Candidates for: Guardian of the Sands/Shuriman/Egyptian themed skins

Forhonor321·3/2/2018, 7:05:17 PM·2 votes·354 views

...if you don't know my current posts, you know I'm a bit upset with the current skin situation.

BUT, nevertheless, I feel I still need to make this post, mostly to get my mind off of the matter and because I like doing this series to see what others have to suggest/say.

Last vote was a tie between Blood Moon and GotS. Being the creator of this series, I gave my deciding vote and went with GotS, because I feel more like talking about that series. However, because it's Egyptian based and/or Shuriman based, I decided to throw in some individual skins that fit the theme as well.

So what exactly makes GotS? Should be obvious. It's very heavily based on Egyptian themes and concepts, like Rammus being a bit of a scarab beetle or Nasus being a pharaoh. There are some skins like Sandstorm, paying respect to Prince of Persia, or even just Desert Zilean. So in short, GotS/other skins that are Egyptian/Shuriman inspired but there are some skins that are more just themed for the desert.

Current lineup consists ofAmumu Ekko Fiddlesticks Katarina Khazix Nasus Nidalee Rammus Skarner Xerath Zilean Garen Malzahar


Right, now from my personal list, here are my potential candidates:

Veigar Might sound like a weird choice but with some concept art that I found a while ago, I don't see why it couldn't work.

Leblanc As much as I hate her, I think she could fit in. This is mostly due to me finding out about the charactere Eliza from Skull Girls and just thinking "That really looks like LeBlanc in a GotS skin...I have to list that down."

Akali technically she could fit in with her_ current kit_, but since she is getting reworked I'll have to wait and see about if she could still fit.

Galio Giant Sphinx-like charactere creating sandstorms.

Cassiopeia She can count just from base skin alone but, honestly, I feel like with a bit of adjustment she could have a unique look to GotS, maybe go more snake-ish like the Viper from X-Com 2 or the Gorgon from God of War Ascension.

Janna Creates sandstorm tornadoes.

Karthus Mummy Pharaoh that comes for revenge. E can possibly be sandstorm.

Kayn This I feel could work between SandStorm and GotS. Kayn being more Sandstorm and appearing more as Prince of Persia reference, Rhaast being more vengeful mummy or even Ascended if Riot wanted to.

Leona I can't recall where, but I thought I saw some Shuriman concept art for her, so I count her.

Lissandra Some old artwork I saw a while back, but it could work still.

RekSai Long stretch but she could find something to fit in GotS

Gonna cut it off here a bit early for a bit as I have class in 15 minutes, but I'll continue after it's over.

Edit: Class got over, got my laptop charging, let's go over the rest

Shyvana Hear me out: More recently, Magic had a set, Amonkhet, that was heavily Egyptian themed. In that set, they had a dragon in there that actually looked like it fit in the setting. Basically, in short for those who don't want to look up the art, it was essentially a crocodile themed dragon, which to be fair, is an interesting take on dragons. Just throwing that out there because I could see this working for a neat concept.

Sivir Bottom line, either Egyptian look or just pure Ascended form.

Urgot Could work if his legs became something of say Scorpions and he became some form of hybrid monster the Egyptians thought up or he was more half-dead mummy and his legs were just more mummy limbs combined or even just full mummies attached to or carrying him.

Varus Varus as a mummy guard and his ult is wrappings.

Yorick I've come up with an old concept for him a while ago. Either he's an archeologist, like the ones you see in cartoons with those pith helmets or even another Pharaoh type character. He spawns little mummies for minions, his ult's attacks are either soul sucking or sand, and he may have a sun disk as his arch he carries and sand is his mist cloak.

Zed Sandstorm. Self-Explanatory.

Kalista Very Egyptian themed, possibly mummy


And additional champs that I have but are unlikely:

Elise Could work, but maybe can't do much in terms of Spider design possibly

Kayle Could see some neat designs but possibly not

Nocturne Vengeful mummy spirit but not much else. May also clash with Spooky Ghost skin.

MasterYi Could be something like Desert Trooper Garen or similar design to Abzan from MtG but I doubt a lot of people would be behind it, especially with all of his current skins.

Malphite Could be a bit more to the Mythological Geb, maybe take some reference from Smite, but highly doubt it

Azir Would be looking more like a Pharaoh or Ra, but seems redundant enough considering look already.

Renekton Could get a skin to by more Egyptian themed, but is basically in the same boat as Azir.

Sion Could work as some undead soldier mummy, but I doubt it with better concepts

Diana There is a moon god in Egyptian mythology and her sword can work, but might be too similar and not too sure on a design yet.

Anyways, what are your potential candidates for this series? Discuss down below and get ready your ideas on 16 for Blood Moon next time.

4 Comments

Zyranium3/2/2018, 11:33:50 PM3 votes

Evelynn Goddess of the Sands

1350 RP skin, all in gold and glitter, scorpion stings for lashers, tanned skin and egyptian make-up.

I would buy it for sure !

GreenLore3/2/2018, 10:03:50 PM1 votes

Well Risen Fiddlesticks is more or less the antagonist of the series,so I could see Karthus more as part of the risen skinline instead.

Similar Kayn could be a guardian that is posessed by the spirit of an old emporer.

However the question is if riot wants to use this skinline for humanoids in the first place. I mean the most humanoid GotS skin goes to Xerath

Eitherway I think Galio & RekSai are perfect choices for the skinline.

Jaspers3/2/2018, 11:38:25 PM1 votes

Not everything about Nami has to be water based, right?

Guardian of the Sand Nami...

... okay it's mainly just Nami but with Sand effects and her Ult is a massive moving sand dune.

Chembaron Yamada3/3/2018, 12:32:04 AM1 votes

Zac Make him a creature made out of living sand, give him some pharaohs gold jewelry and he would be ready to go.

Viktor Dress him like a pharaoh and his shoulder laser is an additional mummy limb.