There are now 12 champs that have gone over 1000 days w/o a new skin

Forhonor321·1/8/2018, 5:07:00 PM·63 votes·5,649 views

Today, when checking on my personal chart of champ skins, I've counted the number of champs that have gone without skins in the longest time. And I did the calculations, there are now over 12 champs in the game that have gone without a new skin for over 1000 days, not counting any duplicate-like skins like Neo-PAX Sivir or URFwick.

  • Urgot 2135 days
  • Swain 2056 days
  • Shen 1690 days
  • Rumble 1376 days
  • Heimerdinger 1264 days
  • JarvanIV 1201 days
  • Evelynn 1137 days
  • Sivir Warwick 1056 days
  • Amumu Udyr 1013 days
  • Galio 1000 days (newest edition, just today)

I'm sorry but this is just ridiculous. I know that a skin should be saved for when there's a good concept for a champion or the argument that some champions are just more popular than others and making a skin for said not popular champ wouldn't raise that many sales or whatever, but having a champ go over 1000 days without a proper new skin is just baffling to me, especially when some of these champs are now recently reworked. Urgot has no reason not to get involved with a new skin and with Swain coming out soon he should start being looked at as well, which BTW needs to be Dragonmaster since everyone asked for it a long time ago and still should work with his reveal.

Edit: OK I want to make one thing perfectly clear. A champ that has recently received a VGU is still counted on this list because I'm talking about** brand new skins** for them. Yes, Urgot and Eve got updated and there current skins are amazing. But here's the thing: they aren't new skins, they are updated! Just because a champ gets an update doesn't exclude them from this list because a skin that they've had for so many years is now nicer looking.

Remember Yorick? You know the guy that had gone on so long without a new skin since his two and was at the top of this list at one point and even after his VGU was still on top of the list? And then finally got the skin he deserved after how long now, 5 maybe 6 years even? VGUs don't give us new skins for the champ, they update the old. And yes, they look nice but it doesn't give us any new concepts or ideas for that champ. Swain, undoubtedly will look good when his rework gets revealed, but he's still going to have his same three alternate skins, just updated, not adding anything new like say, oh, that Dragon Master skin a while back that everyone wanted.

117 Comments

Blood Magicks1/8/2018, 5:16:51 PM63 votes

Can you remove the ones that got VGUs? I think it's rude to pretend Riot neglected them after all the work and money that went into a VGU.

Garentheon1/8/2018, 5:35:21 PM23 votes

Weird that they neglect J4 given he’s always seen pro play

Sukishoo1/9/2018, 6:30:44 PM5 votes

Urgot: Just had VGU Swain: VGU to be released soon Shen: Just had a ski-oh no it was Janna XD Rumble: Needs a VGU badly. Heimer: is on the rumored WAD File list so might see something soon. J4: is J4 Eve: Just had a VGU Sivir: Is Sivir Warwick: Lunar Revel 2018 Amumu: Has a promised skin, so he will come Udyr: Meh Galio: just had VGU.

The Darius King1/8/2018, 5:55:54 PM4 votes

Swain is getting a vgu soon so don't expect a new skin for him anytime. same with galio and Warwick they also got VGUs which gave a lot of their skins better quality.

Thefrostyviking1/9/2018, 1:04:56 PM4 votes

Champs that got VGU'ed are really not qualified for such a list, even if you say that "they were just updated", that update took a metric ton of effort and hard work, and they went a extra mile to ensure all the skins were unique and distinct.

Not like the old ones that were like say Freljord Ashe, which is basically a glorified recolor.

So the updated champs not only getting new kits and models but also fully updated skins is something to be thankful for, and a skin is nowhere near on the same priority level as that.

They even clearly stated that they won't give champs about to be VGU'ed new skins since it's kind of a waste of effort, which is also reasonable.

So you might as well consider the VGU point as day 1 if you are counting days since they got anything......which means that many above instantly dissapear x)

Which leaves only old champs who probably are pretty high up on the VGU list, except Sivir.

And she got a gemstone skin recently x)

ahferroin71/8/2018, 11:48:02 PM3 votes

Of these:

  • Urgot: Already has a number of very popular skins.
  • Swain: Up for VGU, so new skins don't really make sense.
  • Shen: Reasonably low play rate and nobody really asking for skins.
  • Rumble: Reasonably low play rate, and he has a lot of good ones already.
  • Heimerdinger: Same as rumble.
  • J4: Reasonably low play rate, but otherwise could probably use one.
  • Evelynn: Recent VGU, a new skin would be nice but I don't expect one for a while.
  • Sivir: Barely played at all except by OTP's or people new to the game.
  • Warwick: Relatively recent VGU, lots of nice skins.
  • Amumu: Reasonably low play rate, many decent skins.
  • Udyr: Reasonably low play rate, most people who play him already have a skin, and he has an ultimate skin.
  • Galio: Has a lot of very popular skins just like Urgot, and just got a VGU

Notice how pretty much all of them are in situations where it either doesn't make sense to make a skin from a technical perspective (there's no point in working on it if it's going to need to be redone immediately, and it's probably harder to sell new skins right after a VGU), or it doesn't make sense from a financial perspective (you can't reliably sell skins to people who already have ones they like, and you definitely can't sell them to people who have no interest in the champ).

Iffy Jarl1/9/2018, 2:45:24 AM3 votes

I agree, I mean yeah Riot is a business and it makes sense to invest skins into champs with higher likeliness of people buying them but a champ should have a maximum amount of time they go without a purchasable skin

paisy1/9/2018, 2:10:52 PM3 votes

You can remove WW now

IvernBramblefoot1/8/2018, 5:30:14 PM2 votes

I'm sorry but this thread is just ridiculous. Why give this much of a shit about skins? they mean nothing. Mechanics actually change the game. skins don't.

cyberchade1/9/2018, 9:51:18 AM2 votes

Vladimir Mordekaiser Zilean should be an this list two. right?

Lùmen1/8/2018, 7:57:24 PM2 votes

You should count out those who got VGUs and all of their skins were worked on. Shen included considering the change of quality in his skins as well. Udyr has an ultimate skin, he doesn't really need more than that.

iEmily1/9/2018, 6:55:06 PM1 votes

Rip any champ that isnt Lux or Jinx

xelaker1/9/2018, 2:49:25 PM1 votes

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Today, when checking on my personal chart of champ skins, I've counted the number of champs that have gone without skins in the longest time. And I did the calculations, there are now over 12 champs in the game that have gone without a new skin for over 1000 days, not counting any duplicate-like skins like Neo-PAX Sivir or URFwick.

  • Urgot 2135 days
  • Swain 2056 days
  • Shen 1690 days
  • Rumble 1376 days
  • Heimerdinger 1264 days
  • JarvanIV 1201 days
  • Evelynn 1137 days
  • Sivir Warwick 1056 days
  • Amumu Udyr 1013 days
  • Galio 1000 days (newest edition, just today)

urgot got a huge rework update man. swain is coming up on one. the next 4 could use something, but do have decent skins to choose from. eve got a huge rework as well. WW got his little rework update and urfwick was put up for purchase again technically. Mumu and ud could use skins, but still have decent skins to choose from. Galio also got a huge rework that changed all his skins.

also understand that riot is a buisness so champs like shen or udyr might not have high skin sales or popularity so making skins wouldn't get a big return in $$$

I NEED HEALlNG1/8/2018, 9:50:24 PM1 votes

where's zilean? i know he's went at least 1000

ValyrianBlade1/8/2018, 8:51:56 PM1 votes

I count 11... i suspect you missed Warwick since you mentioned urfwick?