Interesting similarities between Swain and Darius now in the new splash arts...

WestTiger·4/13/2016, 2:28:18 PM·5 votes·3,509 views

For reference:

New Darius splash art

New Swain splash art

Okay, so people complaining about the change to Swain's nose and overall facial details. But, I'm interested in another cosmetic change, but to Darius

He has red eyes in this new splash art. But we know that Darius currently is suppose to have grey or maybe even green eyes from the _A New Dawn _ cinematic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzHrjOMfHPY&feature=youtu.be&t=2m25s

Now that is an interesting change. Because with their matching black hair, and the similar nasal structure, and the matching red eye coloration, Swain and Darius and starting to look pretty similar to each other, almost like they're related.

We know that Riot's planning a pretty big revamp for Swain, mechanics and probably lore-wise. If Darius is retroactively made Swain's son, it wouldn't be that surprising IMO.

Or it could just be Riot being inconsistent. Maybe Darius' is just 'seeing red' from being in the heat of battle. Just thinking that the two cosmetic changes to both of them could be linked.

7 Comments

GreenLore4/13/2016, 3:28:47 PM7 votes

I think Darius is supposed to have his passive on in the splash art.thats why he has the red eyes

Fasmodey4/13/2016, 3:09:42 PM2 votes

And Ahri was supposed to have yellow eyes with asian looking. It happens.

Big Lincoln4/13/2016, 3:11:56 PM2 votes

riot's been annoyingly inconsistent with eye colors of champions

Jhin is the most recent example of this

Garentheon4/13/2016, 3:13:40 PM1 votes

You actually don't "know". The cinematics take liberties with the visuals of the characters. Best example is Garen from the previous cinematic

Magnum Mack4/13/2016, 3:39:01 PM1 votes

If your focus on those videos is the eyes then you're missing the point of the videos lol

The Soulforged4/13/2016, 6:03:03 PM1 votes

Maybe Aatrox makes people's eyes red?