@Riot - Why is Katarina getting a second Harrowing Skin?

Oleandervine·Oct 10, 2017·22 votes·1,981 views

She already has Kitty Cat Katarina. Why is she getting another?

18 Comments

Jeddy017Oct 10, 201712 votes

I'm just going to copy & paste what I said in another post since it's relevant.

I think I can see why the Skin team choose her.......besides tits & money. Based off the visuals of Death Sworn Viktor, they probably wanted to give Kat a truly serious & dark skin for Harrowing rather than her only Harrowing skin be some generic, sexy Halloween costume (though I imagine the skin will still have some sex appeal in some way). To give her a thematic untouched by previous skins, to give Kat players something different. Another thing is that Kat is very lacking in skins with VFX changes. Like with Ez, they probably want to give her some more higher tier skins for once. Now did they specifically have to give her this skin or put her in this Harrowing set? I don't know. Could she have gone without it? Yeah, probably."

Kitty Kat is more on the fun/sexy/joke side of Halloween, not the horror/dark/serious side. That's what they're probably aiming for with this skin ~~besides giving the internet more material for Kat r34~~. To give her a darker themed skin to celebrate the dark, horror side of Halloween.

Please note that I've written these before I saw the actual skin. Now that I see it's just another sexy Kat with a side of spooky, yeah it's pretty meh.

UnvictusOct 11, 20171 votes

I couldn’t agree more with your original stance on this. As a Katarina player I’ve been dying to have a skinn for her that wasn’t red-ish in color scheme.

Bright TurtleOct 11, 20172 votes

That's what they're probably aiming for with this skin ~~besides giving the internet more material for Kat r34~~

You act like a darker themed skin is going to stop them. Literally everything fuels that fire.

Jeddy017Oct 11, 20171 votes

Um, I'm confused here, where did you get me saying that? I don't think I recall saying anything about it stopping that.

Velzard of KozOct 11, 20171 votes

The thing is she lack serious Harrowing skin, other champions lack any Harrowing skin at all.

GarentheonOct 10, 20177 votes

Wukong has 2 Chinese New Year skins

General Esdeath Oct 11, 20175 votes

Ryze too

ModAcademy KaynOct 10, 20173 votes

Because one's a meme.

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 11, 20172 votes

that's 7 years ago.... like? srsly?

OleandervineOct 11, 20172 votes

It may have been 7 years ago, but tell me, are there not over 80 champions in the game who don't have Harrowing skins who she stole a place from? They could have EASILY given someone else like new Evelynn, Warwick, Rengar, etc etc a Harrowing skin in this line - but they chose a champ who already has a Harrowing skin...

Moonboy65Oct 11, 20171 votes

Ryze cough cough

OleandervineOct 11, 20171 votes

Not saying he's not in the same boat, but I'm specifically talking about the here and now with Katarina. Ryze's 2 Harrowing skins are old as hell, and it's too late to be questioning them.

Jerry SeinfeIdOct 12, 20171 votes

Bubby pls, she didn'y steal anything from anyone, that would require another one being cancelled for hers.

I mean Viktor is getting one, but it's an issue kata gets one too?

And her other Halloween skin is Kitty kat, a joke skin. They clearly wanted a more serious spooky vibe.

Nintendo 3DSOct 12, 20171 votes

She didn't steal it from anyone but we can say that instead of making a rushed, boring Kata skin it would have been prefered to give it to a forgotten champ, at least.

DigielfOct 12, 20171 votes

Kitty Cat Katarina is Teemo x fanservice just like Battle Bunny Riven is Zac x Riven fanservice

DreamspitterOct 12, 20171 votes

{quoted}

Kitty Cat Katarina is x fanservice just like Battle Bunny Riven is x fanservice

What. Battlebunny Riven came out a YEAR before Zac.

[sg-lux-2]

DigielfOct 12, 20171 votes

{quoted}

What. Battlebunny Riven came out a YEAR before Zac.

[sg-lux-2]

Zac is right under her in the splash art, thats from where all the fanservice started

http://pre06.deviantart.net/4298/th/pre/f/2012/348/8/d/battle_bunny_riven_by_knockwurst-d5o2n8u.jpg

DreamspitterOct 12, 20171 votes

{quoted}

Zac is right under her in the splash art, thats from where all the fanservice started

http://pre06.deviantart.net/4298/th/pre/f/2012/348/8/d/battle_bunny_riven_by_knockwurst-d5o2n8u.jpg

Which only happened after Zac was actually released. Therefore BBR can't exist only as Zac/Riven fanservice. That's not why the skin exists.

But, seeing it might be tied to mafia skin line, and Zac says he should get a suit (Zoot Suit Zac) it may have been inevitable. But that and Urgotfather never materialized.

How does Teem/Kat become a thing?