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I tip my hat to Riot in one aspect regarding recent skins......

Xodiathe4bdn1··16 votes·1,571 views

They are slowly but surely giving some champions brand new skins after years of neglect. Yes there is still skin favoritism that seriously grinds peoples (myself included) gears but I’ll leave that to 1000 and 1 other posts out there to talk about. However we have been seeing a steady decrease in the number of champions that have gone a looooooooooong Time without any new skins. I don’t expect all to be looked at within close proximity of each other cause at the end of the day, the games a business so time and resources will go where the money is. ShenRumbleHeimerdingerJarvanIVUdyrAmumuSkarnerRammusXerathZileanFiddlesticksShacoChogathRekSaiVladimirJaxMalphiteKassadinAatrox Are what remains of champions that have gone more than 2 years without a new skin and if mains are lucky a handful may get a new skin for the two remaining patches of season 7 (GalioUrgotWarwickEvelynn not added cause they’ll have to wait till next year at best for a new skin and SwainIreliaNunuMordekaiser will have to wait even longer cause their VGUs are/will very likely be next year)

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Xodiathe4bdn14 votes

And on a side noteIllaoi is 1 patch away from going 2 years without a new skin SINCE RELEASE

Gigglingdeath3 votes

I thought they said that this was because with the tentacles it's very hard to create skins for her.

AgeOfTheMage1 votes

true, it's hard to think of something asides a chroma for her and her tentacles :I

Ravenhale5 votes

Desert Island Illaoi ... where her tentacles are palm trees and she yanks your soul out with a coconut.

AgeOfTheMage1 votes

that'd be amazing! I can see it now! :D

Velzard of Koz6 votes

Or Elderwood Illaoi, there was one concept where instead of tentacles these were roots and branches.

Xodiathe4bdn16 votes

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cbg60dtVIAAFhco.jpg https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/006/483/385/large/markus-erdt-illaoi-skin-ideas-00.jpg?1498940401 Some great concepts heading in the right direction

JustMonika131 votes

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cbg60dtVIAAFhco.jpg https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/006/483/385/large/markus-erdt-illaoi-skin-ideas-00.jpg?1498940401 Some great concepts heading in the right direction

The lack of ideas isn’t the problem, it’s the fact that Illaoi has so many subjects in her animations that a lot of resources and time would have to go into making a skin for Illaoi. The skin would have to justify a min 1350 price for the high amount of effort it would take, and the final product would have to be highly polished.

GreenLore2 votes

Its not that they don't have ideas,its the fact that appearantly Illaois skillset includes ~11 different models,making it even more difficult to create skins for her than for Zyra.

TwitchInMyPants1 votes

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I thought they said that this was because with the tentacles it's very hard to create skins for her.

They gave similar reasons for Kha + Zyra and they still got skins

Unless they did something recolor level it'd have to be 1350 plus since doing the tentacles is extra work but we know they're capable of working with extra effects

Skorch3 votes

"Yes there is still skin favoritism that seriously grinds peoples (myself included) gears but I’ll leave that to 1000 and 1 other posts out there to talk about."

I seriously dont understand this. Sure complete neglect on some champions isnt good. Thats true. But are you saying ALL skin favoritism is bad? Balance favoritism? Bad Player Favoritism? Bad But Skin favoritism? That thing that is 100% cosmetic, that also earns Riot their revenue? I think that favoritism there is 100% founded. I play Ahri as a lack of the next guy. But if 3 Ahri skins can pay for their whole staff for a year, and then they use that to develop more skins for champs that need it, sure release as many Ahri skins as you want.

Moonboy651 votes

Heimerdinger Rumble

Xodiathe4bdn11 votes

Shen

Moonboy651 votes

Taliyah Ivern Kled

Xodiathe4bdn11 votes

AurelionSol Camille

marpatt111 votes

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AurelionSol Camille

Wtf is going on here? can someone explain?

GreenLore1 votes

We know that at least Rammus,Shaco Fiddlesticks are on the VGU-list as well,so it is very unlikely for them to get a skin,even if they aren't such a high priority as the 4 you listed below.

And just because a champ got a VGU doesn't mean they'll have to wait at least a year. Taric got his rework in april last year and got his poolparty skin a few months later.

Mogarl1 votes

I'll finally forgive and forget when these champions have gotten another skin within 2 1/2 years. otherwise it'll just be another repeat of what has already happened.

SweedishGunner1 votes

They are finally giving older champs new skins, but they all feel bland and devoid of inspiration and passion. Eternum Cass is just generic, I don't see how she fits the theme, she's not an entity driven by instinct like Rek or Noc. The Yorick skin is just a generic Archlight 'what if they were good' skin and the Viktor skin (along with the Zed and Kat skins) is pretty bland and not up to the quality of a skin like Bee Keeper Singed.

The Bee Keeper Singed skin is unique, it really fits Singed and no one else, it also feels like a great idea and genuine passion went into making the skin it feels. It's a shame the other 3 champions just got generic skins from a skin line that honestly aren't that great.

Hexs Fortune1 votes

Snowdown Illaoi is on the way, probably

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