I personally love the "alternative universe" skins

YumaS2Astral··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

Palmeiras SerieB3 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.

DaveRod2 votes

Sometimes I like to crossover some of the alternate universe skins...thinking they have a connection. Like sometimes I imagine the PROJECT universe crossing over with the MECHA universe and the Super Galaxy Universe. Maybe this is what Runeterra would be like in the future...or it's just my head.

Tesla Effect1 votes

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Sometimes I like to crossover some of the alternate universe skins...thinking they have a connection. Like sometimes I imagine the PROJECT universe crossing over with the MECHA universe and the Super Galaxy Universe. Maybe this is what Runeterra would be like in the future...or it's just my head.

Also Full Metal with Battlecast.

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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.

No, not really since she was in the Freljord for a very short amount of time.But it is a slight not to her travel to Freljord an a what if she was Freljordian instead of Shuriman type of deal.

HighH11 votes

I think Full Metal was created to combat the Battlecast so they are in the same universe.

Finders Keepers3 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?

JayHog19922 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.

DaveRod2 votes

I find all of these skins to be badass...better than the old Pink Gem Taric skin

(new taric is bae <3)[slayer-jinx-catface]

ModCaptainMårvelous2 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.

CasterGilgamesh1 votes

Taliyah literally only controls ice in that skin though when her base she is strictly rock so i doubt its mer story continuation

Tsen1 votes

The skin description did say this was Taliyah during her time spent in the Freljord. The ground there is probably permafrost hence how it looks. There's a rock in every snowball >:D

Okay, nvm it doesn't actually say that (went searching found nothing). But it is suppose to represent the time that she was there. Not sure if the actual in game particles are suppose to represent that or not.

Fasmodey1 votes

Cosmic Reaver Kassadin, never forget.

Mahou Lulu1 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 Doorway1 votes

"Whimsical Daydreams Nocturne"

Blue Moon Wolf1 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".

CasterGilgamesh1 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

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