Oh my god .... Vicktorious Graves hurts me

CarameI Frappe·10/24/2017, 9:22:35 PM·91 votes·5,549 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqvW7ig1484

This, this is what we'll be getting for reaching Gold? I know the skin is free for those who've climbed to Gold+ but, holy christ Riot. Not to sound like an ungrateful twat, but that is the worst skin i've seen in a LONG time, it's actually really sad because I know you guys usually nail skins for the majority of the time. ** YOU PLACED MORE EFFORT INTO AN APRIL FOOL'S SKIN THAN A VICTORIOUS SKIN, LIKE WHAT???**

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JhPF6X44RDc/WMxJSoGJMFI/AAAAAAAAgKM/PXDRONxwjdkU9B6gto3yaPS4naQQ8fj6QCLcB/s1600/kog.jpg

76 Comments

Sahn Uzal10/24/2017, 9:44:10 PM29 votes

The spell effects actually look great. I'd like to see the modeal tweaked a bit though.

Tenth Leper10/24/2017, 10:05:57 PM12 votes

I like it. [slayer-jinx-wink]

And Pugmaw has a more thoroughly changed model than almost anything in league so it is not a good comparison. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

the weeaboo10/25/2017, 12:26:40 AM10 votes

Particles look great. But the actual skin looks cheap, more fitting for Toy Solider Graves haha

Young Houdini10/24/2017, 10:47:45 PM9 votes

All the effort went into the victorious ashe skin, which you either have to pay for, or play 24/7 to earn.

Pandemic Punch10/25/2017, 1:43:01 AM7 votes

Well, out of 6 seasons, I definitely picked the right season to get banned. That looks closer to his base skin than all of the others. Hopefully next season will be better.

Segius10/24/2017, 11:13:39 PM6 votes

So disappointed

SzGamer22710/24/2017, 11:06:19 PM5 votes

Mother of all that is holy, the particle effects on his Q and autos are fucking sexy.

That's definitely an upper tier skin in my book.

DariusDemiurge10/24/2017, 9:48:12 PM3 votes

Sivir is still the worst victorious skin though. Sadly I won't get the chromas for this cause I like the black and the white ones.

Almighty10/25/2017, 10:07:41 AM3 votes

But that's what everyone says every year about the Victorious skin. Last year Victorious Maokai was the worst. Next year's Victorious skin will also be "the worst".

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

However, i do agree that the skin feels cheap. Riot just don't want to put enough effort into a skin that they're not gonna make money from.

I guess the 1350RP Blitz skin with the 1350RP chroma was more important.

http://www.auplod.com/u/dpoula9d885.png

CrazFight 10/25/2017, 2:20:12 AM3 votes

I though it was a chroma at first

Zarkkast10/24/2017, 10:58:35 PM3 votes

I love it.

Though it's a bit disappointing that the chromas feel a lot nicer.

Archlord Aatrox10/25/2017, 2:28:55 PM3 votes

So many people are salty about this skin lol. Wish I got a skin for free and complained about it.

meowwow710/24/2017, 9:28:02 PM2 votes

i'm surprised they didn't but a black and blue tarp for him along with that pearl one

Nifht10/24/2017, 11:31:50 PM2 votes

It has some great particles tho, and the model itself isn't that bad. I personally feel like most people, his textures lack visual depth and he is overall too shiny. Maybe if they darkened the colors a little bit and added some shine to the metallic details of the skin it would be pretty much good to go. The only thing I absolutely CAN'T STAND is the hair. The skin is pretty clean in general, which I don't really like on Graves but also don't consider it such a big deal either. The hair, however, is awful IMO, and added to the bright palette of the skin it makes him look like a discount prince charming (is he smirking, too? if that's the case, then I feel like that should go along with the hair)

Does anybody know how does chromas and queues match up? I assume the purple one is solo/duo, as its the one showed by default. Also the blue one probably is the all-queue gold+. Can't really figure out the white and the black ones.

devdev46310/24/2017, 11:46:05 PM2 votes

It's important to note that this is pre release, and that riot actually does tons of tweaking to skins when they come up on pbe and when they come up on live. If you go through skin spot lights channel and look at many different skins pre release vs full release you will see the differences in quality. Personally I think this skin looks pretty good though, and I don't doubt this will be a great looking skin by the time they are done with it.

The MechE10/25/2017, 12:28:33 AM2 votes

I like how it has the lion on his shoulder, so it looks like recycled Jhin skin.

Riot discussion:

"Yeah...this skin ain't gonna work boys"

"...victorious skin then?"

"YEAHHHHH"

XIII Vanitas10/25/2017, 6:12:25 AM2 votes

I like Victorious Graves and I hate most of the other Victorious skins (except Janna and Elise). Different strokes for different people, I guess.

7daysko10/25/2017, 1:17:45 PM2 votes

I still can't believe Ardent Censer didn't get a Victorious Skin....

DeathBurst10/25/2017, 5:02:45 PM2 votes

Not to sound like an ungrateful twat

Well, too bad....

jama65510/26/2017, 3:11:04 AM1 votes

make that purple/pink darker

Azazel Aerternum10/25/2017, 5:48:13 PM1 votes

This looks like a 750 skin with some particles that were scraped in on a 50 RP budget, so perhaps our first 800 skin?

It has particle effects...

but the model and it's look is inferior to something like Iron Inquisitor Kayle.

PixTron10/25/2017, 5:48:44 PM1 votes

Challengers get fucking $200 jackets.

While challenger is much much harder to reach than Gold, it's still should be a good 975 skin at the very list.

I swear, these Vic skins are getting worse and worse every year.

Meritas10/25/2017, 10:38:47 PM1 votes

He looks like something from Heroes of the Storm in these colors, and that's not a good thing.

Breaku10/26/2017, 12:16:15 AM1 votes

i like the skin /shrug

Levantern10/25/2017, 4:42:58 PM1 votes

i hope you realize it says it's "Pre-Release" meaning they're always incomplete at this time and want feed back.[zombie-brand-facepalm]