State of Skins 2019

Spideraxe·1/27/2019, 12:01:22 PM·10 votes·18,903 views

Key highlights include:

  • Ivern, Shaco, Zilean and Nunu skins in the work.
  • New skinline in the works based off of super powered shonen anime
  • Star Guardian, Arcade and PROJECT all back this year
  • Cats vs Dogs VS Event
  • More rebooted skinlines like High Noon last year
  • Hints at legendary Jhin and Zed skins
  • New mastery related product later this year
  • More music related skins like K/DA

42 Comments

nosafterburn1/27/2019, 12:10:11 PM13 votes

if its not a Zillionaire skin then i'm going to be THOROUGHLY disappointed.

Jaspers1/27/2019, 1:06:10 PM8 votes

As long as Taliyah gets something. 1 skin a pro had to ask for isn't the best. I mean the meme still lives here.

Xerath needs one also.

Zoli Ben1/27/2019, 12:14:20 PM7 votes

Star Guardian Urgot please.

Abibyama II1/27/2019, 1:37:29 PM4 votes

Shonen anime skins

#JOJO SKINS IS ALL I NEED

Asamas1/27/2019, 12:26:08 PM4 votes

What about Rek'Sai? She has gotten one skin after release and it is not even a serious one.

Almighty1/27/2019, 4:10:50 PM4 votes

"And we're gonna to release more Prestige editions troughout the entire year".

And this is why we need to vote with our wallets and not fall for the scam that are "Prestige" skins. If Riot see that they do not sell well, they will cease to make them. And we will be safe from a League where every second item is yellow and has "Prestige" in the name.

http://www.auplod.com/u/dpoula9d885.png

Camille Ferrøs1/27/2019, 12:59:15 PM3 votes

Hmm That last part could be a hint toward the comic Zed hunting Jhin. We were shown a new design for zed in the universe video. Maybe it will be an event where they both get legendary skins and new lore outfits.

saltran1/27/2019, 1:04:33 PM3 votes

Ivern, Shaco, Zilean and Nunu skins in the work.

Spooky Ivern please

New skinline in the works based off of super powered shonen anime

This means we will get the third Ahri skin with a schoolgirl like skirt right ?

Star Guardian, Arcade and PROJECT all back this year

I hope it's Arcade and not Battle Boss because I hate those skins, SG is meh and Project returning is awesome

Cats vs Dogs VS Event

Can't wait to get my golden Pug'Maw chroma

More rebooted skinlines like High Noon last year

Fine, I like demonic cowboys

Hints at legendary Jhin and Zed skins

Please no more legendary skins for adcs for a while

New mastery related product later this year

Laughs in holding 6 Ashe shards while having her at M7 already

More music related skins like K/DA

Boy band when.

Sukishoo1/27/2019, 4:22:32 PM3 votes

WHO IS DIS!? SO FREAKING ADORABLE.

https://imgur.com/a/ofPfk3V

Is it the new champion? Or a very well disguised skin?

4 Step Cadence1/27/2019, 7:16:12 PM2 votes

Legendary Jhin skin?

Better have the same voice actor or you're not getting shit from me. You already fucked PROJECT.

Damaged Rune1/27/2019, 1:20:12 PM2 votes

The cats vs dogs should be a joke right ? Tell me it aint so..... The best event is going to be ruined if that is the case

Stars Shaper1/27/2019, 12:10:30 PM1 votes

That Ivern part though... It's ok trying to make jokes, but if the video is painful to watch just rethink about it xD

Dolyna1/27/2019, 3:58:45 PM1 votes

Has Firecracker Vayne been released?

Nαhri1/28/2019, 3:27:21 PM1 votes

A friend of mine is Darius Main and he would really love to see a Debonair Darius. Just as an idea..

[sg-ahri-2]

Flemman1/27/2019, 12:35:10 PM1 votes

They forced way to much on the joke side on this diary.

Glad we move from dark vs light event (we will get something close anyway with kayle/morg) and also happy about rebooted skinline (worldbreaker please)

On the other hand, I really hate how they seems to be ok with the mentality of "look we finally give this champ a skin LOL, now you can wait several year before another" Really feel bad if you are a player who love playing those champ

Wool n Lab1/27/2019, 4:47:29 PM1 votes

The Jhin and zed legendary skins could be Pulsefire ones... It already has Shen, and can be an opportunity to expand on that universe in the comic riot talked about regarding Zed hunting an assassin (probably Jhin)... Even if the comic talks about when zed was young and hunting Jhin with his master and Shen, it's possible that the skins are not tied to that timeline (Jhin didn't have a gun at that time)... It would be like saying "hey, look how this comic/2 skins look cool... Here are 2 skins/a comic about them". I hope it's the Pulsefire skins and Pulsefire/young comic, but I'm not complaining either way: Jhin is getting a legendary skin 😁

Rune Ocarina1/27/2019, 6:17:42 PM1 votes

Still holding out for Pool Party Ahri

EdgeLady1/27/2019, 6:29:50 PM1 votes

The Versus event is almost certainly going to be the April Fools event. Pup Fizz looks way too much like a counterpart to Pug'Maw for it not to be. I wonder which Yordle will be the cat; I'm guessing it'll be Ziggs throwing yarn balls. I'm also guessing that the Bandle City update and the new probably catlike Yordle support will come around at about the same time.

However, I am very disappointed that they're doing a Yordle Versus event that isn't Teemo vs Rumble. It's the greatest rivalry in all of League. [sg-shisa]

And indeed, I'm sure we'll be returning to the normal Versus universe after this, like how the Harrowing became the Teemoing for a year.

Glad to hear them working on skins for a bunch of champions with big skin gaps, although since they didn't mention the champion with the biggest skin gap, Udyr, I'm guessing he'll be either the next rework after Mordekaiser or the one after next. We know he's high up on the list.

Curious about the Zed and Jhin legendary skins; I'm sure they won't be the "real" VS event (I'm still positive that Zed and Shen will get that one day), but I'm sure it could be something else very interesting.

This probably won't be what it is, but I'm hoping for another Eclipse event with Death Blossom Jhin as his legendary skin. His mask would be all wooden and he would shoot plant spikes like Zyra's basic attacks, and then of course, his traps are the Death Blossoms. It could be so awesome.

As for Zed, I'm a big Zed fan and 2/5 of his skins are Worlds skins, so I'm very eager to see him get something good. Pulsefire, Immortal Journey, or maybe that new Shonen skin line.

Mort already confirmed Prestige K/DA Ahri and Evelynn, and it'll at least be nice to see those skins; here's to hoping they can be attained through the grind method instead of pay $100...other than that, Riot, make those two skins and be done. Aatrox's and Vayne's Prestige skins were glorified chromas. We don't need more.

As for more music-inspired skin lines, I'm definitely betting that we'll get more Pentakill content this year, since Kayle and Mordekaiser are getting their reworks one after the other. Maybe we'll get some explanation as to why Pentakill Sona is also DJ Sona too? I would read a short story about that.

We pretty much knew the popular skin lines would be returning, and I'll be shocked if Tristana isn't the Star Guardian ADC, what with all the Yordle stuff coming this year. But Sona should be the team's support for sure; I know a lot of people were disappointed with her Odyssey skin and clamoring for Star Guardian and, while I'm not a Sona main, I wholly agree.

Glad to see more Project and Arcade though, I'm totally up for what could be brought to the table there.

And in general, from a Graves main, please make a better Graves skin this year. Praetorian was clunky, unfitting, and ugly as hell. He has a lot of skins, but only 4 of them are really any good, and one of those, Victorious, can't even be acquired (unless there'll be a big event in the future that lets you get Victorious skins).

Gilanu1/27/2019, 7:16:02 PM1 votes

Yorick skin /cough

DeracadaVenom1/27/2019, 10:37:34 PM1 votes

If quinn doesnt get project im going to play Sejuani mid for a week, and i really want my SG zoe

FéliXXX1/27/2019, 11:17:16 PM1 votes

im so hyped for the zed skin

JonnyBoyy1/27/2019, 1:11:03 PM1 votes

No Ornn confirmation, sad and also Udyr lol I bet his VGU is vastly approaching.

QMighty1/27/2019, 12:31:52 PM1 votes

Ivern skin? I don't believe it for a second. Also, what the heck was that dog skin?!

TerraRising1/27/2019, 1:35:56 PM1 votes

So. No Yorick skin this year?

Glad I get to save my money from my new job for another 12 months.