Riot I BEG YOU, PLEASE GIVE US A SOL SKIN THIS YEAR
Have us Sol mains not suffered enough? Truly? Having our champion nerfed and nerfed, then reworked, causing the mains to become split and a good 60% of his playerbase, some high elo streamers, to quit, and then nerfed AGAIN.
Just to top things up, we receive absolutely ZERO skin love. Our only skin since release in March 2016 was Mecha, a generic, ugly skin that was bugged and Pay2Win on release. Mecha Sol is not Sol at all. On his other two skins, booping enemies with your stars feels satisfying thanks to the sound effects. On Mecha the sound effects are clunky, the skin in general is clunky, his Q and R are so basic with 0 effort or love put into making them, his W and passive are just the laziest assets I've ever seen on a skin, his E looks alright but again, they could've made him turn into a rocket or something, but they chose to go the lazy route instead. His recall also sucks. The only reason this skin is worth buying is for the chromas. I genuinely regret putting money into this skin, but I know if I didn't who knows how long it would be until Sol's next skin.
The model is ugly too, it does not look like Sol. Ashen Lord turns Sol into a beautiful fire dragon, but he is still Sol. Whatever Mecha Sol is, it isn't Aurelion Sol.
His ethereal legs being missing is horrible too. It makes him look horrific. He looks too big and heavy - Sol is meant to be light, almost ethereal, and beautiful. That skin doesn't match that. Sometimes when walking, Sol will do a little barrel roll. On his other 2 skins, it looks pretty and graceful. On Mecha, it looks extremely clunky and out of place.
The voice filter is also absolutely horrendous and the biggest reason I don't use this skin. Sol's voice is wonderful to listen to. Mecha sol's voice filter is horrid. Some of his quotes slow down and it's so out of place. Clearly they were trying and failing to make us feel loved by placing a horrible voice filter on the skin.
In all, Sol only really has 2 usable skins. And he has a LOT of skin potential that just isn't being brought out. You said the bar for him getting skins has been raise with his rework. So I BEG you riot games, please, just give us 1 skin this year, and don't let it be yet another skin that is outclassed by his base skin. There are infinite skin concepts for him. Dark Star. Elderwood. First Star. Death Sworn. Atlantean. Program. Blood Moon. Firecracker. (He is a drake - a dragon with four legs and no wings. That is exactly what a typical Chinese dragon is. I really hope we'd get this for 2024.)
Even a legendary skin where you make him a storm dragon or give him wings. I will take anything. even a meme Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol skin where his stars are mini aurelion sols. Do SOMETHING, Riot, please.
