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I don't understand all the hate for the New Sona Skin

Chessoms·9/11/2018, 2:38:50 PM·5 votes·2,751 views

I think people are being a tad bit over dramatic about the new Sona skin. At least for myself, I really like the model and physical design.

It kind of reminds me of this:

https://cdn2.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/001/901/038/large/simon-dubuc-solarmagefinalfinalmidres.jpg?1454441267

Overall, if anything, I would say that I'm not the biggest fan of the original's color palette, but that's why there's chromas. And there's quite a few that look REALLY nice.

Idk, I understand having an opinion, and of course, nobody HAS to like EVERYTHING about something. But when I see people only complaining and being really nasty to something that someone worked on, it just comes across as really entitled and selfish.

Constructive criticism is one thing, but outright insulting is another. Like, at least say THANK YOU or something, a lot of people would have loved for their champ to be included in this skin line. (I see you Kled mains).

Anyways, have a good day!

10 Comments

Sonasaurous9/11/2018, 2:48:08 PM6 votes

To be fair, her legs look weird. Like...really weird. That's the only thing I really don't like about the skin. She just awkwardly has super stiff, statue-esque legs. For a very "flowy" champion like Sona, that's just visually jarring.

gerbe9/11/2018, 3:33:48 PM3 votes

someone said she looked like a tadpole, i can’t get it out of my head

Get Ogre Here9/11/2018, 2:48:36 PM2 votes

The thing about the skin is I dislike the splash art not because it looks bad, but because I can't see Sona in it, or any LoL champ for that matter.

But the in-game model looks beyond gorgeous.

Oleandervine9/11/2018, 2:51:06 PM1 votes

The skin is mostly ok, and a lot of the problem I find comes from how bad the ancient animations the base model are that it's built on, making Sona not feel fluid or smooth, and come across as twitchy and spastic.

However, those bizarre giant shoulder pads are just too fucking much. They're pointless and useless, and clutter up the skin to a very grand degree. Plus, in her idle animations, they clip her halo. I don't understand why she needs to be orbited by so many gnarled chunks of metal.

Rathar Dashing9/11/2018, 4:20:03 PM1 votes

I just think the weird headdress she has looks awful. And to give us the shittiest colour palette on the base skin so they can charge us extra for the good chromas is just a scummy business move.

RedCyclone9/11/2018, 10:19:24 PM1 votes

I have come to peace with it's Marmite, you either hate it or love it

Personally I feel its visual appearance in game looks way too differently then the source cinematic, as if it's a different entity entirely (or as if there was no real concept for this Sona skin and both teams had to run off the same vague description for it) I will say they did a lot right with the skin, but visual appearance is just too "un-Sona-ry" for me, Soraka (and a number of other champs) fit this theme better

The pain from us hate it folk is that we know Sona's probably not seeing another skin release for...2 years minimum now

Elipo9/11/2018, 10:52:18 PM1 votes

They want every skin to fit their personal tastes a 100%.