2 Bloodstone Skins: One Gem

The Ecdysiast·Jan 6, 2017·11 votes·1,705 views

I've been playing a lot of Taric in the past months, and took it upon myself to spend a few hours one day researching gems so that--like any good Taric Support-- I can tell everyone in the game about their glory.

There's one particular fact that has become a part of my general gem lesson that irks me every time I say it:

The gem itself is in fact grayish with red specks, as shown in the thumbnail. This is why it is associated with magic and health.

Taric's Bloodstone skin is INCORRECT. It's the color of Ruby or Spinel, not accounting for the blue light that they didn't bother to change. http://i.imgur.com/zpd5Ioe.jpg

Lissandra's Bloodstone skin is actually the true color of bloodstone. http://i.imgur.com/cQWtbHh.jpg

This needs to be fixed. It's terrible to make the man known for gems have a completely wrong title for his skin.

6 Comments

Tesla EffectJan 6, 20175 votes

Ruby for Vigor makes sense for Taric. We already got Emerald for Insight, and Sapphire for Divinity (Classic) Now we just need an Opal for Harmony.

The EcdysiastJan 6, 20171 votes

Yes, but not at the expense of the man's gem knowledge. It's not bloodstone, call it blood ruby. Ruby doesn't have the same connotations as bloodstone. And vigor certainly isn't related to the Castlevania-vampire theme they went for on the rework.

It's most ridiculous that this was done even though the rework gave them ample time to match up the color to the name and the already existing bloodstone skin.