Insane in the membrane, insane in the Swain.

ZedUsanGovos·12/7/2017, 1:45:12 PM·3 votes·2,856 views

With the Swain VGU coming in like, a month or so, I was wondering about his skins. Well, one skin to be exact.

Tyrant Swain.

Now, if you've seen Necrit's videos on Skins connected to Lore, in one episode, he explains that Tyrant Swain is what Swain looks like in our current League Timeline.

http://lolwp.com/wp-content/uploads/Tyrant-Swain-splash.jpg

With that being said, I was wondering if Tyrant Swain would/could/should become the base skin for Swain, with his current look being updated into a Traditional Swain skin? He's getting a visual update and a gameplay update, meaning that some of his abilities are gonna be changed, and his skins are also gonna be cleaned up. This sounds like a perfect opportunity to introduce a new Traditional Skin, while keeping in line with the Lore as according to Necrit's explanation. People who bought Tyrant pre-update would get the updated Base Swain in its place? I think that'd be pretty neato.

16 Comments

Garentheon12/7/2017, 1:54:08 PM3 votes

That’s old canon that isn’t really that canon to begin with. Unless it’s coming from a Riot employee with a recent comment, I wouldn’t take what other players say and years old statements too serious

Ebonmaw Dragon12/7/2017, 5:49:43 PM2 votes

Just because a skin is canon, it doesnt mean that the base skin is not what the champion usually wears.

https://i.imgur.com/DkCgpE5.jpg

Fortune is a more recent case of that, sure, her Captain skin is canon and those are clothes that she wears sometimes, but not most of the time because she feels more confortable with the clothes of her base skin... the same goes for Swain.

The Armor of Tyrant Swain are the clothes of the Grand General of Noxus, those are the formal attires for the "president" of Noxus... due that, Swain wear those clothes in formal ocassions, but not always. His base skin shows the clothes that he uses usually... that is why its the base.

Blood Magicks12/7/2017, 2:14:44 PM1 votes

I'm really curious how they're going to handle Tyrant Swain vs Base Swain. Same question for Bloodlord Vlad vs Base Vlad.

ModKnightsKemplar12/7/2017, 4:58:07 PM1 votes

I doubt they would swap them. It did happen with Sejuani, Karma, and Trundle, but I think those are the only ones?

Anyway, I'm personally more hyped for Dragon Master Swain (perhaps renamed to something else like Dragon Sorcerer). I want to make sure Rito doesn't forget about that promise. It's been years, but I still want that skin.

AlexisTheDragon2/18/2020, 7:27:08 PM1 votes

LET OLD TRUE SWAIN RETURN!