Process of skin release? Pick diversity

Schoolboi K·Nov 2, 2015·3 votes·1,285 views

I don't regularly go on threads, but this is something that I've always wondered while playing league. What is the process of skin releases according to champs? There are champs with about 6 or more skins while there are champs with two. Some champs do not receive a skin for years while others get some decently often. Don't you think making skins for champs that rarely get them, will help increase pick diversity especially among newer players? Like urgot, I think if urgot looked better as a champ, people would be more willing to learn to play as him. Older champs like definitely don't receive skins often at all . Do you think the community could eventually vote on a champ that hasn't received love within a certain amount of time? Wouldn't it be creative to make skins for champs are neglected in the process? If i'm missing the obvious pls tell me.

17 Comments

TurquoiseYoshiNov 2, 20154 votes

Mostly, it's who has the most potential. Many of those champions just don't fit any skin themes, and get "shunned" because of it. Poppy also is not getting skins because her rework is coming, and they don't do skins for reworked champions.

Schoolboi KNov 2, 20151 votes

what about skins like "brolaf", DJ Sona, omega squad teemo, dunk master darius, Pool party draven, eternum nocturn, el tigre braum. Those are all random skin releases that potentially could have a different champ thats been missing out on a skin.

TurquoiseYoshiNov 2, 20151 votes

True, but when you look at all of them (except Noc & Draven), they all have very specific looks/lore/abilities that fit the skin. Is there a really good skin idea for Urgot that can give him all-new everything? I can't think of one.

Schoolboi KNov 2, 20151 votes

Idk "Gentleman Urgot" lol? I agree that it may be hard to think of skins for certain champs, but I'm pretty sure a team of creative employees can take the time to create unique skins for champs that are neglected. Or maybe even champs least played

TurquoiseYoshiNov 2, 20151 votes

Let me put it this way: Would you rather have more diverse skins, or better skins? Because what the skins team is doing is making better skins, whether or not the champion has a lot of skins.

Schoolboi KNov 2, 20151 votes

Diversity shouldn't affect the quality of the skin. The quality is affected by the effort put in to make the skin.

TurquoiseYoshiNov 2, 20151 votes

True, but forcing in diversity will most likely lower quality.

Shroom JunkieNov 2, 20151 votes

Because Brolaf, DJ Sona, Dunkmaster Darius, Pool Party Draven, and El Tigre Braum are amazing.

Amazingness>Skin diversity If for every skin on one champion Riot made a skin for every other champion, rather than picking what they think is best, even though its diverse and it may not be the best, do you think they'd get many sales?

Does Primal Udyr look better than Demon Vi? Well, that's opinionated but... I think the majority would vote for Demon Vi. Why make a skin if almost nobody is going to buy it? I'm gonna be honest here I've only ever seen like one person use Primal Udyr. Ever. And when I was an Udyr main I just skipped right past Primal Udyr and went straight to Definitely Not Udyr and Spirit Guard Udyr.

Schoolboi KNov 2, 20151 votes

They give pretty good skins to champs like vi and riven. Its almost like an advertisement to buy them for people that haven't play the champ before. If they kept neglected champs involved in the patch notes and skin rotation. It would definitely increase pick diversity.

Shroom JunkieNov 2, 20151 votes

Okay, so lets say they do. They make a skin for Zyra simply because she needs a new one. They're brainstorming for ideas, but can't think of a good one... so they pick Gardenkeeper Zyra where she's in a biege jumpsuit with one of those plain circular hats(I can't remember the name q.q), and her plants are completely the same. Or maybe they make them green.

Not a very good skin. Would you buy that skin simply because it belongs to a champ with not many skins? Or would you opt for a better one like Fisherman Fizz?

Schoolboi KNov 2, 20151 votes

Or they could make her plants similar to the super mario/ plants vs. zombies plants and cartoony lol. I'm jk, but I see what youre saying tho

LordHippomanNov 2, 20153 votes

Riot typically tries to give skins to champs that don't have many, but certain champions can get priority because of a few things.

Fitting a theme. Vi and Caitlyn were easy fits for Officer, they're cops in the Lore.
How easy they are to make skins for. The models for champions like Garen or Yi are far easier to work with than, say, Rumble's constantly moving and jiggling mech, or Zac's goopy, fluid form.
Popularity. You're going to sell way more skins for champs people are playing. Why does Jinx have more skins than some champs years older than her? She's popular.
Upcoming Reworks. If a champion is going to change a lot right after the skin is released, and you have to redo particles and everything, why bother? That's why Yorick, for example, is so often left out.

frigginmurlocsNov 2, 20154 votes

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Riot typically tries to give skins to champs that don't have many, but certain champions can get priority because of a few things.

Fitting a theme. Vi and Caitlyn were easy fits for Officer, they're cops in the Lore.

How easy they are to make skins for. The models for champions like Garen or Yi are far easier to work with than, say, Rumble's constantly moving and jiggling mech, or Zac's goopy, fluid form.

Popularity. You're going to sell way more skins for champs people are playing. Why does Jinx have more skins than some champs years older than her? She's popular.

Upcoming Reworks. If a champion is going to change a lot right after the skin is released, and you have to redo particles and everything, why bother? That's why Yorick, for example, is so often left out.

Is named "Ahri"

SolashNov 2, 20152 votes

Depends on what they're going for. For example, let's say they want the zombie slayer theme. They could go for Evelyn but there would be little they could do for it, whereas there'd a lot of potential for a Slayer Jinx skin.

Schoolboi KNov 2, 20151 votes

They don't necessarily have to pick champs for a theme, but a theme for a champ. There are already themed skins that don't necessarily fit specific champs either. For example, "definitely not champs", "gentleman champs" "officer champs", and more. Isn't the point of creativity to bring a different perspective of something people may not see?