Will Star Guardian Lux receive updates too?

TekkenPlayer··3 votes·1,423 views

There are two main elements which make Star-guardian skins appealing

  1. It's anime inspired. People that like anime gravitate towards this kind of stuff, especially those that grew on the mahou shoujo genre.
  2. It's cute. The particles are cute and nothing feels better than destroying things with cuteness to some kind of folk. The females/males are aesthetically similar, as anime generally build off of one another in a big collection of niches

That being said, I think the new skins are wonderful in both of these aspects

https://i.imgur.com/GWxekF9.png

Soraka's hair flows wonderfully, with good shading to complement her curls and hair behind her back. Aesthetically, she is in between the general art design of faces in league of legends and older animes. This is a good combination in general since.. well chobits style eyes would look completely out of place no matter how unfit some skins appear to be on a certain amount of characters. The seemingly cold face fits Soraka design wise, as she's a celestial being that became mortal.

https://i.imgur.com/gHk2zpr.png This is pretty good too. The squirrel-vermin magical thing is cute and highlights Ahri's playful nature. The eye spacing is pretty meh, but overall the design is pretty liru meets mauhou shoujo esque, which is appreciated. The face still looks anime ish too.

https://i.imgur.com/qNuyHVj.png

Well one of my issues with the skin, in particular, is the facial features and hair. The hair just doesn't look as if it matches close to what it was intended to be in-game.

Let's look at the burning bright picture

https://i.imgur.com/opIfX8I.jpg

compared to the picture above, the hair below is just more well defined like Soraka's hair. It gives me the bubblegum jpop feel when it comes to the youthful twin pigtail style. Which SG Lux's model in game just doesnt show. If we were going for the typical anime character with static and unmoving hair like say "Sasuke" or whatever suits the style, then it doesn't really highlight the overall cute optimism lux is full of, and instead solely portrays her pretty statically as a leader. The eye liner from the in-game version is extremely caked to the point of me wondering if this is a anime inspired lux or a cosplayer trying to cosplay as lux, with a lot of eyeliner. Her facial expression is also very much :| but not in the way that says, "IM SERIOUS GUYS BC im the LEADER" but more of a lifeless kind of face.

Overall I think the new skins are pretty much dominant holistically, so SG Lux and perhaps SG Jinx should use some slight improvements. I'd say more but I have college homework to do :(

14 Comments

I Stealth I4 votes

She won't get an update. Only PFE was heavily updated because compared to other Ultimate skins, it was crap. Lux on the other hand, is a 1350 skin that came out back in 2015. It's still a good skin but it won't be updated because compared to other 1350 skins, it meets the standard.

TekkenPlayer1 votes

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She won't get an update. Only PFE was heavily updated because compared to other Ultimate skins, it was crap. Lux on the other hand, is a 1350 skin that came out back in 2015. It's still a good skin but it won't be updated because compared to other 1350 skins, it meets the standard.

Thats such a shame since lux is like my alltime moat favorite champion :(

MasterIckolas3 votes

They already did update Star Guardian Lux when the first (minus Lux) Star Guardian 2016 Skins came out last year. Nothing major since Star Guardian Jinx was the focus being the Legendary Skin.

Final Spark Lux1 votes

overall cute optimism lux is full of

nope. they killed that with the story they released. Thank the awful writers at riot

I Stealth I1 votes

Awful, why?

Final Spark Lux1 votes

I'm not sure why they did what they did. You're more than welcome to ask them, though don't expect a reply, since they couldn't care less about peoples opinions.

I Stealth I1 votes

That what I'm asking you. WHAT did they do?

Final Spark Lux1 votes

Did you not read the story they released?

I Stealth I1 votes

Never go time, mostly relied on others to relay info

Final Spark Lux1 votes

Think opposite of Lux. Pessimistic, lacking in confidence. She basically lost her mind, wants ahri to take over leadership, and they made her emo by making her hobbies eating and sleeping with her favorite food as cake.

I Stealth I1 votes

WAKE ME UP INSIDE

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

I CAN'T WAKE UP

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

To be fair, that's just your personal opinion.... Look up her current lore, that cheery and joyful girl is a mask she is wearing. She actually isn't that optimistic and happy on the inside. She is a mage in a land which condemns her kind.

Same here. Lux is acting happy and joyful, even strong on the outside for her team's sake. She isn't that confident, but she has to act that way because she has to be a leader for them, hold them together. And that is a burden (and many people would see it that way).

When she sees the opportunity to get rid of this burden and giving it to someone, who seems much stronger than herself, of course she is trying to take that. But Ahri denied her request and that means that Lux will sill fulfill her duty.

And the hobbies "eating and sleeping" are not making her an emo. You didn't really watch alot of anime, did you? The hero being into eating and sleeping isn't rare. And this stuff obviously is inspired by anime.

Valaran Nara1 votes

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Think opposite of Lux. Pessimistic, lacking in confidence. She basically lost her mind, wants ahri to take over leadership, and they made her emo by making her hobbies eating and sleeping with her favorite food as cake.

Have you not read stories including Lux in universe?

Pessimistic and lacking in confidence are things she tries to fight in order to be strong for her people, just like she tries to be strong for the SG's that she leads. Lux always had internal conflicts with who she is. Before retcon, her mind was literally broken since she was forced to be part of the Demacian military and her smile and bubbly persona was to mask that. THAT one was hardcore tragic. Now she's trying to conceal her magic and hides the pain of not being able to fully express herself by smiling and keeping strong.

Just like how Lux has doubts about her ability to be a proper and strong leader for her group, but she tries anyways and goes through with it using a smile. The only difference is that it wasn't resolved with "Okay! Let's go home and have icecream". It ended on a cliff hanger of, "Why do you refuse to do your duty?" Lux fights because that's what SG's do. It's their destiny. Ahri only fights because she's stuck doing so and wants to PROTECT her team. She's not fighting to save the world. Only for her team. Because of that, Ahri rejects others who aren't part of her circle, which Lux doesn't understand. That is why Lux is confused.

Either way it goes, I'm sure Lux will get her confidence and resolve back. This was just a turning point for her.

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