I personally love the "alternative universe" skins

YumaS2Astral·5/23/2016, 3:17:43 PM·29 votes·2,413 views

Noxus Poppy, Void Fizz, Underworld (Shadow Isles) Wukong, and now Freljord Taliyah. Those skins that represent how a champion would be if it was from a completely different place from what it is originally. Even when they are not canon, those skins usually allows us to know more of a place. For example, Void Fizz has this Void backgroung which gives you an idea of what the Void looks like, confirming what Vel'Koz said about the Void being a very dark place. Or the Freljord Taliyah. I didn't knew that there were reindeers on Freljord. The background of this skin also gives the idea that some places on Freljord are so cold that they look like real-life Antarctica.

I hope that Riot does more of those alternative universe skins.

16 Comments

Finders Keepers5/23/2016, 9:59:19 PM3 votes

Soo like... Veigar all kind and cute pink hair yodle (as seen in superb villian) ect says all rly nice things shoots rainbows and unicorns?

Palmeiras SerieB5/23/2016, 3:51:52 PM3 votes

Sure they are good ones. Despite of not caring about owning skins myself, I'd also like to see more skins like Blackfrost Anivia that brings alternative timelines, that "whaf it x happened" thing.

ModCaptainMårvelous5/23/2016, 6:01:33 PM2 votes

Pretty sure Freljord Taliyah is less AU and more story continuation....well, maybe Freljord Taliyah is in between Bird-and-Stone Taliyah and "Return to Shurima" Taliyah.

JayHog19925/23/2016, 3:23:02 PM2 votes

Don't tend to like them much. Because I hate how some of the skins tends to go downright depressing, like Omega Squad Teemo, Blackfrost Anivia and Project Yi.

Blue Moon Wolf5/24/2016, 2:02:45 AM1 votes

I wouldn't go as far as to say Underworld MonkeyKing is an alternate universe skin. There isn't really a story tied to it and seems more like a "haunted Wukong for the sake of Halloween the Harrowing. To me it felt like an excuse to say "there, now ALL his skins aren't based off of Journey to the West", so now we can give him a 4th Journey to the West skin next year. Now Radiant MonkeyKing on the other hand has a story tied to it, even though the story is pretty much " Sun Wukong vs the Darkness".

CasterGilgamesh5/24/2016, 3:12:04 AM1 votes

my favorite skins are stuff like prevoid Kassadin or barbarian Sion i also wouldnt mind some skins that make champions look like gods lunar goddess Diana

Fasmodey5/23/2016, 6:32:58 PM1 votes

Cosmic Reaver Kassadin, never forget.

Mahou Lulu5/23/2016, 9:41:44 PM1 votes

I don't believe Freljord Taliyah is an AU skin. She visits Freljord in the lore, so the skin just adds interactions with Freljord champions.

Lydia in Doorway5/24/2016, 12:17:14 AM1 votes

"Whimsical Daydreams Nocturne"