Why do some of the skins look nothing like the skin showcase card?!?!

OMGitzTYSON·Jan 12, 2016·2 votes·1,111 views

so i was noticing that some of the skins while playing don't look like the character artwork. for instance taric's bloodstone skin. as we know taric has brown hair and it's long, but for some reason even though the artwork shows that he has long brown hair, when you que up and play the skin has a clown hairdo and it's red. other than that the armor is on point but why make him look like a flaring ginger when the art work shows different. idk if im the only one who notices the differences that are missed in some of the skins details vs the art work.

P.S. when i say art work i mean the picture that is used to showcase the skin before you buy. almost like a false advertisement, cuz i wouldnt have gotten the skin if it was that goofy from the picture. =(

5 Comments

CatastropJan 12, 20162 votes

Well, while I get what you mean, Taric's getting an update soon so this isn't as much of a problem. However, one instance where this particularly annoys me, is Wicked Lulu. Her model's face is just the same as her base and kind of ruins the Wicked look.

OMGitzTYSONJan 15, 20161 votes

see so their are other champs, that's good to know. this way i'm not being selfish and just an a%# but at the same time, for something so minor you would think it would haven been taken care of seasons ago. like garen got a facelift before anyone but the skin can't match the showcase? makes no sense. but that's all for my rant xD

GapyboJan 12, 20161 votes

That's why you check how the skin looks ingame before you buy it.

OMGitzTYSONJan 15, 20161 votes

i understand what you're saying but we shouldn't have to do that when spending money on this game, if the picture showed a ginger fro i wouldn't be mad but it shows him with long brown hair, just like his default skin, i'm not to upset but it just threw me off like wtf? lol

GapyboJan 15, 20161 votes

I understand it's confusing if you are a new player and don't know where to check. I suggest searching the skin on youtube there are a lot of skin preview videos or even the model viewer on lolking.net It's a pretty common thing for skins to not look identical ingame compared to the artwork. Some art looks completely different because Riot didn't update them when they visually reworked the champion. Good news is that Taric is getting a complete visual and gameplay update soon and the skin will be updated too. They even started updating the splash art now. It will probably look amazing both ingame and art. You wont regret buying it anymore, I hope.