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Pool Party Taric needs a TOGGLE!!!

Malignis·6/29/2016, 4:54:33 AM·58 votes·19,983 views

Let's face it, when you first looked at that pool party Taric splash art you just saw that hunky beast of a shirtless man. And then you look at the model and you're like, why is he so covered up O.o And then you see his recall animation and you're like YASSSSSS!!!!! Take it off!!!!! I have heard many people suggest it but this skin should have a taunt toggle or something added that allows you to remove his jacket.

This skin is almost perfect. The animations are stunning, the ult sun(glasses) are adorable. I love the implementation of the life preserver as one of his crystals (this should be a bit bigger though it looks tiny). But the one big drawback is the jacket. From any angle aside from facing downward Taric looks super covered up, and this is Taric, probably one of the most vain people in the universe (aside from Aurelion). He knows he's gorgeous, he knows he has an amazing body, he would be showing it off at all times in a bathing suit scenario. Not to mention the fact that he has a flawless tan and wearing a jacket constantly would distort it, thereby distorting his beauty and causing a mental breakdown O.O (tan lines are evil incarnate)

Perhaps I'm in the minority here but Taric is my favourite eye candy and although I will be buying the skin no matter what, I do think the toggle idea or even just removing the jacket all together would be much more appealing. When I first saw the art I was crazy excited because the jacket was not the focus and it really showed off Taric's great body, but the in game model feels like the jacket is the main focus and it's pretty boring. Plus having the highlight of your game being when you recall because it is the only time you get to remove that damn jacket covering up your ideal man, it feels bad :'(

FREE the TARIC!!!!! CREATE the TOGGLE!!!

EDIT; We've received an official reply from Riot that they have no intention of creating a toggle despite the voting poll showing vastly in favor. This thread will now represent the people who want the ugly and hideous and cruel and evil jacket covering our beloved pool party Taric to be removed completely and burned in the fires of righteousness!

Please feel free to leave your opinions and position on this below.

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40 Comments

Riotmoonstones6/29/2016, 9:59:14 PM14 votes

Hey folks,

Wanted to jump in here since there's been a bunch of talk around Pool Party Taric and him having a toggle for various actions in this skin.

Part of this is due to my less than clear wording on the PBE post -

New model and texture: Lifeguard outfit, complete with a jacket that can be taken off!

By this, I was referring to -

New recall animation: Taric takes off his jacket and hops into the pool!

I've since updated the post to better reflect what was meant to be said -

New model and texture: Lifeguard outfit!

The TL;DR is, I apologize for the poor wording that may have gotten some players' hopes up for a toggle, but we do not have plans to add any sort of toggle for Pool Party Taric.

Melledoneus6/29/2016, 9:07:05 AM10 votes

#Release the Beast.

Pandemic Punch6/29/2016, 9:17:19 AM7 votes

My name needs to be changed. I miss the old questionably human and questionably gay Taric that I always knew and loved. Now he just looks like a Disney movie hero. I like his new kit. The absence of the majestic version of Taric though has scarred my soul. Goodbye my beautiful prince.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OwPXfMVmfCc/maxresdefault.jpg

SilverAthiest6/29/2016, 4:29:13 PM6 votes
  1. I love this DAMN THREAD.
  2. TAKE IT OFF TARIC, TAKE IT OFF. [zombie-nunu-hearts]
GedonBroLol6/29/2016, 9:21:39 PM5 votes

They made the thing with Night Hunter Rengar so they should do it the same with Pool Party Taric

ModKnightsKemplar6/29/2016, 8:23:13 PM4 votes

When they said that his coat could be taken off, that's what I thought they meant.

I feel personally betrayed that they don't already have this in there.

voidterror16/29/2016, 7:13:24 PM2 votes

I would prefer to have this skin be him in a speedo ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )[zombie-nunu-hearts]

Quort6/29/2016, 7:34:42 PM2 votes

Am I the only person that doesn't like the skin? The items floating behind him are so distracting and his skin looks red and sunburned. It's a shame because I love the skill visual effects and the splash art is awesome but Im not a fan of the actual model. :/

Still voting to free my man! He deserves it! WOOOOOO!