The Aatrox skin wasn't what I expected from Prestige skins

kda akali·Dec 4, 2018·44 votes·17,122 views

Maybe it's just me but I thought the color palette and sparkle effects were just for K/DA because it fit the aesthetic really well and that other Prestige skins would have the same concept but a style that fit the skin.

30 Comments

ProffessorAutismDec 4, 201824 votes

I fucking called it,every event will come with a pass and a pReSTigE(cash grab) edition "prestige skins show dedication to your champion and the game so we want you to work hard and spend harder for them so you can have a sense of pride and accomplishment" Does this sound familiar to anyone?

JaegaerDec 4, 20182 votes

just riot finding a better way the scheme us.

REEEENORMIESDec 4, 20181 votes

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I fucking called it,every event will come with a pass and a pReSTigE(cash grab) edition "prestige skins show dedication to your champion and the game so we want you to work hard and spend harder for them so you can have a sense of pride and accomplishment" Does this sound familiar to anyone?

but it doesn't affect gameplay unlike battlefront..

Spank the FoxDec 5, 20183 votes

You. Don’t. Need. To. Get. It.

It’s also far better than Hextech gemstone bullshit, js

TormentulaDec 5, 20181 votes

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It’s also far better than Hextech gemstone bullshit, js

To give credit where credit is due, at least the hextechs are spread apart fairly in release timing, they're always available, and they don't utilize shitty limited time borders to force you into early grinding them. They're also something you can work at for as long as you like with saving gemstones from 2 years ago even, prestige is in the 1 month event time frame and gone for good unless you get one randomly in hextech. (1/1000ish+icons,wards,and champ shards chances? Sounds reasonable.)

If I see a hextech skin I have nothing to complain about, just more options to use those gemstones I guess. If I see a token based event that forces a limited timeframe to unlock content that also requires a paywall in order to start grinding for, that's just fucking stupid and riot needs to stop. First we get charged for borders that we originally never had to pay for, now we get charged in order to work towards potentially unlocking something that cuts into unlocking everything else (I wish it was possible to get all the worlds content but fuck prestige)

FlashesDec 5, 20182 votes

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I fucking called it,every event will come with a pass and a pReSTigE(cash grab) edition "prestige skins show dedication to your champion and the game so we want you to work hard and spend harder for them so you can have a sense of pride and accomplishment" Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Instead of using tokens through the hextech crafting system to get your favorite masteries, you can use event limited tokens through the hextech crafting system to get your favorite masteries! Oh wait

Buttèred BiscuitDec 5, 20182 votes

Riot has stated that the Bloodmoon Event will not come with a purchasable pass, which hopefully implies that you won't have to spend money in order to get the Prestige skin.

xramsey2Jan 5, 20191 votes

Exact the same thing was said about the snowdown event. Oh wait...

Power BotTopJan 10, 20191 votes

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Riot has stated that the Bloodmoon Event will not come with a purchasable pass, which hopefully implies that you won't have to spend money in order to get the Prestige skin.

This comment didn't age well lmao

Buttèred BiscuitJan 12, 20192 votes

No, no it did not.

TheGoldenKimDec 4, 201818 votes

I thought maybe after Akali prestige, it was going to be Evelynn or Ahri. Guess not lol

reaper4042Dec 4, 201810 votes

Yeah i like the base skin better, they may as well give him a tutu so at least he has something to match with all the fucking sparkles. And of course, never forget prestige edition skins are gonna be rare collector skins, super exclusive and super rare. Proceeds to make 3 in the span of 4 months

JaegaerDec 4, 20188 votes

hes basically taric at this point

LarrietDec 4, 20181 votes

The fact there are a lot of Prestige skins doesn't mean that any individual skin, on its own, isn't rare, to be fair.

To be clear, I agree that they should be more spread out, though. This is the fastest release of Mythic skins we've ever gotten and the fact they're infrequent/there are only a few of them is part of what makes them cool. They've been comparable to Legendary skins this year, supposedly a "lower" tier.

reaper4042Dec 5, 20181 votes

Well before prestige came along you could only get mythic skins via gemstones and it took like 2 years to get I think 8 or 10 of them. The exception being dark star chogath but that was a limited edition charity thing. Prestige was something they wanted to be exclusive (and they really hyped the rarity) and only for those who would put in the time and effort (and money) to grind out the tokens needed for this skin. I was fine with prestige Akali because the maids one is bad imo but it’s barely been three months and they are releasing another one

GrReaper96Dec 4, 20188 votes

Riot: Prestige skins are limited hard to obtain specials that are both rare and unique trophies Also Riot: Lets release one every patch

Hextech OwIDec 4, 20188 votes

So we're getting a Prestige Skin every patches now? Wasn't they supposed to be "rare and hard to get"? Because I sure see that they will be difficult to acquire but this doesn't make them rare at all. That's kind of boring...

ModKnightsKemplarDec 5, 20185 votes

But...

League needed a sparkly vampire type, didn't it?

EdgeLadyDec 5, 20183 votes

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But...

League needed a sparkly vampire type, didn't it?

Don't we already have Vladimir for that? He's fabulous enough.

ModKnightsKemplarDec 5, 20184 votes

Yeah... but he isn't sparkly.

EdgeLadyDec 5, 20184 votes

At least Dark Waters Vladimir is shiny though. Shiny!

Rito Arclight Vladimir or Justicar when

ModKnightsKemplarDec 5, 20181 votes

Ah, but you see, by then, we'll already have a sparkly vampire because of this prestige Aatrox skin.

;)

Noor SakataDec 4, 20182 votes

when I first heard Pristige AAtrox , I was like wtf ? I thought something like , Aatrox with make up wearing shorts and sexy stuff , but nvm that was just my imagination , yeah it's wroth WTFing at least

Hexs FortuneJan 5, 20192 votes

I'm excited for it nonetheless

PlsHelpIBlindDec 4, 20181 votes

Prestige Aatrox? Can you send a link please?

AzurePhoenixDec 4, 20181 votes

The Splash art is better than normal Bloodmoon Aatrox, but normal BM Aatrox has a better ingame animations imo

YuGiHoDec 5, 20181 votes

i thought the prestige skins were only going to be released after a skin was already deemed by the community to be very popular. this aatrox skin is going to be released along with his prestige edition right away? riot does not even know if people are going to like the base.

Akali PrimeDec 5, 20181 votes

riots getting prestige skins confused with gold chromas. atleast akali and kai had a few changed to their prestige skin and they were golden because it just fit the k/d/a theme, aatrox is just golden with no change at all. also chromas for the new BL skins wtf [sg-lux-2]

General MattyDec 5, 20181 votes

I'm just disappointed they gave him a blood moon skin instead of a dark star skin. also i feel like prestige would look better on dark star imo. :/

HyperdimensionalDec 6, 20181 votes

Lets be honest. Riot cares more about money than they do their player base.

At this point, originality is scarce. BTS mimic let alone the radical appeal to females with an abundance of cutesy aesthetics and plethora of Icons and Emotes.

Several un-lockables via PURCHASED PASS ONLY.

Even WITH the pass, A single individual could only acquire fragments of what's available. EVEN being a person who plays nearly CONSTANTLY - EVERY DAY - I STRUGGLED to to acquire much more than the cheapest available (in tokens) and the Prestige Kai'Sa skin.

Funny how you can spend a month grinding your ass off to unlock a special Prestige skin, and they can't even give you the Champion if you didn't own it.

An OVERFLOW of new skins released at a RAPID FIRE rate.

Prestige skins that have absolutely no relevance to be prestigious.

Prestige:

 n.
The level of respect at which one is regarded by others; standing.
n.
A person's high standing among others; honor or esteem.
n.
Widely recognized prominence, distinction, or importance: a position of prestige in diplomatic circles.

A recognition or level of respect... marked by ones ability to spend money.

What we have here is a seemingly decent company, with its integrity slowly diminishing.

Prestigious? Not anymore. When you become an entity focused around exploiting people, you lose my respect.

League of Legends being one of the most ADDICTING creations on this planet, why wouldn't you crap out a bunch of garbage that people will gravitate to.

Fix your game, fix your honor system, fix your ranking system, FIX YOUR QUEUE SYSTEM.

OR make League of Legends 2, or an MMORPG. Otherwise, stop walking all over us in favor of your cult style development team.

Bullet Angel Kai'Sa - Battle Angel Alita Coven Lissandra - Hela from Thor Ragnarok

REAL Unique and original Riot. Honestly you need to do some SPIRITUAL searching, maybe then will you find the priority to become something better.

"But at least the game is 'free'."

Just imagine what you could accomplish if you created something that ACTUALLY attracted new and old players. Something worthwhile. You think your game is big now, try being an adult and lets see what really happens.