin that to the skin after bang asked if they could do that. Well I do not know if they flap, but they open during his ulti.

Sahn Uzal2 votes

If this were Legit, which it may or may not be, Jhin and Olaf look pretty fucking dope imo

Solari Fortune7 votes

The video shows they are legit, just not quite at the final stages but this is the general look of the skins

Sahn Uzal3 votes

Oh, in that case, I'm kinda sad for the Rioteres who've been working / are working on these skins.

Again though, some of these skins are actually looking really damn cool!

Edit: Ok it wasn't really a leak then. My bad.

Cabruh4 votes

Pretty sure they are in final stages. If you look at the design date they were due it said 3/15, meaning these skins are probably set to be released soon,

Sukishoo2 votes

They will most likely be appearing on the pbe next week with the next cycle starting.

GreenLore2 votes

Uhm its not really a leak,when it appears in an official riot video,where they do nothing but talking about the skins and showing various iterations for them....

Though I have to say that Olaf looks really awesome.

Solari Fortune1 votes

well at first I only had the image cause the video was posted early by accident but then it got officially put out

Truly Prideful2 votes

That Jhin skin, oh yeeeah. I'm not even an SKT fan, but I will use that skin often.

Sukishoo2 votes

Very nice looking this time around. With them in this teaser should be seeing more on them around next week, so I'm excited :D Love the Nami and Syndra ones the most.

RuPaul1 votes

1-Syndra 2-Nami 3-Zac 4-Olaf 5-Jhin 6-Ekko

NineTailedMystic2 votes

Phew, no SKT Ahri. That said, the skins are very nice looking.

RuPaul1 votes

SKT Ahri will come next year don't worry :D

NineTailedMystic2 votes

plsno

2Charmnot2Charm1 votes

Pray riot guts her the patch before worlds begins so they can make sure faker doesn't play her :P

NineTailedMystic1 votes

worth

Jeddy0171 votes

They definitely are good skins. Not really up my alley, but good skins none the less.

Shirvallah1 votes

I AM JUST NOW SEEING THIS VIDEO. Thank you so much for sharing it!!!

GIMME DEM SYNDRA, NAMI, AND JHIN SKINS! HOLY MOLY!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful!

Kotex1 votes

Cool! I wonder what champions they'll pick for their skins next year.

Tattersall1 votes

I think Riot is doing a good job on these skins. They all look pretty kush.

Lady Faceless1 votes

Holy shit, the skins look amzing! As Syndra and Nami Main these two are instabuy, but I think I just go for the whole bundle.

The best things is, that they can really stand on their own without the whole e-sport thematic, 'cause I couldn't care less for e-sport.

Brascus1 votes

I HAVE NEVER PLAYED Jhin I DON'T OWN HIM

BUT I WILL MAIN HIM AND BUY THAT SKIN

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

When I saw Nami on that board, the first thing I was thinking of was when people are using the body of naked women to serve sushi. It's strange that in this case the woman is the sushi. And that pervy little staff was taking pictures.

StigtriX1 votes

Please continue this approach! I do not like the older e-sport skins because they look too much like walking logos with ridiculous designs. Making skins that look good, while still paying respect to the winning team with colours and subtle details like the wings, is far better. The approach should be: if you know the team's logo, you can recognize the colours and some properties of the skins. If you don't, they just look like really cool skins.

My favourite part of the new skins must be the badass Olaf and his recall. You have managed to make him look like a high-fantasy viking without the design being similar to any of his older skins. He reminds me of the Vrykul, mixed with Warcraft's dwarven aesthetics.

Love it! Keep on being awesome!

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