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An Illaoi Mains thought on Battlecast Illaoi

Natake·11/21/2017, 11:16:02 AM·6 votes·936 views

I'm not the kind of person who wants to look a gift horse in the mouth.

I've been shouting that it's been 2 years without an Illaoi skin.

And yet...I can't help be..disappointed.

Illaoi is my favorite champion in the game, and she still is.

I wasn't the biggest fan of Void Bringer, but it was a really unique concept honestly.

I kinda shudder at the thought of Battlecast Illaoi.

It's been reserved for non-humanoid characters since now, and I really thought that was a nice touch.

Not to mention that the other two were cool ideas that haven't been played with before.

The archetype of the adventurer would have fit so closely in line with her theme of movement.

And Deep Space? Where she's infected by a space parasite and reluctantly has to fight with it in a weird symbiotic relationship??? That's so rad.

I just hope either we get these skins too at some point, or that this skin goes through some changes and becomes something similar, but not quite Battlecast.

Maybe she's a Machine Herald, but her programming is called "Naga" or something and it's her proprietor idk

After 2 years, I think Illaoi deserves something...her own, you know? If it's Battlecast, I just hope there's something different enough to make it worth the two year wait. I'll buy it regardless, because at least this was really cool of Riot to let us vote and have a say, but I just hope things turn out positively for Illaoi in terms of this fitting her character.

14 Comments

Timethief4911/21/2017, 11:19:18 AM4 votes

Well there was the vote and it was voted for battlecast. They even show numbers of illaoi mains (1000+ games played on illaoi) players that voted for battlecast.

ChompyWulf11/21/2017, 8:19:51 PM4 votes

I have several issues with the result.

First, the hand on the end of the tentacle looks just dumb. They could have gone a bunch of panther routes and hope they still do. Tank tracks as tentacles, cogwheels or saw blades as a nasty topper instead of a goofy hand, etc...

Second, I am just tired of seeing the same skin lines over and over. I liked seeing Beekeeper, Deathsworn, and a new Mecha. I don't want anymore Battlecast, Project, Star Guardian, Pool Party, Blood Moon. They're done to death. That Illaoi was saddled with an overdone concept saddens me.

Third, chromas. This skin concept is awful for chroma. Just terrible. You could mix up a couple metallic bases and an accent color or two, but they'll all look just as boring. Deep Space would have been an AMAZING base model with some fantastic potential for color swaps.

Fourth, this will be a third Illaoi skin largely dominated by a lone color and barely any depth or contrast. Illaoi has green and brown base colors that are boring on the rift. Void is crazy stupid purple dominated. New you'll have a gunmetal with a tiny bit of red. All of it boring.

Sexy Jack Rabbit11/21/2017, 11:55:48 AM2 votes

Void illaoi wasn't really that unique. It had been done before on a few other champions and it was executed better on those champions.

I think it's a pretty common thought that it's just 'illaoi but purple'

jo990111/21/2017, 11:23:51 AM1 votes

Hey, at least your main get's a skin.

TheDeadsh0t11/21/2017, 11:51:21 AM1 votes

"An Illaoi Main" has 18 games total with illaoi

are you just looking for reasons to complain?